MARRIAGE BLUES COMPLEX: SUB-LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 314.6 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER ALONG WITH JJ HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN THIS LEVEL FOLLOWING AN UNINTENTIONAL NO-CLIP INTO THE SEAFLOOR OF PREVIOUS LEVEL.
LEVEL STRUCTURE RESEMBLES RELIGIOUS WORSHIP FACILITIES OF BRIGHT-WESTERN ORIGIN, ITS ROOMS INTERCONNECTED IN AN ENDLESS AND CHAOTIC MANNER. TEMPERATURE LEVEL IS ABOUT THE SAME TO ITS PARENT LEVEL, WHILE HUMIDITY IN THIS LEVEL IS SLIGHTLY LOWER. AUDIO OF BRIGHT-WESTERN BELLS PLAYS THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL, ITS SOURCE REMAINING UNKNOWN.
WINDOWS ARE COMMON STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THIS LEVEL, MAINLY IN THE FORM OF TRANSPARENT GLASS. DOME-LIKE STRUCTURES LINED WITH WINDOWS ARE OFTEN OBSERVED IN ROOMS THAT EXTEND AN UNUSUAL HEIGHT FROM THE FLOOR, WITH LIGHT STREAMING THROUGH THE GLASS. NO CONCLUSIONS OF ANY CONFIDENCE MAY BE MADE OF THE LIGHT'S NATURE OR ORIGIN.
FISH ENTITIES IN PARENT LEVEL ARE ALSO PRESENT IN THIS LEVEL. THREE UNIQUE SPECIES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THIS LEVEL, WITH FURTHER INFORMATION ON EACH DOCUMENTED BELOW.
SMALL FISH ENTITIES: MOST COMMONLY FOUND SPECIES WITHIN THIS LEVEL, INCLUDING ONES SUCH AS GUPPIES AND BETTAS. THESE SPECIES CAN BE EATEN RAW IF CAUGHT, WITH NO LASTING REPERCUSSIONS IF CONSUMED. HOWEVER, DUE TO THEIR SMALL SIZE, THEY DO NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH SUSTENANCE UNLESS A LARGE AMOUNT IS CAUGHT AND CONSUMED.
CNIDARIAN ENTITIES: RARELY OBSERVED WITHIN THIS LEVEL. OFTEN FOUND LIVING IN INCONSPICUOUS AREAS, SUCH AS IN PASSAGEWAY EDGES OR BEHIND STATUES. GENERAL APPEARANCE IS SIMILAR TO BRIGHT-STAGE CNIDARIANS SPECIES, WITH COLOR SCHEMES PRIMARILY BEING ACHROMATIC. DUE TO THEIR RARE APPEARANCES, NO INFORMATION ON THEIR ECOLOGY OR POSSESSION OF TOXINS HAS BEEN REPORTED, THOUGH IT IS RECOMMENDED TO AVOID CARELESSLY TOUCHING THESE ENTITIES.
STATUES ARE COMMON STRUCTURES FOUND RANDOMLY THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL, POSSESSING AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT SIZES. MOST ARE FIXED TO EITHER THE WALL OR FLOOR, THOUGH THOSE OF SMALLER SIZE CAN BE FOUND FLOATING IN THE AIR. STATUE APPEARANCE VARIES, WITH DEPICTIONS SUCH AS ANGELS IN BRIGHT COUSIN FORM, BRIGHT FAUNA, BRIGHT-SAINTS, OR EVEN STATUES WITH HAPHAZARDLY COMBINED MOTIFS. STATUE EXTERIOR IS PRIMARILY OF WHITE MARBLE, AND ITS INTERIOR COLOR IS BLUE, AS OBSERVED THROUGH INSTANCES WITH EXPOSED INTERIORS. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER ADVISES AGAINST INTENTIONAL DAMAGE ON STATUES, AS DOING SO RESULTS IN LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE INTO DANGEROUS LEVELS.
FORMAL WEAR MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE FRILLED SHARK SECTIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN OBSERVED BEHAVING SIMILAR TO SUITS FOUND IN PARENT LEVEL. UNLIKE PARENT LEVEL'S SUITS, THESE INSTANCES ARE UNABLE TO INTERACT WITH PHYSICAL ITEMS WITHIN THIS LEVEL AND ARE OFTEN OBSERVED FACING OUTWARD TOWARDS PRESENT WINDOWS. PARTS OF THE WEAR ARE TATTERED IN CERTAIN AREAS, POSSIBLY DUE TO ACCIDENTAL CONTACT WITH AFOREMENTIONED FRILLED SHARKS.
THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER OBSERVES A UNIQUE INSTANCE OF THIS FORMER WEAR ATTEMPTING INTERACTION WITH JJ. THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE IS NOTED TO BE WEARING A TUXEDO AND IS OBSERVED TO BLOCK JJ'S PATH. HOWEVER, DUE TO THIS INSTANCE'S SLOW MOVEMENT, JJ IS ABLE TO BYPASS THE INSTANCE ENTIRELY, RESUMING EXPLORATION.
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THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS OBSERVED JJ TO BE UNUSUALLY SILENT. IT IS OBSERVED TO INQUIRE ON THIS SILENCE.
hm? sorry, just thinking. about what happened just before we came here, really.
IT IS ASSUMED JJ'S THOUGHTS ARE IN RELATION TO THEIR SECONDARY CONSCIOUSNESS, WHO JJ HAD POSSIBLY CONVERSED WITH IN PREVIOUS LEVEL.
yeah. it was them i was talking to.
and before you ask- i still don't entirely get what they were saying.
it has something to do with them realizing something about the oceans here, but if i'm understanding them right, it's...
JJ IS OBSERVED TO BE TROUBLED REGARDING INFORMATION GIVEN TO THEM BY SECONDARY CONSCIOUSNESS, REGARDING OCEANS FOUND IN CERTAIN LEVELS OF THE BACKROOMS. IT IS ADVISED THIS INFORMATION RELAYING FROM JJ TO THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER IS DONE IN A PATIENT MANNER, SO THAT THE INFORMATION IS DELIVERED AS COHERENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
so, i mentioned a few levels ago, that the waters in the backrooms seem to reject them- me- us, even if I'm in that weird water form. and that they were annoyed by that fact.
but the level before, they realized something. the more contact i had with the sea there, the less pushback the waters had on them. until finally, after a while, they became properly attuned with the level's sea.
but it wasn't fully; it began fading away once we began climbing that staircase. that's when it started talking to me about their discovery.
INFORMATION RELAYED FROM JJ TO SUBJECTED ROTWATCHER SUGGESTS THE SECONDARY CONSCIOUSNESS' CONNECTION WITH BODIES OF WATER ONLY ACTIVATES WHEN JJ IS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE BODY OF WATER FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, FADING IF SEPARATED. IT IS ASSUMED THE MECHANISM OF THIS CONNECTION'S FORMATION CANNOT BE OBSERVED DIRECTLY DUE TO SECONDARY CONSCIOUSNESS' NATURE. ENDPOINT OF THIS CONNECTION'S FORMATION CURRENTLY REMAINS UNKNOWN.
i'm not sure what a complete connection with a level's ocean will mean, either.
especially considering how a lot of levels apparently go on forever. if they- and by extension, myself- fully connect with a level's oceans, will my mind be able to handle it?
will i still be myself...?
THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER IS OBSERVED TO INQUIRE REGARDING JJ'S CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR SECONDARY CONSCIOUSNESS' NATURE, AS THEIR SPEECH SUGGESTS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEM.
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i... i guess i do understand a bit better of what exactly they are.
but, but i need to think on it some more. because the implications- just, let's move on for now, okay?
JJ IS OBSERVED TO MAKE REQUESTS TO CHANGE CONVERSATION TOPICS. THIS REQUEST IS ACCEPTED BY THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER, THOUGH IT IS RECOMMENDED TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS UNDERSTANDING AT A FUTURE TIME.
sure.
anyways, sorry i wasn't saying much earlier, providing comments and such. wasn't much in the mood.
THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER IS OBSERVED TO NOT CONTAIN ANY GRIEVANCES AGAINST JJ'S SILENCE.
ok, good.
never actually been in a catholic church before, but i assume their design's what this level's mostly based off of.
and the wedding clothes you see around here are fitting, too; in fact, i used to think churches existed only for weddings. didn't even consider there was a whole religion tied to those buildings.
but i know better now. even if i end up not being a colossal fuck-up and ruin everything, nothing would accept me.
INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE ROTWATCHER'S KNOWLEDGE OF BRIGHT-STAGE SUGGESTS A FORMAL RITUAL OF MATRIMONY IS NOT NECESSARY FOR LEGAL ROMANTIC UNION.
that's not entirely my point. it's not just the church, it's my country as well. if they knew about who i really was, what i've done both to survive and to obtain pleasure, then-
...uh, what's going on with the mural?
THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER OBSERVES A SCULPTED MURAL ON ONE OF THE WALLS OF ITS CURRENT LOCATION, DEPICTING VARIOUS RELIGIOUS IMAGERY. MATERIALS USED TO CONSTRUCT AND PAINT THIS MURAL ARE OBSERVED TO SLOWLY BLEED INTO ONE ANOTHER, CREATING MARBLED PATTERNS ON THE SURFACE. CONTINUED OBSERVATION RESULTS IN SUDDEN LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE, TRANSPORTING THE CURRENT ROTWATCHER AND JJ TO A LAKE SURFACE, GAZING AT THE WATERS' HORIZON.
really wish this stopped happening.