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

[irenicly]

In my dreams, I saw the barn as a beautiful temple.

Kimblee-san told me he was likely the same species as the Lady, and that may be true. If it is, Yao-san may be dead. That's what I thought happened this morning, but it's likely I'm wrong.

There's one way to know for sure: we need to look for the Gentleman.

[ill_hearted_gentleman]

...Ah, yes, the barn, of course. We should go see this Gentleman with our own eyes. We may learn something. [ Hopefully something that isn't "he can eat ghosts, too." ]

[irenicly]

If we're lucky, he won't be able to see us.

[ill_hearted_gentleman]

I... It does not seem that the Lady can, so... perhaps....

[irenicly]

[But is the Lady pretending she can't see them? This isn't good.]

Oswin-san, if the Major and Clover-chan are taken out today, there's only one demon left. I think if either the Lady or the Gentleman win, the villagers are going to die, but the Gentleman is trapped so he probably only eats people who come to him.

Today's probably our only chance to save them.

[ill_hearted_gentleman]

...They may react as poorly as the Major did. It is a great risk. If... If the Gentleman truly is the lesser of the two evils, it may be better for us to awaken important people among the villagers instead. The demons can do nothing about Bobby Fulbright as long as the Templar remains unknown, but if we awaken him, he may act similarly to Connor and oppose the Lady.

[irenicly]

[He nods.]

Tonight, all of us should try to save a villager if it's possible; Fulbright-san's good at what he does. I hope he does a better job than the Major.

[ill_hearted_gentleman]

[ Oswin nods in return. The shock's worn off enough by now for him to return to his usual firmness. ]

The Lady was cautious last night, and will likely be the same tonight. It may be difficult, but we must do everything we can to protect the people here.

[irenicly]

We'll keep trying until we succeed.