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...
Amongst the line of guardian stones, one is for some reason engraved with a set of twins.
I have found a description of this twin guardian stone in one of the manuscripts in this...
Obtained: Chapter II; Minakami Village, Three-Way Junction
Additional Description: A single stone monument has the figure of twins engraved upon it. This must be the twin guardian stone mentioned in the surveyor's report. There is something white on the ground in front of it. It seems to be the rest of the surveyor's notes I picked up a while ago.
Amongst the line of guardian stones, one is for some reason engraved with a set of twins.
I have found a description of this twin guardian stone in one of the manuscripts in this house.
Twins are very important in the local customs of this area.
Indeed, a ceremony that requires the participation of twin brothers or sisters is regularly held.
It would appear that a guardian stone is erected somewhere in the village every time this ceremony is completed.
The ceremony seems to take place once every few decades, and must therefore be a very ancient custom, judging by the number of twin guardian stones in the village.
On all the guardian stones I've seen, one of the engraved twins is missing a head. Some appear to have been made that way originally.
I'm sure there's no special reason for it, but it is rather eerie, I must admit.
I'm beginning to wish I hadn't left Miyako alone.
I wonder what this ceremony that uses twins is all about. I've tried searching for details of it in all sorts of local manuscripts, but I've found nothing.
Now, I think I'd better start looking for a way out of here...
- Note: The full text is only available during the Bloody Ring Sidequest.