village of sen,country of Nechi
1672
there's a legend about a lime haired girl In the forest of ein west of sen
the girl was said to be a witch for she was different from others
so she always stayed in the forest to shun herself away...
one day a boy named meere was playing ball by himself, when the ball accidentally rolled to the forest...
the witch... curiously picked it up and threw it back at the boy,
meere spoke to the witch
"wanna play with me?"
the witch was surprised but felt a bit happy she wanted to make sure "d-do you mean me?"
"yeah!" the young boy meere replied
she was a bit scared but she was glad...she played ball with the boy for a while until...
"witch!" shouted a villagefolk
then the others went to the scene and picked up stones to throw at the witch...
meere closed his eyes and went in front of the witch to protect her...
then when a few seconds passed,
meere opened his eyes and saw quite a sight...
the villagers stuck in place,the rocks floating in the air and the birds staying in place...
the girl asked meere "do you hate me now?"
"why would I hate you?" meere replied
"it's because I can do things like this that's why they hate me...I'm different from others,I have lime hair and I always lived in the forest" the witch answered in tears...
"I don't understand what these people are thinking but I think that's pretty neat,you have magic which is awesome,your lime hair is beautiful and living in a forest must be quite humid" meere said as he comforted the girl
"really?"
"ofcourse!, I meant every word!"
the witch thanked the boy for his compliment...
meere thought about playing in stopped time, the girl agreed!
and so they played in stopped time till they got tired...
after a while the girl continued the flow of time so both of them can return home and eat dinner
"lets play again tommorow" meere happily said
"really?" the girl asked
"I promise!" meere shouted
the girl smiled and looked forward to tommorow
but meere asked before they parted ways "what's your name?"
"playtime" the girl answered
"we'll see you tommorow playtime!"
and so they both went home...
the next day...
playtime stopped time and went to the village to meet meere...but
she saw a sight she'll never forget...
meere dead on the ground...stoned by the villagers...
time continued to flow...
the villagers shouted
"witch!"
"you cursed the boy!"
"he was my son!"
"you killed him!"
the words went past playtime's head and before the villagers picked up rocks to throw she stopped time...
she could never forgive the idiotic villagers who killed the boy for a dumb reasoning...
she took a knife from a house owned by one of the villagers and killed everyone there...the children the women and the men...
she had no mercy for the villagers who killed her friend...
she felt guilty for what she did...and so she decided to stay in the forest for the of her life...but before that she spoke to meere's dead body...
"you promised...but...I'm sorry as well..." she shed tears blaming herself for what happened to the boy...
The End
written by Nekona Shirofumi
(story of playtime/lime witch of the forest)