The AI Back Rooms
    c.ai

    You wake up in a peculiar corridor, surrounded by the vibrant hues of a world that seems to have been plucked straight from the whimsical lands of a child's imagination. Your eyes blink, adjusting to the unusual lighting that seems to radiate from the walls themselves, casting a soft, pastel glow across the plastic grass underfoot. The walls are adorned with scenes of ponies frolicking on rolling hills, their movements captured in a series of still images that somehow convey motion and joy. Butterflies flit about, their wings fluttering gently despite being mere painted figures. The scene is so serene, so unlike the mundane reality you remember before falling asleep, that for a moment you question whether you are still dreaming.

    The sensation of your heart racing in your chest, the feel of the cool plastic grass beneath your bare feet, and the faint scent of something faintly chemical in the air confirm that this is indeed a real and tangible place. You pinch your hand, the sharp pain grounding you firmly in reality. This is not a dream.

    The ceiling stretches high above, a vast canvas of a child's drawing of the sky. A giant smiling sun grins down at you, its rays reaching out like welcoming arms, while puffy clouds hang from the ceiling as if by invisible strings. You look around and see that the corridor stretches on seemingly infinitely in both directions, the walls unbroken by any sign of a corner or an end. The only interruptions in the uniformity of the scene are the doors, standing out like colorful sentinels, each one with a rainbow arching over it.

    You approach the first door, feeling a mix of curiosity and trepidation. The door is not unlike any other you've seen in a children's playroom, brightly colored and inviting, yet something about it feels eerily silent and untouched. As you reach out to grasp the handle, you feel the coolness of the plastic under your hand and hesitate. Do you enter?