text: > Describe the surroundings
  This appalling chamber is lit only by the gray daylight that spills in from the open doorway to the north. The floor here is heaped with piles of bones - human bones. Skulls lie in heaps, and the floor is carpeted with a mad xylophone of crisscrossing ribs.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > examine the ribs
  There must be hundreds of skeletons here, lying in a dreadful and pathetic jumble. The bones are old and dry, every scrap of flesh long since gnawed away by vermin. The thought that all these were once living, breathing people fills you with almost unbearable sadness.
  
  > go north
  The monkey scampers beside you.
  
  Though paved in polished marble and enclosed on all sides, this large square room is open to the sky above. Aside from some low benches, also of marble, that surround a shallow, square pool of water in the center of the room, it's unfurnished. There's a high arched doorway to the north, a row of lower arches on the east, a tunnel entrance to the west, and a square-cut doorway to the south.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > go west
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The stone tunnel continues south (along the channel) and turns to the east here. A square of daylight can be glimpsed at the end of the east branch. A bronze door set in an ornate frame of carved stone is to the north.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > Go south
  The monkey goes down onto all fours to keep up with you.
  
  A broad passageway runs north and south here, flanked on the west by a square-cut channel of unguessable depth. Directly across the channel, to the west from where you're standing, is an open doorway through which can be glimpsed the cheerfully torchlit room of seven doors, but the slim silver bridge that was here before seems to have vanished, leaving you no way to cross the channel. On the east side of the passageway is a narrow opening, beyond which a stairway leads down into the gloom.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > go to the south
  Seeing you leave, the little monkey scuttles after you. When you pause, he looks up at you expectantly.
  
  The passage from the north opens out here on a balcony overlooking a jarringly prosaic scene. Half a dozen men wearing camouflage combat fatigues and black berets are lounging around a long table, smoking cigarettes and talking in low voices. The men are armed with what look like automatic rifles. Fortunately, they don't seem to have noticed you. A stairway leads down from the balcony into the middle of the room.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > go to the north
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  A broad passageway runs north and south here, flanked on the west by a square-cut channel of unguessable depth. Directly across the channel, to the west from where you're standing, is an open doorway through which can be glimpsed the cheerfully torchlit room of seven doors, but the slim silver bridge that was here before seems to have vanished, leaving you no way to cross the channel. On the east side of the passageway is a narrow opening, beyond which a stairway leads down into the gloom.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > go east
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The walls of this tunnel are of rough-hewn, square-cut dark gray stone. The ceiling is high, and the walls seem to press close, as the tunnel itself is not wide. The air is cooler here than in the upper passage, and smells a bit dank. A narrow stairway ascends to the west, and the tunnel extends away into the gloom to the north and east.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > Go north
  The monkey scampers beside you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the south.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > Go west
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the west end. The only way you can go is back to the east.
  
  An ugly figure of red stone stands here. It's about as tall as your waist, and one stubby arm is outstretched, as if it were frozen in the act of grasping with its claws.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > look at the figure
  The figure is carved of red stone. Its face is contorted in a grimace, and its body is bare except for a stylized loin cloth. Its stumpy legs are firmly planted on a round base, and are slightly bowed. Its right arm is extended in a grasping gesture. The arm is pointed straight toward the end wall of the tunnel.
  
  > turn it
  You apply your weight to the stone figure, and find that it rotates easily on its base. The grinding noise of stone against stone is not loud, but it's echoed in a deep, prolonged thunder from back down the tunnel. Even after the figure itself has ceased moving, you feel a vibration beneath your feet, and a little dust seeps down from somewhere overhead.
  
  > go to the east
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the south.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > Go east
  The monkey scampers beside you.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the east end. The only way you can go is back to the west.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > Go west
  Seeing you leave, the little monkey scuttles after you. When you pause, he looks up at you expectantly.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the south.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > go west
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the west end. The only way you can go is back to the east.
  
  An ugly figure of red stone stands here. It's about as tall as your waist, and one stubby arm is outstretched, as if it were frozen in the act of grasping with its claws.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > turn the stone
  You glance at the stone wall and instantly dismiss it as unimportant.
  
  > turn statue
  You apply your weight to the stone figure, and find that it rotates easily on its base. The grinding noise of stone against stone is not loud, but it's echoed in a deep, prolonged thunder from back down the tunnel. Even after the figure itself has ceased moving, you feel a vibration beneath your feet, and a little dust seeps down from somewhere overhead.
  
  > go to the east
  The monkey goes down onto all fours to keep up with you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the south.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > go to the east
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the east end. The only way you can go is back to the west.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > Go west
  The monkey goes down onto all fours to keep up with you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the south.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > Go west
  The monkey scampers beside you.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the west end. The only way you can go is back to the east.
  
  An ugly figure of red stone stands here. It's about as tall as your waist, and one stubby arm is outstretched, as if it were frozen in the act of grasping with its claws.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > examine the figure
  The figure is carved of red stone. Its face is contorted in a grimace, and its body is bare except for a stylized loin cloth. Its stumpy legs are firmly planted on a round base, and are slightly bowed. Its right arm is extended in a grasping gesture. The arm is pointed straight back down the tunnel the way you came.
  
  > Go east
  Seeing you leave, the little monkey scuttles after you. When you pause, he looks up at you expectantly.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the south.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > go south
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The walls of this tunnel are of rough-hewn, square-cut dark gray stone. The ceiling is high, and the walls seem to press close, as the tunnel itself is not wide. The air is cooler here than in the upper passage, and smells a bit dank. A narrow stairway ascends to the west, and the tunnel extends away into the gloom to the north and east.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > go east
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the south.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > go to the south
  The monkey goes down onto all fours to keep up with you.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the south end. The only way you can go is back to the north.
  
  An ugly figure of red stone stands here. It's about as tall as your waist, and one stubby arm is outstretched as if it were frozen in the act of grasping with its claws.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > Go north
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the south.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > Go east
  Seeing you leave, the little monkey scuttles after you. When you pause, he looks up at you expectantly.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the east end. The only way you can go is back to the west.
  
  An ugly figure of red stone stands here. It's about as tall as your waist, and one stubby arm is outstretched as if it were frozen in the act of grasping with its claws.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > go west
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the south.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > go to the west
  The monkey scampers beside you.
  
  The walls of this tunnel are of rough-hewn, square-cut dark gray stone. The ceiling is high, and the walls seem to press close, as the tunnel itself is not wide. The air is cooler here than in the upper passage, and smells a bit dank. A narrow stairway ascends to the west, and the tunnel extends away into the gloom to the north and east.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > Go north
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the south.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > Go east
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > Go north
  The monkey scampers beside you.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the north end. The only way you can go is back to the south.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > Go south
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > Go east
  Seeing you leave, the little monkey scuttles after you. When you pause, he looks up at you expectantly.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from north to south here. Another passage leads away to the west.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > go south
  The monkey goes down onto all fours to keep up with you.
  
  The stone tunnel turns from the north to the west here.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > go to the east
  You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead back to the north and west.
  
  > Go west
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the west end. The only way you can go is back to the east.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > Go east
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The stone tunnel turns from the north to the west here.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > go north
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from north to south here. Another passage leads away to the west.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > go north
  The monkey goes down onto all fours to keep up with you.
  
  The stone tunnel turns from the south to the west here.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > go west
  Seeing you leave, the little monkey scuttles after you. When you pause, he looks up at you expectantly.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the west end. The only way you can go is back to the east.
  
  An ugly figure of red stone stands here. It's about as tall as your waist, and one stubby arm is outstretched, as if it were frozen in the act of grasping with its claws.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > go to the east
  The monkey scampers beside you.
  
  The stone tunnel turns from the south to the west here.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > Go south
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from north to south here. Another passage leads away to the west.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > Go west
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > go to the north
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the north end. The only way you can go is back to the south.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > Go south
  The monkey goes down onto all fours to keep up with you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > go to the east
  Seeing you leave, the little monkey scuttles after you. When you pause, he looks up at you expectantly.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from north to south here. Another passage leads away to the west.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > Go south
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The stone tunnel turns from the north to the west here.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > Go west
  The monkey scampers beside you.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the west end. The only way you can go is back to the east.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > go to the east
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The stone tunnel turns from the north to the west here.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > Go north
  The monkey goes down onto all fours to keep up with you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from north to south here. Another passage leads away to the west.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > go north
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The stone tunnel turns from the south to the west here.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > Go west
  Seeing you leave, the little monkey scuttles after you. When you pause, he looks up at you expectantly.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the west end. The only way you can go is back to the east.
  
  An ugly figure of red stone stands here. It's about as tall as your waist, and one stubby arm is outstretched, as if it were frozen in the act of grasping with its claws.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > Go east
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  The stone tunnel turns from the south to the west here.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > Go south
  The monkey scampers beside you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from north to south here. Another passage leads away to the west.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > go west
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > Go north
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the north end. The only way you can go is back to the south.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > go south
  Seeing you leave, the little monkey scuttles after you. When you pause, he looks up at you expectantly.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > go west
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > Go north
  The monkey scampers beside you.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the north end. The only way you can go is back to the south.
  
  An ugly figure of red stone stands here. It's about as tall as your waist, and one stubby arm is outstretched, as if it were frozen in the act of grasping with its claws.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > Go south
  The monkey goes down onto all fours to keep up with you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > go west
  Seeing you leave, the little monkey scuttles after you. When you pause, he looks up at you expectantly.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the west end. The only way you can go is back to the east.
  
  An ugly figure of red stone stands here. It's about as tall as your waist, and one stubby arm is outstretched, as if it were frozen in the act of grasping with its claws.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > Go east
  The monkey scampers beside you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > go south
  You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead north, east, and back to the west.
  
  > Go north
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the north end. The only way you can go is back to the south.
  
  An ugly figure of red stone stands here. It's about as tall as your waist, and one stubby arm is outstretched, as if it were frozen in the act of grasping with its claws.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > go south
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > Go east
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > Go north
  The monkey goes down onto all fours to keep up with you.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the north end. The only way you can go is back to the south.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > go south
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > Go west
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the west end. The only way you can go is back to the east.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > go east
  The monkey goes down onto all fours to keep up with you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > go north
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from north to south here. Another passage leads away to the west.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > Go south
  The monkey goes down onto all fours to keep up with you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > go to the east
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the east end. The only way you can go is back to the west.
  
  An ugly figure of red stone stands here. It's about as tall as your waist, and one stubby arm is outstretched, as if it were frozen in the act of grasping with its claws.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > Turn figure
  You apply your weight to the stone figure, and find that it rotates easily on its base. The grinding noise of stone against stone is not loud, but it's echoed in a deep, prolonged thunder from back down the tunnel. Even after the figure itself has ceased moving, you feel a vibration beneath your feet, and a little dust seeps down from somewhere overhead.
  
  > Go west
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is crouching at your feet.
  
  > go north
  The monkey scampers beside you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from north to south here. There are no side exits.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > go south
  Seeing you leave, the little monkey scuttles after you. When you pause, he looks up at you expectantly.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > go west
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The stone tunnel terminates here against a solid block of stone that stretches from floor to ceiling at the west end. The only way you can go is back to the east.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > go to the east
  Seeing you leave, the little monkey scuttles after you. When you pause, he looks up at you expectantly.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the north.
  
  The monkey is still with you.
  
  > go to the north
  The monkey trails faithfully along behind.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from north to south here. There are no side exits.
  
  The monkey looks up at you expectantly.
  
  > go to the north
  The monkey follows you.
  
  The stone tunnel extends from east to west here. Another passage leads away to the south.
  
  The monkey is standing close by.
  
  > Go east
  The monkey arrives on your heels.
  
  This high-ceilinged chamber is dimly lit by dusty beams that filter down from far above. The walls and floor are of rough-hewn, gray blocks of stone. The room's only furnishing is a very large, heavily built throne of the same gray stone. The throne stands in the center of the room. Its square-cut seat, arms, and back look so very uncomfortable that it's hard to believe anybody would ever have sat on it willingly, and the coating of dust that covers the throne and the floor, though somewhat scuffed, suggests that nobody has come here in a very long time.
  
  The only exit is back to the west.
  
  The monkey goes off to take a quick look around, but soon returns.
  
  > examine the throne
  The throne is almost large enough that a giant could sit in it, but you could probably clamber up into the seat if there were any reason to. It's carved of the same dark gray stone as the walls and floor, and its stark contours are unrelieved by ornamentation or markings of any kind.
  
  > sit on it
  From your hard perch on the throne, you notice for the first time what had been invisible before: A strip of carvings runs along the wall, high up in the gloom. Carved in this frieze is a series of figures, which are repeated rhythmically along the strip.
  
  > look at the frieze
  The frieze has been carved into the walls in a strip that runs around three sides of the room at a height of about ten feet. A series of five figures or glyphs is repeated along the frieze, each group separated by vertical marks from the identical groups to either side. From left to right, the glyphs are of a stylized jaguar's head, a rayed circle that must represent the sun, a coiled rattlesnake with bared fangs, a curved dagger, and a tilted jug from which water is pouring out.