---
id: outside-gate
title: "[ The Gate ]"
exitN: "[[foyer]]"
exitS: null
exitE: null
exitW: null
exitU: null
exitD: null
items: []
encounter: null
safe: true
---

## first-visit
You arrive at the address, but you do not remember what has happened.
There is no sign, no number on the gate. The fence is overgrown with grape vines. The road behind you is gone.

The air is cool and still around you, but a quiet rustling and a damp breeze seem to emanate from beneath the house.

You are carrying: a folded letter, a matchbook, and a broken cigarette.

## revisit
The gate waits behind you. The road does not return.

## examined
The ironwork has gone black with rain. Grape vines pull at the fence and knot themselves through the bars. Beyond the gate, the house stands without light.
