Author's Note: Happy birthday to our stoic actor idol, Heiwajima Kasuka. This was another idea from a Facebook save. One about a forest so haunted that people can hear screaming coming from it during the daytime. Poor Kasuka. He couldn't seem to get away from the Deity of Pleasure. Not even it in his mind. Still, what is it about this forest that has his abuser so spooked? You are going to have to stick around and see. The next birthday up is going to be my son, Mikado. I already know what I am going to do for him. Until then, enjoy this latest vision.

VI: Forest:

Kasuka

This is how I escape them. They keep hollowing me out. I don't know how much more I can take. I can only escape in my mind.

It's not bad out here. I'm just alone in the woods. It's the one place where I know that they can't follow me. But lately, something isn't right. It's quiet here.

Too quiet.

I looked down the endless road in front of me. Has that always been there? The longer I stare at it, the more a sense of dread fills me. No. This shouldn't be here. Where did this road come from?

Something is calling me to walk down that road. Where does it lead? Before I knew it, I started walking toward that road. The sunlight in the sky seemed to light up the trees on either side of that road. In a way, it felt like it was singing to me to come closer. I could almost hear it.

Come closer. Come closer.

I couldn't take my eyes off that dark road. There was no end that I could see. What was it hiding?

That's when I heard the screaming. I froze. That sounded like someone was in pain. I could still feel the road drawing me in closer. However, the screaming was telling me to stay away. I couldn't move. I didn't know what to do.

Suddenly, I felt their nails caressing down my back. Don't tell me… I looked behind me but there was nothing there. How did they follow me all the way here?

I can see inside your mind. Did you think that you could escape from me?

I couldn't see them but I could feel them behind me. I shut my eyes. I pictured their fingers slowly brushing down my back. I wanted to yell at them to stop touching me. My lips stayed fastened shut. Somehow, they managed to keep me quiet. I still didn't know how their powers worked.

Mmm. So this is where you end up when we make love.

"What is this road?" I asked.

Hm?

My body wouldn't move. Not even when I heard the screaming again. Their hand paused on my back. Please stop touching me.

Oh. The screams of the damned.

"What?"

How did you get to this place? Who sent you here?

There was a hint of fear in their voice. They sounded unsettled after hearing that screaming. I looked behind me again. I couldn't see them, but I knew that they were frowning as they were trying to put it together. I could hear them chuckling.

"What did you mean?" I asked.

Hm?

"What did you mean by who sent me here?" I asked. They didn't answer me. Instead, I felt their arms wrap around my waist. My abuser tried to pull me back when we heard the screaming again. They let go of me and backed away. I took another look behind me. This time, my abuser was really gone. I turned back to the road in front of me.

What had them so panicked down there?