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In December, 2018, a young teen of the name Hayley Johnson went missing. She had no history of problems with parents or history of running away. So hearing nor seeing, word or hair of their daughter within the the first 24 hours worried poor Hayley’s parents. After no visual of Hayley for 1 week. Authorities Began to question all staff and students of Hayley’s high school, to find out or get some kind of clue as to what happened to the young teen.
After days of no new information about Hayley, a young teen came forward with new information. She made serious accusations, that she saw a fellow classmate of hers brutally murder Hayley during school hours. Now this would have been substantial to the case, but the witness has had a history of being a liar. But the authorities were willing to take any leads they can get. So they decided to bring in accused suspect for interrogation.
Circe r. Arkerman was a very small teenage girl of 5’1 with shaggy short red hair and that she came from Hispanic/ British descent. What was probably most notable about her was her angelic blue eyes. But what most didn’t know was behind those angel eyes was a monster in disguise.
initiating the interrogation were officer. Ribbons a tall an African-American male, whose once black hair has greyed after serving the force for 27 years. Along side him was rookie cop officer. Hoskins a young Caucasian male, with blue eyes, and not a stand of grey in his blond hair.
With the three now situated in the beaern white room. The interrogation could now commence
Officer Ribbons: “Can you state your name for the record?
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Circe: “My name is Circe renee arkerman.
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Officer ribbons: “And for the record, are you speaking to me voluntarily?”
Circe: “Yes. Yes, I am.”
Officer ribbons: “Great. Thanks, Circe . I’m pretty sure you aware of the difference of Hayley Johnson” ” Circe: “yes, yes I am”
Officer Hoskins: “now, don’t be nervous. The whole school is being interrogated. Including teachers and staff.
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Circe: “ok
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Officer Hoskins: “now Circe were you ever associated with Hayley Johnson ?
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Circe: “no, I was even know aware she went to my school Until today.
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Officer ribbons: “now we’re they in any of your classes?
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Circe: “no I didn’t have any classes with them
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Officer ribbons: ok. So Circe on a completely different topic, have you ever hurt anyone before?
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Circe: “no, why?
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Officer Hoskins: “because we have a witness saying, they saw you kill Hayley.
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Circe: “and who is that witness?” Officer ribbons: “we can not disclose that information.
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Circe: “I’m going to go off a limb here and say, was it Kimberly Watson?
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Officer ribbons:
Officer Hoskins:
Circe: “your silence confirms that I am right, aren’t I?
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Officer Hoskins: “how did you-?
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Circe: “I want to stop you right there. I’m just going to say, It wasn’t that hard to figure out. You are aware of Kimberly’s history of being a compulsive liar, right?
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Officer ribbons: “well yes, but-
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Circe: “yet you still wanted to interrogate me.” Officer Hoskins: “well, we have to take any lead we can
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Circe: “yet you wanted to believe a someone with history of lying without any evidence to prove that they’re telling the truth?
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Officer ribbons: “now, don’t make accusations young lady
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Circe: “isn’t that what you were doing with me?
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Officer Hoskins: “now hold on a minute!
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Circe: “I don’t think I have to sit here and take these an accusations form cops who apparently can’t do their job right. Because they have no real evidence against me to prove any of there claims. Now do I?
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Officer Hoskins: “why you little-“ Officer ribbons: “Hoskins! Easy.. she’s right. We can’t hold her against her will because we don’t have any incriminating evidence against her will. We’re sorry. Mrs. arkerman for the inconvenience. You may go.
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Circe: “thank you
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Officer ribbons: “we will have the receptionist call your mother to pick you up. Have a nice day.
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The long road home seemed to go on and on. The road continued to outstretch in front of the vehicle endlessly. What little light that shone through the branches of the tall frost covered trees danced across the window every once in a while, obnoxiously shining in your eyes. The surrounding was full of deep green trees covered in frost forming a forest around the road. The only sound was the sound of the cars engine as it traveled down the path. It was peaceful and let off a serene feeling. The middle-aged woman behind the steering wheel. Lilith arkerman had long wavy red hair peach pink skin and stunning blue eyes. She would every once in a while, occasionally glance at passenger seat at her daughter. who was hunched over partially, her arms held tight around her chest, and her head pressed against the cold window. Circe stared blankly out the window, her face was empty of any depict-able emotion. Every bump that the car tires hit, made her stomach turn. The road home continued on for what seemed like forever. It took so long to get home due to her mother wanting to avoid crashing due to all the snow. When the surrounding gave into a familiar neighborhood, circe. had both been more then ready to get out of the car and step back into their own home.
Lilith: “Circe?
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Circe: “yeah mom?
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Lilith: “did you do it?
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Circe: “mom, what are you talking-?
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Lilith: “Circe, please don’t lie to me. I can see right through your lies alright. Remember I’m the one who thought you how.
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Circe:”…….yes. I did…… I’m sorry mom ... I tried real hard this time……... I tried to be a little girl all the way home, mom……..I really did….. but the the chant just didn’t work this time.
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Lilith: “rabbit
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Circe: “are we going to have to move again?….,,,because of me?….. i sorry mom!!!
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Lilith: “come here…..Look let’s not worry about that right now ok. Christmas and your birthday is only two days away. Plus if we move now it would just make it look suspicious. As soon as the investigation is over we’ll ll move. Ok.
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Circe: “ok. Momma
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stumbling up the small staircase and turning into her room where she slammed the door violently. Her little room didn’t have much in it. Just a small bed, a dresser, a window, and her walls had a few framed pictures of her and her mom. She always wondered what happened to her dad. Her said he died when she was just a baby, but never specified how. Circe stood by the window and looked out onto the street. She could have sworn she saw things out of the corner of her eye, but quickly blamed it on the stress of the day. Deciding it would be a good idea to get some rest. Circe flopped down on to her bed. And pulled the covers over her.
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.( beginning of dream)
Circe could hear the crisp crunch of leaves beneath her shoes as her and her mother made their way journey to the park. She was so excited as any 5 year old girl would be going to the park with their parent. Circe and her mom had been planning this for weeks, and nothing was going to ruin it for her.
Young Circe: “hurry up momma! We’re burning day light!
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Lilith: “oh hush now rabbit , the park’s not going anywhere.
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Young Circe: “I know. I just want to see the bunnies, before they go bedding- bye
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Lilith: “I know rabbit , I know….. well would you look at that we’re here.
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Young Circe: “yayyyyy!!!
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Lilith: “now you wait right here, while I set up. Ok my little rabbit.
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Young Circe: “alright momma
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As the circe waited for her mother to finish setting up their picnic spot, she heard a light shuffling in the grass behind her. Out of curiosity she decided it wouldn’t hurt to see what it was for a second. Walking over to see what was the cause of the shuffling sound. Circe was meet with the eyes of a white rabbit.
Young Circe : “bunny!!!
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Circe’s excitement spooked the poor mass of fluff into a freeze or fright mode, and it choose fright.
Young Circe: “wait! come back!
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Circe chased after the little white rabbit into the near by wood in hopes of catching the little rabbit. She chased, and she chased, and she chased until it just stopped to turn around and stare at her with I it’s cold black eyes
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Circe awoke to a knock on her door.
Circe: “yeah , come in!
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Lilith: “good morning sleepyhead, or should I say afternoon.
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Circe: “afternoon? How long have I been asleep?
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Lilith: “18 hours give or take
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Circe: “18 hours!
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Lilith: “I didn’t wanna wake you. You were real beat after coming home from the police station. So I figured I’ll let you sleep in. But I really need you to do me a favor right now.
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Circe: “yeah, sure. What do you need mom?
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Lilith: “I need you to go down to the grocery store fore me to pick up a few things for me. Ok?
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Circe: “ok.
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Lilith: “that’s my fierce little rabbit
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After paying for the groceries that Circe’s mom needed. As Circe was loading the groceries into the car when
?????????: “you think you’re so slick don’t you?
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Surprised because not many can sneak up behind her. Circe turned around and found none other than Kimberly Watson behind her. Kimberly was a caucasian white female with long brown hair and brown eyes to match.
Circe: “oh, hi kim
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Kimberly: “don’t hi kim me. I know what you did!
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Circe: “I don’t know what you’re talking about
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Kimberly: “don’t play dumb! I saw you kill Hayley! You slit her open like a peach! You little psychopath
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Circe:( I was right? She was the witness)” I still have no idea what you’re talking about.
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Kimberly: “oh, I think you do. Second of all. Why is nobody concerned that a literal serial killer is on the loose!
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Circe:” you want to know why?
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Kimberly: “why?
Circe: “because nobody’s going to believe a girl cries wolf all the time”
Kimberly: “why you little-
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Circe: “were done here Kim
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Kimberly: “where do you think you’re going?
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Circe: “home
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As Circe finally made it home with the groceries in tow. She decided to wait in the car question herself on why she had to be born like she was. Why she was born with this desire. Why she would never know.
Deciding she spent enough time in the car, she got out with the groceries. Inside Lilith was making dinner.
Lilith: “hey you back! How did-… what’s wrong?
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Circe: “nothing!
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Lilith: “now it can’t be nothing if you respond like that. now tell me what’s really bothering you.
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Circe:” I don’t want to talk about it can we just drop it?
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Lilith: “fine we can drop it but I can’t Have you being upset on the night before your birthday, so how about we watch a movie to make you feel better?
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Circe: “can it be a scary movie?
Lilith: “whatever my little rabbit wants
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After watching a movie with lots of blood, gore, and jump scares Circe and her mom are cleaning up
Lilith: “sheesh I have no idea how you can handle all that blood and gore rabbit. It’s too scary for me.
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Circe: “yeah, but mom, what’s life without a good scare.
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Lilith: “circe?
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Circe: “yeah, mom?
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Lilith: “look, one day you’re going to leave this world behind, so promise me that you live a life that you can always remember.OK, because life is short
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Circe: “mom where is this coming from?
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Lilith: “just promise me
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Circe: “OK I will
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Lilith: “good, now go get ready for bed
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Circe watched as malnourished coyote devoured the small, white rabbit. There was something about sound of flesh, tearing, and breaking That memorized her. It had her in a trance but deep down inside she knew she had to go. She was in a dangerous situation, one wrong step, and that coyote would be on her. She had no idea how true that situation was about to be.
Five year old circe tried to back away, as subtly as possible, but she accidentally stepped on a small twig, alerting the coyote of her presence.
Slobber dribbling down its jaws it growled at her. Before so she could even make a run for it. The coyote pounced.
As the coyote tore into her flesh. circe made a desperate grab for whatever she could use to defend herself. Luck was on her side. For she was able to grab a I jagged stick.
All her might she jabbed the stick into the coyotes I repeatedly until it went limp. Even then she did not stop for something ignited in her like nothing before. this feeling? what was it? desire? Yes I desire to kill have been ignited in this young girl’s soul and would not be going away anytime soon. We’re came from no one will ever know. Maybe it was there from the beginning.As the young five year old now drenched in coyote blood knew this would not be the first time she would be drenched in blood. And she knew this would not be the last
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Circe awoke feeling wet. Circe normally knew what it meant when she was wet. It meant she killed something again in her sleep. As Circe brought her hands up to her face, she saw she had blood on them, deciding it was best to inform her mom on the situation she got out of bed to tell her. As she made her way to her mothers room, she passed by several photos of her growing up beside her mother. she began to wonder how her mother could ever love a blood thirsty monster like her.
As she entered her mothers room, she was not prepared for what she was about to see for what was about to end her childhood forever.
Circe: “hey mom, I think I killed something in my sleep…….again
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Laying there, beautifully was Circe’s mom body bleeding out on the white sheets
All, she could think was: blood on hands, mother is dead ,my fault
Circe had killed the only person who could ever love her for her and nothing could ever bring them back.
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There is only one thing left for Circe to do. In order to enact this task, she donned her favorite black winter coat with fur trim, black combat boots, black jeans and some black gloves. Now she was ready
With maximum effort, she was able to drag her mothers bloody corpse out into the nearby woods to give it a proper burial. Nothing left to do,
circe knew It was time.
Circe:” well, old friend, I never thought I’d see myself at your business end.
Now, let’s see last words.. eh. not like it matters it’s not like anybody’s watching or listening to me right now.
We’ll time to die.
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As she raised the knife prepared to bring it down on her self, she heard a noise behind her. Startled, she asked.
Circe:”hello? Anyone there? Show yourself!
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When she received no reply, she she decided to proceed with what she was going to do but as she turned around, came to face to face with a tall, humanoid being.
It’s form was almost as tall as the trees. It was dressed in black, and It had no face
Sensing what this thing was capable of, Circe decided to let this thing do what she wanted to do to herself most in the world.
Circe: “ KILL ME!
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As Circe closed her eyes. She began to feel what she can call snakes begin lift her off the ground and begin to wonder her body. When she felt one wrap around her neck she hoped it was planning to snap her neck. But when she felt no pressure, she realized the thing was only examining her.
After the examination Circe felt the ground beneath again
Then for the first time ever, despite it having no mouth, she heard it speak.
???????: “you have lost your will to live have you child? You lost your one purpose?
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Circe: “how do you know that?
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???????: “answer the question child
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Circe: “yes, yes I have
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???????: “if I could offer you a new purpose, would you be willing to take it?
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Circe: “maybe?, what would that purpose be?
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???????: “taking care of those who stand in my way
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Circe: “so….. killing people
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???????: “basically
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Circe: “will I’m already great at doing that, might as welll make it a living…. So what do I call you?
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??????: “I go by many names, but I am commonly referred to as the Slenderman.
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Circe: “ok
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Slenderman: “so do we have a deal?
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Circe: “oh yeah most definitely, but I have some things I need to take care of first before we make this official.
Slenderman: “fine”
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.Kimberly pov. Kind of
It was around 3 AM when Kimberly woke feeling like something bad was going to happen or already did happen. Since she was already up, she decided to get a drink of water. As she made her way down to the kitchen, passing the living room, she did not notice the gruesome Display laid out before her there. Has she prepared to go back to her room? She finally took notice of her parents heavily mutilated corpses in the living room displayed as if they were having a happy Christmas morning. Shocked beyond words at what she was saying. She did not notice the figure creeping up behind her.
??????: “you like my Christmas present Kimberly?”
Kimberly: “Circe? What are you doing in my house?!”
Circe: “isn’t it obvious? I came to give you my Christmas present.
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Kimberly: “you did this? How could you?!!
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Circe: “oh Kimberly you don’t like it? I thought you would love it, considering how much you complained how much you hated your family. But that’s OK how about a gift exchange? Why don’t you sit down for this one?
with unimaginable strength, Circe forced Kimberly onto the couch.
Circe: “now good ol Circe, is going to tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a little girl. She was as happy as can be, but that was all a lie. She constantly wore a mask to hide, but what she was really feeling deep down inside. truth is she couldn’t feel nothing. She was always hungry for something, but she never knew what till one day mommy took her to the park for a picnic to see the bunnies. while mommy was setting up the picnic, the little girl saw a little bunny and decided to chase it off into the woods. she chased, and she chased,and she chased. It was almost as if the bunny was going to show her something that would change her life forever. It wanted to show her what death could look like. It apparently also wanted to show her what her death could look like, and her death came in the form of Mr. coyote, but the little girl had fight in her. so she picked up a stick and she stabbed, stabbed, stabbed the coyote in the eye until it stopped moving. After that things weren’t the same anymore. She now finally found what she hungered for. And in order to get better she had to practice. She started off on animals. Then she worked her way up to people. she thought she was in control, but she was wrong. As she grew older, she began to lose control. until one day her hunger took away the one person she loved most in the world, and now here we are.
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Kimberly: “I f***ing knew you were a psychopath!
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Circe: “oh no, Kim you’re wrong I’m not a psychopath. I way worse.
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Kimberly: “oh yeah what’s worse?
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Circe: “I’m a f***ing literal monster
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Unbeknownst to Circe, Kimberly was just trying to distract her so she could reach for the bottle of vodka place conveniently on the table
Luck seemed to be on Kimberly’s side because she was able to grab the bottle without circe noticing she then proceeded to smash the bottle up against Circe’s head.
Circe:”gahhh!!! You bitch!!!
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Kimberly tried to escape, but Circe recovered quickly and grabbed Kimberly by the throat
Circe: “you know I was going to let you live so you can tell people about me, but now I’m just going to bash your head in
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Circe began he repeatedly slam Kimberly’s head against the wood of the fireplace unbeknownst that there was a lighted Christmas candle near the edge of the fireplace. Due to Circe repeatedly, slamming Kimberly’s head against the fireplace. The candle begin to inch closer and closer to the edge until it fell right on Circe’s head.
Causing the vodka to ignite in flames on the right side of Circe’s face.
In a attempt to put out the flames. Circe jumped out the window into the winter snow.
Kimberly Watson would live to tell the tale.
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.Circe pov. Kind of
As Circe trudged her way trough the woods in the cold of night. She came across a frozen lake. Where she would see her new face for the first time.
Staring back at her now, with a face almost recognizable, yet not no more. Now bearing a burn over her Right eye and portion of her neck. This was her new face.
Circe then heard a thud beside her
Turning to her left, she spotted a white rabbit mask with a pink patch on the right with stitches
Then heard a voice in her head say
“Put it on”
She did as she was told.
And she made her way into the night with her new purpose. Circe realized something.
Circe: “huh merry Christmas and a happy 16th birthday to me.
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