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Looking into the endless staircases, you knew you had to do something. Eyeing up the finished equipment, you reckon borrowing some of the blacksmith's equipment for a rescue mission was justified. Did the witch already catch up to you, or is there something, somehow stranger afoot? Only one way to find...

With rope as an anchor, a spear in place of your pole, and a targe, you were as you could be for the unknown.

>Use your spear to test each step

The spear latches onto the first flight like a magnet. You hope your boots do the same.

One small step for bergman, one giant leap for-

>duck

For what? But then you finally noticed. The all-encompassing beam of light coming towards you.

Faster than you can say, "cursed photon canards" your body leaps towards void! Not wanting to take your chances with the mystery beam, your spear, now stuck to the staircase acts as the one thing from you dropping into the abyss.

Good news is the source of the beam seems to have gone away. Bad news, so too has your only entry