So I decided to play the text adventure that other anon mentioned and I am stuck. Like, I already distracted Dirk and went up the ladder, but I have no idea what to do next. Do you remember by any chance?

Okay, so you’re up the ladder. That’s impressive! Did you investigate everything up there + get that sheet of (puzzle) paper?

Once you have that you can go back down the ladder and start futzing around with the fireplace. Protip: make sure you’ve entered all your “==>”! I’ve had people get stuck simply bc they missed one and weren’t taken to the next “page.”