Tie a purple ribbon

So it's the ribbon then. Putting down the other items you grasp the ribbon firmly and run towards the doorway. This time there is little resistance, a brief tug on your hair, and then you're through.
Your heart makes a jump at a sudden loud hiss behind you. Looking back into the room you just left, you notice that one of the torches illuminating it has slipped out of its holder and dropped into a bucket of water. The other torches are also starting to slip, and you figure you've got a couple of minutes to get into the lit room before this one is plunged into darkness.

Turning around, you notice that your hair seems wilder than before, and realize you've lost your scrunchie. It must have slipped off when you went through the invisible wall. Resisting the urge to tie up your hair with the ribbon, you move on towards the door, hoping it isn't locked.

Suddenly your foot hits something soft, and as you look down expecting another invisible barrier, you find that the door is guarded - as it were. A small white blue eyed kitten sits there right in front of you, looking curiously up at the big human as if wondering what she (that is, you) is doing there. You are not quite sure yourself, so rather than wasting precious time talking to the kitten you try to walk around it - and it gets in your way again.

Okay, so that doesn't work. Looks like you have found the next puzzle in the game. Mostly to verify it, you bend over and try to pick up the kitten as another torch hisses into unlitness behind you. The kitten hisses a bit too as it jumps right out of your reach.

Pausing briefly to ponder your few options, you realize that you made the right choice earlier - neither of the other two items would get you past a kitten, and there is only one thing you can do with a kitten and a ribbon...

Grasping the ends of the ribbon with both hands, you hunch down and hold it out. The kitten starts purring loudly as it sits down in front of you and raises its head slightly. Looks like you got it! Ignoring the third hiss behind you, you swiftly wrap the ribbon around the tiny neck and tie it in place.
Pulling at the ends to tighten the knot you realize that you have tied one of those knots that noone can untie, but you have no time to ponder the finality of your decision before...

1. There is a brief flicker, and suddenly you are the kitten, gazing cutely up at the big human girl looming above you.
2. The kitten runs away.
3. The kitten drops dead.
4. The kitten stands up and starts talking to you.
5. The door opens.
6. All the torches go out.
7. Someone grabs you from behind.

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