Fall of Kyoto: Field Report
| Fall of Kyoto: Field Report | |
|---|---|
| Date of Cutscene: | 15 October 2025 |
| Location: | Kyoto Service Sector |
| Synopsis: | This report makes its way up the chain at Obsidian. |
| Thanks to: | (Thanks to KLP for letting me spam her) |
| Cast of Characters: | {{{Cast of Characters}}} |
| Tinyplot: | The Fall of Kyoto |
TRANSCRIPT 16:26:04 JST – CONNECTION ESTABLISHED
KURATA: . Hoshi, Tanaka, confirm you’re on site.
HOSHI: Yeah, we’re up on the roof. Antenna’s intact. Again.
TANAKA: That’s twice now.
KURATA: Just the readings. Same spike signature as before. Probably just sensor degradation. again.
HOSHI: Good. Thought maybe we might have a free roamer on our hands or something.
TANAKA: Please don’t joke about that.
(pause; faint hum of wind)
HOSHI: All right, gonna start swapping out the sensor. Unit looks clean... If this is fried again next week, I’m billing them for overtime.
KURATA: You’ll be lucky if payroll even admits you exist.
TANAKA: Don’t remind me. (short laugh; then silence) 17:33:12
HOSHI: Okay, new sensors in. Powering. Signal steady. and at baseline. (pause) Wait. There. There it is again. What the hell?
KURATA: Shit. Confirmed on my end. You didn’t touch anything?
TANAKA: Nope. Readings are climbing. Fuck, that’s weird. That pattern – are you seeing this?
KURATA: Patterned how?
TANAKA: Five seconds apart, rise and then fall. Like breathing. HOSHI: You don’t think…
KURATA: Outside Tokyo? No.
(distortion)
KURATA: Okay. Try and reboot it.
TANAKA: Did already. It’s still showing the anomalous pattern. We’re getting out of here.
KURATA: No. You two stay put while I confirm with division.
HOSHI: Fuck that. Antenna’s fine, I’m not getting paid enough for – (abrupt interference)
16:47:09 — CONNECTION REESTABLISHED
KURATA: …copy if you can hear this.
HOSHI: (faint) Streets are clear. Whole block’s dark.
KURATA: There you are. Hoshi, confirm: where’s your location? GPS still shows the tower.
TANAKA: What? Heading east. Should be by the river, but, -where is the fucking van.
HOSHI: SHHH. Shh, shh. Listen. Do you hear that?
(distortion; sound of festival wooden clappers in the distance)
KURATA: Shit. You’re breaking up again.
HOSHI: There’s… some kind of parade? It’s dark out. I’m seeing lanterns out there. Where is everyone?
KURATA: Dark out? Wait, what?
(Clappers get closer, louder)
TANAKA: Where the -fuck- is the van?!
HOSHI: They… hold on. (to someone off-mike) Excuse me? Hello?
(clappers suddenly stop)
TANAKA: … RUN
HOSHI: OH FUCK! Oh fuck fuck oh fuck
(running sounds, heavy breathing, panied voices, faint, festive music in the distance)
KURATA: What? What’s going on? Get in a building and stay there!
16:50:09
HOSHI: We.. did we lose them?
TANAKA: ..no, look! There. How did they get there? They were just behind us!. Oh god, they’re not— static
HOSHI: (shouting) Don’t look at the masks. Don’t look at them!
(Discordant but festive music, getting closer, closer, sudden thud followed by static)
HOSHI: (small voice) Kurata?
KURATA: Report! What happened? …wait.Are you still with Tanaka?
TANAKA: : (distant) It’s fine now, Hoshi. It’s fine. They were just waiting for us.
VOICES: Come walk with us. It’s time. It’s time
HOSHI: *sobbing*
KURATA: Hoshi! Hoshi, answer me!
(long silence; then, faintly, the sound of distant clappers returning)
KURATA: …Hoshi?
NEW VOICE: It’s fine now, Kurata. It’s fine. We’re just waiting for you. Come walk with us. It’s time. It’s time.
- call log ends abruptly here*
