Our hero turns the dial bit by bit, pressing the button once on each setting. Finally, by trial and error, he arrives at the position on the dial corresponding to the bars of his own cell. When he emerges, he finds the guard laying where he fell with a bruised, stretched out...appendage...for some reason. (͡•_ ͡• )
But also he discovers he unwittingly lowered the bars for every other cell. A distant alarm has sounded, prrobably as a result of this. He could try to get his inventory items back, or just make a hasty escape.
What would you have our hero do next?
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