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So, when I last wrote, I had gone to the Abyss to get a picture to unseal a door. I ran it through again, getting Tomoe at least once.

* Got into the doll room, grabbed items, took picture, battled Crawling Child/Girl. She is very small, she likes grabbing at your ankles, she can paralyze you with a scream. Took me abut 2-3 battles to get through her.
* After that, saved again because I was not repeating that battle, dangit.
* Outside to check out the other door that got unsealed with the picture from the doll room. Met Broken Neck. Who is actually kind of pretty. She also is pretty easy to get in an open space as she doesn't teleport a lot and when she does, it isn't far. And she aims straight at you! Easy ghost. Took about three shots once I figured out that I should get off the porch to fight her.
* Somewhere along the way, met Bound Man, my only random ghost for night 1. This is a different, healthier version of the one Mafuyu battled in the intro.
* In the hallway, got one picture of Mr. Takamine and one picture of Tomoe. Tomoe lead me to the Fish Tank room. Which was annoying. This was battle #1 with Tomoe, and it took me several tries to get her. And she's very very fond of hiding in walls. Dangit. Got another picture while I was at it.
* Went back to get a needed item from the Abyss. I could have gotten it after encountering Takamine, but I decided to just get Tomoe out of the way.
* One picture of a hanging woman later, I made a stop at the Rubble Room and took five tries to get a picture of Blinded Woman. This was a vanishing ghost, not the hostile one.
* Went back, got to the area where I took a picture of Mr. Takamine, and ran across a floating head. Which tried to kill me. I killed it on the first try with two shots.
* Headed through the Fish Tank room. No ghosts this time. Got to go to backyard, saved game, reloaded film, took another picture of Mr. Takamine, tried to get a picture of a vanishing ghost, got another picture, upgraded my camera... and got Tomoe again. Aggh. She was the first one to make me use a Stone Mirror (one use item that refills the health bar if you get completely zapped). Fortunately, one was right near the well that I had passed.
* Down the path due to a clue from Tomoe. Headed down to a semi-hidden door to a pathway up to a shrine. After getting a hidden ghost and failing at a vanishing one, headed up to solve a puzzle and get into the shrine.
* Grabbed an item and got into a fight with Mr. Takamine. He is actually easier than his assistant! Had to do it three times because I forgot to save the first time and died the second time. Third time some damage (he jumped and I wasn't expecting that), but otherwise easy kill.
* Picked up an item that Takamine had left information on, went upstairs, solved another puzzle, got a needed object, and then had a mandatory, mostly-deadly encounter with Kirie (main ghost). End of night one. Saved third time. Onto night two!
* Tried a little of night two (picked up items from Doll Room, went back to Rubble Room, found the piece I needed to get was where I battled Tomoe the second time, and encountered Blinded Woman, who killed me). Will try again soon, but am probably giving things a break for a few days.