text: [Themes: elementary school, school, war]
  
  > look around
  Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers. Everything smells like old socks in here. The coach's office is over to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The gym office door is closed.
  
  A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
  
  > Go north
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed. Since this room doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall. The door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south. The double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance beam, and scattered over the floor.
  
  You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
  
  > go north
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  The air reeks of smoke and chemicals. To the south, two large double doors lead into the gymnasium. Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > Go east
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance. Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their moorings.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > go east
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!" To the south, there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms. The hallway continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
  posters about When I Grow Up.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > Go east
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west. Pictures of famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
  lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the walls. You can smell something burning.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > Go north
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  
  This was the approved route to shelter, before the bombs hit and the ceiling collapsed. Now, shards of plastic and glass jut from the rubble, and more than one corpse lies buried beneath the weight of stone. Heavy debris lies half-propped upon long pieces of rebar, creating a hazardous barrier that blocks the way north. The way south remains open.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  To the west, more debris blocks off the door to Avery Thomas's classroom.
  
  Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > get Tyrone
  You ask, "Samir, would you please hold hands with Tyrone?"
  
  Samir takes Tyrone's hand.
  
  > Go south
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
  
  Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway. The classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
  you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged. At least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
  
  Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir.
  
  Ashley is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
  
  > go to the west
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
  
  The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west. Pictures of famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
  lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the walls. You can smell something burning.
  
  Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir.
  
  Ashley is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > go west
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
  
  Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!" To the south, there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms. The hallway continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
  posters about When I Grow Up.
  
  Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir.
  
  Ashley is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > go west
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
  
  The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance. Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their moorings.
  
  Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir.
  
  Ashley is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > go to the west
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
  
  The air reeks of smoke and chemicals. To the south, two large double doors lead into the gymnasium. Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
  
  Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir.
  
  Ashley is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  > Go south
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
  Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
  Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
  
  The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed. Since this room doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall. The door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south. The double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
  
  Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir.
  
  Ashley is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance beam, and scattered over the floor.
  
  You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
  
  > pick the lock
  What do you want Tyrone to pick the equipment room door with?
  
  > Clip
  You ask, "Tyrone, can you unlock the door if you use the paper clip?"
  
  (Tyrone first taking the striped green paper clip)
  You ask, "Tyrone, would you please take the paper clip from that backpack?"
  
  Tyrone picks up the striped green paper clip.
  
  Tyrone says, "You think I know how to do something like that? I'm not a thief, you leave me alone!"
  
  > pick the lock with the clip
  You ask, "Samir, can you unlock the door if you use the paper clip?"
  
  (Samir first taking the striped green paper clip)
  You ask, "Samir, can you please grab that paper clip?"
  
  Samir reaches for the striped green paper clip, but Tyrone holds it
  out of his reach.
  Samir says, "Tyrone won't give me the paper clip!"
  
  > give the clip to Samir
  You say, "Tyrone, please pass the paper clip to Samir."
  
  Tyrone thrusts the striped green paper clip at Samir.
  
  Samir lets go of Ashley's hand.
  
  Samir takes the striped green paper clip from Tyrone.
  
  You say, "Thank you, Tyrone."
  
  > Equipment door
  You ask, "Samir, can you unlock the door if you use the paper clip?"
  
  Samir asks quietly, "Am I going to get in trouble?"
  
  You say, "No trouble. I just need to get into the equipment room
  door. It will help me get everyone out safely."
  
  Samir bends over the equipment room door and starts fiddling in the lock with the striped green paper clip.
  
  Samir looks up and shakes his head. "It's too hard, I can't make it work."
  
  > unlock the equipment door with the clip
  You ask, "Jude, can you unlock the door if you use the paper clip?"
  
  (Jude first taking the striped green paper clip)
  You ask, "Jude, would you please take that paper clip?"
  
  Jude reaches for the striped green paper clip, but Samir holds it out of her reach.
  Jude says, "Samir won't give me the paper clip!"
  
  > give the clip to Jude
  You say, "Samir, please give the paper clip to Jude."
  
  Samir holds the striped green paper clip out for Jude.
  
  Jude says, "He doesn't fit, see?"
  By way of demonstration, Jude attempts to stuff Mr. Bunny into her brilliantly colored My Little Pony backpack. She's right; the bunny doesn't fit.
  
  Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even tighter.
  
  Jude says, "I can't take that, my hands are full.
  
  > unlock the equipment door with the clip
  You ask, "Ashley, can you unlock the door if you use the paper clip?"
  
  (Ashley first taking the striped green paper clip)
  You ask, "Ashley, can you please grab that paper clip?"
  
  Ashley reaches for the striped green paper clip, but Samir holds it
  out of her reach.
  Ashley says, "Samir won't give me the paper clip!"
  
  > give the clip to Ashley
  You say, "Samir, please pass the paper clip to Ashley."
  
  Samir holds the striped green paper clip out to Ashley.
  
  Ashley takes the striped green paper clip from Samir.
  
  You say, "Thank you, Samir."
  
  > unlock the equipment door with the clip
  You ask, "Ashley, can you unlock the door if you use the paper clip?"
  
  Ashley says, "I don't know how to do anything like that Mr. Ginsberg." Ashley gives you a worried look. "Honest I don't."
  Jude snickers.
  
  > drop Hand
  Whom do you want Jude to drop hand of?
  
  > follow you
  You ask, "Samir, would you please hold hands with me?"
  
  Samir protests, "yourself doesn't have any free hands!"
  
  > drop Hand
  Whom do you want to drop hand of?
  
  > drop the ashley's hand
  Which do you mean, the striped green paper clip (Ashley's), the Dora the Explorer shirt (Ashley's), or the damaged polka-dot skirt (Ashley's)?
  
  > go north
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
  Tyrone is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Tyrone.
  
  The air reeks of smoke and chemicals. To the south, two large double doors lead into the gymnasium. Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
  Tyrone is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Tyrone.
  
  The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance. Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their moorings.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
  Tyrone is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Tyrone.
  
  This was your classroom. A gaping hole in the wall provides
  unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room. Tissue paper trees line the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  You left a long table shoved up against the west wall. Now, that
  table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially blocks your access to the gaping hole.
  
  The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
  
  > get the clip
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
  Tyrone is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Tyrone.
  
  The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance. Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their moorings.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
  Tyrone is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Tyrone.
  
  The air reeks of smoke and chemicals. To the south, two large double doors lead into the gymnasium. Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
  
  You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
  You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
  Tyrone is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Tyrone.
  
  The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed. Since this room doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall. The door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south. The double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
  
  Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  Ashley is here, carrying a striped green paper clip.
  
  Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance beam, and scattered over the floor.
  
  You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
  
  Your hands are shaking badly enough that you're afraid of dropping the striped green paper clip, but you could ask one of the students to get it for you.
  
  > get the clip
  You ask, "Samir, would you please get that paper clip?"
  
  Samir reaches for the striped green paper clip, but Ashley holds it
  out of his reach.
  Samir says, "Ashley won't give me the paper clip!"
  
  > give the clip to Samir
  You say, "Ashley, please give the paper clip to Samir."
  
  Ashley holds the striped green paper clip out for Samir.
  
  Samir takes the striped green paper clip from Ashley.
  
  You say, "Thank you, Ashley."
  
  > drop Hand of Tyrone
  You let go of Tyrone's hand.
  
  > drop Hand of Jude
  You let go of Jude's hand.
  
  > drop Hand of Tyrone
  You say, "Samir, let go of Tyrone."
  
  Samir lets go of Tyrone's hand.
  
  > ask Samir,  to go west
  You say, "Samir, I need you to go through the hole into Mrs. McCaskill's room."
  
  the gap in the wall.
  
  > Go west
  You say, "I'm going to need both of my hands for this," and drop Samir's hand.
  
  Despite your trembling hands, you scramble successfully over the table and through the gap.
  
  Mrs. McCaskill's Room
  Half the ceiling has fallen, crushing the west side of the room
  beneath debris and blocking the door entirely. The water sprinklers spew frantically, turning papers and decorations to mush, but whatever's burning isn't actually in this room.
  
  A gaping hole in the east wall allows you back into your classroom, if you scramble over the rubble-strewn table in the way. The north wall is in similarly poor state, but the choking smoke on that side ensures it's not a viable exit.
  
  Samir is here, carrying a striped green paper clip.
  
  A crumpled poster projects from the rubble, mostly sheltered from the sprinklers by a fallen corkboard.
  
  Water flows down the legs of the cheap wooden teacher's desk to the growing puddle on the floor.
  
  > ask Samir,  to go east
  You say, "Samir, please go into the art room."
  
  the gap in the wall.
  
  > go to the east
  Despite your weakened muscles, you scramble successfully over the
  table and through the gap.
  
  This was your classroom. A gaping hole in the wall provides
  unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room. Tissue paper trees line the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
  
  You left a long table shoved up against the west wall. Now, that
  table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially blocks your access to the gaping hole.
  
  Samir is here, carrying a striped green paper clip.
  
  The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
  
  > Black
  You ask, "Samir, can you put your paper clip into the backpack?"
  
  backpack.
  
  > follow Samir
  You ask, "Tyrone, would you please hold hands with Samir?"
  
  Tyrone takes Samir's hand.
  
  > follow Samir
  You ask, "Ashley, would you please hold hands with Samir?"
  
  Ashley protests, "Samir doesn't have any free hands!"
  
  > examine Samir
  He's heavily smudged with dust and grime, but generally looks unhurt.
  
  Samir is wearing a bulging blue knapsack, a purple polo shirt, and a pair of black shorts.
  
  > follow Tyrone
  You ask, "Ashley, would you please hold hands with Tyrone?"
  
  Tyrone mutters, "Don't want to hold hands with a girl." You give him
  a Teacher Look, expecting that sterner measures will be required, but he quiets down.
  
  Ashley takes Tyrone's hand.
  
  > follow Ashley
  You ask, "Jude, would you please hold hands with Ashley?"
  
  Jude takes Ashley's hand.
  
  > Go south
  You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
  Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
  Tyrone is holding Ashley's hand, so she follows Tyrone.
  Ashley is holding Jude's hand, so she follows Ashley.
  
  Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers. Everything smells like old socks in here. The coach's office is over to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
  
  Jude is here, holding hands with Ashley and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
  
  Tyrone is here, holding hands with Ashley and Samir.
  
  The gym office door is closed.
  
  A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
  
  > open locker
  You ask, "Jude, can you open the locker?"
  
  Jude closes the gym locker.
  
  Jude opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
  
  > open the locker
  You ask, "Ashley, can you open the locker?"
  
  Ashley closes the gym locker.
  
  Ashley opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
  
  > open the locker
  You ask, "Samir, can you open the locker?"
  
  Samir closes the gym locker.
  
  Samir opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
  
  > open the locker
  You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
  
  Tyrone closes the gym locker.
  
  Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
  
  > Keep going
  You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
  
  Tyrone closes the gym locker.
  
  Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing a bobby pin.
  
  > get the pin
  You ask, "Tyrone, could you please pick up the bobby pin from that locker?"
  
  Tyrone lets go of Samir's hand.
  
  Tyrone picks up the bobby pin.
  
  > put pin in black backpack
  You ask, "Tyrone, can you put your bobby pin into your backpack?"
  
  Tyrone puts the bobby pin into the black canvas backpack.
  
  > Continue
  You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
  
  Tyrone closes the gym locker.
  
  Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing a deodorant spray bottle.
  
  > put the bottle in the black packpack
  Tyrone won't understand those instructions. You need to rethink your strategy.
  
  (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Tyrone to ?" message, please reenter your second command now.)
  
  > get the bottle
  You ask, "Tyrone, would you please get the deodorant from that
  locker?"
  
  Tyrone picks up the deodorant spray bottle.
  
  > Continue
  You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
  
  Tyrone closes the gym locker.
  
  Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing a broken ponytail holder.
  
  > get the holder
  You ask, "Tyrone, could you please grab the ponytail holder from that locker?"
  
  Tyrone lets go of Ashley's hand.
  
  Tyrone picks up the broken ponytail holder.
  
  > look at Tyrone
  Tyrone realizes immediately that he's the focus of your attention and stares back challengingly. He doesn't even come up to your armpit,
  but he hardly seems to notice.
  
  Tyrone is wearin