text: [Themes: Mystery, Surreal, dream, dreaming, surreal, dog, library, lucid dreaming, United States, violence]
  
  > Look around
  You're in someone's bedroom. You've forgotten whose, however. A dim green glow illuminates the place but you cannot tell from where exactly. No matter where you look, the glow seems to be coming from somewhere near the corner of your eye. Movie posters plaster the wall and an aquarium is against one of the walls. A small television set is against another wall, and an exit is to the north. The bed, a twin-sized, glorified army cot, sits against the east wall
  
  On the television, security camera footage shows you, of all people, in a post office sending out a care package. Funny, you don't remember ever living that scene in real life.
  
  > look at the bed
  It has a thin, bare mattress on it. The mattress doesn't look that new. In fact, it's pretty rank in appearance. How you ended up crashing on it last night is anyone's guess.
  
  On the television, a man in an armchair watches the camera, as if you are the show.
  
  > go north
  (first opening the bedroom door)
  
  A room of strange architecture but you can't quite put your finger on how. The floor is thickly carpeted in beige and the air has a slightly damp feel to it, especially near the door to the east, where you can also hear the sound of a shower running. The door to someone's bedroom is to the south and this space continues to the southeast. Dim light comes in from a small window to the north.
  
  > Go east
  (first opening the bathroom door)
  
  You are surrounded by hot, wet steam. It clings to your skin and clothes, and it obscures your vision. You think the door is to the west, but surely there must be more in this room. You can hear a shower in here; the source of the steam. The sonorous sound of it is almost hypnotizing.
  
  > open the glass door
  You try to open the glass shower door but it seems to be locked. A man's voice, familiar to you somehow, tells you from within the shower stall, "I'll be out in a minute!"
  
  > knock on the glass door
  knock knock knock.
  The sentient brain speaks up in its tinny voice, "Try walking around in here. Maybe more can be found in this steam."
  
  > Go east
  (first opening the glass shower door)
  You try to open the glass shower door but it seems to be locked. A man's voice, familiar to you somehow, tells you from within the shower stall, "I'll be out in a minute!"
  
  > Go south
  You bump into a moist toilet.
  
  > examine the toilet
  It's a clean, white, porcelain throne, but it's slick with moisture from all the steam in the air.
  
  > go south
  You bump into the moist toilet.
  
  > go to the north
  You bump into a moist sink. Above it is a fogged-up mirror.
  "What's that written on it?" The tinny voice of the sentient brain asks.
  
  > read mirror
  It's a wide mirror, totally fogged-up from the steam in the room.
  With a finger, someone has written "7178, see u tonite" on
  it.
  
  > Flush toilet
  You flush the toilet. The pulsing sound of the running water changes slightly and you hear, from within the shower stall, a man shriek as the water suddenly scalds him. The glass shower door flings open and a nude person blurs past you, leaving you in the bathroom alone.
  
  > take the washcloth
  You pick up the damp washcloth from the ground.
  
  > examine the washcloth
  It's a coarse, damp washcloth. It's green in color.
  
  > look at drain
  It's a small drain in the center of the floor. The hot water exits through it.
  
  > turn off the water
  Funny. You don't see a faucet or any knobs.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a damp washcloth
  a sentient brain
  a pair of black Skechers (being worn)
  a pair of jeans (being worn)
  a black shirt (being worn)
  a hospital gown (being worn)
  
  > go west
  You are surrounded by hot, wet steam. It clings to your skin and clothes, and it obscures your vision. You think the door is to the west, but surely there must be more in this room. You can hear a shower in here; the source of the steam. The sonorous sound of it is almost hypnotizing.
  
  > Go west
  A room of strange architecture but you can't quite put your finger on how. The floor is thickly carpeted in beige and the air has a slightly damp feel to it, especially near the door to the east, where you can also hear the sound of a shower running. The door to someone's bedroom is to the south and this space continues to the southeast. Dim light comes in from a small window to the north.
  
  > examine the window
  It doesn't seem to be able to open. You can look through it.
  
  > look through the window
  Outside, it's a gray day with a light drizzle. This house appears to be nestled among many pine trees. The ground outside is covered in dead pine needles.
  
  > Go south
  You're in someone's bedroom. You've forgotten whose, however. A dim green glow illuminates the place but you cannot tell from where exactly. No matter where you look, the glow seems to be coming from somewhere near the corner of your eye. Movie posters plaster the wall and an aquarium is against one of the walls. A small television set is against another wall, and an exit is to the north. The bed, a twin-sized, glorified army cot, sits against the east wall
  
  On the television, a scene from your childhood plays out, like a silent home movie.
  
  > go to the south-east
  Mid-Century Modern decor dominates this irregularly shaped living room. The furniture and lighting are from the stylish side of the 60's, as if the room were designed by Charles and Ray Eames or something. In fact, an Eames reclining chair sits near a fireplace with a dwindling fire. A large bookshelf covers the west wall and a bay window sits in the east wall. Open doorways lead northwest and south; the wall-to-wall carpeting runs non-stop.
  
  > examine the bookshelf
  The bookshelf covers the entire west wall. You glance among the books and a title that catches your eye is Indecisive Book Browsers: A Menace to Literature? by Shannan Brittnee.
  
  > read the book
  The bookshelf covers the entire west wall. You glance among the books and a title that catches your eye is a worn copy of a Frederick's
  of Hollywood lingerie catalog.
  
  > read the book
  The bookshelf covers the entire west wall. You glance among the books and a title that catches your eye is Northwest, and Other Compass Directions by Peterus Shrier.
  
  > examine the fireplace
  Snug in the wall, this fireplace holds a dwindling fire of dying red embers. On the back wall of the fireplace there seems to be a small, metal door. The face of the door is filthy with soot.
  
  > look at the door
  The face of the door is filthy with soot. It is closed.
  
  > open the door
  It is locked.
  
  > sit in the chair
  You get onto the Eames reclining chair.
  
  > look at the carpet
  It is beige, very clean, and wall-to-wall.
  
  > examine the window
  It juts out a little bit from the house and is divided into dozens of small squares. You can also look through windows.
  
  > look  through the window
  Outside, it is an overcast day which you can only tell by the lack of shadows. You cannot see the sky as this house seems to sit amongst many pine trees. Dead pine needles litter the ground outside.
  
  > look
  Cozy Study (on the Eames reclining chair)
  Mid-Century Modern decor dominates this irregularly shaped living room. The furniture and lighting are from the stylish side of the 60's, as if the room were designed by Charles and Ray Eames or something. In fact, an Eames reclining chair sits near a fireplace with a dwindling fire. A large bookshelf covers the west wall and a bay window sits in the east wall. Open doorways lead northwest and south; the wall-to-wall carpeting runs non-stop.
  
  > South
  (first getting off the Eames reclining chair)
  
  This would be the dining room except that everything is packed in moving boxes. Someone is either moving in or moving out. It's all very familiar to you, somehow. A wide window lets in diffuse light from the east wall and doorways lead north and west.
  
  > Examine boxes
  There are at least a dozen cardboard boxes here with no other furniture. Someone is either moving in or out, you think to yourself. The boxes are sealed tight with packing tape.
  
  > Open boxes
  They all seem to be sealed tight with packing tape. You attempt some force and vandalism to attempt to get into one or two of them but it gets you nowhere. You would need a sharp implement of some kind to do this job.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a damp washcloth
  a sentient brain
  a pair of black Skechers (being worn)
  a pair of jeans (being worn)
  a black shirt (being worn)
  a hospital gown (being worn)
  
  > examine the window
  It fits the wall snugly and lets in diffuse sunlight. You can also look through windows.
  
  > look through the window
  Outside, pine trees obscure view and dead pine needles litter the ground. It is a gray, overcast day.