Mio was having a rough couple of days, not getting much sleep, doing poorly on a test, being late for all of her engagements, and generally feeling tired and stiff, to top it off she was having haunting nightmares lately. Tonight was especially bad, visions of a world of nothing but pure conflict, tons of people with what she could perceive as guns, guns a plenty actually, fighting to no end in what she assumed was deadly bulletstorm, she was afraid, afraid she was going to get caught in the crossfire, the most haunting thing of all, visions of a beautiful blonde woman in purple dress, laughing amidst the chaos, with an expression that screamed 'you're next...'
"AUGH?!" It was dawn, Mio had awoken, “What.. The hell?” She was confused, couldn’t remember a thing, but she took a moment to look around, she was on the ground, on grass, looking up, trees, lots and lots of trees. She was in a forest, a bamboo forest. “Where- Where am I?” With great pain Mio tried standing up, it hurt, it hurt like hell. She walked, despite the pain, it’s like her legs had been beaten and cut, but her body shown little signs of outward struggle, clearly she’d been attacked. They were heavily smashed and the tendons had been cut.
She crawled until she could find a large stick or branch to bear the pain, several minutes passed and she felt blood pooling into her shoes, she kept going though, trying to find anyone who could save her. A long time passed before far into the distance she saw a girl in a uniform very similar to hers, she wasn’t going anywhere, and she wasn’t a scarecrow, Mio tried so hard to get closer, it was agonizing but she went on. When she was finally within earshot she was able to say “Help me, please.” The girl turned to her and Mio collapsed on her feet.
