TASTELESS STAIRCASE: SUB-LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 14.4 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THIS SPACE FOLLOWING ENTRANCE INTO A SET OF STAIRS DISCOVERED IN PREVIOUS PARENT LEVEL.
LEVEL STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF SWITCHBACK STAIRCASES EXTENDING VERTICALLY. MATERIALS COMPRISING THIS LEVEL IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THOSE IN ITS PARENT LEVEL, POSSESSING STURDY WHITE STONEWORK, DEAD METAL RAILINGS, AND WHITE LIGHTS INSTALLED ON LANDINGS. LITTLE VARIATION IS OBSERVED IN COMPARISON TO ITS PARENT LEVEL'S COMPOSITION. LOW TEMPERATURE LEVELS AND DRY AIR HAVE ALSO BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN THIS LEVEL.
OXYGEN CONCENTRATION WITHIN THIS LEVEL IS EVEN LOWER IN COMPARISON TO ITS PARENT LEVEL. THEREFORE, SYMPTOMS OF HYPOXIA OBSERVED IN THE PARENT LEVEL ARE EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED AND CAN EVEN LEAD TO TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. DETERIORATION OF THOUGHT COHERENCY ALSO OCCURS DUE TO LOW OXYGEN CONCENTRATION, ALONG WITH OVERAL MONOTONOUS AND CLAUSTROPHOBIC DESIGN. COMBINED WITH AN ABSENCE OF ANY KNOWN STABLE ENTRYWAYS, THIS SUB-LEVEL IS OVERALL CONSIDERED AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT TO RESIDE WITHIN.
UNLIKE ITS PARENT LEVEL, LACK OF WIRELESS NETWORKS HAS BEEN OBSERVED, PREVENTING ACCESS OR SHARING OF INFORMATION WHILE WITHIN THE LEVEL. ANOTHER DIFFERENCE IS THIS SUB-LEVEL PROVIDING RESOURCES SUCH AS HALF-FINISHED DRINKS AND EXPIRED NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS. HOWEVER, THESE RESOURCES ARE NOT FOUND OFTEN ENOUGH TO PROVIDE STABLE SURVIVAL WITHIN THIS SUB-LEVEL.
NO ENTITIES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN THIS LEVEL, THOUGH IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER THEY ARE TRULY ABSENT OR JUST UNDOCUMENTED DUE TO PRECEDING LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS.
DURING EXPLORATION, THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS OBSERVED FOOTSTEPS SOUNDING ABOVE ITS FLOOR. THESE STEPS ARE DESCENDING RAPIDLY YET UNCOORDINATED, AS IF ITS SOURCE IS DISORIENTATED. THE SOURCE OF THE FOOTSTEPS EVENTUALLY DESCENDED TO WHERE THE ROTWATCHER CAN VISUALLY PERCEIVE THEM. LITTLE OBSERVATION IS NEEDED FOR THE ROTWATCHER TO IDENTIFY THIS SOURCE AS THE ARCHITECT.
! You again, the angel...
THE ARCHITECT'S FACIAL EXPRESSION INDICATES SURPRISE, ALONG WITH HAPPINESS. THEY ARE OBSERVED TO REACH OUT AGAIN TO THE ROTWATCHER, THOUGH THEY PULL BACK SLIGHTLY, CONFUSION SEEPING IN.
Architect... that is, I am...
THE ARCHITECT'S CONFUSION SEEMS TO ORIGINATE AT THE NOMENCLATURE UTILIZED BY THE ROTWATCHER.
No... it makes sense, 'cuz that must be who- what- who I am.
And, haha, given I call you an angel, I can't really judge.
It's... it's whatever. I'm so happy you are here. Found me again.
FOLLOWING THIS SPEECH, THE LIGHT IN THE ARCHITECT'S EYES ARE OBSERVED TO UNFOCUS SLIGHTLY, THE LIGHT WITHIN THEM DIMMING. THEY TURN TOWARDS THE WALL OF THE STAIRCASE, DESPITE AN ABSENCE OF INTEREST LOCATED ON IT.
So many. So many of them.
Walking up, walking down, even staying still... but it makes no difference, don't it?
It's just the same action for all of them, over and over.
Perpetual. Unending.
And I'll feel all of it, as long as i stay here. if He wishes for me to remain here.
MENTION OF AN ENTITY IN RELATION TO THEM HAS BEEN VOCALIZED BY THE ARCHITECT. IT IS ASSUMED THE ARCHITECT IS NOT REFERENCING THE OTHER EXCEPTIONAL WANDERER KNOWN AS JJ. INQUIRY REGARDING THE ENTITY'S IDENTITY IS UNDERWAY.
You want to kn- no. No, no, no, no, no, nonononononononono
COHERENCY OF SPEECH GENERATED BY THE ARCHITECT IS OBSERVED TO DETERIORATE. SUBJECT MATTER DEVIATES IN FAVOR OF HYSTERICAL PLEAS AND REFERENCES TO AN INABILITY TO BREATHE, SIMILAR TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OBSERVED IN PARENT LEVEL. THE ARCHITECT IS OBSERVED TO TAKE VIOLENT ACTION UPON THEMSELF, SEEMINGLY ATTEMPTING TO TEAR INTO THEIR THROAT.
Please help, it hurts hurts I can't breathe He won't let me, I-
BEFORE THE ROTWATCHER CAN TAKE ACTION IN PREVENTING FURTHER HARM TO THEM, THE ARCHITECT IS OBSERVED TO STUMBLE RAPIDLY TOWARDS THE FORMER. DIRECT COLLISION IS OBSERVED, ACCOMPANIED BY A PAINED YELL PRODUCED BY THE ARCHITECT. SENSORY ASSOCIATED WITH PAIN ACTIVATED WITHIN THE SUBJECTED ROTWATCHER, FORCING IT INTO STASIS.
FOLLOWING THIS PERIOD OF STASIS, THE CURRENT ROTWATCHER IS OBSERVED TO FIND ITSELF RELOCATED TO THE CORRIDOR OF LEVEL 14 N, THE PARENT LEVEL. THIS MARKS THE FIRST OCCASION IN WHICH THE ROTWATCHER IS LOCATED IN A LEVEL PREVIOUSLY VISITED. SIMILAR TO PRECEDING EVENTS INVOLVING THEM, THE ARCHITECT IS NOT OBSERVED ALONGSIDE THE ROTWATCHER IN THIS LEVEL, SO NO FURTHER INQUIRY CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE, THE CURRENT ROTWATCHER IS OBSERVED TO RESUME EXPLORATION OF LEVEL 14 N.
HOWEVER, BEFORE NOTABLE PROGRESS IS BE MADE, A STANDARD ANNOUNCEMENT IS PROJECTED THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL. DUE TO RECENT EVENTS EXPERIENCED BY THE ROTWATCHER, IT IS OBSERVED TO REACT TO ITS SPOKEN NOMENCLATURE ON INSTINCT. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS IS THE RAPID ONSET OF FORCED STASIS UPON THE SUBJECTED ROTWATCHER.