2. Oh That Sinking Feeling

Important Note: This room is part of the trap mechanism described in room 1. The secret door from this room to room 1 is only accessible after the trap is activated. If this room is being entered through the non- secret door while the floor is "up," read or paraphrase the following: This very plain twenty-foot-square room seems to be quite empty. If entered via the secret door while the floors are "down:" Through the secret door you see another twenty-foot-square chamber where it seems the floor has dropped in the same way as this room. You notice a niche in the middle of the wall to your right. Inside the niche is a lever which can be pulled, moving it about three inches or so; when this is done, the floors of both rooms 1 and 2 begin to rise very slowly, going up 10 feet per turn. When the floors have reached their original level, the trap in room 1 remains disabled for two turns before reactivating. Unlike room 1, entering this room does not cause the floor to begin sinking.