Bloodborne, Part Four

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To test the extent of the change in world state, I had Cherry go back and talk to all of the people hiding in their houses. The game apparently assumes that I’ve defeated the Cleric Beast, because the guy who sounds super sick apologizes that the gate at the end of the bridge is closed. He tells Cherry that he might be able to go a place called the Cathedral Ward through the aqueduct.

This was music to my ears. A sewer level? So early in the game?? Just for me????

I’m so happy! Now all I have to do is find the entrance.

変な家: A Mysterious Story of Real Estate

変な家 (here on Amazon Japan) is a collection of short horror stories about houses and apartments with strange floorplans, and it's liberally illustrated with diagrams in which certain sections of the floorplan are highlighted and annotated to clarify the text. Each story is like a locked room mystery, except it starts with the floorplan and then gradually builds a narrative about what sort of upsetting behavior that type of space might enable.

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