The_Stairway by brian

The_Stairway

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"The stairway"

The stairwell is a room. "You find yourself at the bottom of a stairwell. The stairs lead up to another floor, but you can't see where. It's dark and empty in the stairwell."

The first floor is up from the stairwell. "To the north there is a closed bronze door. There's another set of stairs leading up to somewhere else."

The bronze door is north of the first floor. The bronze door is a closed door. 

The first floor room is north of the bronze door. "There's a clean twin size bed and a sign on the wall." 

The sign on the wall is in the first floor room. The sign on the wall is fixed in place. The description is "Feel free to lie down and take a nap. If you do, you are to stay in this room forever. But it's not that bad. You'll get to sleep and rest as much as you want forever."

The second floor is up from the first floor. "There's a silver door to the north with '2' written over it. Once again, there's another set of stairs leading upwards."

The silver door is north of the second floor. The silver door is a closed door.

The second floor room is north of the silver door. "There's a clean king size bed, a massage chair, a TV, and a fully stocked fridge. There's also a sign on the fridge."

The sign on the fridge is in the second floor room. The sign on the fridge is fixed in place. The description is "Congrats on arriving to the second floor. Here you will find more amenities than you did in the first room. The fridge will always be stocked, the massage chair will never break, and the TV has an infinite number of entertaining channels. But if you choose to stay here and indulge, you must stay forever." 

The third floor is up from the second floor. "There's a gold door to the north with '3' written over it. This time, there are no stairs, only a steel elevator entrance to the south."

The gold door is north of the third floor. The gold door is a closed door.

The steel elevator entrance is south of the third floor. The steel elevator is a locked closed door. "The steel elevator's entrance is a flush metal surface, you cannot see any buttons, keyholes, levers, switches. It is just two metal sliding doors squeezed shut." The description is "There is a thin gap between the two doors. Maybe something could pry the doors open.". After opening the steel elevator entrance: say "The elevator doors open up to reveal a deep black void. You can't see the bottom. Do you choose to go south once more and leap into the void?"

The third floor room is north of the gold door. "You find yourself in a massive penthouse. An elaborate chandelier with thousands of crystals hangs above you and ornate marble floor spread out below you. There is the master bedroom to the north, the pool room to the east, and the living room to the west."

The master bedroom is north of the third floor room. "It is at least several hundred square feet. There is a massive aquarium that takes up the entire wall to your left, a wall-to-wall home theater system to your right, and a quintiple-king-size bed that is literally made of clouds floating in the middle. In front of you is a mural with an ornate message intricately styled with tiny pieces of colored ceramic."

The pool room is east of the third floor room. "A blast of hot steam, scented with minerals, greets you as you step into the pool room. The pool is actually an ancient crater the size of a football field, geothermally heated from some mysterious source underground. The crater bottom is encrusted with all different types of geodes and crystals, making the pool sparkle in every color imaginable."

The living room is west of the third floor room. "You find yourself in a living chamber, furnished with every amenity possible. There are various pool, ice-hockey, poker, fusbol, and skeeball tables in the corner. A bar with at least a thousand different bottles lining the wall behind it lies in the other corner. There is a giant fossilized wood table for dining to your right, and to your left, there is a toasty hearth with a warm fire ablaze. On the fossilized table lies a key."

The key unlocks the steel elevator entrance.

After taking key:
say "You feel the key's weight in your hands. It's compact as if it were meant to operate elevators."


 

The wall mural is in the master bedroom. The wall mural is fixed in place. The description is "Here you find every grandeur and luxury that mankind has to offer. Here, your every need, want, and whim will be met. Yes, if you stay, you must stay forever, but you will never notice how time goes by in this oasis of pleasure."