GETTING TO THE JAPANESE GARDEN BEHIND THE STORE

FIFTH LEVEL

The room is filled entirely with extremely large barrels, most of 
which are marked to say which type of vegetable is inside the 
barrel.  Your eye is particular drawn to the cabbage barrel, the 
broccoli barrel, and an unmarked barrel.   

To the north you see an open panel revealing an elevator.   

You don't see any warrior king here.  If there is a warrior king for 
the fifth level he's either invisible, hiding, or on vacation.   

>x broccoli barrel
The broccoli barrel has a hinged lid, which is currently closed with 
a lock on it.   

The barrel is marked to indicate that there is broccoli inside.  
However, the price has been crossed out.  You're not sure whether 
this means that the broccoli is not for sale anymore, or whether it's 
free, or whether you just are supposed to talk to Mr. Takamine if 
you want to buy some broccoli.   

There is a small hole in the side of the barrel near the bottom, wide 
enough for a few of your fingers but not for your whole hand.  You 
can see some broccoli but it's too far away for your fingers to 
reach.  You doubt that even long-nosed pliers would help you here. 

Nevertheless, you remain convinced that there must be someway to 
get broccoli out through the hole.  You just need assistance from 
someone suited to the task.   

>x unmarked barrel
The unmarked barrel has a hinged lid, which is currently closed.   

The barrel is unmarked.   

>open unmarked barrel
The unmarked barrel is now open.  Inside the barrel you see 
nothing.  The barrel is absolutely, completely empty in a profound 
sort of way.   

>get in barrel
You get into the unmarked barrel. 

You feel an overwhelming sense of nothingness surrounding you, 
creeping into your consciousness.  Gradually the boundary between 
yourself and the nothingness dissolves, and you realize that your 
existence inside the barrel has disappeared.   

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JAPANESE GARDEN ENTRANCE

You are at the entrance of a beautiful Japanese garden.  A curved 
pathway to the northeast leads deeper into the garden.  Directly 
south is a gate leading back to the store.