text: [Themes: Science Fiction, science fiction]
  
  > look around
  Primrose Street ends here in a small circular cul-de-sac. You're in a small green park to the north of this, bounded on its three other sides by high fences. A few trees rise over well-manicured grass. There is a curfew sign at the park's entrance.
  
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  You can go south to Primrose & Cedar from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > Go south
  This staid neighborhood intersection of Primrose Lane and Cedar Street fronts the local Transit station, Green Residential. The station entrance is to the west. Primrose Lane continues to the south, and Cedar Street continues to the east.
  
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  You can go north to Green Residential Park, south, east, and west from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > Go south
  Primrose Lane continues to the north. To the south is a boarded-up empty house; sumac plants can be seen peeking over the top of the dilapidated fencing. The fence has a plastic tarp strung behind it which prevents you from seeing much of the house. To the west is a single-family home with a large warning sign and an enormous dog on the front lawn. To the east is a three-family residence's front path.
  
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  You can go north to Primrose & Cedar and east from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > look at the tarp
  A combination of cyclone fence and plastic sheeting, it blocks your view. You can hear rustling from behind it, as of people moving around furtively.
  
  > examine the dog
  This snoozing beast must mass thirty kilos or more. Its ancestry appears to include Mastiff, Doberman Pinscher, Rottweiler and tribble. You have no desire to get anywhere near it.
  
  > Go east
  This front path is paved with cracked flagstones. Primrose Lane is to the west, a three-family building is to the east, and the building's side yard is to the northeast.
  
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  You can go northeast, east through the House door (closed), and west to South Primrose Lane from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > open the door
  You open the House door.
  
  The automatic door slides closed.
  
  > go east
  (first opening the House door)
  
  The slightly shabby front lobby of this multi-family building. A door leads outside to the west, gated stairs leading up to the upper two floors are to the east, and an apartment door is to the south.
  
  A small post-it note is stuck to the door of Apartment 1.
  
  You can also see a newspaper and a pamphlet here.
  
  You can go south through the Apartment door (closed) and west through the House door to Front Path from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  The automatic door slides closed.
  
  > read the note
  A short scribble, which reads "The techs were by to turn off your water. Have a nice vacation!"
  
  > read the newspaper
  Today's front-page headline is: Homeland Security convention to be held this week at the Reserve Bank Spacescraper. "The best and
  the brightest of the various Homeland Security agencies will meet in the Reserve Bank Atrium this week to receive presentations on new security initiatives and to discuss the state of the art in security technology."
  
  The next headline reads: Soldiers begin to experience
  breakdowns.
  The story itself continues: "The parents of several deployed American military personnel have raised concerns that their children appear to be losing touch with reality. Government refutes these claims with statistics showing that 97.2 percent of deployed American service personnel are safely medicated." At the bottom, a small postscript reads Would you like to know more? [LINK]
  
  Reading the story about the Homeland Security convention, the thought of all those Homeland Security drones in one place makes you grind your teeth. Then, however, a vision of all those heavily-secured workers with dead MitKlein bottles replaces it, and you have some difficulty wiping the resulting smile from your face. If only...
  
  > read the pamphlet
  It seems that the DHS believe the occupants of Apartment 1 are due to have a child any day now. As such, the pamphlet is meant to inform them of their duty as a citizen to ensure their child has his or her Mitsui-Klein encapsulation properly implanted by their birth hospital. Along with two or three not-so-veiled hints as to the penalties for avoiding implantation, the pamplet also contains a very familiar boilerplate description of the MitKlein Bottle which you and all your fellow citizens carry within your skulls. Inserted at birth, the MitKlein becomes embedded in the bone structure of the skull as the fontanelles close and harden. It contains just enough electronics to act as a transponder which will identify its owner, securely, to any nearby chip scanner over a range of perhaps five meters or less. The pamphlet cheerily explains that without such a chip, your child will be severely disadvantaged and unable to use basic modern services.
  
  > open the door
  (the Apartment door)
  The door is securely locked.
  
  > unlock the door with the multitool
  Which do you mean, the Apartment door or the House door?
  
  > Go west
  (first opening the House door)
  
  This front path is paved with cracked flagstones. Primrose Lane is to the west, a three-family building is to the east, and the building's side yard is to the northeast.
  
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  You can go northeast, east through the House door to Front Lobby, and west to South Primrose Lane from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  The automatic door slides closed.
  
  > go northeast
  A narrow side yard with a high solid fence on the north side and a few straggly decorative plants. The yard extends east behind the house and west to the front of the house.
  
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  You can go east and west to Front Path from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > look at the plants
  A few straggly brown and green plants huddling near the base of the fence and the side of the house.
  
  > go to the east
  An enclosed back yard, this small square of grass is surrounded by a high fence and the east side of the attached home. A narrow frosted window - likely a bathroom - is visible in the middle of the stretch of wall, and a larger clear window with curtains behind it is visible at the south end.
  
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  You can go north to Side Yard from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > examine the frosted window
  A very narrow window of frosted glass, it appears to be painted shut.
  
  > open the frosted window
  It's painted shut.
  
  > look at the window
  Which do you mean, the bedroom window or the bathroom window?
  
  > Bedroom
  A large clear two-pane window, it is locked with a latch mechanism at the join of the two panes. Having the latch on the outside probably violates some building code somewhere.
  
  > examine the latch
  This is a fairly standard window latch. It prevents the two windowpanes from sliding past one another. The locking tab is secured with a cotter pin which, for some reason, is on the outside of the window.
  
  In the latch is a cotter pin.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a backpack (being worn, and open but empty)
  a multitool
  a watch (being worn)
  a phone
  
  > remove the pin with multitool
  You deftly remove the cotter pin with the multitool.
  
  > open the bedroom window
  You slide the bedroom window open.
  
  > enter the window
  (the bedroom window)
  
  This bedroom is rather plain. Its owners must not spend much time in it while awake. It contains a bed - currently unmade - and a bedside table with a lamp on it.
  
  You can go north, east to Back Yard, and west from here.
  
  > open table
  (the bedside table)
  That's not something you can open.
  
  > examine table
  (the bedside table)
  A cheap but sturdy bedside table. There is a table lamp atop it.
  
  > look at the lamp
  A generic compact fluorescent lamp, it is screwed to the table, presumably to prevent it falling over.
  
  The table lamp is currently switched off.
  
  > unscrew the lamp
  It is fixed in place.
  
  > switch on the lamp
  You switch the table lamp on.
  
  The Green Residential curfew will begin in five minutes. You'll need to be inside, in an area which isn't under public surveillance, to avoid being arrested.
  
  > Close window
  You slide the bedroom window closed.
  
  > Go north
  This home only has the one bathroom, which means that the fact that it's not very clean is somewhat embarrassing. Or at least, it would be if the owner had expected visitors. It contains a sink, mirror, toilet and shower.
  
  You can go south to Bedroom and west from here.
  
  > examine the window
  A very narrow window of frosted glass, it appears to be painted shut.
  
  > examine the mirror
  A mid-range but functional mirror mounted over the sink. It has various illegible smudges around the edge which suggest that its owner uses it to write temporary notes to themself. One corner has a small piece of graffiti done in black marker.
  
  > examine the graffiti
  This small graffito is scrawled text reading HISTORY IS A LIE!
  Just below it is a URL: [LINK]
  
  > look in the mirror
  You can't see any such thing.
  
  It's hard to say if your reflection shows a true urban resistance fighter or just a very nondescript citizen. You've changed your hairstyle so many times now, you don't know what you look
  like.
  
  It's 8:00 PM. The curfew is now in effect for this neighborhood.
  
  > Flush toilet
  There is a brief gurgling sound. If only your problems could be so easily disposed of.
  
  > turn on the sink
  The apartment owners must have shut off their water while away; nothing happens.
  
  > go south
  This bedroom is rather plain. Its owners must not spend much time in it while awake. It contains a bed - currently unmade - and a bedside table with a lamp on it.
  
  You can go north to Bathroom, east to Back Yard, and west from here.
  
  > Go west
  The central hallway of this modest home. It's relatively clean and neat, as there is no furniture in it.
  
  You can go north, east to Bedroom, and west from here.
  
  > go north
  This is the small entryway to the ground-floor apartment. A pile of mail, most of it unread, nearly covers the side table just inside the apartment door. The apartment hallway is to the south. To the west is an office, and to the east is a bathroom.
  
  You can see a side table (on which is a car key) here.
  
  You can go north through the Apartment door (closed) to Front Lobby, south to Hall, east to Bathroom, and west from here.
  
  > take the key
  Taken.
  
  > look at the key
  This "key" is really a small rubberized, sealed plastic transponder which automatically unlocks the car it is paired with when it is within range. You have no idea where the appropriate car might be, however.
  
  > read mail
  Pretty much what you'd expect.
  
  > examine the mail
  A stack of someone else's mail you've already thumbed through.
  
  > go to the west
  This is obviously a home office, a room which in other homes might be a living room. It is not very tidy. Random detritus covers most available surfaces except for a workbench.
  
  You can see a workbench (on which are a lockblade knife, a soldering iron, some solder, and a laptop) here.
  
  You can go south and east to Entry from here.
  
  > take all
  lockblade knife: This knife is large enough to run afoul of local weapons laws. It would be a bad idea to let it be seen where the police are watching.
  soldering iron: (putting the phone into the backpack to make room) Taken.
  solder: (putting the multitool into the backpack to make room)
  Taken.
  laptop: (putting the cotter pin into the backpack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  > examine the laptop
  The laptop is a generic, slightly more fashionable than functional portable tablet computer. It is active, with the screen lit.
  
  > read the laptop
  The laptop is presently displaying a login screen. There is a reboot button in the corner of the screen.
  
  > click the reboot
  The screen flickers as the laptop reboots. The laptop pauses as it finds the boot server that has been installed on your phone, and then there is a quick series of flashes before a screen full of text comes up!
  
  > read screen
  The laptop is displaying a static screen, which instructs you to place a memory chip into its chipslot to download the attack program.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a laptop
  some solder
  a soldering iron
  a lockblade knife
  a car key
  a backpack (being worn, and open)
  a cotter pin
  a multitool
  a phone
  a watch (being worn)