PAVILION IN THE SEA OF CLOUDS: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 27 N. THE ROTWATCHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN THIS SPACE FOLLOWING ENTRANCE INTO AN OPENED WINDOW PLACED ON THE BUILDING, ACROSS FROM THE MAIN FACILITY IN THE PREVIOUS LEVEL.
LEVEL STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF TALL SKYSCRAPERS WITH A SEA OF CLOUDS OBSCURING THEIR LOWER HALF. LEVEL IS TEMPORALLY FIXED IN A STAGE OF THE BRIGHT CYCLE WHERE LIGHT PRODUCED WHEN THE SUN IS BELOW THE HORIZON IS SCATTERED, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS TWILIGHT. SPACE PRESENTS UNIFORMLY COOL TEMPERATURES, AND COMBINED WITH FREQUENT GENTLE AIR MOVEMENT PRODUCES A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT.
PHENOMENON UNIQUE TO THIS LEVEL HAS BEEN OBSERVED, IN WHICH THE LEVEL'S ATMOSPHERE CONTAINS VISCOUS PROPERTIES SIMILAR TO THAT OF WATER. GROUND MOVEMENT IS RESTRICTED DUE TO THIS PHENOMENON, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS WANDERERS TO PERFORM MOVEMENT IN THE VERTICAL DIRECTION AS LONG AS THEY POSSESS BASIC SWIMMING CAPABILITIES. REACHING THE GROUND SURFACE OF THIS LEVEL FUNCTIONS AS AN ENTRYWAY TO DANGEROUS LEVELS, SO CAUTION IS ADVISED WHEN TRAVERSING THROUGH THIS LEVEL. LOCALIZED AIR CURRENTS ARE OBSERVED WITHIN THIS LEVEL, WHICH WANDERERS OFTEN UTILIZE TO TRANSPORTATION. HOWEVER, SUDDEN STRONG AIR MOVEMENTS CAN RESULT IN BLOWING WANDERERS FAR, THOUGH ENERGY BROUGHT BY THIS MOVEMENT DISSIPATES QUICKLY DUE TO ATMOSPHERE VISCOSITY.
DUE TO THE ROTWATCHER'S INNATE ABIITY TO FLOAT, IT REMAINS LARGELY UNAFFECTED BY THIS LEVEL'S PHENOMENON. AT MOST, THE VISCOUS PROPERTIES ONLY SLIGHTLY HINDERS THE ROTWATCHER'S PACE OF MOVEMENT.
CLOUDS WITHIN LEVEL 27 N ARE REPORTED TO BE COMPOSED OF ALMOND LIQUID AND CAN THEREFORE BE INGESTED IN A WANDERER WERE TO INHALE CLOSE TO THESE STRUCTURES. STRUCTURAL STABILITY OF CLOUDS IS ALSO HIGH, ALLOWING WANDERERS TO STAND ON THEM. CLOUD COLORS DIFFERING FROM STANDARD WHITE HAVE BEEN OBSERVED, MOSTLY CONSISTING OF BLUE OR GREEN COLORS. THESE CLOUDS HAVE DIFFERENT TASTES IN COMPARISON TO STANDARD WHITE, WITH BLUE TASTING OF COCONUT AND GREEN TASTING OF COOL MINT.
BELOW THE CLOUDS, THE LOWER STRUCTURE OF DENSELY PACKED SKYSCRAPERS CAN BE OBSERVED. THESE BUILDINGS ARE INTERCONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER BY BRIDGING PASSAGES. OCCASIONALLY, A GIANT FESTIVAL WHEEL CAN BE SIGHTED, OFTEN POKING ABOVE THE FIELD OF CLOUDS. LOW STRUCTURAL STABILITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED THE FURTHER ONE DESCENDS BELOW THE CLOUDS, AND EXPLORATION WITHIN THIS AREA OFTEN LEADS TO LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE INTO A DANGEROUS LEVEL. AS OF DOCUMENTATION, THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF A LOWER GROUND BEING DISCOVERED WITHIN THIS LEVEL.
PRESENCE OF MARINE ENTITIES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THIS LEVEL, FOSTERING A DIVERSE ECOSYSTEM IN THE SKIES. A LIST OF ENTITIES CONSISTENTLY REPORTED BY WANDERERS IS DOCUMENTED BELOW:
METEOR FISH: APPEARANCE RESEMBLES THAT OF FLYING FISH WITH A METALLIC PINK EXTERIOR AND A FIVE-POINTED GOLDEN STAR BETWEEN ITS EYEBROWS. GENERALLY OBSERVED IN SCHOOLS OF HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS, WITH OVERALL BEHAVIOR RESEMBLING THAT OF WHALES. KNOWN TO SWIM AROUND AND FEED ON THE ARMOR OF GOLDEN WHALES. METEOR FISH CAN BE SAFELY CONSUMED RAW, WITH TASTE BEING DESCRIBED AS SAVORY AND REFRESHING. THE GOLDEN STAR OF THE METEOR FISH IS REPORTED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TASTE FROM THE REST OF THE BODY, BEING EQUAL FLAVORS OF SWEET AND SOUR, AND IS OFTEN ADDICTING TO WANDERERS.
GOLDEN WHALE: APPEARANCE RESEMBLES THAT OF AN ENORMOUS BLUE WHALE PLATED IN GOLD ARMOR. ARMOR IS DURABLE ENOUGH TO RESIST A SHARP KNIFE, BUT PEELING AND ERODED AREAS HAVE BEEN NOTED ON THE ARMOR. SOIL CAN BE FOUND IN THIS ERODED AREA, WITH EDIBLE BRIGHT-GROUND PARASITES AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMPTION. GOLDEN WHALES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO TRAVERSE SLOWLY THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL AND IS EASY TO CATCH UP TO. AS THIS ENTITY IS PASSIVE UNLESS PROVOKED, MANY WANDERERS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO UTILIZE THE GOLDEN WHALE FOR TRANSPORTATION.
RAINBOW SAURY: APPEARENCE RESEMBLED THAT OF A SAURY WITH A SHINY IRIDESCENT EXTERIOR. BEHAVIOR CONSISTS OF TRAVELING AROUND THE LEVEL AT EXTREMELY HIGH SPEEDS, TAKING PAUSES FOR A FEW WINKS BEFORE CONTINUING. CAPTURE OF THIS ENTITY IS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THIS BEHAVIOR, BUT CONSUMPTION OF THE RAINBOW SAURY GENERATES EUPHORIA WITHIN THE CONSUMER. THE RAINBOW SAURY'S FLESH ALSO POSSESSES REJUVENATING PROPERTIES, MAKING THEM EQUALLY USEFUL FOR MEDICINAL SITUATIONS.
DURING EXPLORATION OF THIS LEVEL, THE ROTWATCHER HAD OBSERVED FROM A DISTANCE WHAT APPEARED TO BE A WANDERER STANDING ON A SKYSCRAPER ROOF. APPEARANCE RESEMBLED THAT OF AN ADULT MALE BRIGHT COUSIN WITH A THIN FIGURE. THIS WANDERER WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE AN UNUSUAL AFFINITY WITH MARINE ENTITIES WITHIN LEVEL 27 N, WITH MANY OF THEM CIRCLING AROUND THE WANDERER FREQUENTLY. DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THESE ENTITIES SURROUNDING THIS WANDERER, THE ROTWATCHER WAS UNABLE TO APPROACH THEM.
IT WAS THEN OBSERVED TO RESUME EXPLORATION, IN WHICH IT CAME ACROSS A STRANGE PACKAGE. THIS PACKAGE IS OBSERVED TO CONTAIN FOOD MEANT FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE VOID. THE ROTWATCHER SUSPECTS THIS PACKAGE FUNCTIONS AS AN ENTRYWAY INTO ANOTHER LEVEL AND PLANS TO INTERACT WITH IT, POSSIBLY UNDERGOING LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE INTO ANOTHER LEVEL IN THE PROCESS.