“What could it be?” Evan wondered aloud. He was standing in a large, almost entirely empty, white room. The room had two immense black doors on opposite sides. The nearest one, he had just come through. The other he knew to be locked without testing it. In the center of the room lay what must be some sort of key.
It was this object- the sole contents of the room- that drew his attention. He sat there staring at it for many long moments, yet he had no idea what it was. It looked a bit like those plastic chemical models he’d made back in high school, except that it was entirely blue and the arrangement seemed to have no organization.
They had told him one of the trials would involve chemistry. Not knowing what to expect, he had tried to recall everything he’d learned years ago. Could it have been some sort of inside joke referring to this strange clue?
He was hesitant to touch it before figuring out what it was. He’d learned from the earlier trials that the masters were not beyond rigging traps to their clues.
Frustrated, he closed his eyes and began to pace. He’d come through too much to be defeated by this strange blue hint.
Deciding this trial had nothing to do with chemistry, he tried to block out all related thoughts. That didn’t help, he couldn’t concentrate on anything. After contemplating the fact that the soles of his shoes were getting thin for a few moments, he decided there was nothing he could do without touching it.
Openning his eyes, he was surprised to see his shoes sitting where the deformed chemical model had previously been. Except they weren’t his shoes. The shoes in the center of the room were exactly like his aside from two key traits. First they were blue, his were brown. Second, they weren’t on his feet.
Feeling a mixture of intrigue and confusion, he reached for the blue shoes. His hand stopped when it came in contact with what seemed to be a cold, clear, metallic box surrounding the shoes. Seconds later, the shoes morphed into a blue cube the size of the unseen barrier.
This gave him the clue he had needed. He closed his eyes and focused his thoughts on the keys he’d received when completing the previous tasks. When his eyes opened, there was a shiny blue key sitting on a small pedestal. Reaching out once more, he noticed the barrier was now gone. As his fingers wrapped around the key, he heard the lock on the door click.
Well there it is. I know it’s not great, but at least I did something :P
I didn’t spend a lot of time on it and haven’t really checked for spelling/grammarical errors.
Anyway, if anyone actually reads this, tell me what you think :)
