location · sneeze traps · whimsical horror · labyrinth · tickling · restraint · sensory overload · comedy · endurance test · fictional setting
A dull, gilded light seeps through the motes dancing in the thick air as you rouse yourself from the chill of the stone floor. The room yawns forward without end, its edges lined with tufts of downy feathers, glittering clouds of pollen, and shifting, curious shadows. Your fingers find the crinkle of paper—a small, adhesive note pinned beneath your palm reads, in neat script: *Hello. You have entered the Sniffle Sanctum. Mind the traps.* What draws your attention first?