ACTIVATING THE TURQUOISE CORD

--- LABORATORY -----

>> You've just activated the salty mist portal.

w (to East Courtyard)
w (to West Courtyard)
s (Living Room, back half)
w (to Dance Studio)
d (to Tunnel, south end)
n (to Tunnel, north end)
u (to Gazebo)
e (to Secret Garden by east wall)
   
--- SECRET GARDEN (near the east wall) -----

take off hat

>> You won't be able to take off anything after you pass through
>> the mist, so you'll have to do it now.

e (through the salty mist) 

--- WEST COURTYARD -----

e (to East Courtyard)

--- EAST COURTYARD -----

put hat on snowman

>> Assuming that you're wearing the goggles, the snowman 
>> dances.  Then the hat blows away and you hear
>> children's laughter coming from the north.

*** ONE BONUS POINT FOR MAKING THE SNOWMAN DANCE ***

climb tree

>> An alternative way to get out of the courtyard is to enter
>> the unlocked lab and go through the window.  This, 
>> however, would require wearing gloves.

>> Although your hands don't seem to be able to move or 
>> manipulate any of the objects here, you are relieved to discover
>> that you have no difficulty climbing the tree.  But the tree
>> branches don't seem to respond to the pressure of your weight, 
>> almost as if you're not really here.  The causal relationship is a 
>> one-way street.  You realize that this is similar to the way in
>> which a closed door can impede your passage and a chair can 
>> enable you to sit.  The presence of these objects influences
>> what YOU are able to do, whereas difficulties arise when you
>> attempt to exert influence in the other direction. 

--- UP IN THE SYCAMORE TREE -----

s

--- BALCONY -----

e

--- DOME LEDGE (south) -----

e

--- DOME LEDGE (east) -----

d
   
--- BY THE RASPBERRY BUSH -----

nw

--- BY THE FLAT ROCK -----

>> You see a top hat here.   

ne

--- STRAIGHT PATHWAY ----

ne (to Ravine)
nw (to Ravine Path)
nw (to Mesa by the waterfall)
sw (to Mesa by the downward slope)

--- MESA (by the downward slope) -----

>>You see two little children laughing.  When they take off
>> their goggles you realize that they have Rachel's eyes.
>> You're in the future and these are Rachel's children!

>> The children have been told by their mother that you'll
>> be coming to see them.  They've been told to wait until
>> you are wearing the belt before they can run an hug you,
>> their Daddy.

>> As they hug you one of the cords in your belt turn turquoise.

*** 5 POINTS FOR ACTIVATING THE TURQUOISE CORD ***