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[LeoLeonardoIII]

Break up the tables for firewood

They were once very sturdy polished wood, but are now pretty old and brittle. You have no trouble breaking them up. You end up with a sizable pile of firewood.

Read the engravings on the lighter.

On one side is a design in gold-plating of a buxom young woman in lingerie. On the other is an inscription: I've never had it so good, baby. Margo.

> remove belt from AK
> make new bayonet from scraps
> bring all pots and barrels to fountain room (multiple trips)
> fill all containers with water
> fill dry toad fountain with water

You remove the belt from your gun, untie the fetid shirt scraps, put on your last dart, and tie it on with the scraps.

You gather up all the ceramic pots and bowls you can manage, and bring them down to the turtle fountain. You head all the way back up again (huff, puff!) and get the rest of the cookware. Each barrel is very old and breaks up under its own weight when you try to move it. So I assume you're not moving the scrap wood downstairs.

You get back downstairs and fill up the pots and bowls with water and take a drink. You take a ceramic pot of water up to the top of the stairs (huff! puff! slosh!) and pour it into the frog fountain. It burbles down the drain and is gone.

You are at the top of a staircase. There is a moist but empty frog fountain in the wall next to you.

Inventory: 12/20
Clothes (Worn) (Shirt, Pants, Socks, Boots, Underwear, Hat Made of Underwear, Arm Guards Made of Pants)
Belt Made of Snake
AK-47 (Dart Bayonet Affixed with Smelly Shirt Scraps)
AK-47 Magazine (0 rounds, two gulps of water) (Face Scarf Wrapped)
Engraved Lighter (3/4) (Lit)
Canteen (Full)
4 Bota Bags (Empty)
1 Ceramic Pot (Empty)
Leather Belt

EXITS: N, D (Entered from D)

[thunderclan]

Move the firewood to the turtle fountain room since that seems to be where we're camping.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

You head north and grab a big armload of table wood and bring it down the stairs to the turtle fountain. It looks like it'll take about four more trips.

Dang those stairs are a pain. It would be nice if you could just throw the wood down like those stairs from Level 2 to Level 3. But then it'd probably fall in the pit at the bottom ...

After much grunting and straining and sore legs you collapse at the turtle fountain for a break. You drink some water and sniff at the snake meat, but it's starting to rot. Speaking of which, the snake belt is starting to stink bad enough that you almost can't smell your Underwear Hat.

Truly, you are the King of Surviving in Gross Ways.

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[Cheddarius]

Ugh.
> eat any fresh snake parts
> hurl the rotten parts into the snake room
> wear leather belt
> fill 2 bota bags with water; put in belt

[LeoLeonardoIII]

You pick at the snake belt and find some meat you think isn't too bad.

I mean, c'mon, this isn't the worst thing you've ever eaten.

You toss the rest into the snake fountain room, return to the turtle fountain, wear the leather belt, fill two bota bags at the fountain, and strap them on.

Inventory: 12/20
Clothes (Worn) (Shirt, Pants, Belt, Socks, Boots, Underwear, Hat Made of Underwear, Arm Guards Made of Pants)
AK-47 (Dart Bayonet Affixed with Smelly Shirt Scraps)
AK-47 Magazine (0 rounds, two gulps of water) (Face Scarf Wrapped)
Engraved Lighter (3/4) (Lit)
Canteen (Full of Water)
2 Bota Bags (Empty)
2 Bota Bags (Full of Water)
1 Ceramic Pot (Empty)

You're right by the turtle fountain. The sealed stone door is to your east, the shattered altar is to your west. There are 5 ceramic pots full of water and 10 ceramic bowls full of water. There's a large pile of very dry wood.

EXITS: W (Entered W)

[Phantom]

>Set piece of wood on fire
>Put lighter away.
>Go to snake room
>Set snakes on fire.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

You grab a likely piece of wood and put your lighter under one end while you hold the other. It seems to be catching, but slowly. You bach the end up a little so it frays and splinters, and try lighting it again. Working a little better. Soon you have the piece of wood burning merrily!

You snap the Engraved Lighter closed and pocket it.

You hustle over to the snake fountain room and wave the brand around. The snakes hiss and sputter and back up. You try to get closer to light a snake on fire. You try to burn a snake but it slithers back. You bash it in the mouth with your brand and poke it a bunch of times. It isn't really catching on fire. But it is freaked out and slithers back into the fountain.

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[Phantom]

>Throw torch in fountain
>Quickly turn on lighter

[LeoLeonardoIII]

You throw the torch in. The snakes freak out and start slithering around and extinguish it. You're briefly in darkness before you rasp the lighter up.

For that brief moment you saw a ghostly apparition before you of the soldier on the metal cylinder. He was reaching toward your throat with both hands, his eyes grim. The moment you clicked the flame on he vanished.

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[Cheddarius]

> light new torch. turn off lighter
> throw 2 unlit torches into snake room
> go into snake room, brandishing torch at snakes who get close. go to fountain and get item. if torch starts to burn down, light new torch (dropping item if needed), extinguish old torch in sand, and throw old torch out
> recover other torches in this manner when done

[LeoLeonardoIII]

That sounds unnecessarily complicated. But you try it anyway.

You pick up three pieces of wood and light one on fire with the lighter. You snap the lighter shut and put it away.

You go to the snake fountain room and wave the torch at the snakes to get them out of the way while you go around to the other side of the fountain. You're now on the other side of the room. The gleaming metal object on the rim of the fountain turns out to be a brass key with a half-moon shape for the teeth. You scratch at it with your gun to pull it away from the snakes in the fountain, grab it, and flee out of the room.

Inventory: 15/20
Clothes (Worn) (Shirt, Pants, Belt, Socks, Boots, Underwear, Hat Made of Underwear, Arm Guards Made of Pants)
AK-47 (Dart Bayonet Affixed with Smelly Shirt Scraps)
AK-47 Magazine (0 rounds, two gulps of water) (Face Scarf Wrapped)
Engraved Lighter (Over Half)
Canteen (Full of Water)
2 Bota Bags (Empty)
2 Bota Bags (Full of Water)
1 Ceramic Pot (Empty)
1 Piece of Wood (Whole) (Lit)
2 Pieces of Wood (Whole)
Brass Moon Key

EDIT: Think I should use this font for ol' times sake? Or is it distracting?

[Cheddarius]

Oh, so the torches last for a good bit.
> bring as much wood as you can carry without being encumbered or awkard
> go to room D in Basement on map
> go east

Spoiler: Maps (click to show/hide)

Basement

B3

EDIT: That font is superlatively gangster. You must use it.

[Phantom]

USE TORCH TO SMOKE OUT BEE NEST.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

You grab 5 more pieces of wood and carry them stuck in your pants. You're pretty maxed out on carrying capacity right now.

You head upstairs (they need some freakin' elevators in this joint) and go north and east until you hit the hallway with the grinding noises trap.

You head east from there, waving your burning piece of wood in front of you. The hallway ends in the east at a stone archway leading into a large open room. There's a short ramp leading in, so the room is slightly elevated above the floor level.

Inside you see ancient wood wine-rack style diamond pattern cubbies set into the walls. There are things stuck in many of them. There are also stone tables toward the middle of the room, but you can't see all the way in with the light you have. The stone tables are slabs set upon blocks. There are padded benches here and there.

The main thing about the room is that everything in it beyond the very entrance is covered by a hideous yellow mold. You can see the filaments waving in the air. The room looks very dusty but it smells absolutely delicious. Like fruit and beer and honey and cloves.

USE TORCH TO SMOKE OUT BEE NEST.

You head on back to the bees' nest. You light one of your pieces of wood and toss the older one into the room. It luckily lands right on a padded bench and keeps burning. It isn't giving off a whole lot of smoke yet. These pieces of wood are barely brighter than your lighter.

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[Cheddarius]

> explore wine room further; see what's in the cubbies