text: [Themes: Surreal]
  
  > Describe the surroundings
  This could also be described as a study, but that doesn't quite fit the uses to which you put it. Nevertheless, you have a desk, and a phone. Doors lead south, west and east.
  
  > examine the phone
  It's black, and possesses the usual phone functions.
  
  > look at the card
  A small, laminated section of cardboard. Oddly enough, the only detail upon it is a phone number: 02312345673.
  
  > read newspaper
  The only part that really catches your attention is the picture on the front, of the Chimera Corporation building. Indeed, you feel that this picture is the reason for the paper's presence here.
  
  > dial 02312345673
  You dial the number and raise the receiver.
  
  There's no response. You can hear some sort of interference, like running water.
  
  > listen
  You can faintly hear cars in the distance.
  
  > examine the desk
  It's not ornate, but it suits your purposes. On the workdesk there is nothing.
  
  Didn't you have another tool here?
  
  > look under the desk
  You discover your screwdriver, which you take.
  
  > examine the desk
  It's not ornate, but it suits your purposes. On the workdesk there is nothing.
  
  > Go east
  You open the kitchen door.
  
  Your kitchen is relatively clean. A pile of pizza boxes sits on a table, adjacent to your microwave. Your television sits on a shelf. A door leads west.
  
  A face grins on the television.
  
  > examine the television
  You brought it in here so you can watch as you eat. Unfortunately, it stopped working recently, and you're not sure why.
  
  "You may think I'm trapped here" says the face, "but, you can only see part of me."
  
  > look behind the television
  You find nothing.
  
  "I see you, and I know who you are." states the face.
  
  > look at the pizza
  Empty, tragically.
  
  The phone number "06634734521" is shown on the boxes.
  
  "I wouldn't just stand there." says the face.
  
  > hit television
  No, you might break it.
  
  Sharp knives float across the face.
  
  > turn the tv off
  That's not something you can switch.
  
  "I know what you're doing, and I will pass judgement." intones the face.
  
  > take the pizza
  You can't carry them comfortably, and you don't see any use for them.
  
  The face watches you.
  
  > ask the tv about the pizza
  You open your mouth, then stop. Why are you trying to talk to an inanimate object? Because that is what it is. An inanimate  object. Completely. Totally. No life here. Nothing out of the ordinary or suspicious. Certainly not. Nope.
  
  ""Do you think this is a game?" asks the face.
  
  > open the pizza
  They're not something you can open.
  
  The face watches you.
  
  > look at the microwave
  It still works, but you don't have anything to heat at present.
  
  "I know what you're doing, and I will pass judgement." intones the face.
  
  > turn off the tv
  That's not something you can switch.
  
  The face watches you.
  
  > hit tv with the hammer
  No, you might break it.
  
  The face screams silently, but not out of fear. Out of joy.
  
  > Examine tv
  You brought it in here so you can watch as you eat. Unfortunately, it stopped working recently, and you're not sure why.
  
  ""Do you think this is a game?" asks the face.
  
  > wake up
  It doesn't work like that.
  
  "Better get going." says the face maliciously.
  
  > examine the pizza
  Empty, tragically.
  
  The phone number "06634734521" is shown on the boxes.
  
  The face screams silently, but not out of fear. Out of joy.
  
  > pinch yourself
  Ouch!
  
  The face screams silently, but not out of fear. Out of joy.
  
  > go west
  A hand waves on the television.
  
  This could also be described as a study, but that doesn't quite fit the uses to which you put it. Nevertheless, you have a desk, and a phone. Doors lead south, west and east.
  
  > call 06634734521
  Unfortunately, they've closed down.
  
  > Go west
  You open the apartment door.
  
  This dim passage runs north and south past a row of rooms. You've never been in any of them other than your own. Your apartment is to the east.
  
  Some sort of lizard bauble hangs from a light bulb.
  
  The lizard hisses in a friendly manner.
  
  > examine the lizard
  A small bauble in the shape of a lizard, hanging from a dim light-bulb.
  
  "You don't know who's moving the pieces. But consider: They must be powerful. They must be worth befriending." The lizard makes a clicking noise.
  
  > take the lizard
  That's hardly portable.
  
  "You don't have to live in squalor you know." suggests the lizard.
  
  > go north
  The lizard makes a tiny waving motion.
  
  You can go upwards, or downwards. Upwards fills you with dread, downwards with anticipation. You are unsure why. Your apartment is down a corridor to the south.
  
  > Go south
  This dim passage runs north and south past a row of rooms. You've never been in any of them other than your own. Your apartment is to the east.
  
  Some sort of lizard bauble hangs from a light bulb.
  
  The lizard hisses in a friendly manner.
  
  The lizard makes a tiny waving motion.
  
  The corridor stops here. A fire exit adorns the south wall.
  
  > examine the exit
  It has a push-bar on the front. It is closed.
  
  > go to the north
  This dim passage runs north and south past a row of rooms. You've never been in any of them other than your own. Your apartment is to the east.
  
  Some sort of lizard bauble hangs from a light bulb.
  
  The lizard hisses in a friendly manner.
  
  > Go east
  The lizard makes a tiny waving motion.
  
  This could also be described as a study, but that doesn't quite fit the uses to which you put it. Nevertheless, you have a desk, and a phone. Doors lead south, west and east.
  
  > go to the east
  Your kitchen is relatively clean. A pile of pizza boxes sits on a table, adjacent to your microwave. Your television sits on a shelf. A door leads west.
  
  A face grins on the television.
  
  > move the desk
  It is fixed in place.
  
  > look at the bauble
  A small bauble in the shape of a lizard, hanging from a dim light-bulb.
  
  "Perhaps you should be considering self-improvement?" asks the lizard.
  
  > get bauble
  That's hardly portable.
  
  "I may be stuck up here, but doesn't mean you should ignore me." says the lizard.
  
  > look at the lizard
  A small bauble in the shape of a lizard, hanging from a dim light-bulb.
  
  "You are more than you might think." states the lizard.
  
  > go south
  Your bedroom is fairly barren. You have a bed and a window. The floor is bare of carpet. You have put up a poster to hide some dents on one wall. A door leads north.
  
  On the bed is a blanket.
  
  You feel a presence in the room.
  
  > look at the window
  You can see outside the building. Specifically, you can see a wall, and
  
  > examine the window
  an alleyway.
  
  "I'm sorry if I'm hard to understand" apologises the poster.
  
  You can see outside the building. Specifically, you can see a wall, and an alleyway.
  
  "You need to proceed with your mission." says the poster.
  
  > get the blanket
  Taken.
  
  "Have you tried making a wish?" asks the poster.
  
  > examine the blanket
  Pale blue. It looks a little thin.
  
  "You need to stay active." says the poster.
  
  > look under the bed
  You find nothing of interest.
  
  The poster smiles at you.
  
  > Sleep
  You need to lie down somewhere comfortable.
  
  "Are you okay?" asks the poster.
  
  > Examine poster
  It depicts a rock singer of bygone years.
  
  "I may be paper, but you can talk to me." says the poster.
  
  > lie on the bed
  You get onto the bed.
  
  "I may be paper, but you can talk to me." says the poster.
  
  > Sleep
  You drift away...
  
  The stench of offal hangs in the air.The walls drip with fresh blood. An ugly table supports plates and a massive assortment of cutlery. This is not an environment that encourages rational thought. Empty doorframes lead north, east, south and west.
  
  You can see a torn note here.
  
  > read the note
  A small piece of notepaper, torn at the top. It reads, "You're dreaming, fool."
  
  > take the note
  Taken.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  You are carrying:
  a torn note