CICADA RAIN: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 333 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THIS SPACE FOLLOWING SUDDEN LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE DUE TO WITNESSING OF INCREASING TEMPERATURES IN PREVIOUS LEVEL.
LEVEL STRUCTURE RESEMBLES THAT OF A JAPANESE OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL AREA, POPULATED BY GREENERY. SUSPECTED TO BE INFINITE IN SIZE. LAYOUT CONSISTS OF WELL-MAINTAINED PATH AND SPARSE FORESTRY LINING ITS EDGES. LEVEL IS TEMPORALLY FIXED IN THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE BRIGHT CYCLE, WITH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY AT HIGH LEVELS. NO COVERED STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THIS LEVEL, LEAVING SHADE GENERATED BY BRIGHT-GROUND STALKS THE ONLY METHOD OF REPRIEVE FROM THE HARSH SUNLIGHT. AN ABSENCE OF AIR MOVEMENT CONTRIBUTES IN THE OVERALL UNPLEASANT ENVIRONMENT IN THIS LEVEL.
DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC IF THIS LEVEL IS THE PRESENCE OF CONSTANT AND LOUD AUDIO GENERATED BY BRIGHT PARASITES KNOWN AS CICADAS. THESE SOUNDS ARE CONSISTENT WITH VARIOUS KNOWN SPECIES ON THE BRIGHT STAGE. DIFFERENT CICADA SPECIES' NOISES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO VOCALIZE AT THE SAME TIME WITH ONE ANOTHER, EVEN IF ON THE BRIGHT STAGE THEY VOCALIZE AT DIFFERING TIMES. CICADA ENTITIES THEMSELVES HAVE NOT BEEN OBSERVED AT THE TIME OF DOCUMENTATION.
SOUNDS DEVIATING FROM CICADA NOISES HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED. EXAMPLES INCLUDE A POPPING NOISE SIMILAR TO THAT OF BRIGHT WEAPONRY FIRING, A BALL HIT BY A DEAD-METAL BAT, AND A LIGHTNING NOISE ANNOUNCING A TELEPHONE TIME SIGNAL.
DUE TO THE HOT CLIMATE, INTENSE BRIGHTNESS, AND PRESENCE OF CICADA NOISES, THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER IS UNABLE TO ENTER TEMPORARY STASIS FROM BEING CONSTANTLY STIMULATED. IT IS ASSUMED BRINGING AUDIO AND VISUAL CANCELLERS IS VITAL IF PLANNING TO REST IN THIS LEVEL.
AUTOMATED DISPENSERS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL, MAINLY PROVIDING LIQUID AND OPERATING WITHOUT NEED OF TOKENS. THE ONLY PRODUCTS AVAILABLE INSIDE ARE TRANSPARENT COLORLESS LIQUIDS SEALED IN PLASTIC BOTTLES, EACH LABELLED WITH A SINGLE JAPANESE CHARACTER KNOWN AS KANJI. EXAMPLES OF THE LIQUIDS' LABELS INCLUDE JUICE, SWEAT. AND SALT. LIQUID TEMPERATURE IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF AN AVERAGE BRIGHT COUSIN'S, HAVING A SLIGHT VISCOSITY AND A SALTY TASTE. TESTIMONIES OF WANDERERS WHO HAVE SAMPLED THESE LIQUIDS REPORT IT BEING SIMILAR TO THAT OF SNOT OR RAW EGG WHITES; HOWEVER, AS THERE SEEM TO BE NO ADVERSE EFFECTS, THIS LIQUID IS A RELIABLE SOURCE OF NOURISHMENT WITHIN THIS LEVEL.
DURING EXPLORATION, THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER IS OBSERVED TO COME ACROSS A SIGN STRUCTURE DISPLAYING THE WORDS 'FRIENDSHIP POOL', ALONG WITH AN ARROW POINTING TO A BRANCHING PATH. IT IS ASSUMED THIS SIGN STRUCTURE LEADS TO AN ENTRYWAY INTO ANOTHER LEVEL. THE ROTWATCHER PLANS TO FOLLOW THE SIGN'S DIRECTION TO UNDERGO LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE INTO ANOTHER LEVEL.