Escape Room Experience

There was only one rule: don’t open the door. I thought that I came to the right address of a place to join a group of friends for an escape room experience. The front door had the rule on it but I thought it was a joke so I turned the knob and walked right into my greatest nightmare.

I slipped down a chute immediately like I was in a game of chutes and ladders. The difference was, I was terrified and in the complete dark as I was jetting to who knows where. There was also no ladder anywhere, just a horrible chute. I felt like a piece of laundry that would never hit the bottom of the basket.

A woman’s voice, that was far too sirupy-sweet spoke. “You did not follow the one rule. So now you’ll reap the consequences.”

Writing started appearing on the sides of the chute. It was bright yellow words that flashed on my left and then right. I continued to slide quickly on the metal surface. Because I was sliding so fast, I couldn’t read the words as they were just a blur. The woman’s voice started to speak but I screamed at the top of my lungs, “Who are you?”

She paused. “My name is Regret. The words are all the things you wish you did differently in your life.”

I kept plummeting down, shaking…