SOLITUDE'S DEAD END: DEATH ROW SOCIETY: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 240 N. THE ROTWATCHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN THIS SPACE FOLLOWING ENTRANCE INTO AN UNUSUAL RESIDENTIAL HOME IN THE PREVIOUS LEVEL IT WAS LOCATED IN.
LEVEL STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE FLOORS ENDLESSLY EXTENDING IN A VERTICAL MANNER. INDIVIDUAL FLOOR ARE ALL FIXED IN A SPECIFIC LAYOUT, EACH FLOOR CONTAINING FIVE PRIVATE CHAMBERS AND THREE SPECIALIZED CHAMBERS OF LOUNGING, FEASTING, AND FOOD PREPARATION. THEREFORE, OBSERVATIONS IN INDIVIDUAL FLOORS CHANGES RELY ON DIFFERENCES IN WALLPAPER AND FURNITURE. INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT IS SLIGHTLY COLD DUE TO LEVEL BEING PERPETUALLY AT THE END OF A BRIGHT CYCLE, AND OUTSIDE WEATHER OBSERVED FROM WINDOW VIEWS IS PERPETUALLY RAINY. ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN OTHER WANDERERS IN THIS LEVEL IS OBSERVED TO BE NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE, INDUCING FEELINGS OF LONELINESS.
NO ENTITIES ARE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT LEVEL 50 N, BARRING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLOSED CHAMBER DETAILED BELOW. HOWEVER, WANDERERS OFTEN REPORT THE SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS OR A FEELING OF BEING WATCHED WHILE WITHIN A CORRIDOR. EXPERIENCING THIS EVENT FURTHER INDUCES FEELINGS OF ANXIETY AND LONELINESS AND OFTEN LEADS TO WANDERERS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN CLOSED CHAMBERS. CONSIDERING THE FATES OF THOSE WHO DO SO, AS DOCUMENTED LATER, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO RESIST THESE IMPULSES IF POSSIBLE.
CHAMBERS WITHIN FLOORS OF LEVEL 50 ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO KNOWN CATEGORIES: OPEN AND CLOSED CHAMBERS.
OPEN CHAMBERS: DESIGNATION FOR CHAMBERS WITH DOORS ALREADY OPEN. GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH WASTE-CLEANING CHAMBERS, KNOWN AS BATHROOMS BY BRIGHT COUSINS. CONTAINERS WITHIN THESE CHAMBERS HAVE TEXT WRITTEN IN AN UNKNOWN LANGUAGE, BUT THEIR CONTENTS' QUALITY IS PROVEN TO HAVE NO DELETERIOUS EFFECTS WHEN USED.
CLOSED CHAMBERS: DESIGNATION FOR ROOMS WHOSE DOORS ARE CLOSED UPON ENTRY INTO A FLOOR. GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CHAMBERS OTHER THAN BATHROOMS, SUCH AS THE LOUNGE AREA AND OTHER PRIVATE CHAMBERS. SOUNDS OF GATHERING AND SMELLS OF ENTICING DISHES CAN BE OBSERVED TO EMERGE FROM THESE CLOSED CHAMBERS, OFTEN INDUCING NOSTALGIA IN THE OBSERVING WANDERER. THIS OFTEN LEADS TO WANDERERS OPENING THESE CLOSED CHAMBERS, LEADING TO THEIR DISAPPEARANCE.
IF THE DOOR TO THIS CLOSED CHAMBER CONTAINS AN INSTALLED GLASS WINDOW, OBSERVATIONS INTO SAID SPACE CAN BE MADE. THE INTERIOR OF A CLOSED CHAMBER IS OBSERVED TO CONTAIN A STANDARD BRIGHT-FAMILY UNIT; HOWEVER, IT IS POSSIBLE THE UNIT IS THAT OF AN ILLUSION, AND INSTEAD HEADLESS COUSINS ARE WHAT POPULATE THESE SPACES.
HEADLESS COUSINS: DESIGNATION FOR PROMINENT ENTITIES OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE BACKROOMS. THESE ENTITIES ARE ONE OF THE FEW DOCUMENTED TO EXIST IN MULTIPLE LEVELS, RATHER THAN BEING NATIVE TO ONLY ONE. ENTITY NOMENCLATURE IS BASED OFF THEIR APPEARANCE, WHICH TAKES FORM OF A BRIGHT COUSIN WITH EMERGING BLACKENED SMOKE IN PLACE OF A HEAD. ENTITY BEHAVIOR IS GENERALLY NEUTRAL, ONLY BECOMING HOSTILE WHEN PROVOKED.
RECENT THEORIES FROM WANDERERS POSIT CERTAIN HEADLESS COUSINS, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, WERE FORMERLY REGULAR BRIGHT COUSINS WHO WERE TRANSFORMED THROUGH A CURRENTLY UNKNOWN MECHANISM. EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS CAN BE OBSERVED USING TESTIMONIES FROM BOTH THIS LEVEL AND A CONNECTING LEVEL KNOWN AS LEVEL 500 N. A HEADLESS COUSIN WAS SIGHTED IN LEVEL 500 N WEARING CLOTHING PREVIOUSLY BELONGING TO A WANDERER WHO POSTED FREQUENTLY ON THE BRIGHT-COLLECTIVE BACKROOMS DATABASE, WHOSE LAST STATEMENT BEFORE THE COMPLETE CEASING OF COMMUNICATION WAS A DECLARATION TO OPEN A CLOSED CHAMBER IN LEVEL 50.
HOWEVER, A RARE PHENOMENON REGARDING CLOSED CHAMBERS IS OBSERVED, IN WHICH WANDERERS REMAIN AS THEMSELVES AND ARE ABLE TO INTEGRATE WITH FAMILIES WITHIN THESE SPACES. THESE WANDERERS NO LONGER RESPOND TO ANY ATTEMPTS OF ATTENTION. IN ADDITION, IT IS OBSERVED THAT ENTITIES WITHIN CLOSED CHAMBERS WILL PERFORM ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH ENTERING AND EXITING THEIR SPACE; HOWEVER, THESE ENTITIES DEMATERIALIZE ONCE THEY DO SO, REAPPEARING IN THE CHAMBER AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, WITH THE DOOR REMAINING CLOSED THROUGHOUT.
THE ROTWATCHER WAS OBSERVED TO EXPERIENCE AN UNUSUAL PHENOMENON DURING ITS EXPLORATIONS OF LEVEL 50 N. A SUMMARY IS DOCUMENTED BELOW.
SUMMARY BEGINS WHEN THE ROTWATCHER ENTERED A BATHROOM LOCATED ON THE UPPER FLOORS OF THE LEVEL. DURING ITS EXPLORATION OF LOWER FLOORS, THE ROTWATCHER WAS UNABLE TO OBSERVE ANY OTHER BEINGS WITHIN OPEN CHAMBERS, MOST LIKELY DUE TO KNOWN LEVEL PROPERTIES. THIS BATHROOM DEVIATED FROM OTHER INSTANCES IN THE PRESENCE OF A WANDERER, LOCATED IN A LIQUID-FILLED CLEANSING TUB.
UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION, THE ROTWATCHER WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THE WANDERER'S IDENTITY TO BE THE EXCEPTION.
AS BEFORE, THE EXCEPTION WAS ABLE TO PERCEIVE THE ROTWATCHER. THE EXCEPTION DID NOT VOCALIZE A GREETING, INSTEAD SHIFTING FACIAL FEATURES INTO A BLANK SMILE TO CONVEY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE ROTWATCHER'S PRESENCE. THE EXCEPTION WAS OBSERVED TO NOT DISAPPEAR IMMEDIATELY, ALLOWING THE ROTWATCHER TO CAREFULLY APPROACH HIM.
ONCE THE ROTWATCHER WAS IN CLOSE ENOUGH DISTANCE TO THE EXCEPTION, THE LATTER WAS OBSERVED TO VOCALIZE A GREETING, ONCE AGAIN REFERRING TO THE FORMER AS AN 'ANGEL'. THE ROTWATCHER WAS INITIALLY UNSURE OF HOW TO PROCEED, AS THERE WAS NO KNOWN WAY FOR IT TO COMMUNICATE WITH WANDERERS AT THE TIME. HOWEVER, WHEN THE ROTWATCHER ATTEMPTED COMMUNICATION USING PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES WITH THE AUDIENCE, IT WAS ABLE TO TRANSMIT A MESSAGE OF INTRODUCTION TO THE EXCEPTION.
THE EXCEPTION WAS ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS TRANSMISSION, AS THEY WERE OBSERVED TO VOCALIZE THE ROTWATCHER'S SELF-ASSIGNED NOMENCLATURE. BEFORE THEY COULD CONTINUE WITH A RESPONSE, THE EXCEPTION'S BODY WAS OBSERVED TO SUDDENLY JERK IN PLACE, PRECEDING THEIR HEAD PLUNGING BELOW THE LIQUID. BESIDES THE RIPPLES ON THE LIQUID'S SURFACE, NO OTHER MOVEMENT WAS OBSERVED BY THE ROTWATCHER, INCLUDING SIGNS OF STRUGGLE AS SUFFOCATION MOST LIKELY WAS OCCURRING FOR THE EXCEPTION.
THE ROTWATCHER WAS OBSERVED TO FOLLOW THE EXCEPTION'S HEAD DOWN INTO THE LIQUID. IT IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN WHY THE ROTWATCHER WAS COMPELLED TO PERFORM THIS ACTION, AS ITS FORM AND STRENGTH WERE MOST LIKELY NOT ABLE TO DRAG THE EXCEPTION OUT. THE ROTWATCHER WAS OBSERVED TO BE UNABLE TO DRAG BOTH THE EXCEPTION AND ITSELF OUT OF THE TUB AND BEGAN TO SUFFOCATE ALONG WITH HIM, DESPITE THE ROTWATCHER NOT REQUIRING AIR AS A RESOURCE.
DESPITE THE ROTWATCHER'S ATTEMPT, ONSET OF STASIS WOULD THEN OCCUR. AFTER AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME, THE ROTWATCHER WOULD EMERGE FROM STASIS TO FIND ITSELF IN A DIFFERENT CLEANSING TUB FILLED WITH WARM LIQUID, DIFFERING FROM THE LUKEWARM TUB LIQUID IN LEVEL 50 N. COMBINED WITH THE BATHROOM AESTHETIC BEING CHANGED, ALONG WITH INTERIOR LAYOUT BEYOND THE BATHROOM DIVERGING FROM LEVEL 50 N'S SPECIALIZED FLOOR LAYOUT, THE ROTWATCHER HAS CONCLUDED IT HAD UNDERGONE SUDDEN LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE INTO ANOTHER LEVEL.
RECOVERED INFORMATION ON LEVEL 50 N REVEALS SIMILARITIES BEWEEN THE MECHANISM PERFORMED BY THE ROTWATCHER AND THE EXCEPTION AND A KNOWN ENTRYWAY IN SAID LEVEL; HOWEVER, ALL TESTIMONIES REGARDING THIS MENTION THIS MECHANISM ONLY BEING PERFORMED BY ONE.
THE EXCEPTION IS NOT OBSERVED TO BE PRESENT IN THE SAME AREA THE CURRENT ROTWATCHER IS LOCATED. NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN ON THE EXCEPTION'S CURRENT WHEREABOUTS, INCLUDING WHETHER THE EXCEPTION IS LIVING OR NOT.
THE CURRENT ROTWATCHER IS OBSERVED TO BE TEMPORARILY INACTIVE TO PERFORM BASIC MAINTENANCE AND TO RECOVER PROPERLY FROM RECENT EVENTS. AFTER THE ROTWATCHER'S CONDITION IS CONSIDERED TO BE SUFFICIENT, IT IS OBSERVED TO BEGIN DOCUMENTATION OF THE CURRENT LEVEL IT IS LOCATED IN.