text: [Themes: female protagonist, Lovecraft, Lovecraftian]
  
  > Describe the surroundings
  Carol's Room (Ben Collins-Sussman)
  Shafts of sunlight filter through the filthy window, which is now closed.
  
  The room is empty: the carpet has been taken up, all furniture removed, and nothing left on the walls. Dust hangs in the air of this room so long abandoned.
  
  You can see a window (closed) and a Tome of Naomi here.
  
  > examine Tome of naomi
  A photograph flitters out of the Rune Book, spirals around you and floats to the ground.
  
  A thin, leatherbound tome. A title is embossed on the cover: "Tome of Naomi".
  
  > get it
  That's the thing about Rune Books: they like to be where they are and no where else. They are very finicky in that way.
  
  > read it
  You carefully lay open the crusty leather-clad book revealing a number of entries, each corresponding to a faded newspaper clipping:
  
  For Gluttony of the Bestowance:
  Boat Wreck On Sable Island
  
  For Gluttony of the Bestowance a second time:
  Watery Fate for Convict
  
  For Gluttony of the Bestowance yet a third time:
  Body Found
  
  For Sloth of Mouvement:
  Orphan Survives
  
  For Sloth of Mouvement a second time:
  Boardwalk Tragedy
  
  For Sloth of Mouvement yet a third time:
  Hargreaves Remembered
  
  For Pride in Erasure of the Runes of Another:
  Seinfeld Actor Dies
  
  For Murder of Your Own Childe:
  Red Tide
  
  > examine the photograph
  Stains cover large part of the front side, hiding the faces of what looks like a mother and a couple of small siblings. The woman, whose age is impossible to determine, is wearing a white, wedding dress. The kids both have on a kind of work overalls, over a white blouse. The boy on the right is not stained, still... he seems to have no face, as if time has worn out his features.
  
  On the reverse side of the picture is something written, in a trembling hand-writing:
  
  Put its gift over daan
  And you'll soon end your search.
  
  Below this, a different and more forceful hand has written "Don't forget to say ahe'hee!".
  
  > look at the coffee
  The swirls in your cup form a stochastic pattern resembling television static. Lack of a symbolic image means that you have accomplished everything you must in your current environment and should move on to find new challenges in order to grow as a person.
  
  A faint smell of mildew emanates from it.
  
  > go south
  Upstairs Hall, north end (Jason Love)
  The broken doors to the armoire lie on the floor near the center of the room.
  
  The doorless armoire stands against the north-west wall. There's nothing inside.
  
  > go to the south
  White light flickers from somewhere inside the hole in the wallpaper.
  
  > Go south
  Balcony (Reina Adair)
  The balcony has definitely seen better days. Once it was more than likely a fine place to sit and look out over the skyline or whatever one desired to do out here. However, its charm has been lost with the passage of time. The wood, once more than likely shiny and well polished, is now rotten and peeling in various spots. Somehow, despite the way the architecture has aged, the railing at the end of the balcony itself is still somewhat sturdy. All around, the view of the scenery is breathtaking, albeit somewhat unsettling for some reason. Occasionally, a slight breeze blows past you, but you can't tell if its supposed to be warm or cool. The only exit from here is to the north.
  
  A statue with a very strange appearance to it is standing here, almost as if it is watching the area.
  
  A spectral trolley stop sign reads Lavender Line -- Cragne Manor Balcony.
  
  > wait for the blue Line
  You lean against the wooden door, hold out your pass, and wait for the blue line. Within moments, a phantom trolley arrives. Instead of stopping and allowing you to board, it passes through you,
  and you find yourself transported to
  
  A short street terminates here. To the south it opens into the town square. To the east, a few worn steps rise to the entrance of the public library, and to the west you can see a real estate office. A gloomy path leads northwest, towards the woods.
  
  You can see a notice board here.
  
  An ethereal trolley stop sign reads Blue Line -- Library Square.
  
  > look at the book list
  This is your notification that your status with the Backwater Public Library is DELINQUENT due to NON-RETURNAL.
  You are NOT PERMITTED to check out books or to access special library materials until your status is cleared.
  
  To clear your status, you must return ALL books you currently have checked out:
  
  To Have, and To Have Knots: An Illustrated Guide
  Backwater Personalities (1915-1925 edition)
  The Lives of the Roman Emperors
  A Rudimentary Taxonomy of Known Scent and Grotesque
  Reactions
  Life Beneath Nightmares
  The Conservative's Cookbook
  ANCHORHEAD. A What-do-I-do-now Book Based on the Works of
  MICHAEL GENTRY
  
  > Examine book
  (the old paperback book (smelling faintly of mildew))
  The old paperback book is pretty thick, and the pages are yellowed and lacerated here and there. You're not a bookworm, but the condition of the book and the outdated font and style of drawing on the cover tell you it was printed decades ago, maybe at the beginning of the century.
  
  Judging by the cover the book seems to be a bit pulpy. It shows a large, old and eerie house on a clearing in the woods. The title is "ANCHORHEAD. A What-do-I-do-now Book Based on the Works of MICHAEL GENTRY." A scraggy sticker with the insignia of the Backwater Public Library, on it indicates that by no means you want to pay the fine for exceeding the return deadline.
  
  Frost lines the edges of the library insignia.
  
  > Go east
  This is unusually spacious for a small-town library. You think you remember something about it being a national historical site? That would explain the decor, at least. It's half rustic colonial, half modern budget-strapped public service, with a meager collection of creaky shelves standing in the middle of an old plank floor. A small display case stands prominently near the entrance, and some weird chairs are scattered around for the comfort of the patrons, none of whom are here at the moment. The sole exit is back to the west.
  
  Illuminati, De Zeven Testamenten van de Krijsende
  Zeeworm, a 'Pataphysical Approaches to Quantum
  Superfluids (smelling faintly of mildew), Tolerating An Asinine
  God (smelling faintly of mildew), The Seven Gaunts, a
  pink-bound book (smelling faintly of mildew), Twin Hearts Between the Planes (smelling faintly of mildew), The Dollmaker's Journal
  (smelling faintly of mildew), Legends of Lake Champlain and the
  Hudson River Valley (smelling faintly of mildew) and a shabby
  journal.
  
  A librarian stands behind a counter.
  
  > give Book to the LIBRARIAN
  Which do you mean, the soggy tome (smelling faintly of mildew), the moldy, waterlogged journal (smelling faintly of mildew), the postcard of Big Ben (smelling faintly of mildew), The Modern Girl's Divination Handbook -- Volume Three (smelling faintly of mildew), the faded delivery note (smelling faintly of mildew), the old newspaper (smelling faintly of mildew), The Conservative's Cookbook,
  Out of the Infinite, by Robert N. Ostregot (smelling faintly
  of mildew), The Broken Tongue, by Noah Chaplinski (smelling
  faintly of mildew), Between God and Madness, by Hiram
  Strangecraft, The Imagined Worm, by Elizabeth P. Stashwart,
  The Reign of Reason, by Godos Atrakut (smelling faintly of
  mildew), the pocket-sized notebook (smelling faintly of mildew),
  The Lives of the Roman Emperors (smelling faintly of mildew),
  the clipped newspaper article (smelling faintly of mildew), Backwater Personalities (1915-1925 edition) (smelling faintly of mildew), Mama Hydra's Deep Fried Ones (smelling faintly of mildew), A Culinary Overview of Superstitions in the Miskaton Valley Region by S. Jarret Zornwharf (smelling faintly of mildew), Hyper-Gastronomy, Exactness, and String Theory: a Theoretical Subdiscipline of Cooking and Baking by Chef Wheldrake (smelling faintly of mildew), the diary of Phyllis Cragne (smelling faintly of mildew), the tiny leather journal (smelling faintly of mildew), Tatooine 1: Anchorhead
  (smelling faintly of mildew), the old paperback book (smelling faintly of mildew), the bookshelf, De Zeven Testamenten van de Krijsende Zeeworm, the 'Pataphysical Approaches to Quantum
  Superfluids (smelling faintly of mildew), Tolerating An Asinine
  God (smelling faintly of mildew), The Seven Gaunts, the
  pink-bound book (smelling faintly of mildew), Twin Hearts Between the Planes (smelling faintly of mildew), The Dollmaker's Journal
  (smelling faintly of mildew), Legends of Lake Champlain and the
  Hudson River Valley (smelling faintly of mildew), the shabby
  journal or De Vermibus Laceris?
  
  > give Anchorhead to the LIBRARIAN
  Which do you mean, Tatooine 1: Anchorhead (smelling faintly
  of mildew) or the old paperback book (smelling faintly of mildew)?
  
  > Old paperback
  (first taking the old paperback book (smelling faintly of mildew)) Klonk-klonk.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  You are carrying:
  an a worn out, decaying picture
  a soggy tome (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a moldy, waterlogged journal (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a postcard of Big Ben (smelling faintly of mildew)
  The Modern Girl's Divination Handbook -- Volume Three (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a faded delivery note (smelling faintly of mildew)
  an old newspaper (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a little stoppered vial of blue liquid (smelling faintly of mildew) The Conservative's Cookbook
  Out of the Infinite, by Robert N. Ostregot (smelling
  faintly of mildew)
  The Broken Tongue, by Noah Chaplinski (smelling faintly of
  mildew)
  Between God and Madness, by Hiram Strangecraft
  The Imagined Worm, by Elizabeth P. Stashwart
  The Reign of Reason, by Godos Atrakut (smelling faintly of
  mildew)
  a battered yellow JogMaster (being worn)
  a pocket-sized notebook (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a slip of paper (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a calfskin coat (being worn)
  The Lives of the Roman Emperors (smelling faintly of
  mildew)
  a pewter box (smelling faintly of mildew) (open but empty)
  a silver urn (smelling faintly of mildew) (open but empty)
  a clipped newspaper article (smelling faintly of mildew)
  Backwater Personalities (1915-1925 edition) (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a pair of reading glasses (being worn)
  a cold spot on your collarbone (haunting you) (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a book list (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a golden apple (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a FFFFFFFF punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a 923647F1 punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a C353F128 punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a 0B46E931 punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  an AE9B711D punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a 00A02209 punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a can of salt (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a blank punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  the Journal of Edwin Cragne (smelling faintly of mildew)
  an Isole Perdute (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a Lettera Segreta (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a Prurito Notturno (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a Piccoli Uomini Blu (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a rusted toolbox (smelling faintly of mildew) (open)
  a jar of old keys (open)
  a splintery wooden key
  an ornate bronze key
  a frosty blue key
  an intricately folded origami key
  a silver and ivory key
  a jar of screws (open but empty)
  a teapot (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a scrap of paper (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a snowglobe (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a black fountain pen (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a mallet (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a metal flask (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a pinch of snail paste (smelling faintly of mildew)
  an Italian magazine cutting (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a police report ("Francine Cragne") (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a note from a seesaw (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a piece of chalk
  a black box (smelling faintly of mildew) (open but empty)
  a shard (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a broken silver amulet (smelling faintly of mildew)
  Mama Hydra's Deep Fried Ones (smelling faintly of mildew)
  A Culinary Overview of Superstitions in the Miskaton Valley Region
  
  Hyper-Gastronomy, Exactness, and String Theory: a Theoretical Subdiscipline of Cooking and Baking by Chef Wheldrake (smelling faintly of mildew)
  red-rimmed porcelain plates (smelling faintly of mildew)
  red-rimmed porcelain cups (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a spray bottle that used to contain fungicide (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a gallon jug of white vinegar (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a pair of garden shears (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a rusty flathead screwdriver
  a trophy for a dog race (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a black business card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a rusty piece of metal (smelling faintly of mildew)
  some yellowed newspapers (smelling faintly of mildew)
  an employee ID card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a long hooked pole (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a grimy rock (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a backpack features guide (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a trolley schedule (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a pamphlet of home listings (smelling faintly of mildew)
  an antique locket (smelling faintly of mildew) (closed)
  a wad of cash (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a repaired page (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a waterproof flashlight (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a filthy rug (smelling faintly of mildew)
  Daniel Baker's note (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a pull-string doll (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a glass jar containing an insect (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a half-full styrofoam coffee cup (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a familiar gold wristwatch (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a pair of stone earplugs (being worn)
  a trolley pass (being worn)
  a Jansport backpack (being worn and open)
  a hidden pocket (open but empty)
  a key pocket (closed)
  a book pocket (open)
  the diary of Phyllis Cragne (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a tiny leather journal (smelling faintly of mildew)
  Tatooine 1: Anchorhead (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a side pocket (closed)
  a trash pocket (closed)
  a gold jacket (being worn)
  a giant milkweed leaf (being worn as a mask)
  
  > put the Books in the bp
  soggy tome (smelling faintly of mildew): Done.
  moldy, waterlogged journal (smelling faintly of mildew): Done. postcard of Big Ben (smelling faintly of mildew): Done.
  The Modern Girl's Divination Handbook -- Volume Three (smelling faintly of mildew): Done.
  faded delivery note (smelling faintly of mildew): Done.
  old newspaper (smelling faintly of mildew): Done.
  Out of the Infinite, by Robert N. Ostregot (smelling faintly
  of mildew): Done.
  The Broken Tongue, by Noah Chaplinski (smelling faintly of
  mildew): Done.
  Between God and Madness, by Hiram Strangecraft: Done.
  The Imagined Worm, by Elizabeth P. Stashwart: Done.
  The Reign of Reason, by Godos Atrakut (smelling faintly of
  mildew): Done.
  pocket-sized notebook (smelling faintly of mildew): Done.
  clipped newspaper article (smelling faintly of mildew): Done.
  
  > Close bp
  You close the book pocket.
  
  > check your inventory
  You are carrying:
  an a worn out, decaying picture
  a little stoppered vial of blue liquid (smelling faintly of mildew) The Conservative's Cookbook
  a battered yellow JogMaster (being worn)
  a slip of paper (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a calfskin coat (being worn)
  The Lives of the Roman Emperors (smelling faintly of
  mildew)
  a pewter box (smelling faintly of mildew) (open but empty)
  a silver urn (smelling faintly of mildew) (open but empty)
  a pair of reading glasses (being worn)
  a cold spot on your collarbone (haunting you) (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a book list (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a golden apple (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a FFFFFFFF punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a 923647F1 punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a C353F128 punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a 0B46E931 punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  an AE9B711D punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a 00A02209 punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a can of salt (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a blank punch card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  the Journal of Edwin Cragne (smelling faintly of mildew)
  an Isole Perdute (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a Lettera Segreta (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a Prurito Notturno (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a Piccoli Uomini Blu (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a rusted toolbox (smelling faintly of mildew) (open)
  a jar of old keys (open)
  a splintery wooden key
  an ornate bronze key
  a frosty blue key
  an intricately folded origami key
  a silver and ivory key
  a jar of screws (open but empty)
  a teapot (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a scrap of paper (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a snowglobe (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a black fountain pen (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a mallet (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a metal flask (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a pinch of snail paste (smelling faintly of mildew)
  an Italian magazine cutting (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a police report ("Francine Cragne") (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a note from a seesaw (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a piece of chalk
  a black box (smelling faintly of mildew) (open but empty)
  a shard (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a broken silver amulet (smelling faintly of mildew)
  Mama Hydra's Deep Fried Ones (smelling faintly of mildew)
  A Culinary Overview of Superstitions in the Miskaton Valley Region
  
  Hyper-Gastronomy, Exactness, and String Theory: a Theoretical Subdiscipline of Cooking and Baking by Chef Wheldrake (smelling faintly of mildew)
  red-rimmed porcelain plates (smelling faintly of mildew)
  red-rimmed porcelain cups (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a spray bottle that used to contain fungicide (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a gallon jug of white vinegar (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a pair of garden shears (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a rusty flathead screwdriver
  a trophy for a dog race (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a black business card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a rusty piece of metal (smelling faintly of mildew)
  some yellowed newspapers (smelling faintly of mildew)
  an employee ID card (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a long hooked pole (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a grimy rock (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a backpack features guide (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a trolley schedule (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a pamphlet of home listings (smelling faintly of mildew)
  an antique locket (smelling faintly of mildew) (closed)
  a wad of cash (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a repaired page (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a waterproof flashlight (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a filthy rug (smelling faintly of mildew)
  Daniel Baker's note (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a pull-string doll (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a glass jar containing an insect (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a half-full styrofoam coffee cup (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a familiar gold wristwatch (smelling faintly of mildew)
  a pair of stone earplugs (being worn)
  a trolley pass (being worn)
  a Jansport backpack (being worn and open)
  a hidden pocket (open but empty)
  a key pocket (closed)
  a book pocket (closed)
  a side pocket (closed)
  a trash pocket (closed)
  a gold jacket (being worn)
  a giant milkweed leaf (being worn as a mask)
  
  > look at the book list
  This is your notification that your status with the Backwater Public Library is DELINQUENT due to NON-RETURNAL.
  You are NOT PERMITTED to check out books or to access special library materials until your status is cleared.
  
  To clear your status, you must return ALL books you currently have checked out:
  
  To Have, and To Have Knots: An Illustrated Guide
  The Lives of the Roman Emperors
  A Rudimentary Taxonomy of Known Scent and Grotesque
  Reactions
  Life Beneath Nightmares
  The Conservative's Cookbook
  
  > go east
  This is unusually spacious for a small-town library. You think you remember something about it being a national historical site? That would explain the decor, at least. It's half rustic colonial, half modern budget-strapped public service, with a meager collection of creaky shelves standing in the middle of an old plank floor. A small display case stands prominently near the entrance, and some weird chairs are scattered around for the comfort of the patrons, none of whom are here at the moment. The sole exit is back to the west.
  
  On the cart are Backwater Personalities (1915-1925 edition) (smelling faintly of mildew), an old paperback book (smelling faintly of mildew), a book New England and the Bavarian Illuminati,
  De Zeven Testamenten van de Krijsende Zeeworm, a
  'Pataphysical Approaches to Quantum Superfluids (smelling
  faintly of mildew), Tolerating An Asinine God (smelling faintly of mildew), The Seven Gaunts, a pink-bound book (smelling
  faintly of mildew), Twin Hearts Between the Planes (smelling faintly of mildew), The Dollmaker's Journal (smelling faintly of
  mildew), Legends of Lake Champlain and the Hudson River
  Valley (smelling faintly of mildew) and a shabby journal.
  
  A librarian stands behind a counter.
  
  > give cookbook to the LIBRARIAN
  Which do you mean, The Conservative's Cookbook, Mama Hydra's
  Deep Fried Ones (smelling faintly of mildew), A Culinary Overview of Superstitions in the Miskaton Valley Region by S. Jarret Zornwharf (smelling faintly of mildew) or Hyper-Gastronomy, Exactness, and String Theory: a Theoretical Subdiscipline of Cooking and Baking by Chef Wheldrake (smelling faintly of mildew)?
  
  > Go west
  A short street terminates here. To the south it opens into the town square. To the east, a few worn steps rise to the entrance of the public library, and to the west you can see a real estate office. A gloomy path leads northwest, towards the woods.
  
  You can see a notice board here.
  
  A ghostly trolley stop sign reads Blue Line -- Library Square.
  
  > put the cookbooks in the bp
  Which do you mean, Mama Hydra's Deep Fried Ones (smelling faintly of mildew), A Culinary Overview of Superstitions in the Miskaton Valley Region by S. Jarret Zornwharf (smelling faintly of mildew) or Hyper-Gastronomy, Exactness, and String Theory: a Theoretical Subdiscipline of Cooking and Baking by Chef Wheldrake (smelling faintly of mildew)?
  
  > put the Mama Hydra's in the bp
  You unzip the book pocket, deposit Mama Hydra's Deep Fried Ones (smelling faintly of mildew), then zip the book pocket back up again.
  
  > put culinary in the bp
  You unzip the book pocket, deposit A Culinary Overview of Superstitions in the Miskaton Valley Region by S. Jarret Zornwharf (smelling faintly of mildew), then zip the book pocket back up again.
  
  > put Wheldrake in bp
  You unzip the book pocket, deposit Hyper-Gastronomy, Exactness, and String Theory: a Theoretical Subdiscipline of Cooking and Baking by Chef Wheldrake (smelling faintly of mildew), then zip the book pocket back up again.
  
  > examine the cross
  The inner ring is bedecked by a series of symbols (starting from the outer ring and going clockwise, from the north):
  
  PIG       |EYE       |WOODPECKER|CROSS     |FISH      |EAGLE.
  
  > examine the central circle
  The circle looks solid. Apart from the set of talons that frame it, it has one single mark: a triangle pointing somewhere northeast.
  
  > go to the northeast
  No visible exit there. You can go north, east, west, southwest, and southeast.
  
  > turn central
  It is immovable.
  
  > turn inner
  You maneuver the inner ring and it turns one step clockwise with almost no friction. The symbols now are:
  The inner ring is bedecked by a series of symbols (starting from the outer ring and going clockwise, from the north):
  
  EAGLE     |PIG       |EYE       |WOODPECKER|CROSS     |FISH.
  
  > turn inner
  You maneuver the inner ring and it turns one step clockwise. The symbols now are:
  The inner ring is bedecked by a series of symbols (starting from the outer ring and going clockwise, from the north):
  
  FISH      |EAGLE     |PIG       |EYE       |WOODPECKER|CROSS.
  
  > turn inner
  You maneuver the inner ring and it turns one step clockwise. The symbols now are:
  The inner ring is bedecked by a series of symbols (starting from the outer ring and going clockwise, from the north):
  
  CROSS     |FISH      |EAGLE     |PIG       |EYE       |WOODPECKER.
  
  > turn inner
  You maneuver the inner ring and it turns one step clockwise. The symbols now are:
  The inner ring is bedecked by a series of symbols (starting from the outer ring and going clockwise, from the north):
  
  WOODPECKER|CROSS     |FISH      |EAGLE     |PIG       |EYE.
  
  > examine the middle
  The median ring is bedecked by a series of symbols (starting from the outer ring and going clockwise, from the north):
  
  DAAN      |SHI       |AAK'EE    |HAI       |TLÈÈ      |JI.
  
  > examine the outer
  The outer ring is bedecked by a series of symbols (starting from the outer ring and going clockwise, from the north):
  
  BLACKBIRD |TREE      |SPARROW   |CUBE      |WOMAN     |FEATHER.
  
  > turn outer
  You maneuver the outer ring and it turns one step clockwise. The symbols now are:
  The outer ring is bedecked by a series of symbols (starting from the outer ring and going clockwise, from the north):
  
  FEATHER   |BLACKBIRD |TREE      |SPARROW   |CUBE      |WOMAN.
  
  > turn outer
  You maneuver the outer ring and it turns one step clockwise. The symbols now are:
  The outer ring is bedecked by a series of symbols (starting from the outer ring and going clockwise, from the north):
  
  WOMAN     |FEATHER   |BLACKBIRD |TREE      |SPARROW   |CUBE.
  
  > examine the emblem
  The big emblem, one yard wide, is embedded in the center of the square like a manhole. The surface looks golden, although you seriously doubt it is anything more than pyrite. Its three rings surround a central circle tightened by bird claws with a single triangular mark pointing northeast. The rings themselves are bedecked by a series of symbols (outer to inner, then clockwise from north):
  
  WOMAN     |FEATHER   |BLACKBIRD |TREE      |SPARROW   |CUBE
  DAAN      |SHI       |AAK'EE    |HAI       |TLÈÈ      |JI WOODPECKER|CROSS     |FISH      |EAGLE     |PIG       |EYE.
  
  > turn middle
  You maneuver the median ring and it turns one step clockwise. The symbols now are:
  The median ring is bedecked by a series of symbols (starting from the outer ring and going clockwise, from the north):
  
  JI        |DAAN      |SHI       |AAK'EE    |HAI       |TLÈÈ.
  
  > say ahe'hee
  As you speak the magic word (nice one, lady!), the central circle of the big emblem sinks into the ground, revealing a shallow hole. There is something inside!
  
  > look at Hole
  In the central hole is a copper amulet.
  
  > get the amulet
  (the copper amulet)
  Taken.
  
  > look at it
  It is an hexagon-shaped copper amulet, held by a long chain. It shows the stylized shape of an octopus -- or whatever that thing is, given it has maybe twenty-four tentacles.
  
  On the back, the words T11 C1996 are the only features worth
  noticing.
  
  > examine the amulet
  Which do you mean, the copper amulet or the broken silver amulet (smelling faintly of mildew)?
  
  > wear the copper amulet
  You put on the copper amulet.