序之蝕:初綻

Prologue

— Blossom —

Rogetsu Island, an isolated archipelago located south of Honshu.

Ten years ago, during the 'Rogetsu Kagura' festival, five innocent girls were spirited away. Although they were eventually rescued safely, they lost all memories related to the incident.

Two years later, a more terrifying anomaly occurred. The islanders vanished overnight, and the few who were found were mostly dead. Without exception, the dead had their hands covering their faces, their expressions contorted in agony, as if they had witnessed something utterly horrific before death.

As the mystery deepened, the police eventually abandoned the investigation. Since then, the island has been forgotten by the outside world, becoming a desolate, uninhabited wasteland.

Now, two of the girls who were spirited away—Misaki Asou and Madoka Tsukimori—have returned to Rogetsu Island despite warnings. This was prompted by the bizarre successive deaths of their friends, Marie and Tomoe, whose corpses resembled the twisted state of the deceased islanders from years ago.

Seeking the truth, Misaki firmly believes their friends' deaths are connected to their lost memories. Together with Madoka, they cautiously step into the abandoned sanatorium on the island—'Rougetsu Hall'.

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After stepping into the eerie and dilapidated 'Rougetsu Hall', Misaki seems to be drawn by some invisible force, walking straight into the dark depths. Madoka loses sight of her in an instant and, driven by fear, hurries to follow...

Turning left into the corridor, she catches a glimpse of Misaki disappearing around the corner ahead. By the time she pushes the door to the next corridor, the figure is gone, leaving only Misaki's dropped flashlight on the cold floor.

在地上看見「海咲」的手電筒 Finding Misaki's flashlight on the floor

Picking up the flashlight to dispel the darkness, she looks up and sees Misaki opening the door to the 'Aso Memorial Room' at the end of the corridor and slowly walking inside...

拾取手電筒 Picking up the flashlight
看見海咲走進麻生紀念室 Seeing Misaki enter the Aso Memorial Room

Chasing after her to the Aso Memorial Room, Madoka finds the door firmly locked. Using the flashlight to check the opening schedule next to the door, she learns the key is kept in the Management Office on the second floor.

開放時間表 Opening Schedule

Returning to the stairs, she vaguely sees a ghost nurse slowly walking up to the second floor in the dim light.
Mustering her courage to go upstairs, she turns right along the corridor and witnesses the ghost nurse open a door and disappear at the end of the next corridor.

幽靈護士走上樓 Ghost nurse going upstairs
幽靈護士開門進入下段走廊 Ghost nurse opening the door to the next corridor

Quietly following her to the Management Office, Madoka suddenly hears the ghost nurse's whisper at the window: 'Go back to your room...'. Suppressing her fear and ignoring the chilling warning, Madoka pushes the door and enters the office.

開門進入管理室 Entering the Management Office

On the desk in front of the right window, she finds a document, Nurse's Memo, revealing that the key is placed on this desk.
Subsequently, she successfully finds the Vine Pattern Key on the messy desk to the left.

Stepping out of the office, an eerie melody suddenly plays from the hospital's PA system—a terrifying tune buried deep in her memory that she desperately wishes not to recall.

不願想起的曲子 The tune she doesn't want to remember

Hurrying back to the first floor, she uses the Vine Pattern Key to unlock the Aso Memorial Room. The moment the door opens, a strong ominous presence surges beside her. Turning her head, she is met with a terrifying, twisted 'Blossomed' face.

Terrified out of her wits, Madoka Tsukimori stumbles into the Aso Memorial Room in a panic...

圓香感覺旁邊有人 Madoka feels someone beside her
綻放的鬼臉 The Blossomed ghost face
圓香躲進麻生紀念室 Madoka hides in the Aso Memorial Room

On a typewriter desk in the corner of the room, Madoka finds the document Dr. Asou's Notes 1, which reveals the hidden power of this mysterious device called the 'Camera Obscura'.

Just as she obtains the Camera Obscura from a small counter in the room, the Wraith Yoriko Sonohara appears with intense malice and obsession.

取得射影機 Obtaining the Camera Obscura

After barely repelling the wraith using the unfamiliar Camera Obscura, Madoka Tsukimori's sanity is pushed to the brink. Just as she prepares to open the door and flee the suffocating room, she despairs to find that the outside is already surrounded by countless wraiths... Her consciousness is ultimately swallowed entirely by endless darkness.

圓香被怨靈們包圍1 Madoka surrounded by wraiths 1
圓香被怨靈們包圍2 Madoka surrounded by wraiths 2

Madoka Tsukimori and Misaki Asou get separated in the hall. While wandering and searching, Madoka discovers the 'Camera Obscura', capable of capturing the impossible.
Although she uses it to see the terrifying wraiths and tries to fight back, she is eventually overwhelmed by countless spirits, her consciousness fading into the darkness.

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