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Zak McKracken Hints
How do I do what I need to do at Stonehenge?
1 of 16: (Read "What do I do here," second line if you want to know what this is.)
2 of 16: You probably have visited the shaman in Zaire.
3 of 16: Which means you know that he wants a yellow crystal, in one piece.
4 of 16: He said something about "words and a place of power."
5 of 16: Ancient beliefs said that Stonehenge was a place of power.
6 of 16: You have been to Lima, haven't you?
7 of 16: And gotten the scroll?
8 of 16: If Annie reads it, you'll notice that she talks about words of power.
9 of 16: So have Annie read the scroll at Stonehenge.
10 of 16: Lightning! Remember the article about lightning from the Inquisitor?
11 of 16: It fused that man's glasses, and it will fuse crystal pieces.
12 of 16: Try putting the shards on the altar.
13 of 16: You need something to attract the lightning somehow.
14 of 16: Some kind of "lightning rod" would work, one from Nepal.
15 of 16: Like the flagpole.
16 of 16: Put the flagpole on the alter and have Annie read the scroll.
