This is my first time back to the island in quite a while. It's exactly the same as when I left it, almost as if time doesn't flow the same way here as it does in the rest of the world...
My sister is the same as ever, too. She's just like she was when we were children.
I feel like she's gotten more innocent as she's grown up, not less. Then again, maybe I'm just leaving her behind as I press on, getting ahead in life...
Anyway, that's beside the point. My father was right: we don't have the luxury of choice.
When I see the state she's in, I'm not sure if I can even wait until the Kagura, but I know how imporant the timing is. If she's in this condition because she was the Vessel of the Kagura, then our only hope is to make her do it again...
No, wait. Simply performing the Rogetsu Kagura with her isn't enough.
The Kagura is for tourists. We need something more powerful than that.
We have to bring back its original form. The ancient Rite of Descent.
I can hear the nurse shouting from across the room. There's a girl crying. Seems like Ayako has been naughty again.
Father says she's just like me, always getting herself into mischief.
Such fun. Ayako knows how to have fun, too. She knows the best ways to toy with her "playthings."
She understands the same thing I do. The only way to stay alive any amount of time on this ancient, unchanging island...
...is to have a little fun.
Black Notebook (4)
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Black Notebook (4) | |
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| Kanji | 黒い手帳 四 くろいてちょう よん |
| Game | Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse |
| Author | Yo Haibara |
| Chapter | Phase VII: Tranquility / Phase X: Fallen Petals |
| Located at | Hidden Room |
| Obtained | In the pocket of the jacket hanging up |
| Description | Notes about the Rite of Descent. |
| Additional Description | Found a notebook. |
| Related Notes | Black Notebook (1), Black Notebook (2), Black Notebook (3) & Black Notebook (5) |
久しぶりに島に帰ってきたが、
なにも変わらない。
⋯この島は、時間が止まっているかのようだ。
姉さんも、変わらない。
幼い少女のままだ。
穏やかな時の姉さんは、
前よりももっと透明に、
純粋になっていっている気さえする。
俺が姉さんを置いてどんどん先に
すすんでいるだけのかもしれないな⋯
やはり親父が言うように、
選択の余地はない。
姉さんの症状を見ると、
神楽の日まで持つか
どうかもわからない。
姉さんが発病した原因が、
かつて器をつとめたことにあるなら、
もう一度神楽をやることに
⋯帰来迎に懸けるしかない。
今の観光化した神楽ではダメだ。
最も原初的な神楽、
帰来迎を復活させなければ⋯
⋯また部屋の向こうから
看護婦の怒鳴り声が聞こえる。
女の子が一人泣いている。
亞夜子が、また何かしでかしたみたいだ。
親父の話では、亞夜子は俺に似たのか
悪戯が過ぎるらしい。
⋯面白い。
亞夜子は楽しみ方を知っている。
「おもちゃ」の扱い方も面白い。
この時間が止まった古臭い島で
まともに生きていくには
「楽しむ」のは重要な事だ。
Additional Information
- This memo may have been written the day Ayako killed Madoka's canary.