The Clockmakers

The Ancient Library

You wake up in an ancient library. Eyes bleary with fatigue from an unknown journey, the books strewn on the floor almost appear to be glowing. The dimly lit room seemingly crackles with untapped magical energy. As you glance out the dusty Diocletian window behind you, you notice an uncanny vacantness to the nighttime landscape. A singular kerosene streetlamp is lit along a roughly cobbled street, casting light onto a long winding road. Oddly enough, the library seems to be the only building lit, even though the clock only reads 9 p.m. Shivering, you turn away from the window to observe the library. Dust permeates the air as if this room has not been touched in centuries. Maybe it hasn’t been based on the unkempt look of things. As you continue appraising the open space, you notice imposing doors on your left and right amidst bookshelves and an extraordinarily well-preserved book on the table before you.

Do you enter the door to your left, with rusted hinges and a strange pattern of gears engraved on it?

Do you enter the door to your right, covered in withered vines, with a subtle light peaking from underneath it?

Or do you open the well-preserved tome on the table before you as you seek to unlock its secrets