Description:

Level 402 is an enormous indoor complex dominated by a vast plastic-and-clay-brick settlement called the Plastic City. The whole level is reported to span thousands of miles; the Plastic City itself is estimated at roughly 500 miles across. The City is a dense, maze-like urban area of small-scale buildings (roughly 10 ft tall), narrow alleys (~2 ft) and narrow roads (~5 ft), all built from plastic and dark-red clay bricks. A central circular Main Plaza of dark-red bricks links the City and a smaller Village area and hosts the M.E.G. outpost “Plastic Center.” Scattered throughout the city are detailed plastic statues depicting humans and entities (deathmoths, dullers, hounds, facelings); some statues are intact, others decay, and the statues are associated with a persistent burning-plastic odor. Notable structures include numerous hospitals that are larger on the inside than their exteriors and supply bottles labeled “Miracle Serum” (which heal wounds but induce severe paranoia), sparsely-detailed police stations and convenience stores whose stocked items replicate themselves when removed. The Belltower at the city center is deceptively tall inside, filled with nonfunctional gears and a stair leading to an unbreakable sealed door at its top. The level lacks natural light, is disorienting to navigate, and contains hazardous psychological and environmental phenomena.