text: [Themes: Slice of life, Humor, child protagonist, cute]
  
  > Go downwards
  You get off the medium plastic block.
  
  You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
  
  About half a parent high in the bookcase is your favorite toy.
  
  Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
  
  You can also see a squishy ball, a tall plastic block, a short plastic block (on which is Zoe), a medium plastic block, a plastic cup, and a little doll here.
  
  The mom is indignant, "My child is not a dog to be on a leash!" Good for her, there is no way you'd wear a leash.
  
  Zoe gets onto the medium plastic block.
  
  > go to the south
  The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play in to the north.
  
  There is this baby swing right in front of the TV.
  
  Lisa says, "When you get down to it, babies are about as smart as pets. Cassie might as well be a hyperactive Yorkie."
  
  > Examine tv
  The TV is blocked by this baby swing that is in the way.
  
  "You know," Parry says, "A combination playpen and Skinner box might sell really well."
  
  > go to the south
  You are where the couch ends here at the east, at least where it ends at one end. North is the TV and west is more couch.
  
  The legs of Marion dangle from the sofa.
  
  Becca says, "That is the kind of thing people call Child Protective Services about."
  
  > Go west
  Here is where the middle of the couch is. If you want to play you should totally go north to the middle of the room where there is a lot of space. There is more couch to the east and west.
  
  Those are the mom's legs there by the couch.
  
  You can also see a brix blox bucket here.
  
  Cassie and Watson are here. Cassie is dressed in this pumpkin costume, it is adorable. Watson is gloomy in his sad homemade bat costume.
  
  "I'm not sure Child Services gets called that often to rescue kids from Skinner boxes," Parry says.
  
  > examine the bucket
  It is a tall cube that is open on top only the corners are all rounded so no babies are harmed in the extracting of the blox from the bucket and it is also wider at the top than at the bottom. It is full of these lame faker Lego blocks.
  
  The mom is still all huffy, "Kids aren't pets."
  
  Cassie babbles happily.
  
  Watson stares at the brix blox bucket.
  
  > kick the bucket
  You are way not coordinated enough to do that.
  
  Cassie says "Pbbbbbth."
  
  > look at the booklet
  The booklet tells you how to build stuff out of the blox, you've never really used it. It is flopped open right now and is showing this helicopter. It involves these complex blades and gears and stuff on the page.
  
  Cassie says "Eeeeeee eeee ee-ah!"
  
  > build the helicopter
  You look at the instructions but man, they are way complex. This is the kind of thing you hire people to do instead of bothering yourself.
  
  Cassie babbles happily.
  
  > look at the booklet
  The booklet tells you how to build stuff out of the blox, you've never really used it. It is flopped open right now and is showing this helicopter. It involves these complex blades and gears and stuff on the page.
  
  Watson looks at the instruction booklet and his hands move so fast they are almost blurry and the dayglo blox go together and suddenly Watson has built a helicopter. He looks at it and then drops it, he is so going to grow up to be an engineer and like online games and in his spare time I bet he will LARP.
  
  > take the helicopter
  With this stupid costume on you cannot take anything, the fake tentacles are all in the way.
  
  Jemison puts his mouth all over the brix blox bucket. He looks pretty thoughtful when he does that.
  
  > Lick tentacle
  You are small and all but this is even smaller and it is a shame you cannot get in it and fly it around.
  
  Watson picks up the helicopter and takes it apart and dumps the brix into the big pile.
  
  You taste nothing unexpected.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  You are carrying:
  a squid costume (being worn)
  
  Cassie falls forward onto her hands and then she is crawling off to the northeast.
  
  Watson looks at the instruction booklet and his hands move so fast they are almost blurry and the dayglo blox go together and suddenly Watson has built a helicopter. He looks at it and then drops it.
  
  > put Watson in the swing
  You can't reach into the In Front of TV.
  
  "Let me guess," says the mom, "they carried Watson everywhere and played with him and wouldn't leave him alone, and now he's upset you're not doing the same."
  
  > go west
  The couch is very long and this is the west part of it. There is a loveseat to the north and more couch to the east.
  
  Lisa's legs are hanging off of the couch.
  
  You can also see a soft foam block and a rattly car here.
  
  "Exactly!" Parry exclaims. "How'd you know?"
  
  > go north
  This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch that is bigger than the loveseat.
  
  "Detox!" Lisa and Becca and Marion chorus.
  
  > Go east
  This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the gliding rocking chair to the north.
  
  Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
  
  "You must not talk to many other parents," Becca says. "It's nice when the grandparents visit and give you a break, but when they leave, oh boy!"
  
  Jemison comes in from the south.
  
  > cry
  When you cry again the mom says, "Shh. Calm down."
  
  Parry says, "I can't believe the same thing happens to all of you! How do you keep it from happening?"
  
  > go west
  This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch that is bigger than the loveseat.
  
  "You can keep your parents from visiting Watson," Marion says. "Otherwise, no, there's no real prevention."
  
  > go north
  This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is always fun.
  
  Shoved half-under the loveseat is a remote control.
  
  Those are Parry's feet dangling from the loveseat.
  
  The mom says, "Be glad they love Watson as much as they do."
  
  > pull up on the loveseat
  You would but the tentacles of your stupid squid costume are too slick. You really have to get someone to take this costume off for you.
  
  "Yeah. Yeah!" Parry says.
  
  > examine remote
  This is the remote control that lets parents turn on the TV as if they have big stretchy arms that can reach the television from anywhere in the room. You could use it to turn on the TV if you were ancient, like three years old or something.
  
  > turn on TV
  The television is to the east and so is way too far away for that.
  
  > turn on the remote
  The remote control is too advanced for you, it is the kind of thing adults use.
  
  > Go south
  The couch is very long and this is the west part of it. There is a loveseat to the north and more couch to the east.
  
  Lisa's legs are hanging off of the couch.
  
  You can also see a rattly car here.
  
  Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee.
  
  > Go east
  Here is where the middle of the couch is. If you want to play you should totally go north to the middle of the room where there is a lot of space. There is more couch to the east and west.
  
  Those are the mom's legs there by the couch.
  
  You can also see a helicopter, a building instructions booklet (open to some helicopter instructions), a pile of dayglo blox, and a brix blox bucket here.
  
  Watson is gloomy in his sad homemade bat costume.
  
  Watson picks up the helicopter and takes it apart and dumps the brix into the big pile.
  
  > go east
  You are where the couch ends here at the east, at least where it ends at one end. North is the TV and west is more couch.
  
  The legs of Marion dangle from the sofa.
  
  > go to the north
  The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play in to the north.
  
  There is this baby swing right in front of the TV.
  
  Cassie is dressed in this pumpkin costume, it is adorable.
  
  Cassie falls forward onto her hands and then she is crawling off to the southwest.
  
  > examine the swing
  It is this a-frame thing with a swing in the middle and a speed switch way up there. When the speed switch is all the way up boy does that swing go high, nearly high enough to kick a parent in the head if you were that kind of baby. It is supposed to be this cheerful baby plaid but instead it is this weird lumberjack-like plaid.
  
  > turn the switch
  You have short arms, you can't reach the speed switch from down here.
  
  "Did anyone see last night's episode of "Beat"?" Parry says.
  
  > Go north
  You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
  
  About half a parent high in the bookcase is your favorite toy.
  
  Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
  
  You can also see a much-loved kangaroo, a little doll, a squishy ball, a tall plastic block, a short plastic block (on which is Zoe), and a medium plastic block here.
  
  "Is that the Boston cop show?" Becca asks.
  
  Zoe climbs down off of the short plastic block.
  
  > Go east
  You so can't go that way.
  
  "Oh my God, who has time for TV?" Lisa asks. "Besides, I can't watch something that violent when Cassie's up, even if she'd let me leave her alone.
  
  Zoe drops the plastic cup and she picks up a much-loved kangaroo.
  
  > Go west
  The gliding rocking chair is all tall and wooden. It is where the mom rocks you when she thinks you need a nap even though you do not need naps. The loveseat is west and there is a small open area to the east and a big open area in the middle of the room to the south.
  
  There are Becca's legs, they are by the rocking chair.
  
  You can also see a teething ring, a plush book, a teeny squeezy book, and a smooth rock here.
  
  The mom says, "I don't have a lot of time for TV either. Besides Sesame Street, that is," and the parents all laugh, why are they dissing the Street?
  
  > go south
  This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the gliding rocking chair to the north.
  
  Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
  
  Becca sighs. "I always feel guilty when I set Jemison in front of the TV so I can get some work done."
  
  > go to the northwest
  This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is always fun.
  
  Shoved half-under the loveseat is a remote control.
  
  Those are Parry's feet dangling from the loveseat.
  
  "I don't allow Zoe to watch much television," Marion says, "though she does watch some."
  
  > rub the squid on the safety pin
  Nothing obvious happens.
  
  Parry says, "We did consider not letting Watson see any TV until he's two or so."
  
  I only understood you as far as wanting to rub the squid costume.
  
  > go to the west
  Back here is the back of the loveseat casting a shadow over you, it is kind of cold. You can go south and east. You could go west but there is totally a door in your way. You could go north in the hall but there is a baby gate in the way there.
  
  "You're not one of those no-TV nuts, are you?" Lisa says all sharpishly.
  
  > go south
  The cabinet that is also like an endtable for the loveseat and the couch is here. You can go north back to behind the loveseat.
  
  "They're not nuts," Parry says, you can tell he's annoyed. "In fact, they make a lot of sense."
  
  > examine the cabinet
  The cabinet is wood like a lot of other furniture in here because the parents like wood or something, maybe they are tree huggers but only if the trees have been cut down and planed and shaped. Anyway it has this door in it which is closed.
  
  "Whatever," Lisa sniffs, and the mom says, "Remember, watch what you say about religion, politics, and TV."
  
  > Drool on tentacles
  You reach deep down inside you and bring up some of those stupid prunes the mom was feeding you and spit them up on the squid costume, making it all dirty.
  
  > Go north
  Back here is the back of the loveseat casting a shadow over you, it is kind of cold. You can go south and east. You could go west but there is totally a door in your way. You could go north in the hall but there is a baby gate in the way there.
  
  > Go east
  This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is always fun.
  
  Shoved half-under the loveseat is a remote control.
  
  Those are Parry's feet dangling from the loveseat.
  
  > pull up on Parry
  You rub up against the legs of Parry, who sees that you are dirty and says "Uh, Farina," and hands you over to the mom. The mom takes you and says, "Oh, oh, your costume is all dirty, kiddo," and the next thing you know you are back on the ground and free of that evil squid costume.
  
  > Go south
  Here is where the middle of the couch is. If you want to play you should totally go north to the middle of the room where there is a lot of space. There is more couch to the east and west.
  
  Those are the mom's legs there by the couch.
  
  You can also see a helicopter, a building instructions booklet (open to some helicopter instructions), a pile of dayglo blox, and a brix blox bucket here.
  
  Watson is gloomy in his sad homemade bat costume.
  
  > put the remote in the pile
  That so can't contain stuff.
  
  Watson picks up the helicopter and takes it apart and dumps the brix into the big pile.
  
  > drop the remote
  Dropped.
  
  > put the remote in the pile
  You need to be holding the remote control before you can put it into something else.
  
  Watson looks at the instruction booklet and his hands move so fast they are almost blurry and the dayglo blox go together and suddenly Watson has built a helicopter. He looks at it and then drops it.