behind the scenes.

Almond water is the name for the most beneficial liquid in the entire backstage area. It's a white, translucent liquid with a bright scent of vanilla, almond, and sugar. This isn't just water; it has unique properties compared to regular water. It can restore thirst, hunger, strength, and even sanity. This water can be found on almost all levels.

1: level 0 - there is no entity here.
2: Level 1 - small packs of hounds and skinstealers live here.
3: Level 2 - this is where the smiling and the wretched live.
4: Level 3 - here you will find faceless people pretending to be workers.
5: Level 4 - here the skin-thieves are in abundance, miserable, smiling and faceless, pretending to be cleaners or guards.
6: Level 5 - this is where the smiling and faceless ones live, pretending to be workers and visitors.
7: Level 6 - this is where the hounds live, miserable, smiling and faceless, pretending to be workers.
8: Level 7 - Skinstealers and Smileys live here.

5: Faceless - These are the only neutral entities. They are completely capiru, meaning they are human except for their face. Their faces are unrecognizable, although they have eyes, a mouth, and a nose. They most often imitate ordinary people at different levels, pretending to be workers, passersby, or even your acquaintances. They can wear clothes familiar to you, speak with the voices of your friends and parents, and can even be a complete copy of yourself.

1: Hounds are dog-like creatures, comparable in size to wolves. Their fur comes in three colors: black, brown, and white, with especially thick fur centered on the neck and head, like a lion's. Their mouth is more elongated than a wolf's, as are their teeth, which are greater in number. They move on all fours at a high speed, reaching 25 kilometers per hour when running. By nature, hounds are intelligent predators that live in small packs and hunt together anyone they see. They are aggressive towards people and will attack first.
2: Skinstealers are humanoid creatures standing about 170-180 centimeters tall and with a massive build. Their skin is a dirty dark beige, they are hairless, and their eyes are small white dots. Their face is similar to a human's, only without a nose, and their mouth is much larger, with a massive lower jaw. They also have large hands with four massive fingers and similar feet, which makes them slow and loud. As their name suggests, they hunt people. When attacking, they rip the skin off their prey with their jaws and eat it, leaving the meat and bones untouched. However, hounds quickly run after the meat and finish off the prey completely.
3: Smiling ones are a black entity with only two white glowing eyes and a wide smile full of sharp teeth. Smiling ones are not living entities, they are phantoms that only drive their victims crazy. Instead of a body, they have a thick black haze, making it impossible to see their real bodies. They are not aggressive in themselves; they hide in dark corners and silently watch, driving their victims crazy with their intense gaze. You can get used to this, and restore your sanity with almond water.
4: The wretched are worthless living people, but their minds have completely broken down and they've gone mad from this place, and their bodies have begun to change. From constant stress, their skin is always red, and their eyes are sunken. They are extremely aggressive in behavior and don't attack everyone, even if they haven't been touched. Skinstealers don't hunt the wretched because their skin is too saturated with blood.

Level 7 is a large cave system. It has high ceilings with hanging stalactites, and stalactites on the floor. They're sharp, but they don't fall. The cave itself contains large underground abysses, but instead of water, there's a black liquid that acts like a quagmire, sucking you to the bottom. You can exit this level either by breaking through the wall and reaching a random level, or by finding clear water. Diving into it, you'll emerge at level 8.

Level 6 is an extension of level 5 and is the hotel's endless boiler room. It contains huge iron barrels of water, water heaters, and hot and cold water meters. The lighting is always dim and the sound of running water can be heard. Iron doors are scattered throughout the level, some locked and some unlocked. To escape this level, you must either find the exit back to level 5 or enter an open iron door, which will transport you to a random level.

Level 5 is a permanent hotel, always clean and warm. The interior is like that of the most elite 5-star hotels, with a red carpet on the floor. The room doors themselves are closed, and there's a reception desk, vending machines with snacks and almond water, tables with flower vases, red velvet curtains, and staircases leading to the floors. Music plays constantly, as if a high-ranking ball is going on behind the wall, but no matter how hard you look, you won't find it. This music doesn't drive you crazy or overwhelm your brain, but it can get stuck in your head and you'll know it by heart. This level has the ability to self-cleanse itself of any trash; throw away an empty bottle or candy wrapper, and it will begin to evaporate right before your eyes. You can exit this level either by going behind the pillars, there will be a door leading to level 6, or by knocking on any numbered door three times and it will open to a random level.

Level 4 is an endless, empty office building with white wallpaper, a clean black carpet, tiled ceilings, and silent bioluminescent lights. Vending machines with food and mental water are scattered throughout the office. There are also windows, but you need to be careful. There are two types of windows: curtained and uncurtained. If a window is covered with a black sheet, you can approach it and even tear it off; there will just be a wall behind it. Uncurtained windows are extremely dangerous; never approach them, no matter what happens. Exiting this level is very simple: go to a curtained window, imagine any level, and pull back the curtain. The level you imagined will be outside the window; enter it. But if you imagine the real world, nothing will happen; there will just be a wall.

Level 3 is a continuation of level 2, but with some differences. The brick here is more intact and bright. The lamps don't flicker and glow with a warm light. The tunnel has become wider, and grates with doors have appeared. The pipes haven't disappeared and still run parallel to the tunnel. To get out, you need to either reach the end and enter the door to level 4, or find the same bow, which will also teleport you to a random level.

Level 2 is a narrow brick tunnel with hot water pipes running along the walls. The pipes themselves run endlessly forward, occasionally going up or down. The tunnel itself is huge and has no twists and turns, just straight ahead. Old incandescent light bulbs hang from the ceiling, sometimes flickering. It's very damp and damp here, with water literally dripping from the ceiling. To exit this level, you must either reach the end of this tunnel—there will be a door leading to level 3—or watch out for the sewer bow on the floor. Open it and climb in, which will take you to a random level.

Level one is a giant, empty underground cavern. There's a lot of open space and a light fog on the floor. Condensation may appear on the walls and columns from the dampness, but there's no mold or moss. Although there are no light sources at all, visibility is good in this place, as if the level itself illuminates itself. Piles of trash can be scattered throughout the level itself, from which you can very rarely find anything useful or almond water. To escape this level, you need to either find a key in the trash. Once you find it, a locked door will appear behind you. Opening it with this key will take you to a random level. Or, knock on the wall. If you hear a loud thud, try breaking it. It's made of thin, coated plywood, so it won't be difficult. There will be a black abyss. Don't be afraid and jump; you'll fall to a random level.

Level Zero is 800 million square kilometers of random, empty rooms with yellow wallpaper featuring an illegible floral pattern. The floor is completely covered with a dirty, yellow, wet carpet that reeks of dampness and mold. The ceiling is an old, yellowed slab with bioluminescent lamps, the buzz of which is literally piercing. There are rooms both large and small, dead ends and columns here. There are no entities here at all, only other time travelers like you. There is always light and air here. To escape this level, you need to find either broken walls or holes in the floor. Once you get there, you find yourself on a funny level.

The Backstage is an endless, multi-level building in an unknown location. You can get there by literally falling out of the world, like in a video game. And just like in a video game, if you fall outside the map's boundaries, you fall into the void, and so it is here. The Backstage has a proccessed architecture with multiple levels. Each level is a separate world, with its own rules and dangers. It is practically impossible to exit the Backstage, and even if you do, you immediately forget everything that happened there. Even wounds or lost limbs are immediately restored, as if nothing had ever happened.