You are a scientist in the labs of the Interactive Literature Foundation.  And you are a little worried.

Until a few months ago, you were working on a top-secret project, under the direct control of the then-President, Gordon Olmstead-Dean, to understand and control the workings of the Vortices.  The project began with the underlying assumption that Vortices are controlled, at least in part, by belief -- that the form of a Vortex is influenced by the subconscious beliefs of the people who are near it.  That proved a fruitful line of research, and led to the creation of the "belief prisms".

The prisms are remarkable devices: they act as magnifiers for the conscious beliefs and desires of the people around them during a Vortex.  They never got tested, but in theory they should allow the people near a Vortex to more or less deliberately control where that Vortex opens onto, rather than having it controlled solely by the subconscious.  (More importantly, it helps transform "desire" into "belief", so that one doesn't have to entirely believe in something in order to get it.)

Six months ago, you announced that the prisms were ready for testing, and then you got the memo.  The President's Office wanted all of the prototype prisms, to send along with field agents for testing; you were to consider the project closed, and keep it silent.  And that's the last you heard of it.

Now, you're trying to figure out what to do.  You've heard nothing about the prisms since then, and have gotten worried.  These are very powerful devices; it's strange that you haven't even heard about any tests.  How secret could they keep this?  And this was all done on Olmstead-Dean's personal say-so, not through the usual channels.  Now that he's no longer President, and it isn't clear that John Corrado even knows about the devices, you are starting to think that, perhaps, you should talk to him.

So the dilemma is: follow orders, or follow the chain of command?  Maybe you should simply confront Olmstead-Dean, and see what he has to say for himself...