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Section 2 - The Airlock

The Airlock is a room. It is below the upper hatch and above the lower hatch. "You hang from a metal ladder in a circular metal shaft. The room is bathed in the reddish light of emergency lamps. There are vents in the wall of the shaft near the top and the bottom. A lower hatch, [lower hatch position] below you, leads to the Demo Room; an upper hatch, [upper hatch position] above, leads...who knows?" Some reddish lamps are scenery in the Airlock. The description is "These incandescent lamps, obscured by metal gratings, emit an orange-red glow." Understand "lights", "light" and "lamp" as the lamps. Some vents are scenery in the Airlock. The description is "The vents are covered with dinged and pitted metal grating. Behind them is an ominous darkness." Understand "vent" as the vents. The xyzzy-room of the Airlock is the Demo Room.

A hatchway is a kind of door which is openable and lockable. It is usually closed. It is scenery. To say (H - a hatchway) position: if H is open, say "open"; otherwise say "closed".

The upper hatch is a locked hatchway. It is above the Airlock and below the Room One Does Not Enter. The description is "This [upper hatch position] hatch leads from the Airlock into the mysterious unknown."

The lower hatch is an unlocked hatchway. It is below the Airlock and above the Demo Room. The description is "This [lower hatch position] hatch connects the Airlock and the Demo Room."

The Room One Does Not Enter is a room. "You are not supposed to be here. Go away."