“It looks like the gap left by something they took out, or a machine that isn’t there.”
The slits in the wall are the geometric signature of the Vestibule, an order without function.
How to recognize them
On a solid wall, between three and six identical vertical slits in a row. They look like the gap left by something that was removed, or the pattern of a machine that isn’t there. The inside is black, the same black as the window glass in Level 0.0.
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Spacing between slits | 0.5 to 1.2 m, regular |
| Width | 3 to 15 cm |
| Height | 30 cm to 2 m |
| Level | All at the same height |
| Inside | Black |
There is no frame, no screw, no seal. The slits have been there since before the wall existed.
Where they appear
Only in Level 0, in roughly one room in four. Other survivors’ paper maps call it “slits in the wall” and mark it as an anomaly. See Level 0 Anomalies and Paper Maps.
How to survive
Don’t put your hand in. Nobody knows what is behind, and the slits have no visible bottom. If you are trying to get your bearings, count them, because the number and the spacing don’t change and give you a reference if you pass again.
What people say
At night, or with the flashlight off, a very faint rustle is heard in one of them, or so they say.
It is a relative of the Row of Outlets and of the Absurd Furniture, with the same order without reason on another surface.