Level 79 - "Ghosts in the Machine"

Level 79 - "Ghosts in the Machine"

Info Written by DrAkimoto for the 2025 Classic Writing Blitz. Critique Credit: DivineAtlas, LaundryFan_04, loulou Levels: Level 6.5, Level 24, Level 77, Level 79, Level 102, Level 116, Level 117 Entities: Entity 70, Entity 2, Entity 51 Objects: Object 52 Phenomenon: Phenomenon 51 Tales: Pending… Other: Akirooms Close

Warning:

If you are viewing this file due to recently entering this level, turn back immediately. Staying within Level 79 for prolonged periods of time may lead to spacial and/or temporal displacement.

Extreme caution is advised.

SURVIVAL DIFFICULTY:

Class deadzone

• Temporal Instability
• Inconsistent Exit
• Unknown Potential for Entities

Description:

The main hallway of Level 79.

Level 79 consists of seven rooms of seemingly intelligent design¹ which diverge from a main corridor. Measuring approximately 370 square meters², the level is reminiscent of and contains various equipment associated with medical research clinics of the mid-20th century. The space shows numerous signs of previous human occupation, and it is theorized the level itself could be the result of direct human planning and/or construction.

Pertinent information on each of the rooms can be found in the tabs below:

Room No. 1 (R)

The office room.

The first room on the right side of the main corridor³ appears to have been used as an office space. In addition to a wall-bound shelving unit, the area contains a desk and several filing cabinets. These items are haphazardly arranged in a storage closet and suffer from severe fire damage. One of the walls of the room contains a large black chalkboard. The following statement is written on the board in yellow chalk:

"The experiments were only somewhat successful; don't stay here long. We're going to move to Phase 2 anyway, I'll meet you then. -Dr. Zohn"

Room No. 2 (L)

Equipment storage room.

The second room, located on the left side of the main corridor⁴, was used as a storage room for various medical and scientific items. Below is a list of notable pieces of equipment found within the room:

• Cardiopulmonary monitor⁵

• Kidney dialysis machine⁶

• Sonograph⁷

• ECG machine⁸

• Mechanical ventilator⁹

• Fixed-angle centrifuge¹⁰

In addition to standard medical equipment, four machines of unknown purpose were discovered. These devices, while not fully understood, appear significantly more advanced than the other equipment found within the room.

Room No. 3 (R)

Examination room.

This area is designed as a standard medical examination room. Found within many of the cabinets and drawers found throughout the room are medical instruments typically associated with locations of this nature. On the right side, embedded in the wall, is a large machine of unknown function. This contraption has corrugated hoses, intravenous lines, and electrical wires held within the lower compartment. Stored in a locked cabinet on the left side of the room are various medications, as well as other mundane and anomalous substances. The known compounds include, but are not limited to:

• Almond Water

• Pethidine¹¹

• Azathioprine¹²

• Lysergic acid diethylamide¹³

• Doxorubicin¹⁴

• Seer powder

• Scopolamine¹⁵

• Melatonin-laced multicolored lollipops

Room No. 4 (L)

X-ray machine found within room No. 4.

Room No. 4 contains a mid-century X-ray machine with the equipment and adornments associated with radiology. On the rear wall is a large negatoscope, commonly known as an X-ray illuminator, where a single X-ray film remained. On which was a radiograph of a heavily disfigured human arm¹⁶. Estimates based on analysis of the hand bones place the individual's approximate age between six and ten years.

Room No. 5 (R)

Living quarters.

A small room with six twin-size mattresses arranged on metal wire bedframes. The two dressers within the room contained the following items upon their initial discovery:

• Six pairs of plain grey shirts and trousers, size youth small.

• A red rubber handball.

• Three crayons, black.

• 14 blank sheets of lined paper.

Room No. 6 (L)

Operation room.

The sixth room is an empty operating theater with a significant buildup of viscera and other unidentified fluids. Metal shavings, screws, and various other small, non-organic objects were observed within the slurry. Analysis revealed the presence of the DNA of six seperate individuals.

Room No. 7 (C)

The machine.

The final room at the end of the corridor contains a single machine of undetermined composition and function. Though their purpose is unknown, the forward face of the machine has a total of 16 clocks, each displaying a different time¹⁷. Both first-hand accounts of the level claimed the machine made an electrically distorted sound similar to sobbing. Approximately every 30 minutes the machine would emit a loud knocking sound, followed by a tremor felt throughout the level. The observers would then experience a sensation comparable to no-clipping. A substance identical to the substance found within Room No. 6 was observed slowly leaking from the left side of the machine.

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Entrance and Exit

Level 79 has only one known entrance and exit located at the beginning of the main corridor, the location of which is theorized to be able to appear as any door within any level across an unknown period of time¹⁸.

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Submission Log

Explorer	Date of Entrance	Date of Exit	Time within level
Mikeru Akimoto	4/10/2021	4/10/2023	3 hours
Mallory Grey	8/23/2024	7/23/1992	9.5 hours

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Footnotes

1. The rooms are arranged in a logical manner with specific designated purposes.

2. ~ 4000 square feet.

3. Labeled as (R)

4. Labeled as (L)

5. A machine that tracks a patients heart and breathing rates.

6. Used to filter blood in a process known as hemodialysis.

7. Machine used to take ultrasound images of a patient's internals.

8. Device used to create electrocardiograms, a recording of a heart's electrical activity through multiple cardiac cycles.

9. A machine that assists in breathing for patient's incapable of doing so autonomously.

10. Used in the fractionation process of various substances.

11. A synthetic opioid pain medication.

12. Used as an immunosuppressant for the prevention of organ rejection after a transplant.

13. A powerful psychedelic compound.

14. Typically used in the treatment of numerous types of cancer. It interferes with cell growth by affecting the DNA.

15. An antimuscarinic drug used to treat motion sickness and other conditions.

16. Deviations include greatly exaggerated lengths of the humerus, radius, and ulna. Several foreign metalic obects were also present.

17. Multiple clocks do not follow the standard 12- or 24-hour format.

18. See exploration log submission module.

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