text: [Themes: Science Fiction]
  
  > Go downward
  (first opening the Green Commercial Station door)
  
  You can see a Transit Map here.
  
  You can go south through the Green Commercial Station door to Green Commercial Station from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  The automatic door slides closed.
  
  > wait for Transit
  A public address system reminds you to be alert and "if you see something, say something!"
  
  A public address system reminds you to be alert and "if you see something, say something!"
  
  A commuter walks by.
  
  A light grows in the tunnel. With a deep thrumming and the whoosh of displaced air, the Transit Capsule slides smoothly into Green Commercial Platform and comes to a stop, hovering in the Web. The doors slide open and a few commuters enter and exit the capsule.
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  > say something
  (to the commuter)
  Your words are lost as the commuter slips past you and continues on their way.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  > wait awhile
  Time passes.
  
  A man nearby yawns.
  
  Time passes.
  
  > Go outside
  Green Residential's platform serves mostly residential commuters. There is an exit at the center of the platform which leads east through a set of closed automatic doors to a stairway leading up to the main station, just next to a large plaque with the name of the station on it. The platform abuts the Transit web to the west, where a Transit capsule hovers impatiently. The capsule doors are open.
  
  You can see a Transit Map here.
  
  You can go east through the Green Residential Station door (closed) to Green Residential Station from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  > Go west
  You enter the Transit capsule.
  
  A fifty-person maglev Transit capsule. You're standing, holding on to a strap. Through the windows you can see the Green Residential Platform.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  > go east
  You exit the Transit capsule.
  
  Green Residential's platform serves mostly residential commuters. There is an exit at the center of the platform which leads east through a set of closed automatic doors to a stairway leading up to the main station, just next to a large plaque with the name of the station on it. The platform abuts the Transit web to the west, where a Transit capsule hovers impatiently. The capsule doors are open.
  
  You can see a Transit Map here.
  
  You can go east through the Green Residential Station door (closed) to Green Residential Station from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  The capsule doors slide shut. The humming noice increases in volume, and the capsule slides out of the station, gathering speed as it goes, and slides into the tunnel.
  
  > wait 10 minutes
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  The capsule doors slide shut. The humming noice increases in volume, and the capsule slides out of the station, gathering speed as it goes, and slides into the tunnel.
  
  You hold onto your strap as the Capsule rapidly accelerates.
  
  A nearby commuter's handheld begins beeping loudly. She hurriedly shuts it off.
  
  With a deep thrumming and the whoosh of displaced air, the Transit Capsule slides smoothly into Green Service Platform and comes to a stop, hovering in the Web. The doors slide open and a few commuters enter and exit the capsule.
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  The capsule doors slide shut. The humming noice increases in volume, and the capsule slides out of the station, gathering speed as it goes, and slides into the tunnel.
  
  You hold onto your strap as the Capsule rapidly accelerates.
  
  It is now 4:20 am.
  
  With a deep thrumming and the whoosh of displaced air, the Transit Capsule slides smoothly into Reserve Bank Station and comes to a stop, hovering in the Web. The doors slide open and a few commuters enter and exit the capsule.
  
  > go to the west
  You exit the Transit capsule.
  
  The Reserve Bank Transit Station. The platform opens out at the middle to a lobby area which is dominated by a row of automated doors to the west. The flow of commuters moves steadily through these doors, with each person turning their head to the right as they approach for the eye scanner to verify their identity before opening the portal long enough for them to slip through. The floor and walls are both clean duramex nanotile, and the station name (Reserve Bank) is indicated on large plaques set into the walls. At either end of the platform, closed gates guard against any entry into the slideway tunnels. A platform abuts a Transit web, where a Transit capsule can be seen hovering. The capsule doors are open.
  
  You can see a Transit Map here.
  
  You can go west through the Reserve Bank Station door (closed) from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  > Go west
  (first opening the Reserve Bank Station door)
  The Eye Scanner scans the iris printed on the contact lens to determine your identity. The Reserve Bank Security Subroutine determines that "you" have a legitimate reason to enter the Reserve Bank spacescraper, and the doors slide smoothly open.
  
  The corridor widens as it terminates at the automatic doors to the Reserve Bank Station, which lies to the east. There is a directory and guide sign on the wall. Although traffic is overwhelmingly to the west, there are two doors reserved for traffic into the station, indicated by green lightbars overhead, whose access scanners are active.
  
  You can see a directory here.
  
  You can go east through the Reserve Bank Station door to Reserve Bank Station and west from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  A tiny surveillance camera you're sure you didn't see before swivels to follow you.
  
  The automatic door slides closed.
  
  > read the sign
  A large sign mounted to the wall. It reads:
  Green Line Transit: Basement Level
  Food Court: Basement Level
  Atrium: Main Lobby Level
  Rooftop Bouncelift: Main Lobby Level
  
  > go west
  The center of the Food Court beneath the Reserve Bank spacescraper is a busy place at all times of the day. Around the periphery are several food stand franchises, some doing a brisk business. Hundreds of people are here waiting in line at the food stands, sitting at the dozens of tables in the center, or just passing through from the Reserve Bank Station to the Lift Lobby up a ramp to the west or vice versa. The floor is made of duramex tiles.
  
  You can see a trash can (closed) here.
  
  You can go north, northeast, northwest, south, southeast, southwest, east to Station Corridor, and west from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > look at the floor
  The floor is made of duramex tiles, nondescript gray matte shedding scuff marks with the determination of the designed servant into nanogrout channels in between. During the short nighttime lull, the floor will seem to creep slightly as the nanogrout slowly flows the daytime grime along the channels to dispose of it into the walls.
  
  > go southeast
  The Sheep Look Up is a gyros restaurant, featuring small cartoon sheep heads looking imploringly up from the steam table behind the glass. Two surly employees are hard at work slicing gyros and constructing sandwiches and lunch platters for the several hungry customers who wait in line.
  
  You can go north, northwest to Food Court, and west from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  You see a small red light in the corner of your vision which vanishes as you turn to look at it.
  
  > look up
  The ceiling is two levels up, peppered with DayBrite(™) lighting fixtures which make it difficult to see any detail through the glare.
  
  > Go north
  I Have No Mouth (but Ice Cream) is a popular frozen dessert chain. Despite the somewhat disturbing corporate artwork and iconography, this counter offers a selection of solid flavors including Chocolate AMmond, PostApocalicks and We've All Gone Tutti-Frutti. Two scoopers behind the counter are smoothly dishing up cones and cups to a large crowd of midday sweet-seekers.
  
  You can go south to The Sheep Look Up, southwest to Food Court, and west from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > go west
  Bistro Paris is a well-known faux French eatery offering somewhat soggy croissants and mediocre coffee alongside such wonders as coq au vin served in white styrofoam. Sadly, it appears that it does not sell wine, which might go some way towards relieving the disappointment any gourmand feels when faced with the prospect of eating here. There are two workers behind the counter serving a line of customers. A sign painted onto the counter reads "Try our Green Commercial One location!"
  
  You can go south to Food Court, east to I Have No Mouth, and west from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > go to the west
  This corner of the food court is drab and uninhabited. A closed door marked "MAINTENANCE" lurks to the west, and another marked "RESTROOM" to the north. The floor and walls are scuffed around the door, no doubt from cleaning implements banging against them on their daily travels.
  
  You can go north, south, southeast to Food Court, east to Reserve Bank Bistro Paris, and west through the Maintenance Door (closed) from here.
  
  > Go south
  Apollo's Coffee is done up in fake Ancient Greek, as befits its name. Plastic busts and columns adorn its facade. For some reason, there is a silver robotic head behind the counter, mounted on the wall, where a red scanning laser moves monotonously back and forth.
  
  You can go north to Maintenance Area, northeast to Food Court, and east from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > examine the head
  Large and chromed silver, this robot's head looks like a large helmet with rudimentary features. Instead of eyes, a red band crosses the face, behind which a bright red light slowly moves back and forth.
  
  > get the head
  It's mounted high behind the counter.
  
  > Go east
  Tacos Terriff is a bare-bones Mexicalitexazonan food joint. Meat product is scooped into grain-plastic shells and covered with various unidentifiable industrial sauces and shredded veggies. Despite this, it seems to have a dedicated following, as it is doing land-office business with the office set.
  
  You can go north to Food Court, east to The Sheep Look Up, and west to Apollo's from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > Go north
  You can see a trash can (closed) here.
  
  You can go north to Reserve Bank Bistro Paris, northeast to I Have No Mouth, northwest to Maintenance Area, south to Tacos Terriff, southeast to The Sheep Look Up, southwest to Apollo's, east to Station Corridor, and west from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > go to the west
  (first opening the Maintenance Door)
  The palm lock ignores you. The door remains firmly closed.
  
  > examine Door
  The maintenance closet is sealed by an autodoor. There is no eye  on this door, but a flat plate above the door handle indicates a palm scanner lock.
  
  > put the palm on Scanner
  (first taking your palm)
  
  That seems to be a part of yourself.
  You need to be holding your palm before you can put it on top of something else.
  
  > go north
  Bog-standard restroom. Several stalls offer a minimum of privacy. A large mirror covers the walls over the sink.
  
  You can go south to Maintenance Area from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > examine the mirror
  A wall-covering mirror over the sinks. The edges are covered in fingerprints, and you note that even the surveillance warning has not prevented a small scrawl of marker graffiti on the left edge.
  
  > go to the south-east
  You can see a trash can (closed) here.
  
  You can go north to Reserve Bank Bistro Paris, northeast to I Have No Mouth, northwest to Maintenance Area, south to Tacos Terriff, southeast to The Sheep Look Up, southwest to Apollo's, east to Station Corridor, and west from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > Go west
  The Lift Lobby controls underground access to the Reserve Bank spacescraper, beneath the towers of industry and capital made pillars of money and sin. Hundreds of people rush to and fro through the lobby on their way into or out of the building. To the north is a large bank of bouncelifts, their liftfields on and glowing faintly blue behind security gates. Access to the bouncelifts is controlled by Lift Scanners, set above and to the right of each bouncelift entry. There is no ceiling; several meters up, the room opens out into the street level lobby above. There is a railing around the perimeter of the floor above; several people are leaning against or over it, watching the flow of commuters below them and around you. The Atrium, a wide open area extending at least halfway up the spacescraper, is visible above that. There is no way to reach the street lobby from here other than via the bouncelifts. A shallow ramp leads east down to the Food Court.
  
  You can hear the confused murmur of a large crowd coming from the Atrium above.
  
  You can see a Powered Platform (on which is a spool) and the Security Guard here.
  
  You can go east to Food Court and up from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > examine spool
  A metal spool of what appears to be very strong cable, with a winding mechanism at its center. The mechanism is locked. There is a carabiner at the end of the cable, but it's locked into the spool. It is attached to the platform's winch frame with several locking clamps.
  
  > Unlock
  What do you want to unlock?
  
  > Unlock winch
  Which do you mean, the winch control or the winch control's activate button?
  
  > press the activate button
  Which do you mean, the winch control's activate button or the soldering iron's activate button?
  
  > Winch
  You switch the winch control on.
  
  > Control
  A simple control panel, used for winding or unwinding cables and thus raising or lowering the platform. It seems to be shut off. A keylock is set to "OFF."
  
  The winch control is currently switched on.
  
  > examine the keylock
  It's a simple keyslot. It's set to "OFF."
  
  > look at Guard
  He's dressed in a standard security guard outfit. It appears his job is keep people from fiddling with the ashtrays or perhaps the fake plants.
  
  The Security Guard is empty-handed.
  
  > examine Platform
  This is a platform with motorized winches resting near the south wall. Judging from the equipment locked to it, it is used to clean the walls and windows of the Atrium. A locked-down control winch control is at one end, and there is a safety railing around the edge.
  
  On the Powered Platform is a spool.
  
  > stand on Platform
  Before you can step up onto it, the security guard rushes over and shoves you away from the platform, glaring at you.
  
  > go to the north
  The main bouncelifts are much more heavily secured than the public areas of the building. Your dead MitKlein prevents you from gaining access.
  
  > go east
  You can see a trash can (closed) here.
  
  You can go north to Reserve Bank Bistro Paris, northeast to I Have No Mouth, northwest to Maintenance Area, south to Tacos Terriff, southeast to The Sheep Look Up, southwest to Apollo's, east to Station Corridor, and west to Lift Lobby from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > Go east
  You can see a directory here.
  
  You can go east through the Reserve Bank Station door (closed) to Reserve Bank Station and west to Food Court from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > Go east
  (first opening the Reserve Bank Station door)
  The Eye Scanner probes your eye and deducts Transit fare from the account associated with your iris pattern.
  
  You can see a Transit Map here.
  
  You can go west through the Reserve Bank Station door to Station Corridor from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  A commuter walks by.
  
  The automatic door slides closed.
  
  > go east
  A barrier fence with closed autodoors blocks your way.
  
  > wait for Transit
  Warning lights along the platform edge begin to blink rapidly. A light grows in the tunnel. With a deep moan and gust of wind, an express Transit Capsule blasts through Reserve Bank and vanishes into the darkness once more.
  
  A light grows in the tunnel. With a deep thrumming and the whoosh of displaced air, the Transit Capsule slides smoothly into Reserve Bank Station and comes to a stop, hovering in the Web. The doors slide open and a few commuters enter and exit the capsule.
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  > go to the east
  You enter the Transit capsule.
  
  A fifty-person maglev Transit capsule. You're standing, holding on to a strap. Through the windows you can see the Reserve Bank Station.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  > wait 15 minutes
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  The capsule doors slide shut. The humming noice increases in volume, and the capsule slides out of the station, gathering speed as it goes, and slides into the tunnel.
  
  You hold onto your strap as the Capsule rapidly accelerates.
  
  A nearby commuter's handheld begins beeping loudly. She hurriedly shuts it off.
  
  Someone coughs.
  
  With a deep thrumming and the whoosh of displaced air, the Transit Capsule slides smoothly into Green Commercial Platform and comes to a stop, hovering in the Web. The doors slide open and a few commuters enter and exit the capsule.
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  The capsule doors slide shut. The humming noice increases in volume, and the capsule slides out of the station, gathering speed as it goes, and slides into the tunnel.
  
  You hold onto your strap as the Capsule rapidly accelerates.
  
  You hear a very quiet beep from somewhere you can't identify.
  
  Someone coughs.
  
  With a deep thrumming and the whoosh of displaced air, the Transit Capsule slides smoothly into Green Residential Platform and comes to a stop, hovering in the Web. The doors slide open and a few commuters enter and exit the capsule.
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  The capsule doors slide shut. The humming noice increases in volume, and the capsule slides out of the station, gathering speed as it goes, and slides into the tunnel.
  
  You hold onto your strap as the Capsule rapidly accelerates.
  
  It is now 5:25 am.
  
  > wait 5 minutes
  With a deep thrumming and the whoosh of displaced air, the Transit Capsule slides smoothly into Green Service Platform and comes to a stop, hovering in the Web. The doors slide open and a few commuters enter and exit the capsule.
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  The capsule doors slide shut. The humming noice increases in volume, and the capsule slides out of the station, gathering speed as it goes, and slides into the tunnel.
  
  You hold onto your strap as the Capsule rapidly accelerates.
  
  It is now 5:30 am.
  
  > wait 5 minutes
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  The capsule doors slide shut. The humming noice increases in volume, and the capsule slides out of the station, gathering speed as it goes, and slides into the tunnel.
  
  You hold onto your strap as the Capsule rapidly accelerates.
  
  A nearby commuter's handheld begins beeping loudly. She hurriedly shuts it off.
  
  It is now 5:37 am.
  
  > wait 2 minutes
  With a deep thrumming and the whoosh of displaced air, the Transit Capsule slides smoothly into Green Commercial Platform and comes to a stop, hovering in the Web. The doors slide open and a few commuters enter and exit the capsule.
  It is now 5:39 am.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  > Go outside
  Green Commercial One is one of the oldest stations on the Transit web. Although it has been refurbished several times, its age still manages to show through the layers of tile and paint. The platform opens out at the middle to a lobby area which is dominated by a row of automated doors to the south, which lead to stairways up to the main station. The flow of commuters moves steadily through these doors. The floor and walls are both extremely scuffed duramex nanotile, and the station name (Green Commercial One) is indicated on a large plaque set into the walls. The platform abuts the Transit web to the north, where a Transit capsule can be seen hovering. The capsule doors are open.
  
  You can see a Transit Map here.
  
  You can go south through the Green Commercial Station door (closed) to Green Commercial Station from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  > Go south
  (first opening the Green Commercial Station door)
  
  You can go south to Green Commercial Plaza North and down through the Green Commercial Station door to Green Commercial Platform from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  The automatic door slides closed.
  
  > Go west
  You can see an ATM here.
  
  You can go southeast to Green Commercial Plaza Center and east to Green Commercial Plaza North from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > look at ATM
  This is a standard ATM, using palm prints and Mit-Klein authentication to permit customers to perform banking transactions. A palm reader juts out from the front of the console.
  
  The ATM is currently switched off.
  
  > examine the palm reader
  This is a standard palm reader, which is used to verify the identity of the ATM customer. A flat plate, slightly inset, it is placed at a convenient angle to allow the palm to lie against it. This one, however, has a broad crack in it across which someone has written "KAPUT" in black marker.
  
  > Palm
  (your palm)
  The tissue sample target is yourself
  That's not made of tissue.
  
  > cut atm with the knife
  Taken.
  
  Cutting that would achieve little.
  
  Security surveillance spots you openly carrying a weapon. Police rush in!
  
  > remove the reader
  (first taking the palm reader)
  That seems to be a part of the ATM.
  
  > pull the reader
  It is fixed in place.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a contact lens (being worn)
  a lens case (open but empty)
  a laptop
  an ID camera
  a car key
  a backpack (being worn, and open)
  a tag remover
  a receive chip
  a pager (open but empty)
  a lockblade knife
  a lost camera
  a drop message
  a safety limiter
  a soldering iron
  some solder
  a thermos (open but empty)
  a cotter pin
  a multitool
  a watch (being worn)
  
  > examine the pin
  A small steel pin made up of a length of wire doubled over on itself with a loop at one end.
  
  > wait for Capsule
  A light grows in the tunnel. With a deep thrumming and the whoosh of displaced air, the Transit Capsule slides smoothly into Green Commercial Platform and comes to a stop, hovering in the Web. The doors slide open and a few commuters enter and exit the capsule.
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  A commuter walks by.
  
  > wait 3 minutes
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  The capsule doors slide shut. The humming noice increases in volume, and the capsule slides out of the station, gathering speed as it goes, and slides into the tunnel.
  
  You hold onto your strap as the Capsule rapidly accelerates.
  
  It is now 6:07 am.
  
  > go inside
  A fifty-person maglev Transit capsule. You're standing, holding on to a strap. Through the windows you can see the Green Residential Platform.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  > wait 3 minutes
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  The capsule doors slide shut. The humming noice increases in volume, and the capsule slides out of the station, gathering speed as it goes, and slides into the tunnel.
  
  You hold onto your strap as the Capsule rapidly accelerates.
  
  It is now 6:13 am.
  
  You hear a very quiet beep from somewhere you can't identify.
  
  > Wait
  Time passes.
  
  The capsule shudders as it passes a junction in the Web.
  
  With a deep thrumming and the whoosh of displaced air, the Transit Capsule slides smoothly into Green Service Platform and comes to a stop, hovering in the Web. The doors slide open and a few commuters enter and exit the capsule.
  
  > Go outside
  Green Service One's platform is underground. It serves mostly city workers during the day. There is an exit at the center of the platform which leads north through a set of closed automatic doors to a stairway leading up to the main station, just next to a large plaque with the name of the station on it. The platform abuts the Transit web to the south, where a Transit capsule hovers impatiently in the web. The capsule doors are open.
  
  You can see a Transit Map here.
  
  You can go north through the Green Service Station door (closed) to Green Service Station from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  A few commuters get on and off the Transit capsule.
  
  > go to the north
  (first opening the Green Service Station door)
  
  You can go north to Government Square South and down through the Green Service Station door to Green Service Platform from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  The automatic door slides closed.
  
  > Go east
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  An ambulance, a bulky flittervan with emergency markings, is parked here.
  
  You can go north to Hospital Entrance, northwest to Government Square North, east through the ER door (closed) to Triage, and west to Government Square South from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > look at the ambulance
  This aerovan is probably a Geely-Ford/Fujiwara product underneath, but has all manner of emergency lights and markings on it, including a large set of red crosses. It has a double door in the back along with the two main cab entry doors. It is dark and powered down but securely locked, and a slowly blinking light indicates that its locklarm is armed.
  
  > Open ambulance
  As you reach for the door handle, the locklarm begins to strobe and an ominous beeping begins. You decide not to risk it.
  
  > go east
  (first opening the ER door)
  
  You can go north to Hospital Lobby, east to the Emergency Room, and west through the ER door to Hospital Driveway from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  The automatic door slides closed.
  
  > Go east
  You can see a tissue generator here.
  
  You can go north to Hospital Elevators and west to Triage from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > go to the west
  You can go north to Hospital Lobby, east to the Emergency Room, and west through the ER door (closed) to Hospital Driveway from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > Go north
  You can go north to Hospital Lounge, south to Triage, east to Hospital Elevators, and west through the Hospital door (closed) to Hospital Entrance from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.