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There's no time to dilly dally. You need to immediately get to the source of the problem. You exit the greenhouse onto a rooftop. You notice that you are very sluggish. You figure that you have been drugged. You find a staircase that leads down the building. As you descend the stairs, you notice that a lot of the apartment doors on each floor are open. You exit the building onto an empty street. Now, you know that something really bad is happening. There are no pedestrians, traffic or background noise of any sort. There are multiple directions to go now. North appears to go downtown, where lt's likely that things are going down. West appears to be an outlet, but may be a safe way to find out what's going on. East leads to some sort of an intersection, so lt won't be as bad as downtown, but may still lead to some clues. Do you want to go North, East or West?