text: [Themes: Surreal, Fantasy]
  
  > Look around
  Gluttonous indeed were the the Feasts prepared in this Kitchen while the Baron still lived. The huge Ovens now stand cold & unlit, the Crockery smashed & strewn about the floor. The Dining Hall is to the east, & northwards is a small enclosed Yard. A stair leads downward into Darkness.
  
  > go west
  Gluttonous indeed were the the Feasts prepared in this Kitchen while the Baron still lived. The huge Ovens now stand cold & unlit, the Crockery smashed & strewn about the floor. The Dining Hall is to the east, & northwards is a small enclosed Yard. A stair leads downward into Darkness.
  
  Have these Walls shifted? Is the Light different in its attentions upon your Eyes? Nay, for how could this be so? It must be your tiresome Confinement that makes your Memory falter. You had best find a way to quit the Baron's Keep.
  
  The Baron's Fool lies besotted, beneath a large Wine-Barrel.
  
  You can also see a dented Box (in which are a silver key, a golden key & a handful of spice) here.
  
  > Go east
  In this grand Hall do heraldry &great pomp greet the visitor to this castle. Yet a visitor, betrayed, can quickly become a prisoner--a metal portcullis to the east now separates you from the castle threshold. You must take your leave instead to the round Chamber that lies westward, or else attend one of the two archways to the north & south.
  
  Have these Walls shifted? Is the Light different in its attentions upon your Eyes? Nay, for how could this be so? It must be your tiresome Confinement that makes your Memory falter. You had best find a way to quit the Baron's Keep.
  
  A wooden Wheel is mounted on the wall, near the Portcullis.
  
  > go north
  On feast days in years & months past, Lords & favored Thinkers entered this long Hall from the south, to be served by huge platters of exotic repast from the Kitchen to the west. But now the room stands bare, stripped of its Appointments by some fleeing servant. Only the larger items remain--the long Table & the ornate Chairs.
  
  'Tis odd... you cannot but think this Place has changed since last you did look upon it. Nay, it cannot be.
  
  On the long Table is a Perpetuum Mobile.
  
  > Go west
  Gluttonous indeed were the the Feasts prepared in this Kitchen while the Baron still lived. The huge Ovens now stand cold & unlit, the Crockery smashed & strewn about the floor. The Dining Hall is to the east, & northwards is a small enclosed Yard. A stair leads downward into Darkness.
  
  The Baron's Fool lies besotted, beneath a large Wine-Barrel.
  
  You can also see a dented Box (in which are a silver key, a golden key & a handful of spice) here.
  
  > go to the east
  On feast days in years & months past, Lords & favored Thinkers entered this long Hall from the south, to be served by huge platters of exotic repast from the Kitchen to the west. But now the room stands bare, stripped of its Appointments by some fleeing servant. Only the larger items remain--the long Table & the ornate Chairs.
  
  You can see a Perpetuum Mobile here.
  
  > put spice in Mobile
  Only the particulate may progress through the wondrous Machine.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a handful of spice
  a wooden Scroll-Case (being worn & open)
  a vellum Scroll
  a holy symbol (glowing with a sacred light & being worn)
  a suit of Chain-Mail (being worn)
  a leather sheath (being worn)
  a sacred blade
  
  > get mobile
  You strain to lift the heavy Machine.
  
  > get mobile
  Dropped.
  As you strain to lift the heavy Perpetuum, there is a Lurch & a sudden Outpouring of water, which seeps into the Floor. The Gears & Screws continue to spin as before, but the Machine is now dry.Taken.
  
  > Go west
  Gluttonous indeed were the the Feasts prepared in this Kitchen while the Baron still lived. The huge Ovens now stand cold & unlit, the Crockery smashed & strewn about the floor. The Dining Hall is to the east, & northwards is a small enclosed Yard. A stair leads downward into Darkness.
  
  You can see a dented Box (in which are a silver key & a golden key) here.
  
  > go to the east
  On feast days in years & months past, Lords & favored Thinkers entered this long Hall from the south, to be served by huge platters of exotic repast from the Kitchen to the west. But now the room stands bare, stripped of its Appointments by some fleeing servant. Only the larger items remain--the long Table & the ornate Chairs.
  
  You can see a vellum Scroll & a Perpetuum Mobile here.
  
  > look at Mobile
  This Device you have seen before, in the Library at Dol Nesta. An ingenious Perpetuum Mobile, built of Pipes, Gears, and Screws of Archimides. Whereby the Force exhibited by Water as it pours into a wide Funnel drives the Drawing of that water upward, to fall again, ad infinitum. The Design is that of a certain Portuguese and the workmanship is such that the Machine continues its toil even in the absence of Water to propel it.
  
  > look at what you're carrying with you
  You are carrying:
  a wooden Scroll-Case (being worn & open but empty)
  a holy symbol (glowing with a sacred light & being worn)
  a suit of Chain-Mail (being worn)
  a leather sheath (being worn)
  a sacred blade
  
  > go north
  On feast days in years & months past, Lords & favored Thinkers entered this long Hall from the south, to be served by huge platters of exotic repast from the Kitchen to the west. But now the room stands bare, stripped of its Appointments by some fleeing servant. Only the larger items remain--the long Table & the ornate Chairs.
  
  Has this Place changed since last you were here? The work of some mischevious Spirit, or deceiving Daemon? It is but a slight tugging in your Marrow, yet a worrisome one.
  
  On the long Table is a Perpetuum Mobile.
  
  > Go west
  Gluttonous indeed were the the Feasts prepared in this Kitchen while the Baron still lived. The huge Ovens now stand cold & unlit, the Crockery smashed & strewn about the floor. The Dining Hall is to the east, & northwards is a small enclosed Yard. A stair leads downward into Darkness.
  
  The Baron's Fool lies besotted, beneath a large Wine-Barrel.
  
  You can also see a dented Box (in which are a silver key, a golden key & a handful of spice) here.
  
  > Go east
  In this grand Hall do heraldry &great pomp greet the visitor to this castle. Yet a visitor, betrayed, can quickly become a prisoner--a metal portcullis to the east now separates you from the castle threshold. You must take your leave instead to the round Chamber that lies westward, or else attend one of the two archways to the north & south.
  
  Has this Place changed since last you were here? The work of some mischevious Spirit, or deceiving Daemon? It is but a slight tugging in your Marrow, yet a worrisome one.
  
  A wooden Wheel is mounted on the wall, near the Portcullis.
  
  > look at what you're carrying with you
  You are carrying:
  a handful of spice
  a red robe
  a wooden Scroll-Case (being worn & open)
  a vellum Scroll
  a holy symbol (glowing with a sacred light & being worn)
  a suit of Chain-Mail (being worn)
  a leather sheath (being worn)
  a sacred blade
  
  > wait for a while
  You idle away a few moments.
  You idle away a few moments.
  You idle away a few moments.
  You idle away a few moments.
  You idle away a few moments.
  You idle away a few moments.
  You idle away a few moments.