> > Right at the moment, these are my options:
> >
> > You are inside the outer wall of Llagimlyn. The city is smaller than Larosis, but there's still quite a substantial amount of land area within the walls. The city looks mostly residential, but small businesses are mixed in amongst the houses. Far to the east end of the city, partially visible above the houses and shops, is a lavish castle, also lined with battlements. If the outer walls were ever breached, attackers would still find it difficult to penetrate the defenses of the castle itself. A cobblestone road leads east to a main intersection.
> >
> > The portcullis is closed. Just to one side is a small entry way that leads up to the gatehouse.
> >
> > Reread the introduction.
> > About this game.
> >
> > Go east.
> > Enter the gatehouse.
> >
> > Listen.
> > Lift the portcullis.
> >
> > You're Carrying:
> >
> > 20 Bronze Coins
> >
> > Food Rations
> >
> > String
> >
> > Hammer
> > 10 Red Gemstones
> >
> > Rope
> >
> > Wire Clippers
> >
> > Blanket
> > Guard's Sword
> >
> > Tinderbox
> >
> > Clear Focus Stone
> >
> > Map
> > Stone of Strengthening
> >
> > Sticks
> >
> > Crate
> >
> > Picture
> >
> > Okay, Gees. I did what you said to do and went back to the stables. While in the stables, first of all, the stablehand immediately notices his hammer and takes it away from me. If I ask to borrow it, he won't let me. I have already asked about Sea Nymph and I don't have enough money to buy her. It gives me an option to examine her, but that does not seem to do anything, even when I click on it multiple times. Then, before I leave, I end up having to repeat the process required to get the hammer then leave the next time the stable hand leaves, because if I try to leave while he's in the barn, he notices the hammer again.
> >
> > I still have not found anywhere that I even get an option to use the red gemstones.
> >
> > I am getting really frustrated. I must have done something wrong somewhere and am now stuck for good. I'll probably have to start this game over again and boy was it a lot of work so far!
>
> Been a while since I played, but I think it's just a matter of taking the hammer and leaving as quickly as you can. Experiment with taking the hammer at different points of his cycle of leaving/reentering.



Well, I do appreciate your help and this game has so much to it that I am surprised you can remember so much! But my problem is not in getting the hammer, I need a nail and I think I am going to have to go back to my home world or to the other world with the big marketplace to find one, but I cannot get out of Llagimlyn at all. I cannot go through the gate, nor can I use the red gemstones anywhere. If I need to buy the horse to get out, then how am I going to get more money? I have already helped the bartender and I think I basically blew that as I tried to give all types of drinks, not just the more expensive ones so I didn't make as much as I probably could have before the bartender returned.

I just don't know what to do next. But thanks for trying to help anyway. I hope you have a wonderful evening. :-)