“For these beings, fall is ever the normal season, the only weather, there be no choice beyond. Where do they come from? The dust. Where do they go? The grave. Does blood stir their veins? No: the night wind. What ticks in their head? The worm. What speaks from their mouth? The toad. What sees from their eye? The snake. What hears with their ear? The abyss between the stars. They sift the human storm for souls, eat flesh of reason, fill tombs with sinners. They frenzy forth….Such are the autumn people.”
Stories From Miraland - Love Nikki: Ghost Gathering [Part 1/3]
Adora [Part 1/2]
Ghost City [Part 1/2]
Note: I absolutely love this event, but it is one of Nikki's darker stories so please read with caution. If I miss a trigger please do not hesitate to let me know I don't want anyone to go in unaware. Also while I was looking for the story on this (I sadly don't own Underworld Lord) I did find someone had put the story together already, but I cant find the blog so they have deactivated, you can find the web archive here and the wiki interpretation of that post here. I'm not sure I need to add a third interpretation so I'll just focus on the suits themselves.
Warnings for this part: murder
This is an old hell event and is still available in Wish Gate this part will focus on Miss Bone
Bone & Blood
Woke up from eternal sleep
Revived from silent darkness
The dusk shadow falls
I wear my nightgown
When fate withered
In the bone cage
A flower of evil blooms
Story:
In the night when moonlight is dim, the alley was full of shadows and scary, pointed things.
The boy wanted to hold her hand, but when he turned to reach for it, she happened to move aside, her white dress fluttering slightly.
Blushing, he pulled back his hand and smiled awkwardly at her.
"We'd better hurry up, this alley is dangerous."
"But why?" asked the girl, her voice as soft and sweet as sugar.
The boy knew he shouldn't tell her, as time was of the essence, but his love for her made him indulge in her curiosity.
Lowering his voice, he answered. "There are ghosts that inhabit this alley. They lurk in the shadows where the moonlight cannot reach, and eat all passers-by."
"Really?" she asked as she followed him. "Do you truly believe a ghost story?"
The boy turned to her and, with a solemn look, only said, "I'm willing to fight off any ghosts that come our way."
Hearing this valiant oath, the girl couldn't help but giggle sweetly, her face obscured by her open parasol.
"Adora…why is your parasol open so late at night?"
The girl realized this, and replied,
"Oh, I must have forgotten to fold it." Her voice crooned like a nightingale's. She folded her lace umbrella and let the moon shine upon her body and dress, giving off an eerie luminescence.
She's but a pale skeleton in a girl's dress. She reached out to touch the boy's face with her bony hand.
"You don't have to fight off any ghosts for little ol' me," the pleasant voice emanated from the rattling skeleton's jaw.
"Just close your eyes and be nice as I devour you where you stand!"
The city is still rife with stories of people being devoured by ghosts.
Adora's eyelids fluttered like a butterfly poised to take off.
The officers could only send more men to protect her, as suitors of all kinds approached her. Young men displayed their weapons and martial prowess before her, while wealthy businessmen offered her expensive gifts of rose bouquets and jewelry. Poets and other scholars penned long and beautiful poems in her name, day and night, waxing lyrical of her beauty and their affection for her.
"Don't be afraid. Even without weapons or armor, I will protect you with my body."
A timid smile appeared on her face.
"I trust you."
Adora didn't know how to refuse any of them, so they all believed themselves to be the closest to winning her heart.
She was like a beautiful, dew-covered gardenia in bloom, one that needed tender and constant care. Everyone was so enamored by her beauty; they chased her like chasing the only ray of moonlight in the dark.
Everyone has a girl of their dreams, she was that girl for them. Slender and delicate, but unbendingly strong-willed even in the face of unknown terrors.
Once, when a young man was escorting her home, he disappeared in an alley and was never seen again.
All that was left of him to bury were his clothes, mysteriously left behind.
As she laid some lilies upon his tomb, she clasped her hands in prayer.
"I will find the murderer," she silently promised him.
A frail flower like her, looking into the darkness for the culprit; it was a heart-wrenching sight for any to behold. The exorcists came to her, one by one, assuring her of her safety so long as they were allowed to guard her.
A kind, young man brought her a stack of information; upon holding it up, a fragrant love letter addressed to Adora fell out of the stack.
Unfurrowing her brow, she smiled shyly.
Late at night, Adora picked up a pen and drew a gardenia on the map she was given, marking the largest house in the city: the famous Yoo's Mansion.
The young lady of Yoo's Mansion was a well-known philanthropist. She ran a charitable institution to house orphans and the poor. Everyone praised her kindness, but no one knew what really happened to the large number of people living inside its walls.
"It's strange."
Adora rotated her parasol in her hands as she sang a song on her way home, leaving the boy who brought her information behind in the shadows. The fresh, living blood flowing through her veins was full of love, putting her in a pleasant mood she hadn't felt before.
She may just meet her soon…the real lord of this city
….
One who is not living nor dead, one who doesn't age nor die. A master of all the underworld creatures…
Miss Stich, lady of Yoo's Mansion.
The full moon in the sky moves slowly, gradually changing the angle of the moonlight. Her parasol could not completely shield her from the light, and half of her face was exposed to the moon. It revealed the original, skeletal form just beneath her fresh, youthful skin.
Adora had suddenly decided to make friends with Lady Stich. She found a shabby ragdoll on the street and set herself to mending it. Sewing the bones, injecting it with blood, and sealing its soul…
After the final stitch, the doll's mouth moved and began to sing a soundless tune.
Adora kissed the doll on its delicate cheek and carefully wrapped it up.
I pray that this gift allows us to meet in a dream-like wonderland.
For this is the only way I know to end your being.
Item Description Story:
The daytime set description tells the story of Adora, a girl who is beautiful and delicate. She does not know love and only wants to gain immortality so she can remain beautiful. She has many suitors but doesn't care for any of them. In the light she turns to her true form of bone so she only meets them carrying an umbrella. One day one of her suitors dies while walking her home, and Adora puts on a performance swearing to find the one who killed him. People search every corner and bring her information and clues and she thanks them all. After hearing about Miss Stich, she disappears on a rainy day and nobody remembers her, as if she had never existed.
The night version tells the story of how she remains young and beautiful by bathing in the blood of her lovers. The moonlight reveals her true form of bone, and she fears death. Upon hearing the story of the Underworld Lord, someone who has endless power and immortality, she decides to seek her out and kill her to gain the immortality for herself. She sees Lady Stich's past in a dream and how the people around her exploit her but banish her when it becomes too much for the frail girl to bear. She uses a mended doll with a finger bone in its belly to befriend the girl and kills her.
The plan works and Lady Stich's power and immortality belong to Adora, but Adora feels despair since she will never meet Stich again. She cries for the first time and visits her grave in the rain, telling Stich she is free from the nightmare.
I made a cosplay! It is Karuta from Ino x Boku Secret Service. I wish i had Miss Bone for this…
here is the story of why I am dumb and could have had Miss Bone since nearly a year ago. She would have been helpful in so many competitions :’(
So… Ghost Gathering hell event, I want to get to the third node (Miss Bone). I spent bunches and bunches of diamonds to get there. During the event at certain times, ghosts would visit you and sometimes give you a soul fire so on the last day i decided to wait to buy the last soul fire to see if a ghost will give me a soul fire so i can save like 30 diamonds! but that night i did not return to the game! to buy the last soul fire i needed! to get Miss Bone. one away.
anyways I’m hopeful that the event will return soon and I’ll finally get Miss Bone :’(
