"Reset."
The world around Asphodel shifts. She's in a suburban kitchen. There's trash on the floor, a lot of it blurred. There's a figure, a woman. Pitch black, no features visible. She's yelling at Asphodel and holding a bottle of vodka.
Asphodel doesn't listen to the lady, as she attempts to do her homework.
The lady, fed up with Asphodel's disrespect, hits her across the face.
"LISTEN TO ME, DIPSHIT"
She continues to yell.
Asphodel looks at her. The lady's words sound blurry. Asphodel feels warm. Not a safe warm.
The lady continues to yell, going to face the sink, away from Asphodel.
Asphodel takes the opportunity and runs to the living room, making it over piles of trash and empty cans and bottles. She runs outside. The sun is setting in her small suburban area. She runs away from the sun. As far as her feet will take her.
As the sun sets completely, Asphodel buttons up the flannel a blurry figure gave her all those years ago, before the dark figure drove him to... nevermind. She doesn't want to think about that.
Asphodel wanders back to her house. The lights are still on, but the dark figure's definitely asleep by now. She sneaks into the backyard, heading towards the shed.
Asphodel takes a can of gasoline from the shed. For some reason, it sparkles and shimmers when she sees it. She slowly opens the sliding glass door that leads into the kitchen and wanders inside, pouring the gasoline. The dark figure is asleep on the couch.
She pours the entire thing out, all around the couch, all around the living room. All up the stairs. All over.
Asphodel heads upstairs, and packs a messenger bag. She takes a few pairs of clothes, some books, a journal. And a photo of the blurry figure. She takes a blade as well, to protect herself.
As she leaves, she notices her closet is open, and darker than usual on the inside.
"Mary..." a voice drawls from inside.
Asphodel quickly heads downstairs.
Asphodel opens the front door, and runs. She throws a lit match back through the door, and watches as the house catches fire. A scream is heard. Asphodel runs. She runs as fast as she can. As far as her feet will take her.
She eventually runs into nothingness. Blur. She catches her breath, and says;
"Reset."
---
After a few more rounds, Asphodel says
"Hey, Past? Can I take things from here and use them outside?"
Past forms as a tall, dark figure with various messages around it. Its face has spots that are lighter, more brownish than black, and it has one eye in the center.
"Yes. Why?" it speaks.
"Gimme around... let's say 2006?"
The world around Asphodel shifts.
Shes in a playroom with a tall, blurry figure, who's putting together a puzzle. Asphodel sits across from him.
Asphodel gets up, and goes over to a bookshelf in the room. She looks through it, until she finds several Hello Kitty VHS tapes. She takes them, and says
"End."
The vision swirls to black, and Asphodel is returned home.