The Bonkurasu Brigade

It’s been warm around Singapore lately, and I can’t stay within the comfort of the air conditioning in my room through the day because of the nasty module known as the Final Year Project, which means that I have to go out around the island sourcing for various materials and doing research all over the place.

But that’s not the point. Whats the best thing for hot weather? Ice-cream does the trick all right, so does any iced drink. But theres something really effective. That’s right, ghost stories!

Unfortunately I don’t have many friends to talk to about ghost stories. There are two possible topics that come up when I talk to my classmates. One, school. Two, the final year project.

Ugh.

But there is a quick solution to that! In goes my copy of Zero: Akai Chou (aka Fatal Frame: Crimson Butterfly) to the innards of my dusty PS2. Hours later, I’m feeling colder than Siberia.

Which brings us to the topic of the post.

Reading the staff blog for Crimson Butterfly, I came across this particularly interesting entry about a staff member’s apartment being haunted when he started working on the game.

The following is a translated excerpt, dramatism intact.

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“At around 4am, in the middle of the night, I felt my hand being gripped tightly by someone and jerked awake.

I could tell that the hand was rather slender, but it was dark in the room and I couldn’t see clearly. I sleep on my side, with my hands gathered near my torso, and the hand clearly came from above me, where the opening of the futon is…The hand was slim and small, and probably belonged to a woman or a child. However, it had a grip abnormally strong.

On top of being cold, it’s grip got stronger with every passing night…A few days after this happened, my hand was in pain. The pain gradually travelled up to my elbow, and subsequently my shoulder. This lasted for about a week.

Like this, I went through a terrifying period. It happened every night, at around the same time. However, when the production (of Crimson Butterfly) got busy, I was unable to go home for a while. When I did return home, the woman’s hand did not appear.

By that, a realization suddenly dawned upon me. On days when I sprayed Febreeze in my room, the woman did not appear. Perhaps it is because Febreeze cleans out the air in the room? Does that mean ghosts are air pollution? Isn’t this some important discovery?

In any case, I posted this in the company’s bulletin board: “To all who are troubled by spirits, I advise you to spray some Febreeze”.

Which led to my becoming “The man who exorcised spirits with Febreeze”, and I became a little popular for a while.

“Since we used the theme of “supernatural encounters” in our previous game, maybe that ghost is trying to say “Let me appear in the game too~”?”

“Shall we make a game about exorcising spirits with Febreeze next? Like, “You have to use the Red Febreeze here~!” or something. Kidding.”

“That story is going to end with “But there was really a woman in my room!” right?” ←I didn’t deny this.

“You better get rid of it properly soon or it’ll come back after a while” ←I didn’t deny this too.”

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Febreeze is now amazing. It eliminates odors and bacteria, and now even does the exorcism for you too. Get your bottle today.