text: [Themes: Slice of life, twist, funny, house setting, modern day]
  
  > answer the phone
  You pick up the phone. "Hadley!" a shrill voice cries. "Hadley, haven't you even left yet?? You knew that our presentation was at nine o' clock sharp! First the thing with the printers, now this -- there won't even be enough left of you for Bowman to fire once he's done with you. Now get the hell down here!!"
  
  Click.
  
  > take the wallet and keys
  wallet: Taken.
  keys: Taken.
  
  > get up
  You get off the bed.
  
  This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.
  
  On the endtable is a telephone.
  
  > open the dresser
  You open the dresser, revealing some clean clothing.
  
  > About yourself
  You're covered with mud and dried sweat. It was quite an exhausting night -- no wonder you overslept! Even making it to the bed before conking out was a fairly heroic accomplishment.
  
  > go to the south
  This is a far from luxurious but still quite functional bathroom, with a sink, toilet and shower. The bedroom lies to the north.
  
  > remove the clothes
  You take off the soiled clothing.
  
  > drop all
  keys: Dropped.
  wallet: Dropped.
  soiled clothing: Dropped.
  
  > Inventory
  You have:
  a gold watch (being worn)
  
  > look at the watch
  According to your watch, it's 9:17.
  
  > remove the watch
  You take off the gold watch.
  
  > drop the watch
  Dropped.
  
  > enter the shower
  You step into the shower, turn on the water, and within a few moments you feel like a new man. But no time to dawdle -- you hop back out again and dry off in record time.
  
  > wear the watch
  (first taking the gold watch)
  You put on the gold watch.
  
  > Go north
  This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.
  
  On the endtable is a telephone.
  
  > wear the clean clothes
  (first taking the clean clothing)
  You put on the clean clothing.
  
  > go to the east
  The furniture isn't as carefully arranged as one might like, and it's a bit lacking in the luxuries that might make this a more pleasant place to spend an evening -- no stereo, no TV, no DVD, none of that -- but this living room is still nicer than most of those in this neighborhood. A kitchenette lies to the east, the bedroom to the west and the front door to the south.
  
  > open the door
  [Which do you mean, the bedroom door or the front door?]
  
  > open the front door
  You open the front door.
  
  > Go south
  This is quite a seedy neighborhood, but there isn't really anywhere in the whole Las Mesas metro area that isn't at least a little rundown. Of course, the locals may complain about the ugliness and the crime, but the fact is that a starter home like this one would cost easily five times as much in someplace like Las Playas -- and that's if you could find one.
  
  A car is parked on the driveway.
  
  > shut the front door
  You close the front door.
  
  > lock front door
  The locking mechanism seems to be broken.
  
  > look at the door
  This door has seen better days.
  
  > get in the car
  You unlock the car door, climb inside and start up the engine.
  
  > Go south
  You'll have to get out of the car first.
  
  > drive
  (the car)
  
  Ah, scenic Las Mesas. Man, this place is an absolute toilet. Soon you'll be able to afford to get the hell out of here -- provided you can avoid making any more slip-ups on the job.
  
  > Yes
  You start to change lanes, but you notice that the ramp is out of service today -- some sort of maintenance work. But that's okay -- there's another onramp less than a mile down the road from here.
  
  > Wait
  Time passes.
  
  > Y.
  You pull into the parking lot and hop out.
  
  You are at the employees' entrance to the Loungent Technologies building. There is a slot by the door, next to a sign reading "INSERT ID CARD HERE".
  
  The car is parked in the parking lot.
  
  > open the wallet
  You open the wallet, revealing a driver's license and an ID card.
  
  > take the ithe d.
  Taken.
  
  > insert the ithe d in the slot
  A green LED lights up, the door clicks open and you step inside.
  
  You are standing in a hallway near the back entrance to Loungent Technologies. The hallway leads north to the reception area and south to the parking lot, while a door marked "MATTHEW BOWMAN" lies to the west.
  
  There is a cubicle here; it is marked simply "HADLEY".
  
  > go west
  Walk into Bowman's office without the form? Not smart.
  
  > go to the west
  Walk into Bowman's office with an unsigned form? Not smart.
  
  > Examine form
  This is a form numbered "209F". It is filled out, but not signed.
  
  > sign form
  Someone passes by the cubicle as you sign the form. You look up just in time to see Bowman's door click shut.
  
  > Go west
  You walk into Bowman's office and, smiling, hand him the signed form.
  
  Bowman asks, "Who the hell are you?"
  
  The jig is up. You try to make a break for it, but Bowman calls for security and they wrestle you to the ground before you can make it back to the car.
  
  The anchorman chuckles. "And now, on the lighter side of the news -- you've heard about the burglar who broke into a home and started stealing the family's valuables, only to get so worn out from the exertion that he fell asleep and was caught when the homeowners returned? Here's one to top that: a burglar broke into an East Las Mesas home, killed the owner and stashed his body under the bed, put his possessions in the trunk of his car -- and then fell asleep, woke up the next morning, went to his victim's office and tried to do the victim's job! An insanity defense is likely. And now here with the weather is Jay Doubleday -- or is it?"
  
  > get up
  You get off the bed.
  
  This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.
  
  On the endtable are a telephone, a wallet (which is closed) and some keys.
  
  The phone rings.
  
  > look under the bed
  Under the bed you see the corpse of the guy who owns this house.
  
  The phone rings.
  
  > take the corpse
  You'd rather not mess around with the corpse -- better to just clean up and get out of here.
  
  The phone rings.
  
  > go to the south
  This is a far from luxurious but still quite functional bathroom, with a sink, toilet and shower. The bedroom lies to the north.
  
  > Go north
  This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.
  
  On the endtable are a telephone, a wallet (which is closed) and some keys.
  
  The phone rings.
  
  > take the keys
  Taken.
  
  The phone rings.
  
  > go east
  You don't really have time to poke around and cook yourself a fabulous breakfast right now. Best to keep your time here limited. The exit is west.
  
  On the counter are a toaster and a pop-tart.
  
  > Go west
  This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.
  
  On the endtable are a telephone and a wallet (which is closed).
  
  The phone rings.
  
  > go to the south
  This is a far from luxurious but still quite functional bathroom, with a sink, toilet and shower. The bedroom lies to the north.
  
  > drop all
  pop-tart: Dropped.
  keys: Dropped.
  gold watch: Dropped.
  
  > remove the clothes
  You take off the soiled clothing.
  
  > drop all
  (the soiled clothing)
  Dropped.
  
  > get in the shower
  You step into the shower, turn on the water, and within a few moments you feel like a new man. But no time to dawdle -- you hop back out again and dry off in record time.
  
  > eat the keys
  (first taking the keys)
  They're not edible.
  
  > take keys
  You already have those.
  
  > watch
  [What do you want to watch?]
  
  > look at the mirror
  You put on the gold watch.
  
  [That object is either not here or not important.]
  
  > go to the north
  This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.
  
  On the endtable are a telephone and a wallet (which is closed).
  
  The phone rings.
  
  > open the front door
  That's already open.
  
  > open the dresser
  You open the dresser, revealing some clean clothing.
  
  The phone rings.
  
  > take the clean clothes
  Taken.
  
  The phone rings.
  
  > wear the clean clothes
  You put on the clean clothing.
  
  The phone rings.
  
  > go to the south
  This is a far from luxurious but still quite functional bathroom, with a sink, toilet and shower. The bedroom lies to the north.
  
  You can see some soiled clothing here.
  
  > Go north
  This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.
  
  On the endtable are a telephone and a wallet (which is closed).
  
  The phone rings.
  
  > examine the driver's license
  EAST LAS MESAS, DO 88827
  
  Driver's license photos are generally far from flattering, and this one is no exception, but this photo looks a lot better than you look now.
  
  > Go south
  This is quite a seedy neighborhood, but there isn't really anywhere in the whole Las Mesas metro area that isn't at least a little rundown. Of course, the locals may complain about the ugliness and the crime, but the fact is that a starter home like this one would cost easily five times as much in someplace like Las Playas -- and that's if you could find one.
  
  A car is parked on the driveway.
  
  > open the trunk
  You have a quick look in the trunk. TV, stereo, DVD player -- throw in the car and it's a pretty impressive haul.
  
  > get in the car
  You unlock the car door, climb inside and start up the engine.
  
  > drive
  (the car)
  
  Ah, scenic Las Mesas. Man, this place is an absolute toilet. Soon you'll be able to afford to get the hell out of here -- provided you can avoid making any more slip-ups on the job.
  
  > go north
  It turns out that the ramp was blocked anyway -- some sort of maintenance work.
  
  > Wait
  Time passes.
  
  > go north
  Soon the Loungent building is in your rear-view mirror.
  
  > Y.
  You merge onto the freeway, crank up the radio, and vanish without a trace.
  
  > go north
  [Please give one of the answers above.]