Fatal Frame: Lost Reality
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Chapter Two: Village
With a dirt-covered eyepiece in one hand
I searched for your arm
"The Lost…Village?" Mayu repeated, gazing oddly at her sister. "Mio, what are you talking about?"
The younger twin did not take her eyes off the foreboding settlement below them. "I remember hearing somewhere that there used to be a village in this area…But one day, during some kind of festival, it just disappeared. According to rumor, those who get lost in the forest end up here…"
"You don't…really believe that do you?" It was not like Mio to pay any real attention to stuff like that…
Mio did not answer her for a while. Finally, she turned to her sister. "I need to go down there…I have to…" Without another word, she started on the path that led down into the village.
Mayu limped after her. "Wait! Mio!" She hurried to catch up with her twin. "What's gotten into you?"
"What do you mean?" Mio continued walking and still did not look at Mayu. "Nothing's gotten into me."
"You don't seem like yourself…"
Before she could say anymore, the two girls nearly tripped over something left on the ground. It was a black purse. The contents were spilled on the dark ground. There were two year-old articles about a missing surveyor in the area named Masumi Makimura. A faded photograph showed a man and woman who seemed to be a couple. They seemed so happy together, like her and Mio had been before…
"I wonder who they are." The younger twin said, peering over her sister's shoulder. "Is one of them maybe…Masumi?"
"I don't know." Leaving the stuff where she had found it, Mayu stood up and they continued down the path. "But I wonder if this means that we are not the only ones here…"
As the village came into view in front of them, Mayu could swear she saw the faint image of a woman walking right through the door to the house closest to the entrance. She looked kind of like the woman in the photo…She glanced at Mio, but her sister did not seem to have noticed anything.
Mio stopped in front of the house and stared at it, that strange look once again on her face. Mayu glanced at the rundown building, then at her twin. "Should we…go inside?" Her gaze turned back to the house.
The younger said nothing, but placed a comforting hand on her sister's shoulder. Mayu smiled at the gesture and placed her own hand on top of it. Just then, Mio walked past her and opened the door to the house.
I knew you'd come back…
The hand pulled back, and Mayu spun around. No one was there. Looking back, she saw that Mio was staring at her, waiting, and followed her inside, unable to shake the feeling that neither of them knew what they were getting into.
My scoop, wet by the earth in one hand
I searched for your arm
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