Change is something that is always scary, it doesn't matter if you are a kid changing schools or a woman trapped inside a nightmarish realm.

So when, after a totally normal trial, you find yourself not in the comfort of the bonfire, surrounded by your friends and comrades, but instead in a dense forest, you would understandably be on edge, not knowing what would befall you.

Yes, death was something that you had already gotten used to, but it still didn't make it more pleasant than the first time.

As you ponder what will happen next, you begin hearing footsteps coming near you, a sweet but unsure voice coming from that direction

"H-hello? Is anyone here? P-please come out guys, this isn't funny anymore!"

You perk up as you hear the voice of a young woman, already feeling more secure now that you had someone to be with in this situation

"Hey! Over here! Come this way!"

You shout as you're able to hear the steps getting quicker as the girl emerges from behind the trees. She was wearing a dark green hoodie with black stockings. She is quite clearly self conscious, by the way she holds her right arm

"Its good to see another person here, I feel like I was roaming there alone for ages."

She says while looking around. The way she said that was quite weird, she was quite clearly stuttering when she was looking for someone, but now she didn't stutter at all while talking with you. But the most curious thing about what she said just now was *how* she said it, almost like a delivery you would see in a play.

"I... well..."

You searched for words to explain to her what the future holds for her now, an endless cycle of death and suffering in the hands of unstoppable killers.

She tilts her head to the side while looking at you, a smile of endearment slowly appearing in her delicate face, accompanied by a soft giggle.

If this was a normal situation, you would be happy that the person in front of you is able to smile so brightly, but this wasn't a normal situation, she wouldn't last a single trial like this, her frame was obviously skinny and fragile. She was going to break the moment she stepped on a trial grounds.

"Look... there is something I need to tell you"

You say as you gesture her to follow you. As you're walking with her you explain to her how this world works, how she will die, over and over again, by the hands of bloodthirsty killers.

"I know it's a lot to take in, but the sooner you accept that we can't scape the better"

You weren't sugar coating it, she needed to learn what it will take to not die from now on. She falls silent while looking at your face, it's a lot to take in so you don't blame her for being speechless.

After what feels like hours of walking aimlessly with the girl as a silent companion you find what appears to be a lodge, it seems like a construction made by that thing, so you want to avoid going in there.

As you look around for a new path for you and your new friend to take, you begin hearing that sound, the sound that haunts your dreams since the first trial you found yourself in.

"W-we need to move"

You turn to the girls beside you, holding her hand and trying to pull her towards the old building. She got startled from your sudden shift in demeanor and does not go along with your motion. Despite the fact you've gotten quite a lot stronger from all the exercises you had gone through since you got here, you were unable to make her budge an inch from where she was, it felt like you were trying to move a solid wall.

After her confusion clears she nods to you and goes towards the abandoned lodge. You find a hiding spot and motions her to come hide with you.

She stands right next to you, as the heart beat comes closer and closer. You hear the footsteps of the killer as they enter the building, soon enough you see their shape peering down on you and your friend. In a burst of adrenaline you hug the girl to put your body between her and the killer, you know its useless, but you wouldn't be able to face her again if you didn't at least try to save her.

You close your eyes, waiting for the hit that its surely coming, but when you open your eyes again the killer is not there anymore, they heartbeat still is present, telling you the killer is very close, but you can't find them anywhere.

"Hey, are you okay?"

You ask the girl as she was hanging her head low, apparently feeling sick from having her first killer encounter.

But as you touch her shoulder her head shoots up, revealing a mask made of metal and wires instead of that warm face from earlier.

Before you can even register that she was one of the killers you have face many times, someone hits your head from behind, making you black out.