You Find Yourself In A Lab

Apes have lost their stuff

There’s a strange scent in the air, and you hear a hissing sound, like some sort of gas is being pump—.

You lose consciousness.

You find yourself in a lab….

-------- Scientists wake up to find themselves in A.P.E. Lab. Unfortunately it is under lockdown from an Amber Alert due to some items gone missing and multiple apes needing help around the lab. Exploring the lab can reveal the layout as mapped below.

Map of A.P.E. Labs

Typing help provides some useful commands to get started navigating the lab.

You may move around by going NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, or WEST. You may LOOK at your surroundings. You may EXAMINE or TALK TO any characters you encounter. You may EXAMINE, TAKE, or GIVE any items you find. You may check your INVENTORY. And there may be some other actions you can take as well...

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-------- Begin by navigating to Exam Room 3 (F4) where upon taking a look around, an old lab coat can be found.

You are in a laboratory examination room. The room is sterile, white, and hi-tech, with light emanating from an unseen source.

There is a door to the west.

There is an old lab coat here.

>examine lab coat It is an old lab coat with pockets. It has an A.P.E. logo on it.

>examine pocket It looks like you could sew a USB stick into one of the pockets. In the other is a red access pass.

>take red access pass Taken.

-------- Next, navigate to the Security Station (B5) where upon taking a look around, a computer kiosk can be found. Insert the red access pass into the kiosk to see a list of tasks that need to be completed to lift the Amber Alert, cancel the lockdown and be able to leave the lab.

This is the facility security monitoring station. An ape sits at an official-looking counter. A computer kiosk stands alongside it.

A hallway leads north and you can see a reception area to the south.

>examine kiosk The kiosk has a sign reading FACILITY STATUS. There is a blank screen with a slot below it.

>insert red access pass into slot Your pass slides in and out. The display flickers to life. It reads FACILITY AMBER ALERT, and below that there is a list of rooms:

ALERT: Central Security Station Head Scientist's Office Indoor Garden Kitchen Medical Monitoring Station Negative Pressure Lab Security Office Staff Break Room Staff Exercise Room

CLEARED:

-------- A synopsis for helping each ape complete their task has been provided below along with a more in depth guide being linked

-------- Medical Monitoring Station

Coord	Room	Command
F6	Exam Room 1	take saddlebag
E6	Medical Monitoring Station	give saddlebag

-------- Security Office

Coord	Room	Command
F4	Exam Room 3	take red access pass
D5	Locker Room	insert red access pass into slot
D5	Locker Room	type 0729
D5	Locker Room	open locker
D5	Locker Room	type MOO
D5	Locker Room	look into pocket
D5	Locker Room	close locker
F2	Security Office	give smartcard

-------- Staff Exercise Room

Coord	Room	Command
E4	Desk Room	open box
E4	Desk Room	take megaphone
D4	Staff Exercise Room	give megaphone

-------- Staff Break Room

Coord	Room	Command
B1	Lounge Area	open drawer
B1	Lounge Area	take balsa rods
C6	Reception Area 2	move paperweight
C6	Reception Area 2	take paper
B3	Cubicles	take pushpins
C2	Admin Office	look book
C2	Admin Office	how to make pinwheel
C5	Staff Break Room	give pinwheel

-------- Indoor Garden

Coord	Room	Command
A4	Super Computer	type 0876
F5	Exam Room 2	take beans
C1	Hydroponics Lab	put beans in well
C1	Hydroponics Lab	press button (leave room and come back)
C1	Hydroponics Lab	take beanstalk
C3	Indoor Garden	give beanstalk

-------- Kitchen

Coord	Room	Command
B6	Reception Area 1	pull thread
B6	Reception Area 1	take mezzaluna
F3	Storage Room 1	move crates
F3	Storage Room 1	take fuel tank
A5	Engine Room	insert fuel into engine
C3	Indoor Garden	wash mezzaluna in fountain
D3	Kitchen	give mezzaluna

-------- Central Security Station (requires completion of Kitchen)

Coord	Room	Command
A1	Lounge Area	insert knife in slot
A1	Lounge Area	take yellow access pass
F2	Security Office	insert yellow access pass into slot
F1	Hidden Camera Room	take wristband
B5	Central Security Station	give wristband

-------- Head Scientist's Office (requires completion of Kitchen)

Coord	Room	Command
A2	Filter Room	fill empty tank
D1	Conference Room	turn intercom on
D1	Conference Room	say Oprah
E1	Head Scientist's Office	give superacid

-------- Negative Pressure Lab (requires completion of Security Office and Head Scientist's Office)

Coord	Room	Command
A2	Filter Room	insert red access card into slot
B2	Negative Pressure Lab	push button
B2	Negative Pressure Lab	push button
B2	Negative Pressure Lab	push button
A2	Filter Room	insert red access card into slot
B2	Negative Pressure Lab	give empty tank

-------- Exit the Lab With all the apes having been given their requested items, the facility Amber Alert has been lifted. Returning to the Facility Entry (A6) reveals an open exit.

This is the facility entry. To the south, frosted glass doors allow sunlight in but obscure the campus beyond. Above them, a flashing panel reads "All clear. Have a nice day!"

The reception area is to the east.

Continuing South leads to fresh air

The doors open and you find yourself gazing at campus, blinking in the sun.

Now that you've met all those apes and helped them with what they needed, you should be able to figure out where you are, and—more importantly—where the mega mutant ape is. Good thing you kept track of all the clues!

All that is left now is to find the location of the Mega. A detailed report of where to find the Mega can be read in Apes in the Lab to locate Mega Electric at UMASS AMHERST.