PUTTING ON THE JOURNEY BELT

--- LABORATORY -----

w (to East Courtyard)
w (to West Courtyard)
s (to Living Room, back half)
w (to Dance Studio)
d (to Tunnel, South End)
n (to Tunnel, North End)
open door
u (to Gazebo)
e (to Secret Garden near East Wall)

--- SECRET GARDEN (near the east wall) -----

>> There's a mist portal in the east wall.  Since it was activated by 
>> a bitter tasting food item and since you haven't entered this
>> bitter mist before, this will be Bitter Trip #1.

e (through mist)

>> The time is far enough into the past that Martin's house hasn't
>> been built yet.

--- NEXT TO THE ROCK PILE -----

e

--- NEXT TO THE PATCH OF DIRT -----

ne

--- BY THE FLAT ROCK -----

ne

--- STRAIGHT PATHWAY -----

ne

--- RAVINE (across from the sycamore grove) -----

>> A squirrel catches a sycamore seed floating from the other side 
>> of  the ravine.

nw

--- RAVINE PATH -----

nw

--- MESA (by the waterfall) -----

sw

--- MESA (by the downward slope) -----

>> Since you have the headphones, you learn from watching the
>> old woman and her granddaughter about a shaman's journey
>> belt made of five cords of rope.

wait
wait
wait
wait

>> You learn that the shaman must wear the belt in the presence of 
>> five instances of connections between people.  At the end of 
>> the encounter, the grandmother and the girl hug, and you
>> sense that you've missed an opportunity,  The next time you
>> come back to this time period you should wear the belt and
>> witness the connection again.

s

--- CLEARING -----

s

--- CURVED PATHWAY -----

se

--- BY THE FLAT ROCK -----

sw

--- NEXT TO THE PATCH OF DIRT -----

w

----- NEXT TO THE ROCK PILE -----

w (back through the portal, to current time)

SECRET GARDEN (near the east wall)

w (to gazebo)
open door
d (to Tunnel, North End)
s (to Tunnel, South End)
u

--- DANCE STUDIO -----

take strap

>> This is the macrame strap that had been tied to the basket.

wear strap

*** 5 POINTS FOR PUTTING ON THE BELT ***