Lord Jarritos in the Basement

LORD JARRITOS DE TAMARINDO and his DAPPER SWORDSMAN take the opportunity to snoop around the castle and try to learn more about their MYSTERIOUS HOST...

The personal chambers upstairs seem normal enough. There is a small a servant's room with a simple bed and rack of brooms and other butlery tools. Even the master's room is mundane: a fourposter bed, a closet with a spare set of clothes, and a reading lectern with a copy of A Military History of Pantaloonia. The most revealing item is the diploma from the Royal College of Pantaloonia that hangs on the wall, which states that Lord Stephanus Stephanov graduated magna cum laude 19 years ago, with a degree in Natural Philosophy, focusing on Botany.

Everything seems perfectly ordinary, BUT when you touch the frame of the degree –

(DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUUN.)

A secret panel in the wall slides open!

Taking the candle from the dinner table, you investigate.

A simple limestone staircase leads down into a deep cavern below the castle. The air reeks with the overwhelming stench of decay. The dark walls are beaded with moisture and mold. The floor is a clinging, blood-red clay.



The cavern is roughly rectangular. 4 sturdy, man-made doors are set into the walls, one in each cardinal direction.

In the north wall stands a GOLD DOOR, sturdily LOCKED.



In the east wall stands an unlocked BROWN DOOR. The STENCH OF ROT pours from behind it.



In the south wall stands an unlocked BLACK DOOR. You can hear a faint mumbling voice on the other side, and the occasional footstep. The only word you can make out is "CONTRACTUAL." It seems to be repeated with great frequency.



In the West wall stands an unlocked BLUE DOOR. You can hear a desperate whisper on the other side. You cannot be certain, but you think you recognize a line from the Akathist Of Really Regretting Poor Life Choices.



What do you do?

1. Get the hell out of here.
2. Go back upstairs and pretend nothing happened.
3. Try to FORCE the GOLD DOOR open.
4. Open the BROWN DOOR and see what is making that STENCH.
5. Open the BLACK DOOR and see what is MUMBLING on the other side.
6. Open the BLUE DOOR and see what is whispering the AKATHIST.
7. HIDE by BURYING YOURSELF in the soft red clay floor and WAIT to see if anything comes out.
8. OTHER:___________________





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