Castle in The Waves

We wandered through the seemingly endless corridor for what felt like an hour. We opened and explored various rooms filled with tables, chairs, and beds. We scratched a line in the door of each room we visited, so we wouldn't get lost. The darkness engulfed the area behind us, pushing us onward down the corridor.. I mentioned to Lantern that we ought to check on Coastal, he agreed.

We turned back the way we came and walked about ten feet before the area behind us (which was straight before) branched into two paths. Lantern and I looked at each other in a confused manner. He suggested we try going right.

I followed him down the right path, which made me feel claustrophobic. I felt like the walls were breathing, collapsing and expanding in the hallway. Lantern turned to tell me he spotted the front door. I sped up my pace to catch up with him. I squinted my eyes to try and see Prof. Coastal, but he appeared to be gone.

We searched around the door, peering outside for a moment to see if he left, but there was no trace of him anywhere. We searched the room where he lost his voice, but he was not there either. We reluctantly concluded hat he was gone, even though we could not explain why. The only solution we had left was to press onwards.

We exited the room and entered an unfamiliar corridor. The halls had seemed to change again. There were doors lining the walls, which we decided to use to search for the professor. Lantern and I decided to split up a bit, to search the doors faster. Not too far from each other, we just searched opposite sides of the hall. Each room we checked was completely empty and void of the professor, but we pressed onwards.

After a while, I noticed the lack of both hoofsteps and the creaking of old doors opening. I glanced over my shoulder and saw the problem. Lantern was gone. I deduced that he had entered a room and the castle shifted, or the same had happened to me and I did not notice.

At this point I had run out of doors to open anyways. Except one. There was a single, larger door at the end of the corridor. The door had an ominous air about it, but for the sake of my professor, I opened it. I shouldn't have.