As the clock ticks backward in unison with the waning crescent, directions unfold:
1. To ascend the staircase with no end, begin on the third step, counting backward to zero, but do not stop at the thirteenth.
2. Underneath the moonlit sky, search for the shadow that casts no light, and listen for whispers of forgotten dreams trapped within the fog.
3. Upon entering the room where time ceases to exist, do not falter in your resolve; simply close your eyes and open the door to nowhere.
4. In the void where the stars dare not twinkle, a raven will guide you not to your destination, but to the beginning of an eternal dusk.
5. Count the grains of sand on the shore that leads to nowhere, but lose not a single grain, lest the tides wash away the memories of what was.