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: The ladder supports you easily. You climb up, arrving in the darkness under the roof. You light in the distance, it falls from the small window onto a table.

As you come closer you see the table full of gardening supplies. Many pots with withered plants stand on the table. You see a small golden key lay besides a top in the middle of the light. A flower bloomed within.

: You take the key.

examine the shape of the key tip

: It's your standard key tip, looking like it would fit a keyhole.

Head down, and check all the doors. Maybe one of them is locked.

: You head down. No, there are no locked doors, or anything with keyholes. The key looks like it fits a very small keyhole.

Check a door other than the one you just came in; there might be something else in there.

: You've just been told that there is no other door. Let me quote:

AlexMdle wrote:No, there are no locked doors, or anything with keyholes.

Stupi-
Anyways. Head to the back of this house.

: You wander around the house's antiquated premises, finding nothing else of interest. The cauldron continues to bubble while the person reads the book.