Memory 5 (Day 111, Game 75 - Haunted) Negative Significant - Touko's head getting crushed and running for his life
This memory is from movie 5 "Paradox Spiral". I will be taking the entirety of the memory from the novel.
Scene from movie Starts here at about minute 8:00 and continues to the second embed until the guy in red starts bashing Mikiya's head against the wall. The whole scene interchanges with Tomoe's scenes at the same time so it might get confusing. :|
Novel snippet (Japanese only because there is no fan-translation for this chapter and I am lazy. :| scroll for summary) 人気のない、機械が生活しているようなマンションに、黒桐幹也は足を踏み入れた。 緑の匂いを感じさせない庭を抜けて、人工の明かりに満ちたロビーへと入っていく。 ロビーには物音さえない。 クリーム色で統一されたロビーは、ただひたすらに清潔だった。電灯の光は反射する事もなく床や壁に吸い込まれ、ここには明暗というものがない。 昼間に来た時―――このマンションには、生暖かい悪寒が満ちていた。けれど今は違う。夜中に訪れた今、この異界に充満するものは息苦しいまでの静謐《せいひつ》さだった。 足音は小さく響いて、一秒も待たずに抹殺されていく。 冷たい。空気でさえぴったりと役割が定められているようで、步く度に息がつまる。 自分がこの異界において完全な異分子なのだと、黒桐幹也は痛感する。 それでもこのまま帰るわけにはいかない。水をかき分けるように幹也はロビーを進んでいく。 「とりあえず三階からか」 階段は使わず、エレベーターで上がろうと考えた。 エレベーターのボタンを押す。 大きな駆動音がして、五階からエレベーターが降りてきた。 扉が、音もたてずに、開いていく。 「――――え」 そこに居るモノが何なのか瞬時に理解できず、幹也は息を呑んで、わずかに後じさった。 「やあ、来たね。丁度よかったな、これから行こうと思っていたんだ」 エレベーターに乗っていた赤いコートの青年が、笑いながらそういった。 幹也は喉までせりあがった吐き気を、片手で必死に押しとどめる。数步、よろよろと後ろに步いて、怖れるような、それでいて泣きそうな顔で、青年を見つめ続けた。見なければいいと解っているのに、どうしてもソレから目が離せなかった。 「いい出来だろう?私も気に入っているんだ、本当さ」 愉しげに笑って、青年は片手に持ったソレを掲げる。 幹也がどうしても目が離せないソレ。 赤いコートの青年は、片手に、蒼崎橙子の首を持っていた。
Rooough translation/summary Mikiya is entering the mansion as part of a Shiki rescue mission. (he will not be aware of this throughout the memory) As he goes to take the elevator, the door opens to Cornelius holding Touko's severed head.
For clarity, Touko is a magician. Mikiya works for her as a personal slave assistant of sorts.
Cornelius is also a magician. He has issues and is jealous of Touko. He's basically in a "I wanted to kill that bitch Touko and all I got was her stupid head :<" mood when Mikiya runs into him. He decides to deploy his revenge on Touko by killing her disciple* while her head is kept alive. (meaning she will still be conscious and aware but is unable to do anything about it.)
*To note, Mikiya is not her disciple. His sister is.
Anyhoo, Cornelius launches into crazy talk to explain all that and more while Mikiya is terrified/horrified. Cornelius gets so excited that he pokes his fingers through Touko-head's eyeballs then crushes her head. Wisely, Mikiya runs-
-into a dead end. (which he mentally reprimands himself for /o/) This is where it differs from the movie a little.
The lobby he's in is a cul-de-sac with two floors. Mikiya makes a run for the stairs but Cornelius uses magic to cut the back of Mikiya's knees so he can't run anymore. As he loses consciousness from blood loss, Mikiya makes a last ditch effort to defend himself. Once Cornelius was close enough, Mikiya closes his eyes and stabs Cornelius with the knife Touko gave him earlier. The thought that runs through his head at the time? "I hope that didn't cause any serious injury" My boy is a winnar!
He opens his eyes again and realizes all he managed to stab was Cornelius's hand. The last thing he sees is Cornelius's expression twisting into something awful then everything goes black. :D
To clarify, the 'bash head against the wall' scene is an illusion.
Super summary/what he learns - oh god there is a crazy guy who killed Touko-san and she's dead and he's trying to kill me D8 - I am an idiot for forgetting the layout of the mansion in my panic to run away. Now I'm stuck in a dead end - Aaah I have to hurt someone in self-defense - That didn't go too well. - :| ohshi-
What this means So much TERROR! \o/ Fitting since he won this from Haunted's game.
He has no idea if he survived that at all. And depending on what happens during the actual memory taking, he may or may not think he's died. ._. Bonus: he now knows where the scars behind his knees came from. It may help reassure him that he survived since the injury healed but-