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Section 2 - The Gates

Cement Room is a room. "A bare cement room, or really, just the suggestion of one. A white staircase goes down.".

doors have a color.

A red door called red door is north of Cement Room and south of Brick-lined Room.

A yellow door called yellow door is north of Brick-lined Room and south of Sandy Room.

A blue door called blue door is north of Sandy Room and south of Water Room.

A green door called green door is north of Water Room and south of Writing Room.

A white door called white door is north of Writing Room and south of Spinning Expanse.

A grey door called grey door is north of Spinning Expanse and south of Further. The description of the grey door is "A grand stone door. It beckons you.".

The initial appearance of a door is usually "A [item described] leads [direction of the item described from the location]."

doors have some text called a past.

The past of the red door is "You remember Alice, and her racing up the stairs when she heard you coming home from school...".

The past of the yellow door is "You remember Alan, writing letters to his friends, refusing to use email. His sarcastic smile, his overly-strong cologne...".

The past of the blue door is "You remember Linda, and how smart she was, sitting in her room and doing impersonations of your friends and of Alan...".

The past of the green door is "You remember your first novel, and how scared you were to let anyone read it, and how excited you were when you realized you were going to be able to finish it...".

The past of the white door is "You remember getting sick, and feeling weaker and practicing coming to terms with the end...".

After going north through a door (called the portal):

say "[br][past of the portal][br]";

continue the action.

Before opening a door:

If the color of the player is not the color of the noun:

say "[one of]You're not in the proper state to open that particular door.[or]You're can't open it how you are. Look at yourself and the door.[or]You need to be the same color as the door.[or]You need to focus on the memory that's the same color as the door.[cycling]";

stop the action.

The Gates are a black region.

Cement Room, Brick-lined Room, Sandy Room, Water Room, Writing Room, Spinning Expanse and Further are in The Gates.