Rule of Rose Mysteries

Throughout the entire Rule of Rose game, Wendy is the only human that we ever see sitting upon the dual throne-chairs of the Red Crayon Aristocracy. Other than Wendy, we only see two dolls sitting on these throne-chairs: the Joshua-the-bear doll and “The Little Princess” doll. In the First Class Guest Sector of the airship, there is a chart depicting “The Red Crayon Royalty” with these two dolls drawn at the top and labeled respectively as “The Bear Prince” and “The Red Rose Princess”. I propose that both of these dolls represent Wendy in her respective roles as the Prince and the Princess.

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I see three possibilities for the identity of the “Joshua” of the shared diary of J and W:

(1) “Joshua” is actually Wendy herself, as the alter-ego of her split-personality.
(2) “Joshua” is actually Jennifer.
(3) “Joshua” is the original and genuine Joshua Wilson.

Lets look at each of these possibilities as they relate to the question:

Why a shared diary?
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The similarity of the pictures above, of Wendy and “Joshua” together, should be obvious to everybody.

The top picture shows a drawing that can only be found in the sickroom of the airship during the “Rag Princess Sews” chapter of Rule of Rose.

The picture below that is from the shared diary of J and W, provided to us by comment-maker Pennywise who obtained it from the game-disc using Codebreaker. This shared diary is not seen during game-play.

In my previous blog-post, Wendy’s Drawings (Part 3): Wendy and Joshua, which was written before the shared diary was known to me, I proposed three possibilities:

(1) The “Joshua” drawn by Wendy is actually Jennifer.
(2) The “Joshua” drawn by Wendy is actually Wendy herself, as the alter-ego of her split-personality.
(3) The “Joshua” drawn by Wendy is the original and genuine Joshua Wilson.

In upcoming blog-posts, I will argue the best case that I can for each of these possibilities (as relates to the drawings above).
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What do you think the text of this May 8 page of the diary says?

Offer your suggestions in the comments.

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The text of the May 8 entry is very difficult to read. So I thought it might be a good idea to temporarily skip over it and go directly to the May 9 entry of the shared diary in hope that an understanding of the May 9 entry might help us to read the May 8 entry when we come back to it.

As I think that the drawing found on the page of the May 8 entry might relate to the text of the May 9 entry, I have included that drawing above.

I propose that the text of the May 9 entry reads:

May 9

Please, Oh please,
may they guide us true!

W

I think that sense may be made of this reading of the text by referring to the May 8 drawing. In that drawing we see some sort of trail of black dots extending from the rose garden to some labeled thing(s) that is(are) red colored. Can you read (or make a guess at the reading of) the label?

At any rate, I think that it might be whatever-it-is-that-the-black-dots-represent that W hopes will guide them (W and J) true so that they will successfully reach (or find) the labeled thing(s). Or perhaps help them (W and J) to go successfully from the labeled thing(s) to the garden at night?
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I propose that the text of this page reads:

May 7

Our own secret flower garden, hidden behind the gingerbread house.

W

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I propose that the text of this page reads:

May 6

After everyone’s asleep,
walk out into the moonlight
and meet me behind the gingerbread house.

J

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I propose that the text of this page reads:

May 5

Let’s play together again in secret.
W

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I propose that the text of the left page reads:

May 4

My name is Joshua.
You have freed me from my curse.
I am no longer a bear.
And so I shall be your faithful servant.

The accompanying picture is of a “Joshua” who, previously shown as a bear in the May 1 entry, and having received a “magic kiss” from the May 2 entry, now has magically transformed—with a burst of radiant energy—into human form. This event is reminiscent of the fairy tale in which a prince, who had been cursed into frog-form, has that magical spell broken when he receives a kiss from a princess.

I propose that the text of the right page is:

Now, let me kiss you back.
J

The most uncertain word, in my opinion, is the word “curse“, on the left page, which I came up with mostly from the context of the fairy tale role-play between W and J.

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For these pages I propose that the text reads:

May 2

My name is Joshua.
I shall be your faithful servant.
You need only give me a kiss.
J

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May 3

Yes, I shall give you a magic kiss.
W

The line by J, written on the page dated May 2, “My name is Joshua,” appears to be an answer to the request from W, written on the page dated May 1, “(Do) tell me your name.”

There is a drawing of Joshua the bear as part of the May 2 entry, and a drawing of kissing lips (like a lipstick kiss-mark) as part of the May 3 entry.
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