No joke or romance, don't ignore the letter (Blood)

You recently received a letter from your best friend, who died a bit ago. He tells you that he "can't wait to see you again" and to "come to the town of Silent Hill to meet up."

Irene: *whispers* I t-thought he d-died... I'd b-better go.

Pyramid Head grabs Noah and throws him out the window

Irene: *snaps her fingers, making Noah land safely on the ground*

Noah lands safely on the ground. There's shards of glass in his clothes and one stuck in his upper arm

"Ahhh... F**k..."

Irene: *calls to you* Sorry!! *to Pyramid Head* Just you and me now, Clunker.

Pyramid Head stares you down as he keeps approaching

Irene: *stands her ground*

Pyramid Head grabs you by the neck and starts choking you

Irene: *laughs* Oh Ben....

Your vision starts to go dark

Irene: *smiles* You were a good friend, Ben...

You open your eyes and see Noah standing in front of you, with Pyramid Head's knife through his body

Irene: NOAH!!!

Noah's body goes limp as Pyramid Head Rios the knife from him

Irene: *cries* Noah!!

Pyramid Head then looks at you. You have to run and hide

Irene: *visibly pissed* Y̷͔͙̯̔o̵̰̱̪͕̱̿͘ű̷̘̬͎̀̈ ̸̣̓̍̔̉á̶̡̲̥̆̄͝ͅr̶͈̹̖̄e̷̘̅̓ ̴͓̇̈́͆̄ǧ̴͎̟͗͝͝ȍ̷̬͙į̷̺̻̐n̷̨̮͔͒̅̉̀̅͑ǵ̵̩̗̜̳̙͉̎ ̷̭̼̪͔͇͒̉͝t̶͎̦̖̠͊̑͗͌͗́ȏ̷̢̤͔̳̥̈́ ̷͈̯̏̉̊̐͘ȓ̵̟̻̦̖͋ḛ̴̱̼̂g̵̳̤̪̣̠̝͋̒͌ṙ̸̨͖͖ę̴̭̙̌͆̂̒̓͠t̴͕̺̞̤͗ ̵̺̫͎̗͙̓t̵̙̪͗͊͆h̴͈͓̮́̿́ͅa̷̰͌̌ț̸̬͕̖̣̤̌.̶͕̪̟̻̪͎̏̊͝

(Does that say 'you're gonna regret that'?)

Pyramid Head grabs you by the neck

(Yup.)

Irene: *shouts* S̴̫̝͆H̵͈͑͛͠Ä̸̼̻̥̙́̑̈́͂͗̚D̶̩͈̩̻̥̀͘̕͘͜͠͝Ḛ̴͂̿̚!̸̗̔̃̄̚͠!̶̠̣̒̅̏̀ ̴̼̇͂̽͝͠N̶̙̘͈̞̜͛̐̈͐Ȏ̷̜̻͂W̴͍̲̲̩̱̌̽͊̌̕ͅ!̶̲͓͉̬̋̿

Pyramid Head slams you against the wall

Shadene: *breaks Pyramid's arm*

"Are you f**king insane?!"

Irene: *shouts at you* YOU HURT ME! BEN PROTECTS ME!

"I'm trying to help you! That thing isn't Ben!"

Irene: *shouts at you* YOU'RE WRONG!! *runs into Pyramid Head* Ben! Please help me!!

Pyramid Head looks down at you

Irene: *still in her experimented form, crying golden tears* Ben please!

Pyramid Head aims his great knife at you

Irene: *gently shakes her head* Benji please. It's me Irene.

Pyramid goes to thrust his great knife into your chest. You close your eyes and brace for impact, but suddenly you feel yourself getting pushed to the floor

Irene: *quietly* Benji?

"I'm sorry.. I didn't mean for this to happen.."

Irene: I-it's o-ok-okay...

"... We gotta get outta here..."

Irene: I'll make a distraction...

"You sure?"

Irene: *nods*

".. Be careful.."

Irene: I will.

"..."

Irene: *comes out of hiding, shouting* OI! CLUNKER! COME AN' GET ME!!

Pyramid Head doesn't even flinch. He just swings his knife at you

Shade: Ȩ̶̪̞͎͊̐͛͒́͘Ņ̴̲̰̺̹́̊͝O̵͎̭̎́́̾̾̚Ù̸̳͛̕Ğ̴͜H̸̨̛̼͑̌ ̸̡̪̙̎̑̓P̷̛͕͓͊͋̚Y̶̲̰̎Ṛ̶̬̞͓̬̱͗̕A̷̱͋̾̂͠M̵̖͙̅̾̐̀I̶̯͙͊̓̑̎D̷̢̡̗̙̪̋͊̈́̒͐͜ ̷̦͕̝̹̊̃͑̀͌ͅH̷̺́̊Ę̶̰̩͈̝͋̂̀Ȃ̵͖͙̮̬̘͝D̴̫̦̺̪̘̈́́͜!̵̻̯͉̀̓̽͌̕!̵̧̖͉̭́̚

Pyramid Head grabs your head and throws you out the window

Shade: *unfurls their wings*

Pyramid Head grabs Noah's body and throws it out the window

Shade: *catches him* Ḯ̶̬̠̪̿́̆ ̵̼͚̻̳̍W̵̹̲̅́͊͑̍I̴͎̜̐͐L̸̖̀͌Ĺ̷̙́̌͐̐ ̷̩̃̄͒̆͜K̸̡̧̻͕̋̚Í̸̙͎̜͙̳̽L̴͚̂͆̅̋͘L̷͚͉̏ ̵͍͈̮̭̀̾͜ͅY̴͈̲̲̩͎̐͛͂͐̕͜͠Ȍ̵̢̹̦U̴̓̊̂͜͠ ̵̨̩̻͔̌F̴̡̦̰̼̩̗̈̀̕Ö̴̘͙̱̗́̀̎́Ȑ̴͇̝̐͜ ̷̛͈͜T̵̹͉͙̓͗Ḧ̸̭͒̆́̀̚Å̴͓̟̰̀̓̾̆ͅT̷͓͇̘̰̙̐͑!̴͙̹̬̪̃

Pyramid Head aims his knife at you

Shade: *snarls*

Suddenly, you hear a distant tornado siren in the distance

Shade: *smiles* G̷̝͖̰͕̀̅̌ö̷͇̻́̇̓̉o̷͓̳̞̮̿̽͑̈́̒d̶͓̾̈͊̂̂ ̴̯͓̝͔̎̿͒͌r̵̻͖̀͗͂̓͜i̴̧̳̳̼͊̾d̸̨̫̙̼̭͂̓̈́ḏ̴̦̖͖̆͋̋a̵̱̠̳͉̿̇̽͗̊̕ń̷̢̼̪͕͍̭ç̵̳̘͖̣̈͗̇͘e̴̹̟͠!̸̜̺͙̞͝ͅ!̷̧̟̬̠͔̀̉ ̵̜̲͎̲̉̌͛͝

Pyramid Head is gone

Shade: G̷̝͖̰͕̀̅̌ö̷͇̻́̇̓̉o̷͓̳̞̮̿̽͑̈́̒d̶͓̾̈͊̂̂ ̴̯͓̝͔̎̿͒͌r̵̻͖̀͗͂̓͜i̴̧̳̳̼͊̾d̸̨̫̙̼̭͂̓̈́ḏ̴̦̖͖̆͋̋a̵̱̠̳͉̿̇̽͗̊̕ń̷̢̼̪͕͍̭ç̵̳̘͖̣̈͗̇͘e̴̹̟͠!̸̜̺͙̞͝ͅ!̷̧̟̬̠͔̀̉ ̵̜̲͎̲̉̌͛͝

The town around you is filled with a very thick fog

Shade: *snorts*

The fog around you takes on a red tint

Shade: *starts to heal Noah*

Noah opens his eyes

"No wait-! Uh.. What?"

Shade: Shush.

".. Who are you..?"

Shade: I'm Shade, but I'm also Irene.

"You have a dragon???"

Irene: *nods* She comes to me when I'm in danger.

"Loyal."

Irene: *nods*

"Does she fly you away or protect you?"

Irene: Both.

"Nice."

Irene: Lily will take you and me out of here.

"That's grea-.. Wait.."

Irene: *softly laughs* You heard me.

You travel your way to the town, and you are eventually met by a green sign that says "Welcome to Silent Hill"

Irene: Whelp here I am.

You look around, but you don't see anyone. The town is deserted

Irene: The hell?!

You see someone walk out of a building. The man is wearing a black unzipped jacket and blue jeans. He has messy black hair and he's holding a wrinkled paper. He takes notice of you

"Hm? Oh, hey!"

Irene: Hi?

"My name is Noah. What's yours?"

Irene: Irene.

"Nice name. So what brings you to Silent Hill?"

Irene: I received a note telling me to come here.

"Hey.. If you help me, I can help you.."

Irene: Deal.

"James usually hung around by the railing overlooking a forest."

Irene: Huh. I was just there.

"Oh really?"

Irene: Yeah. I wandered around for a bit before I saw you.

"Yeah.. This place is creepy.. With the fog and everything.."

Irene: I agree!

"Should we check the railing?"

Irene: *nods*

"... Irene...?"

Shade: *nods*

".. You saved me.."

Shade: Of course!

"..I.. Thank you.."

Shade: *nods*

"..I'm sorry..."

Shadene: For what?

"Everything.."

Irene: *smiles*

Conner: "...Ben.."

Irene: Mhm.

".. He was here a bit ago.."

Irene: Seriously?!

Conner: "Yeah. He was with a blonde guy in a brown jacket."

Noah: "James!"

Irene: *smiles*

Noah: "Which way did they go??"

Conner points to an abandoned school

Irene: *runs off in that direction*

Noah runs after

Irene: *is at the school*

Pyramid Head just keeps walking towards you. Noah suddenly grabs your hand and runs with you upstairs

Irene: Woah! Noah?

Noah hides with you

"That thing can't be Ben.. It's inhuman..! It's-! It's a monster!"

Irene: *reveals that she'd been experimented on* Looks aren't everything.

"Oh-!"

Irene: *calls out again* Ben?

Noah goes to say something but stops himself

Irene: Ben?

You hear pounding footsteps outside the room

Irene: *cries out* BEN!

"Oh, really? I did too!"

Irene: Weird huh.

"Why did they ask us here, though? This place is deserted.."

Irene: No clue.

"Weird.. My friend told me to meet him here as well, but I thought he died.."

Irene: Same here.

"What's your friend's name?"

Your friend's name is Ben

Irene: Ben.

"Okay.. My friend's name is James. James Sunderland."

Irene: Ah.

A giant blade bursts through the door

Irene: BEN!

Noah holds you back and covers your mouth

"Wait-!"

Irene: *muffled*

"Shh.."

Irene: *bites his hand*

"Ah-! Sonofa-!"

Irene: *shoves the door open* BEN!

"Wait-!"

Noah hesitates again, then chases after you

Irene: *shouts* BEN HELP ME!!!

Noah looks also

Irene: *a dark figure approaches*

"What's that?"

Irene: Lily...

"Who?"

Irene: Lily, my dragon.

"Your... What?"

Irene: My Dragon.

"......... Your... Dragon??"

Irene: *nods*

"Hh!"

Irene: *shouts again and runs*

Noah winces and runs after

Irene: *antagonizes the being*

The Pyramid Head chases after you

Irene: *shouts to you* RUN!!

Noah charges after you

Irene: WOOOO!! NOW THIS IS FUN!! COME AN' GET ME YA CLUNCKA!!

Noah looks at you like you're insane

Irene: *grins and laughs*

You and Noah head to the railing (the place in the cover image) and don't find James or Ben

Irene: Huh?!

"Wait, he should be here.."

Irene: *points to a figure* Who's that?!

You see someone standing by the railing, it's not Ben. He turns around and looks at you blankly

Irene: The hell?!

The man speaks up

???: "..Hello there."

Irene: Hi? What are you doing here?

???: ".. Looking at the cliff side.."

Irene: Why? Oh also my name's Irene.

"..I was tired of being a coward.."

Irene: You were never a coward.

".. Thanks.."

Irene: *softly lands on the ground* Anytime my friend.

Noah stands up

"Ahh, my stomach.. I can still feel it.."

Irene: *nods*

".. Thank you again.."

Irene: Anytime my friend.

"I'm startn'ta think this is all pointless."

Irene: *shakes her head*

You feel yourself being thrown before you black out. When you wake up, you're outside the school with Noah next to you

Irene: Hm... Well that was interesting...

"Yeah.."

Irene: I think that was Ben...

"It couldn't be.."

Irene: It is. I caught a glimpse of him. Something happened to him in there... I have to go back!!

"..Then I'm coming with."

Irene: *gives you a hug* Thank you.

".. Let's go.."

Irene: *goes towards the school*

"... You go."

Irene: Not without you!

"I can't leave without James."

Irene: Lily will find him.

"She can?"

Irene: *nods*

"Oh.. That's good!"

Noah follows

Irene: *shushes you and points, whispering* There he is.

Pyramid Head stands at the end of the hall

Irene: *softly calls* Ben?

Pyramid Head turns toward you

Irene: Ben?

Noah grimaces

Irene: Ben, it's me Irene.

Pyramid Head slowly walks toward you

Irene: *a single gold tear falls* Ben please remember!

???: "... My name is Conner."

Noah: "My name is Noah."

Irene: Why are you looking at the cliff side?

Conner: "... Nothing else to look at.."

Irene: True. Have you seen anyone else around here?

Conner: ".. No.."

Irene: Huh.

Conner: "...Who are you looking for..?"

Irene: My friend.

Conner: "What's their name?"

Irene: Ben.

Noah heads inside

Irene: *shouts* BEN?!

Noah runs after. You don't see anything, but what you do hear is metal scraping against the floor

Irene: *calls out* BEN?

Noah taps your shoulder and points down a hallway. You look down the hallway and see a very tall man. He does have a shirt on, but he has a long, blood-stained robe around his waist. He drags behind him a massive knife, which making the metal sound. His most defining feature is the large, metal pyramid helmet on his head. It's what makes him so tall

hello there

Irene: B-Ben?!

Noah grabs you and runs with you to the third floors hiding in a classroom

Irene: *cries*

Noah shushes you

"Shh-shh-shh...'

Irene: *quietly cries*

".. What if he really is dead?"

Irene: *a tear falls*

".. I'm scared to find out.."

Irene: *starts to cry*

"... Maybe this is all pointless..."

Irene: *nods, crying*

'... Damnit..."

Irene: *hears a noise*

"... What was that?"

Irene: *looks towards the sky*