text: > Look around
  Everything about this place gives you a headache: the fluorescent lights reflecting off the polished faux-marble flooring, the greasy funk of the food court, the echoes of screaming children and Christmas music piped through tinny speakers. You have got to get out of here.
  
  The cartoony plastic signpost in front of you has two arrows, both of which point east toward a fake-snowy astroturf pathway between fake-holly hedges. One arrow reads "Pictures With Santa" the other reads "Parking Lots A-G".
  
  > look at the sign
  The cartoony plastic signpost in front of you has two arrows, both of which point east toward a fake-snowy astroturf pathway between fake-holly hedges. One arrow reads "Pictures With Santa" the other reads "Parking Lots A-G".
  
  > Go east
  You proceed down the narrow hallway of synthetic hedges: away from the mall, deeper into Santaland.
  
  Something about the 10-foot tall hedges and the squishy, padded astroturf under your feet transports you away from the migraine-inducing chaos of the mall. But now the narrow pathways and tall hedges make you feel antsy and claustrophobic.
  
  From here, pathways lead to the north, the east, and the west.
  
  (Note: The right-hand side of the status bar displays a compass rose of possible locations to travel. Locations you have not yet visited are shown in red.)
  
  > Go west
  That way takes you back into the mall. Surely the parking lot can't be far.
  
  > go to the north
  You are at the intersection of several narrow, snowy passages.
  
  From here, pathways lead to the south (back toward the entrance to Santaland), the north, and the east.
  
  > go north
  This corner of Santaland would be indistinguishable from the neighboring passages were it not for an unexpected feature.
  
  Mounted in the fake hedge-wall you see a glinting copper panel.
  
  > examine the panel
  The upper part of the shiny panel frames a thin, horizontal window of glass. Beneath the window is a dial. A word, written in fancy calligraphy, is visible in the window: "Blitzen".
  
  > go south
  You are at the intersection of several narrow, snowy passages.
  
  From here, pathways lead to the south (back toward the entrance to Santaland), the north (back to the room with the copper panel), and the east.
  
  > Go east
  This must be one of the highlights of Santaland. When it's powered up, that is.
  
  A small army of animatronic elves stands immobile amidst an array of silent toy producing machines. Dressed in festive red and green aprons, clenching mallets and bellows and hand-powered drills, they are Santa's sweatshop workforce (although you wonder how much sweating one does at the North Pole, and then remind yourself that these are animatronic elves who wouldn't sweat anyhow, and besides even if they could sweat they're just standing there not moving or anything at the moment).
  
  A string of Christmas lights extends from a power outlet in the hedge wall, trails across the floor of the workshop, and disappears into the cluster of machines.
  
  Off to the side, a lone robotic elf stands at a tall desk working busily, unlike his peers.
  
  > look at the lights
  The lights stretch from a power outlet in the hedge wall, across the floor, and into the cluster of animatronics. Despite being plugged in and having bulbs in all of its sockets, the string of Christmas lights is completely unlit. Typical. When one goes out they all go out.
  
  In the string of Christmas lights are five twinkle lights (orange, purple, white, red, and blue).
  
  > take the lights
  You tug on the string of Christmas lights, but meet resistance from the end that is tucked up among the automatons. It seems it's attached somehow. (If you wanted to take an individual light bulb, though, you could.)
  
  > take the bulb
  Which do you mean, the yellow twinkle light, the green twinkle light, the orange twinkle light, the purple twinkle light, the white twinkle light, the red twinkle light, or the blue twinkle light?
  
  > take all
  string of Christmas lights: You tug on the string of Christmas lights, but meet resistance from the end that is tucked up among the automatons. It seems it's attached somehow. (If you wanted to take an individual light bulb, though, you could.)
  yellow twinkle light: Taken.
  green twinkle light: Taken.
  orange twinkle light: Taken.
  purple twinkle light: Taken.
  white twinkle light: Taken.
  red twinkle light: Taken.
  blue twinkle light: Taken.
  
  > examine elf
  This fellow must be on a different circuit than the others. Representing the toy factory's bookkeeper, he stands on a chair behind the tall desk and scribbles notes into a thick ledger. On top of the desk are a little ink bottle, into which the bookkeeper occasionally dips his quill pen, and an electric candle that has no light bulb.
  
  > examine bottle
  A little prop jar that has dried ink running down the side. The jar itself is empty so nothing actually happens when the elf dips his pen in it.
  
  > examine the candle
  The electric candle is attached to the tall desk. It has a little socket for a twinkle light where the flame would be.
  
  > put the purple bulb in the candle
  You put the purple twinkle light into the electric candle. It lights up!
  
  > examine the candle
  The electric candle is attached to the tall desk. It has a purple twinkle light plugged into its socket which twinkles adorably.
  
  > read the ledger
  A thick, leather-bound book (actually, a plastic prop made to look like a thick, leather-bound book). Some scribbles have been painted on the pages, but they are just for show.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  six twinkle lights (blue, red, white, orange, green, and yellow)
  a scented candle (closed)
  an impenetrable super-plastic package (inside which is a flashlight)
  a Hickory Farms gift box (closed)
  your coat
  
  > take the purple bulb
  Taken.
  
  > put the blue bulb in the candle
  You put the blue twinkle light into the electric candle. It lights up!
  
  > put the red bulb in the candle
  You put the red twinkle light into the electric candle. The bulb remains dark.
  
  > drop the red bulb
  Dropped.
  
  > put the white bulb in the candle
  You put the white twinkle light into the electric candle. It lights up!
  
  > put the orange bulb in the candle
  You put the orange twinkle light into the electric candle. It lights up!
  
  > put green bulb in the candle
  You put the green twinkle light into the electric candle. It lights up!
  
  > put the yellow bulb in the candle
  You put the yellow twinkle light into the electric candle. The bulb remains dark.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  You are carrying:
  five twinkle lights (green, orange, white, blue, and purple)
  a scented candle (closed)
  an impenetrable super-plastic package (inside which is a flashlight)
  a Hickory Farms gift box (closed)
  your coat
  
  > examine the coat
  You started feeling dehydrated and headachy almost the moment you walked into the mall (a psychosomatic reaction, perhaps), so you took off your coat. And here it is.
  
  > search the coat
  In the pocket are your keys.
  
  > examine the keys
  Just a few keys (car, house) on a simple key ring. Nothing fancy.