The Torment

### Description:

`The Backrooms are a prison, but what lies beyond this plane of reality is unknown, infinite, and unpredictable. Even if one could possibly escape the Backrooms, the journey beyond, as of yet, remains undocumented and undefined. Humans fear the unknown and thus create theories in a futile attempt to explain it. They couldn't be further from the truth. Perhaps ignorance truly is bliss… because once the truth is known, it will not be forgotten.`

`It will haunt them.`

This revelation is the basis of **The Torment**, a new world that — according to five witnesses — appeared in Level 0 without forewarning for several hours before vanishing. Witnesses described the area as greyscale in color, with a strong feeling of dread enveloping anyone daring to approach it. The anomaly consists of multiple graves arranged in perfect circles, all surrounding a deteriorated stone statue of an unknown hooded man in the center. Dead trees approximately seven feet tall can be seen next to random graves, similarly arranged in a circle. Decomposing leaves from these trees litter the ground and produce a piercing scream when stepped on. Darkness engulfs the entire area; a lone, stationary moon in the sky serves as this place's only light source. Thick, gray fog surrounds the environment, restricting visibility to five feet and causing wanderers to shiver.

Each gravestone's inscription contains a name identifying the dead human, a short sentence describing the cause of death, and two dates, presumed to be the date of birth and the date of death. Despite the M.E.G.’s best efforts to identify the names, none of them have been linked to any known wanderers.

During the first and only encounter with **The Torment** in a restocking expedition, the fog's gray color started bleeding into Level 0's yellow wallpaper, which gradually lost its saturation as the anomaly spread. Any objects, entities, or humans coming in contact with the anomalous surface quickly turned a gray color before dissolving into ash. According to witnesses, the victims feel nothing and fail to notice the effects until it's too late.

Previously, it was thought that the wanderers who suffered this fate died. This was only partially correct — the M.E.G., through extensive research and attempts to contact the lone survivor of **The Torment**, have concluded that although the physical body no longer exists, the soul still wanders freely. Unfortunately, attempts to communicate with these souls have failed. However, researchers have created an EVP device capable of collecting and interpreting signals emitted by the souls. EVP (Electrical Voice Phenomenon) refers to the capturing of abnormal sounds onto a recording device - those who believe in the paranormal frequently interpret inconsistencies in the sound track to be evidence of spirits attempting to communicate.

According to the M.E.G.'s researchers, these lost souls have nowhere to go. They are destined to wander **The Torment** and its endless arrays of graves, forced to relive their worst memories, which range from heartbreak to near-death experiences. Witnesses have heard screaming, crying, and muffled whispering from souls begging for their torture to end. However, these messages appear to loop; each iteration repeats the same messages with the same tone of delivery.

There is currently no procedure to bring these souls back to their physical bodies. According to the M.E.G., these souls constantly beg for mercy, all complaining of some benevolent being invading their minds. Descriptions of this being currently do not exist. Any known chronicles of its appearance have disappeared from the M.E.G.'s archives under unknown circumstances. Despite their tormented state, these souls are still capable of rational thought. However, being hollow shells of their past human selves, no soul has successfully remembered its own identity or appearance before death. How these souls continue to exist remains a mystery.

### Entrances and Exits:

#### Entrances:

There is no confirmed method of entry, although wanderers in Level 0 were able to interact with the level's exterior for a brief period of time. Any proposed way of entering **The Torment** now is mere speculation. The validity of this information has been contested. How can one describe a level so vividly without physically entering it?