"I never thought how the moon could be so painful, the candles, the light, that woman. I don't know what to do now, I don't even know who I am, just my name Aya Miyamoto."
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After a long slumber, Aya rubs her eyes, slowly her vision becomes clearer, and she sees a low table, with a yellow candle apparently glowing in an ordinary color.
She tries to stand up; her hand touches a pouch, apparently her things neatly placed beside her thigh. Standing up she looks around, she hears a door open, she quickly swings behind, and it's a young man, probably a year older. He's wearing a brown jacket over a yellow shirt; his pants are pure denim with some holes on the knee and dark suede shoes. He looks like the man in the suit.
"Who are you? What's your name?"
"My name is Dan, Dan Iwamura. I got lost here looking for my sister, all I found were, and I don't want to say it. What's your name?"
"Aya Miyamoto, I'm lost too, I don't know what I'm looking for, but I remember his name he might be able to help me, his name is Kazuya, I forgot what he looks like, I also forgot who I am, and I only remember my name because of an ID card I have."
He grew silent and then said "You look like the woman in the red kimono, although you don't have any wounds." Aya smiled, she seemed to be satisfied that someone else was here.
"Can you see them too?"
"I don't know, but I don't see them clearly, they seem to be foggy when I try to focus, How about you?"
"I can see them so clearly, like their alive, but they disappear now and then."
Aya looked around the room, it was a typical Japanese room, tatami mats sliding doors, sliding closets, and it's rare to see these kinds off rooms nowadays.
"Are there other rooms like this?"
"I don't know, but as long as there are candles like this, it's safe."
Aya smiled and looked into his eyes.
"Thank you for saving me."
"No problem."
Dan blushed; he never had women stare into his eyes.
"What's the name of your sister?"
"Her name is Chiyo she's five years old."
"Well, I'm looking for someone too, I think. But you must not come with me."
"Why?"
Aya looked for the map in the pouch, she handed it to him, and he started scanning the map and handed it back to Aya.
"Keep this you need it more than I do, don't worry about me I memorized it." Aya stood up, got her things and left Dan. She is at the hall again but some thing seems different the stairs have cherry blossom petals spread about leading to the second floor. She shines the flash light on the floor as she walks up to the stairs. Now at the second floor, she sees a woman with a beautiful parasol and pink kimono with blue waterfalls and cherry blossoms for the design. She walks then stops frozen.
She walked towards her then around her. She is only a few inches away from the frozen woman not bothering to look at her face. Then she hears a bell and she turns around. The woman is crying with mascara running form her eyes and blood red lipstick.
"Help me, I want you to help me, help me find him." She spoke to Aya. Then she grabs Aya's wrist and drags her to a kimono room with blood stained kimonos. She opens a drawer and walks around the room. Aya walks to the drawer. A camera and film. The camera is rusty with unusual symbols on the lens. It looks like an old SLR camera crossed with a Polaroid. The back is etched with the "Camera Obscura" The film smells musty and filthy with the packet glowing in a faint blue, the other packet has no glow at all. She checks the camera if it has film, it's loaded with ten blue films; the blue film is labeled type 14 when unsealed in the packet.
She keeps the packets of film in her bag and looks for the ghost with the parasol. She's still searching looking for something then she hears a click. The ghost opened a secret passage that could fit a woman like the ghost or Aya. The ghost leaves her parasol and crawls in the hole. She runs to the ghost and it disappears. She takes the camera and takes a photo of the parasol. A photo came out of the bottom and revealed the woman standing under a cherry tree and the same man who was with Kasumi a while ago. She crawls into the hole to follow her.
In the hole, an icy cold air blows; she follows the air and reaches a ladder. She climbs up the ladder and opens the hatch. She emerges in a room full of puppets. Approximately 13 glass boxes for thirteen puppets but one is missing. By the thirteenth box there lies the ghost with the pink kimono, with a pool of blood around her. She takes a photo of her and the photo reveals the ghost dead with a puppet beside her. Why isn't the puppet there? Suddenly a pair of small wooden hands grabs her neck from behind, choking her slowly. She pushes it away with her elbow and runs to the corner. The puppet is being controlled by a man in white with a scarred face just like Kasumi. He swings the puppet towards her but she doges it easily.
Now she is behind it and takes a photo of the ghost. He screams and purple liquid comes out of the scars. She takes another photo and he lets go of the puppet. Now he reaches for her, for her neck. He successfully grabs her neck and chokes her. The power on his grip is intense that she panicked. She pushes him away and takes a photo he stumbles back and adrenaline pumps through her body. She takes another photo and he falls to his knees saying "I'll be back." He disappears so does the puppet and the woman. Where the puppet was lying down there is a glass bottle of water. She didn't notice how thirsty she is and decides to drink the water. After the water she feels refreshed she steps out of the puppet room and enters the hall full of rose petals.
She walks to the middle and is hit hard in the head. She falls to the floor and the petals melt, smelling like blood, moistening her skin with blood. She could see a foot with similar shoes as the man in the photo. Her vision starts to get blurry and finally turns into eternal darkness.