text: [Themes: Educational, female protagonist]
  
  > Describe the surroundings
  The room looks almost exactly the same as yours. A key difference is that this room is lighted. A key similarity is that Pari is not in either. A door leads north to the hallway.
  
  > Go north
  The hallway is the same uniform gray all along, and you can see doors stretching all the way further east, leading eventually to the outside. Pari's room is south of here. The hallway in front of your room is to the west.
  
  A door down the hallway on the even-numbered side opens, as a man leading a girl exit their room and head to the front. You step aside to allow them to pass.
  
  > go to the east
  A girl who you think is called Navya comes over from the west. She quietly says, "I've been asked to collect all the girls who are done working for the day. There's going to be a demonstration soon."
  
  You suddenly begin to suspect the worst. "Here, follow me," she says, heading west and north to the dining room.
  
  The dining room is simply what you call the collection of tables here where the girls come to eat. However, it is fairly large, so it is often used as a meeting room as well. Tables and chairs have been pushed to the edges of the room for the demonstration. A cupboard stands in the corner. South leads to the hallway.
  
  You can see a table (on which are Pari, some ropes, a wooden stick, an iron rod, and a purse (closed)), Mother Avni Singh, Akshay Singh, Arnav Singh, Aditi Singh, the family dog, some girls, a cupboard (closed), and the rice cooker (closed) here.
  
  Navya heads out to search for others, shutting the door behind her.
  
  Mother Singh hits Pari's right leg. Pari lets out a faint whimper.
  
  > examine the dog
  By far your favorite member of the family. A large mutt, he is kept by the Singhs partly for sentimental value and partly for his ability to intimidate customers who refuse to pay or leave quickly enough.
  
  Mother Singh hits Pari's right arm. Pari lets out a faint whimper.
  
  > examine Pari
  Pari is fairly tall for a 16-year-old, and thus she is one of the stronger girls here. Because you often talk to her at night through the hole in the wall, she is your closest friend.
  
  Pari is carrying:
  Pari's dress (being worn)
  
  Mother Singh hits Pari's right arm. Pari lets out a faint whimper.
  
  Mother Singh shouts, "Well, girl, you thought you could get away with this? Everyone, watch closely and see what happens to those who rebel against me."
  
  > examine the girls
  A large ring of girls has surrounded the table on which Pari is bound. Their attention is wholly focused on her, so you are able to sneak around without either them or Mother Singh noticing.
  
  Mother Singh hits Pari's right leg.
  
  > Open purse
  That might be a bit too obvious.
  
  Mother Singh hits Pari's right arm. Pari lets out a faint whimper.
  
  > get the purse
  That might be a bit too obvious.
  
  Suddenly, Nikhil's head pops into the room as he opens the door and peers in. You quickly duck down behind the mass of girls.
  
  Nikhil stares at Pari and asks Mother Singh, "What are you doing now?"
  
  Mother Singh answers, "We're just punishing her a bit. She tried to steal some money from us." You cringe inwardly. Based on your past experience, if that was the crime, Pari is about to be crippled, if not dead. You have to save her.
  
  > open cupboard
  You open the cupboard, revealing a can opener and a can of beans.
  
  Nikhil considers the answer before saying, "Well, why are you making all the other girls watch this?"
  
  Mother Singh says, "We need to teach these girls not to disobey us. Everybody here does this. Now, excuse me, but what are you here for?"
  
  > open the rice
  You sneak over to the rice cooker by hiding behind the girls.
  
  You open the rice cooker, revealing cooked rice.
  
  Nikhil hesitates before saying, "Well, I need a new light bulb for my room. I sent my girl out to get someone to fix the problem, but she still hasn't returned." You crouch down further.
  
  Mother Singh says, "Interesting. I have no idea where she is, but we happen to be out of light bulbs at the moment. However, I can send my son out with you to the city to get some new ones. Akshay, my boy, go help him."
  
  > take the rice
  (cooked rice)
  You don't see any use for a handful of rice. Besides, you don't have anything to grab or carry it with.
  
  Nikhil and Akshay walk out of the room, Akshay having an obvious look of displeasure on his face at being forced to miss this.
  
  One of the girls asks, "Should I close the door, Mother Singh?"
  
  She replies, "No, no one else is going to come anymore. Besides, it's hot in here and I'm already breaking a sweat."
  
  Mother Singh says to Pari, "Alright, now that we've softened you up a bit, it's time to start going a little harder." She picks up the wooden stick.
  
  > examine the iron rod
  A metal rod about the same length as the stick. It is only used in the worst cases. You are very worried now.
  
  Mother Singh quickly strikes Pari's right leg with a stick. Pari lets out a short cry.
  
  > take the can
  (the can of beans)
  Taken.
  
  Mother Singh quickly strikes Pari's left arm with a stick.
  
  > open can
  (the can of beans)
  You use the can opener to open the can of beans. Then you quickly dart out of the way so you are not seen, leaving the can on the ground.
  
  Mother Singh quickly strikes Pari's left leg with a stick. Pari lets out a short cry.
  
  > put beans in the rice cooker
  (the can of beans in the rice cooker)
  (first taking the can of beans)
  
  No, not yet.
  
  Mother Singh quickly strikes Pari's right arm with a stick.
  
  The dog cautiously weaves its way through the mass of girls, enticed by the smell of the beans. You wave it over and gesture at it to eat. It eagerly complies, sticking its muzzle inside the can. The sound of the dog eating gets Mother Singh's attention, and she turns toward the dog.
  
  Mother Singh shouts, "Who left a can of beans open on the floor? Alright, Arnav, go out and walk the dog for an hour or two. I certainly do not want him making this place smell." Arnav slowly walks out with the dog, obviously annoyed at being assigned this chore.
  
  > turn on the rice cooker
  That's not something you can switch.
  
  Mother Singh quickly strikes Pari's right leg with a stick.
  
  > examine the girls
  A large ring of girls has surrounded the table on which Pari is bound. Their attention is wholly focused on her, so you are able to sneak around without either them or Mother Singh noticing.
  
  Mother Singh quickly strikes Pari's left leg with a stick. Pari lets out a short cry.
  
  > spill the rice
  (cooked rice)
  You tilt over the rice cooker and some of the dry grains escape, forming a small heap of spilled rice on the ground. You quickly move away from there so that you won't be suspected. The noise of the grains falling is loud enough for Mother Singh to turn towards it.
  
  She shouts, "Aditi, go out to the closet and get the broom so you can sweep this up." Aditi complies, heading out.
  
  Aditi returns and quickly sweeps the rice up into a dustpan. She then leaves to dump it in the outside refuse pile. Putting the broom back in the closet, she returns to continue watching.
  
  Mother Singh quickly strikes Pari's right arm with a stick. Pari lets out a short cry.
  
  > spill the rice
  (cooked rice)
  You tilt over the rice cooker and some of the dry grains escape, forming a small heap of spilled rice on the ground. You quickly move away from there so that you won't be suspected. The noise of the grains falling is loud enough for Mother Singh to turn towards it.
  
  She shouts, "Aditi, go out to the closet and get the broom so you can sweep this up." Aditi complies, heading out.
  
  Aditi returns and quickly sweeps the rice up into a dustpan. She then leaves to dump it in the outside refuse pile. Putting the broom back in the closet, she returns to continue watching.
  
  Mother Singh quickly strikes Pari's left arm with a stick.
  
  > examine aditi
  She is older than Arnav and younger than Akshay, but beyond that you have little idea of her age. She is as cruel as her mother is.
  
  Mother Singh quickly strikes Pari's right leg with a stick.
  
  > examine the iron
  A metal rod about the same length as the stick. It is only used in the worst cases. You are very worried now.
  
  Mother Singh quickly strikes Pari's left arm with a stick. Pari lets out a short cry.