text: > Look around
  Well, if you've ever wondered what was going on, you seem to have
  found the place where whatever it is that is going on happens. Lots of machines are scattered around the room, some making endearing bleeping noises. Most of these are safely sealed behind glass. A small padded chair sits in the center of the room, facing a large viewscreen.
  You see a hang-glider here. Sitting on the comfy chair you see a handwritten note.
  
  > Inventory
  You have a music box, a sun-bleached skull, a piece of paper, a small black magnet, an apple, a small fly, a grenade pin, and a small remote.
  
  > look at pin
  It's the pin from a grenade. Once it comes out the grenade is triggered to explode in a matter of seconds.
  
  > turn green dial to 16
  Okay, it's now turned to 16. One of the machines whirrs quietly to itself as you adjust the dial, and a flicker of lights goes across its face.
  
  > turn the black dial to 12
  Okay, it's now turned to 12. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The viewscreen lights up with a picture. The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: A burning desert
  Just looking at the scorched and blasted terrain is enough to make
  you gasp for water. The sun beats down all around with no hope of shade or any other respite, and there are no land-marks in sight in any direction.
  
  > turn the green dial to 0
  Okay, it's now turned to 0. One of the machines whirrs quietly to itself as you adjust the dial, and a flicker of lights goes across its face.
  
  > turn the black dial to 0
  Okay, it's now turned to 0. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture on the screen vanishes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's blank.
  
  > turn the black dial to 1
  Okay, it's now turned to 1. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The viewscreen lights up with a picture. The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: A grassy field, by an apple tree
  This is a field of lush green grass. In the center of the field, an apple tree grows. Its branches are hung with ripe red apples. Scattered flowers wink at you from the grass, as the sun shines brightly overhead. A muddy ditch lies where the stream used to be. A small foot-bridge allows you to cross from one bank to the other.
  You see a large wicker bird cage and a heavy stone here. The large wicker bird cage seems to contain the robin and some scraps of paper.
  
  > turn the black dial to 2
  Okay, it's now turned to 2. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture changes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: In a garden
  A beautiful garden, bounded by brick walls to the north and west.
  Alas, the stream that flowed once is no longer here, and the dragon's head fountain no longer spouts water. The bushes and flowers remain, but they droop sadly around the muddy ditch where the stream was.
  The hedge beasts are slowly uncurling their leaves and branches as
  they prepare to stand.
  
  > examine the viewscreen
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: In a garden
  A beautifully-sculpted garden, bounded by brick walls to the north
  and west. A stream flows in from the east and curves to flow to the south, slowly drifting through the garden. The brook lazily winds its way under the small bridges and between the large rocks and stone paths that have been placed here. Small, pretty bushes are scattered here as well, each one elegantly trimmed and shaped. In one corner of the garden there is a fountain, shaped like a dragon's head. From the dragon's open mouth flows a steady stream of water, falling into the brook.
  The hedge beasts are curled up on the ground, practically indistinguishable from the normal hedges.
  
  > turn black to 3
  Okay, it's now turned to 3. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture changes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: An open field
  This is an open field, with a few boulders and the like scattered about. In the center of the field, someone has constructed a white gazebo, its shadow providing perhaps the only real shade in the area.
  A muddy streak slashes through the field north-south, where the water used to be. A wide white plank allows you to cross from one bank to the other. Sticking out of the ground is a stone pillar, a control panel and joystick built into its side.
  
  > turn black to 4
  Okay, it's now turned to 4. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture changes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: Inside the gazebo
  The gazebo has six sides, one of which is open to allow you to
  enter. The other five are walled off with thick lattices which prevent both sunlight and egress in those directions, making it fairly dim in here. A bronze sundial in the center of the room is the most impressive thing in sight, but there's also an ordinary table against one wall. Also, set into the ceiling, you can see a multi-faceted crystal.
  
  > turn black to 5
  Okay, it's now turned to 5. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture changes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a new place: Atop the gazebo
  This is the roof of the gazebo. The floor (well, roof) below is not latticed like the walls, so it must be quite dark inside. A wall, about six feet high, has been constructed across the gazebo-top. It has no apparent purpose (since you can walk around it to reach the other side of the roof), except to hold a bronze weather vane on top of it. The only good exit from here is to climb down the sides.
  Something hanging on the weather vane glints in the sunlight.
  From up here, you have a view of the open field. Still, it seems
  that you cannot see quite as far as you should be able to, and the view is distorted and shadowy beyond the edges of the grass.
  Hanging from the bronze weather vane is a golden chain with sphere.
  
  > turn black to 6
  Okay, it's now turned to 6. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture changes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: Cliff top
  The area is fairly rocky here, with scattered grasses growing
  between cracks in the rocks. The stream that flowed here once no longer does, and the cliff-face looks quite bare without the waterfall.
  
  > turn black to 7
  Okay, it's now turned to 7. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture changes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: Climbing the cliff
  You are climbing on the rocky cliff face. The waterfall is no
  longer here, but the rocks are still a bit damp. Below you are scattered rocks and such, and scattered tufts of grass. Nearby, a small cave leads into the cliff and darkness.
  
  > turn black to 8
  Okay, it's now turned to 8. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture changes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: At base of cliff
  The river used to flow from here, when the waterfall was still
  working. Now it's ceased, and so has the river, leaving only a rocky stream bed behind. The wild grasses still poke out between the rocks, though, just like before. The cliff is impassible to the west (unless you want to climb it), but the other directions are all possible.
  
  > turn black to 9
  Okay, it's now turned to 9. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture changes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: Amidst the mushrooms
  On either bank of the river, stretching high into the sky, are giant mushrooms. Giant technicolored mushrooms. Red and blue and yellow and green and purple, and most are splotched with splashes of other colors. The mushrooms tower at least a dozen feet above you, perhaps more, and their outstretched caps block out most of the sun. You can see only muddy puddles where the stream once drifted. Between two dusky red mushrooms, a large silver spiderweb has been spun.
  
  > turn black to 10
  Okay, it's now turned to 10. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture changes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: End of path
  Mud, and more mud, surrounds the hole in the ground here. Tangled bushes block the way in all directions except north, and there is no sign of the stream.
  
  > turn black to 11
  Okay, it's now turned to 11. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture changes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: By an empty stream-bed
  This is a clearing in the middle of a forest. Tall trees grow all around, moss hangs from their branches, and there are scattered flowers. A wide stream-bed runs through the forest, strangely devoid of water. It is granite, with small pieces of quartz embedded, that shimmer in the sunlight.
  
  > turn black to 12
  Okay, it's now turned to 12. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture changes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a familiar scene: A burning desert
  Just looking at the scorched and blasted terrain is enough to make
  you gasp for water. The sun beats down all around with no hope of shade or any other respite, and there are no land-marks in sight in any direction.
  
  > turn black to 5
  Okay, it's now turned to 5. Dials on the machines spin, and a light blinks off, then on again. The picture changes.
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a new place: Atop the gazebo
  This is the roof of the gazebo. The floor (well, roof) below is not latticed like the walls, so it must be quite dark inside. A wall, about six feet high, has been constructed across the gazebo-top. It has no apparent purpose (since you can walk around it to reach the other side of the roof), except to hold a bronze weather vane on top of it. The only good exit from here is to climb down the sides.
  Something hanging on the weather vane glints in the sunlight.
  From up here, you have a view of the open field. Still, it seems
  that you cannot see quite as far as you should be able to, and the view is distorted and shadowy beyond the edges of the grass.
  Hanging from the bronze weather vane is a golden chain with sphere.
  
  > touch the touchpad
  One machine lights up, but then there is a sad honking noise and it shuts down again. A mechanical voice crackles out of nowhere. "Portal access denied."
  
  > look
  Control Central, in the comfy chair
  Well, if you've ever wondered what was going on, you seem to have
  found the place where whatever it is that is going on happens. Lots of machines are scattered around the room, some making endearing bleeping noises. Most of these are safely sealed behind glass. A small padded chair sits in the center of the room, facing a large viewscreen.
  You see a hang-glider here. Sitting on the comfy chair you see a handwritten note.
  
  > turn green to 1
  Okay, it's now turned to 1. One of the machines whirrs quietly to itself as you adjust the dial, and a flicker of lights goes across its face.
  
  > examine the screen
  The viewscreen is quite large, taking up most of one wall. Currently, it's showing a new place: Atop the gazebo
  This is the roof of the gazebo. The floor (well, roof) below is not latticed like the walls, so it must be quite dark inside. A wall, about six feet high, has been constructed across the gazebo-top. It has no apparent purpose (since you can walk around it to reach the other side of the roof), except to hold a bronze weather vane on top of it. The only good exit from here is to climb down the sides.
  Something hanging on the weather vane glints in the sunlight.
  From up here, you have a view of the open field. Still, it seems
  that you cannot see quite as far as you should be able to, and the view is distorted and shadowy beyond the edges of the grass.
  Hanging from the bronze weather vane is a golden chain with sphere.
  
  > touch the screen
  You touch the screen, and are abruptly elsewhere.
  
  This is the roof of the gazebo. The floor (well, roof) below is not latticed like the walls, so it must be quite dark inside. A wall, about six feet high, has been constructed across the gazebo-top. It has no apparent purpose (since you can walk around it to reach the other side of the roof), except to hold a bronze weather vane on top of it. The only good exit from here is to climb down the sides.
  Something hanging on the weather vane glints in the sunlight.
  From up here, you have a view of the open field. Still, it seems
  that you cannot see quite as far as you should be able to, and the view is distorted and shadowy beyond the edges of the grass.
  Hanging from the bronze weather vane is a golden chain with sphere.
  
  > get the remote
  You already have the small remote!
  
  > touch the touchpad
  A mechanical voice crackles out of nowhere. "Portal access denied."
  
  > look at the chain
  It's a slim chain, made of (apparently) quite nice gold. Attached to the chain is a small crystal sphere. The clear crystal sphere is the size of a large marble. Deep within the sphere, rainbow points of light dance a forever dance, round and round.
  
  > get it
  Jump about though you may, the chain dangles about a yard above your reaching finger-tips.
  
  > look at the sphere
  The clear crystal sphere is the size of a large marble. Deep within the sphere, rainbow points of light dance a forever dance, round and round.