Breaching the Perimeter

The porcelain cove has surrendered all its secrets. It was time to push outward! I marched from the counter, dropped into the plush blue floor mat, and advanced directly toward the wooden gate towering ahead. A crack of foreign daylight gleamed under the bottom edge! Without hesitation, I wedged my beak into the gap and shoveled forward, chest braced against the cool wood. Creak! The portal drifted back an inch, revealing a vast ocean of hallway floorboards stretching into the unknown. The mainland lies open before me!