Red String, Brown Door

Taking the path of least resistance, you follow the red string towards the nearest door. Lightly pushing it open the rest of the way, you peek your head in and see the messy floor leading to a long hallway filled with what look to be a large collection of trophies, medals and awards. A light at the far end of the hallway catches your attention and you find yourself walking fully into the room and towards it.

As you travel down the hall, you notice something odd about the awards that adorn the walls. The medals are all silver, the trophies are all for second place and the plaques all congratulate the runner-up. Their pure number is a sure sign of talent but you cannot help but think to always come so close to first and never achieve it must be galling.

You hear someone sniffling as you reach the end of the hallway, the light leading into a glowing void in the center of which sits Amelia.

A knees curled up to her chin, crying and very naked Amelia.

You start to step forward, your mouth opening to call out and ask her what is wrong. However, before you can say anything, you can hear her whisper, "Don't. I've never felt this way about a fuck buddy before. Why?"

To your surprise, you hear your voice respond but instead of coming from your mouth it comes from a blurry figure that is somehow covered in shadows despite the room's all encompassing light.

"Sorry babe," you hear what sounds like yourself say with a note of cruelty behind it, "but you're only the SECOND best fuck I've ever had."

Another shadow figure, which you can somehow tell is feminine by its form, appears next to the one with your voice. The two shadows then turn around, take each others hands and start to walk away, fading into the light. Amelia bolts to her feet, tears running down her face as she reaches out her hand and shouts, "Please! Don't! You don't understand! That girl is the one who caused--"

You make another attempt to call out but before you can say a word, there is the loud sound of an explosion and a massive shock-wave of magical energy flies out from where the two shadows faded away. You do not see what happens to Amelia as the blast is so strong that it flings you down the hallway, through the messy room you enter in and then out through the door, which slams shut once you land back on the cobblestone road.

Standing up wobbly (and glad that whatever state you are currently in protected you from any real injury), you ponder what you just saw. If this is some kind of dreamscape, that... implies something you did not expect from someone as carefree seeming as Amelia. You also cannot help but wonder what that warning she was trying to give you was.

You are drawn out of your thoughts as the now closed door shimmers and then fades away. Looks like you get only one shot at a door.