The Big House

It's 8.30pm on Halloween. You're at the front door of the original Mitchell Library building and it's locked! You knew you shouldn't have got so caught up in reading that ghost story up on Level 4... What are you going to do now? Do you take the stairs to the [[Jeffrey Library]] or the [[Burns Library]] or just head straight into the [[Main Hall]]?

Skylights, bookcases, suns with faces carved into them. But nowhere else to go, so you could head back [[downstairs|Start]] or go along the corridor to the [[Burns Library]].

This is a room with skylights and various Burns artefacts. Do you go back down the main stairs to the [[Entrance |Start]] or take a closer look at the [[bookcase at the back|Secret door to stacks]]?

The ceiling is made of leaded glass. There's a door in the back wall. Do you head back to the [[Entrance|Start]] or see if the door is [[locked|Stacks at Old Lift]] <img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3161/2406676025_0bb7b08a38_b.jpg" width="400" alt="Mitchell Library_0002"/> (Photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_anderson/2406676025/in/photolist-4EEQWe-4EK76o-7PiewX-5SqyXJ-887EJ4-cNUAB5-b7fmJn-a7Q2W-amfqjE-7PidVi-7xGqTv-nSd1Cn-8wy7At-7pUvZE-fPxFd8-de89t4-gV9hVy-gV4Et5-gVC3vs-cFnuej-9h3d1A-jCa4gA-7Pngeb-cwbkgb-7xGqQK-fBTSSE-gw9U6-a2Qhak-axK82o-dYrgwZ-7xLf6j-99ex6B-h98AwF-h9nHnz-h99Bis-2Mzjf-4WNc9W-7xphJD-h7dwrX-gVC9RH-6o4NkG-4TuQnw-6o4MU3-gV9xDx-cFnUpw-cFntzU-aDUU4m-5zL3Y5-6nZC46-9gZ5YF">Bill Anderson on Flickr</a>)

The door isn't locked - you step into a room full of high bookshelves. There's a lift in the far corner. The lift doors open, you get in and press the button marked "LG". When the lift arrives and the doors open you step out into a dimly lit area. Do you [[turn left|Old Bindery ]] or [[turn right|Old Bindery ]]

Now that you're closer, you can see there's a door in the wall next to the bookcase. It's not locked, so you step through and find yourself in a long room filled with old books on dark wooden shelves. At the back of the room is a [[massive steel fire door|Old extension Stacks]]

You find yourself in a tiled room filled with all sorts of strange items. There are ticking clocks, lots of books and even some items you dont recognise🤷‍♀️do you pick up a [[book]],[[ clock ]]or an[[ unknowen item]]

In front of you, at the end of a row of dark, dusty bookcases, is a door with a sign saying "Keep locked at all times". You wonder what's behind it and if it's locked just now...

There are rows of dark wooden shelves filled with books. You walk through them to find yourself in a newer building, still filled with dusty shelves of books. Walking through it, you find a staircase and follow it down, winding all the way to the [[lowest basement]]

Down in the lowest level of the basement, three floors below the ground, you see a [[Old Bindery ]]

as you reachout and grab the book, a fluttering sensation starts in your tuumy and you fel dizzy. in a wizz of color and sound you are transpotrted to a new dimention. a small sighnpost next to you reads "WELCOME TO TIME WORLD!!!!! THE WORLD OF TIME.". Do you [[EXPLORE FIRST]] or [[find the exit]]

as you reachout and grab the clook, a fluttering sensation starts in your tuumy and you fel dizzy. in a wizz of color and sound you are transpotrted to a new dimention. a small sighnpost next to you reads "WELCOME TO TIME WORLD!!!!! THE WORLD OF TIME.". Do you [[EXPLORE FIRST]] or [[find the exit]]

as you reachout and grab the thing, a fluttering sensation starts in your tuumy and you fel dizzy. in a wizz of color and sound you are transpotrted to a new dimention. a small sighnpost next to you reads "WELCOME TO LOST THINGS WORLD!!!!! THE WORLD OF LOSING STUFF!.". Do you [[EXPLORE FIRST]] or [[find the exit]]

You have decided to explore first. as you move through the world you see some strange creatures. they are half turtle and half human. they have bodies like turtlesand heads of humans. they seem freindly and can talk too you. You ask "How do i get out of here?" they awnser in a calming voice "Hello child. my name is lexi the old and wise. you get out by finding the sacred item. it is over there by the trees." you thank her and walk off You can see that you have to cross a river to get there. will you [[cross yourrself]] or [[cross yourself|make a raft]]

luckly, the river is not strong. so it is easy to get to the trees. then you tare through the forest towards the sacred item. it is weired, misshapen and sutch an amazing aray of color that you momentarily blinded. as you grasp hold of it the same flutering sensation begins againin your tummy. as the color swurls around you, you feel greatful for chosing this path in life. then the color dies from around you. you are back outside the Mitchell library.

luckly, the river is not strong. there are loggs along the river bank so it is easy to make a raft. so it is easy to get to the trees. then you tare through the forest towards the sacred item. it is weired, misshapen and sutch an amazing aray of color that you momentarily blinded. as you grasp hold of it the same flutering sensation begins againin your tummy. as the color swurls around you, you feel greatful for chosing this path in life. then the color dies from around you. you are back outside the Mitchell library.