TAIRIKU HARA: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 80 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN THIS SPACE FOLLOWING ATTACKING A TEACHER ENTITY IN PREVIOUS LEVEL.
LEVEL STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF AN INFINITELY EXPANSIVE OUTDOOR RECREATION SPACE SURROUNDED BY FORESTRY. TEMPORAL FIXATION AT THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE BRIGHT CYCLE IS REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE NOTICEABLY HIGH, WITH A HIGH CHANCE OF AFFLICTING WANDERERS WITH HEATSTROKE. HOWEVER, ATTEMPTING TO SEEK SHADE IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO DANGEROUS PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LEVEL.
LARGE WOODEN ENTERTAINMENT STRUCTURES ARE FOUND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL, AND ALONGSIDE THE STONE PATH, THEY ARE CONSIDERED SAFE TO APPROACH AND STAND ON. FACILITIES ARE ALSO PRESENT AND RANGE FROM PUBLIC TOILETS TO WAREHOUSES. RESOURCES SUCH AS FOOD AND LIQUIDS WITHIN THESE FACILITIES CAN BE OBTAINED, THOUGH FOOD WHOSE QUALITY IS FAR PAST ITS EXPECTED USE HAVE BEEN OBSERVED, SO IT IS VITAL TO CHECK EACH FOUND RESOURCE.
DANGEROUS PHENOMENON NATIVE TO THIS LEVEL HAS BEEN OBSERVED, IN WHICH DIRECT CONTACT OR APPROACHING ANY GREENERY WITHIN THIS SPACE WILL RESULT IN VINE TENDRILS OR WOODEN BRANCHES ENSNARING VICTIMS, FORCEFULLY PULLING THEM INTO THE GREENERY. THIS PHENOMENON CAN AFFECT BOTH WANDERERS AND ABNORMAL ENTITIES PRESENT IN THIS LEVEL.
THE ONLY METHOD OF TRAVEL THROUGH THE GRASS AREA IS IF A WANDERER POSSESSES THE ABILITY TO FLOAT AT LEAST AN INCH FROM THE GROUND, AS THE GRASS WILL ONLY REACT THROUGH DIRECT CONTACT. AS MOST WANDERERS DO NOT POSSESS THIS CAPABILITY, TRAVERSAL USING THE STONE PATH IS RECOMMENDED TO ENSURE SURVIVAL. AS THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER DOES POSSESS THE ABILITY TO FLOAT, IT IS OBSERVED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL WITH RELATIVE EASE, THOUGH CAUTION MUST BE TAKEN TO AVOID APPROACHING ANY BRIGHT-GROUND STALKS.
DURING EXPLORATION OF THIS LEVEL, THE ROTWATCHER IS OBSERVED TO FORM A SUPPLEMENTAL. A SUMMARY OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL IS DOCUMENTED BELOW.
THE MAIN SUBJECT OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL CONCERNS THE ARCHITECT, ENCOUNTERED ONCE AGAIN IN LEVEL 14.4 N. NOTABLY, THE PRECEDING ENCOUNTER CONCLUDED WITH BOTH THE ARCHITECT AND THE ROTWATCHER NEARLY DROWNING. WHILE THE ROTWATCHER WAS SAVED THROUGH SUDDEN LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE, THE ARCHITECT'S FATE WAS PREVIOUSLY LEFT UNKNOWN, WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF THEM EXPIRING BEING PRESENT. HOWEVER, RECENT ENCOUNTER WITH THE ARCHITECT VERY MUCH PROVES THEM TO STILL BE ALIVE, HEREBY PROVING THE ROTWATCHER'S PREVIOUS UNSUPPORTED THEORY REGARDING THE ARCHITECT'S SURVIVAL.
ASSESSMENT OF OVERALL ENCOUNTER REVEALS CONCERNS REGARDING THE ARCHITECT'S MENTAL STATE. SYMPTOMS SUCH AS DISORGANIZED SPEECH AND OVERALL CONFUSION SUGGEST THE PRESENCE OF AN ABNORMAL AND OVERALL UNSTABLE MINDSET. DUE TO THIS, COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN PROVEN DIFFICULT, WITH THE ROTWATCHER UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND CERTAIN COMMENTS MADE BY THE ARCHITECT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARCHITECT WAS OBSERVED TO REFERENCE AN INDIVIDUAL APART FROM BOTH THEMSELF AND THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER. AS THEY WERE ONLY REFERRED TO BY THE VAGUE DESIGNATION OF 'HIM', NO CONCLUSIONS OF ANY CONFIDENCE CAN BE MADE REGARDING THIS SECONDARY INDIVIDUAL'S IDENTITY.
THE CURRENT STATUS ON THE ARCHITECT'S WHEREABOUTS IS UNKNOWN; HOWEVER, THE ROTWATCHER REMAINS CERTAIN THEY ARE STILL PRESENT IN THE BACKROOMS. FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS PENDING UNTIL NEXT ENCOUNTER.
LASTLY, THE ROTWATCHER HAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED A PROPERTY REGARDING ITS COMMUNICATION ABILITY. SPECIFICALLY, IT WAS ABLE TO TRANSMIT THOUGHTS TO THE ARCHITECT AND VICE VERSA, DESPITE AN ABSENCE OF DIRECT LATCHING INTO THEIR BODY THROUGH ITS TENDRILS. THIS COMMUNICATION METHOD SEEMINGLY ONLY FUNCTIONS WHEN IN DIRECT PRESENCE, AS NO OTHER THOUGHTS BESIDES ITS OWN ARE BEING RELAYED TO THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER. IT IS POSSIBLE THE INITIAL LATCHING IS ENOUGH TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT TELEPATHIC COMMUNICATION FOR THE ROTWATCHER WHEN IN DIRECT PRESENCE; HOWEVER, NO CONCLUSIONS OF ANY CONFIDENCE CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME, HEREBY CONCLUDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL.
FOLLOWING THIS SUPPLEMENTAL, THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER IS OBSERVED TO ENCOUNTER A SAND-FILLED HOLLOW, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A SANDPIT. THE ROTWATCHER SUSPECTS THIS SANDPIT FUNCTIONS AS AN ENTRYWAY AND PLANS TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER THROUGH BURROWING INTO THE MASS OF SAND.