I follow happily
I follow because I have nothing else to do
I follow unhappily

At a street corner, you meet a beggar-girl who hands you a blue bottle.

drink from it?
throw it in the gutter?
give it back?
give her your guide?
ignore her?

You turn the corner and the sun sets. On a wall behind you the streetlights make the sign of a door.

I enter the door, slowly and carefully.
I step boldly inside.
I try to leave, but I cannot; I go in....
I walk in backwards.
I wait until I feel the time is right.

A gnomish being in a red satin robe peers at you from behind the dusty counter and waves you onwards.
There is a rotten wooden sign on the wall. (You should go through to the back room because )

There is ivy on the ceiling and snails are on the velvet wall hangings.

Actually, I should go through to the back room because

So, what do you want to find in the back room? (asks , which wasn't there before)

I want to find

And through the archway in the back room of the internet junk shop behind the door with iron bolts past the split oak with the arrow in it and the stuffed elk which is not for sale... it is very, very dark.

I feel my way with my hands
I walk forward until I hit something and grab it
I go back and get a torch from the proprietor
I go back and get something from the front room instead
I follow the nicest scent
I stretch my arms out into the dust along the floorboards

Found something! Let it go and get something else?

yes
no

(Please be patient. Finding things takes time....)