text: [Themes: Science Fiction, cyberspace]
  
  > ask the cube about the box 500
  The cube blinks its eyes once.
  
  > ask the cube about the box 250
  The cube blinks its eyes once.
  
  Something just made a sound like a mouse dying.
  
  > ask the cube about the box 100
  The cube blinks its eyes twice.
  
  > ask the cube about the box 9000
  The cube nods its head once.
  
  For half a second you hear a crackling noise.
  
  > ask the cube about the box 9999
  The cube frowns.
  
  > ask the cube about the box 7001
  The cube nods its head twice, and blinks its eyes once.
  
  You hear a popping noise from far above.
  
  > ask the cube about the box 4071
  The cube smiles.
  
  > go south
  Many plain boxes with numbers printed on them fill this room. The
  ceiling, floor, and walls are a simple dull gray. A low pitched whine
  can be heard from somewhere high in the room. Black rectangles allow
  exit to the east and west.
  
  In the distance you can hear the sound of metal shifting.
  
  > open the box 4071
  You find a circuit board inside, and take it.
  
  > examine circuit
  A flat piece of metal, with one side covered with a pattern of wires.
  
  > give the circuit to the cube
  The circuit board vanishes as it gets near the cube.
  
  The cube begins talking in a wavering tone. "System has been activated,
  now calibrating voice control."
  
  After a short pause, the cube begins speaking some words, with each
  word the inflection changing slightly: "In nova fert animus mutatas
  dicere formas corpora di coeptis nam vos mutastis et illas adsirate
  meis primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora
  carmen."
  
  The humanfaced cube pauses, and begins speaking again, this time in a
  voice that is both masculine and feminine.
  
  "Ah, that's much better now. My voice calibration that I had stored got
  erased somewhere along the line, but I'm back to normal now. How may I
  service you?"
  
  > help you
  I only understood you as far as wanting to ask the rotating humanfaced
  cube about that.
  
  "I'm not sure about that."
  
  > ask the cube about the sector
  "I'm not sure about that."
  
  Something just made a sound like a mouse dying.
  
  > examine cube
  A floating red cube, slowly rotating clockwise. Molded into each side,
  like a child's lump of clay, is a humanlike face, complete with facial expressions and moving lips. It smiles as it sees you watching it.
  
  > ask the cube about the voice
  "I'm not sure about that."
  
  A loud warbling noise briefly echoes into the room.
  
  > ask the cube about the voice calibration
  I only understood you as far as wanting to ask the rotating humanfaced
  cube about that.
  
  > give the paper to the cube
  The cube refuses your offer.
  
  > ask the cube about the box 4071
  "None of the rest of the boxes have anything useful in them, as far as
  I know."
  
  > read the paper
  It feels more like a piece of plastic than a piece of paper because of
  its virtual nature. It has the word "lxprog" imprinted on it.
  
  You hear a popping noise from far above.
  
  > say the lxprog
  The cube gives a blank stare momentarily, and then says, "Some type of
  program has been activated, it will take an unknown amount of time to
  complete."
  
  > ask the cube about the lxprog
  "The program is already running."
  
  > examine spider
  A spider constructed of chrome and glass, with long legs that are
  multi-jointed. It is carrying a doll.
  
  > Status
  "Status normal, all systems check clean."
  
  The spider turns to face a different direction.
  
  > examine paper
  It feels more like a piece of plastic than a piece of paper because of
  its virtual nature. It is blank.
  
  The paper gives off a brief flash of light.
  
  The spider idly plays with the doll it is carrying.
  
  > read paper
  It feels more like a piece of plastic than a piece of paper because of
  its virtual nature. It is blank.
  
  The spider shifts to a slightly different position.
  
  > take doll
  The spider won't let you near it.
  
  The spider shifts to a slightly different position.
  
  > drop the doll
  "Error, access denied."
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a piece of paper
  
  The spider turns to face a different direction.
  
  > go south
  The cube looks concerned. "The execution of lxprog has been halted.
  Something is stopping the program from running."
  
  effect. Crystals protrude from the wall at odd angles. Sparks of
  electricity are passed back and forth. The entire room vibrates and
  hums like a large electric generator. Portals are placed in all the
  main directions.
  
  You can see a rotating humanfaced cube here.
  
  The paper gives off a flash of light that lasts about five seconds.
  
  > erase the paper
  "Erase procedure begun...error, illegal object, warning system active,
  sentac pulse active..."
  
  The world becomes liquid and void, without form...
  
  > look at the paper
  It feels more like a piece of plastic than a piece of paper because of
  its virtual nature. It is blank.
  
  The paper gives off a flash of light that lasts about five seconds.
  
  > erase the paper
  "Erase procedure begun...error, illegal object, warning system active,
  sentac pulse active..."
  
  The world becomes liquid and void, without form...
  
  > Go west
  The only exits are to the north and south.
  
  The paper gives off a brief flash of light.
  
  > go to the south
  The cube looks concerned. "The execution of lxprog has been halted.
  Something is stopping the program from running."
  
  effect. Crystals protrude from the wall at odd angles. Sparks of
  electricity are passed back and forth. The entire room vibrates and
  hums like a large electric generator. Portals are placed in all the
  main directions.
  
  You can see a rotating humanfaced cube here.
  
  > go south
  Many plain boxes with numbers printed on them fill this room. The
  ceiling, floor, and walls are a simple dull gray. A low pitched whine
  can be heard from somewhere high in the room. Black rectangles allow
  exit to the east and west.
  You can faintly hear a beeping sound from somewhere in the room.
  
  > listen
  You can faintly hear a beeping sound from one of the boxes.
  
  A loud warbling noise briefly echoes into the room.
  
  > listen to the box 500
  You can faintly hear a beeping sound from one of the boxes.
  
  > Search boxes
  You find nothing of interest.
  
  The paper gives off a flash of light that lasts about five seconds.