Level SNOW

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= Hello.=
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= I infer you came to read about this level.=
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= However...=
= In your best interest, you shouldn't.=
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= So tell me...=
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= Do you truly wish to continue?=
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 Yes 
= Very well... =
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=== This place... It appears as a large, snow-ridden forest. Trees as far as the eye can see... And snow blanketing everyone. The snow here sticks to your being like an insidious parasite. There are paths through this wasteland. Following them is the only way to ensure a slight chance of survival. If you do not, you will lose your way. You wouldn't want that. At the end of most of the paths, well, salvation lies there. At the end of the most winding, however... well, I won't detail that here. What would you like to hear about, my new friend? ===
=== The Forest? ===
=== Yes... This forest is wider and darker than any you may have seen in your lifetime. The forest trees tower beyond your blurred vision, the Snowbound leaves gently yet cruelly falling upon your frostbitten body. As said, avoid the forest, stay on the path if you value not dying. ===
=== The Snow? ===
=== Oh yes, the snow. Remember how I said it sticks to you like an insidious parasite? That's because it is an insidious parasite. It's called the Snowbound Parasite. The 'snow' is simply just clusters of these eggs, disguised as snow with fluffy white mush. Once this snow gathers on your body, the parasites dig stealthily into your pours, and are nurtured by your rapidly fading warmth. Once ready, they shake and tremble, and with enough time, burst out into full parasite, either killing you instantly, or leaving you to die, where they will then eat your corpse and retreat into the forest to join the rest of their vile brethren. Truly a visceral existence, these things... ===
=== The Paths? ===
=== The paths. The paths to life. They lead you through various twists and turns. If you ever find yourself here, NEVER stray far from the paths, lest you were attacked by something insidious. The paths, do have one flaw... Parasite nests. Avoid black lumps at all costs, they will burrow into you. Aside from that, follow the paths to a tee. ===
=== Losing Your Way? ===
=== Losing your way. It's quite self explanatory, is it not? Those who lose their way, lose their mind, the sanity, their humanity. They succumb to the snow, and either tear themselves apart, piece by piece, or allow the snow to use their vessel as a fruitful new home. You wouldn't want to know how much further that goes... But you see, simply existing in a place like this, it DRAINS one, BANGS on the walls of their head, and tears through their mind like a hot knife through butter. That is why you must stay on the paths. ===
=== Salvation? ===
=== Ah yes yes! Salvation. It's where I reside. At the end of each path lies a cosy warm cottage, inside of which is a blindingly bright door, and a console. In each one. These consoles allow one to type either YES or NO on them. Typing YES yields the glowing door to open, allowing access to the level of the backrooms best suited to their mental and physical state. Typing NO, well, that banishes them from the cottage, an invisible force throwing them out and slamming the door in their face, leaving them to be devoured by the snow. Ah, didn't I say I reside in salvation? Yes that's still true. I here, I like to consider myself the... 'guardian' of this level. Not quite human, no... I don't know how to explain it, to be clear. I just woke up here one day, with all this knowledge in my head. I've used a console to access this database and document this, as M.E.G has seemingly been unable to. Ah, I'm rambling, I should end this section now... ===
=== The Most Winding Path? ===
=== The most winding path. A dark road that is, and a darker destination. It is a dread to traverse, with the turns becoming more than horizontal. Rarely does one make it across. Those who do are... well, not exactly rewarded, yet not quite punished. At the end lies a shrine, a shrine made of stone. If one prays to this shrine, they are spoken to by a divine being, seemingly outside of existence itself. I saw it only twice before. The one who prays is offered the choice; Stay and die, or join them outside of reality. If one accepts, they fade out of the universe, on to somewhere else. I don't think I'll ever follow their fate. ===
=== How do you get here and how do you leave? ===
=== Well as a few have explained to me, on a level with a wide field and a large clock tower, there is a secret. On this level they say there is a bunker, a dark, dangerous bunker. Inside they say they found a familiar yet dreadful object, and when they touched it, the next thing they knew, they woke up here. That's all I know. As for leaving, it's either become nothing with a god, or walk through the light. I've detailed that in other sections. ===
=== There are also, hmm, how do you put it... Additional files? If I'm guessing correctly, they seem to be logs made by either members of M.E.G, or maybe some doomed wanderers. I found them in my travels and thought they may be a good fit to add to this document. Would you perhaps like to see them? ===
=== Open the additional files. ===
LOG 01: I woke up in somewhere odd. I don't think this place has ever been documented in the database yet. It's a huge snowy forest, and there seems to be a blizzard going on. I last remember I was in Level 226, In the bunker M.E.G sent me into. Maybe the object I touched sent me here, I'm not sure. I think I see a clearing up ahead, I'm going to try to reach it. Log end.
LOG 02: This snow is stickier than adhesive, I can't get it off no matter what I try. It's making me feel strange too. Like something is crawling under my skin. In other words, I think I saw some kind of creature in the trees, it seemed like some kind of snake or something. I hate this place. I'm following a path a found, but I don't know if it leads anywhere. All I can do is more forward. Log end.
LOG 03: The worms... They're in me now. I can feel them. Churning under my skin. I saw them, wiggling disgustingly in a patch of black. I have to get out of here before I die. I think I see a cottage up ahead. God help me. Log end.
LOG 04: I made it to the cottage. I think the worms have stopped, I can feel them, still, as if they died. I'm going to need serious medical help, but at least I'm safe for now. There some kind of console in here, and... a glowing doorway or something. I don't know. I hope it leads out of this place. Log end.
Page 29: Oh lord... what have I done to deserve this? I've been through so much... I don't know how much more I can last. This cold forest is brimming with satanic energy. I can feel it clawing at my soul. This is a godless land, no doubt. Lord have mercy on me...
Page 30: Our lord, he's laid out a path for me! I can see it, carved out in the snow! It's winding and treacherous, but god would not have given this to me if I could not triumph. I will follow this divine road to salvation! For you, my lord, I shall live on!
Page 31: I found what he wanted me to find! The shrine! Yes! I shall pray to our lord! He will answer my call and save me from this frozen hell!
Page ??: CLAW OUT THINE EYES TEAR OUT THINE HAIR RIP AT THINE FLESH PRY OUT THINE BONES AND LEAVE THINE SOUL TO ROT IN THE BLIZZARD
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