Lost Souls

[shimmershimmer]

[You don't wake up, exactly, but at some point you come to. There's something wrong with you, a numbness and translucency. Should you try to touch something, your hand will pass through it. Why, it's as if you were a ghost. So that's the bad news. Sorry about that. The good news is that mentally, you've woken up entirely. You remember the real truth of who you are, your relationship to your so-called "family," and all the other lies you've been fed by the Shimmering Lady.

You can move freely around what you will soon realize to be the village. The reason why it may take moment of realization is simply because it doesn't look anything like you remember it. The sky is black, the grass is dead, and the cottages are run-down and shoddy concrete buildings. The pond is dirty, and there are no animals whatsoever, anywhere.

And the temple. It's more like a storehouse than a temple. The Shimmering Lady is there, or that mass of flesh and tendrils that calls itself the Shimmering Lady...

She doesn't seem to see or hear you. When the others exit their "homes," neither will they. And there's some strange force keeping you within the walls...]

((Popcorn, mingle, curse the Lady, etc! Also! There will be a special thing for you to do here once Night 01 starts. Watch for it~ :>))

Comments

[ill_hearted_gentleman]

Hmmm. They have a story they've agreed on, then. I find that much more believable than taking Kimblee at his word. Likely, they believe themselves to be just as much in control of their actions as the faithful do, though I do not think they are being deceived any less. I do not imagine that this was quite the benefit he had in mind for you. Forgive my bluntness, but I would not put much stock in it.

[lasuaspada]

He manipulated me and believed it to be merciful; he told me that he wanted me to target the dove in hopes that the avenger would ensure that I didn't wake up.

...Banjou-san has a very backwards way of trying to help at the best of times. He genuinely thinks the coma is for the best.

[ill_hearted_gentleman]

I can't imagine what they believe themselves to be accomplishing. If that's what you wish to know, you would be better served by asking Isaac McDougal.