As soon as Mal hears Will's question, the series of doorways they'd been passing -- brown, brown, some more brown -- change into gold leaf and more gold leaf.

"He with the most decorations, wins?" Mal finally stops in front of the only door with a placard over the door-frame. He presses an ear to the door, but no sound is heard through the heavy wood, and Mal reaches for the lever to open the door.