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 ***
