MUSHROOM CIRCLE [wildmushroomcircle.png] [1st][get 5 gold] [1st]Drops of morning dew glint in the light of a rising sun. You are outdoors, standing in the middle of a mushroom circle. All around you are fresh mushrooms, the air smells sweet, and in the distance looms a huge walled fortress. You are cold, damp, and very lost. To your left stands a huge stone watchtower, and up ahead you see a stone path leading to the fortress. An old backpack is strapped to your back, but it feels empty. BACKPACK [1st] You remove your trusty canvas backpack and take stock of your current inventory. [roll = 1d4] [roll==1] You are holding [roll==2] Your backpack contains [roll==3] Your inventory consists of [roll==4] You currently have [invcount = 0] [shard?] [invcount++] [shard] crystal shard[s], [mushroom?] [invcount++] [mushroom] magic mushroom[s], [flower?] [invcount++] [flower] honeyflower[s], [invcount > 0] and [gold] gold coin[s]. FRESH MUSHROOMS [1st][get mushroom]You decide to pick one of the mushrooms for later use. [else][get mushroom]You decide to pick another. You now have [mushroom] mushroom[s]. STONE TOWER [wildtowerdoor.png] Gazing up, you notice that this is a belltower, perhaps used as a lookout post. Standing outside the fortress walls, from the top you could see beyond the mountains. The door is locked. [has key] You decide to use the silver key to unlock the belltower door. [else] You decide to look for a key in one of the buildings up ahead. STONE PATH [wildpathtobridge.png] The path is made of rough-cut stone, looks anicient, and leads to a drawbridge. To the left of the path are giant natural hot springs, bubbling quietly. In the distance you can see a crooked tower. By your feet are some unusual yellow flowers, still closed after a chilly night. YELLOW FLOWERS [1st][get flower]The flowers glisten with nectar and shine like honey. You take one. [else] One of the lowers has already been picked, and you decide to leave the others to grow free. HOT SPRINGS [wildhotsprings.png] The water in the springs is boiling hot, smells faintly of sulfur, and radiates a comforting warmth. You can see the stone tower behind you, just down the stone path, and the crooked tower up ahead. To your right is a fortress wall protected by a moat with a drawbridge. DRAWBRIDGE [maplebridgetocastle.png] The drawbridge is down, and before you stands the grand entrance to a huge fortress made of stone. You can see ornate gardens beyond the fortress gates, and behind you is a stone path. FORTRESS GATES [maplecastlegates.png] Beyond the fortress entrance lies a beautiful, lush garden. A waterfall cascades down a rock island, upon which a majestic knarled maple tree grows. It looks a thousand years old, and has tiny red leaves the colour of rust. LUSH GARDEN [maplegemgarden.png] You are standing in a beautiful garden, simple and clean. It seems timeless, like the season is always summer here. To your right is a glowing cluster of crystals by a small bridge, and on the right are some houses. CRYSTALS [maplegemcluster.png] In a corner of the garden grows a shimmering cluster of giant crystals. [has chisel] You could collect a shard with your chisel. [else] You decide to look for some sort of tool that would alow you to collect one. To your left is a small bridge that leads to the upper fortress, and behind you are the fortress gates and their lush garden. COLLECT A SHARD [1st] [get shard] You strike the crystal with your chisel and in a flash of sparks a shard chips off. You put it into your bakpack for safe keeping. [else] These crystals have already been harvested, and a shard is in your bakpack. SOME HOUSES [maplecastlepath.png] Beyond the lush garden is another bridge leading to what look like houses or administrative buildings. Tucked behind them, in a back yard, is a stone monument. To your left is a stairway leading to an upper courtyard. UPPER PILLARS [maplecastlepillars.png] At the topmost level of the fortress is a grand roofed entrance, with massive marble columns and a grand maplewood door. Below you is a courtyard with paths leading in all directions. On your left is an ancient tree so overgrown you just might be able to climb it. STONE MONUMENT [maplemonolith.png] An ancient marble monument, covered in carved symbols in a language you cannot read, stands resolutely behind some houses. COURTYARD [maplepathtostonehenge.png] A stone path splits four ways in the middle of a central courtyard. Behind you are stairs leading to a small bridge. To your right are some houses, part of the lower fortress garden district. Up ahead, surrounded by flowers and trees, stands a circle of stone monoliths. There is also a set of stairs here that lead to the upper fortress pillars. SMALL BRIDGE [maplestairstostonehenge.png] The inner courtyard of the fortress is just over the small bridge by the lush garden. A plain wooden bench sits here, offering respite for weary travellers. Beyond the trees the path continues up a set of steep stairs to upper courtyard. STONE MONOLITHS [maplestonehenge.png] At the far end of the upper courtyard stands a henge of stones, arranged in a circle. In the center is a rock with a hole harved into it that surely faces into the sunrise on just the right day. THE END You win!
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