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  • Jens Finkhäuserjens@social.finkhaeuser.de
    Oct 12, 2026, 4:25 PM

    Due to this decidedly non-Euclidean layout, one needed to have the courage to explore a little, too! Sometimes a door was locked. And sometimes it was just closed because someone kicked away the wedge that held it open, and you never knew what treasures lay beyond.

    So every closed door was an invitation. "Go see what's behind me!", they whispered enticingly. And I followed their siren call.

    One day, I opened a door that I had never seen unlocked before, and it led me to a place I shall...

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  • Jens Finkhäuserjens@social.finkhaeuser.de
    Oct 12, 2026, 4:29 PM

    ...never forget!

    You see, there weren't any more books. There was an underground road.

    When I say "road", I mean it was wider than your typical hallway. One of those oversized golf cart style urban rubbish collector cars would have fit through.

    And in fact, there sitting next to the door were rubbish bags. I'm pretty sure that was the whole point of this passage, to allow for easy garbage disposal without obstructing the traffic outside and littering the streets.

    But looking up and...

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  • Jens Finkhäuserjens@social.finkhaeuser.de
    Oct 12, 2026, 4:32 PM

    ... down, of course I could see similar doors to the one I had peeked through, spaced at just the right distance to map them to the store fronts above me.

    Which is to say, if you had keys, you could literally walk into one of these magical bookstores, and out another.

    I didn't do that. I didn't want to be trapped in the rubbish tunnel. I guess I was not *that* enticed after all.

    But the general layout, well. It does remind me a lot of L-space.

    Now imagine an escape room scenario where...
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  • Jens Finkhäuserjens@social.finkhaeuser.de
    Oct 12, 2026, 4:34 PM

    ... this is exactly what you do: curiosity got the better of you, but book worms aren't quite so nourishing, so you do need to escape L-space after all!

    And get a free book if you do 😁

    I know some of y'all would love a place like that.

    /7

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