On Moving

The library is a building with rooms. You move between them by walking.


> walk east wing

You are now in the East Wing. The library tells you where you are and what it feels like:


You are in the East Wing — Technical Collection.
The air is cooler here. The shelves are metal.

Every room has a feeling. The east wing is cool and technical. The west wing is warm and personal. The basement is heavy and locked. These are not decorations — they are classifications. The temperature of a room tells you what kind of knowledge lives there.

Commands

CommandEffect
walk east wingGo to the east wing
walk stacksGo to stacks (if visible)
walk correspondenceFinds it anywhere in the library
walk backPrevious room
walk lobbyEntrance hall
whereWhere am I?

You don't need exact names. "east wing" and "east-wing" both work. The library searches for what you mean — first the current room, then the entrance hall, then every room in the building.

The floor plan


Entrance Hall
├── east-wing/          Technical collection
│   ├── stacks/         The main shelves
│   ├── processes/      Living documents
│   ├── devices/        Building infrastructure
│   ├── utilities/      Reader-built tools
│   └── networking/     Connections to other libraries
├── west-wing/          Letters & ephemera
│   ├── correspondence/ Letters
│   ├── drafts/         Work in progress
│   ├── journal/        The library's diary
│   └── ephemera/       Temporary documents
├── basement/           Restricted (as-archivist)
│   ├── fundament/      The building itself
│   ├── blueprints/     Configuration
│   └── vault/          Archivist's private collection
├── acquisitions/       Newly arrived
├── reading-room/       Active sessions
└── other-libraries/    External storage

The basement

One room requires permission:


> walk basement
    The basement door is locked.

> as-archivist walk basement
    You are in the Basement (restricted).

as-archivist is not a password. It is a role. You are declaring responsibility for what you find there.