You walk into the room with a pencil in your hand. You see somebody naked.
Say, "[[Who is that man?]]"
[[Leave room->The hallway]]
[[Put down pencil]]
Nobody will tell you who that man is.
You try so hard, but you don't understand just what you will say when you get home.
[[Look, I know something is happening here.]]
[[Whoa, hey, who said anything about going home?]]
You leave the room.
You walk into the hallway with a pencil in your hand.
[[Drop pencil]]
You're in a room with a naked man. You are not holding a pencil.
Say, "[[Who is that man?]]"
[[Leave room->Drop pencil]]
You are standing in a hallway. Your hands are empty.
[[You walk into the room without a pencil in your hand.->Put down pencil]]
Where do you want to go?
I changed my mind. [[Back to the room!]]
You know something is happening here, but you don't know what it is, do you, Mister Jones?
[[No.]]
[[Raise up your hand and say, "is this where it is?"]]
[[Hand in your ticket and go watch the geek.]]
[[Walk into the room like a camel.]]
[[Tell me more about myself!]]
[[Whoa, hey, who said anything about going home?<-I'm sick of this farce. I'm getting out of here.]]
Oh, sorry. What's your name?
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Somebody points to you and says, "It's his."
[[Say, "What's mine?"]]
You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek, who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak and says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?"
[[Say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a bone.->Look, I know something is happening here.]]
Well, you walk into the room like a camel, and then you frown. You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground. There ought to be a law against you coming around. You should be made to wear earphones.
[[What's happening? I know it's something.->Look, I know something is happening here.]]
You have many contacts among the lumberjacks to get you facts when someone attacks your imagination - but nobody has any respect; anyway, they already expect you to all give a check to tax-deductible charity organizations.
You've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks.
With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks. You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books. You're very well-read, it's well-known.
[[I see. So what's happening now? I know SOMETHING'S happening. But I don't know what it is.]]
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels. He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels, and without further notice, he asks you how it feels, and he says, "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan."
[[WHAT'S happening?]]
You see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "Now."
[[Say, "For what reason?"]]
He says, "How."
[[Say, "What does this mean?"]]
He screams back, "You're a cow! Give me some milk or else go home!"
[[Look, I know something is happening here.<-What. Is. HAPPENING?]]
Somebody else says, "Well, what is?"
[[Say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?"->Look, I know something is happening here.]]
Do you take a pencil with you?
[[Test story starting point<-Yes.]]
[[Put down pencil<-No.]]
[[Walk into the room like a camel.<-Camels don't need pencils.]]