The AntiChamber

Taking Baby Steps

On the control wall, there's a new section that has been added. On the left hand side, the words 'Watch controls' have been added. Below that are the numbers 1,2, and 3. Next to the first number, it says 'ESC to the main hub. Color- white'. I guess that there are more things I need to go and get. I look at the timer and see that the timer is now 55.00 instead of 100.00 like it was in the beginning. I took me 45 minute to get through that. Looking back at the map, and then looking back at the controls, I realize that I'm a long way from seeing everything. The map is huge and there are but a couple squares on it.

The second change is on the wall where the first picture was. I walk over to the wall and take a look at it. It shows a man walking in through a door; he's taking off his jacket and has placed his hat on a hook in the wall, there are also a pair of shoes behind him. I push on the wall and another square appears just like it did for the first picture, 'If you don't like where you've ended up, try doing something else'. The picture slides over the words and shrinks and floats up. Taking a step back, I realize, just like the map, I'm nowhere near finding all of these.

I turn around and walk back to the map and press the square from the beginning, The square enlarges into a large rectangle like before, but theres a difference. Instead of it having the words 'JUMP?' floating above the gap, the word 'WALK?' is. At the top it still says 'Leap of Faith'. I press the button on the bottom and close my eyes, still not daring to look.

I open my eyes and see that I'm in the room again. Just like the picture showed, 'JUMP?' has been replaced with 'WALK?'. I walk up to the edge and look over, there's still the gap there that leads to those stairs. I slowly lift my foot and lower it over the edge. My foot comes in contact with ground instead of nothing. I look at the ground and see that there is a solid floor that is beneath my feet. I lift my foot off of it and it disappears. I place my foot back over the edge and it appears again. I lift my other foot off of the ledge and place next to my other foot.

Again, ground appears beneath it. I slowly lift my foot and step forwards, the ground disappears from where my foot once was and appears where I set my foot down. I start to walk around slowly, the ground always following me, never letting me fall. I look at the hallway on the other side and start to walk towards it. Suddenly I drop. Freezing in place I look down at my feet. The reason I dropped was because there was a stair there. I start to walk forwards again when theres another drop in the ground. And another and another, until theres a step going up.

After a couple more steps, I'm on the other side of the gap.Theres a narrow hallway in front of me. I walk down it and come to two more hallways on either side of me. To my right theres nothing but a wall, a dead end. To my left there is another hallway, a can see that there is a picture down there and what looks like two more hallways. I look back in front of me and see a picture there. It shows a baby or a small child in a diaper looking as if he is either taking his first steps or trying to practise walking. I press the image and wait, 'Taking the first step can be harder than the rest of the challenge'.

I take another look down both hallways and start to walk down the one to my left. When I get to the end of the hall and see that there are 3 options. There are two hallways, one to my left and the other to my right. In front of me is a dead end hallway with a picture on the back wall. I start to walk forwards, but then the floor becomes eye level and I drop even further. I look down a see that I'm on some kind of platform. I jump and it goes down.

Coming back up, I realize that I'm stuck. I look around and see that there is a make shift spiral staircase. I slowly start to walk up it making sure I don't fall. When I make it back to the top, I'm back where I started, on the other side of the picture. I decide to jump the the corner of the hallway to my left. When I catch my balance, I do the same. Now I'm on the other side in front of the picture.

I walk closer to it, it shows two people. It's of a guy and a girl sitting at what looks to be a cafeteria table. They both are eating lunch, but the guy is just holding his sandwich while staring at the girl with hearts around his head. But the girl is paying no mind to him. I touch it and read what it says, 'We often fall into things when we least expect them'.

I turn back around and make my way back to the other side. I decide to go back to where I started. I look at the hallways and decide to go back to the start. I walk down the hallway and stop at look to my right and see the words 'WALK' still floating there. I continue down the hall and towards the dead end. Once I get there I stare at the wall for a while. I decide to go back to the main hub, I look at my watch and press the letters 'ESC'.

Once I'm there, I make sure that I don't look at the timer on the wall. I turn my focus to the map in front of me. Again, it's grown, there are a couple more squares on it. White lines connect all of them, but some just have arrows sticking out of them. One of the lines connect a square to a circle. I press it and wait for the image to appear. A large square square expands on the wall. On the top of it, it says 'Taking baby steps' the picture of the room shows the picture of the guys and the girl. I press the circle on the wall again. The current square shrinks back to where it just came from and becomes a circle again.

I look at what is connected to that circle. I see a square that is connected to two things one to the one I just came from, the other is just an arrow. I press it and wait for the picture. It enlarges and on the top it says 'Leap of faith'. It shows a narrow hall that has a picture at the end and two hallways on either side. I press the button and watch as the world around me fades to black and then suddenly I'm in the room.