text: [Themes: war, Gay/queer protagonist, male protagonist, school]
  
  > Look around
  With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS". The door is partly open, wedged in place with a serving tray.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > get Ashley
  You're already holding Ashley's hand.
  
  > Go north
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red, white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face stickers. The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the power probably won't last long. The hall continues south toward the school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked, since lunch ended hours ago.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > go north
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway. The classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
  you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged. At least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
  
  > Go west
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west. Pictures of famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
  lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the walls. You can smell something burning.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > Go west
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!" To the south, there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms. The hallway continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
  posters about When I Grow Up.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > Go west
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance. Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their moorings.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > Go west
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  The air reeks of smoke and chemicals. To the south, two large double doors lead into the gymnasium. Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > go south
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed. Since this room doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall. The door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south. The double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance beam, and scattered over the floor.
  
  You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
  
  > Go south
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers. Everything smells like old socks in here. The coach's office is over to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The gym office door is closed.
  
  A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
  
  > go east
  (first opening the gym office door)
  It seems to be locked.
  
  > GEORGE, ,EXAMINE KEYS
  You shout, "George, tell me about Mr. Lewis's keys."
  
  George shouts through the door, "That's a whole lot of keys."
  
  > get the keys
  You call, "George, would you please pick up Mr. Lewis's keys?"
  
  George hollers through the door, "I already have Mr. Lewis's keys!"
  
  > count the keys
  George won't understand those instructions. You need to rethink your strategy.
  
  (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want George to ?" message, please reenter your second command now.)