text: > Go downwards
  Clean, if not homey. The doorman waits in a Plexiglas cube that looks curiously bulletproof.
  
  > examine the doorman
  You've seen him here before. An intensely distracted and friendly-looking guy of middle age, probably of New Mexican or Mexican ancestry.
  
  > examine the doorman
  He's staring at the far wall intently, as if deciphering SETI data.
  
  > go to the northeast
  Onward, into the intentional city. nWare crafted it well -- built from the ground up with security and scalability in mind, it's fully pedestrianized but hums, almost full-size, like a city center.
  
  The night sky is completely cloudless. The dry warmth of the air hints at the desert that surrounds nTopia.
  
  Your apartment building is on the southwest corner. Opposite it is a windowless, blocky building. On the southeast corner Pharmicopia sprawls. Otto's Automat is to the northwest.
  
  A window pops up in the lower right corner of your nLap. In it, the uncanny red stapler wiggles its hinged head to the accompaniment of a cheery robot voice:
  
  I see you're outside! Hey, the nice thing about this city is that it uses the grid system, so you can just go NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, or WEST, and you'll pretty much always end up somewhere else!
  
  The window winks away.
  
  > go north
  You head north on Abalone...
  
  A multi-level grocery store dominates the northeast corner, occupying the whole side of the block from here to Second. A windowless building, this one with a logo like a fork of lightning, is southeast. A shrouded establishment called "Gelatinous Cube" is southwest. On the final corner is a Starbucks.
  
  > go to the north
  You head north on Abalone...
  
  A familiar whiff rustles a flood of memories free.
  
  Well, not a flood, maybe. But there was that pepperoni and mushroom thin-crust you consumed right after moving in, after solving the difficult solid geometry puzzle posed by your doorway and your one piece of legacy, non-flat-pack furniture. The movers went away shaking their heads that afternoon. You did the Snoopy dance of triumph.
  
  Proud Pie is on the northeast corner. The multi-level grocery store to the southeast spans the block down Abalone. To the southwest is the concrete RelOfCoTn building, a typical nWare structure. An apartment building, The Peachtree, is northwest.
  
  A bicyclist hurtles by, speaking Spanish on a hands-free phone.
  
  > Go southwest
  You head into the building and over to the server room.
  
  There are racks and racks, with the usual drop ceiling and raised floor one finds in the upscale server room. And it looks like we also have Wendy.
  
  > examine wendy
  It's a box that powers Engine's network, an nSure 3000. Bristling like a brain in a vat, this 10U monster can perform the functions of a few racks full of specialized Crisco hardware with herculean ease. Except it can't do that after it has crashed. A red button, deeply recessed to avoid accidental activation, is the only visible control.
  
  > Examine button
  ( That is, "examine the server's red button." )
  
  Just as the trash can is the one essential piece of office furniture, the reset switch is the one essential feature of an nWare server.
  
  > press the button
  ( That is, "press the server's red button." )
  
  The button clicks in. As you release it, the box falls silent and dark for a moment, then begins to power back up.
  
  You get that satisfied feeling that you usually get after accomplishing a work-related task.
  
  > look at Wendy
  This is an nSure 3000, one of five that powers Engine's network. It's got a red button on it.
  
  > go to the northeast
  Proud Pie is on the northeast corner. The multi-level grocery store to the southeast spans the block down Abalone. To the southwest is the concrete RelOfCoTn building, a typical nWare structure. An apartment building, The Peachtree, is northwest.
  
  > go north
  You head north on Abalone...
  
  The clothing store Niche Threads is to the northeast, while a fire station, sporting the double oddity of two garage doors, is across from it on the southeast corner. To the southwest is the tall, cylindrical, and multicolored Medical Center Plaza. What dominates the intersection, though, is that even more striking and unusual pushpin of the swooping MuseRoom, to the northwest.
  
  > go north
  You head north on Abalone...
  
  You haven't been missing anything in this corner of town. The earth of the West Berm is heaped right up against the tall airport wall to the north, making this just a big dead-end alley.
  
  Two indistinguishable warehouses flank Abalone Street to the south.
  
  Carrie Fisher appears more or less in front of you, in flowing robes, and begins to crouch down.
  
  > look at Carrie
  To all appearances, it's actually Carrie Fisher.
  
  Carrie Fisher seems to go out of tune for a moment. Quite suddenly, she's wearing a slave-girl costume and looking rather surprised.
  
  > Kiss carrie
  This occurrence is absolutely stunning.
  
  Carrie Fisher flickers and disappears.
  
  A woman wearing some small display on her glasses pushes herself past on a Razor scooter, dictating Python into a headset.
  
  > Go north
  The immense metal wall of the airport is interposed as if there were Palestinians on the other side. Or perhaps you're the Palestinian. You won't get over it.
  
  > Go east
  You head east on Front Street...
  
  It's the gateway to nTopia. The airport is north through a tall rectangular arch that is topped with red flashing lights. On the southeast corner is the visitor center. Southwest is a Starbucks.
  
  A window pops up in the lower right corner of your nLap. In it, the uncanny red stapler wiggles its hinged head to the accompaniment of a cheery robot voice:
  
  Hey! Just letting you know! If you're not tickling the user interface or doing something like compiling a program, you can, you know, close the computer and save the battery a bit.
  
  The window winks away.
  
  > Close computer
  You close the nLap 500.
  
  > Go north
  nAir flies direct from here to Seattle, San Jose, Austin, and Boston, with trips to less geeky destinations being more circuitous. They seem to have forgotten to give this place the air of a big-city airport. It looks more like a large metal barn, with little but a kiosk in this main space.
  
  Past security, to the north, you can see a handful of gates, which are actually gates in a fence. A subtle door to the east leads to the Airport's server room.
  
  > Go east
  You head through the door and into the server room.
  
  Raised floor, drop ceiling, and racks all around instead of walls make this place seem pretty comfy, at least if you're a patch cable. And it looks like we also have Nora.
  
  > examine Nora
  This nSure 3000 looks a lot like Wendy.