Gripping the rope firmly, you step back and take a running jump.  However, in the dim light you do not notice that someone cut the rope almost in two just a little way above the section you are holding.  As you swing across the pit it suddenly breaks, and you scream with fear as you plunge headlong into the depths below.<br/><br/>You land heavily on your back, but luckily your backpack cushions your fall.  The darkness is almost pitch black at the bottom of the pit, and you crawl along the floor, groping in front of you.  Suddenly your hand touches something cold, hard, and smooth.  The object is small and round, but you cannot figure out what it is.  You place it in your backpack, hoping to see what it is once out of the pit.  You continue to crawl forward and soon reach the pit wall.  It is too smooth to climb, and you have to cut hand- and toe-holds in it with your sword.  This takes a long time, but finally you climb out of the pit on the east side.  You immediately check out the object in your backpack, and discover you have found an orb of blood-red ruby.  You are absolutely delighted and head off east in high spirits, whistling softly under your breath.<br/><br/><em>You lose 1 Skill and 2 Stamina from the fall, and gain a Ruby.</em><br/><br/>The tunnel makes a sudden left turn and continues north for as far as you can see.  You soon arrive at a closed wooden door in the left-hand wall.<br/><br/><em>Your choices are to open the door, or to keep going north.</em>