Shaft Room
At the end of the chain is a basket.
Okay, time for a leap of faith. The basket goes down to the bottom of the shaft. If that is where the very long narrow passageway goes, then we can send a light source down the shaft so we can see (and not be eaten by a grue). Might as well put some other things in the basket.
>put coal, torch, screwdriver in basket
>turn on lamp
You switch the battery-powered brass lantern on.
>lower basket
The basket is lowered to the bottom of the shaft.
>north
Wooden Tunnel
Last time we were here we didn't go west, so let's try that direction.
>west
[Smelly Room] This is a small non-descript room. However, from the direction of a small descending staircase a foul odor can be detected. To the east is a narrow path.
Foul odor...like what, body odor? Bad breath? A little more of a description would be helpful.
>down
[Gas Room] This is a small room which smells strongly of coal gas. There is a sapphire-encrusted bracelet here.
When coal beds are formed through the compression and heating of organic materials over geologic time spans, the generation of methane entrapped in the coal is an integral part of the process. As the coal beds are mined, this entrapped, or adsorbed, methane is released. The problem here is that methane is an odorless gas. No smell. At all. But I digress.
Since the room contains a quantity of methane, lighting a match or entering with the torch or lit candles all result in the same thing. First, the game chastises you for entering a room that reeks of coal gas (which of course isn't possible, since it doesn't smell) and carrying an ignition source. Second, you die what it considers a justifiable death via a large BOOOOOOOOOOOM.
The game is a harsh mistress. Just take the bracelet and move on.
>take bracelet
Taken.
>up
Smelly Room
>east
Wooden Tunnel
Okey dokey, back to the Coal Mine Maze.
>ne
Coal Mine #1
>north
Coal Mine #2
>ne
Coal Mine #3
>nw
Coal Mine #4
>down
Ladder Top
>down
Ladder Bottom
>south
Timber Room
>drop all
>save
Saved.
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