text: > Look around
  The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play in to the north.
  
  You can see Alfadog here.
  
  > Examine backpack
  Zoe's backpack has all these cute bears sewed on it. Clearly her mom Marion picked it out, it does not reek of evil like it would if Zoe had chosen it. It is closed so you can't see what's in it though you know your toy is in there somewhere. It is next to the gliding rocking chair to the northwest.
  
  > Go northwest
  The gliding rocking chair is all tall and wooden. It is where the mom rocks you when she thinks you need a nap even though you do not need naps. The loveseat is west and there is a small open area to the east and a big open area in the middle of the room to the south.
  
  A backpack with bears on and your favorite toy in it is shoved behind the rocking chair next to the wall.
  
  You can also see a smooth rock here.
  
  Zoe is sitting in a fog of grump on the floor.
  
  There is a ding-dong! and the mom goes and opens the front door. It is Becca and her son Jemison and some strange guy is there holding Watson Mason. "Come on in, everyone," the mom says. She turns to the strange guy, "I'm glad you could make it, Parry."
  
  Parry shrugs and smiles and says, "I always wondered what everyone did during playgroup."
  
  "Drink mimosas!" Becca says over her shoulder to Parry and there is polite laughter and Parry smiles like he is kinda unsure about all of this.
  
  "Why don't you put Watson in here with the others?" the mom asks and Parry nods. He ends up putting Watson by Jemison over by the loveseat. Then all the standing adults sit down with Parry sitting near you so now I guess they are sitting adults.
  
  > kill Zoe
  There is no way the parents will believe you had nothing to do with hurting her, you'd better leave her alone for now.
  
  Zoe scrunches up her face and bursts into wails.
  
  > Kiss zoe
  Your kisses are only for your family.
  
  > take the rock
  You pick it up.
  
  > examine the rock
  The mom found this one one of your walks, well it wasn't really a walk, more like the mom driving you around in a stroller, anyway she found this rock and gave it to you.
  
  Zoe scrunches up her face and bursts into wails.
  
  > open the backpack
  You would but Parry is rocking, rocking, rocking, and you can't reach under the rocking chair to get to the backpack while he is rocking, rocking, rocking.
  
  Zoe screws up her face and bursts into wails, those are so baby crocodile tears.
  
  You shove the smooth rock in your mouth and start chewing on it and that leaves your hands free.
  
  > examine the rocking chair
  The dad likes to sit in the chair and rock back and forth and back and forth and back and forth which is okay for napping (not that you need naps) but is not so good when you are trying to pull up on it.
  
  Zoe clenches her tiny fists and waves them while complaining about life. "I know, Zoe," Marion says. So Parry stops rocking long enough for Marion to reach the backpack under the rocking chair and then she digs around and pulls out a plastic cup and closes the backpack and she gives the plastic cup to Zoe. Then Zoe sees that it's not your favorite toy, ha ha to her, and she squalls and tries to shove the plastic cup away but Marion says, "Shh, Zoe, be calm," and makes Zoe take it.
  
  > put the rock under the rocking chair
  That would be a good way to stop the rocking chair from rocking but it is a gliding rocking chair and so even if you put something under there it could keep gliding.
  
  Zoe gives the plastic cup a brief chew before spitting it out with a "buh" noise.
  
  You would but your mouth is all full.
  
  > Fuck
  You don't have speech down yet.
  
  Zoe stares at the plastic cup and she sighs.
  
  > Laugh
  You would but your mouth is all full.
  
  Marion asks Parry, "How is Shari doing?"
  
  You pop the smooth rock out of your mouth.
  
  "Oh, my God, Parry and Shari!" laughs Becca. "I hadn't realized that--that's just too precious."
  
  Zoe stares at the plastic cup and she sighs.
  
  > take the cup
  Zoe shrieks at you and yanks back the plastic cup. Marion sees that and she reacts in a flash and says "No, Zoe, no!" and stops doing whatever parent thing she was doing and jumps up and pulls Zoe away from you. "I'm sorry, Farina," she tells the mom.
  
  "She's feeling better," Parry says. "She's keeping food down now, at least."
  
  You already have that.
  
  Marion asks, "Oh, are you two expecting?"
  
  > throw the rock at Zoe
  There is no way, you can barely pick stuff up and you are no Cy Young or whatever.
  
  Parry is all, "Oh, no, no, no. No. It's just the flu."
  
  Zoe takes the plastic cup and tosses it aside.
  
  > look at cup
  This is one cup that originally came with a bunch of other cups and they were all different sizes so you could stack them up into a giant tower of cups. But there is only one cup, that is no good for stacking.
  
  Becca goes, "You two should give Watson a brother. Toughen him up."
  
  > go to the east
  You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
  
  Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
  
  "Can you imagine having two?" Lisa laughs, and it's not a calm laugh, more a desperate laugh, "I'd go crazy."
  
  These are books but boring and with no pictures. They are all probably post-modern stories of longing and loss and existential angst and whatever because books about Maisy totally are better.
  
  (first taking the books)
  The books are way big and there is no way you're picking them up or anything.
  
  > look at the playpen
  This portable playpen is all old, probably it should be recalled except that the parents are way cheap. It is this frame made of metal bars and it has mesh sides and a floor for babies to play on. The bars go around in ovals at the top and bottom. It should be recalled because the top oval is hinged and you can lower one side of the playpen by pushing the top bar up and then letting go so that the mesh comes down, that is a total deathtrap.
  
  The mesh gives too much for you to pull yourself up on it.
  
  > go to the southwest
  This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the gliding rocking chair to the north.
  
  Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
  
  You can also see a plush book here.
  
  > eat the book
  (first taking the plush book)
  The plush book is big enough that you will have to drop everything to get it because it takes two hands.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a smooth rock
  
  You can hear Zoe squalling all loudly by the gliding rocking chair.
  
  > get the book
  You pick it up and it takes two hands.
  
  > go north
  The gliding rocking chair is all tall and wooden. It is where the mom rocks you when she thinks you need a nap even though you do not need naps. The loveseat is west and there is a small open area to the east and a big open area in the middle of the room to the south.
  
  Parry's feet keep leaving the floor as he rocks.
  
  A backpack with bears on and your favorite toy in it is shoved behind the rocking chair next to the wall.
  
  You can also see a little doll and a plastic cup here.
  
  Zoe is sitting in a fog of grump on the floor.
  
  > examine chair
  The dad likes to sit in the chair and rock back and forth and back and forth and back and forth which is okay for napping (not that you need naps) but is not so good when you are trying to pull up on it.
  
  Zoe makes this sort of grumping grunting half-cry.
  
  > put the book under the chair
  (the plush book under the gliding rocking chair)
  That would be a good way to stop the rocking chair from rocking but it is a gliding rocking chair and so even if you put something under there it could keep gliding.
  
  Becca says to the mom, "Nice job on those mimosas."
  
  "Thanks," the mom replies.
  
  > put the book under the feet
  (the plush book under Parry)
  There is no real need to do that.
  
  Lisa says, "It's nice, they help me calm down."
  
  Zoe makes this sort of grumping grunting half-cry.
  
  > pull the feet
  It is no good kicking or biting a parent, it is better to rebel in less obvious ways.
  
  "And they're good for you," Marion says.
  
  > examine Zoe
  Grr, Zoe Kinmundy. That little red-haired girl has this sundress-like jumper thing, it's not like you know fashion or anything so you're not sure exactly what it is but it leaves her arms and legs bare for speed and evil. Her red hair is in pigtails, like that will fool anyone into thinking she is nice.
  
  "I'm not sure they're that good for you," Parry says.
  
  > give the book to Zoe
  (the plush book to Zoe)
  Zoe shrieks at you and shoves the plush book out of your hands and hits at you. Marion sees that and she reacts in a flash and says "No, Zoe, no!" and stops doing whatever parent thing she was doing and jumps up and pulls Zoe away from you. "I'm sorry, Farina," she tells the mom.
  
  Marion says, "They do have orange juice in them."
  
  > Drop book
  Dropped.
  
  "Besides, if it tastes good, it's good for you," says Becca.
  
  > go west
  This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to the west except that a baby gate is in the way. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is always fun.
  
  The legs of Marion dangle from the loveseat.
  
  > pull up on Marion
  Marion says "You go play with the others now" and takes you and puts you back on the ground.
  
  You can hear Zoe squalling all loudly by the gliding rocking chair and Marion stands up and goes to quiet her and then comes back in a second.
  
  > examine the loveseat
  The loveseat is pink and striped and tastes funny if you lick it. This is the north part of it and there is open space past it to the west that is blocked by a baby gate.
  
  > Lick loveseat
  It has this funny zing to it like dust or stale cheerios.