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Kaldau 01, 258: Escaping the Cottage

The rain stopped. From the window I can see the soft pink and beige clouds from when I first arrived. The sun isn't visible, but it must be up somewhere. I have a plant to leave this place, this trap, I just hope my understanding of it is correct. I tried conjuring Anise here as it seemed to go off my desires...it didn't seem to work, but I've been taking note of places in the cottage that always seem...occupied. Having relocating some of the furniture in those areas, I've found something written. I can't really tell what I'm looking at, but perhaps disrupting them will do...something. I was unable to scrub or scrape them from the wood....I tried to use the knife from my pack, and I was able to chip the glyphs. A voice, the lines making the strange shapes rearranged themselves. Brought together they made a creature that called himself "Linur". He is made of smaller lines, and in exchange for letting him out, he let me out.

Supplemental: Looking back on this horrific experience, I can't help but wonder ... Would I have been reduced to the same state? Just lines on the floor? Were all the whispers I heard just those that had succumbed to this awful place? How was Linur able to free me? I never saw him again...