text: [Themes: Science Fiction, science fiction, caves, gender-neutral protagonist, bunker]
  
  > go downward
  You are in a tall, round cave, like the bottom of a well. A pipe runs from the passage to the west and through an iron grating to the east. There's a faint light from above. A ladder leads upwards.
  
  > go to the west
  You stand on a muddy beach on the south side of an underground lake. The lake occupies almost all of the cave, leaving only this beach and a path to the west. The lake is bridged by a pipe here - it comes from a passage to the east, and then runs across the lake to the north. The cave is filled with the sound of a waterfall.
  
  > go north
  You cautiously cross the lake by walking along the pipe...
  
  You're standing on a rocky outcrop on the north side of an underground lake. The lake is bridged by a large metal pipe, which crosses the water to a small muddy beach on the far side. You hear a waterfall to the west. A passage leads northwest.
  
  > Go west
  This is a cold and dirty room with concrete walls and an oily floor. There are no windows - the room is deep underground - and the only light comes from aged, flickering fluorescent tubes. There's another room to the south and a doorway to the west. Much of the eastern wall is taken up by a blast door (which is open).
  
  Network Socket WS3 is on the south wall. A cable is plugged into Socket WS3. The rest of the cable forms a coil on the floor.
  
  Network Socket WS2 is on the north wall. The socket is not in use.
  
  There are two charging stations on the north side of the room, each large enough to accommodate your robotic body.
  
  You can also see a satellite uplink kit and a workbench here.
  
  > examine the cable
  You see six coiled lengths of network cable. The cable is plugged into Socket WS3.
  
  > go to the east
  (laying the trailing network cable as you go)
  
  You're in the southwest corner of a large cave. The walls of this cave are part natural limestone, and part slimy concrete, covered in decades of algae growth. To the west, you see the back entrance of the bunker, which is a wide door set into a concrete wall. The wall stretches north; the cave expands to the north and east.
  
  > Go east
  (laying the trailing network cable as you go)
  
  You're on the eastern edge of a large cave. The rocky ceiling is low here, and underneath its lowest point, a crawl tunnel leads northeast. A narrow passage leads southeast and the cave widens to the west.
  
  > go to the southeast
  (laying the trailing network cable as you go)
  
  You're standing on a path on the north side of an underground river which flows through the cave here. The river level is too high to allow passage in any direction except through a narrow passage to the northwest.
  
  > put the float in the river
  The float is sucked under the water by a powerful current. The trailing network cable is dragged along with it.
  
  > put the kit in the river
  It would be lost forever.
  
  > pull the cable
  Pulling the trailing network cable might damage it! (However, the cable may be CUT.)
  
  > Go northeast
  You can't go that way. The only exit leads northwest to the Low Ceiling.
  
  > go to the northwest
  (keeping hold of the trailing network cable)
  
  You're on the eastern edge of a large cave. The rocky ceiling is low here, and underneath its lowest point, a crawl tunnel leads northeast. A narrow passage leads southeast and the cave widens to the west.
  
  You are holding a trailing network cable. The cable runs southeast and west from here.
  
  > go to the west
  You're standing on some slippery rocks to the south of a waterfall. An underground river emerges from high on the western wall here, forming a magnificent waterfall, then flowing away to the east.
  
  On the underground lake is a plastic float.
  
  A network cable passes through the waterfall. It is tied to the plastic float.
  
  > go east
  (laying the trailing network cable as you go)
  
  You stand on a muddy beach on the south side of an underground lake. The lake occupies almost all of the cave, leaving only this beach and a path to the west. The lake is bridged by a pipe here - it comes from a passage to the east, and then runs across the lake to the north. The cave is filled with the sound of a waterfall.
  
  > Go east
  (letting go of the trailing network cable, as it is tied to the plastic float, and it's too short to stretch to another room) (dropping the plastic float as the trailing network cable is still tied to it)
  
  You are in a tall, round cave, like the bottom of a well. A pipe runs from the passage to the west and through an iron grating to the east. There's a faint light from above. A ladder leads upwards.
  
  > go west
  You stand on a muddy beach on the south side of an underground lake. The lake occupies almost all of the cave, leaving only this beach and a path to the west. The lake is bridged by a pipe here - it comes from a passage to the east, and then runs across the lake to the north. The cave is filled with the sound of a waterfall.
  
  You can see a plastic float here. A cable is tied to the plastic float. The cable runs west.
  
  > take the float
  You already have that.
  Taken.
  
  > Go east
  (letting go of the trailing network cable, as you have none left)
  
  You are in a tall, round cave, like the bottom of a well. A pipe runs from the passage to the west and through an iron grating to the east. There's a faint light from above. A ladder leads upwards.
  
  > Go west
  You stand on a muddy beach on the south side of an underground lake. The lake occupies almost all of the cave, leaving only this beach and a path to the west. The lake is bridged by a pipe here - it comes from a passage to the east, and then runs across the lake to the north. The cave is filled with the sound of a waterfall.
  
  You can see a trailing network cable here. The cable runs west from here.
  
  > Go southwest
  You're on the eastern edge of a large cave. The rocky ceiling is low here, and underneath its lowest point, a crawl tunnel leads northeast. A narrow passage leads southeast and the cave widens to the west.
  
  You can see a trailing network cable here. The cable runs southeast and west from here.
  
  > go to the west
  You're in the southwest corner of a large cave. The walls of this cave are part natural limestone, and part slimy concrete, covered in decades of algae growth. To the west, you see the back entrance of the bunker, which is a wide door set into a concrete wall. The wall stretches north; the cave expands to the north and east.
  
  You can see a trailing network cable here. The cable runs east and west from here.
  
  > go west
  This is a cold and dirty room with concrete walls and an oily floor. There are no windows - the room is deep underground - and the only light comes from aged, flickering fluorescent tubes. There's another room to the south and a doorway to the west. Much of the eastern wall is taken up by a blast door (which is open).
  
  Network Socket WS3 is on the south wall. A cable is plugged into Socket WS3. The cable runs east.
  
  Network Socket WS2 is on the north wall. The socket is not in use.
  
  There are two charging stations on the north side of the room, each large enough to accommodate your robotic body.
  
  You can also see a workbench here.
  
  > Go west
  This dingy concrete room is filled with racks of batteries, providing backup power for the facility. There are doorways to the north, east and west.
  
  Network Socket WS4 is on the south wall. The socket is not in use.
  
  > look at the door
  The door is in the northeast corner. It bears an old sign: 'GPO Room'.
  
  > go northeast
  This is where network links enter the bunker. The room is filled with racks of network equipment with brightly flashing lights. A door leads southwest.
  
  You can see a twitching maintenance robot here. A cable is plugged into the black box attached to the maintenance robot. The cable is also attached to Socket WS1.
  
  Network Socket WS1 is on the east wall.
  
  You can see a single-length network cable here.
  
  You can also see some glass cabinets here.
  
  > examine the robot
  (the broken maintenance robot)
  The robot is obviously malfunctioning. It lies on the floor, twitching violently as if having a fit. In other respects, the robot looks just like 'you': it has a humanoid body just like your own, and is plainly intended to maintain the systems in the bunker. There's a black box attached to the robot like a backpack.
  
  > unplug the broken robot
  The broken robot stops twitching.
  
  The single-length network cable is now unplugged from the black box attached to the maintenance robot.
  
  > look at the box
  (the black box attached to the maintenance robot)
  The backpack is a large black box attached to the back of the broken robot, containing his physical mind. There's a number printed on the box, 40189, and a name: 'Maurice'.
  
  > take the box
  (the black box attached to the maintenance robot)
  The poor robot has suffered enough!
  
  > examine ws1
  The label reads 'Socket WS1 - Unfiltered'. A cable is plugged into Socket WS1. The rest of the cable is in your hand.
  
  > look at the cabinets
  Dozens of glass-fronted cabinets filled with modern networking gear. You can see many network cables in the cabinets, but they're mostly very short, just long enough to connect one router to another. However, you notice one cable at the bottom of one cabinet, apparently unconnected, and just within reach.
  
  > take the cable
  Which do you mean, the single-length network cable or a single-length network cable?
  
  > take the cables
  single-length network cable: Taken.
  single-length network cable: Taken.