Phantom Shadows at Midnight
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Story transcript
Tachyon: The spirits here are quite active tonight... perfect for my research.
Still In Love: (Why did I agree to this? The air itself feels wrong here...)
Suzuka: The board's responding... it's spelling something out.
Scarlet: (That's not one of us in the reflection...)
Tachyon: The veil is thinning... I can feel it!
Still In Love: (The necklace... it's not protecting me anymore...)
Suzuka: That's not my reflection... it's smiling back at me.
Tachyon: (The ritual worked better than expected... but whose body will they choose?)
Suzuka: How fascinating... this body feels so much more capable than my old one.
Still In Love: (That's not Suzuka... the way she's moving, the way she's looking at us...)
Suzuka: Seventy-three years trapped in that mirror... and now I'm finally free.
Tachyon: This wasn't supposed to happen... I only wanted to study the spirits, not release them!
Scarlet: (Keep recording... whatever this thing is, we need proof of what happened to Suzuka.)
Suzuka: Your little friend isn't coming back. This body is mine now... and it's perfect for what I have planned.
Suzuka: (No... I won't let you hurt them... my friends...)
Suzuka: The mirror... I can still see her... she's pulling me back in!
Suzuka: (Take my hand... before she gets stronger...)
Suzuka: (The mirror... it let me go... but something followed me out...)
Tachyon: Suzuka! Thank goodness you're back—I thought we lost you to that thing!
Suzuka: (Foolish girl... did you really think I'd give up such a perfect vessel?)
Still In Love: S-Suzuka? Your eyes... they're still glowing...
Tachyon: (Cold... these aren't Suzuka's arms around my waist... they're translucent...)
Suzuka: The horse girl's body was just bait. I needed someone who understood the occult... someone who could complete my ritual.
Scarlet: Agnes! The spirit—it's not after Suzuka anymore! It's after your knowledge!
Tachyon: (The book... it's opening on its own... the final incantation...)
Suzuka: With your knowledge and my power... we'll open the gate together. Forever.
Tachyon: (I can't move... these hands aren't touching my skin, they're sinking through me...)
Suzuka: Your knowledge of the occult... it calls to me. Let me taste your memories.
Still In Love: Suzuka's body... it's moving without her. The ghost is using her like a puppet!
Tachyon: (The book's opening to the binding ritual... but I need my hands free to cast it!)
Suzuka: Such delicious knowledge... I can see your research... your experiments... your guilt...
Scarlet: The mirror! Agnes, use the broken mirror shards—they're pure silver, they can bind spirits!
Tachyon: (My blood... consecrated from years of research... the ghost can't resist possessed flesh!)
Suzuka: A-Agnes... the mirror... it's burning... I'm still here... help me...
Tachyon: By silver's truth and blood's sacrifice—RETURN TO YOUR PRISON!
Suzuka: (Which one of us... will be trapped... in the mirror... this time...)