text: > look at your surroundings
  This is obviously a home office, a room which in other homes might be a living room. It is not very tidy. Random detritus covers most available surfaces except for a workbench.
  
  You can see a workbench here.
  
  You can go south and east to Entry from here.
  
  > look at the phone
  A standard candybar model with a nice screen. Although you've disabled its voice calling functionality to make it less distracting, the lock screen is still active and tells you it is 8:10 pm. The back is blank metal save for a tiny icon of a waterdrop with a slash across it.
  
  > open the phone
  It's a sealed unit.
  
  > Go south
  This kitchen is decorated in a style some four decades old, which is probably when it was last renovated. It is fairly clean, likely reflecting the fact that the occupants don't cook for themselves much. The built-in sink takes up most of the available counter, with the microwave oven occupying almost all of the rest. The refrigerator hulks along the opposite wall.
  
  You can see a thermos (closed) here.
  
  You can go north to Home Office and east to Hall from here.
  
  > open the refrigerator
  You open the refrigerator.
  
  It's empty. The occupants must have emptied it before going on vacation.
  
  > open the thermos
  You open the thermos.
  
  > open the microwave
  (the microwave oven)
  You open the oven.
  
  > take the thermos
  (putting the car key into the backpack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  > look in the thermos
  The thermos is empty.
  
  > Go north
  This is obviously a home office, a room which in other homes might be a living room. It is not very tidy. Random detritus covers most available surfaces except for a workbench.
  
  You can see a workbench here.
  
  You can go south to the Kitchen and east to Entry from here.
  
  > cut the key with the knife
  (putting the lockblade knife into the backpack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  (putting the soldering iron into the backpack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  You carefully cut open the car key with your knife and peel back the rubber to reveal a broadcast chip and a transponder memory chip.
  
  > take the memory chip
  (putting the solder into the backpack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  > put the memory chip in the laptop
  The Download light flashes red intermittently for a few seconds before returning to a regular blinking green.
  
  > read screen
  The laptop is displaying a static screen, which instructs you to place a memory chip into its chipslot to download the attack program.
  
  > take the memory chip
  Taken.
  
  > put the memory chip in the car key
  You put the attack memory chip into the car key.
  
  > close the car key
  The plastic appears to be cut away. The damage looks permanent.
  
  > look in the key
  In the car key are an attack memory chip and a broadcast chip.
  
  > examine the transponder chip
  This is a broadcast chip - a small solid-state radio about the size of a coin. These can be found in most portable electronics these days. Usually powered by small batteries in phones or car keys, these generally have a range of a few meters. There are leads on the chip for connecting a data source and a power source.
  
  You can't see any such thing.
  
  > Solder broadcast chip
  What do you want to combine?
  
  > Solder broadcast chip to memory chip
  (first taking the broadcast chip)
  (first taking the attack memory chip)
  (putting the laptop into the backpack to make room)
  You don't have the proper tools.
  
  > take solder
  (putting the thermos into the backpack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  some solder
  an attack memory chip
  a broadcast chip
  a lockblade knife
  a car key
  a backpack (being worn, and open)
  a thermos (open but empty)
  a laptop
  a soldering iron
  a cotter pin
  a multitool
  a phone
  a watch (being worn)
  
  > examine the iron
  A portable soldering iron. It uses a sealed battery rather than requiring a power connection.
  
  The soldering iron is currently switched off.
  
  > take the soldering iron
  (putting the car key into the backpack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  > switch the iron on
  You switch the soldering iron on.
  The tip heats up rapidly to a cherry-red heat.
  
  > Solder broadcast chip to memory chip
  You fashion the broadcast chip and the attack memory chip into a Klein Blaster!
  
  > examine Klein Blaster
  A combination of a Broadcast chip and a Memory chip which has been programmed with the attack payload. It needs a power source to perform its task.
  
  > cut the phone with the knife
  Taken.
  
  Cutting that would achieve little.
  
  > cut the laptop with the knife
  (putting the lockblade knife into the backpack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  (putting the solder into the backpack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  Cutting that would achieve little.
  
  > turn off the iron
  You switch the soldering iron off.
  The tip cools rapidly, fading to a silver-gray.
  
  > cut the iron with the knife
  Cutting that would achieve little.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a lockblade knife
  a laptop
  a phone
  a Klein Blaster
  a soldering iron
  a backpack (being worn, and open)
  some solder
  a car key
  a thermos (open but empty)
  a cotter pin
  a multitool
  a watch (being worn)
  
  > look at the watch
  A cheap digital, your watch reads 8:38 pm.
  
  > put Klein Blaster in the key
  The slots in the car key are made for individual chips.
  
  > go south
  This kitchen is decorated in a style some four decades old, which is probably when it was last renovated. It is fairly clean, likely reflecting the fact that the occupants don't cook for themselves much. The built-in sink takes up most of the available counter, with the microwave oven occupying almost all of the rest. The refrigerator hulks along the opposite wall.
  
  You can go north to Home Office and east to Hall from here.
  
  > Examine slot
  The chipslot is used for external storage. Right now, its status LED is blinking, indicating that it has been set to autosave data, but no Memory chip is in the slot.
  
  > examine the microwave
  (the microwave oven)
  A microwave oven of perhaps a cubic foot capacity with a transparent door. It is a relatively smart oven, able to determine the proper setting for whatever is placed in it using a plethora of sensors. There is a single button (marked "COOK") on the front. A side panel sports a lurid warning. The door is ajar.
  
  The microwave oven is currently switched off.
  
  > read the warning
  The side panel is a small rounded rectangle of plastic with a narrow seam running around it. A warning label on it reads NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. There is an icon of a small stick figure opening the panel and being electrocuted, irradiated and (as far as you can tell) stung by bees.
  
  > open the panel with multitool
  You pry open the side panel with the pliers in your multitool, ignoring the sound of breaking plastic.
  
  Opening the side panel reveals the safety limiter!
  
  > look at the safety limiter
  A small circuit board consisting of two connected chips which plugs into the microwave oven side panel. One chip looks a bit like a standard receive chip, and the other a standard memory chip - although these are custom versions and can't be used as such. Examining its connectors and their labels, you deduce that when installed, this board monitors the sensors and radio frequencies inside the microwave oven and prevents it from operating if things like electronics are inside, it's empty, or the door is open.
  
  > remove the limiter
  (first taking the safety limiter)
  (putting the soldering iron into the backpack to make room)
  You're not wearing that.
  
  > take limiter
  You already have that.
  
  > put Klein Blaster in the microwave
  (the microwave oven)
  You put the Klein Blaster into the oven.
  
  > close the microwave
  (the microwave oven)
  You close the oven.
  
  > Solder klein blaster to microwave
  (the microwave oven)
  (first taking the microwave oven)
  That's hardly portable.
  
  > put the phone in the oven
  You put the phone into the oven.
  
  > close the door
  You close the oven.
  
  > switch the oven
  A light comes on in the microwave and it begins to hum.
  Almost immediately, sparks begin to dance wildly around the rim of the phone! After a few seconds more, the screen goes dead black with a very final ZZT noise.
  A few moments later there is a loud BING! and the microwave
  stops.
  
  > open the oven
  You open the oven.
  
  > examine the phone
  A standard candybar model with a nice screen. At least, the screen was nice; now it's stone dead. The back is blank metal save for a tiny icon of a waterdrop with a slash across it.
  
  > switch the oven
  You feel a strange warmth on your face as the microwave starts up.
  A light comes on in the microwave and it begins to hum.
  A few moments later there is a loud BING! and the microwave
  stops.
  
  > About yourself
  You're wearing basic clothing which is almost obsessively nondescript. You're average in nearly every physical respect - something which didn't win you many accolades growing up, but serves you well in your efforts to blend in with the conformist population through which you now move.
  
  You're wearing a backpack and a watch.
  You're carrying a Klein Blaster, a safety limiter, a lockblade knife, and a laptop.
  
  > look at the knife
  This is a battered but extremely sharp folding lockblade knife.
  
  > look at the refrigerator
  Standard off-white home antiheating unit.
  
  > go to the east
  The central hallway of this modest home. It's relatively clean and neat, as there is no furniture in it.
  
  You can go north to Entry, east to Bedroom, and west to the Kitchen from here.
  
  > go east
  This bedroom is rather plain. Its owners must not spend much time in it while awake. It contains a bed - currently unmade - and a bedside table with a lamp on it.
  
  You can go north to Bathroom, east to Back Yard, and west to Hall from here.
  
  > look at the lamp
  A generic compact fluorescent lamp, it is screwed to the table, presumably to prevent it falling over. It is presently giving off a wan bluish light.
  
  The table lamp is currently switched on.
  
  > unscrew the lamp
  It is fixed in place.
  
  > Go north
  This is the small entryway to the ground-floor apartment. A pile of mail, most of it unread, nearly covers the side table just inside the apartment door. The apartment hallway is to the south. To the west is an office, and to the east is a bathroom.
  
  You can see a side table here.
  
  You can go north through the Apartment door (closed) to Front Lobby, south to Hall, east to Bathroom, and west to Home Office from here.
  
  > examine the bench
  It's actually a very nice piece of furniture; just the right height, easy to get your legs under.
  
  > examine the multitool
  Your pocket multitool. Has various pliers and attachments and, in a pinch, can probably do 80 percent of what a full toolbox could. One exception is that in order to remain legal, it doesn't have any cutting edges larger than your fingernail. You are paranoid that one day you'll forget and try to get on an airplane with it and despite that fact that'll be the last you'll see of it, so you've etched a PO Box address and "BUSINESS REPLY MAIL" onto it.
  
  > examine the laptop
  The laptop is a generic, slightly more fashionable than functional portable tablet computer. It is active, with the screen lit.
  
  > examine the microwave
  (the microwave oven)
  A microwave oven of perhaps a cubic foot capacity with a transparent door. It is a relatively smart oven, able to determine the proper setting for whatever is placed in it using a plethora of sensors. There is a single button (marked "COOK") on the front. A side panel sports a lurid warning. The door is ajar. The service panel is bent open on the side.
  
  The microwave oven is currently switched off.
  
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  > put the iron in the oven
  That's dangerous. You might want to switch the soldering iron off first.
  
  > put the iron in the oven
  You put the soldering iron into the oven.
  
  > turn on the oven
  A light comes on in the microwave and it begins to hum.
  A few moments later there is a loud BING! and the microwave
  stops.
  
  > open the oven
  You open the oven.
  
  > examine the iron
  A portable soldering iron. It uses a sealed battery rather than requiring a power connection.
  
  The soldering iron is currently switched off.
  
  > turn on the iron
  You switch the soldering iron on.
  The tip heats up rapidly to a cherry-red heat.
  
  > turn it off
  You switch the soldering iron off.
  The tip cools rapidly, fading to a silver-gray.
  
  > switch the microwave
  (the microwave oven)
  You stop before initiating the cook cycle to avoid destroying the Klein Blaster.
  
  > put the laptop in the microwave
  (the microwave oven)
  That won't fit in the oven.
  
  > examine the fridge
  Standard off-white home antiheating unit.
  
  > search the fridge
  The refrigerator is empty.
  
  > examine the multitool
  Your pocket multitool. Has various pliers and attachments and, in a pinch, can probably do 80 percent of what a full toolbox could. One exception is that in order to remain legal, it doesn't have any cutting edges larger than your fingernail. You are paranoid that one day you'll forget and try to get on an airplane with it and despite that fact that'll be the last you'll see of it, so you've etched a PO Box address and "BUSINESS REPLY MAIL" onto it.
  
  > examine the pin
  A small steel pin made up of a length of wire doubled over on itself with a loop at one end.
  
  > examine the panel
  The side panel is a small rounded rectangle of plastic with a narrow seam running around it. A warning label on it reads NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. There is an icon of a small stick figure opening the panel and being electrocuted, irradiated and (as far as you can tell) stung by bees. The panel has been pried open. The magnetron is just visible here, right next to some circuitry. The panel has room for a small component inside it.
  
  > take the magnetron
  That seems to be a part of the microwave oven.
  
  > open the magnetron with multitool
  That's already been opened.
  
  > Solder blaster to magnetron
  As you slide the component in, a small LED labelled "TRNSMT RDY" lights up on the main board!
  
  You put the Klein Blaster into the side panel.
  
  (first taking the Klein Blaster)
  (first taking the side panel)
  That seems to be a part of the microwave oven.
  
  > check your inventory
  You are carrying:
  a Klein Blaster
  a phone
  a safety limiter
  a lockblade knife
  a laptop
  a backpack (being worn, and open)
  some solder
  a car key
  a thermos (open but empty)
  a cotter pin
  a multitool
  a watch (being worn)
  
  > put Blaster in the panel
  As you slide the component in, a small LED labelled "TRNSMT RDY" lights up on the main board!
  
  You put the Klein Blaster into the side panel.
  
  > close the oven
  You close the oven.
  
  > turn on the oven
  The microwave comes on, its lights lit brightly, and begins to shake for a few seconds before the level of radio energy in the cook box, confined by the closed door, trips emergency circuits and it shuts off again.
  
  > switch the oven
  With the door open, the hacked microwave keeps increasing its power as energy is lost to the air. You feel an incredible burst of noise behind your forehead! Static, bits of music, and above all the shriek of data transfer! Just before you feel you'll go mad from the noise, there is a stutter, and it stops. Blessed silence falls inside your skull. There is a smell of smoke as the microwave goes dead.
  
  You examine the now-fried microwave, musing to yourself that if only there was a way to make a portable version of this hack, you might be able to fight your way clear of this whole mess.
  
  > look at the oven
  A microwave oven of perhaps a cubic foot capacity. The side panel is melted shut, the interior is scorched, and the plastic around the edges slightly melted. The door is ajar. The oven contains a soldering iron.
  
  The microwave oven is currently switched off.
  
  > examine the panel
  The side panel is a small rounded rectangle of plastic with a narrow seam running around it. A warning label on it reads NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. There is an icon of a small stick figure opening the panel and being electrocuted, irradiated and (as far as you can tell) stung by bees. The side panel is scorched and the innards melted. Apparently the magnetron overloaded something.
  
  > open the door
  You undo the throw bolts. Since you have no key, you leave the door unlocked.
  
  You open the Apartment door.
  
  > Go north
  The slightly shabby front lobby of this multi-family building. A door leads outside to the west, gated stairs leading up to the upper two floors are to the east, and an apartment door is to the south.
  
  A small post-it note is stuck to the door of Apartment 1.
  
  You can also see a newspaper and a pamphlet here.
  
  You can go south through the Apartment door to Entry and west through the House door (closed) to Front Path from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  Security surveillance spots you openly carrying a weapon. Police rush in!
  
  > check your inventory
  You are carrying:
  a soldering iron
  a phone
  a safety limiter
  a lockblade knife
  a laptop
  a backpack (being worn, and open)
  some solder
  a car key
  a thermos (open but empty)
  a cotter pin
  a multitool
  a watch (being worn)
  
  > put the knife in the backpack
  You put the lockblade knife into the backpack.
  
  > go north
  The slightly shabby front lobby of this multi-family building. A door leads outside to the west, gated stairs leading up to the upper two floors are to the east, and an apartment door is to the south.
  
  A small post-it note is stuck to the door of Apartment 1.
  
  You can also see a newspaper and a pamphlet here.
  
  You can go south through the Apartment door to Entry and west through the House door (closed) to Front Path from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > go to the west
  (first opening the House door)
  
  This front path is paved with cracked flagstones. Primrose Lane is to the west, a three-family building is to the east, and the building's side yard is to the northeast.
  
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  You can go northeast to Side Yard, east through the House door to Front Lobby, and west to South Primrose Lane from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  The automatic door slides closed.
  
  > go west
  Primrose Lane continues to the north. To the south is a boarded-up empty house; sumac plants can be seen peeking over the top of the dilapidated fencing. The fence has a plastic tarp strung behind it which prevents you from seeing much of the house. To the west is a single-family home with a large warning sign and an enormous dog on the front lawn. To the east is a three-family residence's front path.
  
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  You can go north to Primrose & Cedar and east to Front Path from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > go north
  This staid neighborhood intersection of Primrose Lane and Cedar Street fronts the local Transit station, Green Residential. The station entrance is to the west. Primrose Lane continues to the south, and Cedar Street continues to the east.
  
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  You can go north to Green Residential Park, south to South Primrose Lane, east, and west from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > go east
  Cedar Street comes to an end in a cul-de-sac here. There are residential buildings to the north, east and south. Typical for the area, they are three-family houses with common entrances. Their lawns are neatly trimmed.
  
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  You can go west to Primrose & Cedar from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > Go west
  This staid neighborhood intersection of Primrose Lane and Cedar Street fronts the local Transit station, Green Residential. The station entrance is to the west. Primrose Lane continues to the south, and Cedar Street continues to the east.
  
  The Reserve Bank Spacescraper is visible in the distance, rising over the low skyline.
  
  You can go north to Green Residential Park, south to South Primrose Lane, east to East Cedar Street, and west from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.
  
  > go to the west
  This is a utilitarian shelter intended mostly to keep the rain out of the Transit System. A stairway leads down to the autodoor leading to the Transit platform and an exit leads east to the street.
  
  You can go east to Primrose & Cedar and down through the Green Residential Station door (closed) from here.
  
  There is a Public Surveillance Notice here.