Roku yawned, as they slowly woke up, and sat down on their bed.

"Good morning, Ishi..." Roku looked over to the side, and noticed Ishi wasn't there.

"EH?! WHERE ARE YA?! DID YA LEAVE AGAIN?-" Roku screamed, before Ishi covered Roku's eyes while behind him.
"boo." Ishi spoke, grinning, as Roku just screamed loudly.

"C'mon... Why ya gotta scare me like that?!" Roku turned, frowning.
"Well, ya gotta grow a shell to protect ya soft squishy self, so that ya don't get spooked."

Ishi poked Roku's (rather large) forehead, as he nodded, and immediately formed a armadillo's shell around themselves.

"... No no, not like that." Ishi sighed while speaking in a disappointed tone.
"Like, MENTAL shell, so that your soft squiggly brain doesn't get spooked."

"Oooooh." Roku's shell disappeared, as they nodded.

"Welp, let's go back home, mother must be fine by now." Ishi walked out of the inn's room, paying the innkeeper a bit more pieces of meat while on the way out.

Roku followed slowly, seemingly scared on what was going to happen. The innkeeper looked at Roku's cowardly self, and smirked.

"Heh, ya probably gonna die, kiddo." He made a bucktooth smile, before Roku got irritated.

"OH YEAH? AND YA PROBABLY... Uh..." Roku scratched their head, before the innkeeper bursted out laughing.

"YO ISHI, GET YA BROTHER BACK! PLEASE! I'M SO SCARED WITH HIM GOING TO DO UH THINGS TO ME!" The innkeeper yelled with a mocking tone, laughing.

Ishi grumbled, and lifted Roku up, as he sighed.
"Look, don't mind him, Glorg's a fucking cunt." Roku blinked, and just turned towards Ishi.

"What... Those words?" Roku tilted their head, as Ishi answered.
"You call people those when they're uh... Really bad. People."

"Oooooh, okay." Roku nodded, as they just went back home.

Ishi slowly walked back home, looking around the village:

Stone huts everywhere, a fight breaking out in the background, children being cruel on the play center, and the innkeeper scamming people. Just the usual.

The two now reached their home's rotten wooden door, as Ishi hesitantly knocked on it.

Sanban and Sebun opened the door, grinning.
"Oh! Ishi had to come back to retrieve the loser!" Sanban pointed at Roku, laughing.
"Imagine not being able to leave the Dead Woods!" Sebun chuckled.

"OI! SHUT UP YOU TOO! YA KNOW HE'S YOUNGER THAN YOU, RIGHT?" Ishi screamed at Sanban, pointing at them.
"YEAH! SHUT UP, YOU FUCKING CUNTS!" Roku made a smug grin.

Sanban and Sebun stared at each other, and turned over to Roku, and just bursted out laughing.

"OOOOH, BABY'S FIRST SWEAR WORDS-" They just fell down on the ground, and rolled around laughing.

Ishi turned towards Roku, as he quickly became embarrassed.
"Eh, don't worry. You'll get the hang of it." Ishi placed Roku down.

"MOOOOM! ROKU SAID THE FRICK WORD!" Sanban deviously pointed towards Roku, as Sebun cried.

"HE ALSO CALLED US THE C WORD!!!!" Sebun said, with fake tears.

Roku's Mother stood up from the chair, as she placed down her cup of tea on the stone table, and walked over to Roku.

"... Oh? You're getting some courage, kid." She looked down onto Roku, with a smile on their face.

"Uh, really?" Roku looked up, trembling.
"Yes, my son, you've done well." They patted him, before suddenly SLAPPING him in the face.

"NOW, TELL US WHY YOU DIDN'T COME HOME YESTERDAY!" Roku jumped back, whimpering.

"We were hunting, we had to spend a few hours dealing with another guy who kept stealing our food." Ishi lied, speaking calmly.

"... Y-Yeah! We were hunting!" Roku trembled, grinning.

Their mother looked down at the two of them, before smiling.
"Well, explain one thing then." As she lifted up some pieces of meat, and dropped them on the ground.

"why did you sleep at the innkeeper?" She tilted her head, as Roku just stared in fear.
"FUCK, I KNEW THAT MOTHERFUCKER WOULDN'T GET A BRIBE RIGHT!-" Ishi clutched her fist, this was the last straw.

"Oh sweetie, you're my favorite child, but you're still bad like the others..." Mother walked over, as she grabbed Ishi by the neck, and chucked her out of their house, as she fell headfirst on the red grass.

"DO NOT. COME. BACK." She screamed, before closing the door on her face.

Ishi, being aware she was weaker than her mother, walked away, praying to whatever God there was, that Roku would be safe... and also went to beat the crap out of the innkeeper.

Roku now hid under the table, as Mother turned back, seeing Roku has vanished.
She stared blankly forward, before speaking.

"Children, listen well for a second. Would you all like to play a little game?"
Everyone ran over, as they sat down, and screamed. "YESS!"

"Right, then do me a favor, and play Hide and Seek with your brother, he's the hider, you're all the seekers. BUT! When you find them, the game turns into Claw-out, understood?"

"UNDERSTOOD!" They all screamed, as they all ran around.

Sanban and Sebun dashed into Roku's room, and Jerald went into Ishi's room.

Roku stood still, completely petrified in fear.
"HE AIN'T HERE!" Sanban screamed, as the two ran out of the room, into Jerald's room.
"... he isn't there." Jerald spoke, as they walked into Sanban and Sebun's room.

Roku thought to himself. "THIS IS IT! I'M DYING HERE! MY BROTHER'S ARE STRONGER THAN ME! EVERYONE IS! I COULDN'T EVEN DEAL WITH THAT MOBIAN!"
As everyone went back to the kitchen, Roku's Mother grinned, knowing Roku was there.

Jerald looked under the stone table, as they saw Roku, staring at him, in the verge of tears.
"Don't... Please-" Roku whimpered, as Jerald just stared... and walked away.

"I could not find him." Jerald spoke, as they pointed outside. "He must have ran off." They pushed their mother out of their way, as she kicked Jerald out of the door.

"Go find him then." She waved goodbye to Jerald, as the door closed.

Sanban and Sebun jumped away together with Jerald, as Mother closed the door slowly.
"So... Roku, seems like you convinced him to not tell you out."

Roku shaked, as they melted into a puddle, and attached themselves to the table.
"You know, it's somewhat impressive you've lived this long, you're weak, but durable."
She slowly walked over to the table, the echoing sound of footsteps terrified him.

"You know, I named you numerically, so you've always wondered since the days you were born a pathetic little scum of the earth: Where's the fifth?"
She clutched the table, grinning.

"Just like you, they were such a disappointment.." 

"I killed them."

She now chucked the table away, laughing. But Roku wasn't seen under them.
"Eh, you've found a less obvious hiding spot then? Nice one."

She wandered around the house, destroying random objects, as Roku just camouflaged himself under the table, fearing for his life.

"But I know you're thinking, Ishi is coming back to save you, but no, she isn't, the only reason she tried to help you, is because she thought you could help her escape, but NOOOOO, EVEN FOR THAT, YOU'RE USELESS! SHE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT YOU! YOU WERE JUST A TOOL!"

Mother continued destroying their own house, clawing the walls, kicking down the rotten furniture, as she slowly stomped over to the table that she threw previously.

Roku then jumped out of their puddle form, and climbed out the window, screaming for their life, as they ran away into the dead woods.

"... You pest." Mother soon began twitching, as she began physically losing any trait that would even hint that they were their mother.

Her eyes began melting out, as their eye sockets fused together, and formed a grotesque mouth.
Bones from their skull curved, as it formed teeth-like spikes, piercing through her skin.

She grew significantly larger, as she soon began laughing manically. Any traits of humanity or emotion were quickly gone.

"I'LL FIND YOUUUU, I'LL FIND YOOOOUUUUU-" The screams echoed through-out the village, as Roku heard their voice, and began running even faster, panicking in fear.

He couldn't go back. If he did, their mother would probably would rip him out bit by bit.

He had to run for his life.