CW: Post has mentions of suicide, self harm, and death (mentioned only for purposes of explaining some lore and terms, the stage itself would not mention or have images of these.)
EDIT: edited to remove anything that could be super insensitive
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Mt. Hikami
Fatal Frame V: Maiden of Black Water
During the course of
Fatal Frame V, the main protagonists Yuri, Miu, and Ren are tied up by fate to this mountain. Ever since one of the series' many, many, MANY rituals, went horribly wrong and a bunch of other silly nonsense, the mountain has been rumored as a paranormal place. Yuri first makes her way onto the mountain after she (attempts to) helps a young woman, Fuyuhi, search for a friend.
While I would like to have a specific location on the mountain as a stage, I overall opted to have the entire mountain as it's the main setting and all the other locations are on the mountain.
As a result, this would be a travelling stage in a similar vein to Garreg Mach Monastery and The Transcontinental Railroad. The stage would go between several backdrops related to locations on the mountain after a while instead of flying constantly throughout. Each location would be pretty similar to each other, though with slight differences.
The stage itself has a simple layout. It's a large platform, similar to most other stages, with the backdrop being magnified in the back. There are two platforms, the one on the right slightly higher than the one on the left. Both of these platforms have a solid wall that faces the side blast zone it is closest to. These platforms are similar to those on Battlefield, where you can jump through them. However, you can't get to them by jumping directly under the wall. These platforms are breakable with strong enough attacks. Whenever a platform is broken, the wall that was on it will also be broken. This resets every time the stage changes location, so you will have a new set of platforms to play with every so often. The location of the stage will change the appearance of the stage (especially the walls, which will change drastically, though remaining similar in size), with each one adopting some themes of the background to make it blend in better. You can also pick which form of the stage you would like to play on, which is especially helpful on Battlefield and Omega forms. If a specific location is chosen while hazards are on, the stage will remain the same throughout the match, but the platforms will rebuild themselves every so often (like Mishima Dojo). The selection method is similar to that of Minecraft World, with different inputs resulting in different locations.
A gimmick (stage hazard) similar to the one mentioned in
Venus of the Desert Bloom
's post, albeit simplified. In certain areas of the game, the player is forced to enter areas with lots of water, be it rain, waterfalls, hot springs, etc. As such, when in certain areas, the precipitation would cause the
wetness gauge to fill up automatically. Some locations would fill up greater than others, but everyone's would fill up at the same rate, so really, it's just that some places have a higher chance ghosts spawning. This would cause ghosts to be more drawn to players and attack them. These ghosts would have their appearance as they do in Fatal Frame, though censored to remove any blood, bloodlike substances, bodily harm, and booby physics. They would pop up every so often, depending on the wetness gauge in that location, and slowly try to attack players by lunging at them. They usually appear in very very close proximity to the players so it is important to dodge right away. This wouldn't deal too much damage but it sure is annoying and LOUD. A certain ghost has a chance of appearing in one location. This is the
Maiden of Black Water, which will both damage you and inflict the player with the Flower Effect. Any ghost can be defeated by having a player taunt, to simulate the odd properties of the Camera Obscura. They will also disappear after a while. When defeated, they will make the same sound that Yuri's assist trophy makes when she takes a picture. EEUUUURURRAHHHHHG. WEEEEAARRGH.
Finally... onto the locations. They will cycle from top to bottom of the list presented, starting from the Hot Springs and ending at the Peak. This is to simulate the climb up the mountain and then the return to the base, where the player starts the climb back up and starts the cycle anew. Again, each of these locations has a different wetness gauge that increases the amount of ghost attacks.
| Input | Picture | Location | Records |
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Hold L | | Mikomori Hot Spring (tentative to change) | Located near the base of Mt. Hikami, the natural hot springs have made this location a natural tourist spot as an onsen. However, after a landslide tragically claimed many of the lives of those in the building, it was burned down. This is the location in which Yuri receives and learns to use the Camera Obscura. The walls will be fences. As an abandoned hot spring, it has a wetness gauge of 50%. |
Hold L+R | | Pool of Purification | In the Unfathomable Forest, there exists a beautiful pool of water surrounded by waterfalls. It is said that pilgrims on religious journeys would cleanse themselves in these waterfalls as shrine maidens would perform rituals for show. It doesn't have many tourists anymore, and a rumor has spread that there was a mass murder of ever shrine maiden here. Maidens of Black Water can spawn here. The walls will be lanterns. It has the second highest wetness gauge of 70%. |
Hold L+Up | | Unfathomable Forest | The Unfathomable Forest gets its name from the fact that whenever you go in, you tend to lose all sense of direction and get lost. It's true, I got lost for a good half hour despite having both exits blocked. A path runs through the forest to shrines on the mountain. A landslide has since closed off many of the entrances to the forest. The walls are trees. It has a wetness gauge of 60%. |
Hold L+Down | | Womb Cavern | A sketchy place found underneath the Shrine of Dolls. For some reason, the water flowing through the cave is tied to the wellbeing of the mountain, so when it was partially destroyed by a landslide, lost spirits began to become populous on the mountain itself. The walls will be pillars of rock. This has the highest wetness gauge of 80%. |
Hold L+Left | | Shrine of the Ephemeral | A foggy shrine in which no one really knows what it's for. Formerly a tourist destination, it was abandoned after the cable cars broke down. Sometimes, you can see the titular Maidens of Black Water roam around. Maidens of Black Water can be found here.The walls will be fences, but in a more traditional style. This has a wetness gauge of 30%. |
Hold L+Right | | Twilit Peak | The top of the mountain, desolate and barren. There are objects left behind from rituals, as this was a highly spiritual location with ties to the world of the dead. The walls will be rocks. This has a wetness gauge of 40%. |
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GolisoPower
and
Adrianette Bromide
nearly tied so we are going with those and actually combine elements for both.
+ A. The final input and A must be inputted at the same time (within a 3-frame window.) /s
