"The Cycle" OLD

The Lobby is an expansive non-Euclidean space, resembling the back rooms of a retail outlet. All rooms in The Lobby share the same superficial features, such as worn mono-yellow wallpaper, old moist carpet, scattered electrical outlets, and inconsistently-placed fluorescent lighting. Aside from these common features, no two rooms within the level are identical. The fluorescent lighting present in The Lobby hums at a constant frequency. This buzzing is notably louder and more obtrusive than ordinary fluorescent lights, and examination of the fixtures to determine the source has been inconclusive thus far. Secondly, the substance lightly saturating the carpet cannot be consistently identified; it is not water, nor is it safe to consume. …But you aren't here to know that, are you? You've heard this same spiel a thousand times. Do you remember the first time you found a new level, anything to break up the monotony? It was one level. Then two. Then three. Then a thousand more.