I had a little trouble wrapping my head around this one, maybe just because I'm not used to ADRIFT games. I had to open up the source to figure out I could type in "make your meeting," for instance--although in retrospect the CAPS LOCK on that phrase should have made it pretty obvious!
A bigger problem for me was the search feature in the bedroom. I didn't realize I could search multiple times at first, so I just kind of wandered around stuck until I restarted and happened to find the iron key on my first try the next time. After that, it was clear that there were Things I Would Need, and I was able to play without difficulties.
Once I got the hang of it, the game went smoothly enough, and I enjoyed my tour of Minneapolis--and rather stranger locales! (Also, I felt like there was quite a bit of content here for petit mort. Nicely done!)