Klaus pressed the door release on the Western door. The lock was gone, that was good. The door opened and he stepped into the room beyond.

Overhead a shuttle platform jutted out on the Western side. As Klaus walked in, the metal door on top of the platform opened wide and a shuttle trundled in. There was a hiss as it let off a steam-like substance and came to a complete stop. The doors opened wide. Around the shuttle exit, a green ring was painted. That was probably worth knowing.

Klaus' eyes fell down. Then he realised how strikingly red the room was before he could pass comment on what he saw. A trapdoor opened above his head and a staircase descended. The others followed in.

"KLAUS. YOU HAVE BEEN SUMMONED TO THE RED ROOM. PLEASE ASCEND THE STAIRCASE AND WAIT PATIENTLY."

Klaus glanced over again at the door to the West. All of the other doors they'd come across had a release panel to the side. The doors locked down for most of the day. The panels displayed in red until the doors opened. Occasionally the doors would open for something else...like if Willis saw somebody try to hurl a shoe or something similar.

However to actually exit, they had always needed to mash that release panel. It was what opened the actual doors. When it turned green they could mash it and move on. The door to the West had no release panel. It couldn't be opened. But it was very definitely a door. It looked like all the others they'd come across.

He shook his head and climbed the stairs rather awkwardly. His body wasn't as fit as when he'd first come down. He reached the little alcove at the top and waved nervously as the staircase closed beneath him.

The rest of the group stood around awkwardly.

You each have about 18 hours to move through an available exit.

Players (10):
Baby Pete
Bryce
Helios Garabandia
Hupu
Jeffrey Fernandis
Klaus
Korru
Malarkey
Mercator
Randolph Carter

Exits:
East
North
Board the Shuttle

Oooooo bai Klaus!! =D

*rides in riding a mule*

what did i miss?

absolutely nothing!

If anyone is interested I think we will meet someone in the room west of charons room. Hopefully the other group.

Well they kinda have to take the right exits to meet us but i assume they will.

oh men that's good news :)

I think they will take the right exits cuz if Bagshot is still alive he can direct them to it using the WALKIE.

I don't get how that's possible tho cuz didn't Bagshot say they'd be there like 3 phases after us? Unless their taking a different route I suppose

If they took another route going to the cerberus room they would be 3 phases behind us. Guess they didnt opt to do that.

Anyone starting to think the key might actually be close to the door? We start by automatically assuming its not which makes it the perfect place to hide it. Willis is thinking a step ahead of us.

I still say we check the remaining rooms here before going there though.

lol it'd be pretty CUNNING but I don't think he did that. He put both of our teams on the WEST side of the map so we would of already been pretty close to the key if that's the case... seems kinda RISKY cuz one of the groups could of gotten lucky and stumbled upon it on like phase 5

I really think this Charon room is the gateway to the key. I'd be very shocked if it isn't!

Well each group did get a compass and moving towards the door would be a silly move :P

The staircase opened up as Klaus descended. He looked wearily around at everybody at the bottom before slowly climbing down and sighing. There was an awkward silence amongst the group.

oh men Klaus

wut happened?

Oh god.

I can't say what happened. Sorry. :(

yes you can! You just can't directly quote it