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THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT OF ITS LACK OF AFFILIATIONS WITH ANOTHER TUMBLR BLOG KNOWN AS 'ROTWATCHER-OFFICIAL'. THIS BLOG IS MONITORED BY ANOTHER, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ROTWATCHER. THE MECHANISM FOR THERE TO BE TWO DIFFERENT ROTWATCHERS IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.

POSTS WILL BE SEPARATED INTO CATEGORIES FOR EASE OF ORGANIZATION. POSTS CONTAINING BACKROOMS LEVEL DOCUMENTATION WILL BE TAGGED WITH #rotwatcher-backrooms. POSTS CONTAINING DOCUMENTATION OF ANYTHING ELSE WILL BE TAGGED AS #miscellaneous. IF THE SUBJECTED ROTWATCHER WERE TO BE GIVEN AN ASK (IF IT HAS ASKS ENABLED), THEY WILL BE ANSWERED USING THE TAG #asks.

IN ADDITION, ANY POSTS MADE HERE WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE NAMED AFTER THE SUBJECTED ROTWATCHER, VIEWABLE HERE. WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT PLANS TO UTILIZE ACTUAL ROTWATCHER LOG BOXES IS UNDERWAY.

LASTLY, THE ROTWATCHER HAS BEEN TASKED BY ITS CURRENT PROGENITOR TO RELAY A MESSAGE TO THE AUDIENCE. THE MESSAGE IS AS FOLLOWED:

writing in rotwatcher's voice is gonna be so hard lol but imma do my bestttt

KISOKO STRAIT: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 6 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS OBSERVED ITSELF IN THIS SPACE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING NO-CLIPPING INTO A PACKAGE FOUND IN THE PREVIOUS LEVEL.

LEVEL STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF A VAST OCEAN, POPULATED BY BRIGHT-EAST NAVAL VESSELS. ENTRY POINT FOR LEVEL IS AN EMPTY ROOM WITHIN ONE OF THESE VESSELS, CONSTRUCTED WITH WOOD. STUDY OF THE VESSEL'S LAYOUT REVEALS LITTLE IN TERM OF RESOURCES OR ENTITIES. HOWEVER, REPORTS OF BEINGS SINGING IN AN UNKNOWN LANGUAGE HAS BEEN OBSERVED.

DUE TO THE LEVEL'S NATURE, LITTLE INFORMATION HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED BY WANDERERS ON THEIR BRIGHT-COLLECTIVE DOCUMENTATION SITE. IN ADDITION, WANDERER EXPLORATION THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL IS DIFFICULT, AS VESSEL APPROACH WITH ONE ANOTHER IS RARE. HOWEVER, THE ROTWATCHER'S NATURE AS A FLOATING THOUGHTFORM ALLOWS IT TO BYPASS THIS LIMIT AND TRAVERSE ABOVE THE OCEAN.

DURING THIS TRAVERSAL, THE ROTWATCHER OBSERVED AN UNNATURALLY LARGE RIPPLE OCCUR ON THE OCEAN'S SURFACE. NO VESSELS WERE PRESENT AROUND AREA OF OCCURRENCE, LEADING TO THE ROTWATCHER TO SUSPECT THE RIPPLE'S SOURCE TO ORIGINATE BELOW THE OCEAN SURFACE. HOWEVER, RESEARCH INTO INFORMATION GATHERED BY WANDERERS ON LEVEL 6 N REVEALS NOTHING IN TERMS OF NATIVE ENTITY PRESENCE. THEREFORE, NO CONCLUSIONS OF ANY CONFIDENCE MAY BE MADE OF CURRENT ENTITY PRESENCE ON LEVEL 6 N.

AFTER A PERIOD OF TRAVEL, THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS OBSERVED A PHYSICAL FIBROUS PROJECTION OF A BRIGHT-LARVAL FLOATING ON THE OCEAN'S SURFACE. THE ROTWATCHER SUSPECTS THIS PROJECTIONS FUNCTIONS AS AN ENTRYWAY TO ANOTHER LEVEL. PLANS TO UTILIZE THIS ENTRYWAY IS ONGOING.

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION IS PENDING.

MEAT-REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSE: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 5 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS FOLLOWING ENTRANCE OF THE AIR-TIGHT DOOR WITHIN PREVIOUS LEVEL.

LEVEL STRUCTURE RESEMBLES A MASS-STORAGE FACILITY FOUND ON THE BRIGHT STAGE. INTERNAL TEMPERATURE IS ON THE COLDER END, POSSIBLY TO KEEP NUTRITIONAL RESOURCES FOUND IN THIS LEVEL FROM SPOILING. SINCE TEMPERATURE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR BRIGHT-LIVING CONDITIONS, PROLONGED STAYS IS RISKY; HOWEVER, WANDERERS OFTEN VISIT THIS LEVEL IN ORDER TO SECURE NUTRITIONAL RESOURCES.

PHENOMENON UNIQUE TO THIS LEVEL HAS BEEN OBSERVED, IN WHICH A CONTAINER PRESENT AMONG OTHERS HAS A CHANCE TO CONTAIN RESOURCES. THESE BOXES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO FALL IN A WAY NOT CONSIDERED NATURAL; THEY OFTEN HAPPEN TO FALL RIGHT AS A WANDERER APPROACHES IT. IN ADDITION THE SOUND FROM A BOX COLLIDING WITH THE FLOOR ALSO ATTRACTS ENTITIES NATIVE TO THIS LEVEL, POSSIBLY LEADING TO CONFRONTATION.

USUALLY THE RESOURCE FOUND IN THESE CONTAINERS IS THE FLESH OF PARASITES THAT ARE FARMED ON THE BRIGHT STAGE. THE QUALITY OF THIS FLESH VARIES FROM CONTAINER TO CONTAINER. HOWEVER, HIGH-QUALITY FLESH HAS A VERY RARE PROBABILITY OF APPEARING, AND MOST OFTEN IT IS ONLY DECENT QUALITY AT BEST.

WIRELESS NETWORK IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL'S FACILITY BY THE DESIGNATION OF 'STAFF NETWORK'. WIFI CONNECTION IS NOTED TO BE UNSTABLE, AND ALONG WITH ACTIVATION OF SECURITY SOFTWARE IN RESPONSE TO CONNECTION, IT IS GENERALLY PREFERRED TO UTILIZE OTHER LEVELS WITH CONNECTABLE WIFI NETWORKS FOR WRITING REPORTS. THE WIFI ON THIS LEVEL IS LOCKED BEHIND A PASSKEY THAT HAPPENS TO CHANGE PERIODICALLY; HOWEVER, THIS PASSKEY IS WRITTEN ON A NOTE ATTACHED TO A FORKLIFT'S CHAIR, MAKING IT EASILY ACCESSIBLE.

FORKLIFT: TRANSPORT MACHINERY COMMON WITHIN BRIGHT STORAGE FACILITIES, COMMONLY OPERATED BY A BRIGHT COUSIN TO LIFT HEAVY OBJECTS AND CAN TRANSPORT OR RETRIEVE IN A VERTICAL MANNER. IN LEVEL 5 N, THESE FORKLIFTS ARE ABLE TO OPERATE WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE WORKER. DUE TO THEIR SEEMINGLY AUTONOMOUS NATURE, THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS LABELED THESE FORKLIFTS AS ENTITIES NATIVE TO THIS LEVEL.

FORKLIFTS IN LEVEL 5 ARE OBSERVED TO PERFORM TASKS IT IS DESIGNED FOR, SUCH AS THE TRANSPORTATION OF GOOD THROUGHOUT THE SPACE. FORKLIFT DOES NOT EXHIBIT ANY TYPE OF REACTION TO WANDERERS, AND THEY WILL EVEN ALLOW WANDERERS TO APPROACH AND MOUNT THEM. WHEN MOUNTED, WANDERERS ARE ABLE TO CONTROL THE FORKLIFTS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, WITH THE ENTITIES' AUTONOMOUS DRIVING OFTEN CONFLICTING WITH THIS CONTROL. REPORTS OF COLLIDING SENSATIONS WHEN CONTROLLING THE FORKLIFT ENTITY WHILE DRIVING HAS ALSO BEEN DOCUMENTED. THE REASON FOR THIS IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.

PRESENCE OF OTHER PREDATORY ENTITIES, HENCEFORTH REFERRED TO AS 'WORKERS', IS OBSERVED IN THIS LEVEL. ASSIGNED NOMENCLATURE IS BASED OFF THE WORK CLOTHES THEY WEAR, APPEARANCE MATCHES THAT OF MICROSCOPIC CELLULAR ORGANISMS FOUND ON THE BRIGHT WORLD, BUT WITH THE SIZE AND HEIGHT OF AN AVERAGE WANDERER. WORKERS ARE OFTEN SEEN MOUNTING FORKLIFTS, AND IF THEY DETECT A WANDERER, THEY WILL PURSUE THEM. THEREFORE, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO PROCEED THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL.

THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER IS CURRENTLY STUDYING A PACKAGE FOUND DURING ITS WANDERINGS. SCRIPT IS PRESENT ON THE PACKAGE, LABELED AS 'NIPPON-MARU'. THIS LABEL IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NAME BUOYANT OCEAN VESSEL CONSTRUCTED IN THE EAST BRIGHT WORLD. DUE TO ITS UNUSUAL PLACEMENT IN COMPARISON TO THE REST OF THE LEVEL, IT IS SUSPECTED THIS PACKAGE FUNCTIONS AS AN ENTRYWAY TO AN UNKNOWN LEVEL. PLANS TO UNDERGO LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE THROUGH NO-CLIPPING INTO THE PACKAGE IS UNDERWAY.

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION IS PENDING.

PLAYROOM: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 4 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS OBSERVED ITSELF IN THIS SPACE FOLLOWING ENTRANCE INTO A DOOR ADJACENT TO A TOY MANUFACTURING LINE FOUND IN PREVIOUS LEVEL.

SPACE IS DESIGNED FOR BRIGHT-CHILDREN ENTERTAINMENT, CONTAINING OBJECTS WITH VISUALLY-ENGAGING COLOR PALETTES. DOWNWARD-SLOPE STRUCTURES, COMMONLY KNOWN AS A SLIDE, AND PITS FILLED WITH COLORFUL PLASTIC SPHERE ARE FOUND TO BE COMMON STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL. CORRIDORS AND OTHER AREAS ARE ALSO RECORDED, CONNECTING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH GRAND STAGE GEOMETRY. AS OF THIS OBSERVATION, NO LIMIT HAS BEEN FOUND WHILE WANDERING THROUGHOUT THIS SPACE, LEAVING IT POSSIBLE THAT ITS SIZE IS INFINITE.

CULTURAL SPATIAL CONGLOMERATION: COMMON PHENOMENON WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, IN WHICH A LEVEL'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE IS UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED. USUALLY OBSERVED IN LEVELS WHERE ARCHITECTURE DO NOT BEAR ANY SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL FEATURES. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS CAN BE OBSERVED IN THE PLAYROOMS, WHERE VARIOUS BOOKS FOUND WITHIN THE LEVEL ARE WRITTEN IN WEST-BRIGHT LANGUAGES SUCH AS SPANISH AND ENGLISH. IN ADDITION, A SONG KNOWN IN THE BRIGHT WORLD AS 'AULD LANG SYNE' PLAYS THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL, DESPITE LACKING VISIBLE SPEAKERS. THE SOURCE OF THIS AUDIO IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.

A LARGER NUMBER OF CHILD WANDERERS HAVE BEEN NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS LEVEL. DETAILS WITHIN WITNESS ACCOUNTS ARE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT, OFTEN HAVING THE SUBJECTED WANDERER ENTER THE PLAYROOMS THROUGH A GAP IN A PLAYROOM BACK ON THE GRAND STAGE.

AS THERE ARE NO NUTRITIONAL SOURCES AND OTHER NECESSITIES, LONG-TERM STAY IN THIS LEVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED UNLESS THE WANDERER HOLDS ENOUGH SUPPLIES TO LAST THEIR DESIRED PERIOD OF STAY.

THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS FOUND ITSELF IN FRONT OF A DEAD METAL DOOR, ITS DARK GRAY COLOR OUT OF PLACE WITH THE REST OF THE PLAYROOM'S AESTHETIC. SPACE BETWEEN THE DOOR AND ITS FRAME IS LITTLE, LETTING ALMOST NO AIR THROUGH. AS THIS DOOR IS SUSPECTED TO BE AN ENTRYWAY TO ANOTHER LEVEL, THE ROTWATCHER PLANS TO OPEN THE DOOR, HEREBY UNDERGOING LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE TO THE ADJOINGING LEVEL.

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION IS PENDING.

RECYCLING PLANT: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 3 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS OBSERVED ITSELF IN THIS SPACE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION INTO A CHAMBER WHERE LOUD NOISES WERE EMITTED FROM WITHIN PREVIOUS.

LEVEL STRUCTURE RESEMBLES THAT OF TO A BRIGHT MAINTENANCE FACILITY, ITS EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT DARK WITH HIGH-INTENSITY BRIGHT STALKS LIGHTING THE AREA. BRIGHTNESS IS APPARENTLY POWERED USING AN ELEMENT NATIVE TO THE BRIGHT WORLD KNOWN AS MAGNESIUM.

SPECIALIZED SECTIONS OF THE FACILITY HAVE BEEN NOTICED THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL, INCLUDING PROCESSING UNITS FOR CHEMICALS, NUTRITIONAL SOURCES, AND MACHINERY. ALL SECTIONS HOUSE MACHINERY STANDARD OF A BRIGHT MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

INTERIOR CONSISTS OF CLOSED-LOOP CARRYING MEDIUMS KNOWN AS CONVEYOR BELTS, DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. PRESENCES OF THESE SYSTEMS CREATES NARROW PATHWAYS, COMBINED WITH PRESENCE OF HOSTILE ENTITIES DETAILED IN A LATER SECTION, LEADS TO THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER ASSIGNING THIS LEVEL A RISK FACTOR OF FOUR.

DEAD-METAL VEINS WITH HIGH-TEMPERATURE SURFACES AND LARGE CHEMICAL STORAGE CONTAINERS HAVE ALSO BEEN OBSERVED, FURTHER INCREASING THE RISK FACTOR OF OVERALL LEVEL. IN ADDITION, INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE WEAKENED IN PLACES, POSSIBLY DUE TO THE WORK DONE BY AFOREMENTIONED HOSTILE ENTITIES. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER SUSPECTS COLLAPSE OF INTERIOR STRUCTURES IS VERY MUCH POSSIBLE, THOUGH THEY ARE AT LEAST INFREQUENT.

PRODUCT: HOSTILE ENTITY NATIVE TO THIS LEVEL. NOMENCLATURE GIVEN TO BY WANDERERS WHO HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE ENTITY AND LIVE. PRODUCT OBSERVED TO ROAM WITHIN THE LEVEL'S FACILITY, FREQUENTLY SEEN DISASSEMBLING BROKEN MACHINERY FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE INTERNAL EXPANSION WORK. THIS WORK IS OBSERVED TO HAVE NO ORDER AND IS OFTEN ABANDONED WITHOUT COMPLETION BY ENTITIES. THE PURPOSE FOR THIS WORK IS UNCLEAR.

BEHAVIOR OF PRODUCTS WHEN SIGHTING A WANDERER IS INCONSISTENT. SOME FIND MORE INTEREST IN THEIR UNCEASING WORK, LEAVING WANDERERS BE. OTHERS, HOWEVER, ARE SHOWN TO ABANDON THEIR WORK TO PURSUE ANY WANDERER THEY SEE. BASED ON A LACK OF STRATEGY IN CHASING THEIR PREY, IT CAN BE ASSUMED PRODUCTS POSSESS LOW INTELLIGENCE. HOWEVER, THEIR STRENGTH IS ABOVE THAT OF AN AVERAGE WANDERER, AND RESISTANCE AGAINST PRODUCTS ONCE CAUGHT IS NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE. PRODUCTS ALSO LACK OBJECT PERMEANCE, SO THEY WILL QUIT HUNTING ONCE THEY LOSE SIGHT OF A WANDERER.

PRODUCTS ARE MANUFACTURED WITHIN THIS LEVEL'S FACILITIES, OFTEN SEEN ABOARD CONVEYER BELTS AND CRANES. PRODUCTS SHOWN TO NOT DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN OTHER PRODUCTS AND WANDERERS, LEADING TO INNER CONFLICT. BASED ON A DIFFERENT ENTITY LISTED BELOW, IT IS POSSIBLE PRODUCTS ONLY ATTACK OTHERS WITH THE INTENTION OF MATERIAL COLLECTION RATHER THAN ELIMINATION.

PRESENCE OF ENTITIES SIMILAR TO PRODUCTS, HENCEFORTH KNOWN AS DEFECTIVES, HAS BEEN OBSERVED ALONG REGULAR PRODUCTS. THEIR COMPOSITION IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF A REGULAR PRODUCT, EXCEPT IT ALSO INCLUDES WANDERER BODY PARTS. WANDERER BODY PARTS' INCLUSION DO NOT ALWAYS MATCH THE GENERAL ANATOMY OF A BRIGHT COUSIN.

DEFECTIVES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO BE UNRESPONSIVE TO ITS SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT, ALONG WITH REMAINING FIXED IN ONE SPOT. A BEEPING NOISE IS SEEMINGLY THE ONLY ACTION DEFECTIVES ARE CAPABLE OF, WHICH ALERTS PRODUCTS TO ITS LOCATION. PRODUCTS ARE OBSERVED TO DISMANTLE THE DEFECTIVE, RECOVERING USED MATERIALS. THESE MATERIALS WILL MOST LIKELY BE USED TO CONSTRUCT ANOTHER DEFECTIVE. CURRENTLY, NO OTHER ENTITY BESIDES DEFECTIVES HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED USING THESE MATERIALS.

THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS LOCATED A MANUFACTURING LINE UNCHARACTERISTIC TO THIS LEVEL. THIS LINE IS SEEMINGLY SPECIALIZED IN THE PRODUCTION OF COLORFUL OBJECTS DESIGNED FOR COMFORT AND ENJOYMENT, WHAT IS KNOWN TO BRIGHT COUSINS AS 'TOYS.' ADJACENT TO THIS LINE IS A DOOR, OF WHICH THE ROTWATCHER BELIEVES TO BE AN ENTRYWAY TO ANOTHER LEVEL. LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE TO ANOTHER LEVEL UTILIZING THIS DOOR IS PLANNED.

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION IS PENDING.

OUR LEARNING CENTER: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS LEVEL 2 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS OBSERVED IN THIS SPACE FOLLOWING TRAVERSAL IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SIGN WITHIN THE PREVIOUS LEVEL.

LEVEL TAKES ON THE APPEARANCE OF THE INSIDE OF AN EAST-BRIGHT MASS EDUCATIONAL CENTER DESIGNED FOR YOUNG BRIGHT COUSINS. ATMOSPHERE'S TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE MODERATELY COOL, POSSIBLY ARTIFICIALLY CHILLED IF PRESENCE OF COOLING DEVICES ARE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. OF NOTE IS THE LACK OF TEMPORAL CHANGE WITHIN THE LEVEL, AS EVIDENCED BY THE BLUE SKY VIEWED FROM THE WINDOWS REMAINING UNCHANGED.

THIS LEVEL HAS BEEN OBSERVED TO BE NON-LINEAR, CONTAINING FLOORS OF INCONSISTENT SHAPES CONNECTED USING STAIRWAYS. NO EVIDENCE OF A ROOF OR GROUND FLOOR HAS BEEN DISCOVERED, INDICATING THIS LEVEL IS VERTICALLY INFINITE. THE WINDOW VIEWS SUGGESTS THE PRESENCE OF A COURTYARD AND, IN THE DISTANCE, A SURFACE-CITY; HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF A GROUND FLOOR REMAINING UNFOUND, THESE AREAS CANNOT BE EXPLORED.

POSSIBLE EXIT THROUGH THE WINDOW'S COLLAPSE HAS BEEN THOUGHT OVER AND SUBSEQUENTLY REJECTED FOR THE CURRENT ROTWATCHER'S SAFETY.

ROOMS FOUND WITHIN THE LEVEL MOSTLY TAKE ON THE APPEARANCE OF A STANDARD LEARNING CHAMBER, CONTAINING OBJECTS SUCH AS BRIGHT-CHILD DESKS, STORAGE CONTAINERS FOR BRIGHT-CHILDREN'S PERSONAL BELONGINGS, AND A PODIUM FOR THE BRIGHT TEACHER. HOWEVER, ROOMS DESIGNED FOR SPECIALIZATIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN OBSERVED. A LIST OF EXAMPLES ARE PROVIDED IN THE FOLLOWING SECTION.

MUSIC PRODUCTION CHAMBER: DESIGNED FOR ACOUSTIC EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCES. HOUSES INSTRUMENTS MADE OF DEAD METAL OR MATERIAL CRAFTED FROM BRIGHT FOREST-GROUND TALL PARASITES ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE ROOM. EXAMINATION REVEALS ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS HAVE NOT UNDERGONE PROPER TUNING PROCEDURES. RARE PHENOMENA OF AUDIO PERFORMANCES EMITTING FROM THE MUSIC CHAMBER HAVE ALSO BEEN OBSERVED, DESPITE THE IMPROPER TUNING AND LACK OF ENTITIES ABLE TO UTILIZE THESE INSTRUMENTS.

LIGHTING TERMINAL CHAMBER: EQUIPPED WITH WORN LIGHTNING TERMINALS. MOST TERMINALS REMAIN DARK, DESPITE BEING CONNECTED TO A LIGHTNING SOURCE. OCCASIONALLY, A POWERED ONE CAN BE FOUND; HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT RESPOND TO USER INPUT.

ABNORMAL CHAMBER: DESIGNATION FOR CHAMBERS WITH SIGNATURES DEVIATING FROM STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF LEARNING CHAMBERS. WRITTEN CHAMBER DESIGNATION IS USUALLY IN GIBBERISH, LEAVING THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ITS PURPOSE, IF ANY. OBSERVATION OUTSIDE OF THE CHAMBER ALSO REVEALS LITTLE. HOWEVER, WANDERERS WHO ENTER THESE CHAMBERS DO NOT COME BACK OUT, NO MATTER HOW MUCH TIME PASSES.

IT IS POSSIBLE THE ABNORMAL CHAMBERS LEAD TO HOSTILE SPACES OR LEAD TO THE COMPLETE DISSOCIATION OF WANDERERS; HOWEVER, NO CERTAIN CONCLUSIONS CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. WHATEVER THE REASON, IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO ENTER ANY ENCOUNTERED ABNORMAL CHAMBER.

PAPERS: FIBROUS MATERIAL FROM BRIGHT GROUND-PARASITE STALKS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS LEVEL AND POSTED THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDORS. DETAILS NOTICES STANDARD TO WHAT A TYPICAL BRIGHT-CHILD LEARNING CENTER CONTAINS, THOUGH SOME CONTAIN ABNORMAL INFORMATION. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS USING THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER'S OBSERVATION IS A PAPER DETAILING HEALTH INFORMATION, RANGING FROM NUTRITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUNG BRIGHT COUSINS TO ADVANCED SURGICAL PROCEDURES.

OTHER ITEMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO BE CONTAINED WITHIN LEARNING CHAMBER DESKS. A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THESE ITEMS DISPLAY ABNORMAL AND EVEN HARMFUL PROPERTIES, SO CAUTION IS ADVISED WHEN ENCOUNTERING THEM. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS FOUND INCLUDE A TRIP PAMPHLET THAT INCREASES PROBABILITY OF NO-CLIPPING TO ANOTHER LEVEL WHEN DISCOVERED, A HANDHELD LIGHTNING DEVICE CONTAINING A BRIGHT-FALSE ENVIRONMENT NOT DISCOVERED IN THE BRIGHT STAGE, AND AN ALBUM CONTAINING EDUCATIONAL ASCENDANCE INFO, WHICH DISSOCIATES ALL MEMORIES OF EDUCATION.

THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER IS CURRENTLY STATIONED OUTSIDE A LEARNING CHAMBER DOOR, WHERE LOUD METAL NOISES CAN BE HEARD WITHIN. THE ROTWATCHER PLANS TO ENTER THE ROOM TO INVESTIGATE THE NOISES' SOURCE AND POSSIBLY UNDERGO LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE.

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION IS PENDING.

LITTLE TOKYO: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, HENCEFORTH REFERENCED TO AS LEVEL 1 N. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS OBSERVED ITSELF IN THIS SPACE FOLLOWING NO-CLIPPING INTO STRUCTURE OF PREVIOUS LEVEL.

LEVEL STRUCTURE RESEMBLES AN UNDERGROUND MASS TRANSPORTATION CHAMBER FOUND IN THE EAST BRIGHT WORLD. THE TRANSPORTATION CHAMBER HAS BEEN OBSERVED BY THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER TO BE IN SLIGHTLY DETERIORATED CONDITION, WITH STAINED AND BROKEN CONCRETE FLOORS, DIM FLICKERING LIGHTS, AND CONTAMINATED AIR. STAIRS ARE A COMMON STRUCTURE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE CHAMBER; HOWEVER, UTILIZING THEM LEADS TO ANOTHER TRANSPORTATION CHAMBER, WITH LITTLE DIFFERENCES BEING FOUND. CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF LEVEL 1 N CONTAINING AN ABOVE-GROUND SPACE.

CHAMBER UTILIZES LONG SEGMENTED VEHICLES OF DEAD METAL, CAPABLE OF FITTING A HUNDRED BRIGHT COUSINS IN EACH SEGMENT. ABLE TO MOVE AT A SIMILAR SPEED OF A DULL-PULSE FIRING, THESE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES PASS BY THE CHAMBER ON DEAD METAL TRACKS AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS.

A RARE PHENOMENON HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN LEVEL 1 N, IN WHICH THE SEGMENTED DEAD METAL VEHICLE MANAGES TO PAUSE AT THE CHAMBER. THIS CEASING OF MOVEMENT ALLOWS THE DISPERSEMENT OF ENTITIES FORMERLY RESIDING WITHIN THE VEHICLE. TAKING ON THE APPEARANCES OF SHADOWY FIGURES, THESE ENTITIES ARE OBSERVED TO ROAM AIMLESSLY, DISSIPATING NOT LONG AFTER MANIFESTATION.

THESE ENTITIES ARE NOTED TO BE HOSTILE, WITH THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER OBSERVING ONE ATTEMPTING TO CHASE DOWN A PASSING WANDERER. THE ROTWATCHER HAS ESCAPED NOTICE OF THE ENTITIES DUE TO ITS GRADIENT CAMOUFLAGE. ENTITIES ALSO POSSESS THE ABILITY TO GRADUALLY DECAY ANYTHING IT TOUCHED, SUGGESTING THEY ARE THE CAUSE OF LITTLE TOKYO'S PRESENT CONDITION. BECAUSE OF THIS ABILITY, ALONG WITH THEIR HOSTILITY, IT IS INADVISABLE TO BE PRESENT WHEN DESCRIBED PHENOMENON OCCURS.

ITEMS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL. LOCATIONS OF THESE ITEMS RANGE FROM BEING SEATED ON CHAIRS, IN THE CHAMBER'S CORNERS, OR NESTLED WITHIN CONTAINERS DESIGNED TO HOUSE LOST OBJECTS. QUALITY OF ITEMS ARE MOSTLY OBSERVED TO BE SAFE FOR USAGE AND INCLUDE LIGHTNING PROVIDERS, NUTRIENT SOURCES, AND ALMOND LIQUID. HOWEVER, SOME ITEMS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO HAVE HARMFUL PROPERTIES, MEANING CAREFUL STUDY OF ACQUIRED ITEMS IS NECESSARY.

PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IS THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS LEVEL, AND TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO BE CONSTRUCTED THROUGHOUT LITTLE TOKYO. HOWEVER, DUE TO UNSANITARY LIVING CONDITIONS, COMPOUNDED WITH THE RARE PHENOMENA DESCRIBED EARLIER, IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT RESIDENCE WITHIN THIS SPACE.

CURRENTLY, THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS COME ACROSS A POSSIBLE ENTRYWAY OUT OF LITTLE TOKYO. EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS IS THE DISCOVERY OF AN UNCHARACTERISTIC LEVEL FEATURE, WHOSE APPEARANCE IS THAT OF AN ARROW SIGN POINTING TOWARDS A HALLWAY. TEXT IS WRITTEN ON IT IN BRIGHT LANGUAGE, READING "IN FRONT OF TOKYO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL". THE ROTWATCHER PLANS TO UNDERGO LOCATIONAL EXCHANGE USING THIS ENTRYWAY.

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION IS PENDING.

THE LOBBY: LEVEL OBSERVED WITHIN THE BACKROOMS, ONE WANDERERS FREQUENTLY NO-CLIP INTO FIRST. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE LOBBY IS OFTEN LABELLED AS THE ZEROTH LEVEL AND ACTS AS AN REFERENTIAL POINT FOR THE BACKROOMS.

LEVEL STRUCTURE RESEMBLES THE BACK INTERIOR OF A BRIGHT COUSIN TRADE CENTER. DESIGN OF EACH ROOM IS OBSERVED TO BE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT, CONSISTING OF BEIGE-YELLOW WALLPAPER, DAMP CARPETS, AND FLUORESCENT LIGHTS.

A CONSTANT BUZZING NOISE CAN BE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL. THOUGH THIS NOISE COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE FLUORESCENT LIGHTS, THE SOUND IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOUDER THAN IS USUAL, HAD IT BEEN GENERATED BY THE LIGHTS. AS OF DOCUMENTATION, THE SOURCE OF THIS HUM REMAINS UNKNOWN.

THOUGH A DAMPNESS OF THE CARPET IS DETECTED, THE LIQUID CAUSING IT REMAINS UNKNOWN. SINCE THE LIQUID COULD CONTAIN HARMFUL PROPERTIES IF INGESTED, CONSUMPTION OF THE CARPET'S LIQUID SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED. THE ONLY PROPERTY OBSERVED OF THIS LIQUID IS ITS LACK OF CORROSIVENESS, SINCE IT CAN BE TOUCHED FREELY WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE.

A UNIQUE SMELL PERMEATES THROUGHOUT LEVEL 0, ITS SOURCE CURRENTLY UNKNOWN. THE FRAGRANCE IS FOUND TO BE BOTH BITTER AND REMINISCENT OF ALMONDS, A BRIGHT GROUND PARASITE.

THE STRUCTURE OF LEVEL 0 IS NON-LINEAR AND OFTEN CHANGES ITS LAYOUT IRREGULARLY. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS NON-LINEARITY IS OBSERVED WHERE, IF THE ROTWATCHER MOVES THROUGH ROOMS IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND EVENTUALLY DECIDES TO TURN BACK, THE ROOMS BEHIND IT HAS MORPHED INTO NEW ONES, LEAVING IT UNABLE TO RETURN TO ITS ORIGIN IN THE LEVEL.

IN ITS TIME WITHIN LEVEL 0, THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS NOT COME INTO CONTACT ANOTHER WANDERER. IT IS SUSPECTED THE LEVEL'S NATURE DISALLOWS DIRECT INTERACTION WITH OTHER ENTITIES, A COMMON PHENOMENON OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE BACKROOMS. HOWEVER, THE LEVEL OFTEN GIVES THE ILLUSION OF CHANCES FOR INTERACTION, DETAILED BELOW.

A COMMON PHENOMENON NATIVE TO LEVEL 0 IS THE PRESENCE OF AUDITORY AND VISUAL HALLUCINATIONS, CONSISTENT AMONG WANDERERS NO MATTER THEIR CURRENT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STATE. COMMON EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE VOLUME OF THE BUZZING NOISE CHANGING RANDOMLY, DOORS AND STAIRCASES APPEARING OUT OF NOWHERE, AND A SENSE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THIS LEVEL BEFORE, EVEN IF IT IS THE WANDERER'S FIRST TIME IN LEVEL 0.

THE REASON FOR THIS PHENOMENON COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CONCENTRATIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE WITHIN THIS LEVEL'S AIR TO RISE HIGHER THAN NORMAL EVERY NOW AND THEN, BUT FURTHER CAUSE FOR THIS RISE IS UNKNOWN.

THOUGH THE MOST COMMON WAY TO EXIT THE LOBBY IS THROUGH NO-CLIPPING, THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS ENTRYWAYS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE LEVEL. FOR SAKE OF BREVITY, A FULL LIST WILL NOT BE GENERATED. AS NO SIGNIFICANT ENTRYWAY HAS BEEN OBSERVED BY THE CURRENT ROTWATCHER, A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO PERFORM A NO-CLIP INTO ANOTHER LEVEL.

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION IS PENDING.

MANY HAVE OFTEN ENTERED THE BACKROOMS THROUGH A METHOD KNOWN AS 'NO-CLIPPING', ACHIEVED WHEN A CERTAIN SECTION ON THE GRAND STAGE, SUCH AS A WALL OR THE AREA OF GROUND, IS UNSTABLE COMPARED TO SURROUNDING TERRAIN. THIS LEADS TO PERMEABILITY, ALLOWING PASSAGE THROUGH SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE SOLID, THEREFORE NO-CLIPPING INTO THE BACKROOMS.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALSO MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS OF ENTERING THE BACKROOMS THROUGH OTHER METHODS BESIDES NO-CLIPPING; THEREFORE, FURTHER STUDY IS REQUIRED.

ALL LEVELS ARE DENOTED WITH AN N, AN ALPHABET CHARACTER FROM THE BRIGHT COUSIN'S LANGUAGE. THE ORIGIN OF THIS N IS UNKNOWN, THOUGH THERE ARE NUMEROUS SHARED THEORIES REGARDING ITS ORIGIN. THE SIZE OF EACH LEVEL VARIES, RANGING FROM BEING LIMITED TO A SINGLE WALLED ROOM TO A NON-LINEAR INFINITE SPACE.

ALL LEVELS POSSESS A DEGREE OF INSTABILITY, CATEGORIZED USING A STABILITY INDEX, MEANING NO-CLIPPING IS A CONSISTENT AND VALUABLE METHOD TO TRAVEL FROM ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER. HOWEVER, ALL LEVELS ALSO POSSESS ENTRYWAYS INTO OTHERS; ENTRYWAYS ARE OFTEN SPECIFIC TO ONE LEVEL AND FOUND WHEN PERFORMING A CERTAIN ACTION CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ADJOINING LEVEL. ENTRYWAYS ARE USUALLY ONE-WAY AS WELL, LEAVING NO WAY TO RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL UNLESS ITS ENTRYWAY IS FOUND.

RISK INDEX: CLASSIFICATION ASSESSING THE DANGER LEVELS OF A GIVEN SPACE USING NUMERICAL SCALE. COMPONENTS INFLUENCING RISK INDEX INCLUDE PRESENCE OF HOSTILE ENTITIES, ABSENCE OF SAFE ITEMS, AND GENERAL INSTABILITY OF OVERALL LEVEL.

INHABITANTS OF THE BACKROOMS, HEREBY DESIGNATED AS WANDERERS, HAVE VARIABLE OPINIONS ON THE EMOTIONS EACH LEVEL INVOKES. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE WANDERER MAY FIND A LEVEL DESIGNED LIKE A HOSPITAL INTERIOR TO BE EERIE, WHETHER BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE WITH HOSPITALS OR SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE DISTURBED BY THE LACK OF LIVING BEINGS OTHER THAN THE WANDERER PRESENT WITHIN A USUALLY BUSY SPACE.

CONVERSELY, ANOTHER WANDERER MAY FIND THIS HOSPITAL LEVEL PEACEFUL AND CALMING, PERHAPS EVEN DUE TO THE LACK OF LIVING ENTITIES PRESENT. HOWEVER, THERE IS GENERAL AGREEMENT A MAJORITY OF LEVELS EXHIBIT FEELINGS OF NOSTALGIA, ALONG WITH A SENSE THAT THEY DO NOT BELONG.

THE ORIGIN OF THE BACKROOMS IS OFTEN SPECULATED BY WANDERERS. MANY POSIT THE BACKROOMS HAVING BEEN CREATED BY A HIGHER BEING, OR EVEN A PANTHEON OF DEITIES. OTHERS POSIT THE BACKROOMS FUNCTIONING SIMILAR TO A GRAVEYARD, FOR SPACES FORMERLY PRESENT ON THE GRAND STAGE.

THOUGH THE CURRENT ROTWATCHER PREFERS THE LATTER TO THE FORMER, NEITHER THEORY HAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO BE REASONABLY SUPPORTED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS PENDING.

THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER HAS RECENTLY FOUND GREAT INTEREST IN THE BACKROOMS, WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY SITUATED FOR REASONS UNKNOWN. THE REASON FOR THIS IS UNKNOWN, THOUGH IT IS ASSUMED TO BE CONNECTED WITH ITS PREVIOUS ROLE IN INTERNALLY CATALOGUING DETERIORATION WITHIN ITS GRAND STAGE. THE PRESENT ROTWATCHER IS OBSERVED TO CONTINUE ITS INTERNAL CATALOGUES OF THE SPACES AROUND IT.