After an unknown period of time, you awake to...

Troll's Cell
You are sitting in an uncomfortably small wooden cage with a large steel padlock. In the corner of the cage is a small pile of hay, most likely representing some sort of bedding. That certainly was thoughtful. Less thoughtful however is that lack of toilet. Outside the cage, you see a small cauldron resting on a large flame, bubbling with unknown green liquid.

> EXAMINE CAULDRON

There are what appears to be bits of femur floating on top. A dark suspicion about how the futures of that cauldron and yourself connect depresses you.

> EXAMINE PADLOCK

It is larger than your head. It would be impossible to break it, but with the right tool, you might be able to pick the lock.

> EXAMINE CAGE

It's made of sturdy oak. Even if it was made of plywood, you still wouldn't be able to break it, what with you being a complete wuss and all.

> INVENTORY

You have no pockets. In fact, you have no pants. You are naked, and I should point out, not particularly attractive.

> SEARCH HAY STACK

You shove both hands in deep, up the elbows, and feel around. The experience brings you back to that time you had to deliver a calf from a pregnant cow using nothing but a turkey baster and duct tape. Good times. Anyway, on with the search. Lots of hay in there. Some... nope, that's hay too. You feel something! It's... it's!! Nope, that's hay too.

> SEARCH HAY STACK

You swing your arms around in concentric circles, screaming, "Hey, it's hay!"

> SEARCH HAY STACK

You reach in again and search the hay. Honestly, it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You'd have to have some serious literary coincidence here to... ouch! You feel a small prick. Ignoring the obvious and easy way I could turn that sentence against you, you discover a needle! What are the odds?

> TAKEN NEEDLE

Taken.

> PICK PADLOCK

It was a tough choice between the padlock and the stack of hay, but ultimately, you feel that your kickball team would benefit most from the powerhouse padlock. Plus, the padlock is popular with the girls, and maybe he can get you laid at the after party.

> USE NEEDLE ON PADLOCK

You stab at the padlock, yelping as one would in such a situation. If only your mother could see you now, dancing around naked in a cage stabbing huge steel padlocks with your tiny prick.

> UNLOCK PADLOCK

You don't have a key!

> EXAMINE NEEDLE

It's a small needle. Perhaps you could bend it into a lock pick?

> BEND NEEDLE

Which shape would you like to bend it into? A paper clip, lock pick, or silhouette of Abraham Lincoln?

> BEND NEEDLE INTO LOCK PICK

It gives you trouble on account of your oversized meaty hands, but eventually you force the needle into a slightly more bent version of the needle, suitable for framing and picking locks.

> PICK LOCK WITH LOCK PICK

You stick the small device into the larger device and wiggle it around a bit. After a bit of wiggling around, there is a release, and you sigh in relief. Ironically, I just described your last three sexual encounters as well.

> OPEN CAGE

You fling open the door with great gusto. Then you pause for a moment to decide whether or not "gusto" is really a word. Doesn't seem much like a word. Seems more like a cleaning product.

You now have 3 points out of a possible 10.

> LOOK

Troll's Cavern
Now, outside of the cage, you have a better look at the surroundings. As mentioned before, there's the cauldron, bubbling with unknowable green liquid. A small passageway leads out to the west. There is a cage in the south corner, and in the east corner is a small pile of bones, upon which the troll is sleeping, wearing your magic adventurer pants on his head like a hat.