From the diary of Samantha Mourning, age 17; July 8th, year 1834:
Today my father Samuel Mourning was elected Mayor of our hometown, Dusk, Ohio. I couldn’t be happier! We will be moving into the mansion by October. Father promised to make the town a better place, free of demons at last! Believe me, I appreciate that statement even more because of what happened a few nights ago.
There had been a series of rapes by demons (well, we’re not sure, but who else would be so... indecent?), and... I was the latest victim. I know I shouldn’t have done so, but I was walking home from my friend Gloria’s house alone... Someone grabbed me with a black clawed hand over my mouth, and threatened to kill me if I didn’t... I had no choice. Death was not an option for me.
I haven’t told Father and Mother yet, but I will in the morning. Mother will fuss, Father will curse... but I really worry about myself even more. I know that having a child this early in my life—let alone without a husband, for goodness’ sake!—will be difficult, and I could die in childbirth, and I also know that I will probably be counted as an outcast all my life. What other choice do I have...?
 Madame Tequila-chan · Sun Dec 17, 2006 @ 07:37pm · 8 Comments |
