The Gauntlet (Rooms 1&2)

( l had considered making each room of the gauntlet a different part, but it's mostly linear, so I decided to separate it only when there's an ending. However, each room will be split up, divided by walls of Hyphens, as seen below)

(Also, l know I've been switching between "he/him, and You" when referring to the person in the story. Sorry about that, but some sentences work better with "you" rather than "he". But yeah, You=Ash=Story's protagonist.)

Also, unless specified otherwise, when Ash goes into the next room, the door closes behind you.

Room 1

An unknown amount of time later, you awaken, and find yourself in the center of a room, roughly 10m cubed, with featureless white walls, and some kind of large basket located beside a door, which appears to be the only exit. On the ceiling, you notice very small ventilation holes, barely large enough to fit a Caterpie, let alone a person, even if they could somehow reach it.

Your surroundings taken stock of, you check over your body. As you expected, all you're left with are your clothes.

You first try the door, hoping it'll be unlocked, but unfortunately, it doesn't even have a handle. It seems that, however it's opened, it's not going to be as simple as you'd like.

You check along the walls and floor for a secret switch or button, but find only smooth, white, marble tiles.

Last but not least, you check the basket. It's about half your height, and about your width. If you didn't know any better, you'd think it looked like a laundry basket....

"No! No way!! Are you kidding me!!!??" Ash exclaims, as he realizes it is, in-fact, a laundry basket, and given the lack of anything else in the room, the only logical explanation would be:

"Ugg! This is ridiculous!! But if it means escaping this place and saving Pikachu..."

One by one, Ash removes his clothes, from his hat, to his shirt, his shoes, pants, and socks, until finally, he was in nothing but his underwear. But much to his annoyance, the door still refused to open. Frustrated, and embarrassed, he removes the last of his clothing, and places it in the basket, leaving himself completely naked.

With all his clothes in the basket, a loud "DING'' is heard, as the bottom of the basket drops away, and the door finally opens.

"What! No! Come back!!!" He attempts to retrieve the fallen clothes, but the hatch closes as soon as they're through.

With nothing left to do, you walk through the door, and into:

Room 2

You enter room two, and see before you, a small pond, with a waterfall flowing into it, and a small pathway going through the pond, to the waterfall. On the other side of the waterfall, you can see the door. You look around, and notice that the pond takes up the entire room.

You sigh, and not seeing any other options, carefully walk to the door*.

Covering your eyes, you begin to walk under the waterfall. As you do, you begin to feel a tingling sensation on your head, which travels down your naked body. However, you chock it up to just being the water hitting your skin with more **** then you're used to.

You emerge on the other side of the waterfall, and walk to the door, and see it's one of those "push" doors you'd see in a restaurant. You give the door a push, and it opens effortlessly, and you step into: