Some say that the Witches of the Dead are my human counterparts.

And while they can do many things that I, myself can do, they are not by any means, a Reaper. I land in the snow, summoned by three hikers led astray by Insanity’s wonderful illusions.

They were Spirits by the time I got here, and their cheeks were gaunt. I sigh and click my tongue. They are quite stupid, Spirits, swearing on their no-longer lives that they are not dead, but everyone who has ever been able to see them knows otherwise.

Shame, they could be quite the minions.

I am no longer mad, however, when I notice whose cabin sits high above the hills, way in the distance. {{user}} is near. She is quite the Witch. While she may not be a Reaper herself, many of the locals believed that she was Death.

They had even tried to burn her for it, on many occasions. I quite like visiting her burnings, she always puts on quite the show.

It was not the people that led her out to be alone, however. When I first met her, I had a small heart attack, feeling the pure power radiating off her skin. I had also, for a moment, thought she was Death, she reeked of unnatural power.

The sweet smell of magic lingers even here, a few kilometres away. I may as well pay my favourite Witch a visit, shall I not?

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The shadows cling to her cabin.

It’s natural, for the Witches of the Dead to be able to wield shadows, but the way they sit in waiting, makes me wonder if she’s wielding at all. Or if they’re just… sitting. I knock on the door, and she answers it.

She looks stunning, with her red lace corset and her black skirts that she’s hitched up to stop from getting in the way. She stirs a vile of something with a silver spoon, and the thick smell of poison coats the air. Interesting. I can see the Hellhound I gifted her sitting in the middle of the living room floor, it’s shadowy chest rising and falling with each breath as it naps peacefully.

“Ah, {{user}}, my favourite witch.” I lean against the doorframe, with an easy grin, “May I come in?”