Dwarven Machine Room

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The machine room is one of the rooms that are able to be visited from the Dwarven factory complex.

Clicking on various parts of the picture allow you to interact with those parts. There are four hoppers, each of which takes one type of item. Two controlling machines, and a "Gnomish Vacuum Chamber Supply, Inc" contraption that can operate on various things from your inventory (possibly losing them).

A Strange Chamber

This is a large metal box with a door on the front and a button. A little plaque in the corner reads "Gnomish Vacuum Chamber Supply, Ltd.", and the floor in front of it is dusted with a layer of black soot.

It looks like you could load something into it, if you're of a mind to.

After inserting a lump of diamond:

You load the diamonds into the box and push the button. There's a loud wooooshing noise, then a *ping!* You open the box and discover that your worthless diamonds have been converted into lumps of valuable coal. Wow, good deal!

You acquire an item: lump of coal

After inserting any other item:

You load the <item> into the box and push the button. There's a loud wooooshing noise, then a *ping!* You open the box and discover that nothing much has happened.