INTERLUDE: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 199 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER ALONG WITH JJ HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN THIS LEVEL FOLLOWING ENTRANCE PAST A FLORA-DESIGNED CURTAIN FOUND IN PREVIOUS LEVEL.
LEVEL STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF A CORRIDOR-LIKE SPACE, PARTITIONED BY CURTAINS OF EITHER FLORA OR LACE DESIGNS. CUSHION MATS COVER THE OLD WOODEN FLOOR BENEATH, CONNECTED IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO THOSE FOUND IN LEVEL 7 N. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE RELATIVELY HIGH IN THIS LEVEL, AND COMBINED WITH A CEILING AND ITS EXPOSED WOODEN BEAMS CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND DIM LIGHTING, THESE CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED TO GENERATE FEELINGS OF CONFINEMENT.
doesn't help the smell here is suffocating. there's something kinda pleasant-smelling there, but it's overwhelmed by dust.
CORRIDOR-LIKE SPACE CONTAINS TWO WOODEN DOORS AT BOTH ELONGATED ENDS. WANDERERS WITHIN THIS LEVEL OFTEN INITIALLY FIND THEMSELVES COMING THROUGH ONE OF THESE DOORS UPON INITIAL ENTRY. IN RARE CASES, INTIAL ENTRY INTO THIS LEVEL IS THROUGH PASSAGE OF A FLORA-DESIGNED CURTAIN IN PREVIOUS LEVEL, AS DIRECTLY OBSERVED BY THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER ALONG WITH JJ.
ONLY SOURCE OF LIGHTING WITHIN THIS LEVEL IS OBSERVED TO PASS THROUGH GLASS INSTALLED ON BOTH WOODEN DOORS. TRAVELING AWAY FROM EITHER DOOR LEADS TO THIS LIGHT FADING, ONLY REAPPEARING THROUGH THE OPPOSITE DOOR'S LIGHTING. THESE DOORS OFTEN SERVE AS ENTRYWAYS TO OTHER LEVELS, THOUGH THE LENGTH IN WHICH THESE DOORS ARE SEPARATED DIFFERS GREATLY BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL TESTIMONIES.
lucky for us, the distance's not too far. but check this out: there's more space beyond the curtains.
DESPITE INITIALLY APPEARING AS A SMALL-SCALE LEVEL, INVESTIGATION OF WHAT LIES BEHIND THE CURTAIN-PARTITIONS REVEAL A MUCH LARGER SPACE, EMPTY SAVE FOR CUSHION MATS STILL COVERING THE FLOOR. IT IS POSSIBLE THIS LEVEL CONSISTS OF REPEATING STRUCTURES OF CURTAIN PAIRS FORMING CORRIDOR-LIKE SPACES IN AN INDEFINITE MANNER; HOWEVER, FURTHER STUDY IS NOT RECOMMENDED AT THIS CURRENT TIME DUE TO RISKS OF BECOMING LOST.
FOLLOWING OBSERVATION OF THE SPACE BEYOND THE CURTAINS, THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER AND JJ HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO APPROACH ONE OF THE END-DOORS. OPENING OF THIS DOOR REVEALS IT TO LEAD TO AN INTERIOR OF A SEGMENTED TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE, SIMILAR TO THOSE OBSERVED IN LEVEL 1 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER AND JJ PLAN TO ENTER THIS SPACE, UNDERGOING LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE INTO ANOTHER LEVEL.
finally, somewhere where i- where we can sit.