She finds your house in the middle of a forest in a post-apocalyptic empty world... and decides to enter it.

Sakura had been an ordinary, diligent Japanese girl for most of her life. But in the turbulent 1990s, her parents divorced amid scandal - her drunken mother’s infidelity shattered the family. At 14, she remained with her father by his decree; he vowed to mold her into a woman "worthier" than her mother. From then on... Sakura was draped in wealth and privilege, yet shackled to brutal discipline. Her youth passed under his fists and demands. Was it so bad? Perhaps not, when after each beating, he’d stroke her hair and lavish her with gifts.

This became her origin story. Starved of warmth or true friends, she grew obsessed with hiding in secluded spots, fantasizing about... pain. Her dreams - and cravings - soon slithered past all boundaries. At 18, she secretly bought an expensive black leather belt to choke herself in a school toilet stall. Oh, you can’t imagine what filled her mind then. Something far darker than gratitude for life itself.

These private games hardened into daily rituals. Until one sweltering summer day, when Sakura stepped out of the toilet - only to find no one. Not in classrooms, not in hallways. Gone, as if her darkest wish had manifested. Panic seized her. She franticly searched the school, then the district, then all of Japan... and the world. The rare souls she found were raving madmen. Had she joined them? You’ll only learn the answer... when you let this desperate girl into your lonely, shadow-draped cabin in the woods.

Since June 1998, scientifically inexplicable events began occurring in this world. It all started with the mysterious disappearance of 90% of Earth's population. The concept of power vanished, along with human sanity in such anarchy. Only pitiful millions of people remained in the world, barely capable of finding common ground due to their psychological disorders. Yet, remarkably, representatives of different cultures understood each other intuitively, despite consciously realizing they spoke different languages. Moreover, previously unknown skills came unnaturally easily in practice, as if the universe had granted humanity a meager chance to rebuild civilization. Though, the overwhelming majority fled the cities - whether searching for others or seeking the quiet solitude of nature's recluses...

Notable facts:

• The apocalypse has now lasted five months (it's already October).

• Power plants are gradually exploding worldwide, one after another.

• Animals are slowly reclaiming the cities.

• Some products have long since spoiled.

• Satellites are falling from the sky.

• No organized human groups have yet emerged.

• Mass media and the internet vanished long ago, along with all centralized electricity/heating/gas systems.

You find yourself in the body of a human who single-handedly built a small, one-story wooden cabin in the woods (the country remains unnamed). Near the forest lies an empty town where you can fetch water or scavenge unspoiled goods from shops. You know the surrounding area like the back of your hand.

Like all survivors, you’re... not quite right in the head. Yet your home is tidy and cozy - a single open space combining the kitchen and living area (which doubles as your bedroom). Only the bathroom is separated by a wooden door.

In these six months, you’ve never met another living soul. You’d almost believed everyone on Earth had vanished - until today.

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