text: [Themes: The Owl Consults Extended Universe, multiple protagonists]
  
  > Look around
  Now I stand in the master suite. A monument to OPULENCE and SOPHISTICATION, such as the world has never seen! Well-balanced Doric columns, gilt everywhere, and crimson walls that say, "Here sleeps one such as the world has never seen!" Mirrors line the walls and ceiling, drawing the eye to a magnificent painting of Rex Dashing! And the bed! It's ENORMOUS! As much as I hate Dashing, I have to admit that he's got style. The exit to port leads back to the main deck.
  
  > examine the painting
  Curse you, Rex Dashing, with your RIDICULOUS little moustache and your horrible smirk! What do the women see in him?
  
  > examine the mirrors
  I'm reminded of an optics paper I wrote a few years ago analyzing the behavior of light in large gravitational fields.
  
  > Break mirror
  I would prefer to use my amazing brain rather than rely on brute force.
  
  > Shoot portrait
  Take that, you contemptible coward! There, I've shot that stupid moustache off his stupid face. Serves him right.
  
  > Line 3
  Only two lines are active.
  
  > hang up
  Are you sure you want to quit the game?
  
  > Go west
  My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
  
  I can also see an orange striped lever here.
  
  > examine the door
  The reinforced lead-lined door is closed.
  
  > examine the lever
  This emergency lever controls the ladder reaching up to the balloon. During normal operations, it's not usable. It's currently on.
  
  > Up
  The emergency ladder is retracted. It can only be extended in an EMERGENCY---namely, a glorious nuclear meltdown.
  
  > Line 1
  You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
  
  I'm standing at the edge of a vast tank, above which a cage is suspended. Fortunately, I'm no longer in the cage. I know you're already aware of that fact; I just like repeating it. There is a prominent red button on the wall, and an exit leads south. There's also a trapdoor high overhead.
  
  I can see a steel cage here.
  
  > enter the cage
  Let me try to---urgh, it's no use. The bars are too close together; I can't squeeze through.
  
  > look at the tank
  It's a massive tank of water over which a cage has been suspended. I suppose this sort of ridiculous setup is de rigueur among a certain class of supervillain, but I prefer my deathtraps to be far more refined and elegant. The tank is closed, which means I no longer have to confront that octopus.
  
  > Inventory
  I've got the zeta-transmitter your man gave me, concealed in a cameo I'm wearing around my neck. I'm also carrying:
  a harpoon
  a paper fan
  a scarf
  an aquamarine punch card
  an access card
  a black bag (which is open but empty)
  a gecko tail
  
  > examine the bag
  My beloved bag! It's a black leather case I use to carry my thievery tools on missions such as this one. Dashing's robot goons took it from me when they imprisoned me in the cage.
  
  The black bag is open.
  
  > eat bag
  Unfortunately, whatever solvents and preparations were involved in making the leather into a bag have also made it unsuitable to my particular talent. It's a convenient way to cary the tools of my trade, nothing more.
  
  > Go south
  I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a cudgel) here.
  
  > eat it
  I don't get any special powers unless I eat a bit of an animal, or at least something that used to be an animal. Plants and minerals are not of any use to me.
  
  > Go up
  I can see a klaxon here.
  
  > Go east
  There is a small desk next to the bed.
  
  > examine the bed
  It's a mercifully plain bed.
  
  > Line 2
  You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
  
  I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
  
  My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
  
  I can also see an orange striped lever here.
  
  > Go east
  
  > get on the bed
  There will be time for rest after my VICTORY. For now, we continue to fight.
  
  > Answer line 1
  You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
  
  The airship's guest suite is bare and uninviting, possibly a ploy by Dashing to make his own room more appealing. There is a bed, of course, and a tacky rug is underfoot. The only exit is to the west.
  
  There is a small desk next to the bed.
  
  > remove the helmet
  NO. The helmet stays where it is. I'm NOT wandering about this ship with the most important part of me exposed. Besides, I have sworn never to be seen without my ASTOUNDING ATOMIC HELMET!
  
  > remove the jetpack
  Impossible! Dirk Radon would NEVER discard his ATOMIC JETPACK.
  
  > turn on the jetpack
  The jetpack sputters but fails to start.
  
  > check your inventory
  I've got the zeta-transmitter your man gave me, concealed in a cameo I'm wearing around my neck. I'm also carrying:
  a green book
  a harpoon
  a paper fan
  a scarf
  an aquamarine punch card
  an access card
  a black bag (which is open but empty)
  a gecko tail
  
  > go upwards
  Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still imposing.
  
  I can also see an orange striped lever here.
  
  > go to the north
  I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) here.
  
  > break the flask with the harpoon
  I give the flask a sound thrashing, but I don't succeed in dislodging the ice. It's frozen solid; brute force won't work.
  
  > look at globe
  I instinctively find London on it.
  
  > Spin globe
  Wheee! Everyone likes to spin globes, right?
  
  > examine table
  It's de rigueur for any well-established plutocrat, or at least for anyone trying to establish himself as one.
  
  On top of the long table is a globe.
  
  > Search table
  On the long table is a globe.
  
  > look at the chairs
  The chairs are, much like Dashing himself, overstuffed and uncomfortably smooth.
  
  > Blow flask
  (first taking the vacuum flask)
  It's too heavy for me to lift, but I could push it.
  
  > Spin flask
  Nothing obvious happens.