text: [Themes: Science Fiction, animal protagonist, multiple protagonists, space, science fiction, nonhuman protagonist, house setting, robots]
  
  > wear the suit
  (first taking the flight suit)
  You put on the flight suit.
  
  QUANTUM ISOLATOR -> ENGAGE : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover playing.
  
  > go to kitchen
  The kitchen is small but functional, with a space-saver refrigerator and a glass-top electric range. There is an open drawer under the range. On the opposite wall there is a sink and under it, a storage cabinet.
  
  You can see a food bowl (empty) and a water bowl (empty) here.
  
  ENGINEERING -> SELECT : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover dragging something around.
  
  > take the water bowl
  Taken.
  
  COOLANT RESERVOIR -> SELECT : TRUE
  
  > put the water in it
  (the sink in the water bowl)
  You run the sink briefly to make sure the water is cold, and then fill Rover's bowl about halfway up.
  
  Rover wanders into the kitchen when he hears water splashing into his bowl.
  
  COOLANT OUTPUT TERMINUS -> TRANSFER : TRUE
  
  Rover tingles with anticipation as he stares at the bowl you're carrying.
  
  > drop bowl
  COOLANT RESERVOIR -> DESELECT : TRUE
  
  Rover drinks the water.
  
  > take the food bowl
  Taken.
  
  FUEL RESERVOIR -> SELECT : TRUE
  
  Rover is obviously waiting for you to give him a bowl.
  
  > open cabinet
  You open the cabinet, revealing a reward nugget replicator and a 20 kilo bag of dog chow.
  
  FUEL STORAGE VAULT -> ACCESS : TRUE
  
  Rover outright gapes at the bowl you carry, then gently sniffs it in hope that you'll give it to him.
  
  > take the bag
  Taken.
  
  FUEL CONDUIT -> SELECT : TRUE
  
  Rover outright gapes at the bowl you carry, then gently sniffs it in hope that you'll give it to him.
  
  > pour the chow into the food bowl
  You  empty the bag of dog chow into Rover's bowl, giving him a generous portion that should more than carry him through a day's worth of Rover antics.
  
  Rover watches with interest as you fill his food bowl.
  
  FUEL CONDUIT -> TRANSFER : TRUE
  
  Rover tingles with anticipation as he stares at the bowl you're carrying.
  
  > eat the chow
  That's plainly inedible.
  
  FUEL CONDUIT -> RECYCLE : NIL
  
  Rover stares longingly at the bowl in your hand.
  
  > drop food bowl
  FUEL RESERVOIR -> DESELECT : TRUE
  
  Rover makes short work of the food in his bowl.
  
  > open the drawer
  That's already open.
  
  REACTOR CORE -> ACCESS : NIL
  
  > examine the pan
  A small, non-stick frying pan .
  
  MAGNETIC BOTTLE -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE
  
  > close the drawer
  You close the drawer.
  
  REACTOR CORE -> DEACCESS : TRUE
  
  > open the fridge
  As you pull on the refrigerator door, it grudgingly creaks a few millimeters.
  
  CRYOCHAMBER -> ACCESS : NIL
  
  > look in it
  Before you can look in it, you've got to open it!
  
  CRYOCHAMBER -> MANIFEST : NIL
  
  > open the fridge
  Rover looks up when he hears the old fridge open. He sniffs the fridge door and decides there is nothing in the fridge worth getting in trouble over. He saunters out of the kitchen and back towards the living room.
  
  CRYOCHAMBER -> ACCESS : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover walking in your direction.
  
  > look in the fridge
  You poke around in the fridge and find a white egg.
  
  CRYOCHAMBER -> MANIFEST : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover sniffing something.
  
  > close the fridge
  You close the old fridge.
  
  CRYOCHAMBER -> DEACCESS : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover jumping around.
  
  > examine the egg
  A big white neoegg.
  
  HEAVY HELIUM SPHERE -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE
  
  > open the drawer
  You open the drawer, revealing a frying pan.
  
  REACTOR CORE -> ACCESS : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover running in circles.
  
  > take the pan
  Taken.
  
  MAGNETIC BOTTLE -> SELECT : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover barking at something.
  
  > close the drawer
  You close the drawer.
  
  REACTOR CORE -> DEACCESS : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover scratching something.
  
  > put the pan on the range
  You put the frying pan on the the cooking range.
  
  MAGNETIC BOTTLE -> TRANSFER : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover growling at something.
  
  > fry the egg
  You crack the egg into the frying pan. The neoegg shell sublimates as the contents spread over the pan's non-stick surface. Immediately, the surface of the range glows red. When the egg is cooked sunny-side up to perfection, the glow fades.
  
  HEAVY HELIUM SPHERE -> FUSE : TRUE
  
  > eat the egg
  You gobble down what might well have been the best neoegg you've ever had.
  
  HEAVY HELIUM SPHERE -> RECYCLE : TRUE
  
  > read the list
  Morning:
  X. Get up
  X. Shower
  X. Breakfast
  4. Take care of business
  5. Let Rover go walkies
  
  TASK MANAGER -> READLINE : TRUE
  
  > go to the bathroom
  It took a lot of training to get Rover to eat it in the kitchen, so rather than walk out with a bag of dog food, you put it back in the cabinet.
  
  Your cottage's living room is palatial compared to your bathroom. There is a pink marble counter and above it you've mounted a mirror on the wall. To the right of the mirror is a black glass plate. Between the counter and the shower is a white, porcelain toilet.
  
  On the marble counter are a plastic box and a toothbrush.
  
  FLIGHT CONTROL -> SELECT : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover rolling around on the floor.
  
  > raise the cover
  The toilet cover is already raised.
  
  REACTANT SHIELD -> ACCESS : NIL
  
  > remove the suit
  You take off your blue flight suit and it falls to the bathroom floor. You are naked.
  
  QUANTUM ISOLATOR -> DISENGAGE : TRUE
  
  > sit on the seat
  You sit on the toilet seat.
  
  PRESSURE SEATING -> ACTIVATE : TRUE
  
  > use the toilet
  You complete your business with great aplomb.
  
  RETRO ASSEMBLY -> TOGGLE : TRUE
  
  > wear the suit
  (first taking the flight suit)
  You put on the flight suit.
  
  QUANTUM ISOLATOR -> ENGAGE : TRUE
  
  > examine the plunger
  A common plumber's plunger, consisting of a wooden shaft and red rubber cup. Something about the plunger just doesn't look proper. The handle of the plunger is tilted completely forwards and it's also leaning a little bit to the right. Furthermore, its handle is twisted a little bit clockwise.
  
  ATTITUDE CONTROL -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover doing whatever it is he does when he's not out for walkies and he thinks he's out of your sight.
  
  > continue
  You adjust the plunger handle backwards. Your obsessive compulsive inner person does a happy dance as you move the plunger in a good direction.
  
  Something about the plunger just doesn't look proper. The handle of the plunger is tilted a little bit forwards and it's also leaning a little bit to the right. Furthermore, its handle is twisted a little bit clockwise.
  
  PITCH VECTOR -> VECTOR ADJUST : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover entertaining himself.
  
  > Keep going
  You adjust the plunger handle backwards. The plunger is now less offensive to your artistic sense of space and proportion.
  
  Something about the plunger just doesn't look proper. The handle of the plunger is leaning a little bit to the right. Furthermore, its handle is twisted a little bit clockwise.
  
  PITCH VECTOR -> VECTOR ADJUST : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover running in circles.
  
  > Oops handle
  You adjust the plunger handle counterclockwise. That improved the situation.
  
  The plunger stands perfectly straight, just the way you like it.
  
  YAW VECTOR -> VECTOR ADJUST : TRUE
  
  > close the lid
  That's already closed.
  
  PLASMA CONSTRICTOR HATCH -> DEACCESS : NIL
  
  > Flush toilet
  There is a tinny clanking from within the toilet, but nothing happens.
  
  RETRO ASSEMBLY -> THRUST : NIL
  
  > look at the toilet
  A plain vanilla toilet, having a water tank and bowl. Nothing to write home about. The toilet seat is down, but the cover is raised.
  
  A plunger stands next to the toilet, between it and the shower.
  
  RETRO ASSEMBLY -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover entertaining himself.
  
  > examine the plunger
  A common plumber's plunger, consisting of a wooden shaft and red rubber cup. The plunger stands perfectly straight, just the way you like it.
  
  ATTITUDE CONTROL -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover breathing quietly (quietly for Rover, who is a heavy breather).
  
  > examine the toilet bowl
  The white porcelain bowl is the bottom part of the toilet. Both the cover and seat are down.
  
  REACTION CHAMBER -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE
  
  > Lift cover
  You lift the toilet cover.
  
  REACTANT SHIELD -> ACCESS : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover barking at something.
  
  > Lift seat
  You lift the toilet seat.
  
  PRESSURE SEATING -> ACCESS : TRUE
  
  > look in toilet
  There's something in it, but you don't want details.
  
  RETRO ASSEMBLY -> MANIFEST : NIL
  
  > Examine tank
  A porcelain reservoir containing several liters of water to flush the toilet. On the front of the tank there is a silver knob used to flush the toilet and on the top of the tank there is a lid.
  
  PLASMA CONSTRICTOR -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE
  
  > open the lid
  You open the water tank, revealing a flapper valve, a metapropylene lever, and a flush chain.
  
  PLASMA CONSTRICTOR HATCH -> ACCESS : TRUE
  
  From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover scratching himself.
  
  > examine the chain
  A metal chain that would normally connect the flush lever to the flapper valve. The chain has rusted away.
  
  THRUSTER LINKAGE SERVO -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE
  
  > examine the valve
  A black rubber valve that seals the bottom of the water tank, allowing the toilet to flush only when it is pulled upward by the chain that connects it to the flush lever.
  
  THRUST APERTURE -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE
  
  > pull the chain
  You pull on the small bit of chain attached to the flapper valve.
  
  The cottage's aging plumbing rumbles and vibrates as the toilet flushes.
  
  From the living room, Rover gives a short bark and scratches at the front door.
  
  THRUSTER LINKAGE SERVO -> TRACTOR FIELD : TRUE
  
  > close the lid
  You close the water tank.
  
  PLASMA CONSTRICTOR HATCH -> DEACCESS : TRUE
  
  > Go outside
  You are in the living room of a small cottage. Piped-in sunlight pours in through the room's single window, illuminating a framed picture on the opposite wall -- strangely, your drapes are nowhere to be seen. The principal furnishing is a king-size purple futon which takes up almost all the floor space. From the living room you can see the entrance to the kitchen and bathroom. The cottage's front door is closed.
  
  You can see Rover and an alarm clock here.
  
  ACU -> DESELECT : TRUE
  
  > open door
  Rover looks up when he hears the door begin to open. Rover slips out the door.
  
  There is a wrenching shift in perspective, but a moment later it seems perfectly natural.
  
  You go bounding out the front door, full of energy.
  
  The scent of your house is strong here, and you are right next to its front door. You can't see far because it is so dusty here.
  
  CARGO BAY DOOR -> ACCESS : TRUE
  
  > Smell
  It smells like the outdoors here. From a long way off you smell the disagreeable scent of a man. Interestingly, you detect the intriguing scent of a female dog carried across the park by the wind. The comforting smell of home is a hop, lick, and a bark away.
  
  ROVER -> CHEMOSENSOR : TRUE
  
  > examine the house
  Home sweet home, where Janet lives, where you get fed, and where you sleep. Even out here, the smell of home is comforting.
  
  BASE -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE
  
  > Dig
  You dig for a while with your front paws. Finding nothing, you kick the dirt back in again so you won't be blamed for digging up the yard.
  
  ROVER -> EXCAVATE : TRUE
  
  > Bark
  "Buhwahwahwahwahwah!"
  
  ROVER -> EMIT PULSE : TRUE