Until the Darkness Dies

Act - 4: Open Your Eyes

Mayu ni komori egaita eien ha

Doko ni mebuki hana aku no darou

Asa ha yagate yami wo tsuremodoshi

Watashi no hitomi wo ubatte yuku

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What to do, what to do, what to do? The young schoolgirl walked about the empty corrodors. She abandoned following Ralph long ago. Even if he was the only person who could see her, he would probably confuse her even more. Really now, she was supposed to solver murder mysteries, not figure out why drove a person to suicide. Alyssa stopped and looked about the hallway, noticing that a change in style had occured. This one was clad more in blue, and had a different aura to it. The redhead thought it best to proceed to the door at the end of the hall, and so she did. After all, the door at the end of the hallway was always the right one, right? Carefully, she turned the golden handle and creaked the door open. The flickering light of burning torches snaked it's way through the gap and into the dark room that now lay opened. Alyssa made her way into the room, closing the door behind her. The yellow light was once more banned from the dark room, and trapped behind its stone and wooden barriers. There was another kind of light though, the pale light reflected from the moon's surface, which shone through a window above a small, quiant bed. Specs of dust, of memories, danced about in the eerie display. Alyssa scanned the scene, and decided this was nothing more than a bedroom. Yeah it was fancy, but it was also ragged. A lot like her own room at the time. What caught the girl's eye however, was a darkened dresser perched against an opposing wall. An elegant mirror was displayed above the dresser, but it was cracked and had splotches of...blood on it. Alyssa cautiously apporached the furniture, running a hand gently across it's smooth surface. Blood. She traced afinger along the path to find it leading into a drawer, slightly ajar. Hesitantly, the drawer was opened. Alyssa yelped and fell back on the floor. Had she seen a...? Take another look. Oh yeah, a drawer full of a variety of blood stained blades. Lets pretend we didn't find that shall we? But wait, is there something lurking beneath this deadly surface? Lets find out, OK? Remove one blade at time, not to many or that'll be a nasty cut. Careful, careful. And what's this? A note? How nice. Alyssa sat upon the bed, leaning against the window that loomed over, in order to better read the parchment.

"Dear Brother,

I'm really sorry for the way things have ended up. For years I've kept a list of all the things to apoligize for, like the time I broke your blade. Which I might as well say sorry for now. If you're reading this, something terrible must've happened to me. For I mean to say such things to your face. Brother, Ralph, don't forget our promise. That way, we always know we're together. If you forget, I don't know what I'll do! Actually, I'll give you a nice kick the arse to help you remember.You don't want that do you? Didn't think so. So remember, and forgive me for what I've done. I'm sorry things ended like this.

Your sister,

Jemima"

A suicide note? No, it wouldn't be hidden, and it wouldn't say 'somethign terrible must've happened.' So she was right. It wasn't a suicide. Jemima must've gotten tangled up in something, but what? Why would someone want to kill her? Alyssa couldn't think of entity that would kill so...cleanly. Now thing's were making some sense. This was murder disguised a suicide, and commited by someone who wasn't a subordinate. Now lets wonder why.

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The eternity that I dreamt while confined in my cocoon

Where will it take seed and blossom?

The morning will eventually come and bring the darkness back home

And steal my eyes away from me.

Clock Tower 3 and all its chara (C) Capcom
Chou("Butterfly") is property of Fatal Frame 2(Project Zero 2) and is (C) Tecmo
This fic and its storyline and related ideas are (C) KID (Me)