DECLINING LOCAL SHOP STREET: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 195 N. THE ROTWATCHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN THIS SPACE FOLLOWING UNINTENTIONAL LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE IN A CLOSET FOUND IN PREVIOUS LEVEL.
LEVEL STRUCTURE RESEMBLES A PUBLIC TRADING ROAD PRESENT ON THE BRIGHT STAGE. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE SIMILAR TO THAT OF A TYPICAL JAPANESE PRECIPITATION SEASON. TRADE CENTERS AND DOMESTIC HOMES ARE LINED UP IN AN ENDLESS MANNER, WITH ARCHITECTURE CONSISTENT TO THAT OF JAPAN DURING NINETEEN-FIFTIES AND SIXTIES. LEVEL IS OBSERVED TO BE CONSISTENTLY OVERFLOWED WITH WATER, REQUIRING WANDERERS TO UTILIZE NAVAL VESSELS WITHIN THE LEVEL FOR TRANSPORTATION. AS SEEN IN OTHER LEVELS, FLOATING ENTITIES SUCH AS THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER CAN BYPASS THIS USE ENTIRELY.
LEVEL LAYOUT CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO KNOWN AREAS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS THE MAIN ROAD AND BACK ALLEY. FURTHER INFORMATION INTO THESE TWO AREAS IS DOCUMENTED BELOW.
MAIN ROAD: THE WIDER OF THE TWO AREAS, WITH FLOODWATERS OF AN UNKNOWN SOURCE FLOWING SLOWLY THROUGHOUT. RESTAURANTS AND TRADE CENTERS ARE ACCESSIBLE, ALLOWING WANDERERS TO POSSIBLY SETTLE WITHIN. WOODEN NAVAL VESSELS ARE ALSO OBSERVED WITHIN THE MAIN ROAD, OFTEN TIED TO POSTS TO PREVENT DRIFTING. HOUSES HAVE A CHANCE TO CONTAIN HALF-CONSUMED CANNED FOODS. HOWEVER, DESPITE THIS EVIDENCE OF LIVING PRESENCE, ONLY A SINGULAR ENTITY IS REPORTED TO BE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL.
BACK ALLEY: LOCATED BETWEEN HOUSES ON THE MAIN ROAD. FLOODWATER IS NOT OBSERVED WITHIN THESE SPACES, ALLOWING WANDERERS TO TRAVEL ON-FOOT. ENTRYWAYS TO OTHER LEVELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO EXIST IN THESE SPACES; HOWEVER, ARRANGEMENT OF ALLEYWAYS IS GENERALLY REGARDED TO BE WINDING, OFTEN STRETCHING ON IN A SEEMINGLY INFINITE MANNER, RESULTING IN WANDERERS UNABLE TO FIND THEIR WAY BACK TO FAMILIAR SIGHTS. LOCATION MARKERS ARE THEREFORE RECOMMENDED ALLEYWAY EXPLORATION.
PRESENCE OF ENTITY WITHIN LEVEL 195 N HAS BEEN OBSERVED, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS THE FELINE. APPEARANCE RESEMBLES THAT OF STANDARD DOMESTIC FELINES, ITS COAT UNIFORMLY DARK IN COLOR. THE FELINE IS OFTEN OBSERVED IN BACK ALLEYS, HOUSE ROOFS, OR ON ABANDONED NAVAL VESSELS. THERE ARE EVEN REPORTS OF THE FELINE WALKING ON THE SURFACE OF WATERS FLOODING THE MAIN ROAD AS IF IT WERE SOLID. OVERALL BEHAVIOR IS STANDARD OF THAT OF A DOMESTIC FELINE LIVING ON THE GRAND STAGE, THOUGH IT WILL USUALLY DISTANCE ITSELF FROM WANDERERS, PREVENTING DIRECT INTERACTION.
AN EXCEPTION IS OBSERVED IN THE FORM OF THE SUBJECTED ROTWATCHER, AS THOUGH IT STILL KEEPS A DISTANCE AWAY, THE FELINE SEEMINGLY EXPRESSES GREAT INTEREST IN THE ROTWATCHER WHEN ENCOUNTERED. THE FELINE WAS OBSERVED TO CIRCLE AROUND THE SUBJECTED ROTWATCHER REPEATEDLY BEFORE WALKING AWAY, OFTEN LOOKING BEHIND IT TO SEE THE ROTWATCHER. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COMMUNICATE FROM THE FELINE TO ROTWATCHER A REQUEST TO FOLLOW THE FORMER. THE ROTWATCHER, AFTER A BLINK OF CONTEMPLATION, IS OBSERVED TO FULFILL THIS REQUEST. IT IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN WHERE THE FELINE IS LEADING THE SUBJECTED ROTWATCHER TO, IF THERE IS ONE.