text: [Themes: Superhero]
  
  > look around
  This is your bedroom. It would be hard to find a more ordinary room, or a more ordinary house, than this. It contains a perfectly normal bed, a completely everyday desk, and a decidedly un-heroic cupboard. A door to the north leads out to the quite average hallway beyond.
  
  > examine the cupboard
  The cupboard is closed.
  
  > open it
  Opening the cupboard reveals a ballpoint pen.
  
  > get the pen
  Taken.
  
  > Tick box
  (with the ballpoint pen)
  You carefully tick the large box with the ballpoint pen. No sooner is the ink dry than the letter begins to vibrate! As you watch, it shrinks, warps, and turns itself inside out, sealing the enclosed Special Introductory Offer form into a cleverly pre-printed envelope.
  
  > go to the north
  This hallway connects the various rooms which make up your perfectly ordinary house. Your bedroom is south, the bathroom is east, the kitchen is north, and the lounge is west.
  
  > go to the west
  The lounge is the most impressive room in your house. A giant large-screen TV takes pride of place against one wall, and an equally imposing soft and comfy sofa sits facing it. To the west is your front door (closed), and smaller doors lead northeast to the kitchen and east to the hall.
  
  Sitting on the TV set is a video cassette.
  
  With a sudden pang of terrible guilt, you remember that the videotape is overdue. You move unconsciously to pick the cursed thing up before you forget it again.
  
  > open the door
  Opened.
  
  > go west
  You are outside your ordinary house, the front door of which is open to the east. It is a bright sunny day, and birds are singing happily from the trees at each side of the street. Maple Drive leads north and south from here, and Post Office Park is to the west.
  
  > Go west
  (Closing your front door)
  Post Office Park
  You are walking in Post Office Park, a quaint old grassy field extending to the road in all directions. In the distance you can see your house, a garage, some stores, the library and school, and of course the very new and modern Post Office Tower to the north. Before you, in the centre of the park, is a dingy old dribbling fountain.
  
  A child runs past, laughing.
  
  > go north
  You are standing outside the very new and extremely modern Post Office Tower, a shining monument to Fairhaven's progress, standing a full fifteen stories tall. You can enter the lobby to the north, or walk into the equally famous (though much older) Post Office Park to the south. Elm Street continues east and west.
  
  > Go north
  Post Office Tower, lobby
  You are in the shining new ground-floor lobby of the Post Office Tower. The sheer size and architectural elegance of this room takes your breath away. A plaque and call button are mounted on the north wall, next to the lift doors (which are closed). The grand entrance doors to the south lead back out to the street.
  
  > examine the plaque
  Floor  1 ........... Lobby
  Floor  3 ........... Post Office
  Floor  8 ........... Fairhaven Bank
  Floor 15 ........... Observation Deck
  
  All other floors are off-limits to the public.
  
  > Go north
  You are in the Post Office Tower's sleek, ultra-modern lift car.
  Beside the doors to the south (currently open) is a sleek, futuristic keypad and display.
  
  > go to the south
  Post Office Tower, Floor 3
  This large, bustling room must be the new Post Office. A steady flow of customers make their way up to the counter, where a lone mail clerk stands ready to serve them. The sleek, ultra-modern lift opens to the north.
  
  The mail clerk shuffles some papers.
  
  > give the envelope to the clerk
  The clerk takes the envelope, nods, and drops it into a bin. "Same day delivery, I see. We'll have the reply delivered to you before you know it. Thanks for using the Post Office!"
  
  > go to the south
  Post Office Tower, lobby
  You are in the shining new ground-floor lobby of the Post Office Tower. The sheer size and architectural elegance of this room takes your breath away. A plaque and call button are mounted on the north wall, next to the lift doors (which are open). The grand entrance doors to the south lead back out to the street.
  
  > Go east
  You are on the pavement outside Fairhaven's public school, which runs to the northeast. Elm Street runs west of here, and Maple Drive starts to the south.
  
  > go south
  You are walking in Post Office Park, a quaint old grassy field extending to the road in all directions. In the distance you can see your house, a garage, some stores, the library and school, and of course the very new and modern Post Office Tower to the north. Before you, in the centre of the park, is a dingy old dribbling fountain.
  
  Some birds chirrup as you walk past.
  
  > Go south
  You are outside a small garage which sells petrol and services motor vehicles. The workshop opens to the south, and Oak Street continues east and west. To the north, Post Office Park is visible.
  
  > go to the east
  You are on a quiet street corner in the little town of Fairhaven.
  Maple Drive runs north from here to your house, while Oak Street runs west. A rusty old manhole (closed) is set squarely in the middle of the road.
  
  > Go north
  You are outside your ordinary house, the front door of which is closed to the east. It is a bright sunny day, and birds are singing happily from the trees at each side of the street. Maple Drive leads north and south from here, and Post Office Park is to the west.
  
  > go east
  (Opening your front door)
  (Closing your front door)
  Lounge
  The lounge is the most impressive room in your house. A giant large-screen TV takes pride of place against one wall, and an equally imposing soft and comfy sofa sits facing it. To the west is your front door (closed), and smaller doors lead northeast to the kitchen and east to the hall.
  
  You see a parcel here.
  
  > examine the parcel
  It's addressed to:
  
  J. Random Hero
  Maple Drive
  Fairhaven
  
  and stamped: URGENT! HERO, INC SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER PACK!
  
  The parcel is closed.
  
  > open it
  Opening the parcel reveals a pair of 3D glasses, a digital watch, a yellow Magic Marker, a plastic cape, and a packing slip.
  
  > look at the slip
  HERO, INC SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER PACK
  
  Please find enclosed the following:
  1 x Sword of Virtue
  1 x Amulet of Counsel
  1 x Cape of Many Things (Deluxe Hero Edition)
  1 x Nth-Dimensional Imager (pair)
  
  General Instructions:
  
  Congratulations on entering the Hero, Inc Adventure Of A Lifetime Contest. In order to qualify for the Grand Prize, all applicants must report to the Convention Site in their local town with proof of their heroic exploits, no later than midnight on the date of the contest.
  The Hero equipment enclosed is provided for your safety and comfort, please use it. New applicants may experience some disorientation adjusting to dimension shifts, this is quite normal and does not in any way indicate a fault in the imaging equipment. Hero, Inc shall not be liable in any way, legal or otherwise, for loss of health, existence or sanity caused by taking part in this Contest.
  
  > get Amulet
  You've already got your hands full.
  
  > look at what you're carrying with you
  You have a ballpoint pen, a video cassette, and a yellow Magic Marker.
  
  > drop the pen
  Dropped.
  
  > wear it
  You slip the cape over your shoulders. Suddenly your hands feel light and free.
  
  > wear it
  As you slip the watch over your wrist, it slides to an exact comfortable fit. The watch beeps and displays: "GOOD MOVE".
  
  > wear it
  As you put the glasses over your eyes, you feel a faint tingling sensation down your spine. Everything somehow looks sharper than before.
  
  The TV suddenly switches itself on! The sofa begins crackling with a red glow.
  
  A deep sinister chuckle rolls out from the TV set. Black clouds and lightning flash across the screen, and a station logo appears. Choir girls chorus the words: "NYTV, The Nytemare Channel. We're Only A Scream Away."