The Gateway of the Ferrets

So life lately has been traveling through one portal after another, each with its own risks and rewards. Some of them are harrowing; some of them are befuddling; some of them are dead ends. Thus it's not surprising that this is another dead end, but the shutting and locking of the door to the portal behind you is something else. Fortunately you're not alone here. Help is available if only you can figure a few things out...

This short game is part of a post Cragne Manor Interactive Fiction Advent Calendar project that never quite got launched. It and Zarf's Advent Door are (so far as I know) the only games to be released.