INFINITE CROSSROADS: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 14 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN THIS SPACE FOLLOWING SUDDEN NO-CLIPPING DURING EXPLORATION OF PREVIOUS LEVEL.
LEVEL STRUCTURE MAINLY CONSISTS OF A WHITE CORRIDOR, ASSUMED TO BE ENDLESS IN LAYOUT. FLUORESCENT LIGHTS ARE THE MAIN SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION IN THIS LEVEL, SPACED IN EQUAL INTERVALS. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE UNIFORMLY LOW THROUGHOUT, CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT SUITABLE FOR MID-WINTER SEASON.
BRANCHING CORRIDORS ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL, PASSAGE ENTRYPOINTS PLACED IRREGULARLY AND INTRICATELY. SLIGHT DEVIATIONS IN DESIGN, INCLUDING IMPLEMENTATIONS OF HANDRAILS OR STEPS, ARE REOCCURRING IN THESE BRANCHING PATHS, THOUGH HEIGHT REMAINS UNIFORM. THERE ARE NO NATURALLY OCCURRING DEAD ENDS OR STAIRCASES, AND ENCOUNTERING THESE STRUCTURES USUALLY INDICATES THEM BEING ENTRYWAYS.
OCCASIONALLY MESSAGES INDICATING EXITS, SUCH AS ARROWS PAINTED ON THE WALLS OR POSTED SIGNS, CAN BE FOUND IN THE LEVEL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE ONLY FEW REPORTS OF WANDERERS FINDING ENTRYWAYS THROUGH FOLLOWING THESE MESSAGES.
HYPOXIA AND REVERBERATIONS ARE COMMONLY PHENOMENA EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THIS LEVEL. DETAILED INFORMATION ON BOTH IS AS FOLLOWS.
HYPOXIA: IN WHICH AN ORGANISM IS RECEIVING A SUB-STANDARD AMOUNT OF REQUIRED OXYGEN. THIS CONDITION IS COMMONLY EXPERIENCED IN THIS LEVEL DUE TO CONTAINING THINNER LEVELS OF OXYGEN IN COMPARISON TO INTERIOR OXYGEN LEVELS ON THE BRIGHT STAGE. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE MIND FOG, CRANIAL ACHES, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, DIZZINESS, AND NAUSEA. THE LATTER TWO SYMPTOMS ARE ESPECIALLY OBSERVED FOLLOWING A SUDDEN PERIOD OF ACTIVITY FROM THE AFFLICTED.
REVERBERATIONS: IN WHICH SOUNDS ARE PROLONGED, ALSO COMMONLY REFERENCED TO AS ECHOES. IN THE CASE OF THIS LEVEL, REVERBERATIONS ARE POSSIBLY DUE TO THE MATERIAL COMPRISING WALLS AND CORRIDORS OF LEVEL 14 N, BEING EXTREMELY STRONG AND MOST LIKELY UNABLE TO DETERIORATE OR ALTER. THEREFORE, REVERBERATIONS ARE ESPECIALLY STRONG IN THIS LEVEL, AMPLIFYING AND REFLECTING ANY SOUNDS, FROM FOOTSTEPS TO EVEN THE RUSTLING OF CLOTHES. THIS PHENOMENON IS NOT IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS BY ITSELF, THOUGH STRESS FROM THE REVERBERATIONS, COMBINED WITH THE MONOTONOUS DESIGN OF THIS SPACE AND POTENTIAL DECLINE OF COGNITIVE ABILITY, CAN PRODUCE DISORIENTATION AND CONFUSION.
SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OCCASIONALLY INSTALLED ON THE CEILING AND SIDE WALLS OF THE CORRIDOR. THESE SPEAKERS ACTIVATE AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS, EMITTING UNPLEASANT-SOUNDING AUDIO SUCH AS STATIC OR FEEDBACK. A VOICE BELONGING TO A MALE BRIGHT COUSIN CAN BE HEARD ALONG WITH THIS AUDIO, ANNOUNCING A NONSENSICAL STRING OF WORDS. LANGUAGE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS USUALLY IN THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OF THE WANDERER OR A LANGUAGE PHYSICALLY OR HISTORICALLY CLOSE TO THE REGION OF THE WANDERER'S NATIVE LANGUAGE. PRIMARY CHARACTERISTIC SHARED BETWEEN ALL ANNOUNCEMENTS IS THE VOICE WILL SPEAK THE WANDERER'S FULL NOMENCLATURE AT BOTH THE BEGINNING AND END. IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT REACT TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, AS DOING SO CAN LEAD TO LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE INTO A DANGEROUS LEVEL.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM A SPEAKER DEVIATING FROM STANDARD ANNOUNCEMENTS HAS BEEN OBSERVED BY THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER. DEVIATIONS INCLUDE THE ABSENCE OF SPEAKING OF ANY NOMENCLATURE REFERENCING THE ROTWATCHER AND THE MALE VOICE BEING IDENTIFIED BY THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER AS BELONGING TO THE ARCHITECT. SENTENCE STRUCTURE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ALSO DIFFERS IN ITS STABILITY, THOUGH THE SUBJECT OF SAID ANNOUNCEMENT STILL LACKS COHERENCY. THE MAIN CONTENTS OF THIS UNUSUAL ANNOUNCEMENT MAINLY CONSISTS OF BEING UNABLE TO BREATHE, ALONG WITH STRONG REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE. THE TONE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS OBSERVED TO GROW MORE EMOTIONAL AS THE ROTWATCHER PROGRESSES THROUGH THE LEVEL.
IT IS ASSUMED BY THE ROTWATCHER THAT THE SPEAKER WORKS ONE-WAY, AND COMMUNICATION CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED AT THIS CURRENT TIME. IT IS UNKNOWN WHERE THE ARCHITECT IS LOCATED IN THIS LEVEL, IF THEY ARE EVEN PRESENT. THEREFORE, THE CURRENT ROTWATCHER WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THIS LEVEL FOR THE TIME BEING. NOTABLY, THE UNUSUAL ANNOUNCEMENT CONTINUES TO PLAY THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL, WITH NO ENDPOINT BEING OBSERVED AS OF CURRENT DOCUMENTATION.
AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER IS OBSERVED TO ENCOUNTER A SET OF STAIRS BRANCHING OFF FROM THE MAIN CORRIDOR. UNLIKE PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED INSTANCES OF STEPS, WHICH SERVED TO PROVIDE ONLY A SLIGHT RISE IN ELEVATION FOR THE BRANCHING CORRIDOR, THIS SET OF STAIRS EXTENDS FULLY UPWARD, WITH THE PATH IT LEADS TO BEING CURRENTLY UNSEEN. IT IS ASSUMED THIS SET OF STAIRS LEADS TO AN ENTRYWAY TO ANOTHER LEVEL. THE CURRENT ROTWATCHER PLANS TO FOLLOW THESE SET OF STAIRS, POSSIBLY UNDERGOING LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE INTO ANOTHER LEVEL.