Chapter 8

Chapter 8, "Exit?", is the eighth chapter of Act 1 of Exit/Corners.

Synopsis
Beth tends to an ill Liza who is still suffering the aftereffects of a sudden and unexplicable malaise. Aether prods Ink into disclosing his similar experience in the first hallway to the others, to which he agrees to should it be appropriate to do so in the future.

Both of them and Rae survey the next room, a main hallway of sorts containing four coloured doors and a large gate they believe to be the "exit". Rae comes to the conclusion that it won't open until all the four pathways behind the other doors (the "corners") are explored, and moves on to the puzzle on the exit door's screen.

Having finished it, Ink meets Sent and is presented with a choice: going through the Green Door or the Red Door first. Sent cryptically informs that the Green Door is to be picked if he treasures the past and the Red one if he relishes the present; they also add that they would rather the Green Door be selected.

Beth and Liza catch up to the others and everyone decides to take a break in which Ink manages to converse with some of the contestants and communicate with Sean. Eventually, he gets up and is ready to make his decision...

The complete transcript is here.

Puzzle
The solution for the puzzle can be found here.