It was now or never! Heiji quickly keyed in the answer and the door unlocked. "Hey, whattaya know?"

The door opened into -- what was this?

"It looks like a surveillance room. There are TV screens all over the wall, with video of the maze... Oh, I can see some of the others wanderin' around! Wonder if we can talk to 'em..."

But first things were first. He described the layout of the room for Snake. "There's a vending machine in here, too, but it looks like it's just got a bunch of candy bars in it."