text: > O brick
  You can only do that to something animate.
  
  > talk to Copernik
  "Think about it, Detective. I do all the hard work. You get all the credit. I get my paycheck and everyone is happy. What do you say?"
  
  He sighs. "I guess you have a point. I am getting too old for this shit. Look, I am afraid we don't know much more than you do. All I can tell you is that Camino owns a vacation home on the outskirts of the city. I haven't had time to check it out yet. Why don't you do it and tell me if you find anything?"
  
  > 6
  You head towards the vacation house.
  
  The moonlight filters through the trees like silvern waterfalls. In front of you, to the north, is the house. There is light coming from both windows. To the south, the forest path leads back towards the city.
  
  > examine the waterfalls
  The liquid shines with a light that seems to come from within.
  
  > examine the windows
  Through the windows you can make out Camino arguing with a young girl you can only assume must be Lisa von Bülow. Bingo.
  
  > examine Door
  A sturdy front door. It is all that stands between you and your target.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a figurative dirty rag
  a revolver
  some figurative white marble
  a knife
  a figurative brown brick
  a letter
  a figurative white cocoon
  some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
  
  > open Door
  You open the front door.
  
  > Go north
  So this is were she has apparently been hiding this entire time. The living room is littered with expensive furniture - the kind that exists solely to show that the resident can afford it. You pay no attention to the decorations. The people are all that matters. The door to the south leads back out.
  
  Camino is looking straight at you. His face is contorted in a mixture of anger and surprise.
  
  Lisa von Bülow is smiling, and looking at you as if you were a new plaything.
  
  > look at Lisa
  Built like a mountain road, full of dangerous curves - drive too fast and you might go right over a cliff. A sly smile plays on her face.
  
  > look at the road
  The road goes up, twisting around the mountain. There is no telling where it ends. Maybe you should check it out?
  
  > enter Road
  On the Mountain Road (in the car)
  The road twists around the mountain, like the curves of a beautiful woman. To the north, the road turns left, disapearing behind walls of stone. Who knows where it might lead? To the south, the road leads back where you came from.
  
  > go north
  Farther Along the Mountain Road (in the car)
  The road continues to the west before ending abruptly in a road block. A police cruiser is parked behind the road block, its emergency lights silently illuminating the road. To the east, the road leads back down the mountain.
  
  A police officer is leaning against the cruiser.
  
  > examine the officer
  A tall fit man in a police uniform. He looks like he has dealt with far worse than you.
  
  > talk to the officer
  "The road is closed, sir," says the officer. "There has been a rockfall farther along the road. It's not safe to drive here."
  
  > continue
  "I know what I am doing, officer. Why don't you just let me through? I am fine with the risk."
  
  He shakes his head slowly. "Sorry, sir. I would be held responsible if you got hurt."
  
  "And there is nothing that can change your mind?"
  
  "That depends..." He smiles. "Wadda ya got?"
  
  > examine the cruiser
  A blue and white police cruiser.
  
  > examine the roadblock
  "Road Block," says the sign. That's a road block, all right.
  
  > talk to the officer
  "If you want me to risk my job, you gonna have to give me something in return, Mister."
  
  > give the marble to the officer
  "What on earth would I want with that?"
  
  > give the fluid to the officer
  (first taking the luminescent fluid)
  You carefully try to remove the luminescent fluid from the white cocoon, but it runs through your fingers and disappears. You have a feeling there is more where that came from.
  
  > examine the car
  Old, a bit worse for wear, but reliable. Like you, really.
  
  > put the river in the cocoon
  The white cocoon is just a simile. It can't contain literal objects.
  
  > Exit
  The moonlight filters through the trees like silvern waterfalls. In front of you, to the north, is the house. There is light coming from both windows. To the south, the forest path leads back towards the city.
  
  > put the waterfall in the cocoon
  (first taking the liquid silver)
  
  The white cocoon is already full.
  
  > Empty cocoon
  You carefully try to remove the luminescent fluid from the white cocoon, but it runs through your fingers and disappears. You have a feeling there is more where that came from.
  
  > put the silver in the cocoon
  (first taking the liquid silver)
  
  Taken.
  
  > Go north
  So this is were she has apparently been hiding this entire time. The living room is littered with expensive furniture - the kind that exists solely to show that the resident can afford it. You pay no attention to the decorations. The people are all that matters. The door to the south leads back out.
  
  Camino is looking straight at you. His face is contorted in a mixture of anger and surprise.
  
  Lisa von Bülow is smiling, and looking at you as if you were a new plaything.
  
  > enter Road
  On the Mountain Road (in the car)
  The road twists around the mountain, like the curves of a beautiful woman. To the north, the road turns left, disapearing behind walls of stone. Who knows where it might lead? To the south, the road leads back where you came from.
  
  > give the cocoon to the officer
  (first taking the liquid silver)
  His eyes light up with greed as you show him the silver. "Wow, that'll certainly do the job, Mister. Thanks a lot." He pours the silver into a canteen, and secures the lid. "I can't wait to find out how much that will be worth. Enjoy your mountain trip, Mister." He removes the road block, gets into the cruiser, and drives down the road, disapearing around the corner.
  
  > look at what you're carrying with you
  You are carrying:
  a figurative dirty rag
  a revolver
  some figurative white marble
  a knife
  a figurative brown brick
  a letter
  a figurative white cocoon
  
  > go to the west
  Even Farther up the Mountain (in the car)
  The road continues south before ending at a huge pile of rocks. A quaint log cabin has been erected east of the road.
  
  > look at the cabin
  (the log cabin)
  An old-fashioned log cabin; the kind that William Henry Harrison wasn't born in. There is light coming from the windows.
  
  > look at the windows
  An old-fashioned log cabin; the kind that William Henry Harrison wasn't born in. There is light coming from the windows.
  
  > examine the rocks
  A giant pile of big heavy rocks blocks the road. There is no way you are getting past here.
  
  > enter the cabin
  (the log cabin)
  The car won't fit through the door.
  
  > exit
  You get out of the car.
  
  The road continues south before ending at a huge pile of rocks. A quaint log cabin has been erected east of the road.
  
  You see your car here.
  
  > Go east
  (first opening the cabin door)
  
  The warm air in the cabin caresses your face. The heat comes from a cozy fireplace fire that fills the cabin with a soft warm light. An old couch stands by one of the walls. On the couch table are two glasses of brandy.
  
  > look at the couch
  (the old couch)
  An old worn couch that seems like it has been used by generations of log cabin owners.
  
  > examine the brandy
  (the first glass of brandy)
  A glass of brandy.
  
  > examine the fireplace
  A crackling fire keeps the log cabin warm.
  
  > examine table
  A simple wooden couch table.
  
  > take brandy
  (the first glass of brandy)
  You pick up one of the glasses of brandy. Mr. Wesson takes the other.
  
  > taste the brandy
  (the first glass of brandy)
  You taste nothing unexpected.
  
  > taste the brandy
  (the first glass of brandy)
  Mr. Wesson has better things to do.
  
  > sip the brandy
  (the first glass of brandy)
  
  > Yes
  He has served you well for so many years. You can't bear to refuse him.
  
  A smile lights up his face. "Thank you, sir. You can still visit me any time you want if you need my advice."
  
  > talk to Wesson
  "You will have to get rid of Camino before you can talk to Lisa, sir. Maybe try attacking him?"
  
  > look at Wesson
  Mr. Wesson is lounging on the couch. He looks content.
  
  > look at the couch
  (the old couch)
  An old worn couch that seems like it has been used by generations of log cabin owners.