text: [Themes: Science Fiction, Historical, prehistory, language, constructed language, horse]
  
  Life is pretty routine. Search for Food. Eat it. Hide from Enemies.
  Ignore the Others. Then one day, you notice a staggeringly tall
  Edifice, right here in the middle of the forest. Has it been here
  before?
  
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  Post-Competition Release, 
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  Here, in the forest where you have spent your entire life, stands a
  huge Edifice, reaching into the clouds high above you.
  
  The Others are here, doing typically boring things.
  
  Though you can't see them, you sense your Enemies lurk nearby.
  
  You can also see Rock here.
  
  [Author's Note: Something new in your everyday hunter-gatherer routine: where did this strange edifice come from? Dare you enter and explore the secrets of this... thing, or do you try to face your enemies? Like you have a choice.]
  
  > About yourself
  You are well adapted to your environment. Your long arms and legs allow
  you to easily climb and swing in trees; your fur makes it easier to
  withstand the occasional cold night. Your colleagues seem to think your opposable thumbs make you look funny, which is why you spend so much
  time alone, but all in all, they've worked out pretty well.
  
  > examine the Rock
  It's a rock. Unlike the Edifice, easily ignorable.
  
  > take Rock
  Taken.
  
  The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to
  pick up an inedible object.
  
  > eat the Rock
  If you thought you were finding food when you picked this up, you were
  sadly mistaken.
  
  > throw the Rock at Others
  The Others avoid Rock easily, but watch you more warily.
  
  The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to
  toss the rock.
  
  > examine the enemies
  Your Enemies have sharp teeth, and would like nothing better than to
  eat you!
  
  > look at Edifice
  Here, in the forest where you have spent your entire life, stands a
  huge Edifice, reaching into the clouds high above you.
  
  The Others are here, doing typically boring things.
  
  Though you can't see them, you sense your Enemies lurk nearby.
  
  Here, in the forest where you have spent your entire life, stands a
  huge Edifice, reaching into the clouds high above you.
  
  The Others are here, doing typically boring things.
  
  Though you can't see them, you sense your Enemies lurk nearby.
  
  The Edifice towers above you, shooting up through the trees of the
  forest. It is completely smooth, apart from some irregularities above a
  tall, shallow rectangular recess, carved into the stone. You don't
  remember seeing it here before today, but, then again, it's not food
  and it doesn't seem dangerous.
  
  A distant howl sends a chill down your spine.
  
  > climb Edifice
  The walls are much too smooth.
  
  > examine the recess
  The recess is slightly larger than you, and is flush with the ground at
  the bottom of the Edifice. The stone which fills it is slightly darker
  than the stone walls which surround it.
  
  > throw the Rock at Edifice
  Rock narrowly misses the irregularities above the recess.
  
  The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to
  toss the rock.
  
  > touch the recess
  If anything, the stone within the recess is smoother and colder than
  that of the rest of the tower.
  
  > enter the recess
  The recess is too shallow to enter.
  
  The wind shifts, carrying your scent in a new direction.
  
  > hit the recess
  You sense a slight tremor of movement, but nothing more.
  
  With a snarl and a leap, something dark and dangerous leaps out of the
  forest at you. The smell of particularly bad breath is the last thing
  you remember.
  
  > No
  That was a rhetorical question.
  
  > Waylay enemies
  Your Enemies are too far away.
  
  > ask Others about Edifice
  The Others stare at you, confused.
  
  > search Edifice
  You find nothing of interest.
  
  A distant howl sends a chill down your spine.
  
  > feel recess
  You sense a slight tremor of movement, but nothing more.
  
  The wind shifts, carrying your scent in a new direction.
  
  If anything, the stone within the recess is smoother and colder than
  that of the rest of the tower.
  
  > examine the irregularities
  One of the irregularities reminds you of a snake.
  
  You feel sure that your Enemies have found your trail now.
  
  > shake Edifice
  You can't see any such thing.
  
  (first taking the Edifice)
  That's fixed in place.
  
  With a snarl and a leap, something dark and dangerous leaps out of the
  forest at you. The smell of particularly bad breath is the last thing
  you remember.
  
  > throw the Rock at the enemies
  Your Enemies are too far away.
  
  With a snarl and a leap, something dark and dangerous leaps out of the
  forest at you. The smell of particularly bad breath is the last thing
  you remember.
  
  > hide
  Quickly, you scamper up a tree and swing over to a different one.
  Rock-solid, you wait. Not long afterwards, one of your Enemies comes
  wandering out of the Forest, looking for you. It circles the tree you
  climbed a few times, staring up into the branches. You hardly dare
  breathe as it stops and scans the rest of the forest. Finally, with a
  low growl, it moves away. Thankfully, you descend back to the ground.
  
  > pick up Edifice
  That's fixed in place.
  
  > examine Edifice
  The Edifice towers above you, shooting up through the trees of the
  forest. It is completely smooth, apart from some irregularities above a
  tall, shallow rectangular recess, carved into the stone. You don't
  remember seeing it here before today, but, then again, it's not food
  and it doesn't seem dangerous.
  
  > jump
  You jump on the spot, fruitlessly.
  
  > climb Edifice
  The walls are much too smooth.
  
  > examine the recess
  The recess is slightly larger than you, and is flush with the ground at
  the bottom of the Edifice. The stone which fills it is slightly darker
  than the stone walls which surround it.
  
  > get the Rock
  The Others stare at you, confused.
  
  You already have that.
  
  The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to
  pick up an inedible object.
  
  > throw the Rock at the recess
  That can't contain things.
  
  Clang! A brash sound of stone on stone resounds from the recess. It
  begins to fade and drop in pitch when the Edifice itself picks up on
  the resonance. The clang transforms into a harsh throbbing, growing,
  deepening, until the scenery itself seems to shimmer with the wavering. Finally, it settles back down. A small cloud of dust is settling where
  the recess--was? The stone there is gone, replaced by a spongy
  blackness.
  
  Rock lies on the ground in front of you, unblemished.
  
  The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to
  toss the rock.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  Useful Rock
  
  > About yourself
  You are well adapted to your environment. Your long arms and legs allow
  you to easily climb and swing in trees; your fur makes it easier to
  withstand the occasional cold night. Your colleagues seem to think your opposable thumbs make you look funny, which is why you spend so much
  time alone, but all in all, they've worked out pretty well.
  
  > touch the recess
  If anything, the stone within the recess is smoother and colder than
  that of the rest of the tower.
  
  > touch yourself
  Hesitantly, you step inside the Edifice,...
  
  Green sunlight filters in from the west through the open recess,
  illuminating a small, round room, simple but totally foreign to you. A staircase (when did you learn that word?) winds up along the curved
  wall to another level above you, and, oddly, another doorway leads
  east, as if it would lead back into the forest.
  
  You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a grassland with a
  stream running through it, which adorn one panel on the wall next to
  the door.
  
  The simple door is closed.
  
  You can't see any such thing.
  
  > examine the etchings
  Examining the panel near the door, you can see a man, wandering across
  the plains, an animal of some sort, and a tall tree.
  
  > look at door
  The door seems to lead out the east side of the Edifice.
  
  > touch panel
  The etchings seem almost alive, as if dancing under your fingertips.