text: [Themes: Espionage, Humor]
  
  > Go downward
  You show your pass to the guard and go through.
  Platform
  The tracks, leading off into the dark tunnel, lie beyond the northern edge of the platform. Trains arrive quite frequently, once every three minutes on average, a fact not unnoticed by the section of the Hydropolis Underground Omnibus Company responsible for advertising. You can go up to ground level via the access funnel to Museum.
  You feel a gusting current from the tunnel as a train clatters into the station. The doors open and fish push and shove each other as they get on and off.
  
  > Go north
  You squeeze your way, sardine like, onto the train with the other commuters.
  Tube
  Always busy, the tube trains are packed solid with guppies. Rules have been passed strictly governing the number of fish allowed in each carriage but these are often disregarded, especially by sardines and pilchards.
  "All aboard," shouts the guard. Some dolphins rush in where angelfish fear to tread. The doors close and the train accelerates out of the station.
  
  > wait
  Time passes.
  The train speeds through the tunnel then clatters into Paddlington. The doors slide open and the commuters swim in and out.
  
  > go to the south
  The tracks, leading off into the dark tunnel, lie beyond the northern edge of the platform. Trains arrive quite frequently, once every three minutes on average, a fact not unnoticed by the section of the Hydropolis Underground Omnibus Company responsible for advertising. You can go up to ground level via the access funnel to Pickerel.
  An underground train is here but looks likely to leave at any moment. "Mind the gap," shouts the guard. A pike stops the doors closing to allow his aggressive mates on then the train rushes off into the tunnel.
  
  > Up
  You show your pass to the guard and go through.
  Pickerel Underground Station
  This station is teeming with guppies, nipping in and out of the access funnel which leads to the platform. A guard, looking rather bored with life, checks all their tickets. You can buy tickets from the ticket clerk, behind his counter close to the exit southeast.
  
  > go southeast
  Noisy, dirty, fishy and grimy. Well, what did you expect a downtown Hydropolis shopping precinct to be like? You expected shops? OK, I'll give you some shops. To the north is a clothing shop, to the south is a pub and to the west is a cinema. Is that enough? No? Well, you'll have to go across Dace Road to the southeast if you want some more or northwest to Pickerel Underground Station if you want to go somewhere else.
  
  > go to the east
  You wait for a break in the traffic but it's far too busy so you give up.
  Plaza
  Noisy, dirty, fishy and grimy. Well, what did you expect a downtown Hydropolis shopping precinct to be like? You expected shops? OK, I'll give you some shops. To the north is a clothing shop, to the south is a pub and to the west is a cinema. Is that enough? No? Well, you'll have to go across Dace Road to the southeast if you want some more or northwest to Pickerel Underground Station if you want to go somewhere else.
  
  > Go southeast
  As you step on the road, the cars all accelerate towards you, their drivers leaning over the steering wheels with fangs bared. You just avoid them by swimming as quick as you can to the safety of Dace Road. Dace Road
  You are swimming along the south side of Dace Road. The police station is to the south, west across Plaice Street is a pub, and east lies Shark Street.
  
  > Go north
  You wait for a break in the traffic but it's far too busy so you give up.
  Dace Road
  You are swimming along the south side of Dace Road. The police station is to the south, west across Plaice Street is a pub, and east lies Shark Street.
  
  > go northwest
  As you step on the road, the cars all accelerate towards you, their drivers leaning over the steering wheels with fangs bared. You just avoid them by swimming as quick as you can to the safety of Dace Road. Plaza
  Noisy, dirty, fishy and grimy. Well, what did you expect a downtown Hydropolis shopping precinct to be like? You expected shops? OK, I'll give you some shops. To the north is a clothing shop, to the south is a pub and to the west is a cinema. Is that enough? No? Well, you'll have to go across Dace Road to the southeast if you want some more or northwest to Pickerel Underground Station if you want to go somewhere else.
  
  > Go south
  The music shop is cluttered with amateur musicians, most of whom are playing versions of the ancient heavy metal hit "Smoke Underwater", very badly, on expensive instruments that they have no intention of buying. An assistant is attempting to hide behind the counter. The hasty exit from this noisy place is north.
  
  > look at the music
  Don't be foolish! You can't examine music, it's ethereal.
  
  > get in the radio case
  "Watch it," shouts Steve, "that's sold."
  
  > look at what you're carrying with you
  You are carrying a fishofax, a tatty card, a travel pass, some dark glasses, some ear-plugs, a hyperdriver, a film and a bag.
  You are wearing a watch.
  
  > Fishofax
  Are you talking to yourself again?
  
  > look at the fishofax
  The fishofax is a really useful item. Honest. It combines all the features of a diary and a wallet, for about four or five times the price.
  It is open.
  It contains a Fisa card.
  
  > read the fishofax
  "Principal, 10 o'clock. Don't be late" is written on today's diary page of your fishofax. You've also written your computer password with the letters jumbled up to confuse anyone who reads it. It says "EM".
  
  > Yell
  Nobody hears you.
  
  > Go south
  You dart across Dace Road while nobody's looking.
  Shark Street
  This is the seedier part of town with shops to match, so watch who you're dealing with. South is a music shop, north is a second hand shop, across the road to the east is the hardware shop and southeast is the nearest underground station, Eelpout. Dace Road, a much safer place to be, is to the west.
  
  > Go east
  The traffic on Shark Street is really busy but eventually you notice a small gap and swim hastily across.
  Hardware Shop
  This hardware shop contains everything for the fish with DIY leanings. If your DIY is leaning, this is were you can get the tools to mend it. If you require anything the assistant will only be too pleased to take your credit, if not your credit card. He may even give it back. You can leave the shop by swimming west.
  A screwdriver is for sale.
  
  > Go northeast
  You can't go that way.
  Only north, east, south, west.
  
  > Go south
  The tracks, leading off into the dark tunnel, lie beyond the northern edge of the platform. Trains arrive quite frequently, once every three minutes on average, a fact not unnoticed by the section of the Hydropolis Underground Omnibus Company responsible for advertising. You can go up to ground level via the access funnel to Opah University.
  
  > Go upward
  You show your pass to the guard and go through.
  Opah Station
  Commuters are busily swimming up and down the access funnel which leads to the platform. A ticket clerk sits behind a counter selling tickets to fish who lack the simple foresight to buy a pass. You can leave the station through the exit to the east.
  
  > go north
  That was not the right thing to do. The flashing lights blaze into the host-parasite interface, stunning you for a moment. You just manage to stagger outside before the interface disintegrates completely. That was close!
  
  > wear the glasses
  You put on the dark glasses.
  
  > Go north
  Not entirely the right thing to do, I'm afraid. The thump-thump-thump of the bass gnaws steadily away at the host-parasite interface, making you feel decidedly uneasy. You lurch outside before it disintegrates completely.
  
  > Wear plugs
  You put on the ear-plugs. The ear plugs don't work too well. You can still work out what people say.
  
  > go to the north
  The dark glasses and ear plugs provide just enough protection for the host-parasite interface from the flashing lights and heavy bass. You are completely safe. As long as you keep them on of course.
  Disco
  The university disco is open all day and every day during rag week. The students are having a wild and wacky sponsored bop-til-you-drop competition. They're having a whale of a time, pretending they're robots when the stroboscopic light is on and performing mindless synchronised dances to songs they'd normally only dance to if they were on holiday where no-one would remember them. You know it's all done for charity, but they look suspiciously like they're enjoying themselves. Some disco dancers are here.
  
  > examine the dancers
  [x -> examine]
  
  > Dance
  You boogie on down to the rhythm, strutting your funky groove in an alarming fashion. Still, it gets you noticed. When the record finishes, the students congratulate you on your 'uninhibited' style.
  Glancing towards the toilet you see a trout emerge, adjusting his flies.
  
  > look at the trout