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FP ]WEST, AND A WALL OF BROKEN ROCK TO THE EAST.  [T]HERE IS A LARGE "[Y2]"FP ]ON A ROCK IN THE ROOM	S CENTER.                                        FQY]OU ARE IN A JUMBLE OF ROCK, WITH CRACKS EVERYWHERE.                   FQ Y]OU	RE AT A LOW WINDOW OVER
OOKING A HUGE PIT, WHICH EXTENDS UP OUT OF FQ ]SIGHT.  [A] FLOOR IS INDISTINCTLY VISIBLE OVER 50 FEET BELOW. [T]RACES FP Y]OU ARE IN A LARGE ROOM, WITH A PASSAGE TO THE SOUTH, A PASSAGE TO THE C?<(DAY0?3BWAFQ M]ARKS IN THE DUST AROUND THE WINDOW WOULD SEE
 TO INDICATE THAT        FQ ]SOMEONE HAS BEEN HERE RECENTLY. [D]IRECTLY ACROSS THE PIT FROM YOU AND FQ ]25 FEET AWAY THERE IS A SIMILAR WINDOW LOOKING INTO A LIGHTED ROOM.    FQ A ]SHADOWY FIGURE CAN BE SEEN THERE PEERING BACK AT YOU.                FRY]O
 ARE IN A DIRTY BROKEN PASSAGE.  [T]O THE EAST IS A CRAWL. [T]O THE FQ ]OF WHITE MIST COVER THE FLOOR OF THE PIT,BECOMING THICKER TO THE RIGHT.C?<(DAY0?3BWAFR Y]OU ARE ON THE BRINK OF A SMALL CLEAN CLIMBABLE PIT.  [A] CRAWL LEADS  FR ]WEST.               
                                                  FSY]OU ARE IN THE BOTTOM OF A SMALL PIT WITH A LITTLE STREAM, WHICH       FS]ENTERS AND EXITS THROUGH TINY SLITS.                                   FS Y]OU ARE IN A LARGE ROOM FULL OF DUSTY ROCKS.  [T]HERE
IS A BIG HOLE IN FR]WEST IS A LARGE PASSAGE.  [A]BOVE YOU IS A HOLE TO ANOTHER PASSAGE.    C?<(DAY0?3BWAFTY]OU HAVE CRAWLED THROUGH A VERY LOW WIDE PASSAGE PARALLEL TO AND NORTH FT]OF THE HALL OF MISTS.                                                  FT 
]OU ARE AT THE WEST END OF HALL OF MISTS. [A] LOW WIDE CRAWL CONTINUES FT ]WEST AND ANOTHER GOES NORTH. [T]O THE SOUTH IS A LITTLE PASSAGE 6 FEET FT ]OFF THE FLOOR.                                                         FS ]THE FLOOR.  [T]HERE ARE CRACKS
EVERYWHERE, AND A PASSAGE LEADING EAST. C?<(DAY0?3BWAFU Y]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.                FVY]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.                FV Y]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL 
LIKE.                FWD]EAD END!                                                              FW D]EAD END!                                                              FUY]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.                C?<(DAY0?3B
AFX Y]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.                FYY]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.                FY Y]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.                FZY]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY
LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.                FZ Y]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.                FXD]EAD END!                                                              C?<(DAY0?3BWAF[ Y]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, A
L ALIKE.                F\D]EAD END!                                                              F\ Y]OU ARE ON THE BRINK OF A THIRTY FOOT PIT WITH A MASSIVE ORANGE COLUMN F\ ]DOWN ONE WALL.  [Y]OU COULD CLIMB DOWN HERE BUT YOU COULD NOT GET BACK F\ ]UP.
 [T]HE MAZE CONTINUES AT THIS LEVEL.                               F[D]EAD END!                                                              C?<(DAY0?3BWAF] Y]OU HAVE CRAWLED THROUGH A VERY LOW WIDE PASSAGE PARALLEL TO AND NORTH F] ]OF THE HALL OF MISTS. 
                                                F^Y]OU ARE AT THE EAST END OF A VERY LONG HALL APPARENTLY WITHOUT SIDE    F^]CHAMBERS.  [T]O THE EAST A LOW WIDE CRAWL SLANTS UP.  [T]O THE NORTH A F^]ROUND TWO FOOT HOLE SLANTS DOWN.                        
              F]D]EAD END!                                                              C?<(DAY0?3BWAF^ ]JOINS UP WITH A NARROW NORTH/SOUTH PASSAGE.                            F
Y]OU ARE AT A CROSSOVER OF A HIGH N/S PASSAGE AND A LOW E/W ONE.        F
 D]EAD END!                                                              GPY]OU ARE AT A COMPLEX JUNCTION.  [A] LOW HANDS AND KNEES PASSAGE FROM   GP]THE NORTH JOINS A HIGHER CRAWL FROM THE EAST TO MAKE A WALKING         F^ Y]OU ARE AT THE WEST END OF A V
RY LONG FEATURELESS HALL.  [T]HE HALL   C?<(DAY0?3BWAGP]IS DAMP HERE.                                                          GPPY]OU ARE IN BEDQUILT, A LONG EAST/WEST PASSAGE WITH HOLES EVERYWHERE.   GPPT]O EXPLORE AT RANDOM SELECT NORTH, SOUTH, UP, OR 
OWN.                 GP Y]OU ARE IN A ROOM WHOSE WALLS RESEMBLE SWISS CHEESE. [O]BVIOUS         GP ]PASSAGES GO WEST, EAST, NE, AND NW.  [P]ART OF THE ROOM IS OCCUPIED BY GP]PASSAGE GOING WEST.  [T]HERE IS ALSO A LARGE ROOM ABOVE.  [T]HE AIR    C?<(DAY0?3
WAGP0Y]OU ARE AT THE EAST END OF THE TWOPIT ROOM.  [T]HE FLOOR HERE IS       GP0]LITTERED WITH THIN ROCK SLABS, WHICH MAKE IT EASY TO DESCEND THE PITS. GP0]THERE IS A PATH HERE BYPASSING THE PITS TO CONNECT PASSAGES FROM EAST  GP0]AND WEST.  [T]HERE ARE H
LES ALL OVER, BUT THE ONLY BIG ONE IS ON THE  GP0]WALL DIRECTLY OVER THE WEST PIT WHERE YOU CAN	T GET TO IT.             GP ]A LARGE BEDROCK BLOCK.                                                 C?<(DAY0?3BWAGQ]FALLEN FROM THE CEILING (SLAB ROOM).  [E]AS
 AND WEST THERE ONCE WERE  GQ]LARGE PASSAGES, BUT THEY ARE NOW FILLED WITH BOULDERS.  [L]OW SMALL    GQ]PASSAGES GO NORTH AND SOUTH, AND THE SOUTH ONE QUICKLY BENDS WEST      GQ]AROUND THE BOULDERS.                                                   GQPY]O
 ARE IN A SECRET N/S CANYON ABOVE A LARGE ROOM.                     GQY]OU ARE IN A LARGE LOW CIRCULAR CHAMBER WHOSE FLOOR IS AN IMMENSE SLAB C?<(DAY0?3BWAGQ0Y]OU ARE IN A SECRET CANYON AT A JUNCTION OF THREE CANYONS, BEARING     GQ0]NORTH, SOUTH, AND SE.
 [T]HE NORTH ONE IS AS TALL AS THE OTHER TWO     GQ0]COMBINED.                                                              GRY]OU ARE IN A LARGE LOW ROOM.  [C]RAWLS LEAD NORTH, SE, AND SW.         GRPD]EAD END CRAWL.                                      
                 GQ Y]OU ARE IN A SECRET N/S CANYON ABOVE A SIZABLE PASSAGE.                C?<(DAY0?3BWAGR ]VERY TIGHT CANYON 15 FEET BELOW.  [I]F YOU GO DOWN YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE GR ]TO GET BACK UP.                                                        
R0Y]OU ARE AT A WIDE PLACE IN A VERY TIGHT N/S CANYON.                    GST]HE CANYON HERE BECOMES TOO TIGHT TO GO FURTHER SOUTH.                 GSPY]OU ARE IN A TALL E/W CANYON.  [A] LOW TIGHT CRAWL GOES 3 FEET NORTH   GR Y]OU ARE IN A SECRET CANYON W
ICH HERE RUNS E/W.  [I]T CROSSES OVER A   C?<(DAY0?3BWAGS T]HE CANYON RUNS INTO A MASS OF BOULDERS -- DEAD END.                   GS0T]HE STREAM FLOWS OUT THROUGH A PAIR OF 1 FOOT DIAMETER SEWER PIPES.    GS0I]T WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO USE THE EXIT.        
                        GTY]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.                GTPD]EAD END!                                                              GSP]AND SEEMS TO OPEN UP.                                                  C?<(DAY
?3BWAGT0Y]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.                GUY]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.                GUPD]EAD END!                                                              GU D]EAD END!             
                                                GU0Y]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.                GT D]EAD END!                                                              C?<(DAY0?3BWAGV]WEST.  AT THE EASTERN END IS A HOLE THROU
H WHICH YOU CAN SEE A        GV]PROFUSION OF LEAVES.                                                   GVPT]HERE IS NOTHING HERE TO CLIMB.  [U]SE "UP" OR "OUT" TO LEAVE THE PIT. GV Y]OU HAVE CLIMBED UP THE PLANT AND OUT OF THE PIT.                      GV
Y]OU ARE AT THE TOP OF A STEEP INCLINE ABOVE A LARGE ROOM.  [Y]OU COULD GVY]OU ARE IN A LONG, NARROW CORRIDOR STRETCHING OUT OF SIGHT TO THE      C?<(DAY0?3BWAGV0]PASSAGE LEADING BACK TO THE NORTH.                                     GWY]OU ARE IN THE GIA
T ROOM.  [T]HE CEILING HERE IS TOO HIGH UP FOR YOUR GW]LAMP TO SHOW IT. [C]AVERNOUS PASSAGES LEAD EAST, NORTH, AND SOUTH. [ON GW]ON THE WALL IS SCRAWLED THE INSCRIPTION, "[FEE FIE FOE FOO]" (SIC).    GWPT]HE PASSAGE HERE IS BLOCKED BY A RECENT CAVE-IN.   
                   GV0]CLIMB DOWN HERE, BUT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CLIMB UP.  [T]HERE IS A  C?<(DAY0?3BWAGW0Y]OU ARE IN A MAGNIFICENT CAVERN WITH A RUSHING STREAM, WHICH CASCADES  GW0]OVER A SPARKLING WATERFALL INTO A ROARING WHIRLPOOL WHICH DISAPPEARS 
 GW0]THROUGH A HOLE IN THE FLOOR.  [P]ASSAGES EXIT TO THE SOUTH AND WEST.   GXY]OU ARE IN THE SOFT ROOM.  [T]HE WALLS ARE COVERED WITH HEAVY          GX]CURTAINS,THE FLOOR WITH A THICK PILE CARPET.[M]OSS COVERS THE CEILING. GW Y]OU ARE AT ONE END OF AN IM
ENSE NORTH/SOUTH PASSAGE.                  C?<(DAY0?3BWAGXP]WALLS.  [A] GENTLY SLOPING PASSAGE LEADS UPWARD TO THE NORTH, ANOTHER  GXP]PASSAGE LEADS SE, AND A HANDS AND KNEES CRAWL LEADS WEST.              GX Y]OU ARE FOLLOWING A WIDE PATH AROUND THE OUTE
 EDGE OF A LARGE CAVERN. GX F]AR BELOW, THROUGH A HEAVY WHITE MIST, STRANGE SPLASHING NOISES CAN BE GX ]HEARD.  [T]HE MIST RISES UP THROUGH A FISSURE IN THE CEILING.  [T]HE   GXPT]HIS IS THE ORIENTAL ROOM   [A]NCIENT ORIENTAL CAVE DRAWINGS COVER THE C?<(D
Y0?3BWAGX0Y]OU ARE IN AN ALCOVE.  [A] SMALL NW PATH SEEMS TO WIDEN AFTER A SHORT  GX0]DISTANCE.  [A]N EXTREMELY TIGHT TUNNEL LEADS EAST.  [I]T LOOKS LIKE A  GX0]VERY TIGHT SQUEEZE.  [A]N EERIE LIGHT CAN BE SEEN AT THE OTHER END.    GYY]OU	RE IN A SMALL CH
MBER LIT BY AN EERIE GREEN LIGHT.  [A]N EXTREMELY GY]NARROW TUNNEL EXITS TO THE WEST.  [A] DARK CORRIDOR LEADS NE.          GX ]PATH EXITS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST.                                      C?<(DAY0?3BWAGY Y]OU ARE IN AN ARCHED HALL.[A] CORAL PAS
AGE ONCE CONTINUED UP AND EAST GY ]FROM HERE, BUT IS NOW BLOCKED BY DEBRIS.[T]HE AIR SMELLS OF SEA WATER. GY0Y]OU	RE IN A LARGE ROOM CARVED OUT OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK. [T]HE FLOOR AND GY0]WALLS ARE LITTERED WITH BITS OF SHELLS IMBEDDED IN THE STONE.  [A]    
GY0]SHALLOW PASSAGE PROCEEDS DOWNWARD, AND A SOMEWHAT STEEPER ONE LEADS    GYPY]OU	RE IN THE DARK-ROOM.  [A] CORRIDOR LEADING SOUTH IS THE ONLY EXIT. C?<(DAY0?3BWAGZY]OU ARE IN A LONG SLOPING CORRIDOR WITH RAGGED SHARP WALLS.            GZPY]OU ARE IN A C
L-DE-SAC ABOUT EIGHT FEET ACROSS.                       GZ Y]OU ARE IN AN ANTEROOM LEADING TO A LARGE PASSAGE TO THE EAST.  [S]MALLGZ ]PASSAGES GO WEST AND UP. [T]HE REMNANTS OF RECENT DIGGING ARE EVIDENT. GZ A] SIGN IN MIDAIR HERE SAYS "[C]AVE UNDER CONS
RUCTION BEYOND THIS      GY0]UP.  [A] LOW HANDS AND KNEES PASSAGE ENTERS FROM THE SOUTH.            C?<(DAY0?3BWAGZ0Y]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL DIFFERENT.            G[Y]OU ARE AT WITT	S END.  [P]ASSAGES LEAD OFF IN *ALL* DIRECTIONS.
      G[PY]OU ARE IN A NORTH/SOUTH CANYON ABOUT 25 FEET ACROSS.  [T]HE FLOOR IS  G[P]COVERED BY WHITE MIST SEEPING IN FROM THE NORTH.  [T]HE WALLS EXTEND   G[P]UPWARD FOR WELL OVER 100 FEET.  [S]USPENDED FROM SOME UNSEEN POINT FAR GZ ]POINT. [P]ROCEED AT 
WN RISK.  ([W]ITT [C]ONSTRUCTION [C]OMPANY)"      C?<(DAY0?3BWAG[P]MIDWAY BETWEEN THE CANYON WALLS.  ([T]HE MIRROR IS OBVIOUSLY PROVIDED  G[P]FOR THE USE OF THE DWARVES, WHO AS YOU KNOW, ARE EXTREMELY VAIN.)  [A] G[P]SMALL WINDOW CAN BE SEEN IN EITHER WAL
, SOME FIFTY FEET UP.           G[ Y]OU	RE AT A LOW WINDOW OVERLOOKING A HUGE PIT, WHICH EXTENDS UP OUT OF G[ ]SIGHT. [A] FLOOR IS INDISTINCTLY VISIBLE OVER 50 FEET BELOW.  [T]RACES G[P]ABOVE YOU, AN ENORMOUS TWO-SIDED MIRROR IS HANGING PARALLEL TO AND   
 C?<(DAY0?3BWAG[ M]ARKS IN THE DUST AROUND THE WINDOW WOULD SEEM TO INDICATE THAT        G[ ]SOMEONE HAS BEEN HERE RECENTLY. [D]IRECTLY ACROSS THE PIT FROM YOU AND G[ 25 ]FEET AWAY THERE IS A SIMILAR WINDOW LOOKING INTO A LIGHTED ROOM.    G[ A ]SHADOWY FI
URE CAN BE SEEN THERE PEERING BACK AT YOU.                G[0A] LARGE STALACTITE EXTENDS FROM THE ROOF AND ALMOST REACHES THE FLOOR  G[ ]OF WHITE MIST COVER THE FLOOR OF THE PIT,BECOMING THICKER TO THE LEFT. C?<(DAY0?3BWAG[0]HAVING DONE SO YOU WOULD BE UN
BLE TO REACH IT TO CLIMB BACK UP.       G\Y]OU ARE IN A LITTLE MAZE OF TWISTING PASSAGES, ALL DIFFERENT.          G\PY]OU ARE AT THE EDGE OF A LARGE UNDERGROUND RESERVOIR.  [A]N OPAQUE     G\P]CLOUD OF WHITE MIST FILLS THE ROOM AND RISES RAPIDLY UPWARD.  
T]HE    G\P]LAKE IS FED BY A STREAM, WHICH TUMBLES OUT OF A HOLE IN THE WALL ABOUT G[0]BELOW.  [Y]OU COULD CLIMB DOWN IT, AND JUMP FROM IT TO THE FLOOR, BUT  C?<(DAY0?3BWAG\P]THE MIST.  [T]HE ONLY PASSAGE GOES BACK TOWARD THE SOUTH.              G\ D]EAD 
ND!                                                              G\0Y]OU ARE AT THE NORTHEAST END OF AN IMMENSE ROOM, EVEN LARGER THAN THE  G\0]GIANT ROOM.  [I]T APPEARS TO BE A REPOSITORY FOR THE "[A]DVENTURE"     G\0]PROGRAM.  [M]ASSIVE TORCHES FAR OVER
EAD BATHE THE ROOM WITH SMOKY     G\P10 ]FEET OVERHEAD AND SPLASHES NOISILY INTO THE WATER SOMEWHERE WITHIN  C?<(DAY0?3BWAG\0]OF THEM EMPTY), A NURSERY OF YOUNG BEANSTALKS MURMURING QUIETLY, A BED G\0]OF OYSTERS, A BUNDLE OF BLACK RODS WITH RUSTY STARS ON
THEIR ENDS, AND G\0]A COLLECTION OF BRASS LANTERNS. [O]FF TO ONE SIDE A GREAT MANY DWARVES G\0]ARE SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR, SNORING LOUDLY.  A SIGN NEARBY READS: "[DO  G\0NOT DISTURB THE DWARVES!"  A]N IMMENSE MIRROR IS HANGING AGAINST ONE    G\0]YELLOW LIG
T. [S]CATTERED ABOUT YOU CAN BE SEEN A PILE OF BOTTLES (ALL C?<(DAY0?3BWAG\0]SUNDRY OBJECTS CAN BE GLIMPSED DIMLY IN THE DISTANCE.                  G]Y]OU ARE AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE REPOSITORY. [T]O ONE SIDE IS A PIT G]]FULL OF FIERCE GREEN SNAKES.  
O]N THE OTHER SIDE IS A ROW OF SMALL    G]]WICKER CAGES, EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS A LITTLE SULKING BIRD.  [I]N ONE  G]]CORNER IS A BUNDLE OF BLACK RODS WITH RUSTY MARKS ON THEIR ENDS.  [A]  G\0]WALL, AND STRETCHES TO THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM, WHERE VARIOUS
OTHER  C?<(DAY0?3BWAG]]VAST MIRROR STRETCHES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST.  [A]T YOUR FEET IS A LARGE G]]STEEL GRATE, NEXT TO WHICH IS A SIGN WHICH READS, "[TREASURE VAULT.    G]KEYS IN MAIN OFFICE."                                                   G]PY]OU ARE O
 ONE SIDE OF A LARGE, DEEP CHASM.  [A] HEAVY WHITE MIST      G]P]RISING UP FROM BELOW OBSCURES ALL VIEW OF THE FAR SIDE.  [A] SW PATH   G]]LARGE NUMBER OF VELVET PILLOWS ARE SCATTERED ABOUT ON THE FLOOR.  [A]  C?<(DAY0?3BWAG] Y]OU ARE IN A LONG WINDING CO
RIDOR SLOPING OUT OF SIGHT IN BOTH        G] ]DIRECTIONS.                                                            G]0Y]OU ARE IN A SECRET CANYON WHICH EXITS TO THE NORTH AND EAST.          G^Y]OU ARE IN A SECRET CANYON WHICH EXITS TO THE NORTH AND EAST
          G^PY]OU ARE IN A SECRET CANYON WHICH EXITS TO THE NORTH AND EAST.          G]P]LEADS AWAY FROM THE CHASM INTO A WINDING CORRIDOR.                     C?<(DAY0?3BWAG^ ]CHASM ON THIS SIDE.                                                    G^0Y]OU
RE IN A LONG EAST/WEST CORRIDOR.  [A] FAINT RUMBLING NOISE CAN BE  G^0]HEARD IN THE DISTANCE.                                                 G
T]HE PATH FORKS HERE. [T]HE LEFT FORK LEADS NORTHEAST.[A] DULL RUMBLING G
]SEEMS TO GET LOUDER IN THAT DIRECTION.[T]HE RIGHT FORK LEADS SOUTHEAST G^ Y]OU ARE ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE CHASM.  [A] NE PATH LEADS AWAY FROM THE C?<(DAY0?3BWAG
PT]HE WALLS ARE QUITE WARM HERE.  [F]ROM THE NORTH CAN BE HEARD A STEADY G
P]ROAR, SO LOUD THAT THE ENTIRE CAVE SEEMS TO BE TREMBLING.  [A]NOTHER   G
P]PASSAGE LEADS SOUTH, AND A LOW CRAWL GOES EAST.                        G
 Y]OU ARE ON THE EDGE OF A BREATH-TAKING VIEW.  [F]AR BELOW YOU IS AN    G
 ]ACTIVE VOLCANO, FROM WHICH GREAT GOUTS OF MOLTEN LAVA COME SURGING     G
]DOWN A GENTLE SLOPE.  [T]HE MAIN CORRIDOR ENTERS FROM THE WEST.        C?<(DAY0?3BWAG
 ]FARTHEST REACHES OF THE CAVERN WITH A BLOOD-RED GLARE, GIVING EVERY-   G
 ]THING AN EERIE, MACABRE APPEARANCE.[T]HE AIR IS FILLED WITH FLICKERING G
 ]SPARKS OF ASH AND A HEAVY SMELL OF BRIMSTONE.  [T]HE WALLS ARE HOT TO  G
 ]THE TOUCH, AND THE THUNDERING OF THE VOLCANO DROWNS OUT ALL OTHER      G
 ]SOUNDS.  [E]MBEDDED IN THE JAGGED ROOF FAR OVERHEAD ARE MYRIAD TWISTED G
 ]OUT, CASCADING BACK DOWN INTO THE DEPTHS. [T]HE GLOWING ROCK FILLS THE C?<(DAY0?3BWAG
 ]LIGHT INTO SINISTER APPARITIONS UPON THE WALLS.[T]O ONE SIDE IS A DEEP G
 ]GORGE, FILLED WITH A BIZARRE CHAOS OF TORTURED ROCK WHICH SEEMS TO     G
 ]HAVE BEEN CRAFTED BY THE DEVIL HIMSELF.  [A]N IMMENSE RIVER OF FIRE    G
 ]CRASHES OUT FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE VOLCANO, BURNS ITS WAY THROUGH THE  G
 ]GORGE, AND PLUMMETS INTO A BOTTOMLESS PIT FAR OFF TO YOUR LEFT.  [T]O  G
 ]FORMATIONS COMPOSED OF PURE WHITE ALABASTER, WHICH SCATTER THE MURKY   C?<(DAY0?3BWAG
 ]FROM A BARREN ISLAND IN THE CENTER OF A SULFUROUS LAKE, WHICH BUBBLES  G
 ]OMINOUSLY. [T]HE FAR RIGHT WALL IS AFLAME WITH AN INCANDESCENCE OF ITS G
 ]OWN, WHICH LENDS AN ADDITIONAL INFERNAL SPLENDOR TO THE ALREADY        G
 ]HELLISH SCENE.  [A] DARK, FOREBODING PASSAGE EXITS TO THE SOUTH.       G
0Y]OU ARE IN A SMALL CHAMBER FILLED WITH LARGE BOULDERS. [T]HE WALLS ARE G
 ]THE RIGHT, AN IMMENSE GEYSER OF BLISTERING STEAM ERUPTS CONTINUOUSLY   C?<(DAY0?3BWAG
0]HEAT. [T]HE ONLY EXIT IS A CRAWL HEADING WEST, THROUGH WHICH IS COMING G
0]A LOW RUMBLING.                                                        HPY]OU ARE WALKING ALONG A GENTLY SLOPING NORTH/SOUTH PASSAGE LINED WITH  HP]ODDLY SHAPED LIMESTONE FORMATIONS.                                     HPHY]OU ARE STANDING AT THE ENTRAN
E TO A LARGE, BARREN ROOM.  [A] SIGN    G
0]VERY WARM, CAUSING THE AIR IN THE ROOM TO BE ALMOST STIFLING FROM THE  C?<(DAY0?3BWAHPPY]OU ARE INSIDE A BARREN ROOM.  [T]HE CENTER OF THE ROOM IS COMPLETELY  HPP]EMPTY EXCEPT FOR SOME DUST.  [M]ARKS IN THE DUST LEAD AWAY TOWARD THE  HPP]FAR END OF THE 
OOM.  [T]HE ONLY EXIT IS THE WAY YOU CAME IN.          HPXY]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTING LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL DIFFERENT.          HP Y]OU ARE IN A LITTLE MAZE OF TWISTY PASSAGES, ALL DIFFERENT.            HPH]POSTED ABOVE THE ENTRANCE READS:  "[CAUTION!  
EAR IN ROOM!"           C?<(DAY0?3BWAHP0Y]OU ARE IN A TWISTING LITTLE MAZE OF PASSAGES, ALL DIFFERENT.          HP8Y]OU ARE IN A TWISTY LITTLE MAZE OF PASSAGES, ALL DIFFERENT.            HQY]OU ARE IN A TWISTY MAZE OF LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL DIFFERENT.      
     HQHY]OU ARE IN A LITTLE TWISTY MAZE OF PASSAGES, ALL DIFFERENT.            HQPY]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF LITTLE TWISTING PASSAGES, ALL DIFFERENT.          HP(Y]OU ARE IN A TWISTING MAZE OF LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL DIFFERENT.          C?<(DAY0?3BWAHQ D]EAD END
                                                              A0END                                                                     APY]OU	RE AT END OF ROAD AGAIN.                                           BPY]OU	RE AT HILL IN ROAD.                   
                            BXY]OU	RE INSIDE BUILDING.                                                HQXY]OU ARE IN A MAZE OF LITTLE TWISTY PASSAGES, ALL DIFFERENT.            C?<(DAY0?3BWACTY]OU	RE IN FOREST.                                             
        CXY]OU	RE IN FOREST.                                                      C\Y]OU	RE AT SLIT IN STREAMBED.                                           DPY]OU	RE OUTSIDE GRATE.                                                  DRY]OU	RE BELOW THE GRATE
                                                CPY]OU	RE IN VALLEY.                                                      C?<(DAY0?3BWADVY]OU	RE IN DEBRIS ROOM.                                                 DZY]OU	RE IN BIRD CHAMBER.                    
                           D\Y]OU	RE AT TOP OF SMALL PIT.                                            D^Y]OU	RE IN HALL OF MISTS.                                               EQY]OU	RE ON EAST BANK OF FISSURE.                                        DTY]OU
RE IN COBBLE CRAWL.                                                C?<(DAY0?3BWAESY]OU	RE IN HALL OF [M]T [K]ING.                                         EWY]OU	RE AT WEST END OF TWOPIT ROOM.                                     EXY]OU	RE IN EAST PIT.     
                                              EYY]OU	RE IN WEST PIT.                                                    FP Y]OU	RE AT "Y2".                                                        ERY]OU	RE IN NUGGET OF GOLD ROOM.                           
             C?<(DAY0?3BWAFRY]OU	RE IN DIRTY PASSAGE.                                               FS Y]OU	RE IN DUSTY ROCK ROOM.                                             FT Y]OU	RE AT WEST END OF HALL OF MISTS.                                   F\ Y]
U	RE AT BRINK OF PIT.                                                F^Y]OU	RE AT EAST END OF LONG HALL.                                       FQ Y]OU	RE AT WINDOW ON PIT.                                               C?<(DAY0?3BWAGPY]OU	RE AT COMPLEX JUN
TION.                                            GP Y]OU	RE IN SWISS CHEESE ROOM.                                           GP0Y]OU	RE AT EAST END OF TWOPIT ROOM.                                     GQY]OU	RE IN SLAB ROOM.                                 
                 GQ0Y]OU	RE AT JUNCTION OF THREE SECRET CANYONS.                            F^ Y]OU	RE AT WEST END OF LONG HALL.                                       C?<(DAY0?3BWAGVY]OU	RE IN NARROW CORRIDOR.                                             G
0Y]OU	RE AT STEEP INCLINE ABOVE LARGE ROOM.                              GWY]OU	RE IN GIANT ROOM.                                                  GW0Y]OU	RE IN CAVERN WITH WATERFALL.                                       GXY]OU	RE IN SOFT ROOM.          
                                        GR Y]OU	RE IN SECRET E/W CANYON ABOVE TIGHT CANYON.                        C?<(DAY0?3BWAGX Y]OU	RE IN MISTY CAVERN.                                                GX0Y]OU	RE IN ALCOVE.                               
                      GYY]OU	RE IN PLOVER ROOM.                                                 GYPY]OU	RE IN DARK-ROOM.                                                   GY Y]OU	RE IN ARCHED HALL.                                                 GXPY]OU	R
 IN ORIENTAL ROOM.                                               C?<(DAY0?3BWAGZ Y]OU	RE IN ANTEROOM.                                                    G[Y]OU	RE AT WITT	S END.                                                  G[PY]OU	RE IN MIRROR CANYON.
                                              G[ Y]OU	RE AT WINDOW ON PIT.                                               G[0Y]OU	RE AT TOP OF STALACTITE.                                           GY0Y]OU	RE IN SHELL ROOM.                                  
               C?<(DAY0?3BWAG\0Y]OU	RE AT NE END.                                                      G]Y]OU	RE AT SW END.                                                      G]PY]OU	RE ON SW SIDE OF CHASM.                                            G] 
]OU	RE IN SLOPING CORRIDOR.                                            G^ Y]OU	RE ON NE SIDE OF CHASM.                                            G\PY]OU	RE AT RESERVOIR.                                                   C?<(DAY0?3BWAG
Y]OU	RE AT FORK IN PATH.                                                G
PY]OU	RE AT JUNCTION WITH WARM WALLS.                                    G
 Y]OU	RE AT BREATH-TAKING VIEW.                                          G
0Y]OU	RE IN CHAMBER OF BOULDERS.                                         HPY]OU	RE IN LIMESTONE PASSAGE.                                           G^0Y]OU	RE IN CORRIDOR.                                                    C?<(DAY0?3BWAHPPY]OU	RE IN BARREN
ROOM.                                                 A0                                                                        APS]ET OF KEYS                                                            T]HERE ARE SOME KEYS ON THE GROUND HERE.             
                  BPB]RASS LANTERN                                                          HPHY]OU	RE IN FRONT OF BARREN ROOM.                                        C?<(DAY0?3BWAGYT]HERE IS A LAMP SHINING NEARBY.                                        B
*GRATE                                                                  T]HE GRATE IS LOCKED.                                                   GYT]HE GRATE IS OPEN.                                                     CPW]ICKER CAGE                       
                                    T]HERE IS A SHINY BRASS LAMP NEARBY.                                    C?<(DAY0?3BWACTB]LACK ROD                                                              A] THREE FOOT BLACK ROD WITH A RUSTY STAR ON AN END LIES NEA
BY.        CXB]LACK ROD                                                              A] THREE FOOT BLACK ROD WITH A RUSTY MARK ON AN END LIES NEARBY.        C\*STEPS                                                                  T]HERE IS A SMALL WICKER
CAGE DISCARDED NEARBY.                         C?<(DAY0?3BWAGYR]OUGH STONE STEPS LEAD UP THE DOME.                                    DPL]ITTLE BIRD IN CAGE                                                    A] CHEERFUL LITTLE BIRD IS SITTING HERE SINGING
                        GYT]HERE IS A LITTLE BIRD IN THE CAGE.                                    DR*RUSTY DOOR                                                             R]OUGH STONE STEPS LEAD DOWN THE PIT.                                   C?<(DAY0?3B
AGYT]HE WAY NORTH LEADS THROUGH A MASSIVE, RUSTY, IRON DOOR.               DTV]ELVET PILLOW                                                          A] SMALL VELVET PILLOW LIES ON THE FLOOR.                               DV*SNAKE                          
                                       A] HUGE GREEN FIERCE SNAKE BARS THE WAY!                                T]HE WAY NORTH IS BARRED BY A MASSIVE, RUSTY, IRON DOOR.                C?<(DAY0?3BWADX*FISSURE                                                 
              >$<                                                                     GYA] CRYSTAL BRIDGE NOW SPANS THE FISSURE.                                HYT]HE CRYSTAL BRIDGE HAS VANISHED!                                       DZ*STONE TABLET      
                                                    GY>$<  (CHASED AWAY)                                                      C?<(DAY0?3BWA"C]ONGRATULATIONS ON BRINGING LIGHT INTO THE DARK-ROOM!"                D\G]IANT CLAM  >[GRUNT!<                    
                             T]HERE IS AN ENORMOUS CLAM HERE WITH ITS SHELL TIGHTLY CLOSED.          D^G]IANT OYSTER  >[GROAN!<                                                T]HERE IS AN ENORMOUS OYSTER HERE WITH ITS SHELL TIGHTLY CLOSED.        A] MASSI
E STONE TABLET IMBEDDED IN THE WALL READS:                     C?<(DAY0?3BWAGY]THE OYSTER.                                                            EP"S]PELUNKER [T]ODAY"                                                    T]HERE ARE A FEW RECENT ISSUES 
F "[S]PELUNKER [T]ODAY" MAGAZINE HERE.  EST]ASTY FOOD                                                             T]HERE IS FOOD HERE.                                                    GYI]NTERESTING.  [T]HERE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING WRITTEN ON THE UNDERSI
E OFC?<(DAY0?3BWAT]HERE IS A BOTTLE OF WATER HERE.                                       GYT]HERE IS AN EMPTY BOTTLE HERE.                                         HYT]HERE IS A BOTTLE OF OIL HERE.                                         EUW]ATER IN THE BO
TLE                                                    EVO]IL IN THE BOTTLE                                                      ETS]MALL BOTTLE                                                           C?<(DAY0?3BWA>$<                                    
                                EX*PLANT                                                                  T]HERE IS A TINY LITTLE PLANT IN THE PIT, MURMURING "WATER, WATER, ..." GYT]HE PLANT SPURTS INTO FURIOUS GROWTH FOR A FEW SECONDS.                HYT
HERE IS A 12-FOOT-TALL BEANSTALK STRETCHING UP OUT OF THE PIT,        EW*MIRROR                                                                 C?<(DAY0?3BWAIR0T]HE PLANT GROWS EXPLOSIVELY, ALMOST FILLING THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT.     IYT]HERE IS A GIGANTIC 
EANSTALK STRETCHING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE HOLE.   I
PY]OU	VE OVER-WATERED THE PLANT!  [I]T	S SHRIVELING UP!  [I]T	S, IT	S... EY*PHONY PLANT (SEEN IN TWOPIT ROOM ONLY WHEN TALL ENOUGH)                >$<                                                                     HY]BELLOWING "[W]ATER!! [W]ATER!!"  
                                     C?<(DAY0?3BWAHYT]HERE IS A HUGE BEANSTALK GROWING OUT OF THE WEST PIT UP TO THE HOLE.  EZ*STALACTITE                                                             >$<                                                      
              E[*SHADOWY FIGURE                                                         T]HE SHADOWY FIGURE SEEMS TO BE TRYING TO ATTRACT YOUR ATTENTION.       GYT]HE TOP OF A 12-FOOT-TALL BEANSTALK IS POKING OUT OF THE WEST PIT.     C?<(DAY0?3BWAT]HERE I
 A LITTLE AXE HERE.                                            GYT]HERE IS A LITTLE AXE LYING BESIDE THE BEAR.                           E]*CAVE DRAWINGS                                                          >$<                                         
                           E^*PIRATE                                                                 E\D]WARF	S AXE                                                            C?<(DAY0?3BWAE
*DRAGON                                                                 A] HUGE GREEN FIERCE DRAGON BARS THE WAY!                               GYC]ONGRATULATIONS!  [Y]OU HAVE JUST VANQUISHED A DRAGON WITH YOUR BARE   GY]HANDS!  ([U]NBELIEVABLE, ISN	T IT?
                                    HYT]HE BODY OF A HUGE GREEN DEAD DRAGON IS LYING OFF TO ONE SIDE.         >$<                                                                     C?<(DAY0?3BWAA] RICKETY WOODEN BRIDGE EXTENDS ACROSS THE CHASM, VANISHING
INTO THE   ]MIST.  [A] SIGN POSTED ON THE BRIDGE READS, "[S]TOP! [P]AY TROLL!"     GYT]HE WRECKAGE OF A BRIDGE (AND A DEAD BEAR) CAN BE SEEN AT THE BOTTOM   GY]OF THE CHASM.                                                          FP *TROLL               
                                                  FP*CHASM                                                                  C?<(DAY0?3BWA]TREASURE BEFORE YOU MAY CROSS.                                         GYT]HE TROLL STEPS OUT FROM BENEATH THE BRIDGE
AND BLOCKS YOUR WAY.       HY>$<  (CHASED AWAY)                                                      FQ*PHONY TROLL                                                            T]HE TROLL IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN.                                       A] BURLY
TROLL STANDS BY THE BRIDGE AND INSISTS YOU THROW HIM A         C?<(DAY0?3BWA

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