text: [Themes: thriller]
  
  > Describe the surroundings
  Between each pair of cars is an area which has always frightened you. Maybe it's the fact that the area is open save for a flimsy metal railing across the gaps; maybe it's the constant shifting of the floor beneath your feet. Safer areas lie south and north.
  
  You see a concealed maintenance access hatch in the floor here.
  
  > drop the bulb and Wolfie
  strange red bulb: You haven't got that.
  Wolfie (the paper spider guardian of computers): You haven't got that.
  
  > drop the bottle and the lubricant
  squirt bottle: You carefully set the squirt bottle in the undercarriage.
  can of lubricant: You carefully set the can of lubricant in the undercarriage.
  
  > drop the lubricant
  The can of lubricant is already here.
  
  > take the bulb and Wolfie
  strange red bulb: Taken.
  Wolfie (the paper spider guardian of computers): (putting the bottle of hydroxide into the stained sport coat to make room)
  Taken.
  
  > drop the bulb and Wolfie
  strange red bulb: You carefully set the strange red bulb in the undercarriage.
  Wolfie (the paper spider guardian of computers): You carefully set Wolfie (the paper spider guardian of computers) in the undercarriage.
  
  > take the bottle and lubricant
  squirt bottle: Taken.
  can of lubricant: Taken.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a can of lubricant
  a squirt bottle (which is closed)
  a quantity of pale blue liquid
  a stained sport coat (being worn)
  a bottle of hydroxide (which is closed)
  a punched ticket
  a small velvet box (which is closed)
  a train schedule
  
  > take the ticket
  (putting the squirt bottle into the stained sport coat to make room) Taken.
  
  > drop the ticket
  You carefully set the punched ticket in the undercarriage.
  
  > put the bottle in the coat
  Which do you mean, the squirt bottle or the bottle of hydroxide?
  
  > Squirt
  What do you want to squirt?
  
  > check your inventory
  You are carrying:
  a can of lubricant
  a stained sport coat (being worn)
  a squirt bottle (which is closed)
  a quantity of pale blue liquid
  a bottle of hydroxide (which is closed)
  a small velvet box (which is closed)
  a train schedule
  
  > put the lubricant in the coat
  You put the can of lubricant into the stained sport coat.
  
  > go south
  Slowly you crawl southwards along the length of the train...
  
  Car 5, underside
  From here, you can make out the complex speed regulators, air brakes, and other mechanisms you take for granted whenever you travel by rail. You can crawl south or north along the length of the car.
  
  There is the movement of feet above you.
  
  > go south
  Slowly you crawl southwards along the length of the train...
  
  You're in a small gap between the cars. Small maintenance tunnels lead south and north, although they are rather small and probably not safe when the train is in motion. A maintenance hatch above you offers more traditional passage on the train.
  
  A prominent lever is attached to the car junction. The lever has been pushed into the "closed" position.
  
  The train just rushed by the Santa Barbara station.
  
  > go to the south
  Slowly you crawl southwards along the length of the train...
  
  Car 4, underside
  From here, you can make out the complex speed regulators, air brakes, and other mechanisms you take for granted whenever you travel by rail. You can crawl south or north along the length of the car.
  
  > go south
  (The maintenance access hatch slams shut when you release it to move.) You open the door to car 3.
  
  Car 3, Aft
  This tiny space near the junction to the next car is unremarkable, save the cramped stairway to the upper level and the door to the tiny lavatory west.
  
  The lavatory door is open.
  
  The door to the car junction slides shut.
  
  > enter the lavatory
  This compartment leaves very little room for movement, but you're not here to do the macarena. A stainless-steel lavatory sits next to a tiny sink. A window west provides some light, which is nice as the fluorescent fixture above the mirror is not on.
  
  The exit is east.
  
  > turn on the light
  A cursory glance around the room fails to reveal a visible switch.
  
  > lock the door
  You click the door lock, and watch the little window change from "Unoccupied" to "Occupied" momentarily. Some spring mechanism in the door prevents you from keeping it locked while the door is open, however.
  
  > lock the door
  The light above the sink flickers, then glows.
  
  > Wash jacket
  A quick wipe and the stain disappears.
  
  > unlock door
  The fluorescent light goes off.
  
  > open the door
  You open the lavatory door.
  
  > leave
  It's quite breathtaking out here, and you'd probably enjoy the scenery if it weren't for the annoying fact that you're clinging to a flimsy metal ladder while being buffeted by sixty mile-per-hour winds. Safety lies inside, east.
  
  > go east
  This compartment leaves very little room for movement, but you're not here to do the macarena. A stainless-steel lavatory sits next to a tiny sink. A window west provides some light, which is nice as the fluorescent fixture above the mirror is not on.
  
  The exit is east.
  
  Water is flowing into the sink.
  
  The flow from the faucet stops suddenly. (It must have one of those spring valves to prevent waste.)
  
  > go east
  Car 3, Aft
  This tiny space near the junction to the next car is unremarkable, save the cramped stairway to the upper level and the door to the tiny lavatory west.
  
  The lavatory door is open.
  
  > go north
  You open the door to the car junction.
  
  Between each pair of cars is an area which has always frightened you. Maybe it's the fact that the area is open save for a flimsy metal railing across the gaps; maybe it's the constant shifting of the floor beneath your feet. Safer areas lie south and north.
  
  You see a concealed maintenance access hatch in the floor here.
  
  The door to car 3 slides shut.
  
  > stand on the railing
  Even though every ounce of sanity left in your body tells you not to, you hop up on the railing. Your reward is the discovery of a well-concealed maintenance ladder climbing up the side of the car.
  
  > Up
  Handholds in the top of the car allow one to move carefully across the surface, but make no mistake about it: one slip means a short but unpleasant trip over the side. The handholds travel south or north along the length of the train, provided one does not get snagged on the numerous air vents and lights protruding from the surface.
  
  > go to the north
  It's a real struggle, but eventually you move northwards along the top of the train...
  
  Handholds in the top of the car allow one to move carefully across the surface, but make no mistake about it: one slip means a short but unpleasant trip over the side. The handholds travel south or north along the length of the train, provided one does not get snagged on the numerous air vents and lights protruding from the surface.
  
  The train just rushed through the Oxnard station.
  
  > go north
  It's a real struggle, but eventually you move northwards along the top of the train...
  
  Handholds in the top of the car allow one to move carefully across the surface, but make no mistake about it: one slip means a short but unpleasant trip over the side. The handholds travel south or north along the length of the train, provided one does not get snagged on the numerous air vents and lights protruding from the surface.
  
  > examine vents
  This is one of a number of screened portals, designed to allow fresh air to be drawn into the car as it moves.
  
  > Go north
  It's a real struggle, but eventually you move northwards along the top of the train...
  
  Handholds in the top of the car allow one to move carefully across the surface, but make no mistake about it: one slip means a short but unpleasant trip over the side. The handholds travel south or north along the length of the train, provided one does not get snagged on the numerous air vents and lights protruding from the surface.
  
  You hear noises from the car below.
  
  > listen
  That's definitely English from the car below.
  
  You hear noises from the car below.
  
  > open the vent
  The metal screen is firmly attached to the portal.
  
  You hear noises from the car below.