text: [Themes: Surreal, Fantasy, fantasy]
  
  > look at your surroundings
  It is stifling hot in here, yet the flickering yellow glow of the small Furnace does little to light this room. On a long, acid-scarred Work-Bench sit Crucibles, Mortar & Pestle, &c. A stair leads up.
  
  A small opening in the Stone leads northwest.
  
  The metal in the collecting Pan bubbles briefly.
  
  > look at metal
  A short Pool of molten Metal mostly fills the collecting Pan. It seems to be Gold, with a rosy Glow.
  
  A puff of foul-smelling Smoke emerges from the Furnace.
  
  > look at Pan
  A collecting pan of black and tempered Stone. Its tenure inside the Furnace makes it shimmer with heat. A small Handle on the pan allows you to redeem it from the flames.
  
  A short Pool of molten Metal mostly fills the collecting Pan. It seems to be Gold, with a rosy Glow.
  
  > get Pan
  The pan is quite hot! You quickly remove your Fingers from the blistering stone.
  
  > look at the handle
  A small flat handle of the same stone as the pan.
  
  A blast of hot Air emerges from the Furnace, as though some Daemon inside were working a Bellows.
  
  > Go up
  Though the Baron never took a wife, 'tis said his Bed was not a night empty. This sinful bed stands before you now, as does the Baron's dresser & Looking-Glass. Two shattered doors lead east & west, & a most curious Trap-Door yawns to reveal a stairway as dark as the Baron's soul.
  
  You can see a fine Axe here.
  
  > go to the west
  O foul Hypocrite! O whited Sepulchure! In the midst of his debauchery the Baron does see fit to erect himself a Chapel of the faith! Mayhap he thought to take sanctuary here at your approach. 'Tis more likely the lighted Candles & marble Altar did bear witness to blasphemous & terrible Rites in the Baron's lifetime.
  
  A stair in the corner leads down into darkness, an archway northeast. A shattered oak door opens to the east.
  
  > Go northeast
  A richly attired Wait Chamber, walls covered with pagan frescoes which beckon you to impure thoughts. Chairs arranged near the circular perimeter mingle with tables for gaming. The chamber becomes the reception chamber to the west, the dining hall to the north. A small tiled archway leads southwest, & to the east is the grand Entry Hall.
  
  Have these Walls shifted? Is the Light different in its attentions upon your Eyes? Nay, for how could this be so? It must be your tiresome Confinement that makes your Memory falter. You had best find a way to quit the Baron's Keep.
  
  > go to the west
  The glitterings of Gold, Jewels, Tapestries, &c. belie the Corruption of he who 'til recently occupied this high Seat. A white Carpet, once flanked by Sycophants & Counsellors, now lies untravelled. It leads away from the Seat & towards the Sunrise.
  
  Have these Walls shifted? Is the Light different in its attentions upon your Eyes? Nay, for how could this be so? It must be your tiresome Confinement that makes your Memory falter. You had best find a way to quit the Baron's Keep.
  
  The cruel Baron lies at your feet, dyeing the carpet scarlet with his blood.
  
  > Go east
  If only the Baron had set his soul in the same order he kept his study! Had he lined his heart with good works the way he lined his walls with books, kept his spiritual affairs as tidy as he kept his Writing-Desk, then your grim task need never have been assigned you. But the leather Arm-Chair now awaits a master who will never again occupy it. A shattered oak door opens to the west & an archway leads north.
  
  You can see a wooden Lance here.
  
  > put all keys in Vent
  golden key: You place the golden key into the Vent and quickly take your hand away. An unseen Zephyr swiftly draws the key into the reaches of the Furnace.
  silver key: You place the silver key into the Vent and quickly take your hand away. An unseen Zephyr swiftly draws the key into the reaches of the Furnace.
  copper key: You place the copper key into the Vent and quickly take your hand away. An unseen Zephyr swiftly draws the key into the reaches of the Furnace.
  
  A puff of foul-smelling Smoke emerges from the Furnace.
  
  > Wait
  You idle away a few moments.
  
  A molten stream of Metal pours briefly out of the furnace into the collecting Pan.
  
  > wait
  You idle away a few moments.
  
  A molten stream of Metal pours briefly out of the furnace into the collecting Pan, slightly altering the tint of the existing Contents.
  
  > wait for a while
  You idle away a few moments.
  
  The metal in the collecting Pan bubbles briefly.
  
  > get evil Book
  You shut the Tome & pick it up. It seems to numb your Hand, as though its cruel Intentions were oozing out to contain you.
  
  > Wait
  You idle away a few moments.
  
  A puff of foul-smelling Smoke emerges from the Furnace.
  
  You can barely feel the Hand which holds the evil Book.
  
  > get Pan
  The pan is quite hot! You quickly remove your Fingers from the blistering stone.
  
  Your Hand becomes as a dead Man's, & your Fingers slip open, dropping the Book upon the floor.
  
  Life is slow to return to the Hand that held the evil Tome.
  
  > get Pan
  The pan is quite hot! You quickly remove your Fingers from the blistering stone.
  
  > get Book
  You pick up the Tome. It seems to numb your Hand, as though its cruel Intentions were oozing out to contain you.
  
  > look at Book
  The book is one of foul & evil Magic, by an unknown Author. Tho closed, still you feel its foul Presence.
  
  A blast of hot Air emerges from the Furnace, as though some Daemon inside were working a Bellows.
  
  > Wait
  You idle away a few moments.
  
  A blast of hot Air emerges from the Furnace, as though some Daemon inside were working a Bellows.
  
  You can barely feel the Hand which holds the evil Book.
  
  > Wait
  You idle away a few moments.
  
  Your Hand becomes as a dead Man's, & your Fingers slip open, dropping the Book upon the floor.
  
  Life is slow to return to the Hand that held the evil Tome.
  
  > touch the handle
  The handle is quite hot! You quickly remove your Fingers from the blistering stone.
  
  The metal in the collecting Pan bubbles briefly.
  
  > touch Book
  You touch the Book & briefly feel a numbing Shock.
  
  > touch the handle
  The handle is quite hot! You quickly remove your Fingers from the blistering stone.
  
  > look under Bench
  The Stone beneath the Work-Bench is stained and scarred.
  
  A blast of hot Air emerges from the Furnace, as though some Daemon inside were working a Bellows.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  You are carrying:
  a dented Box (which is closed & locked)
  a holy symbol (glowing with a sacred light & being worn)
  a suit of Chain-Mail (being worn)
  a leather sheath (being worn)
  a sacred blade
  a wooden Scroll-Case (being worn & closed)
  
  The metal in the collecting Pan bubbles briefly.