The steel airlock, emblazened with the logo of the organization you've worked for for years begins to cycle. The warm air, which made you sweat in the bundles of clothing. The plastic cover over the confirmation button slides up.
(set: $inv to (a:))
[[Press it and enter]]
(link: "Ignore the button and leave")[<script>window.close()</script>]The cycle completes, opening up the door to the containment zone. The last of the heat in the small room rushes out into the frigid enclosure beyond. A lone igloo stands in the center of the room, covered with a thick layer of snow. The entire room is frigid, but you ignore it and push on
A weather proofed window looks down on the containment area, next to a series of wires and cables that run down from the walls into the igloo.
[[Continue into the igloo]]
[[Explore around the igloo]]
[[Investigate the cables]]
(link: "Leave")[<script>window.close()</script>]You approach the door of the igloo, a large structure. Before you can enter through the front passageway, a metal gate slams down.
"ERROR: UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL DETECTED. PLEASE INSERT IDENTIFICATION KEY."
(if: $inv contains "Key")[Oh! You can use the key you found to [[open the gate]].]
(else:)[You cannot open the door. The door is locked. If only you had an identification key.]
[[Investigate the cables]]
[[Explore around the igloo]] Moving around the perimeter of the room brings you to the cables. A wide variety is present; power cables, ethernet, cooling, even a gas line. Who knows what that's for.
[[Explore around the igloo]]
[[Continue into the igloo]] Looking up, you see the massive fans and water sprayers that generate the snow around you. As you're looking up, they activate, burying the top of your head in an inch of snow.
You wince in pain as a hard object hits your head. Hey, what's that?
[[Grab the key]]
[[Investigate the cables]]
[[Continue into the igloo]] The key is long and made of steel. Some idiot technician left it in the vent, might as well take it.
(set: $inv to $inv + (a: "Key"))
[[Investigate the cables]]
[[Continue into the igloo]]
(if: (passage:)'s name is "inventory")[<!--Do nothing-->]
(else-if: (passage:)'s tags contains "donotshowinventory")[<!--Do nothing-->]
(else:)[Check [[inventory]].]
(if: $inv's length > 0)[Your inventory contains a (print: $inv.join(", ")).]
(else:)[Your inventory is empty.]
(click: "Key")[(display: "Key")]
(link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s last)
(if: $inv's length > 0)[Your inventory contains a (print: $inv.join(", ")).]
(else:)[Your inventory is empty.]The key is long and made of steel. Some idiot technician left it in the vent, might as well take it. You aren't sure what it goes to."IDENTIFICATION ACCCEPTED. PLEASE ENTER, OPERATIVE "GENTOO".
You push the gate back up, moving farther into the igloo. Just as you pass into the main dome, the gate shuts behind you. Flourecent lights flicker on, and a large emporer penguin stands before you.
[[Talk to it]]
[[Run]]
The penguin beckons you closer, to sit down at one of the wooden tables in the large room. A stove, pushed up against the wall, is turned on with a pot of water boiling on top. The penguin opens a cupboard, and brings down a box of tea bags. "Mint or camamile? I'm out of anything caffiniated, I'm afraid."
"Thank you for your hospitality. Would you mind if I looked at your files?"
"Of course not!"
[[Sit down]]
[[Look at the laptop]]
You spin around and run back down the passage way, only to hit the gate.
"Where do you think you're going?"
You feel a slippery flipper touch your shoulder.
"You haven't even had a cup of tea!"
[[Talk to it]] You sit down at the table, and have a chat with the penguin. After a few hours, you start to feel the cold.
[[Look at the laptop]]
[[Leave the containment area]]"SELECT FILE TYPE:
[[SCPs]]
[[TALES]](link: "SCP-4563")[(goto-url: 'http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4563')]
(link: "SCP-5270")[(goto-url: 'http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5270')](link: "ORCHESTRA DEL MAS")[(goto-url: 'http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/orchestra-del-masque')]
(link: "THE ONLY SOUND WITHIN THE ROOM IS THE FALLING OF EACH TEAR")[(goto-url: 'http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-only-sound-within-the-room-is-the-falling-of-each-tear')]After taking a mug of mint for the road, you exit the containment unit. "Have a nice day! The penguin calls out before the airlock cycles.
[[A Foreboding Entrance]]