text: > go downward
  Once inside, you realize why this car wasn't accessible from the rest of the train: it's a mail transport car. Bags of letters and parcels fill the shelves around you, almost completely obscuring the one light fixture in the car. The sliding metal door east offers a possible exit.
  
  In front of you stands a large metal box, closed on all sides save the front, which is protected by a pane of glass. The rose-tinting of the glass hints at rather than exposes the complicated machinery held within.
  
  An open metal hatch reveals the sun and sky above.
  
  You can also see a strange red bulb here.
  
  > open the soda
  If you want to drink it, just say so.
  
  The train just rushed through the Santa Ana station.
  
  > drink the soda
  Aaah! Quite refreshing, thank you. And you still have 5 cans left.
  
  > drink the soda
  Aaah! Quite refreshing, thank you. And you still have 4 cans left.
  
  > drink the soda
  Aaah! Quite refreshing, thank you. And you still have 3 cans left.
  
  > drink the soda
  Aaah! Quite refreshing, thank you. And you still have 2 cans left.
  
  > drink the soda
  Aaah! Quite refreshing, thank you. And you still have 1 can left.
  
  > drink the soda
  Aaah! Quite refreshing, thank you. But that was the last can.
  
  > Puncture caulking with ring
  Try as you might, you cannot puncture the silicone caulking with the diamond ring.
  
  The train just rumbled by the Santa Ana station.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  some cans of soda
  a diamond ring (being worn)
  a sport coat (being worn)
  a bottle of hydroxide (which is open but empty)
  a squirt bottle (which is closed)
  a quantity of pale blue liquid
  a bottle of acid (which is closed)
  a quantity of acid
  a bottle of developing fluid (which is open but empty)
  a small plastic tube (which is closed)
  some litmus powder
  
  > examine the caulking
  The centimeter-wide gap between the edge of the metal box and the glass pane has been filled with a rubbery sealant, probably silicone.
  
  > open the bottle
  (the bottle of acid)
  You open the bottle of acid.
  
  > put the acid in the hydroxide bottle
  (I assume you mean to pour the bottle of acid into the bottle of hydroxide.)
  
  acid: (putting the cans of soda into the sport coat to make room)
  You pour some liquid into the bottle of hydroxide.
  
  > pour the soda in the hydroxide
  The bottle of hydroxide is designed to hold liquids.
  
  The train just barreled past the Irvine station.
  
  > pour the blue in the hydroxide
  The squirt bottle is closed.
  
  > pour the blue in hydroxide
  liquid: (putting the bottle of acid into the sport coat to make room) You pour some liquid into the bottle of hydroxide.
  
  The liquid in the bottle of hydroxide turns pale blue.
  
  > examine the liquid
  Which do you mean, the left beaker, the right beaker, the bottle of hydroxide or the squirt bottle?
  
  > Squirt bottle
  Which do you mean, the left beaker, the right beaker, the bottle of acid, the bottle of hydroxide, the squirt bottle or the bottle of developing fluid?
  
  > Bottle of hydroxide
  What do you want to squirt the bottle of hydroxide on?
  
  > drop all
  cans of soda: Dropped.
  
  > Go up
  Some of the liquid sloshes out of the bottle of hydroxide.
  
  Some of the liquid sloshes out of the squirt bottle.
  
  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.
  
  A large metal hatch is embedded in the roof of the car.
  
  > 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.
  
  The train just rushed past the San Juan Capistrano station.
  
  > go to the north
  Some of the liquid sloshes out of the bottle of hydroxide.
  
  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 bomb detonates, vaporizing you instantly.
  
  > drop all
  What do you want to drop those things in?
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a diamond ring (being worn)
  a sport coat (being worn)
  some cans of soda
  a bottle of hydroxide (which is open but empty)
  a squirt bottle (which is closed)
  a quantity of pale blue liquid
  a bottle of acid (which is closed)
  a quantity of acid
  a bottle of developing fluid (which is open but empty)
  a small plastic tube (which is closed)
  some litmus powder
  
  > go upward
  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.
  
  A large metal hatch is embedded in the roof of the car.
  
  The train just rushed past the Santa Ana 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.
  
  The train just rumbled past the Irvine station.
  
  > Go north
  Slowly you crawl northwards along the length of the train...
  
  Car 6, 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.
  
  The train just rushed by the San Juan Capistrano station.
  
  There is the nervous shuffling of feet above you.
  
  > go upwards
  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 bomb detonates, vaporizing you instantly.
  
  > Break bulb
  (the strange red bulb)
  Violence isn't the answer to this one.
  
  The train just zoomed by the Santa Ana station.
  
  > examine the caulking
  The centimeter-wide gap between the edge of the metal box and the glass pane has been filled with a rubbery sealant, probably silicone.
  
  > look at chest
  It's an insulated carrying case for sodas and the like. Numerous battle scars tell of a long history of withstanding abuse. The brand name "Tuff-Stuf" is emblazoned on the side.
  
  > search the chest
  The ice chest is empty.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a can of lubricant
  some cans of soda
  a diamond ring (being worn)
  a sport coat (being worn)
  a bottle of hydroxide (which is open but empty)
  a squirt bottle (which is closed)
  a quantity of pale blue liquid
  a strange red bulb
  a bottle of acid (which is open)
  a quantity of acid
  a bottle of developing fluid (which is open but empty)
  a small plastic tube (which is closed)
  some litmus powder
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a diamond ring (being worn)
  a sport coat (being worn)
  some cans of soda
  a bottle of hydroxide (which is open but empty)
  a squirt bottle (which is closed)
  a quantity of pale blue liquid
  a strange red bulb
  a bottle of acid (which is open)
  a quantity of acid
  a small plastic tube (which is closed)
  some litmus powder