I'm sure you thought suicide would be the end of your suffering in the Backrooms. I'm sorry to say… this is not the case.
Level ε is an area where lost, suicidal souls face torture after a successful attempt.
All in ruins…
Description
Level ε location resembles a destroyed, monochromatic town. Whether the town is actually monochromatic has not been determined yet, as entering Level ε will make Wanderers permanently view the world in black-and-white, even after leaving. Understand that one cannot simply abuse this level's entrance as a quick clutch from danger — if the judges conclude that a Wanderer lacked of suicidal ideation, there will be no continuation here. Said Wanderer will stay dead in the void of nothingness instead of waking up here.
Once here, buildings will collapse in a straight pattern, creating a visible pathway. Cries coming from inside the destroyed structures will always be present, but please ignore them. Venturing off-course from the path will trap Wanderers in the building debris.
First, you end your own life. Now you're trying to save other lives?
You couldn't even save your own life. Don't bother.
Traversing along the path will always lead Wanderers to a church after five minutes, regardless of walking pace. The church contains chairs lined up in three rows on both sides of the church, all facing a podium in dead center. Doors and windows behind the podium can be seen, although they are locked.
At the podium is a docile Smiler. It is important not to anger the Smiler; otherwise, the Smiler will immediately paralyze you, and you will vanish from existence. We do not know where you go after your disappearance, as all the victims were never seen again; however, we presume they are dead.
The Smiler will be angered if you stray from church etiquette — do not injure, lie to, or otherwise disrespect the Smiler's authority. Photography is strictly prohibited inside the church, and the chairs are strictly reserved for the priests.
After 10 seconds of spotting you, the Smiler will welcome you and ask why you are here.
You should know exactly why you're here.
You committed suicide to free yourself from the pain.
We must reiterate that you must not lie to the Smiler. Although you still may be suicidal, the lack of information regarding the aftermath of the Smiler's paralysis leads us to believe your fate will be worse than death if you lie.
Tell the truth, and the Smiler will give you a knife, and order in an eerie voice:
Kill yourself.
You have two minutes. During this ordeal, you will not feel any pain from injuries you inflict upon yourself. However, you will feel your systems shutting down as your brain desperately tries to stay alive. Death is supposed to be painless, after all. We recommend sticking the knife inside your throat for the quickest death.
The weapon given to you can consist of anything that can kill a person. If you are killed, you will be transported to Level 0, colorblind. If not, you will be transported to whatever level you were on, with the injuries you inflicted yourself with, also colorblind. If you have not inflicted any injuries to yourself, then you will be given the same punishment that would be given to you if you lied to the smiler.
Exploration Log
Interview with M.E.G Recruit Jasper, after the team he was sent with to find and explore new levels were intercepted.
We were told to end ourselves after being captured by Jerry. It was better this way. I didn't want to be here any longer. I don't want to be an insanity. So, we did it. We didn't expect to go to the afterlife. We were probably going to wake up back in the Backrooms again, and we were right, but not in the place we thought we would be. It was this weird, white-monotone place. Debris everywhere and destroyed structures. There were four of us. We were trying to get in contact with the MEG operative on our radio. We told him what was going on and what we should do, but all we heard was static. Then Jared stepped onto the debris and it engulfed him. We stood there, frozen in place for a few hours. Michael worked up to courage to go onto the path, making sure to step around the debris. We followed him, and I accidentally stepped on the debris on the path, but I wasn't devoured. Thank fuck for that. Anyways, we were walking for a few minutes, when we stumble across a church. I didn't want to get eaten, so I told Michael to go, but he was having second thoughts. We were arguing for a few minutes before Michael just went inside, all frustrated and calling us pussies. We follow after him, and we end up inside the church. There's a smiler at the podium, and Michael uses the Smiler Exterminator on him, but then his neck twists and he falls. He's still breathing. Fuck. Shit. And then he disappears. There's only 2 of us now.
But then the Smiler talks. I didn't know they could do that. It questions us on why we were here. So I tell it why, and he hands me a handgun and my friend loads of pills. "USE THEM." So, we did. And now we're back at Level 0, you're interviewing me, 2 people are dead, and now this place has that weird white-monotone color.