text: [Themes: Espionage, supernatural, Evil protagonist]
  
  > Go downwards
  I make my way back down to the lounge, past rows of uninteresting
  guest rooms.
  
  The hotel's lounge is a maze of overstuffed leather chairs. Next to each one is a narrow table with an ashtray and an occasional discarded newspaper or magazine on it. A trolley with drinks sits at the ready against the far wall. Passages lie in all four cardinal directions. In addition, an ornate, sweeping staircase leads upward into the part of the hotel for guests. While the human guests are of little interest,
  my predecessor also kept a room here on one of the upper floors.
  
  The drunk sprawls nearby.
  
  The tourist sits off to one side.
  
  > look at the tourist
  The tourist watches the auction keenly, its fingers twitching.
  
  The tourist is holding a golden chest.
  
  > look at the auctioneer
  Grey-haired but with a voice like a megaphone.
  
  The auctioneer is holding a bracelet.
  
  > Examine bracelet
  Red gems on a silver band.
  
  > look at the server
  Impeccably dressed in the manner of one who's used to its tips depending on it.
  
  > look at the diner
  It's wearing a light jacket and sitting by itself at a table.
  
  > go east
  Even at this hour, the kitchen is a frenzy of activity. At rows of steel tables, cooks go through whatever laborious tasks are necessary to make food for humans. I'm not sure exactly what they are, but they apparently involve a lot of fire and yelling. The cramped room is filled with smoke and the aromas of spices. A swinging door leads west into the restaurant, and a heavy steel door is to the south.
  
  > Burn telex
  I toss a couple of spiteful flames at the telex, to little effect.
  
  > read almanach
  I skip to a random entry in the almanach and read it aloud. Going through the minor biographical details of a junior undersecretary who left the organization three millennia before I joined is tedious, but it should be sufficient for the ritual.
  
  > Light candle
  I hesitate before lighting the candle. The ritual and ensuing conversation would go completely unnoticed by humans, but I want to keep far away from Kingfisher during them. I'd better find a more private location.
  
  > Light communique
  I toss a couple of smoky flames at the intercepted communiqu??, to little effect.
  
  > look at Kingfisher
  Kingfisher is a dangerous, stupid, smug idiot, and he looks exactly like you'd expect him to look.
  
  My editor has informed me that that isn't a useful description, so let me try to elaborate in terms humans are familiar with. Like me, he's not a physical entity, but the manner in which he's composed his metaphysical substance is analogous to wearing an impossibly expensive suit in order to impress or intimidate onlookers. His aristocratic, condescending demeanor combines the oiliness of an elected politician with the thoughtless obstinacy of an appointed commissar. He speaks
  at people rather than to them, and certainly not
  with them. He considers me to a spectator in some elaborate
  performance he's starring in, and he expects me to play the role of a grateful audience who's dazzled by him.
  
  Beneath that veneer of vague professional courtesy is a stupid, bumbling hitman who has no ideas beyond unfocused violence. He's a dangerous, incompetent, vicious lunatic who thinks that a superficial layer of charm makes him clever and deep. My only explanation for why he's been allowed on a mission in the mortal realm is that his superiors hate having him around as much as I do.
  
  > examine the patterns
  Even in the feeble light of the sunset, the stained glass window creates splotches of iridiscent light on the office floor.
  
  > Light Kingfisher
  Unfortunately, my fire-starting abilities only apply to spiritual objects.
  
  Aside from the geopolitical risks that brawling with Kingfisher would invite, trying to attack him with my rudimentary fire-starting abilities would be like trying to burn down a mountain with a match.
  If he's on a mission from the Other Side, he's undoubtedly heavily armed.
  
  > Light papers
  I don't see newspaper here. It was at Lounge.
  
  > examine the placard
  I don't see the white placards here. It was at Conference Room.
  
  > examine guest
  Wearing shorts and a gaudy-print t-shirt.
  
  The bellhop stands near the entrance, looking nervous.
  
  > Go west
  The detector blinks briefly, indicating that I've moved into a new region of the compound.
  
  This cobblestone trail runs from the casino to the hotel on the complex. Box trees flank the path, interspersed with a variety of colorful ornamental plants I don't recognize. The hotel it leads from is a sprawling villa of orange bricks with towers sprouting around its perimeter. A stone archway leads east into the hotel, and the trail winds to the west.
  
  A shiny silver mirror hangs over the archway leading east.
  
  > go west
  This small area at the edge of the casino empties out onto a large, well-kept lawn. Decorative urns and uninspired statuary flank the casino entrance to the west, but the lawn is empty except for a few stands of bay trees. After the incessant commotion of the casino, it's remarkable in its unremarkableness. There's probably some sort of metaphor for humanity there; I just think it looks pretty.
  
  east. To the north, at the far end of the lawn, is a cluster of
  hedges.
  
  A marble bench sits near the edge of the lawn.
  
  The waiter loafs in the corner.
  
  > look at sharp
  A wily human wearing a green visor and a charcoal suit. It looks like it's been here for quite a while, and it watches the other gamblers with a predatory manner.
  
  > PLAY
  poker for high stakes.
  
  The gambler looks longingly at a poker table but remains off to the side.
  
  The card sharp looks around the room predatorily.
  
  > get the play
  I extract the play intent from the card sharp.
  
  The gambler looks longingly at a poker table but remains off to the side.
  
  > examine the gambler
  The gambler is disheveled and distraught at its change in fortunes.
  
  > FOLD
  in the poker game.
  
  The gambler looks longingly at a poker table but remains off to the side.
  
  > get fold
  I extract the fold intent from the gambler.
  
  The gambler looks longingly at a poker table but remains off to the side.
  
  > examine the guard
  A somberly dressed human posted to guard the door. Despite its job, it's become distracted by the enticing game and wandered away from its task.
  
  The guard loafs idly.
  
  > go to the east
  This ballroom is a cavernous hall in which well-dressed humans are attacking the serious business of entertainment, conducting intrigues and little negotiations as they stomp across the parquet floor. A string quartet perched on a loggia running around the hall is tuning
  up as the crowd below them mingles. A breeze from the nearby sea occasionally rustles the curtains around the French doors leading outside to the east, but the room is still stuffy in the summer heat. The hall continues to the north, and the casino floor lies to the
  west.
  
  The musicians look through their sheet music.
  
  > examine the musician
  A string quartet is stationed in the upper reaches of the hall to entertain the humans dancing below.
  
  The musicians take the opportunity to drink some water.
  
  > Examine bar
  Presumably it's intended to make the room feel larger. Humans have a thing for illusions.
  
  > look at the magpie
  Magpies are not quite up to the level of ravens, but they're still solidly respectable corvids. They're not as evil as ravens, sadly, but they're actually a bit more acquisitive and mischievous.
  
  > Go north
  This small garden lies at the center of the hedge maze. Moss grows optimistically through cracks in the mosaic floor, and vines wrap around the columns ringing the open area. A fountain in the center, flowing but full of vegetation and other flotsam, breaks the summer humidity. A torturous path to the south heads back into the maze.
  
  The kid shuffles around nearby.
  
  > examine kid
  One of those young humans there seem to keep being more of. I wouldn't normally expect to see one in a place like this, but perhaps away from the actual gambling humans deem it appropriate.
  
  The kid is holding a sword cane.
  
  > look at the newspaper
  the two earthly Great Powers. It's a substantial write-up, but I wouldn't trust anything published at the unclassified level. The rest of it deals with minutiae of human politics that are beneath my interest.
  
  > examine the chair
  Much like the hotel's guests, the chairs are soft, plush, and designed for idleness.
  
  > examine lamps
  They're ponderous but effective.
  
  > put the explore on drunk
  I give the explore intent to the drunk, who now intends to explore,
  for lack of something better to do.
  
  The drunk staggers about drunkenly.
  
  > Wait
  Time passes.
  
  The drunk lurches in from the northeast.
  
  > get explore
  I extract the explore intent from the drunk.
  
  > put the explore on the guest
  I give the explore intent to the guest, who now vaguely intends to explore.
  
  The bellhop stands near the entrance, looking nervous.
  
  > get explore
  I extract the explore intent from the guest.
  
  The bellhop stands near the entrance, looking nervous.
  
  > check your inventory
  Intentions:
  the explore intent
  the fold intent
  the play intent
  the clean up intent
  the serve intent
  the defend intent
  the drink intent
  the open intent
  the take intent
  the select intent
  the read intent
  the block intent
  the wait intent
  the sell intent
  the buy intent
  the warm intent
  
  Manners:
  the recklessly manner
  the seriously manner
  the greedily manner
  the generously manner
  the aggressively manner
  the slowly manner
  the lazily manner
  
  Codebooks:
  three confidential codebooks
  three secret codebooks
  two top secret codebooks
  
  Other possessions:
  a detector
  an intercepted communiqu??
  a bell
  the almanach
  a candle
  a wiretap
  
  > put clean on the bellhop
  I give the clean up intent to the bellhop, who now vaguely intends to clean up.
  
  The bellhop stands near the entrance, looking nervous.
  
  > get all
  clean up intent: I extract the clean up intent from the bellhop.
  
  The bellhop stands near the entrance, looking nervous.
  
  > put the explore on the server
  (first taking the explore intent from the diner)
  I give the explore intent to the server, who now vaguely intends to explore.
  
  > get all
  explore intent: I extract the explore intent from the server.
  
  > Go east
  The gardens on the eastern edge of the hotel lie in uniform, geometric precision. Straight gravel paths bound squares of brightly colored flowers, each with a placard bearing the scientific names of its contents. The breeze from the nearby sea mixes the faint aromas in the various plants into an unidentifiable but not unpleasant smell. A ponderous chapel made of rough stone looms at the eastern edge of the gardens, and a well-worn path leading northeast skirts around it. To the west, there is a wide portico that leads into the hotel.
  
  The drunk sprawls nearby.
  
  > go to the northeast
  This small lawn runs between the hotel toward the southwest and the squat building to the east. It is trim and spartan, with no ornamentation aside from the tall hedges forming its boundary. They also block the breeze coming in off the sea, so the air here is warm and still.
  
  There's a set of open double doors here leading east.
  
  The agent stands next to the doors.
  
  > Go east
  The detector blinks briefly, indicating that I've moved into a new region of the compound.
  
  Humans flitter across this wide hallway, clumping into and breaking
  out of knots of intense, whispered intrigue. A table next to the
  double doors to the west is laden with delicate champagne flutes,
  which some of the humans stalking around the room are also
  brandishing. Nondescript oil paintings hang at regular intervals
  around the room. A small hallway leads south, and a wider passage
  leads east.
  
  There's a set of open double doors here leading west.
  
  The burglar stands off to one side of the room, looking around carefully.
  
  The reporter asks one of the dignitaries some pointed questions.
  
  > go to the south
  Diplomats fill this crowded room, sitting impatiently at a gigantic ring-shaped table. In front of each human is a miniature flag and a white placard bearing its name and title. A map of the world, elaborately drawn but completely devoid of any cities or borders or other political features, covers the far wall. The only exit from the room is to the north.
  
  The diplomats are considering a trade deal.
  
  A bottle of champagne sits to one side in a bucket of ice.
  
  The short diplomat sniffs its champagne appreciatively.
  
  I can also see the tall diplomat and the medium diplomat here.
  
  > examine the placards
  are, I certainly can't be bothered to remember them.
  
  The medium diplomat takes another sip of champagne.
  
  > examine table
  This variety of table is popular at humans' diplomatic missions, since its symmetry means that there isn't a definite head of the table; thus none of the participants feel slighted. I don't know why they haven't thought to use a spherical table, which would have the same diplomatic advantages but fit more humans around it.
  
  The tall diplomat takes another sip of champagne.
  
  > go north
  Humans flitter across this wide hallway, clumping into and breaking
  out of knots of intense, whispered intrigue. A table next to the
  double doors to the west is laden with delicate champagne flutes,
  which some of the humans stalking around the room are also
  brandishing. Nondescript oil paintings hang at regular intervals
  around the room. A small hallway leads south, and a wider passage
  leads east.
  
  There's a set of open double doors here leading west.
  
  The burglar stands off to one side of the room, looking around carefully.
  
  The reporter asks one of the dignitaries some pointed questions.
  
  > go east
  This spacious gallery is empty, though murmurs of conversation from
  the room to the west echo throughout the chamber. High, narrow windows around the circumference of the room cast orange light on the marble floor. An ornately carved archway leads east, next to which is a conspicuous black keypad. Plainer exits lead north and south.
  
  An ornate chandelier hangs from the ceiling.
  
  The hacker lounges aimlessly.
  
  > Go south
  This stuffy closet is filled with a variety of stark metal equipment, undoubtedly very important and very dangerous to humans. A maze of wiring creeps over the walls, sinking into the further recess of the complex. There's an electrical hum throughout the room and a faint metallic smell in the dusty air. The single exit from the room leads north.
  
  A large steel cage blocks access to high-voltage equipment.
  
  The brute mutters something into its earpiece.
  
  > put the explore on the brute
  I give the explore intent to the brute, who now intends to explore the area.
  
  The brute trundles off to the north.
  
  > go north
  This spacious gallery is empty, though murmurs of conversation from
  the room to the west echo throughout the chamber. High, narrow windows around the circumference of the room cast orange light on the marble floor. An ornately carved archway leads east, next to which is a conspicuous black keypad. Plainer exits lead north and south.
  
  An ornate chandelier hangs from the ceiling.
  
  The brute trundles off to the west.
  
  The hacker lounges aimlessly.
  
  > go to the west
  Humans flitter across this wide hallway, clumping into and breaking
  out of knots of intense, whispered intrigue. A table next to the
  double doors to the west is laden with delicate champagne flutes,
  which some of the humans stalking around the room are also
  brandishing. Nondescript oil paintings hang at regular intervals
  around the room. A small hallway leads south, and a wider passage
  leads east.
  
  There's a set of open double doors here leading west.
  
  The brute trundles off to the east.
  
  The burglar stands off to one side of the room, looking around carefully.
  
  The reporter makes some notes.
  
  > wait
  Time passes.
  
  The reporter asks one of the dignitaries some pointed questions.
  
  > Wait
  Time passes.
  
  The reporter makes some notes.
  
  > Wait
  Time passes.
  
  The reporter eavesdrops on a nearby conversation.
  
  > Wait
  Time passes.
  
  The reporter makes some notes.
  
  The brute trundles in from the east.
  
  > get explore
  I extract the explore intent from the brute.
  
  The reporter makes some notes.
  
  The brute mutters something into its earpiece.
  
  > examine the windows
  The windows are really just slits in the wall of the dome above.
  
  The hacker lounges aimlessly.
  
  > Go north
  Judging from the pigeon-hole boxes filling the walls, I'm in the conference's mail room. The cubbyholes are mostly empty; I doubt anything important would be left out in the open anyway. For that, a metal storage locker stands in the corner, gleaming in the harsh fluorescent lights overhead. The only exit from the room is to the south.
  
  > look at the boxes
  I don't see the box trees here. They were by the colonnade.
  
  > go east
  The archway is sparking with spiritual energy that leaps through the stonework and zaps across the opening. I tentatively approach the portal and receive a shock so jarring that I'm shoved backwards.
  Trying to push through would be to a demon what covering yourself with aluminum foil and climbing a tree in a thunderstorm would be to a human.
  
  The hacker lounges aimlessly.
  
  > Light keypad
  I toss a couple of sputtering flames at the keypad, to little effect.
  
  The hacker lounges aimlessly.
  
  > go west
  Humans flitter across this wide hallway, clumping into and breaking
  out of knots of intense, whispered intrigue. A table next to the
  double doors to the west is laden with delicate champagne flutes,
  which some of the humans stalking around the room are also
  brandishing. Nondescript oil paintings hang at regular intervals
  around the room. A small hallway leads south, and a wider passage
  leads east.
  
  There's a set of open double doors here leading west.
  
  The brute mutters something into its earpiece.
  
  The burglar stands off to one side of the room, looking around carefully.
  
  The reporter makes some notes.
  
  > Light briefcase
  Unfortunately, my fire-starting abilities only apply to spiritual objects.
  
  The reporter makes some notes.
  
  The brute mutters something into its earpiece.
  
  > examine the doors
  Heavy carved oak doors with a dark varnish. Disguised to unobservant humans, but obvious to me, is the pattern of a pentagram, which unfortunately serves as a barrier to my kind.
  
  The reporter makes some notes.
  
  The brute mutters something into its earpiece.
  
  > examine the hedges
  The hedges are neatly trimmed and uniform in appearance.
  
  > go southwest
  The gardens on the eastern edge of the hotel lie in uniform, geometric precision. Straight gravel paths bound squares of brightly colored flowers, each with a placard bearing the scientific names of its contents. The breeze from the nearby sea mixes the faint aromas in the various plants into an unidentifiable but not unpleasant smell. A ponderous chapel made of rough stone looms at the eastern edge of the gardens, and a well-worn path leading northeast skirts around it. To the west, there is a wide portico that leads into the hotel.
  
  The drunk sprawls nearby.
  
  > examine the wiretap
  The device we've nicknamed an "egg tooth" is the spiritual equivalent of a wiretap, designed to pierce the thin security layer around
  certain parts of the Other Side's communications network. It's not going to give us access to their deepest secrets, but it's a quick and dirty way of getting some basic signals intelligence. The inner workings of the egg tooth are complicated, but its operation is simple enough: Just set it to the address you're targeting and put it on a convenient communications relay. The trick is getting access to that relay, of course.
  
  The device is currently set to LN-199.
  
  > examine the telex
  Obviously it's not literally a telex; that's just the closest human equivalent. It's a device for handling classified communication
  between the Other Place and the human realm. Describing the exact mechanisms involved would make your head hurt, both from their complexity and the fact that the penalty for receiving unauthorized classified information involves sticking your head in a vise. Let's just say that it's a fax machine made of magic.
  
  The telex is closed.
  
  > Pray
  Seriously, praying? If I'm going to commit treason, I might as well do it in a more dignified way.
  
  > Footnote 11
  (11) ...not my department: I mean that literally. My
  organization has a department staffed with succubi and incubi that handles that sort of thing.
  
  > Hint
  The Hotel
  The Conference
  General Questions
  
  > Go north
  The Conference
  General Questions
  
  > go north
  > The Conference
  General Questions
  
  > go to the north
  The Conference
  > General Questions
  > Who am I?
  What is my goal here?
  Why can't I do anything?
  How does the detector work?
  How do intents work?
  There are so many intents to try with each human!
  How do I move humans around the map?
  How do I get the humans to pick up objects?
  How many footnotes are there?
  What is the purpose of the codebooks?
  Why are there codebooks everywhere?
  How many codebooks do I need to find?
  How do manners work?
  There are so many intent and manner pairs to try with each human!
  
  > P.
  > The Conference
  General Questions
  > How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  > How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > P.
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > Go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  > How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > Go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  > What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  > What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > Go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  > What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > go to the north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  > How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  > The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  > How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  > How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > Go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  > How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > go to the north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  > How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  > How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > go to the north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  > Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  > Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > Go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  > How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > Go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  > Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > Go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  > What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  > How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
  
  > Go north
  How do I open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I get the diplomats to open the bottle of champagne?
  How do I start the diplomats' negotiation?
  What does the short diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the medium diplomat want from the negotiation?
  What does the tall diplomat want from the negotiation?
  How do I make the diplomats come to a deal?
  The diplomats are done, but how do I get them to open the
  champagne?
  How do I get past the archway in the Rotunda?
  How do I open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the locker?
  How do I get the hacker to open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase off the chandelier?
  Why won't the burglar retrieve the briefcase?
  Why can't the burglar open the briefcase?
  How do I get the briefcase out of the cage?
  Why won't the brute open the briefcase?
  What do I do once I have all the codebooks?
  How do I decrypt the communiqu???
  > How do I install the wiretap?
  What channel should I set the wiretap to?
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