Village Report 3 (FF2)

Fatal Frame IIDeep Crimson Butterfly

Village Report 3
Kanji	村の調査記録 三 むらのちょうさきろく さん
Game	Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Author	Masumi Makimura
Chapter	Chapter 2: Twin Shrine Maidens
Located at	Various
Obtained	As part of the Bloody Ring Sidequest
Description	Lost surveyor's notes. A report about butterflies.
Additional Description	Various
Related Notes	Village Report 1, Village Report 2, Village Report 4 & Village Report 5

ENJA

Part One

Obtained: Osaka House, Back Room
Additional Description: Some notes are lying on the deck. Maybe they belong to the missing surveyors? They seem to survey details of various locations, but the entries are cut off. There must be something at these places he wrote about...

I found a small shrine at the top of a long flight of stairs shrouded in mist.

It seems very old, but it is well-made, and has not fallen into disrepair.

The entrance has a large butterfly...

Full Text

Obtained: Kureha Shrine Door
Additional Description: On the stairs in front of the entrance, a piece of a note lies. It seems to be a continuation of the surveyor's notes that you found earlier.

I found a small shrine at the top of a long flight of stairs shrouded in mist.

It seems very old, but it is well-made, and has not fallen into disrepair.

The entrance has a large butterfly crest painted on it. It's the same as the one on the building beyond the large bridge.

Butterflies seem to have a special meaning, just like twins. They are frequently mentioned in the ritual literature. "Butterfly" means something else to the villages too.

I notice that the word always appears in writings about the ritual.

I may not know its exact meaning, but the fact that the butterfly crest is on a shrine indicates that it is very special indeed.

I should investigate further.

---

• Note: The full text is only available during the Bloody Ring Sidequest.

断片

長い階段を上ると、立ち籠めるもやの中に
小さな神社を見つけた。

かなり古いもののようだが、造り自体は
しっかりしているようで、目立った損傷は
見られない。

入り口には大きな蝶の・・・

全文

長い階段を上ると、立ち籠めるもやの中に
小さな神社を見つけた。

かなり古いもののようだが、造り自体は
しっかりしているようで、目立った損傷は
見られない。

入り口には大きな蝶の紋様が描かれている。
これは大きな橋を渡った先にある建物の
ものと同じ絵のようだ。


「蝶」というのはこの村において「双子」と
同じくらい特別な意味を持つものらしい。
この村で行われる特別な儀式について記した
文献中にも、数多く見うけられる。

「蝶」というのは何らかの隠語のようで、
それが何を意味しているのかわからない。
しかし、文章の前後のつながりなどから
どうやら何かの「儀式」を指し示す言葉
であることがわかってきた。


それがどのような意味を持っていたにせよ、
「蝶」の紋様を持つこの神社には、
なにか重要な意味があるはずだ。

もう少し調査が必要だろう。

Village Survey Notes 3
Kanji	村の調査記録 三 むらのちょうさきろく さん
Game	Fatal Frame: Deep Crimson Butterfly
Author	Masumi Makimura
Chapter	Chapter 2: The Twins
Located at	Various
Obtained	As part of the Bloody Ring Sidequest
Description	A missing surveyor's notebook, containing notes on the local obsession with butterflies.
Additional Description	Various
Related Notes	Village Survey Notes 1, Village Survey Notes 2, Village Survey Notes 4 & Village Survey Notes 5

ENJA

Part One

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...


The local shrine is located at the end of a long stairway, and is permanently shrouded in mist.

Though it appears to be very old, it was clearly well built, and shows no visible damage.
A large butterfly marks its...

Full Text

Obtained: Chapter II; Kureha Shrine door
Additional Description: A large butterfly motif is painted on the door to the building that seems to be a shrine. This must be the place mentioned in the surveyor's report. There is something white on the stairs in front of the entrance. It seems to be the rest of the surveyor's notes I picked up a while ago.

The local shrine is located at the end of a long stairway, and is permanently shrouded in mist.

Though it appears to be very old, it was clearly well built, and shows no visible damage.
A large butterfly marks its entrance, the same butterfly that adorns the house situated across the big bridge.

Butterflies appear to have the same kind of special significance as twins in this village.
They are often referred to in books relating to the unique ceremony that takes place here.
The 'butterfly' appears to be some kind of code, symbolising something else, but I have no idea what it could be. Judging from the texts I have read, however, there's no doubt it has something to do with the ceremony.

The large butterfly that marks the entrance to this shrine certainly has some special significance.

It is up to me to investigate and find out what it is.

断片

長い階段を上ると、立ち籠めるもやの中に
小さな神社を見つけた。

かなり古いもののようだが、造り自体は
しっかりしているようで、目立った損傷は
見られない。

入り口には大きな蝶の・・・

全文

長い階段を上ると、立ち籠めるもやの中に
小さな神社を見つけた。

かなり古いもののようだが、造り自体は
しっかりしているようで、目立った損傷は
見られない。

入り口には大きな蝶の紋様が描かれている。
これは大きな橋を渡った先にある建物の
ものと同じ絵のようだ。


「蝶」というのはこの村において「双子」と
同じくらい特別な意味を持つものらしい。
この村で行われる特別な儀式について記した
文献中にも、数多く見うけられる。

「蝶」というのは何らかの隠語のようで、
それが何を意味しているのかわからない。
しかし、文章の前後のつながりなどから
どうやら何かの「儀式」を指し示す言葉
であることがわかってきた。


それがどのような意味を持っていたにせよ、
「蝶」の紋様を持つこの神社には、
なにか重要な意味があるはずだ。

もう少し調査が必要だろう。