Le Secret D 39;elise
Percival Blanco
The sixth note is located in Torment Therapy. In the escape sequence, before entering the final cutscene where we encounter 2 Reaper Nurses, enter the room on the left with a yellow light above it.
Bierce's portals are not the only way to move between realms. In the hotel, I found a relic imbued with the demon's power. It's whispered its location to me. I'm not sure why it was there, but as long as I have it, I won't need the ring piece. I could never get past the creatures who guard them anyway. Who would be suicidal enough to even try? The relic is not powerful, but it allows me to walk through the shadows like he does. However, it only takes me to places where he has been. I try to keep my distance from him when he appears. If he discovers me, my fate will be sealed. Now his path has led me to some sort of school. At least it looks like one. It's not like the hotel. It's much worse. I sense there is only one voice here and it is terrifying. Her appearance is that of a child, but that is no child. It didn't take me long to discover that I could see her. She purposely let me look deeper. I wish that I had not, because what I saw was unbearable. Sometimes, something so horrible happens to a child that their soul becomes corrupted by rage & sadness. When that happens, an evil child spirit is born from that suffering. This one's name is Agatha. The pain & suffering of children is a pain that she is forever tied to. She knew what my reaction would be. She is feeding on it. She is toying with me. I can hear her coming...
-E
I escaped from Agatha but not unscathed. She was able to wound my left shoulder before I escaped. I almost passed out from the pain. I can still hear her shrill laughter. Thank goodness I have this relic or I'd already be dead. Mysteriously, my wound healed itself after I left her realm. The rules of this place continue to confuse me. It's nothing like the real world as it's always changing. Almost as if it is controlled by someone. Maybe it is that demon? His path has led me to an opulent manor now. I was so entranced by its luxurious beauty that I almost didn't notice them moving. This is no ordinary manor. The sheer amount of gold here reminds me of the story of King Midas. Many must have been seduced and lead to their deaths by it. The cursed souls of men corrupted by greed are drawn to this place. In life, they valued only wealth. Now they are encased in the very gold that they so loved, burning in it for eternity. A fitting end for them. All that remains is a ruthless golden golem. Each one is driven to kill anyone that might enter and steal their lord's precious treasures. I have decided to refer to them as Gold Watchers.
-E
I managed to escape from the doll house. I'm not sure how much more of this I can take. The longer I follow the demon's path, the more nightmarish it becomes. Even with this relic, I doubt that it will last much longer. I can only hope that a way out lies somewhere within these sewers. It is quiet here. Too quiet. Everything seems worthless & forgotten. This sewer is full of rotten filth. I've learned that what you see is not always the reality though. There are unusually large duckies scattered around in every tunnel. I thought they were all hollow, but then I sense something moving in a short distance away. It seems some of the duckies are not as hollow as they appear. Instead, they contain the rotten souls of liars, flushed down to the sewers and left to decay. They are now creatures of deception, as they were in life. These dreadful duckies are trying to blend in and hide behind their false appearance, but my sense easily reveals them. There's something else lurking here though. Something much bigger and far more dangerous. I can hear it. It knows I'm here.
-E
I've become aware that using the relic costs the user a terrible price. It slowly consumes their soul. I'm not imagining it. I can feel myself gradually getting weaker. I will try to avoid using it for as long as I can until I find a way out, but I'm starting to lose hope. Maybe there is no way out. Maybe this is hell. Everyone & everything here is a nightmare, so it makes sense. Was I a bad person? Did I do something unforgivable? What torments me more than the monsters is that I can't remember anything! Bierce seemed to know something previously. I saw it in her eyes. Now the relic has brought me to an evil circus. This is not going to go well. I don't like clowns. I can already sense there are a lot of them here. I know their soul type. They are the wretched people that liked to troll. They spent their lives antagonizing & provoking others with a twisted pride. The actions of small-minded cowards. Causing misery to others was just a source of amusement for them. Now they are cursed to exist as the twisted little clown gremlins that they always were. One of many and eternally part of the circus.
-E
The Reaper Nurses did not take kindly to my snooping around their restricted areas. In the end, even with my abilities there were too many of them. I did not find an exit or anything I could use to restore my memory. After the jump, I couldn't move I was paralyzed with pain and could only stare at the ground, waiting for it to pass. As i opened my eyes, I saw that i was on top of something large and metallic. It was a giant medallion of some sort and had...animals on it? A rabbit, a pig, and a chicken to be precise.
Suddenly I heard a voice yell out to me from above. The voice sound friendly, but I could feel the malice behind it. I staggered to my feet and looked up. Before me was a massive castle facade. It was like something out of an amusement park. A large yellow rabbit was dancing on a platform above the drawbridge gate. It looked like some sort of twisted mascot. I could tell immediately that this one was different from the others. It was a killing machine. One build purely for violence & chaos. There was a soul of some sort inside the machine, but it was not human.
I tried to run from the rabbit, but didn't get far. I was stopped by another mascot - a pig. It attacked me and missed, obliterating the side of the castle wall in the process, and leaving a large hole in a blind panic. I tried to use the relic to escape, but the rabbit grabbed me violently from behind and lifted me up by the throat, strangling me in the air while laughing maniacally. It took a loose brick to the face to startle it enough to allow me to break free. My landing was not a soft one. I landed sideways on the sharp rubble and barbed wire of the brick wall. Severely wounded, I barely escaped by rolling into the moat water bellow before the rabbit could grab me. The rabbit screamed profanities and threw bricks at me as I disappeared into the cold water of the moat. For some reason it did not follow me into the water. As I sank deeper, the rabbit's voice disappeared entirely and it was silent for a while. In that moment I felt myself drifting away and my remaining consciousness fading. I am no longer even felt the need to breathe. This was how it would end. Then, suddenly, I heard another voice speak out from the depths. It was the demon "Ah, there you are" it said. "Aww. So much pain. So much despair. Perhaps I can help you, mortal. I have an offer that might interest you. All you have to do is take your little toy and seek me out when you are ready". As I heard his words, my eyes opened a bit and I saw a demonic red face glaring back at me from the depths. A crushing pain immediately filled my head and twisted words began repeating in my mind "Don't you have someone to kill?", they whispered over and over again. Terrified and ignoring my pain, I swam back to the surface in a panic. Conveniently, I discovered that the rabbit and pig were nowhere to be found. I clung to the castle wall and waited, wondering if the demon in the water would emerge to finish me off. I was careless and it seemed that the demon had finally noticed my presence. However, nothing happened. Reflecting, I wondered what the demon has meant? I had no idea where to find him nor would I be stupid enough to actually go. It would definitely be the end of me. Wounded as I was, I managed to drag myself up out of the moat.
It's getting harder to find moments long enough to write these notes. I will continue to do it for as long as I have the strength. I doubt that the rabbit will be gone for long and I need to jump in order to heal my wound. To any unfortunate souls that come to this place and find this message - leave quickly before it's too late.
-E
My arm is burning from the last jump, but my other wounds are fully healed. I can move reasonably well again. Whatever the demon did to my head has awoken some memories. I'm having glimpses of what I think is my past. Images with no immediate meaning flash in my head. A handsome man, some lively friends, walking along a beach, a child, and a bridge. I can't put them together yet, but I feel it's just a matter of time if I can stay alive. I'm in some sort of cavern system now. The darkness here is overwhelming. So many voices are speaking to me all at once. So many souls have perished here. I'm struggling to block out their screams. This place is some sort of feeding ground. No... that's not right. It's an execution site. A place where the demon makes his unwelcome guests disappear. It's full of twisted teddy bears and their mama bear. She's very powerful and I can tell that she runs this place. The Mama Bear is born from the twisted love of abusive mothers. They sabotaged & destroyed the lives of their children. She is a massive collection of that soul type. I wonder if she can even be killed? For some reason, her presence pains me deeply and I feel an immediate attraction to her when she gets close. I've caught myself a couple of times walking in her direction, almost in a trance. The subconscious attraction frightens me more than the creatures I've encountered. I have to keep my distance. If my soul is drawn to her, then it raises some frightening questions. No, I refuse to think about that. I need to give my memories time to return. I will make sure that there's nothing of value here and then I will move on. I'm not sure how far I'll be able to search. The cavern system is vast and Mama Bear and her "babies" are everywhere. The demon is still searching for me as well.
-E