Strings (Donna Beneviento x female reader)

Escape Room Pt 2

Continued...

...it is currently 8:13pm.

You try to figure out the puzzle for about 20 minutes before remembering about the map on the desk. You go back and take a look. It appears to be a rough map of the room, and you notice that a spot near one of the walls is marked. You walk to that spot, and there is seemingly nothing there, but you decide to look closer. 

You crouch down to look at the floor, dragging your fingers across the smooth wood. That is when you find it-- a hidden hatch in the floor. You struggle to lift it up for a few moments, then use one of the already used keys to help you lift the hatch out of the floor.  All that's inside is a paper with k and 1 written on it. You take the paper and place it on the desk. 

You then decide to go back to the puzzle you were attempting. After a short while-- by about 9:30pm-- you manage to complete it. Once again, there is a small slip of paper inside of the contraption. This one reads i2. So far, you have k1, l3, and i2. There is one locked drawer left on the desk, but you do not have another key; it must be hidden somewhere else in the room.

You once again begin searching the room, only to find nothing. You look back at the clock: 10:27pm. You have just over an hour and a half left, and decide to look through the things you already have. None of the keys you have work on the last drawer, the map doesn't have anything else marked, and the doll doesn't have anything else. You look at the pen, though, and find a small paper inside of it when you take it apart. The paper reads "Inside." You try to think of what this could mean-- then it hits you. 

That weird feeling in the back of your throat wasn't just because Angie choked you-- the key was placed in your throat. Now, you have to find out how to get the key out. 

You begin thinking-- could coughing it up work? You try, but it doesn't seem to budge. You  decide to look in some of the other cabinets on the wall-- you never looked at the rest of them after you found the doll. One of the remaining cabinets has a pair of old pliers inside of it, along with a dusty mirror. 

Knowing you have no other choice, you begin trying to fish the key out with the old, rusty pliers. Eventually, you manage to remove the key, gagging as you pull it from your throat. The time is now 11:19, and you are now able to open the last drawer.

Inside of the final drawer is a final letter with l4 written on it. You place it on the desk next to the other 3 slips of paper. Kill... it says kill. That must be the code to the lock on the door. 

You get excited for a moment, then realize that freedom is not as close as it may seem. You will be out of this room, but you will still be trapped in the Beneviento Manor. Still, you walk towards the door and grab the lock. You input the letters to each digit, and it unlocks. You take a deep breath, then open the door and exit into the long, dark hallway.