Level Classification

Difficulty	3/5	Fearful hallucinations are the primary and most acute hazard you will encounter.
Entity Count	3/5	Paranoia Museum is infested by the appreciators, although it isn't a major difficulty as they don't pose any harm to the explorers.
Chaos Gradient	2/5	The layout of this level changes for every wanderer, accompanied by the major changes depending on the section.
Basset-Frazier Index	2.6/5	This level can be quite dangerous without the proper precautions. Long-term survival is infeasible due to the lack of resources.

Description

fig 1.0 Picture of Sector 1 inside Paranoia Museum.

Paranoia Museum is a sprawling museum with architecture ranging from the mid-18th century to styles popularized around the modern day. The flooring and walls appear to be in an immaculate polished condition despite the apparent lack of general maintenance staff located within the level. There are no windows and natural sunlight present inside the level. This level lacks a doorway, making exiting the level via traditional means impossible. None of the paintings or sculptures have fully matched any known art pieces in Baseline.

Some parts of the level present significant differences in appearance as well as content displayed. Along with these visual changes, different hallucinations can happen depending on the part of the level. The designation "Sectors" will be utilized to refer to the distinct sections of the level.

A sole species of entities inhabit Paranoia Museum: the appreciators - entities that roam the multiple sectors of this level. They usually walk and appreciate the art in Paranoia Museum, looking at art pieces at times ranging from 15 seconds to 1 hour; they appear unaware of and are unaffected by the hallucinations. Presumedly, the only correlation between the Appreciators and Paranoia Museum is the admiration of the art pieces found inside the level.¹

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Sectors

Paranoia Museum is subdivided into five different sectors. Please note that the museum's layout changes for every single wanderer, although the sectors and content of the sectors are always the same. The sectors are as listed below:

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Sector Classifications

▸⠀Sector 1:

Sector 1 - the "Beings from another world"

This sector is sparsely illuminated by yellow-tinted light; leaving large spaces of the area bathed in shadow. Within Sector 1 are concrete sculptures of an unknown species which are unusually robust; attempts to break them have failed. The mental hazards of the hallucinations manifest within this sector as intense and constant memories of deceased family members. The hallucinations go as far as visual hallucinations of their family members; blue-tinted slightly opaque torsos of long since dead loved ones. In this section, phrases are constantly heard by the wanderer. They include, but are not limited to: "Remember them?", "You will never reach them.", "They will never come back", "Did they rest in peace?".

This deeply unsettling effect has, for some already stricken with grief, a sickly addictive property. "It's the only time I can see them again." claimed by one wanderer who would make repeated trips into the sector to experience the hallucinations of their lost ones.

▸⠀Sector 2:

Sector 2 - the "Old Paintings"

Sector 2 is completely illuminated by a comforting white-tinted light. This sector contains paintings with similar techniques and themes commonly found during the Renaissance, although none of these art pieces match any archived paintings in Baseline. The variation of the hallucinations inside this section reminds the wanderer of its biggest encounters with death, both in Baseline and inside the Backrooms. If any pain was felt during these moments, the pain will be replicated. These hallucinations are displayed by mental images and sensations.

If the wanderer never experienced a close encounter with death, it will display an encounter that never happened; which will perfectly correspond to a future encounter. No explanation of how this effect can predict the future has been found.

▸⠀Sector 3:

Sector 3 - the "Growing Plants"

This sector is illuminated by white-tinted light bulbs, although not abundant, some dark spots can be found. This section contains different types of flora, the plants are engulfed by an unbreakable glass container, also they appear to have shown growth from a visit to visit. It is estimated that after 300 visits the sector will be completely overrun with flora. Although, the glass seems to be slowing or containing this growth. The hallucinations in this section explore social anxiety; with eyes appearing on the walls or the feeling of being watched.

In one rare instance, the appreciators, which previously were thought to have no correlation with Paranoia Museum stared at the wanderer.²

▸⠀Sector 4:

Sector 4 - "Unknown"

Sector 4 can't be described. The hallucinations completely overrun sector 4, making it impossible to be described with any accuracy. The current theorized description has been made by collecting the descriptions of every single reported visit and utilizing the most common one.

Sector 4 has been described as an adapting mockup, which adapts to the layout of every single different visit. It is completely illuminated by a white-tinted light bulb, which has been described as being too bright to be considered comfortable.

No more patterns or common characteristics were found. It is advised to avoid this sector to the maximum, as its unreliable description could lead to a dangerous location or extreme hallucinations, which could result in death. In rare instances, Sector 4's extreme hallucinations bleed into other sectors, partially altering them.

▸⠀Sector 5:

Sector 5 - the "Ancient Bones"

This sector is bathed in shadows as dark as midnight, a single weak white-tinted bulb can be found in its center, allowing for minimal investigation without an external light source. Sector 5 contains bones, that have been dated back to be more than 1 million years old. These bone structures have not matched any living or dead animal in Baseline. This section's hallucinations adapt to the wanderer's biggest phobia. This has included: Arachnophobia, autophobia, claustrophobia.

In one rare instance, it adapted to acrophobia, 5 minutes after entry the ground fell, revealing a giant black void, after 5 minutes of constantly falling, the wanderer was returned to Sector 5 with no indications of physical harm.

Communities

Due to the nature of the level, it is impossible to establish any communities or outposts; due to contact between 2 or more wanderers not being possible, and no permanent source of water and food has even been found, making permanent civilization unfeasible.

Entrances and Exits

Entrances

Exiting through one of the doors that appear in the staff room in Restless Restaurant, which will vanish on entry.

Exits

To exit Paranoia Museum, one must completely overcome the hallucinations in any sector, which will lead them to The School. Exiting this level has been proven incredibly hard, as the hallucinations have been known to be notably challenging to overcome.

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