Complexity 101 [happy birthday, you wretched shambles]

[Gnauga]

>Hug cardboard box

[Sruixan]

>Hug cardboard box

At last, a smidgen of sanity in this perpetual waste of befuddlement. Love takes you over, and you try to wrap your arms arounf the box passionately. Sadly, it was never ment to be. The box is way too large for you, and besides, her parents would certainly disagree to the whole endeavour.



Together for one moment, you each shed a single tear, united in the bright flame of love.

It also makes a bit of a rattling sound, but that's besides the point.

[guga]

Make love with cardboard box

or

Ride cardboard box like a mechanical bull

[Gnauga]

>Open cardboard box savagely.

[ragmaan]

>Ask the box to hide you so you won't have to face this reality anymore.

[Sruixan]

>Make love with cardboard box

In the knowledge that this might be the last time you could freely be together, you decide to give yourself to her, to show her your infinite love.

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She opens her flaps expectantly and you jump onto her, with a playful glint in your eyes. This shall be the greatest moment of your life so far. These next few hours shall be nirvana, the epitome of excellence, the...

*CRUNCH* *RATTLE* *SPLOSH*

WHAT ON EARTH TO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?! YOU ARE MAKING LOVE TO A CARDBOARD BOX! FOR GOODNESS SAKE, YOU'VE PRACTICALLY SQUASHED THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE!

Sobered, you survey her insides. Oh what have you done to her?



Well, not much, really. Inside you see some ready meals, a few bottles of water, an orange and some chocolate bars. Obviously, keeping you alive is of the essence to her, thank goodness!

>Ask the box to hide you so you won't have to face this reality anymore.

But still, your mind is shattered, surely? Maybe it would be best just to curl up and accept fate?

Well, you would, but the cardboard box is too small for you to fit in.

>Ride cardboard box like a mechanical bull

Truely you are insane!

[Andorxor]

Put orange in one of the round holes of the device

[Sruixan]

>Put orange in one of the round holes of the device



Alas, they are not holes! Instead, they reveal themselves to be mucked-up screens.

Great.

[Andorxor]

>Construct a battery with the acid from the orange and the metal from the chocolate bar paper and connect it with device

[Sruixan]

>Construct a battery with the acid from the orange and the metal from the chocolate bar paper and connect it with device

That would be so epic, but you can't find anything to connect your hypothetical battery to on the device! It is coated in solid plastic, with three funny plastic dials sticking out, and the screens are covered in an insulating material.

(i.e. you got very close to blowing one of my really carefully planned puzzles out of the water, damn you!)

[Andorxor]

>Shuffle over the carpet to build a static charge.Than demonstrate your godhood by smiting the doorknob

[Sruixan]

>Shuffle over the carpet to build a static charge.Than demonstrate your godhood by smiting the doorknob

Ah come on! What are you, insane!

Wouldn't it be a better idea to survey the rest of teh room first?

[Andorxor]

You ask that someone who just had a love affair with a cardboard box?

[Sruixan]

Fair enough...

[KillerTails]

>Pour water on device in attempt to electrocute self.

[Sruixan]

>Pour water on device in attempt to electrocute self.



Frankly, you are amazed you are still alive.



You turn to the left.

[SonicLover]

>Open all of the drawers and check their contents

[Sruixan]

>Open all of the drawers and check their contents

The top drawer contains a notepad and pencil, which you pocket for convenience. The middle drawer has been jammed shut and the bottom one is locked, obviously.

[SonicLover]

>Turn on the radio; look for a jazz music station

[Sruixan]

>Turn on the radio; look for a jazz music station

The radio is already on! Where do you think the music has been coming from all this time? Still, that doesn't stop you from trying to switch tracks to something a bit jazzy, rather than the sorrowful tune that's playing at the moment. However, this thing only appears to connect to a music server somewhere in the area and it appears that it is currently looping a track in a subfolder somewhere. You go to the main directory and spot a folder called "Music", but it is password protected. The folder you were in - "Favourites", contains only three tracks besides the one you're listening to, but you haven't a clue how to switch to them. Ah well.

[Sruixan]

>Author: Bump thread by showing the other walls fo the room

You turn left again, to what you're going to call south for the time being.



Well, apart from the bed you saw earlier, there isn't much. There's two more examples of this "modern art" malarkey gracing the walls, but nothing else.

You turn left, to face west:


Hmph. Nothing much. There's another door, yes, but like that's gonna help...

[MultiFunctional]

> Pour some of the water from the box into the kettle. Turn it on.

[Sruixan]

> Pour some of the water from the box into the kettle. Turn it on.

This sounds like a lovely idea, but you don't have any teabags! Or do you have another pupose in mind...?

[MultiFunctional]

I have no idea. This is my equivalent of clicking items in the room at random.

> Do it anyway. Maybe the steam will reveal a secret message on one of the paintings. Or something.

[Sruixan]

> Do it anyway. Maybe the steam will reveal a secret message on one of the paintings. Or something.

Fair enough. You only use a small amount of water, so as not to waste too much.

...I don't think I need to bother making any more pictures ot show that it didn't work. Try doing something so obvious it might just work...