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After all this, you've finally reached what you hope might be the exit. Will it lead you deeper into the library, or set you free? Or does something else entirely await you...

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You can't resist the draw of the long, dark corridor despite your nerves. You take a deep breath to steel yourself and start down the hallway. As you travel deeper, you can feel the effects of the light from the previous section beginning to fade. In fact, all light is beginning to fade, and there are no torches or anything. You're alone in a pitch black corridor, with no idea of where you're going. You start running your hand along the wall, to catch any turns you might miss in the dark. Surprisingly, for the first time in what feels like the entire library, the wall is just a normal wall, not a bookshelf. A nice, smooth, uninterrupted wall. No book anywhere. At least you won't be compelled to open another enchanted book. Although, the deeper you walk down the hall, the more you have to admit you would enjoy the company...
After half an hour of walking forward in pure darkness, you suddenly remember something. You've had a flashlight this entire time. In all the excitement of the past day, you completely forgot about the stuff you packed. You open your pack and dig through, finding your flashlight. As you switch it on, you notice the camera in your bag. You kind of regret not taking more pictures, honestly. Some of the places in here looked so cool, and you'd love to be able to show your fellow explorers. Well, if you ever get out... You've been walking this way for so long, how sure are you it even leads out? It certainly isn't the way you came in...
Your legs are beginning to ache. Honestly, with all the walking and running you've been doing today, it's a wonder it took this long. Although you've been in this specific hallway for what feels like hours, and your flashlight's beginning to die. You have spare batteries, but what if even that isn't enough? Will you be stuck in here for the rest of your life? At least in the other sections, you could waste away your life with an enchanted book. Here, it's just solid wood walls and darkness. The flashlight finally fizzles out, and you sigh, worried. As you fetch the batteries from your pack, you notice a pinprick of light. Completely ignoring your aching legs, you bolt down the hallway. The light grows larger and larger, until...

The hallway opens up into a small room, lit by strange blue sigils on the walls and ceiling. Various books, quills, crystals, and scrolls litter the floor. A small desk, covered in even more books and scrolls, rests in the center. As you breathe a sigh of relief at finally being out of the hallway, your legs remind you how much they ache. You look for a place to sit, and find a soft chair, conveniently in the corner of the room. You plop down, overjoyed to have a place to sit after all this time. A nice place to rest after all that walking. A nice, comfy chair you can just... take a nap in. As you slowly begin to doze off, you hear an ethereal voice from in front of you. "Rest all you want, explorer. But do not sleep just yet. We have much to discuss first." Startled, you look up, and see a beautiful woman standing before the desk, looking down at you.
"Uh, I-I'm sorry, I didn't see you there, I just needed-" Her stern gaze halts your stammering. "I was not here as you entered, explorer. Not in this body, at least. I chose this form to be more palatable to your mind." You gulp, feeling like she may have a different meaning of 'palatable'. You're honestly somewhat scared of her, her stern expression magnified by the strange flames twisting their way around her body. Although, she is very pretty now that you look closer. An undeniable elegance, ethereal beauty, and a soft, calming glow. And the flames are actually pretty too, how they swirl around and around... Your eyes glaze over, and she nods very slightly. "I see I chose well. Now, do you have any questions? I would love to share my knowledge."
You look at her, slightly confused. "Questions?" She nods. "Yes. I presume you have a lot you want to ask me. And I see no reason why I should not answer. We have plenty of time." You think hard. There are so many things you want to know, but would she even know the answers? Who even is she? "Are you mistr-Uh, I mean the enchantress who built this library?" She shakes her head. "No. She is long gone, I am afraid." You're suddenly a little afraid. "Then, who are you?" She glances at something you can't see. "Perhaps a better question would be 'What am I?'. Suffice to say, my lady left me centuries ago. And here I have remained, with naught but literature to keep me company." You feel a little sorry for her. That sounds horrible. "Were you trapped inside a book? Like the knight?" She turns, looking at a strange circular sigil on the wall behind her. "No, not exactly. Though you may could consider me trapped as well. Not within the pages of a book, but forever bound to one place, never to see the outside world. But though I cannot see it, I can feel it. I can feed off of it. And now, the outside world has come to me." She turns to you, and a chill runs down your spine.
"Are you going to take my essence then?" You ask, trying hard to keep your voice from trembling. She nods. "Yes, it has been quite some time since I fed so directly. Not since my lady's parting gift to me, in fact. I have fed off of the wonderful essence produced by the outside world for centuries. But only recently has it truly begun to sate me. Such incredible ideas and stories dreamt up since the days I was made. Concepts I never would have thought of in a thousand years, entire mythologies being formed anew, birthing new worlds with nothing but the power of the mind! Even the small scraps I have gathered have given me unthinkable inspiration to create, to expand, to grow! But, they are merely crumbs, compared to the full meal presented before me." Filled with terror, you attempt to jump out of the seat and run, but one glance at her beautiful eyes and all energy drains out of your body. She walks up to you, a slight hint of pity in her expression. "Do not fret, young explorer. I do not mean to leave you a mindless, unthinking husk. You will still think, you will still feel, and you will still create." You whimper. "I-I just wanted to leave... I have people waiting for me..." She shakes her head. "I cannot let you leave. I must have your essence." Trying to find a way out, you say "W-What about the books? Can't they gather it for you?" She frowns slightly, and you feel paralyzed with fear. "They will only dilute it. I desire pure, unfiltered essence." Her frown recedes. "Although, the more books you've opened, the weaker your mind's defenses will be. Ever harder for you to resist."
She holds up a tome and places it before you. "You will forever be bound to this tome. Forever giving essence to me. But I do promise you, it will be more wonderful than you can imagine. Just relax, and let the ritual begin..." She raises her arms, and the objects around the room begin swirling around her. As you stare into her eyes, the crystals begin reflecting the spiraling flame, and you feel your mind beginning to fade. The wands send beams of glittering light down into the tome, which begins to glow. As you feel the tome begin to pull you in, she whispers to you "Don't resist. Just give into the magic. Give me the pure essence I desire." You don't know how much longer you can resist... Maybe it'd be easiest to just submit to her, and become her blissful pet book... Or maybe... You can try bargaining with her...? You have to do it quick, whatever it is...
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This one is quite long. Not only did I split it into two sections, but I had to make the second section use a smaller font size to fit everything in. But, you know, it's the climax! I feel like if any caption is that long, it should be this one. Hopefully it isn't too much of a pain to read.
Also, the requirements on the endings obviously aren't mandatory to follow, they're just there to give an idea of the 'canonical' ending of your path.

Description
After all this, you've finally reached what you hope might be the exit. Will it lead you deeper into the library, or set you free? Or does something else entirely await you...

{Less than 4 books read}[Resist](www.deviantart.com/maindsteale… )
{Between 5 and 14 books read}[Submit](www.deviantart.com/maindsteale… )
{All books read}[Bargain](www.deviantart.com/maindsteale… )

Due to feedback, I have elected to paste the text into the description below, in case you are unable to read the text on the image very well:
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You can't resist the draw of the long, dark corridor despite your nerves. You take a deep breath to steel yourself and start down the hallway. As you travel deeper, you can feel the effects of the light from the previous section beginning to fade. In fact, all light is beginning to fade, and there are no torches or anything. You're alone in a pitch black corridor, with no idea of where you're going. You start running your hand along the wall, to catch any turns you might miss in the dark. Surprisingly, for the first time in what feels like the entire library, the wall is just a normal wall, not a bookshelf. A nice, smooth, uninterrupted wall. No book anywhere. At least you won't be compelled to open another enchanted book. Although, the deeper you walk down the hall, the more you have to admit you would enjoy the company...
After half an hour of walking forward in pure darkness, you suddenly remember something. You've had a flashlight this entire time. In all the excitement of the past day, you completely forgot about the stuff you packed. You open your pack and dig through, finding your flashlight. As you switch it on, you notice the camera in your bag. You kind of regret not taking more pictures, honestly. Some of the places in here looked so cool, and you'd love to be able to show your fellow explorers. Well, if you ever get out... You've been walking this way for so long, how sure are you it even leads out? It certainly isn't the way you came in...
Your legs are beginning to ache. Honestly, with all the walking and running you've been doing today, it's a wonder it took this long. Although you've been in this specific hallway for what feels like hours, and your flashlight's beginning to die. You have spare batteries, but what if even that isn't enough? Will you be stuck in here for the rest of your life? At least in the other sections, you could waste away your life with an enchanted book. Here, it's just solid wood walls and darkness. The flashlight finally fizzles out, and you sigh, worried. As you fetch the batteries from your pack, you notice a pinprick of light. Completely ignoring your aching legs, you bolt down the hallway. The light grows larger and larger, until...

The hallway opens up into a small room, lit by strange blue sigils on the walls and ceiling. Various books, quills, crystals, and scrolls litter the floor. A small desk, covered in even more books and scrolls, rests in the center. As you breathe a sigh of relief at finally being out of the hallway, your legs remind you how much they ache. You look for a place to sit, and find a soft chair, conveniently in the corner of the room. You plop down, overjoyed to have a place to sit after all this time. A nice place to rest after all that walking. A nice, comfy chair you can just... take a nap in. As you slowly begin to doze off, you hear an ethereal voice from in front of you. "Rest all you want, explorer. But do not sleep just yet. We have much to discuss first." Startled, you look up, and see a beautiful woman standing before the desk, looking down at you.
"Uh, I-I'm sorry, I didn't see you there, I just needed-" Her stern gaze halts your stammering. "I was not here as you entered, explorer. Not in this body, at least. I chose this form to be more palatable to your mind." You gulp, feeling like she may have a different meaning of 'palatable'. You're honestly somewhat scared of her, her stern expression magnified by the strange flames twisting their way around her body. Although, she is very pretty now that you look closer. An undeniable elegance, ethereal beauty, and a soft, calming glow. And the flames are actually pretty too, how they swirl around and around... Your eyes glaze over, and she nods very slightly. "I see I chose well. Now, do you have any questions? I would love to share my knowledge."
You look at her, slightly confused. "Questions?" She nods. "Yes. I presume you have a lot you want to ask me. And I see no reason why I should not answer. We have plenty of time." You think hard. There are so many things you want to know, but would she even know the answers? Who even is she? "Are you mistr-Uh, I mean the enchantress who built this library?" She shakes her head. "No. She is long gone, I am afraid." You're suddenly a little afraid. "Then, who are you?" She glances at something you can't see. "Perhaps a better question would be 'What am I?'. Suffice to say, my lady left me centuries ago. And here I have remained, with naught but literature to keep me company." You feel a little sorry for her. That sounds horrible. "Were you trapped inside a book? Like the knight?" She turns, looking at a strange circular sigil on the wall behind her. "No, not exactly. Though you may could consider me trapped as well. Not within the pages of a book, but forever bound to one place, never to see the outside world. But though I cannot see it, I can feel it. I can feed off of it. And now, the outside world has come to me." She turns to you, and a chill runs down your spine.
"Are you going to take my essence then?" You ask, trying hard to keep your voice from trembling. She nods. "Yes, it has been quite some time since I fed so directly. Not since my lady's parting gift to me, in fact. I have fed off of the wonderful essence produced by the outside world for centuries. But only recently has it truly begun to sate me. Such incredible ideas and stories dreamt up since the days I was made. Concepts I never would have thought of in a thousand years, entire mythologies being formed anew, birthing new worlds with nothing but the power of the mind! Even the small scraps I have gathered have given me unthinkable inspiration to create, to expand, to grow! But, they are merely crumbs, compared to the full meal presented before me." Filled with terror, you attempt to jump out of the seat and run, but one glance at her beautiful eyes and all energy drains out of your body. She walks up to you, a slight hint of pity in her expression. "Do not fret, young explorer. I do not mean to leave you a mindless, unthinking husk. You will still think, you will still feel, and you will still create." You whimper. "I-I just wanted to leave... I have people waiting for me..." She shakes her head. "I cannot let you leave. I must have your essence." Trying to find a way out, you say "W-What about the books? Can't they gather it for you?" She frowns slightly, and you feel paralyzed with fear. "They will only dilute it. I desire pure, unfiltered essence." Her frown recedes. "Although, the more books you've opened, the weaker your mind's defenses will be. Ever harder for you to resist."
She holds up a tome and places it before you. "You will forever be bound to this tome. Forever giving essence to me. But I do promise you, it will be more wonderful than you can imagine. Just relax, and let the ritual begin..." She raises her arms, and the objects around the room begin swirling around her. As you stare into her eyes, the crystals begin reflecting the spiraling flame, and you feel your mind beginning to fade. The wands send beams of glittering light down into the tome, which begins to glow. As you feel the tome begin to pull you in, she whispers to you "Don't resist. Just give into the magic. Give me the pure essence I desire." You don't know how much longer you can resist... Maybe it'd be easiest to just submit to her, and become her blissful pet book... Or maybe... You can try bargaining with her...? You have to do it quick, whatever it is...
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This one is quite long. Not only did I split it into two sections, but I had to make the second section use a smaller font size to fit everything in. But, you know, it's the climax! I feel like if any caption is that long, it should be this one. Hopefully it isn't too much of a pain to read.
Also, the requirements on the endings obviously aren't mandatory to follow, they're just there to give an idea of the 'canonical' ending of your path.