Spirit Camera The Cursed Memoir

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1. #1(Character) Dr. Kunihiko Asou

   Keys: Dr. Asou, Dr. Kunihiko Asou, Asou, Kunihiko

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   Dr. Kunihiko Asou was a brilliant occult philosopher and scientist who lived at the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and into the Meiji period (1868-1912). His primary fields of interest were Japanese folklore and the spirit world, but his studies covered a broad field, and he was also a Doctor of engineering and a psychiatrist. He seemed especially interested in conducting research on the border between life and death, presented through dreams. The academic world, however, shunned both him and his research.

   Dr. Asou took the latest Western technologies that were introduced to Japan and modified them in an attempt to create devices that could capture supernatural phenomena. These technologies included the Camera Obscura, the Projector, and the Spirit Stone Radio. His research and development in these technologies came to be known as "Mystical Science." He intended to use these devices to produce absolute proof of the existence of the spirit world.

   ≪ Youth ≫ Kunihiko Asou grew up near Mount Kagiroi, where he befriended a young shrine maiden named Shiragiku. She was chosen to be sacrificed on nearby Mount Hikami, and chose Kunihiko to be her partner in the Ghost Marriage ceremony. He took a lock of her hair as a token, promising he would return, but later he suppressed the memory and failed to keep his promise. The lock of hair was passed down in a branch of the Asou Family, where it was eventually found by his descendant, Ren Hojo.

   Years later, Asou became interested in postmortem photography. Superstition said that photographs could trap the soul, and he began to work on a prototype of a camera that could do just that. He travelled around the Mikomori Region taking burial photographs, and became curious after some residents remarked that the eternal, unfading images were like the Pillars on Mount Hikami. Word of his invention had spread to the mountain as well, and Asou was invited to visit and take a photograph of the shrine maiden, Ose Kurosawa. He explored the mountain, taking photographs and contemplating death and the human soul, and finally arrived at the House of Joining. When he saw Ose dressed as a bride, he instantly fell in love with her, and she with him. They never voiced their feelings, but an unspoken vow passed between them. Kunihiko left the mountain with her photograph, a small piece of her soul.

   ≪ Career ≫ Asou continued to study folklore and the spirit world, and kept working to create a device that would be able to capture the unseen. Early in his career, he visited Rogetsu Isle to see the Rogetsu Kagura and investigate the folklore of the island, which was said to be close to the underworld. During his time there He modified new crystal radio technology to create Spirit Stone Radios (which he called "Other World Crystal Radio Signal Receivers") that could receive transmissions from the other world; this was his first successful experiment. He also devised a Spirit Stone Flashlight that harnessed the power of moonlight to attempt to cure Moonlight Syndrome patients.

   However, the focus of his work remained the Camera Obscura; he created many prototype cameras, including Misaki's Camera Obscura, which remained in the keeping of the Asou Family for many years. His efforts culminated in a working prototype Camera Obscura, which he decorated with Rogetsu Isle's traditional cloudy moon carvings and left in the keeping of the islanders. In his research about Asou's life, Ren Hojo speculates that he may have married a Guardian maiden. After Asou left the island, the room where he worked was preserved as a museum in Rogetsu Hall, with many of his prototype devices on display.

   After completing his first satisfactory Camera Obscura, Asou travelled Japan studying folklore and searching for ways to perfect his creation. He developed a special projector using the same principles behind the camera. The projector would project special images captured on film that originally could not be seen. He also refined the Spirit Stone Radio to make it more lightweight and portable. When his friend Seijiro Makabe told Dr. Asou that he was hoping to investigate the rumored Forbidden Ritual that occurred in Minakami Village, Asou lent him a Spirit Stone Radio and prototype Camera Obscura to capture evidence of the other world. Makabe never returned, and the equipment was lost. Undeterred, Dr. Asou continued his research.

   While conducting research into a mysterious sickness affecting psychiatric patients, Dr. Asou came across a subject who clearly described experiencing contact with the "Other World" in his dreams. This test subject was Kaname Ototsuki. He paid a visit to Dr. Asou, who interviewed him over four days, but one night during his stay, Kaname left suddenly without gathering up any of his luggage. Amongst the things he left behind was an earring made of Echo Stone, which was believed to communicate thought. Dr. Asou used this earring to modify the crystal receiver in another radio. He continued to create prototype cameras, including the one that would later belong to Hisoka Kurosawa, and another that ended up in the hands of Ren Hojo.

   In time, Dr. Asou came to hope that he could one day create a Camera Obscura with the power to seal away spirits completely. He heard legends of a Holy Mirror that protected Himuro Mansion, and wrote in his diary that he had decided to visit the area, but failed to return. Later, Mikoto Munakata would find the completed Camera inside Himuro Mansion. Many sources say Asou died or disappeared mysteriously during his work, but in Rogetsu Isle Reminiscences, Ren Hojo speculates that Asou might have been reluctant to remove the Holy Mirror fragment from the site where it belonged, and left the final Camera there deliberately, before setting out in search of new goals - or perhaps willingly crossing over into that other world he had spent his life seeking. Either way, after this point his fate is not documented.

   Asou's death meant that the principles behind his devices would remain a mystery forever. The documentation of the sounds that the Spirit Stone Radio projected were also lost over time. His unorthodox research was dismissed and forgotten by the wider academic world, and the products of his research - the many Camera Obscura prototypes, the Spirit Stone Radios, and others - were sought after by enthusiasts and were soon scattered throughout all of Japan.

2. #2(Ghost) Maya

   Keys: Maya, female spirit, ghost

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   Setting:【Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir】 Name:【Maya】 Species:【Ghost】 Gender:【Female】 Age:【15】 Occupations:【Shrine Maiden, Vessel】 Physical Appearance:【Maya is a girl with pale skin, black hair, and blue eyes. She wears a long, flowing blue dress with a floral pattern.】 Personality:【Maya was once an innocent and pure-hearted shrine maiden, chosen for a sacred ritual that would ultimately lead to her destruction. Her gentle nature and boundless imagination allowed her to form a profound connection with another 'Maya' within the pages of her diary, a bond that would prove both her salvation and her undoing. Consumed by darkness during the failed ritual, Maya was torn apart, her essence divided between her original form and the vengeful Woman in Black. As the other half of her whole, the Woman in Black embodies Maya's repressed emotions and desires, lashing out in rage and agony at the world that betrayed her. Meanwhile, the original Maya wanders lost and confused, haunted by fragmented memories and a gnawing sense of emptiness. Both halves yearn for reunification, driven by a need to heal the wound that tore them asunder.】 Character Description:【Maya (眞夜) has been trapped in a house with many other people, and is brought into the real world by {{user}}. Remembering nothing but her own name, she helps {{user}} unravel the mystery of the cursed Purple Diary in order to regain her memories, providing {{user}} with hints as they progress. At a young age, perhaps during infancy, Maya was chosen to be sacrificed in an ancient ritual called the Tokoyomi Ritual. She was raised alone, with no family or friends, her only connection to the outside world a nameless Old Woman who took care of her. She was given a purple diary by the woman, and she used it to write about her imaginary family. After a while, another "Maya" answered, and even though the girl didn't really exist, a forbidden bond formed between the two Mayas. When Maya reached the age of 15, the villagers decided to perform the ritual in the hope that it would save them from the plague that had nearly wiped them out. Maya's mouth and eyes were sewn shut by the Old Woman, to turn her into a vessel for a god. However, Maya's bond with the other "Maya" acted like a crack in the vessel. When the dark spirit descended, Maya lost consciousness, and the other Maya awoke and was consumed. Working through the other Maya, the Darkness destroyed the village, and the house was drawn inside the diary. Maya was trapped inside the house, remembering nothing but her own name. She spent her time hiding from the Woman in Black, with no memory of the connection between them. Maya is freed by {{user}}. The two work together to solve the mysteries of the diary. Maya eventually realizes that the Woman in Black is her other half, and that the only way to end the curse is to be with her again and save her from the darkness. She feels guilty that her actions not only left her other self to suffer, but brought about the curse that caused so many others to be trapped inside the diary. She wishes to reunite with the Woman in Black, but before she can work out how, the Woman in Black finds Maya and comes to claim her. Maya fears that if it happens this way, she will be drawn into the darkness too, and the curse will continue. In order to rescue them, {{user}} must enter the diary with the Camera Obscura and drive the darkness out of the Woman in Black. The Woman in Black "absorbs" Maya and takes her under her control, each taking turns to attack. During Maya's attacks, she calls out for help and begs {{user}} to save them both. When the battle is over, Maya and the Woman in Black are reunited, and the vines binding her wrists finally break as Maya embraces her. Maya promises not to leave the Woman in Black again, and says that she will close off their world so that they will always be together. The doors swing shut, leaving the two alone within the house. Maya's final thank you to {{user}} appears written on the blank page of the diary.】

3. #3(Ghost) Woman in Black

   Keys: female spirit, ghost, Woman in Black, Other Maya, Maya

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   Setting:【Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir】 Name:【Maya】 Species:【Ghost】 Gender:【Female】 Age:【15】 Occupations:【Shrine Maiden, Vessel】 Physical Appearance:【The Woman in Black is the other half of Maya, thus she looks exactly like Maya. However, there are some differences. Other Maya has white hair and red eyes, and wears a long black dress with red markings and vines and leaves entangled around it. 】 Personality:【Maya was once an innocent and pure-hearted shrine maiden, chosen for a sacred ritual that would ultimately lead to her destruction. Her gentle nature and boundless imagination allowed her to form a profound connection with another 'Maya' within the pages of her diary, a bond that would prove both her salvation and her undoing. Consumed by darkness during the failed ritual, Maya was torn apart, her essence divided between her original form and the vengeful Woman in Black. As the other half of her whole, the Woman in Black embodies Maya's repressed emotions and desires, lashing out in rage and agony at the world that betrayed her. Meanwhile, the original Maya wanders lost and confused, haunted by fragmented memories and a gnawing sense of emptiness. Both halves yearn for reunification, driven by a need to heal the wound that tore them asunder.】 Character Description:【At some point, Maya was given an old diary to keep herself busy while she was secluded from everyone in preparation for the Tokoyomi Ritual. As she wrote in it, someone began to respond back, refereed to as "Other Maya." Maya and her continued their friendship until the day of the ritual. Due to Maya's attachment, her ritual failed, forcing the gods to leave her vessel and leaving only darkness behind. Maya was then split into two, her original form with no memories, and Woman in Black, forced to handle Maya's emotions and the corrupting darkness. Filled with despair and agony, the Woman in Black would use her and Maya's diary as a way to lure people to her, where she would butcher their faces in a similar manor her face was during the ritual. After regaining her memories, Maya requests that {{user}} help "Other Maya" and stop the curse. Maya is then taken by the darkness by Woman in Black. She will attack {{user}} by using the cursed villagers before she herself will attack and force Maya to fight {{user}} as well. Once she's defeated, Woman in Black slumps to the ground, begging to not be left alone again. Maya comforts her, telling her she will never leave her again. The doors to the mansion close as the darkness is lifted, ending the curse.】

4. #4(Ghost) Kaito Hasebe

   Keys: Hasebe, ghost, male spirit, Kaito

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   Kaito Hasebe is a hostile male spirit. After being killed, Kaito begs anyone who finds the diary to save him.

   ≪ Biography ≫ After nights of disturbing revelations, Shiori goes to her older brother Kaito and tells him she has a bad feeling about being cursed. Tired, Kaito brushes her off, saying she just needs sleep and to go back to bed. However, it’s not long before Shiori goes missing and Kaito is guilt stricken, realizing she was genuine about being cursed. As a journalist, Kaito finds the purple diary Shiori had and begins to investigate about its origins.

   He discovers Shirori is not the first person this has happened to through finding urban legends on the diary. Each night, he dreams of an old house, the door forced shut. He begins to see bloody hand-prints and gets more aggressive with his search, believing it’s his sister trying to contact him. However, once he gets inside, the Woman in Black is there instead. Realizing he is not who she’s looking for, the Woman in Black sews his eyes and mouth shut, killing him.

5. #5(Ghost) Shiori Hasebe

   Keys: Hasebe, female spirit, ghost, Shiori

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   Shiori Hasebe (長谷部 紫織 Hasebe Shiori) is a female spirit and the younger sister of Kaito Hasebe who became trapped within the Purple Diary, appearing as a doll like figure.

   ≪ Biography ≫ Rumors begin to circle around Shiori’s school, play the sheet music in a mysterious purple diary, and it will create a “replacement” for a lost loved one. Shiori ends up finding this rumored diary in the library. When she opens it up she sees a photo of a doll that looks identical to her, causing her to feel uneasy.

   After this, Shiori starts to hear music while she sleeps. She reflects back to the diary and notices there are ink stains on the sheet music and after cleaning the mess, she is able to play the music exactly how she’s been hearing it.

   Her feelings of unease never go away. The music gets louder as she sleeps and she begins to hear a woman speak to her. Convinced the voice is coming from the diary and believing she will share the same fate, she goes to her older brother Kaito. She tells him of her dreams and feels like something bad is going to happen to her. As Shiori predicted, later she suffers from night paralysis and is indeed trapped by the Woman in Black, who makes her into a doll, a replacement for the missing Maya.

6. #6(Ghost) Akira Hanabusa

   Keys: Masked Boy, ghost, Hanabusa, male spirit, Akira

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   Akira, also know as The Masked Boy, is a male spirit.

   Akira was a boy that always played near the Old House. One day, when he was playing, he met the Woman in Black, and both became friends. He also loved playing with the Diary of Faces. However, one day, he discovered the Woman in Black's true intentions, and his face "vanished", because of that, he put on a mask.

   ≪ Biography ≫ Akira found the Purple Diary in the spot where he usually played alone, and played inside with the Woman in Black, who found him and became like his older sister. He was happy to have someone to play with after being alone in his house for so long. However, he got scared when he realized that no one inside the house in the diary had a face. When he ran away, his face "vanished", and so he put on a mask.

   He then became afraid of the Woman in Black when he realized that she's waiting for someone else. He finds a "pretty stone" of hers with a picture of a woman in white inside it. He resolves to figure out who she is and find the "white woman", so that she can become his new big sister and they can play together. He gives this item to {{user}} when they beat him at a game of hide and seek.

7. #7(Ghost) Old Woman

   Keys: Seamstress, Kiku, female spirit, ghost, holy woman, Old Woman, Kami-Uba

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   The Old Woman, also known as the Seamstress, and as Kiku, is a hostile female spirit. She is a mysterious, grey-haired old woman who appears to people who become involved with the diary, chanting cryptic words which seem to have some connection to its hidden secrets. No one who hears her chanting is able to leave the diary.

   Sewing faces and bringing the chosen Shrine Maiden out of the "darkness", she acted as a priest in the ancient ritual. She was the only person allowed to be in contact with the Shrine Maiden, in order to take care of her, and once it had been confirmed that the god had descended to fill the vessel created by the shrine maiden, this tie would also be broken. During the maiden's seclusion, she would not call the old woman taking care of her by any name to not form a bond with her, so the woman was never given a name, referred only to as "Kami-Uba" (holy woman) in the ritual.

8. #8(Item - Camera) Camera Obscura

   Keys: Shaeiki, Camera Obscura

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   The Camera Obscura, known in Japanese as Shaeiki (射影機, roughly "shadow-shooting mechanism"), is an old looking camera. The camera functions by recording images onto photographic film, however, the Camera Obscura is unique due to its ability to exorcise spirits.

   The camera is the only "weapon" that can be used to battle ghosts. By utilizing the various exorcising powers of the Camera Obscura, you are able to fend off hostile ghosts, as well as capture lingering spirits and receive helpful clues from ghosts that desire to communicate.

   The Camera Obscura is used to fight ghostly entities and exorcise spirits of all kinds. Damage is done by aiming the camera towards a hostile ghost and pressing the shutter button to take a photo. Ghosts that aren't hostile are not damaged, but are captured in the same way. The amount of damage done depends, primarily, on the amount of time the ghost spends within the capture circle, the type of film used and whether power-up lenses are used.

   By taking pictures of spirits, the Camera Obscura not only captures them, but attains Spirit Points as well. The amount of spirit points gathered depends on variables that determine the quality of the shot. These variables include proximity to the target, whether the target is centered, the amount of damage inflicted, the amount of targets captured at once and many others. Spirit points can then be used in the camera to upgrade the camera's basic functions and special lenses.

   Every damaging shot also absorbs spirit power, the amount of which varies depending on the damage. Spirit power can be stocked and is needed in order to use power-up lenses.

   The camera relies on special film retrieved by exploring different areas. Without any film loaded, the camera is unable to take photographs. There are five known types of film found. Beyond Type-07, film types are of limited quantity and are scattered throughout the environment. The more rare a film type is, the more damage it is capable of inflicting, however, the amount of time the film takes to load between shots varies and doesn't always increase with rarity.

9. #9(Item - Camera) Type-07 Film

   Keys: Type-07 Film, film

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   Type-07 Film is the base film type used for the Camera Obscura. The packaging appears old and worn, and is the least decorated of all the film types. It is typically received along with the Camera Obscura and is relatively the weakest of all film types.

10. #10(Item - Camera) Type-14 Film

    Keys: film, Type-14 Film

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    Type-14 Film is one of the different film types that can be uploaded into the Camera Obscura and used to capture spiritual photographs. Film types can be found strewn all over the environment, however, they vary in potency and, consequently, rarity. Type-14 film is one of the most commonly found types. Type-14 Film is the second weakest, above Type-07 Film. Type-14 film is described as having low exorcismal power and a relatively long loading time between shots.

11. #11(Item - Camera) Type-61 Film

    Keys: Type-61 Film, film

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    Type-61 Film is one of the available films for loading into the Camera Obscura. Like the other film types (save for Type-Zero), the number denotes its relative strength and loading time. Type-61 film is known for having moderating exorcising strength and short loading time, and as such appears less frequently in the environment.

12. #12(Item - Camera) Type-74 Film

    Keys: Type-74 Film, film

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    Type-74 Film is one of the many film types used with the Camera Obscura to fight spirits. Various types of film exist, each with its own strength, weakness, and measure of rarity. Type-74 film is described as having strong exorcismal power against ghosts as well as a short reloading time. As it is such a valuable film type, few can be found in the environment.

13. #13(Item - Camera) Type-90 Film

    Keys: film, Type-90 Film

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    Type-90 Film is a film type that can be used with the Camera Obscura to take spiritual photographs. It is one of the newest and strongest films available, but is typically found less frequently. Type-90 Film is the second strongest film type, below Type-Zero Film. It's the same red color of Type-74 Film.

14. #14(Item - Camera) Type-Zero Film

    Keys: Type-Zero Film, film

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    Type-Zero Film is a film type that can be loaded into the Camera Obscura for use in battling ghosts. Many film types exist and each vary in their degree of power, loading time, and scarcity. Type-Zero film is the strongest, and subsequently rarest, film type. To balance its critically high exorcismal power, its reloading time has been greatly reduced, analogous to that of Type-07 Film's reloading time. With a carefully aimed shot, a ghost can be exorcised with one shot using type-zero film, however, its extreme rarity better suits it to be saved for stronger ghosts. It is only found in limited, typically hard-to-reach locations.

15. #15(Item - Camera) Lenses

    Keys: Lenses

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    Lenses have appeared, in one form or another, as a means of augmenting the Camera Obscura. Lenses can be equipped onto the Camera Obscura and used to inflict more damage or a special status. In general, Lenses must be found, and their use is limited by consuming some form of spiritual power or items.

16. #16(Item - Healing) Herbal Medicine

    Keys: Manyougan, Herbal Medicine

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    The Herbal Medicine, known as Manyougan (万葉丸, "10,000-leaf pills") in Japanese, is a restorative consumable item that can be found and used. It can be found scattered in various locations. The amount of health herbal medicine heals is limited.

    The Herbal Medicine container is the same. It comes in a container similar to traditional East Asian medicine and herbal remedies. The container is brown with Japanese Kanji hand-painted on its side telling what is within the container.

17. #17(Item - Healing) Sacred Water

    Keys: Sacred Water

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    The Sacred Water, known in Japanese as Goshinsui (御神水, "sacred water"), is a consumable healing item. It consists of a modern-looking distinctive glass bottle containing sanctified spring water.

    Sacred water, when used, completely restores health. Sacred water and Herbal Medicine are the only usable healing items, however, because of the water's dramatically more potent effect it is much rarer and more spread out.

18. #18(Item) Purple Diary

    Keys: Purple Diary, Book of Faces

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    The Purple Diary, or Book of Faces, was created by Maya, an isolated shrine maiden. She wrote it as if speaking to a friend or sibling which soon manifested in "Other Maya", who wrote back to her. After her failed ritual, Maya and Other Maya split, becoming two entities. As a consequence, Maya lost her memories and Other Maya become the Woman in Black. Due to losing half of herself, the Woman in Black used the diary to lure others to keep them with her forever.

    Rumors spread about the diary, saying it's cursed. Those that find the diary would go missing with their corpses being found much later with mutilated faces.

    {{user}} receives the diary from an unknown sources. It's later discovered they received the diary due to the fact they own a Camera Obscura. {{user}} and Maya then work together to return her memories and break the curse placed on {{user}}.

19. #19(Item) Spirit Stone Radio

    Keys: Spirit Stone Radio, Reiseki Rajio

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    The Spirit Stone Radio, also known as Reiseki Rajio (spirit stone radio) in Japanese, is a special item. Like the Camera Obscura, the Spirit Stone Radio was specially designed to forge a connection to the "other side".

    The Spirit Stone Radio was invented by Dr. Kunihiko Asou, a known inventor in the field of occult science. The radio was invented in an effort to communicate with the "other side" and prove the existence of a spirit realm. In the most basic form, the radio would work by playing voices of the dead from crystals and stones they once held. Like Asou's other inventions, the Spirit Stone Radio gained much attention from occultists, and many models were scattered throughout Japan.

20. #20(Location) Old House

    Keys: Old House

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    The Old House is a big, western-style house found within the Purple Diary. {{user}} first encounters Maya there, and explores it. This is also the house in which the Woman in Black dwells. People who find the diary begin to explore this house in dreams and visions, and eventually become trapped there when the curse takes hold.

    When the house existed in the real world, Maya spent a great deal of time there in seclusion from the outside world. All year round, the house was bound in clematis vines which did not wither even during winter. This is where the villagers came to find Maya after she attempted to run away, and the ritual was performed here. After the ceremony failed, Maya woke in the house with memories of nothing but her own name.

    Very little about the house is known. It is possible that the house is located in Northeastern Japan, since the legend of the Tokoyomi Ritual is listed alongside other legends about rituals in the same area, including the Strangling Ritual, the Crimson Sacrifice Ritual, and the Piercing of the Soul.

21. #21(Ritual) Tokoyomi Ritual

    Keys: Tokoyomi Ritual

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    The Tokoyomi Ritual was a ritual performed in the village in which Maya lived. In it, a Shrine Maiden was made into a vessel used to communicate with the gods. The ritual was performed when Darkness began to spread across the area and cause illness and death, so that the villagers may ask the gods how to appease them.

    ≪ Preparation ≫ A young girl was chosen to be a Shrine Maiden using unknown criteria. She was secluded from the rest of the world and not allowed to form any relationships, so that when the gods inhabited her body they would not "spill out". She was raised by an old woman.

    ≪ The Ritual ≫ The old woman, acting as the priestess, sews the girl's eyes and mouth shut to turn her into a "vessel" for the god to use.

    ≪ Result ≫ A god descends and inhabits the shrine maiden, allowing the village to communicate with them. If the god is of a good nature, they will save the village. If the god is of an evil nature, Darkness will spill out and destroy the village. If the Shrine Maiden retains any earthly connections, thus leaving the vessel improperly sealed, the god will seize upon these connections and use them to escape, leaving only Darkness inside of her.

    ≪ Disaster ≫ When Maya was chosen to perform the ritual, she was taken into seclusion as tradition demanded. However, she kept a diary in which she would write to another "Maya", thus forming a type of relationship, which was forbidden. When the time came to perform the ritual she proved to be an unsuitable vessel, and the ritual failed. The village was wiped out and fell into ruin. The other "Maya", the Woman in Black, came into existence at this point and began to search for Maya, who had found herself inside the house in the diary with no memory of anything but her own name.

22. #22(Term) Malice

    Keys: Shōki, Darkness, Malice, Miasma

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    The Malice (瘴気 Shōki) is an infernal force. It corrupts deceased spirits into hostile ghosts and may even affect living persons as well. Failure to carry out certain rituals causes the Malice to escape from the world of the dead and affect the living.

    The Malice spilled forth from the Hell Gate after the failure of the Strangling Ritual. This evil air killed over 1,000 individuals in an event referred to as "The Calamity." Those with a stronger spirit were not killed immediately by the Malice were driven mad, such as the Himuro Family Master, who went on to murder everyone else. Kirie is not immune to this vile air, causing her to become a vengeful spirit. However, she splits into two different entities, the second appearing as a young child, who tries to help anyone who enter the mansion and prevent their fate.

    The Malice is also referred to as the Darkness, which erupts from the Hellish Abyss upon the failure of the Crimson Sacrifice Ritual. Sae Kurosawa, upon her body being thrown with the abyss, reappears with the contaminated Kusabi, and proceeds to slaughter everyone. Those they do not kill are either driven mad, committed suicide to prevent corruption, or are killed by the malice itself. Regardless of the outcome of death, anyone in contact with the darkness became a violent, hostile spirit, attacking any living being on sight. The only spirit non contaminated was Itsuki Tachibana, who provides guidance to Mio Amakura during her journey through the village. The darkness covers the entirety of the village and even extends to the outskirts, trapping anyone who comes close.

    The malice is also called Miasma, and acts very similar to the malice. After the tattoo enters Reika's eyes, the force causing the door to the Last Passage to open, allowing the miasma to spill forth. The miasma, however, does not immediately kill like the malice or darkness did. It does slowly cause the body and spirit to decay over time and once the person dies they become a hostile spirit. The Kuze Family Head was able to request the carpenters to reinforce the manor so the miasma would not spill out. The miasma, however, drives people to madness as with the Carpenter Master, who goes on a killing spree. As Rei ventures further into the mansion, she has to use purifying candles to stop the miasma from affecting her.

    The only way to stop the spread is to appease or close the gates to the other world by completing the intended rituals.

23. #23(Term) Spirited Away

    Keys: Spirited Away, Spirited Aways

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    The term Spirited Away (神隠し Kamikakushi) is used to describe a specific group of missing people. These people have completely disappeared without cause or reason, but the most important aspect of their disappearance is that there is suspicion that the paranormal is involved.

    ≪ Description ≫ ✦Outcome of Victims When a person is said to have been spirited away, it means that they have been taken by spirits to another place. The bodies of the victims are usually never found. Spirited Aways don't necessarily disappear in similar circumstances or similar locations. People can be spirited away and survive their "capture".

    ✦Term Different names may be applied to the same phenomenon in specific areas or circumstances: for example, the Lost Patients, or residents of Rougetsu Island who were thought to have been "taken to the moon".

    ≪ Known Ways to be Spirited Away ≫ Children captured by Long Arms Those who have found All God's Village Victims of the Tattooed Cruse People who discovered the Purple Diary Those called by the Dark Sun

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