Seventh step.
Well, you`ve landed in a room that is basically a giant bouncy castle.
Somewhere outside the rubber walls, you hear the sound of an air pump, making sure the bouncy floor and walls stay extra bouncy! Let`s bounce!
Rather, you bounce, I`m gonna disconnect the button for a couple seconds and go talk to that IT dude&
"Max! What the hell? What is wrong with the geode room?"
"Look, Chris didn`t want me to tell you, but that`s the room that was supposed to have been taken out of the list. They wanted the dude to take a crystal off the geode and give it to them."
"..."
"What?"
"The dude has a crystal."
"What?"
"The dude has a crystal. I was trying to get them to press the button, and they broke off a crystal and shoved it into their mouth! I thought it was just kinda weird!"
"We have to get it back. Erm, say- say it`s poison or something. Say it`s full of arsenic. I don`t know."
"Like they`ll believe me! They`re working with Them for crying out loud!"Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author`s consent. Report any sightings.
"Well, what proof do They have of anything?! It`s their word against ours, and we`re the ones in control of the rooms!"
"What seems to be the problem?"
"Chris, you moron, why didn`t you tell me about the geode room?!"
"I told you we should tell Alex! Now the dude has a crystal!"
"That& is not good."
"Nope!"
"No! It isn`t!"
"Perhaps if we give the subject enough food rooms-"
"The dude`s had a gold coin in their mouth since yesterday, I don`t think they`re going to forget about the crystal."
"Alex, go back to your office, I`ll think of something."
"Like what?"
"I don`t know yet. Something. I`ll figure it out."
"Well you`d better figure it out soon."
"Thank you, Max, I was unaware of the urgency of the situation."
"Back to my office, here I go, like everything is normal&"
How are your knees feeling? Are they getting tired of all the bouncing yet?
Oh, you`re just sitting there, not bouncing. Right.
You`re& looking at the crystal. It`s kinda pretty. Not as pretty as the coin. It`s sort of see-through purplish blue? It`s a basic five sided crystal shape. Two inches long. Honestly, you could pick up one that looks exactly the same at any gift shop in the midwest. They`re not all that unique.
Also, this one has slobber all over it. That`s kinda gross, right? You should just leave it, get a prettier one once you-
You glare. You are not going to be leaving the crystal behind. Understood.
Anyways. If you`ve had enough of the bouncing, how about pushing the button again? I`ve reconnected it now, you can move on&
You shove the crystal back into your mouth. Because there`s no way you`re leaving it behind. Got it.
DO YOU PRESS THE BUTTON?
Yes
No