text: [Themes: art, true story, drama, multiple protagonists, drug abuse]
  
  > Describe the surroundings
  The place is kind of a mess. There's not enough space on the desk, so
  a bunch of documents are taped to the walls. The whiteboard easel is
  an inherently awkward object and manages to take up a lot of space.
  The rolling chair is shoved into a corner: There isn't really room to walk around in here while someone is sitting at the desk. Narrow passages lead northwest and southwest.
  
  Rain taps steadily on the window.
  
  > look at the window
  It's just a little window, but the view is great: The roofs of different parts of the building, all glistening in the rain, and
  beyond that, the gold dome of the Old Capitol.
  
  At the bottom of the window frame, there's a jagged piece of metal sticking out.
  
  > look at metal
  It looks like something got snapped off.
  
  > take it
  Hey, be careful. It's sharp!
  
  > go northwest
  This is only a "room" by virtue of being hemmed in by a bunch of tall bookshelves. In the middle of the space is a long table covered in research materials.
  
  Narrow passages lead southeast, south, and southwest.
  
  > examine the materials
  The table is sort of the shape of a conference table, but I don't know how you'd fit a conference in this tiny space. There might be
  something cool to look at here...
  
  On the long table are a lengthy letter, a cardboard box (closed), a pile of sketches, and a handwritten letter.
  
  > look at the lengthy letter
  Dear Ryan,
  
  I'm happy to answer this and any other questions you might have.
  Don't hesitate to write again if there's anything else you'd like to ask about.
  
  Shelly Lampada, our faculty advisor, dissolved the Honors Arts Committee shortly after the Sidewalk Chalk Tournament. Early in the Spring semester, Faye Thompson proposed resurrecting the committee.
  She had just read about "Nuit Blanche" and wanted to recreate the concept on the University of Iowa campus. Shelly only agreed to allow an exploratory committee to assess the feasibility of such an event. Understandably, Hina and Alec were reluctant to participate, but Faye managed to wrangle me in. She had little luck convincing anyone else
  to join; the committee consisted of Faye, myself, and freshman Elena Maric.
  
  involved, an arrangement that did not prove conducive to large-scale event planning. In retrospect, I think Shelly had hoped all along that Faye would eventually abandon the Nuit Blanche proposal. To Shelly's chagrin, despite having made no demonstrable progress in assessing feasiblity after two months, Faye refused to concede. Shelly
  eventually dissolved our committee, and the Nuit Blanche concept would not be realized until 2014.
  
  However, Shelly left the Honors program at the end of the Spring
  2012 semester. Her replacement, Isaac Diston, was less wary of
  trusting underclassmen with arts events. He permitted the Nuit Blanche exploratory committee to reconvene as a full-fledged Arts Committee, and we were allowed to organize a semester-opening event of our own, with the caveats that it be conducted indoors with what he called a "buttload" of faculty supervision.
  
  I apologize if I've gone into excessive detail. To answer your question: Yes, we did have another Honors arts event in August 2012. Faye, Elena, and I hung butcher paper on the walls of the Honors center, and students were encouraged to draw all over it with crayons. Nothing approaching the drama of the previous two years' events transpired.
  
  Thank you for writing. I hope you are well, and that your work is
  going smoothly.
  
  Sincerely,
  Lane Mulville
  
  Wind whistles sharply outside.
  
  > Examine box
  There are some shipping labels on the sides of the box. But I
  shouldn't be giving you any addresses.
  
  > open the box
  You open the cardboard box, revealing an index card and a bunch of ribbons.
  
  > examine the index card
  On the card it says:
  
  I found these the other day! I never got a chance to pass them out after the event, so I guess I brought them home and squirreled them away and completely forgot about them. I thought you should have them...
  
  By the way, I gave your game another look and I think you made me
  too mean to Alec. I know it's from his perspective, but I don't remember being that nasty. Maybe you could put a disclaimer in there that says I'm actually very nice :) Good luck finishing it!
  
  Okay, fine: VICTORIA GRAHAM IS VERY NICE.
  
  > look at the ribbons
  They're like ribbons you'd pin to people's lapels at a state fair, all in different colors, but none of them say "first place" or "second place" or anything like that. This one says "Great Work!" and this one says "EXCELLENCE" and then there are are three that all say "Best Judge."
  
  > examine sketches
  A note is paperclipped on top of the sketches:
  
  Hey Ryan - Unfortunately I don't have any photos of my entry from
  the "incident." There was a big storm right after Hina called the police, everything got washed away. I do have some sketches I drew to prepare for the event though & thought they might be useful. - X
  
  The drawings are of a sultry demoness in several different states of undress. In one, she's sitting on a throne made of skulls. Each printout has a �� XAVIER DANERI watermark somewhere on it.
  
  > examine the handwritten letter
  Nathalie's handwriting is very narrow and slanted. Very European. Not especially easy to read.
  
  Dear Ryan,
  
  Three things. First, I hope everything is going well with your
  work. Second, I have kind of a strange request.
  
  Lucas and I are planning, or trying, or hoping, to adopt a child.
  We've been discussing the idea since forever, but we've both been too intimidated by the idea to take any concrete action until just recently.
  
  to get approved, but fortunately with the agency we're looking at it's still technically possible, if you can get enough people to vouch for you.
  
  Luke suggested that I ask you to be a character reference. I feel
  like I should stress that it was his idea. Not that I think it's a bad idea! But Luke pointed out that nobody else is so intimately familiar with my "case" and can "speak to the extent of [my] rehabilitation"
  the way you can.
  
  I completely understand if you're not comfortable getting yourself entrenched in the very thorny process of adoption application, but please take it under consideration.
  
  Anyway, the third thing! Our yoga studio was in the local paper!!!
  I'm including a clipping (don't worry, I have approximately twenty copies of this issue). Look at how professional we look! Doesn't that look like a couple who you'd want to help with their adoption application???
  
  Love,
  Nathalie
  
  Well obviously I helped them out. (This letter is from like three
  years ago.) I think their kid's name is Ethan. I have no idea what happened to the newspaper clipping.
  
  > look at the bookshelves
  It looks like all the books here are medical journals. To be perfectly honest, I've never cracked any of them open.
  
  > go south
  A claustrophobic passage runs north and south.
  
  I don't think this part of the building was originally designed to be office space, is the thing.
  
  > go to the south
  "Lounge" might be overstating it a bit. There are a couple of vinyl couches here, and a mini fridge, and an ominous miniature door. Next
  to each couch is an end table with a little lamp.
  
  Narrow passages lead northwest, north, and northeast.
  
  You can hear rain thrumming against the walls and roof.
  
  > examine the door
  Which do you mean, the mini fridge or the miniature door?
  
  > Miniature
  It's definitely not regulation door size; it kind of looks like it was carved out of the wall as an afterthought. The sign says "EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY. Alarm will sound if opened."
  
  > look at the fridge
  Between the two end tables is a modest mini fridge. There's a magnet stuck to the door.
  
  > Examine magnet
  "One more MRI and I'll stick to the fridge!"
  
  I don't know if that makes any sense, but I'm not a radiologist.
  
  > open the fridge
  You open the mini fridge, revealing a frozen Snickers bar.
  
  > Examine bar
  It's a normal-sized Snickers bar, in its wrapper. It is cold.
  
  > close the fridge
  You close the mini fridge.
  
  > examine the couch
  Which do you mean, the blue couch or the orange couch?
  
  > Blue
  It's a two-seater bench-type thing covered in bright blue vinyl. It's really more of a waiting room couch than a lounge couch.
  
  > examine the orange couch
  It's a two-seater bench-type thing covered in bright orange vinyl. It doesn't clash with the blue one as badly as you might think.
  
  Wind whistles sharply outside.