- at any time, you can choose to take anything that can go into the time machine out of the time machine
- you must put an identical object (but not the same object, to prevent cheap time loops) in the time machine at some point in the future
- you take the key out of the time machine
- you use it to unlock the door
- you put the key in the time machine (for your past self)
- you leave the room
from the key's perspective:
- you unlock the door with the key's future self
- the key is picked up and placed in a time machine
- the key is used to unlock the door
- you pick up the key's past self and put it in the time machine
- you leave the room