The day of the lunar eclipse is at hand. The day of the original version of the Rogetsu Kagura, left only to legend. The masks and music of the Organs bring the spirits of the dead into the Vessel, and she performs her dance to send them back to the underworld...
This is the Rite of Descent.
In accordance with the director's wishes, I've prepared the Temple of Tsukiyomi for the rite.
But the Organs... vocal, bell, flute, drum and strings...
Will we find suitable candidates for all five of them?
Is that woman really fit to perform the role of the dancer... of the Vessel?
And can we really perform the Rite of Descent right in the middle of the Rogetsu Kagura?
I can't shake off all my doubts.
But I have started to become fascinated by this Rite of Descent. It began when I saw it: the Mask of the Lunar Eclipse.
Its expression manages to encapsulate a benevolent smile, the suppression of tears, a moment of unbridled anger, death itself... All at the same time.
The more I look at the mask, the more I feel myself falling into its gaze...
I must see the rite performed with it. No, I want more than that. I want to try putting the mask on my own face to see how it feels.
It's too late for me to turn back...
Haibara's Assistant's Notes (4)
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| Kanji | 助手の手記 四 じょしゅのしゅき よん |
| Game | Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse |
| Author | Shoji Katagiri |
| Chapter | Phase VII: Tranquility |
| Located at | Haibara Infirmary, Medical File Room |
| Obtained | Near the phone |
| Description | Talks about the Rite of Descent. |
| Additional Description | There's a notebook on the desk. |
| Related Notes | Haibara's Assistant's Notes (1), Haibara's Assistant's Notes (2), Haibara's Assistant's Notes (3), Haibara's Assistant's Notes (5), Haibara's Assistant's Notes (6) & Haibara's Assistant's Notes (7) |
月蝕の日が⋯帰来迎の日が近い。
伝承にしか残ってない、
朧月神楽の古き姿。
奏がつむぎ出す曲と面によって、
死者の御霊を器に入れ、
舞を踊りこれを還す
原初の儀式⋯「帰来迎」。
舞台となる「月黄泉堂」も、
院長に言われるまま準備を整えた。
しかし演奏する巫女⋯
歌・鈴・笛・鼓・弦⋯
五人の奏はそろうのか？
踊り手⋯器は、本当に彼女が務めるのか？
そして、朧月神楽のさなかに
帰来迎はできるのか？
⋯不安はぬぐい切れない。
だが一方で、私はこの帰来迎に
強く魅了され始めている。
それは、あの面を見たからだ。
⋯月蝕の面。
あの面は、優しい微笑みにも、泣く寸前にも、
怒りを超えた瞬間にも、死の表情にも見える。
あの面を見るほどに
狂おしい気分になる。
私は、この面を使う舞を見てみたい。
いや、自分自身で
つけてみたいとすら思う。
引き返すには遅すぎた⋯
Additional Notes
In the 2008 version, the bell was called a 鐘 (kane). This was updated to 鈴 (suzu), more consistent with the traditional Kagura Suzu.