Obtained: Osaka House, Back Room
Additional Description: There's a well-worn notebook on the veranda. It might belong to the missing surveyor...
It contains the results of a survey that was done here, but it seems to just stop suddenly. Maybe something happened when he was writing it...
I sought out this high vantage point in order to take a better look at the torii gates I had seen on my way into the village.
No matter how hard I...
Obtained: Chapter II; Misono Hill, torii gate
Additional Description: I can make out a rotting torii gate in the gloom. This must be the gate the surveyor mentioned. There is something white in the undergrowth... It seems to be the rest of the surveyor's notes I picked up a while ago.
I sought out this high vantage point in order to take a better look at the torii gates I saw on the way into the village.
No matter how hard I look, however, I can't spot the ruined torii. They must have been swallowed by the thick forest vegetation that surrounds this place.
The path on which Miyako and I came in here is nowhere to be seen.
This plateau is called Misono, and the texts I've read indicate that it has a special significance in the local ceremony.
At the centre of the plateau is a large rock known as the 'offering stone'. Several smaller rocks surround it, forming a barrier.
The offering stone is apparently used to seal a hole in the ground.
What kind of hole would require such an enormous stone in order to seal it?
Why does it require sealing in the first place?
There's only one thing that hole could be:
The way out of this village.
I must investigate further.
- Note: The full text is only available during the Bloody Ring Sidequest.