The Missing City Council A perfectly normal mystery. Release 1 / Serial number 260404 / Inform v6.41 PunyInform v5.14.1 SDR Loimijoki City Hall, Finland It is a dark and stormy night. It's Monday 3.3.2025 6:00 pm. You are standing in a parking lot. You can see a City Hall here. > enter city hall 1st floor Main lobby. The whole building seems to honour 70s decoration style and brutalist architecture. You can see a staircase down, a staircase up and a door to the lift here. > go up 2nd floor A lobby with two parallel hallways running onwards and backwards from the lift to the left and right. It is full of locked office doors. You can see a staircase down, a staircase up, a door to the lift and a door to the Register Office here. > go up 3rd floor A lobby that looks identical to the 2nd floor to you. You can see a staircase down, a staircase up, a door to the lift and a door to the Office of the Mayor here. > enter office Office of the Mayor An office with a desk. You can see a fluffy mat here. > move mat A rusty key appears. > take key Taken. > exit 3rd floor You can see a staircase down, a staircase up, a door to the lift and a door to the Office of the Mayor here. > go up 4th floor A lobby with a brownish wall-to-wall carpet. You can see a staircase down, a door to the lift, a door to the Sauna and a door to the Council Chamber here. > enter chamber Council Chamber Desks for 43 councillors. You can see a cup (which contains Earl Grey tea) here. > take cup Taken. > exit 4th floor You can see a staircase down, a door to the lift, a door to the Sauna and a door to the Council Chamber here. > open sauna with key You unlock the door to the Sauna. > open sauna You open the door to the Sauna. > enter sauna Sauna dressing room As with any large building in Finland, there is a sauna for stakeholders and guests. It seems that for some reason, this is used as the art storage room. You can see the Untitled, a glass box, a Mona Lisa, a Venus de Milo and a sauna here. > hit Untitled One boiled sweet drops to the floor. > hit Untitled One boiled sweet drops to the floor. > hit Untitled One boiled sweet drops to the floor. > hit Untitled One boiled sweet drops to the floor. > hit Untitled One boiled sweet drops to the floor. > hit Untitled One boiled sweet drops to the floor. > hit Untitled One boiled sweet drops to the floor. > hit Untitled One boiled sweet drops to the floor. > take one lemon drop Taken. > put lemon drop in cup You put the lemon drop into the cup. > exit 4th floor You can see a staircase down, a door to the lift, a door to the Sauna and a door to the Council Chamber here. > go down 3rd floor You can see a staircase down, a staircase up, a door to the lift and a door to the Office of the Mayor here. > go down 2nd floor You can see a staircase down, a staircase up, a door to the lift and a door to the Register Office here. > push office The door gives out a faint click. > open office You open the door to the Register Office. > enter office Register Office Like any bare-bones office, it has a desk with a laptop computer and a scanner-printer combination. You can see a computer and a scanner here. > put cup on scanner You put the cup on the scanner. > switch on computer You switch the computer on. > switch on scanner You switch the scanner on. > put cup on computer (first taking the cup) You put the cup on the computer. > take cup Taken. > exit 2nd floor You can see a staircase down, a staircase up, a door to the lift and a door to the Register Office here. > go down 1st floor You can see a staircase down, a staircase up and a door to the lift here. > go down Basement A basement with dark-brown-painted concrete walls and ceiling, a floor covered with white tiles, and bright white tube lights. You can see a staircase up, a door to the lift, a left guard, a right guard, a door to the toilet, a door to the shelter and a door to the garage here. > enter garage Garage A normal garage with a workbench, well-lit with tube lights. You can see an oil canister (which is empty), a Sopwith Camel aeroplane (which contains a logbook and a box of tea) and a puddle of oil here. > put cup on puddle You put the cup on the puddle of oil. A drop of oil falls into the cup. > take cup Taken. > exit Basement You can see a staircase up, a door to the lift, a left guard, a right guard, a door to the toilet, a door to the shelter and a door to the garage here. > give cup to left guard The guard touches the cup, sniffs it, takes a sip, and gives it back. > give cup to right guard The guard touches the cup, sniffs it, takes a sip, and gives it back. > wait Nothing happens. > wait Nothing happens. The guard storms off to the toilet. > wait Nothing happens. The guard storms off to the toilet. > open shelter 43 councillors storm out of the shelter to freedom and directly to the Council Chamber to start the meeting. After them, the King of Britain from World War I, George V, appears and starts babbling angrily! > listen to george "You have ruined my quest to take over The Kingdom of Finland! However, we encountered some kind of magnetic storm..." > listen to george "...and made a crash landing here. As this is the industrial centre of Finland, I decided that we will start our quest here..." > listen to george "...take over this city, and advance from here to the capital. However, Finland seems a lot different than I remembered!" The guard returns from the toilet. > listen to george "However, farewell!" The guard returns from the toilet. > listen to george George looks around and advances to the Garage. The guards follow him. You hear the plane taking off. Crisis averted. *** You have won ***