text: [Themes: Haunted  House, Satire, Afterlife]
  
  > Go downward
  You travel directly through the floor, and emerge on the other side...
  
  You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes rushing into the room.
  
  > About yourself
  You look about the same as always.
  
  The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their distance.
  
  > take all
  printed note: Taken.
  dead light bulb: Taken.
  toolbox: Taken.
  portable radio: Taken.
  bucket: Taken.
  pitchfork: Taken.
  small metal key: Taken.
  parachute: Taken.
  pair of rubber gloves: Taken.
  certificate: Taken.
  poker: Taken.
  brush: Taken.
  shovel: Taken.
  pencil sharpener: Taken.
  pencil: Taken.
  Infern-O-Vac battery: Taken.
  dollar bill: Taken.
  cigarette box: Taken.
  cigarette: Taken.
  check: Taken.
  driver's license: Taken.
  paper recycling bin: Taken.
  empty can of ToxiCola: Taken.
  bag of Cheese-Doodles: Taken.
  yellow note: Taken.
  pillow: Taken.
  ID card: Taken.
  maintenance uniform: Taken.
  heat shield: Taken.
  rope: Taken.
  genuine silver ring: Taken.
  
  [Your score just went up.]
  
  > go south
  You'll have to get out of the booth first.
  
  > give the ring to Troll
  The Troll takes one look at the genuine silver ring and rejects your offer with a snarl, shoving it away with a backhanded slap.
  
  The Troll watches you suspiciously.
  
  > show the ring to the shopkeeper
  Which ring do you mean, the genuine silver ring, or the imitation silver ring?
  
  > wear the ring
  Okay, you're now wearing the genuine silver ring. A feeling of strength and safety falls over you.
  
  > enter the shield
  You put the heat shield in the lava -- it floats on the flowing lava, and seems easily able to withstand the heat. You hold onto it so it doesn't float away.
  
  Okay, you're now in the heat shield.
  
  The lava flow starts to carry you downstream.
  
  > Wait
  Time passes...
  
  The swift river of lava sweeps you downstream to the east.
  
  Bend in River, in the heat shield
  The river of lava turns from east to south here.
  
  > Wait
  Time passes...
  
  You're carried rapidly to the south by the flowing lava.
  
  River of Lava, in the heat shield
  The river of lava is flowing through the cave swiftly to the south.
  To the west is a shore that appears to open into a cave. The cave has many stalagmites sticking up from its floor; one particularly large stalagmite right on the shore -- only about ten feet away from you -- is at least three feet tall.
  There's a faint light downstream, and you hear a loud rushing noise from the south.
  
  > Lasso stalagmite
  (with the rope)
  You throw the rope at the stalagmite, but your aim isn't good enough; the rope falls short. You obviously could use some practice.
  
  The lava sweeps you along to the south.
  
  Top of Lavafall, in the heat shield
  The cave abruptly opens into the night sky, and you realize that
  you're at the top of a cliff. The lava is pouring over the edge of the cliff and falling hundreds of feet down the side of the mountain below.
  
  > Go north
  You're not going anywhere until you get off of the heat shield.
  
  Before you can do anything, the river carries you over the edge of the lavafall. You fall and fall, tumbling and flailing your arms and legs, catching a glimpse of the bottom of the lavafall lost in the rocks far below. Suddenly, you hit something, and your fall stops abruptly.
  
  You're on a ledge just west of, and halfway up, a huge lavafall.
  The lava pours down with a deafening rumbling sound. The narrow ledge seems to continue to the northwest.
  You see a heat shield here.
  
  > Go west
  You're on a narrow ledge high up on the mountainside. The ledge continues to the southeast and northwest.
  
  You walk carefully along the ledge, but you suddenly hit a loose spot. You try to maintain your footing, but the rock crumbles under you, and you go sliding down the mountainside. You finally stop falling, and you find yourself on a rocky hillside you've seen before.
  
  You're on a gently sloping, rocky hillside at the base of a tall mountain. The granite surface of the hillside hosts no vegetation. Looming high above to the east is the steep cone of a volcano; clouds of dark smoke rise steadily above the cone. You can climb into the mountains to the east, and you can also go north, back to the road.
  
  The terrain is too rocky that way.
  
  > Go east
  You're swimming on the lake. The shore is to the west. A rocky
  ledge to the north prevents travel in that direction, but you can go east or south.
  You didn't notice from the shore, but there seems to be a very
  strong undertow pulling you underwater.
  
  You try to fight the undertow, but it's just too strong. It drags you underwater.
  
  You're underwater in the lake. To the north is a rocky wall, but there's an opening that could be the mouth of a cave. The rocky wall of the shore is to the west, but you can go east and south. You are well below the surface, but the lake floor is still a ways below.
  
  > put the shield in the lake
  Better not; it would just sink.
  
  > plug hole
  What do you want to plug it in?
  
  > Go north
  You're on the west bank of a river. The water pours rapidly over
  huge rocks in the river. A bridge crosses the river to the east. A narrow path climbs steeply up the hill to the northwest, and you can follow the river to the south.
  
  You can't go that way.
  
  > go northwest
  You're on a path that climbs up a sheer cliff face. The path goes
  down to the river to the southeast, and climbs steeply to the southwest.
  
  > go to the southwest
  You're on a steeply climbing path near the top of a cliff. The path descends to the northeast, and continues to the west.
  
  > Go west
  You're on a gently sloping, rocky hillside at the base of a tall mountain. The granite surface of the hillside hosts no vegetation. Looming high above to the east is the steep cone of a volcano; clouds of dark smoke rise steadily above the cone. You can climb into the mountains to the east, and you can also go north, back to the road.