Through training, shrine maidens approach death.
The closer they get, the more they lose themselves. But the maiden must keep strong.
By getting closer to death, it is possible to know everything.
This is how we are able to glance people's thoughts.
We all leave behind powerful echoes of our self, and as long as these echoes remain a soul cannot move on.
A shrine maiden must help the soul pass to the Netherworld.
They must take on those final thoughts. Resonate with them, and continue to embrace them.
This is the shrine maidens' true role.
Water-design Journal 3
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| Kanji | 流水紋の手記 三 りゅうすい もん の しゅき さん |
| Game | Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water |
| Author | Ose Kurosawa |
| Chapter | Twelfth Drop: To the Other Side |
| Located at | Shrine of the Ephemeral, Beneath the Shrine, Inner Shrine |
| Obtained | At the hidden altar behind the Hall of Caskets |
| Description | An old book marked with a flowing water pattern. It talks about the powers of the shrine maidens. |
| Additional Description | It's a white book with a water design. |
| Related Notes | Water-design Journal 1, Water-design Journal 2, Water-design Journal 4, Water-design Journal 5, Water-design Journal 6, Water-design Journal 7, Water-design Journal 8, Water-design Journal 9 |
巫女は厳しい修行によって、死に近くなる。
死に近づくほど、自分の境界がなくなる。
共鳴しやすくなる、水のように。
死に限りなく近いまま、強い意志を
保つことが巫女の務め。
死に近くなればなるほど、
すべてがわかるようになる。
こうしてはじめて、死にゆくものを
看取ることができるようになった。
死者は、最期に強い感情を残す。
その思いを残したままだと
安らかに逝くことはできない。
正しく隠世へとわたるためには、
巫女の介添えがなくてはならない。
最期の感情を受け止め
共鳴し、抱き続けること。
それが巫女の役割なのかもしれない。