story of the witch // 魔女の物語

α - distress

350,000 years ago...

On the 8th of July, 9 in the evening, a baby girl was born. The baby's name was Senko Akumoto　｟悪本戦子｠. The baby looked like any other baby, however.. she had weird wrinkles under her eyes. As time passed and the girl grew up, the wrinkles never disappeared, and her hair was always unkempt and messy.

In her home, she had to go through 16 years of physical, mental and emotional abuse and never tended to herself. She'd hated herself for being so weak, and her face became hollow.

On the 26th of July, 17 years later, the teenager fled from her house into the dark forests to the south. Time passed, and each hour became days, then weeks, then months. The girl grew weaker and weaker with each passing hour. That was until she saw a strange light and felt an ethereal, overwhelming presence. Senko went to the light and entered it, becoming totally engulfed in it.

She instantly fell to the grass and rocks on the ground and screamed in absolute pain. Her body felt everything from her melting skin, frying flesh and muscle, and exploding eyes.. then.. she woke up.

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It was now autumn, the 16th of December.

Senko was still in the forest, still in the same spot. She was completely naked, confused, and cold, then she took a look around the forest.

"What.. happened?" She asked herself.

Her question echoed in her head, then it was somewhat answered when she saw nothing but absolute horror.

Heads with petrified faces, dismembered bodies, organs, broken weapons and shattered bones were strewn across the forest, striking the girl with nothing but fear. She then lifted her hand to cover her mouth, but vomited on herself, crying.

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After what felt like hours of bawling, Senko wipes the odorous vomit off of her naked legs then stood up. As she readjusted, she took another look around the forest among the mess. During her skim of the forest, she saw what looked like a deep violet cloth resting on a tree, walking to it in curiosity. In doing so, she reached out and the cloth swiftly vanished into the woods, and the girl gave chase immediately.