After the Blood Moon Fades/Story/Providential Guidance

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Script

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This section contains story script that was transcluded from the game with the help of OCR tools to avoid human-made mistakes as much as possible. Generally speaking, it shouldn't be altered unless the in-game equivalent has been changed. Any typos or other errors that are also present in the game are to be retained on the wiki but can be marked via {{sic}}.

Chinese and Japanese romanizations and translations, if present, are unofficial.

Last Updated: July 23rd, 2024

Characters Present

Captain

Himeko

Sirin

Bronie

Start

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Investigate

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Pew, pew, found a supply chest!

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Investigate

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The campfire before me crackled, its dancing flames radiating a golden light that brought me a sense of comfort.

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Himeko

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Himeko sat beside me, slightly anxious as she checked on me. I managed to force a reassuring smile.

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Captain

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Don't worry, Himeko. Honestly, I'm much better now!

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Himeko

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Really? You're not just trying to comfort me, are you? You better not be acting tough again!

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Captain

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Ah, I'm genuinely feeling better. Why wouldn't you believe me?

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Bronie

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Hey, look what I found!

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Sirin

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I found it first!

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Bronie's and Sirin's voices drew our attention. Ever since we had arrived at that abandoned campsite, they had been curiously searching around with the hope to find useful items.

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Captain

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Is this... a box of boots?

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Himeko

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They look pretty new. I don't understand why someone brought so many pairs of boots to go camping with. Was it so hard to walk in this forest that they needed extra boots?

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Bronie

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They're not ordinary boots!

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Bronie winked mysteriously, before she put a pair of boots on right in front of us.

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Bronie

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Watch closely!

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!!!

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Bronie suddenly hopped like a little rabbit, excitedly showing off. Clearly, Sirin, who was watching her bouncing up and down. was also eager to try.

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Bronie

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These boots have special elastic chips! Isn't that cool? With these, we can jump onto the high platform we saw earlier.

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Bronie

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And to think I was wondering how to get the Trackers to take us up there.

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Sirin

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Just having these elastic boots isn’t enough. What about the monster up ahead?

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Bronie

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Uh… good question.

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Captain

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Well, even though these boots can help us reach high places, they can’t help us take down those monsters guarding the area.

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Himeko

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Have you found anything else apart from these boots?

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Sirin

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Yes, I found another note near the box. This is the fifth one, right?

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Sirin handed me the note, and as I tried to read it, I realized it wasn’t actually words.

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Captain

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Is this… Bach’s Minuet in G Major?

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Unlike the warning-filled notes before, the fifth note was a musical score.

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Bronie

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Did they notice that sending threatening letters wasn’t working, so they switched to some music to add variety?

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Captain

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Did the bat bring this note to you this time as well?

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Sirin

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Well, it was hovering near te box, and then Bronie and I noticed the fifth note by the box.

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Himeko

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It sounds like the bat wanted us to notice both the boots and the note.

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Captain

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Why does the bat keep bringing us intimidating notes and attempting to halt our progress, yet still guide us through this misty forest?

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Sirin

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Who knows what’s going on in its head? Does it want us to leave or not?

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An almost imperceptible rustling sound came from the nearby bushes, as if the wind was rushing through them.

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Captain

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Well, judging from the results, it has clearly been guiding us in the right direction. In this foggy expanse where it’s so easy to get lost, it’s definitely helped us more than it’s hindered us.

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Himeko

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So you think those notes are…

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Captain

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Perhaps they’re not meant to intimidate us, but to guide us.

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I put the five notes on the ground in order, pondered for a moment, and then my gaze landed on the final musical score.

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Captain

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This note is the most special one, but what does it mean?

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Himeko

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Music can convey emotions and can also send messages.

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Captain

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Yes, but this piece only has two bars, so it might be more appropriate to consider the connections between the musical notes rather than a the emotions conveyed by the melody.

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Sirin

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The connections between the musical notes?

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The disjointed threads of thought slowly came together in my mind, and ideas gathered like converging streams, surging forth.

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Captain

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If we look at the adjacent notes as a sequence of numbers…

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Captain

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… and use the commonly used piano C1 key as the base, or number one, the D1 ke as two, and so forth, then use the second octave C2 as eight, and the D2 key as nine.

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Himeko

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The first four notes of this minuet are the D2 key from the second octave, and the G1, A1, and B1 keys from the first octave.

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Captain

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In other words, the numbers are nine, five, six, and seven.

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Captain

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The first note says, “Those who enter the forbidden grounds, death will follow in their wake, shadowing them until the end.”

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Bronie

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The ninth word is “follow”.

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Captain

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The second note says, “A bird trapped inside a cage beyond the blood moon. Why enter the confines with broken wings?”

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Sirin

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The fifth word is “the”.

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Captain

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The third note says, “A lone boat rocks under the moon high above. The moon’s reflection on the river resembles a scimitar, leaving people no escape like the lone boat.”

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Himeko

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The sixth word is “high”.

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Captain

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The fourth note said, “Lost in the chaotic mountains, praying time could turn back; crows will mock the desperate regret, and death will answer the painful denial.”

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Captain

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The seventh word is “mountains”.

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Captain

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“Follow the high mountains”.

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We turned to look behind. Sure enough, there was a high mountain south of the campsite.

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Sirin

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What’s on that mountain? A secret passage leading to the castle, or a mechanism that activates something?

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Himeko

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Now that we have these high-jump boots, we can easily reach the mountain’s peak.

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Bronie

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I’ll scout out the path ahead first!

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Trackers flew towards the high mountain. Soon, images appeared on the screen.

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Sirin

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It seems like there are only some monsters. Besides that, nothing particularly noteworthy.

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Captain

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Since te clues from the notes are leading us there, we must go and see what’s on that high mountain.

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The bat titled its head on a withered branch, as if listening t our decision about going to the high mountain. It then flapped its wings and circled around us.

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Bronie

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There might be some tough battles ahead. Can you handle it?

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In response to Bronie’s concerned look, I gave her a reassuring smile and then focused my gaze on the scree in her hands.

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Captain

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I’ll be fine. Also, from the terrain around the mountain, I think we can handle the situation without being detected.

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Sirin

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You mean… we sneak in?

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Himeko

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It does seem like a suitable place for stealth combat. Let’s try to avoid unnecessary complications by dealing with them stealthily.

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Bronie

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Alright, the objective is set, and the plan is ready. Let’s go!

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Bronie happily winked at me and, along with Sirin, cheerfully strides forward while holding the high-jump boots.

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Meanwhile, the rustling sounds in the bushes seemed to have faded away in the wind.

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Captain

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(Was that… another bat?)

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Pew, pew, look what else I found!

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Enter Battle

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Suburb: Ferocious Beast

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The desolate wilderness, full of dangers.

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The monster fell with a heavy thud. Bronie clapped her hands casually, gesturing for us to look at the screen in her hands.

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Bronie

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This is the footage from the high platform earlier. Did you notice anything?

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Captain

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The monsters… they’ve disappeared?

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Himeko

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Could the monsters on this mountain be somehow connected to those guarding the high platform?

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Captain

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Well, perhaps this is the reason the notes led us to this mountain. Let’s use the high-jump boots to check out that platform.

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Bronie

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Roger!

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Sirin

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By the way, where did that bat go?

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I looked around - the bat was nowhere to be found. Even the rustling sound of the wind passing through the bushes and vanished, just like the monsters.

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Captain

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It must have gone home.

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I looked ahead. Not far away, the castle loomed in the crimson mist, as if being consumed by the fiery glow that filled the sky.

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The castle was right in front of us. My body felt so cold that it was became numb, yet my heart was beating wildly.

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Captain

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Almost there.

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Now that all the obstacles are out of the way, let’s continue forward!

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Investigate

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It seems to have flown into a… Wow, what a huge garden. Could this be a castle?

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There’s a rock where th cannonball landed. We can definitely blow it up!

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Fire

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Investigate

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It’s a castle after all, it flew in! There’s a mechanism on the left, does it open the gate?

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End