>>6141477Okay yeah, this place is fucked. Like <span class="mu-i">fucked</span> fucked. More fucked than a starship crew member wearing a red shirt fucked. You could go on, but you’re pretty sure you got the idea but just in case, to describe the sensation you’re feeling right now would be to think of that little feeling at the back of your mind that you’re being watched. You know, the feeling you’re so accustomed to from the wastes? Yeah, times it by nine thousand and one. This place is not safe. Practically feels uninhabitable.
The fog is so dense you can hardly see your own hand in front of you, the sea breeze cuts through your flesh and chills your bones, and you can swear you hear something. Something big. Something making a distant creaking sound, almost like the sounds old floorboards make, but replace the squeak with splashes. How the hell was it that an Inquisitor got sent here and not a whole platoon of mageknights? You don’t have any of the magical knowledge needed to even begin to comprehend what’s going on here, and you sure as hell are not about to enter the water to find out. At least you think it’s something to do with the water. You’re genre-savvy enough to know of Lovecraft, and you even played a Call of Cthulhu shot one time. Good times, which sadly is the opposite of the time you’re having right now.
At the very least, you’re not hearing whispers in your ears or feeling any compulsion to perform an action a horror movie side character might. Actually, scratch that. There’s a blood splatter on a rock next to some trees and underbrush, and it’s quite literally your job to investigate that. You take some solace in the fact that, unlike horror movie side characters, you can come back. Also, you have a sword drawn and know how to use it. You don’t take solace in how close the brush is to the rocky shore. Honestly, you’d probably love to visit this area if the situation was different. A massive lake separating an island country pretty much in two? Fascinating? The fact that you’re currently in Silent Hill? Not so much.
Some water sprays on you as you stand only a few feet away from the lake. It feels normal, at least, and doesn’t sting or anything. The blood seems normal as well. It's red, semi-fresh, and only a few hours old at most. It’s in a couple different places around the area, so there are signs of a struggle. The only strange thing around is the about four or five small rectangular objects littered around, startlingly familiar objects. Phones. Androids specifically. Without hesitation, you pick the least cracked one up. It feels strange in your hand. How long has it been? And when you turn it on, you’re bombarded with light revealing…
Is that a fucking monster musume background?
