Dark Nights Wiki

## Dark Nights

Dark Nights is an otome visual novel created by Pinlin.[1]

You live in a small, peaceful village. Every day is the same as any other; boring. Right when you wish for something exciting to happen, strange things start to occur, stemming from the nearby forest. If that isn't enough, the locals have begun disappearing. At the same time you meet four mysterious guys. Will you discover the truth before becoming the next target?

**Rating:** 16+, for violence, (mild) blood and suggestive themes

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## Gallery

**Main Characters**
**Side Characters**LiojiIkuyaChainKaichiBlaceJaceRoyaRasumi

## Introduction

When you launch the game, you will be welcomed by the Dark Nights logo. Soon after, the game menu will appear, which will include a visual background, a soundtrack, and six options: start, load, setting, gallery, credit, and quit. Clicking start will take you to the beginning of the novel, where you can name the heroine. The opening will show up in the visual novel once completing the prologue, but it can also be viewed on YouTube by visiting the game developer's channel.

## Summary

At home, bored since every day is the same, Heroine (you) goes through an unending cycle of waking up, going to school, coming home, cooking meals, studying, and going to bed. On those days, she also goes for walks around the little village where she grew up. It's a beautiful village, but it's far too dull. Everyone knows everyone else, and there is nothing new to uncover.

During one of these seemingly unending days, everything appears to proceed in a different direction. The heroine goes about her usual routine while encountering four strange boys. On a rainy night, heroine goes for a walk around the village, pausing briefly to visit the abandoned mansion near the library. Her drenched clothes remind her that she has the rest of her life to explore, but not right now. As she walks away from the property, she notices something odd in one of the windows. She can't stop thinking about the mysterious figure at the window for the next few days.

Dozing off in class while thinking about it. She is awoken and discovers she has slept all day; furious at her friends for failing to wake her up, she wanders home. On the way, she becomes suspicious that she is being followed and tricks the stalker into revealing himself. This intrigues her since she is dissatisfied with the village. It turns out to be a boy from her school pleading with her to go on a date with him. She immediately puts him in his place.

She falls asleep after hitting her bed, exhausted by the events of the day. When she arrives at school the next morning, she is dragged on a fieldtrip into the adjacent forest, which, according to legend, is plagued by a demon. The forest demon is also supposed to be the reason for the recent disappearances. The heroine is intrigued and wants to learn the secrets of the forest, even if she is a sceptic. She invites her two friends Lioji and Ikuya to accompany her on her explorations. They sneak away from their group and stroll for a while. They split up as the heroine notices a cave. She's dismayed after walking in and finds nothing. When she turns around, she sees a man with crimson hair. He chides her and guarantees she never enters the forest again. He was gone as quickly as he came. She heads home, disappointed with her friends.

She recalls the mansion and returns at night to find a distraught man sitting on a fountain next to the building. When addressed, he is quite courteous yet appears glum. She returns home after a little trip around the building while chatting. A few days later, a newspaper reports that the number of individuals missing had increased. She's curious and wants to seek any leads or clues, but she's had zero luck so far. While walking through the park to clear her mind, a small boy approaches and requests for assistance in locating a haunted house. She questions him about why he wants to find a haunted house, but the boy flees, confused and desperate. She was on her way home when she noticed the boy passed out on the ground and went to help him. He awakens and appears befuddled once more. They converse briefly before parting.

She comes home to heaps of schoolwork, but she gives up and lies on her bed until she hears a knock at the window. It's a man attempting to persuade her to let him in; she ignores him and continues to her rest. When she returns to her room after scouring the house for him, she is surprised to find him reclining on her bed. She shouts at him to leave and threatens to call the cops, but he doesn't seem bothered. He requests to remain at her home. Shocked, she orders him to go and even tosses books at him to get him to do so.

The four guys she's met in the previous week have all created concerns in her mind. And it doesn't get any better when people go missing on a daily basis. She chooses to look into the most questionable person. When she discovers the man's and the village's secrets, her investigations take a turn for the worst. Some secrets cannot be disregarded, putting her life in grave peril. In this dilemma, she is left with nothing more than the strange guy and herself. Will she learn the cause of the missing people's reappearance, but only their bodies? What will she do when dread takes over her village? Throughout the game, you can take one of four alternative paths. Each piece contributes to the puzzle.