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Eat First, Explore Later

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Once you step into the hallway, you hear your stomach gurgle loudly. You haven't eaten since you set off for your walk yesterday, and suddenly you realize how weak your body feels. You won't be able to search the house for long before you can't even stand up.

You make finding the kitchen your first priority. You descend the large staircase back into the large first-floor hall and start poking your head into the rooms. The first door is locked, but the second door opens with a loud, echoing creak. It's a small bathroom. The third door appears to be a work area. There are large benches, tools hung on peg boards along the walls, and several rows of shelves containing crafts unidentifiable in the dim light. The fourth door looks promising, however. It's a pantry. Unfortunately, there's nothing to be found on the shelves. Scraps of packages scatter the bare wooden planks, picked clean long ago by rats and other pests.

You head down another hallway and try those doors. The first room is brightly lit by large French doors that lead onto what looks like the back porch. This room has large metal basins and washboards for laundry. The room next to this one is, at last, the kitchen. It also has French doors leading outside, and filling the room with sunlight, but more importantly there is a working refrigerator. You can hear it humming from the doorway. You scurry to it and open the door.

Cartons of milk and a wheel of cheese meet your eyes. There also seems to be a stock of lettuce and carrots in a crisper drawer, as well as a few other items. Everything looks fresh, despite the age of the house and the fridge. You're pretty sure the milk and cheese are okay to eat. You wonder if the house really isn't abandoned after all, but why isn't the place better stocked with food? And where were the residents?

More painful gurgles from your stomach force you to curb the speculation for now. You're feeling weaker than ever as you reach for...


What do you do now?


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