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This page needs content: Message you get if you have the clock and are at level lower than 30

• Before assembling and equipping the dreamer's clock:

You return to the creepy old man and his creepy old house, but no matter how hard you pound on the door, he refuses to answer. I guess he's done with you until you build whatever it was he wanted from the Sanatarium.

• After assembling the dreamer's clock and choosing it as your means of transportation:

You return to the creepy old man and his creepy old house, knocking on the door. He answers almost immediately, coughing and wheezing, "Ah ... finally ... come in ... come in ..."

You follow him back inside his decrepit house, going back to that sitting room. It looks much the same as before, except that it might have a few more bottles than last time. He motions for you to sit while he all but collapses in his creaking rocking chair.

Silently, almost ritualistically, he pulls a pipe from his clothes, patting it out, tamping in fresh tobacco, and then lighting it. He takes several puffs before leaning forward and fixing you with his unnerving gaze, "Now that ye're ready, I'll tell ye that there's more than jus' the crimes ye've been fighting... out in the seas... deep in space... up in the mountains... and in the very crux of madness... there are things beyond... things of unspeakable evil..." He coughs and hacks a little and continues, "As ye fight... ye may come across certain... artifacts... bring them t' me... in exchange, I'll give ye' certain... trinkets... that ye may find useful..." As before, he turns his attention back to the fire, seemingly done talking to you.

• With dreamer's clock at level 29:

• With dreamer's clock and level 30 or higher:

You return to the creepy old man and his creepy old house, knocking on the door. He answers almost immediately, coughing and wheezing, "Ah... finally... come in... come in..."

You follow him back inside his decrepit house, going back to that sitting room. It looks much the same as before, except that it might have a few more bottles than last time. He motions for you to sit while he all but collapses in his creaking rocking chair.

• With no artifacts this is followed by:

He looks you over again, but shakes his head. "I cannot do more for ye until ye bring me ... artifacts ... from beyond."

• With some artifacts it is followed by this instead:

He looks you over again and nods, "Ah... I see that ye've brought me:

1 glass of Leng / X glasses of Leng
1 horrid tentacle / X horrid tentacles
1 Lemurian fragment / X Lemurian fragments
1 milk of Shupnikkurat / X vials of milk of Shupnikkurat
1 Nathian sphere shard / X Nathian sphere shards
1 poisonous hide / X poisonous hides
1 seed of Azathoth / X seeds of Azathoth
1 shan carapace / X shan carapaces
1 squamous leather / X squamous leathers
1 strange fungus / X strange fungi
1 The Black / X samples of The Black
1 tok'l ore / X pieces of tok'l ore

• If no items can be created from these artifacts, this is followed by:

Alas, I can not make anything from what ye possess.

• If some items can be created from these artifacts, this is followed by:

With those things... and some chips, of course... I can give ye the following things. What do ye say?

Choose an Item	Price
Misericorde of the Squid	3 horrid tentacles 1 seed of Azathoth 1 The Black 30,000 chips
Trident of Nodens	2 Lemurian fragments 1 poisonous hide 1 seed of Azathoth 1 The Black 30,000 chips
Crystallizer of Dreams	3 Lemurian fragments 2 seeds of Azathoth 30,000 chips
Vambraces of the Star Spawn	2 poisonous hides 1 horrid tentacle 2 squamous leathers 30,000 chips
Robe of Summanus	1 Lemurian fragment 1 poisonous hide 1 seed of Azathoth 2 squamous leathers 30,000 chips
Scourge of Souls	1 tok'l ore 2 shan carapaces 1 seed of Azathoth 3 squamous leathers 1 The Black 40,000 chips
N'Gah-Kthun's Lancer	4 pieces of tok'l ore 1 strange fungus 2 seeds of Azathoth 1 The Black 40,000 chips
Polar Star	2 shan carapaces 2 strange fungi 4 seeds of Azathoth 40,000 chips
Treader of the Dust's Sandals	2 shan carapaces 1 strange fungus 1 seed of Azathoth 3 squamous leathers 1 The Black 40,000 chips
Shining Trapezohedron	2 pieces of tok'l ore 1 shan carapace 2 strange fungi 3 seeds of Azathoth 40,000 chips
Torch of Nug	1 glass of leng 1 milk of Shupnikkurat 2 Nathian sphere shards 3 seeds of Azathoth 3 samples of The Black 50,000 chips
Furnace of Yeb	2 glasses of Leng 1 milk of Shupnikkurat 1 Nathian sphere shard 3 seeds of Azathoth 1 squamous leather 2 samples of The Black 50,000 chips
Mirror of Nitocris	4 glasses of Leng 2 vials of milk of Shupnikkurat 3 Nathian sphere shards 1 seed of Azathoth 50,000 chips
Pallid Mask	2 glasses of Leng 1 milk of Shupnikkurat 5 squamous leathers 2 samples of The Black 50,000 chips
Ring of Solis	3 glasses of Leng 3 Nathian sphere shards 3 seeds of Azathoth 1 The Black 50,000 chips

• When you choose to create something:

The old man takes your ingredients and your chips, and crafts an item for you.

You got an item: XXX (quantity: 1)

References

• The message you obtain when the Creepy Old Man cannot produce anything from your artifacts is possibly also a reference to the Kingdom of Loathing, given that it resembles the message you get when visiting the Crackpot Mystic without a combination of pixels which he can use to "pixel-craft" items.
• Strangely but expectedly, the Creepy Old House appears to be analogous to the Crackpot Mystic's Shed in the Kingdom of Loathing. It can also be said that the quest by which you gain access to the House could have been inspired by the 8-bit realm in the same game, given the mechanics involved (and the storyline, but only just).