LUXURY LINGERIE: SUB-LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 962.1 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER ALONG WITH JJ HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN THIS LEVEL FOLLOWING A PHYSICAL ENCOUNTER WITH AN ENTITY IN PREVIOUS PARENT LEVEL.
LEVEL STRUCTURE RESEMBLES THAT OF A FACILITY HOUSING MULTIPLE SMALLER TRADE-CENTERS. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY ARE KEPT AT COMFORTABLE LEVELS DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF AIR CONDITIONING THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL. ALL TRADE-CENTERS WITHIN THIS LEVEL SELL ONLY APPEALING UNDERGARMENTS FOR FEMALE BRIGHT COUSINS KNOWN AS LINGERIE, WITH A VARIETY OF TYPES FROM DIFFERENT ERAS IN BRIGHT-HISTORY.
it's a very specific kind of mall, definitely.
UNDERGARMENTS DISPLAYED IN EACH TRADE-CENTER ARE IN RELATIVELY FRESH CONDITION, SIMILAR TO THAT OF CLOTHING IN PARENT LEVEL. NO REPORTS OF UNDERGARMENTS FOR MALE BRIGHT COUSINS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. LIGHTNING TERMINALS INSTALLED ON THE UPPER WALLS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN ALL TRADE-CENTERS, EACH DISPLAYING A FEMALE BRIGHT COUSIN MODELING UNDERGARMENTS IN VISUALLY APPEALING POSTURES. DESPITE APPEARING AS A STILL IMAGE, CLOSER INSPECTION INDICATES THE BRIGHT COUSIN IS CAPABLE OF SLIGHT MOVEMENTS SUCH AS BLINKING AND BREATHING, SUGGESTING THE TERMINAL IS DISPLAYING FOOTAGE INSTEAD.
it's not just footage, though. i think she can see us. think she's saying something, as well.
FEMALE COUSINS WITHIN LIGHTNING TERMINALS REACT WHEN A WANDERER IS WITHIN AN OBSERVABLE RADIUS. REACTION CONSISTS OF VISUAL TRACKING OF THE OBSERVABLE WANDERER, ALONG WITH MOUTH MOVEMENTS INDICATIVE OF VOCALIZATION, THOUGH NO OTHER AUDIO BESIDES THAT OF MELODIES EVOKING PLEASANT FEELINGS HAS BEEN OBSERVED. DESPITE SEEMINGLY BEING ABLE TO PERCEIVE THE WANDERER, THE DISPLAYED COUSIN DOES NOT RESPOND TO ANY KNOWN MODES OF COMMUNICATION.
it's hard to tell if she's actually saying anything. i'm not the best at reading lips, and it doesn't help her mouth movement is real subtle.
PRESENCE OF ENTITIES RESEMBLING UNDERGARMENT-DISPLAY GOLEMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THIS LEVEL, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS MANNEQUIN ENTITIES. THESE ENTITIES DIFFERS FROM STANDARD MANNEQUINS FOUND IN THIS LEVEL IN BOTH THE ENTITIES' EXTERIOR LAYER BEING COUSINLY FLESH-COLORED AND THEIR AUTONOMOUS NATURE. MANNEQUIN ENTITIES ARE HOSTILE WHEN SIGHTING A WANDERER, INITIATING PURSUIT THAT ENDS WHEN THEY HAVE CAUGHT OR LOST SIGHT OF THEIR PREY. END RESULT OF CAPTURE BY THESE MANNEQUIN ENTITIES IS THE THEFT OF ALL PIECES OF CLOTHING THEY HOLD, WITH WHICH THE ENTITY WILL THEN DISCARD THEIR FEMALE UNDERGARMENTS AND REPLACE WITH THE STOLEN CLOTHING BEFORE FLEEING. ONLY KNOWN METHOD OF DETERRING ATTACKS FROM THIS ENTITY IS TO WEAR ONLY FEMALE UNDERGARMENTS WHILE KEEPING REGULAR CLOTHING IN A PORTABLE CONTAINER.
yeah, no thanks. wearing women's lingerie is where i draw the line. besides, i don't exactly have a bag to hide my other clothes.
DUE TO AN ABSENCE OF HELD PORTABLE CONTAINERS, THE MOST VIABLE METHOD IN HANDLING MANNEQUIN ENTITIES IS TO AVOID THEIR PRESENCE WHEN POSSIBLE, ESCAPING TO AN OBSCURED SPOT IF SIGHTED.
yeah... or i could do this.
JJ IS OBSERVED TO TREAD INTO AN OPEN AREA, DESPITE THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER'S ADVICE. A MANNEQUIN ENTITY MOVES IN RESPONSE TO JJ'S PRESENCE, QUICKLY APPROACHING BOTH THEIR AND THE ROTWATCHER'S LOCATION; HOWEVER, THE ENTITY'S MOVEMENT IS HALTED RIGHT BEFORE IT COULD INITIATE CONTACT. CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALS A BLUE TENDRIL-LIKE APPENDAGE WRAPPED AROUND THE MANNEQUIN ENTITY'S LEG, THE APPENDAGE HAVING A FLUID-LIKE EXTERIOR. THE MANNEQUIN ENTITY IS THEN OBSERVED TO BE THROWN BACKWARDS BY THE APPENDAGE INTO A WALL, THE FORCE STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE CRACKS IN IT. NO MOVEMENT IS OBSERVED FROM THE ENTITY FOLLOWING THIS EVENT. THE FLUID-LIKE APPENDAGE IS OBSERVED TO RETREAT INTO JJ'S FOOTWEAR. JJ THEMSELF IS OBSERVED TO BE UNPERTURBED DESPITE SEEMINGLY PERFORMING THIS ACTION.
see?
IT IS ASSUMED BY THE WITNESSING ROTWATCHER THAT THE FLUID-LIKE TENDRIL ORIGINATED FROM JJ'S BODY. THIS TENDRIL BEARS SIMILARITIES TO INSTANCES PREVIOUSLY WITNESSED IN FIRST ENCOUNTER WITHIN LEVEL 314 N. NO CONCLUSIONS OF ANY CONFIDENCE CAN BE MADE REGARDING THE TENDRILS' CONNECTION WITH JJ'S SECONDARY CONSCIOUSNESS.
o-oh, yeah, i think- more importantly, i think we should find a way out of here soon. because, look around us.
OBSERVATION OF SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT INDICATES SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THIS SPACE, NOTABLY THE REPOSITIONING OF ALL MANNEQUIN INSTANCES TO FACE BOTH JJ AND THE CURRENT ROTWATCHER. FEMALE COUSIN DISPLAYED IN THIS CENTER'S LIGHTNING TERMINAL HAS ALSO REPOSITIONED INTO A NEUTRAL STANCE, GAZING INTENTLY TOWARDS THE TWO. RECOMMENDED ACTION: SEEK AN ENTRYWAY TO ANOTHER LEVEL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER AND JJ HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO EXPLORE FURTHER INTO THE LEVEL IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND AN ENTRYWAY. FOLLOWING A BRIEF PERIOD OF EXPLORATION, THEY ARE OBSERVED TO ENCOUNTER A CLOTHES-CHANGING BOOTH THAT HAS THEIR USUAL WALL-MIRROR REPLACED BY A CURTAIN WITH A FLORAL DESIGN. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER THEORIZES THIS CURTAIN FUNCTIONS AS AN ENTRYWAY TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND THEREFORE RECOMMENDS INVESTIGATING IT TO SEE IF LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE WILL OCCUR.