Lucidstuck I

i'm taking a leap of faith with this command...

>Both: notice the square on the ground, stand on it and pull the needle, stay alert and watch what happens.

(i know this sounds suicidal, but have faith in me, if this goes wrong i'll fall into eternal dishonor)

This sounds completely unnecessary. There is no reason that we have to take the needle now, nor any evidence that I know of to show that it is a good idea. I do not want to blindly test our luck on a death trap in what is supposed to be the hardest land of them all.

What we can do right now, and SHOULD do right now, is gather information. I wanted the kids to take a step back while they got a more general awareness of their surroundings in case the trap had a time delayed activation. If it was then it could save their life, and if it was not then it would not cost us anything.

After that, assuming nothing of importance goes on, we can move onto looking at the trap proper. After seeing what information we can glean from it we can use the information that we get for deciding on what to do to pass or disarm this trap.

We are not yet at the point where we require blind faith, nor is it good for us to do so when we have not truly attempted the problem ourselves.