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[blooming_resonance]

Sakuya Haibara shared a photo. 04/01 near Recolle

You know, I was starting to feel a little left out of everyone else having strange hallucinations about things they never think they did, but then I received a photograph. The note stated it was me in the photo, but as you can tell, that's a little difficult to tell, and I've no idea who that girl is, either; it's not me as a child, that is for sure. More curious is the date says '1970' - that's before I was born. It didn't trigger any kind of hallucination either, so perhaps it was delivered to the wrong place? If it is someone else's, I would be happy to forward it to your address if necessary. Otherwise, I think it may be going in a box. It's kind of creepy.

Comments

[frostythehitman]

It looks like a threat. Or a warning.

Retrospec is either telling you they're gonna do something to you, or that something else is going to. Which one is worse depends on how you look at it.

[blooming_resonance]

A threat, huh? I guess that's the most ominous way to take the face being erased. I thought it was just a sign of wear, or someone smudged it while it was developing by touching it where they weren't supposed to.

What's most curious is the date of 1970. Is someone planning on traveling back through time to wipe my face out before I was even born?

[frostythehitman]

Who cares what year it is, they probably just fished some random photo out of a box at some creepy junk shop and decided to use that to send you the message.

[caelestialis]

Have you considered photo restoration? It looks like the photo is in pretty rough shape but technology has gone a long way. It could help you glean more details about who owns this photos and who the two are.

[blooming_resonance]

Perhaps, but the damage looks like it's on the picture itself - this is an actual photo and not like a photocopy. Like it got smudged in development or something? It may be worth looking into to see who the girl might be, or where it's at, though. It almost looks like some kind of old, overgrown manor with what looks like vines on the windows in the background?

... Except I get the most ominous feeling looking at it, and I'm not sure why.

[esperimental]

This is going to sound nuts but I've become weirdly convinced I was born earlier than I actually was.

But it's not enough to span decades, just a few years off, I don't know about your case.

[blooming_resonance]

Well, it's not quite ten years, but it's definitely before my mother would have even been pregnant with me.

But I'm old enough as it is, I don't think I particularly want to end up older than that!

[bold_in_deed]

I got an item recently and it didn't trigger a hallucination either. not very helpful, i know, but i thought i'd throw that out there.

that said: super creepy. was it that damaged when you received it?

[blooming_resonance]

I haven't had anything trigger a hallucination yet, in fact. I'm starting to think I never will have one.

But yes, it was this damaged when I first got it. It's not just old, either, it almost looks like it's the actual print film or the negative of the photograph was damaged and it developed this way.

[korekara]

the face 8(

im gonna have nightmares this is some haunted photo spiff
*spiff
**spiff????

heck i give up

[blooming_resonance]

And that's what makes me feel the most unsettled...

It's not like damage to the picture after it was developed. It was either a problem with the camera, or something that happened in development.

... Ah, I see the profanity 'filter' caught you, too. It is rather haunted looking, isn't it? The vines on the windows seem really ominous.

[appraiser]

i tried to run the image through one of those websites that adds years to a person's face, to see how the girl would look in 2017 and maybe you could find them
but it didn't turn out quite right :(
the only face it could find was a tree branch in the background.....
maybe you'll have better luck scanning in a higher quality photo?

[blooming_resonance]

Well, if I ever needed to find out how the wall looks twenty years later, I think I have a good base image.

[That is, of course, a joke.]

But perhaps. I resized it a little so it wasn't huge on everyone's screens when they bring up the post, but it's a normal 4x6 photo otherwise. I guess I could get the un-resized version and send it about.

... Or I could just put it in a box until later. Now that this post's up, maybe someone will recognize her later?

[voidedmemory]

It looks like maybe there was a flaw in the camera that took the photo?

That is the only reason I can think of for it to turn out this damaged.

It is quite unsettling though. Perhaps it would be for the best to put it somewhere safe. It looks like something you would find in a horror novel.

[blooming_resonance]

Hm, I thought perhaps the negative became damaged or something about the photo paper, but... I suppose it's anyone's guess as to what happened, but I do know it seems to be badly damaged there and you can't really reverse it.

And it is rather horror-movie-esque I think. I really am considering maybe leaving this post here in case someone recognizes the girl and just... tucking it away somewhere safe. In a closet or something.

[goen]

It should really go in a box. And then you should burn the box. (._.)

[ no one needs this creepy shit ]

[blooming_resonance]

Well, that may be a bit extreme, but tucking it away nicely into a little corner where no one has to look at it regularly is definitely on the plans. I'd hate to destroy it in case some sort of enterprising young soul with a stomach for odd pictures wants to investigate the one face you CAN see.

[rebellions]

what the bell
that shirt is creepy as duck

[Typing is hard with the stupid parental control auto correct stuff. Dammit.]

at least slap cw on that or something
there are kids out there

[Surely it's because he's thinking about the kids and not freaking out himself.]

[blooming_resonance]

[Also extremely amusing.]

It's certainly creepy, but is it really that bad? And I'm saying this as the one who is apparently supposed to be the woman that has the strange photo damage over her face.

[liberal_arts]

Creepy, to be sure, but oddly fascinating all the same. There is an aesthetic to it beyond simply its eeriness I think.

[blooming_resonance]

You think so? It looks very much like a simple portrait, but I suppose the lack of a face could add some kind of artistic flair to it in the form of mystery.

At least, that's how I'd phrase it if I was selling it at an auction.

[longwei2go]

im pretty sure this wins you a gold medal in the stalker olympics
holy shot


shot

oh what the heck

[blooming_resonance]

I suppose it can be newer than it says it is, but it definitely wins the stalker Olympics if it's actually a picture of me from before I was born.

And no, that's not anything like what my mother looked like, either.

[ghostories]

[ Yuuko's had her share of creepy memories, but at least hers didn't come with a creepy photo? Jeez.

There's no use in stating the obvious. But there's no point in joking around like she usually does, either. ]

has anyone offered to take it yet?

[blooming_resonance]

[This didn't even get the memory part, that's the worst bit.]

No, not yet. I suppose it's going into a box, then.

Not that I expect a random picture from apparently 1970 to catch much attention out of the 150 or so people I've seen here.