OPENING THE BLACK DOME 

KITCHEN

On the east wall is an archway containing a stone door.  Next to 
the stone door is an electrical outlet, and next to the outlet is a 
large Black Box.  You also see a long shelf running along the east 
wall.   

Along the north wall you see two bowls on the floor.  A small 
video screen is in the center of the north wall.   

On the west wall is the kitchen sink.  When facing the sink, you 
see a door-sized opening to the left of the sink and a door labeled 
"LAUNDRY ROOM" to the right of the sink.   

On the south wall is a doorway leading to the dining room.   

You see a tray containing a glass of root beer on the platform 
above the Black Box.   

You see an envelope, a large stack of catalogs, a phone bill, a gold 
key, "The Bedtime Story Book", "The Boy Who Had No Words", 
a yellow feather, a small phone book, a short blue sock, a long 
black sock, a handwritten note, a bath robe, a pair of brown shoes, 
a short brown sock, a short black sock, some ballet slippers, a fake 
can of spam, a mug of black coffee, a plucked daisy, a plucked 
tulip, two short white socks, a brass token, a copper key, a large 
towel, a small Phillips screwdriver, a small tape recorder, and a 
basket here.   

>e

OUTSIDE THE BACK DOOR

>n

BY THE RASPBERRY BUSH

You see Agador-Spartacus in the area by the flat rock.  He's 
wagging his tail.   

>nw

BY THE FLAT ROCK

Agador-Spartacus stands before you, wagging his tail affably.   

>swing watch
(first taking the watch out of the pocket) 
The watch swings back and forth hypnotically.  It's difficult to see 
the watch while it's swinging, but for a moment you think that you 
see the misty image of a train conductor on the cover of the watch.  
The conductor seems confused and looks as if he needs you to tell 
him what time it is.   

Agador-Spartacus stands before you, wagging his tail affably.   

>say "1:44" to conductor
You say "1:44" to the train conductor.  The conductor smiles and 
nods his head briefly before his image fades and disappears. 

Then the watch stops swinging and pops open. 

Archimedes' arms now show the time as 1:44.   

Agador-Spartacus stands before you, wagging his tail affably.   

>put watch in pocket
(first closing the watch) 
The pocket watch is now in one of the trouser pockets.   

Agador-Spartacus leaves the area by the flat rock going southeast, 
headed for the area by the raspberry bush.   

>snap
(your fingers) 
SNAP!   

The watch beeps twice.   

The train, which is at the platform above the lab bench, blows its 
whistle.   

Looking through the window you see that the train leaves the 
platform above the lab bench and continues south, exiting the lab 
through a tunnel-shaped opening in the southwest corner.   

>wait
Time passes... 

>wait
Time passes... 

>wait
Time passes... 

Looking through the window you see that the train, carrying a tray 
containing a glass of lemonade, enters the lab from the southeast 
corner and goes north along the wall.  It then comes to a stop at the 
platform above the lab bench.   

Looking through the window you see that the small white hand 
takes the tray containing a glass of lemonade off of the train and 
puts it on the platform.  This causes the green candle to fall off of 
the platform and onto the lever, pushing it down.  The dome opens! 

The green candle is now on the floor.