BITTER-COLD SLOPES: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 22 N. THE ROTWATCHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THIS SPACE FOLLOWING A NEAR-SUFFOCATION EVENT IN PREVIOUS LEVEL.
LEVEL STRUCTURE RESEMBLES THAT OF A COLD RECREATION AREA, KNOWN AS A SKI RESORT, IN THE BRIGHT STAGE. WARM CLOTHING IS NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL IN THIS LEVEL DUE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES, AND EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ALSO OBSERVED TO OCCUR AT SEEMINGLY RANDOM INTERVALS. TEMPORAL FIXATION IN THE PEAK OF THE BRIGHT-CYCLE IS OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL.
STRUCTURES NOTED THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL'S FLAT LANDSCAPE INCLUDES LODGES, RECREATIONAL SNOW SLOPES, LIFT STATIONS, AND SURROUNDING FORESTRY. DETAILED INFORMATION ON EACH STRUCTURE IS DOCUMENTED BELOW.
LODGING CENTERS: OCCASIONALLY OBSERVED THROUGHOUT LEVEL. SIZE VARIES FROM ONLY HOUSING BASIC FACILITIES AND SHELTERS TO POSSESSING LARGE CHAMBERS SUCH AS DINING HALLS OR SHOPS. DUE TO THE LODGES PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT WITH SUITABLE LIVING CONDITIONS, WANDERERS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED UTILIZING THESE STRUCTURES AS EXPLORATION BASES.
HEATING APPLIANCES SUCH AS STOVES AND FIREPLACES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THE LODGE'S INTERIOR, PROVIDING TEMPORARY SOURCES OF WARMTH. OTHER RESOURCES SUCH AS FOOD, INSULATED CLOTHING, AND EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR SNOWY ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS SKIS AND SNOWBOARDS HAVE ALSO BEEN NOTED. RESOURCES AND FUEL FOR HEATING APPLIANCES ARE OBSERVED TO REPLENISH AFTER ONE OR TWO FULL BRIGHT CYCLES; HOWEVER, RESOURCE QUANTITIES HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED TO BE LOW FOLLOWING REPLENISHMENT, WITH FUEL LEVELS ONLY LASTING ONE TO TWO HOURS. THEREFORE, LONG-TERM ENCAMPMENT WITHIN LEVEL'S LODGES IS DIFFICULT IF WANDERER IS WITHOUT THEIR OWN SUSTAINING RESOURCES.
NOTABLE RESOURCES DOCUMENTED THROUGHOUT THE LODGE INCLUDE BOTTLED ALMOND-LIQUID, PIECES OF CHOCOLATE, FREEZE-DRIED LIQUID FOOD DESIGNED FOR INSTANT EATING, AND A SINGLE LEATHER HAND COVERING UTILIZED DURING SKIING. LARGE SPEAKERS ARE INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL, OBSERVED TO CONSTANTLY PLAY WELL-KNOWN JAPANESE SONGS FROM AROUND THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AT A HIGH VOLUME.
LIFT STATIONS: STRUCTURES DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT BEINGS THROUGH CONNECTED AREAS, OFTEN BUILT IN RECREATIONAL SNOW SLOPES. AS LEVEL 22 N'S STRUCTURE EXHIBITS NONLINEAR PROPERTIES, UTILIZATION OF LIFTS FOR TRANSPORTATION CARRY THE POSSIBILITY OF SENDING WANDERERS TO UNEXPECTED LOCATIONS WITHIN LEVEL; EVEN IF ONE WERE TO RIDE ONE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THEIR STARTING POINT, THERE REMAINS A CHANCE THEY WILL END UP IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOCATION. IN ADDITION, RARE INSTANCES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO OCCUR ON LIFTS, IN WHICH THE BODIES OF KNOWN WANDERERS WERE DISCOVERED, POSSIBLY HAVING FROZEN TO DEATH FOLLOWING INABILITY TO DEPART FROM THEIR SEAT.
CAUTION IS ADVISED WHEN UTILIZING LIFTS FOR TRANSPORTATION; HOWEVER, AS TRAVERSING THE SLOPES ONFOOT IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DANGEROUS, LIFTS ARE OVERALL CONSIDERED THE SAFER OPTION FOR TRAVEL THROUGHOUT LEVEL.
PRESENCE OF ENTITIES ON LIFTS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS PASSENGERS, HAVE BEEN OCCASIONALLY SIGHTED. APPEARANCE RESEMBLES THAT OF A GOLEM CONSTRUCTED OUT OF SNOW. PASSENGERS ARE OBSERVED TO APPEAR IF A WANDERER IS SIGHTING IN A LIFT WITH MORE THAN ONE SEAT. BEHAVIOR CONSISTS OF ENDLESSLY WHISPERING TO THE SEATED WANDERER. NO OTHER BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN OBSERVED, AND NO HARMFUL PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN NOTED; HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMAIN CALM IF IN PRESENCE OF PASSENGERS, AS AGITATED REACTIONS MAY RESULT IN FALLING FROM THE LIFT.
SKI SLOPES: DESIGNATION FOR SNOWY TRAIL DOWN A MOUNTAIN PEAK, OFTEN UTILIZED FOR RECREATION KNOWN AS SKIING. IF A WANDERER POSSESSES EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR DOWNWARD SNOW TRAVEL, THEY ARE ABLE TO TRAVEL TOWARDS THE MOUNTAIN BASE. HOWEVER, RARE PRESENCE OF ENTITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS THE SKIIER. APPEARANCE RESEMBLES THAT OF A CONED BRIGHT-GROUND STALK DRESSED IN SKI CLOTHING. BEHAVIOR CONSISTS OF TRAVELING DOWN THE SLOPE THROUGH THE METHOD OF SKIING, AND WILL OFTEN BE AT A FASTER SPEED THAN ANY SKIING WANDERERS PRESENT ALLOWING OVERTAKING OF THE LATTER. THEREFORE, THERE IS RISK OF COLLISION WITH THE SKIIER IF METHOD OF TRANSPORT USED IS SKIING.
FORESTRY: SURROUNDS MOST FLAT AREAS WITHIN LEVEL 22 N. LIFTS ARE OBSERVED TO TRAVEL OVER THE FOREST IN CERTAIN AREAS. LIMITED DOCUMENTATION ON LEVEL 22 N'S FORESTRY HAS BEEN MADE, THOUGH SURVIVING TESTIMONIES HAVE CONSISTENTLY DESCRIBED OVERALL FORESTRY STRUCTURE TO BE EASY TO LOSE ONE'S DIRECTIONAL SENSES.
DUE TO THE ROTWATCHER'S NATURE AS A FLOATING THOUGHTFORM, IT IS OBSERVED TO TRAVERSE UPWARDS OF THE SLOPES WITH RELATIVE EASE, OCCASIONALLY TAKING SHELTER DURING EXTREME WEATHER. IT WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO REACH THE PEAK OF THE MOUNTAIN, WHERE A HUT, A SMALL STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO THAT OF LODGES, THROUGHOUT LEVEL 22 N IS OBSERVED. THE ROTWATCHER SUSPECTS THIS STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS AS AN ENTRYWAY AND PLANS TO UNDERGO LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE THROUGH ENTRANCE INTO THE HUT.