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Your party makes it to the other side of the pit, allowing you to sigh with relief. Unfortunately, you are confronted by three separate doors, all of which are marked ‘exit.’

A strange creature suddenly greets you, dangling from the ceiling like it’s a party and you ain’t got nothin' to drink. The creature informs you that you must correctly figure out its riddle before attempting to exit. if you don’t listen to the riddle, it says, you have a 66% chance of dying. If you do, it says, you still have a 66% chance of dying, but at least you have some sort of hint. Seeing no other option, you agree to the creature’s terms.

Before you rests three separate doors

Beyond one lies freedom and more

Beyond another lies a minotaur

And the last contains an enchanted chin-up bar

The minotaur will destroy you in two seconds flat

Then chew and devour your quivering fat

The bar, while ridiculous, is entirely magic

And will lock you into a fate that is tragic

While my rhymes are weak at best

I’m here to help you through your test

When one means one, and the next means “Fight!”

Choose the door that says, “all right!”

 The riddle is annoying and completely unneeded. You don’t see why you had to listen to its foul and grotesque mishandling of whatever language you happen to speak, and you dearly hope you never have to listen to the like ever again. In any case, the ‘horrors’ behind each door don’t sound too dangerous, and you’re sure you can quickly shut the door before anything charges out at you. And what’s so frightening about a chin-up bar, anyway?

A.      Choose the door on the left

B.      Choose the door in the middle

C.      Choose the door on the right