text: [Themes: Fantasy]
  
  > Go downwards
  You carefully climb down.
  
  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.
  You see a small fly, a grenade pin, and an apple here.
  
  > look at what you're carrying with you
  You have a music box, a sun-bleached skull, a piece of paper, a small black magnet, and a small remote.
  
  > take the marble
  You already have the golden chain with sphere!
  
  > look at the stud
  Which stud do you mean, the stud at six o'clock, the stud at eight o'clock, the stud at ten o'clock, the stud at twelve o'clock, the stud at two o'clock, or the stud at four o'clock?
  
  > Six
  It's a small metal stud, a flattened hemisphere, located at six o'clock.
  
  > get it
  Although the studs feel loose, you find out they are too small and flat to be removed by hand.
  
  > put the magnet on six stud
  With a small *clink* noise, the magnet suddenly adheres itself to the stud at six o'clock.
  
  > get the magnet
  The stud comes out easily, still attached to the magnet. You pull the two apart.
  
  > put the magnet on eight
  With a small *clink* noise, the magnet suddenly adheres itself to the stud at eight o'clock.
  
  > put magnet on ten
  With a small *clink* noise, the magnet suddenly adheres itself to the stud at ten o'clock.
  
  > put the magnet on twelve
  With a small *clink* noise, the magnet suddenly adheres itself to the stud at twelve o'clock.
  
  > put the magnet on two
  With a small *clink* noise, the magnet suddenly adheres itself to the stud at two o'clock.
  
  > put the magnet on four
  With a small *clink* noise, the magnet suddenly adheres itself to the stud at four o'clock.
  
  > look at the sundial
  It's a bronze sundial, on a pedestal. A rather nice sundial too, by the looks of it. It's a pity there's no real sunlight to make it useful. The inscription "Tempus Non Fugit" has been printed around the face of the sundial, and there are also six holes cut into the bronze (formerly covered by metal caps). In the dim light, you notice the sparkle of a tiny crystal on the tip of the gnomon.
  
  > check your inventory
  You have a music box, a sun-bleached skull, a piece of paper, a small remote, a golden chain with sphere, six ordinary metal studs, and a small black magnet.
  
  > look at the hole
  Which hole do you mean, the hole at six o'clock, the hole at eight o'clock, the hole at ten o'clock, the hole at twelve o'clock, the hole at two o'clock, or the hole at four o'clock?
  
  > Six
  It's a small hole in the bronzework, perhaps an inch across, located at six o'clock.
  
  > put the marble in six
  You lower the sphere into the hole, holding onto the chain. It drops about four inches before it touches bottom. An instant after it makes contact, there is a chime from the hole. The deep vibrating chime is accompanied by a shaft of shining light. The deep violet light shoots from the hole, passing through the sphere. It bends as it goes through the sphere, angling so that it flies upwards and strikes the large crystal in the ceiling. Briefly, the large crystal shimmers with the color. At the same time, it echoes the sound -- at a higher pitch. Finally, all is silent again. You cautiously pull the sphere from the hole. The sparks of color inside seem to be whirling faster than before.
  
  > put the marble in eight
  You lower the sphere into the hole, holding onto the chain. It drops about four inches before it touches bottom. An instant after it makes contact, there is a chime from the hole. The low sonorous note is accompanied by a shaft of shining light. The stunning blue light shoots from the hole, passing through the sphere. It bends as it goes through the sphere, angling so that it flies upwards and strikes the large crystal in the ceiling. Briefly, the large crystal shimmers with the color. At the same time, it echoes the sound -- at a higher pitch. Finally, all is silent again. You cautiously pull the sphere from the hole. The sparks of color inside seem to be whirling faster than before.
  
  > put the marble in ten
  You lower the sphere into the hole, holding onto the chain. It drops about four inches before it touches bottom. An instant after it makes contact, there is a chime from the hole. The full, clear tone is accompanied by a shaft of shining light. The verdant green light shoots from the hole, passing through the sphere. It bends as it goes through the sphere, angling so that it flies upwards and strikes the large crystal in the ceiling. Briefly, the large crystal shimmers with the color. At the same time, it echoes the sound -- at a higher pitch. Finally, all is silent again. You cautiously pull the sphere from the hole. The sparks of color inside seem to be whirling faster than before.
  
  > put the marble in twelve
  You lower the sphere into the hole, holding onto the chain. It drops about four inches before it touches bottom. An instant after it makes contact, there is a chime from the hole. The lilting high tone is accompanied by a shaft of shining light. The shining yellow light shoots from the hole, passing through the sphere. It bends as it goes through the sphere, angling so that it flies upwards and strikes the large crystal in the ceiling. Briefly, the large crystal shimmers with the color. At the same time, it echoes the sound -- at a higher pitch. Finally, all is silent again. You cautiously pull the sphere from the hole. The sparks of color inside seem to be whirling faster than before.
  
  > put the marble in two
  You lower the sphere into the hole, holding onto the chain. It drops about four inches before it touches bottom. An instant after it makes contact, there is a chime from the hole. The pure whistling tone is accompanied by a shaft of shining light. The rich orange light shoots from the hole, passing through the sphere. It bends as it goes through the sphere, angling so that it flies upwards and strikes the large crystal in the ceiling. Briefly, the large crystal shimmers with the color. At the same time, it echoes the sound -- at a higher pitch. Finally, all is silent again. You cautiously pull the sphere from the hole. The sparks of color inside seem to be whirling faster than before.
  
  > put the marble in four
  You lower the sphere into the hole, holding onto the chain. It drops about four inches before it touches bottom. An instant after it makes contact, there is a chime from the hole. The achingly beautiful chime is accompanied by a shaft of shining light. The flaming red light shoots from the hole, passing through the sphere. It bends as it goes through the sphere, angling so that it flies upwards and strikes the large crystal in the ceiling. Briefly, the large crystal shimmers with the color. At the same time, it echoes the sound -- at a higher pitch. Unlike the other times, the music does not end here. Rather, the
  tiny crystal on the gnomon vibrates, giving the sound a third time at an even higher pitch. A pure white column of light flashes downwards, stretching from the crystal in the ceiling to the crystal on the gnomon. And when the light strikes the tiny crystal, it splits into six parts, each one spreading outwards to touch a hole. From the holes, six lines of color reach upwards to the ceiling crystal again, and again they form a single pure white column falling downwards. The effect is that of a pillar of shining rainbow, with a heart of glowing white.
  Somehow, the sound reflects the visual, and the crystals are fairly purring with the growing tone. The tone grows and grows and soon your whole body is humming with it, and the rainbow tower is shining forth into the darkness around it, and then there is a blinding/deafening explosion of noise and color.
  You blink your eyes and look around, pulling the sphere from the
  hole again. The round crystal has lost the internal sparks, and is a dull lusterless gray. The other two crystals are nowhere to be seen.
  A sudden grating sound from above your head attracts your attention. Looking upwards, you can see that the ceiling is retracting -- warm sunlight floods into the room.
  The floor of the gazebo suddenly tilts slightly, and then tips back
  the other way.