"E saber tudo, Beatrice, é perder tudo."
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And it's the creature's turn. In this movement, it grabs Orfeu… (rolling dice) [cracking, ripping noise] It breaks his neck. He stops— he screams desperately [EEEE], and falls, dead.
And Beatrice - the barrier opens. You start to remember. How much Paranormal Exposure do you have right now? (Triz: Uh… 20.) 25 now.
You see yourself. You're not Marked yet. It's the 12th of February 2011. You see a notice in the paper - Arnaldo Fritz, a famous actor, died in a plane accident. This was the man that had been in the orphanage. You ask your mother about him. She seems to dodge the question and avoid answering. (30% Paranormal Exposure.)
The years pass, and you start to notice that Clara is hiding something. You were always very curious, and started to become old enough to notice that she was taking too many "work trips" to just be an ordinary florist. You broke into her room, and you finally found - (40% Paranormal Exposure.) You found a drawer with a moon symbol that she always kept locked. You saw where she was hiding the key for this drawer this time, and decided to open it. You found numerous confidential documents from some kind of secret organisation of paranormal hunters, Ordo Veritatis. Your mother was leading a double life as an agent. She seemed especially interested in the case of the disappearance of Arnaldo Fritz, an old mentor and friend of hers. (50% Paranormal Exposure.)
Your own mother was lying and hiding something from you your whole life. You were furious, confused. You needed to understand more. You needed to know more. The documents had a place of interest that was mysteriously marked. St. Menefreda Orphanage, the orphanage where you grew up. There were various reports about a fire that happened there on the 11th of February 2009, one day before the death of Arnaldo Fritz - one day before it'd been reported to the police. She seemed to be looking for answers, and you also wanted them. You couldn't hold yourself back, you needed to know.
You start to see the memory of you arriving at the destroyed orphanage in 2017. Completely dark, just with a bicycle and a flashlight in this city to know what was happening. Entering the orphanage, you met various orphans that had never abandoned this place, even after the fire. All of them had simple clothing, lived in the dark and were full of tattoos. And one stood out amidst them. You remember him as Leonardo Gomez. He walks in your direction with a smile.
(70%. You see tattoos of text starting to appear on Beatrice's hands and neck.)
"Welcome back, Lilian," he says to you. "I see you came to the orphanage seeking knowledge. Know that you've arrived in the right place."
(You see the tattoos taking over Beatrice's entire body, including her face. 80% Paranormal Exposure.)
You ask, what's going on? What happened with Arnaldo Fritz, who was your mother, what was this Order? He answers calmly, taking you to the orphanage. He says: "Gal, take Lilian to the Deconjuration Room. She needs to know."
(90%. You see Beatrice's skin becoming thin and full of text, the eyes with a whitish tone.)
You see yourself, Beatrice, tied to a tattoo chair, a room full of texts around you. There's creatures, you know now they're Existidos, that surround you, and you're tattooed with horror stories and words of fear. You felt completely connected to the Other Side. You could feel all the knowledge, all the power, all the truth of the Other Side entering your mind. One specific answer starts to appear - the truth. The truth that was hidden within you. A truth so terrible, so terrifying, that it made Clara, your mother, surrender herself when she finally found you and saw what you had become. A truth so horrible that it forced your mother to give herself up to the Escriptas just to learn a ritual to be able to block this memory in your head, to be able to block this knowledge.
But… that block doesn't exist anymore. Orfeu is dead. The ritual was broken, and the door was opened. You remember everything. And to know everything, Beatrice, is to lose everything. And you know.
100% Paranormal Exposure. You no longer exist.
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