Chapter 90: Ch. 87 – Always split the party

The passage I came from is now sealed off by a solid wall as if I didn't come from there.

Maybe it is an illusion? We have one in our cellar hiding the underground area with the glitch zone, so it is a possibility.

No matter how hard I try, this wall doesn't budge, so it seems to be real.

Just great, exactly what I needed today. An overpowered monster is hunting for us, we already got separated and the pathing makes no sense at all...

Well, got no choice left but start searching...

But before wandering aimlessly through this labyrinth, I take a sheet of paper out of my inventory and write on it: "J: got separated, currently alone, what's the situation on your side, Lucy?", I just hope my dear checks her inventory at one point.

Guess that's one way to reinvent IRC. Slow as that shit was, it should've been obvious that it was analog and not digital.

While waiting or at least hoping for an answer, I try to scribble "Jared was here" opposite of the first side passage I find. Not really legible but should suffice for now, at least it is hard to overlook. If the place can warp you from a plain cave to a dead end of this castle underground without you noticing, it is possible there are more non-sensical connections to lead back here, maybe through teleports or one-way passages.

Ah, Lucy has written an answer: "L: also alone, ended up in an ice cave, you?"

I write back: "J: castle underground. How are you holding up, is it very cold?"

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So much for my hope that we ended up close enough at least, but now she could be anywhere. In the worst case, everyone has their own 100-floor labyrinth to conquer... Shit.

Well, waiting won't get me anywhere and the first passage leads to the right, so I give the right-hand rule a shot and start walking, carefully watching around corners if any monsters lurk there but so far there are none.

After a few minutes and turning exactly three times to the right, I'm back where I started with my marking directly in front of me. This makes no sense, after each turn I walked at least for two minutes, so how come three turns by 90 degrees equal to a 180-degree turn...

I repeat the short trip to make sure I didn't discount but no, after three turns I'm back exactly where I started.

Frustrated, I check my inventory again to see if Lucia has written anything new in the meantime, and indeed, she has: "L: I don't feel cold but instead got even more lost, walking back send me to a different place than I was before"

I write back: "J: took three right turns and also ended up back at the start, this place makes no sense either."

I really should've never used a guide for Antichamber, then I might have a better idea of how this stupid place works...

Since three turns right are wrong, I want to try a different direction this time, going right-right-left, but after the first turn, I already run across five monsters.

They kinda look like pitbull heads on three legs with overgrown teeth and the whole thing covered in rainbow-colored crystal shards.

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