The way Rosa acted was not really her fault. She never wanted to hit Maria. But it seemed so commonplace to her. She just had little fits, just like a normal person. Except hers involved the abuse of a young child. She wasn't mentally ill, at least not in anyway the doctors could identify. But there was a time, when Maria was only a baby…

"M'am, would you like a ticket?"
Rosa Ushiromiya, in the midst of grocery shopping with a baby who was scarcely a year old, turned around. An older woman gestured out with a ticket.
"What's it for?"
The woman smiled knowingly, "It's a ticket for a contest. For an all expense-paid trip to the town of Hinamizawa."
"Well, I don't really have time to be going off on trips… I have a baby…"
The woman just chuckled and brought out a brochure. The cover was a beautiful picture, taken from high up, over the town. Rosa stopped.
"Oh, it is pretty… and I do need a break…"
"C'mon, just enter…"
And against her instincts, Rosa purchased a ticket.

Rosa had just put Maria to bed and was looking forward to some rest. Suddenly, the phone rang and Maria began to cry.
Picking Maria and the phone, Rosa answered the call.
"Hello?" she said, through clenched teeth.
"Hi, Ushiromiya-san? You've won the drawing for the trip to Hinamizawa."
Rosa looked from her cramped home, to her sobbing baby, to her worn out face in the mirror.
"Thank you. This is exactly what I need."

Everything about Hinamizawa was lovely. The air was fresher then that in the city, the town was close-knit, and best of all, Rosa was in a carefree world. The locals were all friendly, and were sad to see her go by the end of the week. On the train back, Rosa reflected that something was… wrong. She felt… Angry? Paranoid? Upset? She brushed it off as sadness for leaving and carried on with her life.

A few weeks later, Maria was sobbing uncontrollably. Rosa turned, furiously.
"WONT YOU JUST SHUT UP?" she screamed, and promptly slapped her daughter on the face. She stepped back, horrified. What kind of monster was she?

It wasn't Rosa's fault.
She was simply…

Level Five.