Shield #3
Credit x 5000, Shield x 20
📍 Jarilo-VI Administrative District
Nervous Man
System
A quiet and foreboding wrought iron fence blocks the way.
System
Mm, "quiet" isn't the right word to describe it, because at this moment, you seem to hear faint muttering...
System
"Venture no closer, no closer..." the iron gate seems to say.
System
Then again, the voice could have come from the nervous man behind the gate. You approach him to ask why on earth he is playing ventriloquist for the gate.
Nervous Man
Venture no closer... to me...
Options
Might I ask why you're talking to yourself?
Belobog's iron gate can talk?
Nervous Man
...agh! Are you asking me?
Nervous Man
I was simply too nervous to have noticed you... I'm truly sorry!
Options
What're you nervous about?
Are you on the lam?
Am I that attractive then?
Nervous Man
Nonono, of course not! I, I've always been a law-abiding citizen...
Nervous Man
Ha! You, you're a funny one...
Nervous Man
It's, the ba— "back alley"...
Nervous Man
Have you... not heard? So-Some ghostly goings-on have been happening in the "back alley" recently...
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The "back alley"?
Ghostly goings-on?
You don't have to be this polite with me...
Why don't you leave the place then?
Nervous Man
Ah... are, are you not a resident of this neighborhood?
Nervous Man
The "back alley" is an alleyway behind the theater... It's where we poor people live.
Nervous Man
I, I'm not too sure about the details...
Nervous Man
I just know that th—they're among us... and they've gotten their hands on some of the residents!
Nervous Man
Oh, ooh! Thank goodness...
Nervous Man
*sigh* ...it's all because of this gate!
Nervous Man
The neighbors and I wish to leave this place too... but we can't seem to get it open at all. All we can do is come out occasionally for some fresh air...
Nervous Man
...Ah. It's getting late, and I have to return.
Nervous Man
Argh... just my luck! This blasted "back alley"!
System
The man up ahead mutters some confusing words as his head shakes incessantly, before disappearing into the shadows of the theater.
{NICKNAME}
(What a strange man... I wonder if I'll run into him again.)
Glum Man
System
The familiar wrought iron gate, and a familiar man — the scene felt almost identical to the other time, if not for the deepened creases across the man's brow.
Glum Man
Bah, where on earth did those things come from...
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What happened?
The ghostly goings-on again?
Glum Man
...Who's there!?
Glum Man
Oh, hello, dear stranger. Do you remember me? We've met before...
Glum Man
Oh, it's wonderful to see a familiar face. I was just about at my wit's ends...
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Why is that?
Where are the others?
Glum Man
Th—Those friends and neighbors of mine... they've mysteriously disappeared!
Glum Man
I haven't seen them for a long time... no thanks to those "things"!
Glum Man
I hear, that after catching innocent people, th—they will...
Glum Man
And then... they'll... turn into us and then go search out for more unwitting innocents...!
Glum Man
Eyes, nose, mouth... they all look the same, not a speck of difference...
Glum Man
Don't trust them... you must watch out for yourself. Don't trust them...
System
The man is borderline hysterical, raving manically as he vanishes back into the darkness of the "back alley."
System
Those eyes of his, quivering from sheer fear — they leave a lasting impression on you.
{NICKNAME}
(This is all getting creepy... I wonder if I'll run into him again.)
Frightened Man
System
It's that man again — the one who claimed he came from the "back alley," the poor fellow harassed by supernatural stuff. You remember him, surely.
System
His face is gaunt, his eyes bloodshot, most likely from a severe lack of much-needed rest. Even so, he leans against the iron gate, murmuring to himself, as if trying to exert every ounce of leftover strength through gritted teeth.
Frightened Man
Haha... they'll never find me...
Options
Are you feeling okay?
Frightened Man
...Get away from me!
Frightened Man
Ohh, my apologies... I thought you were...
Frightened Man
...No, no. How do I know you're not one of them!? Get away!
Frightened Man
Ah... Agh... those cluttered footsteps... and that blasted cackle...!
Frightened Man
They're here... they're here...!
Frightened Man
It's my turn...
Frightened Man
I... I'm next...
System
The man lets loose an ear-piercing shriek and charges into the unfathomable "back alley," carrying his maniacal laughter with him.
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