Proving the legend real

Stacy traced her fingers through some nearby mud smearing it all over her body. Stacy would do this every time she’d deal with intruders in her forest, even if it was nighttime or the matter was urgent she would pause to drape mud over her naked body. She would do this for herself as part of a ritual for herself to build confidence but she also wanted to create a legend to drive out would be intruders. For the most part it seemed to be working, as she continued her crusade less and less people would come into her woods for fear of the “Mud Witch”, or “Nude Guardian”, or whatever people would call her.

With a last stroke Stacy finished painting herself with mud. Her face had a thick line of mud across her eyes with three lines going down on each side. Her breasts were completely covered in mud, despite being naked for years she would still feel shy being seen by strangers. The rest of her body had patterns on them either random shapes, or symbols that she made up in the moment. Now adorn with mud she was ready to stop the construction.

With all the workers stopping for lunch this was the perfect time for her to strike. Even with the reputation she built for herself there were steps she’d have to take before she could scare them off if any of them were skeptical her plan and her reputation would all crumble. For the first part of her plan she found where the tools were kept and quietly tampered with them. Next she snuck over to the lumber and started cutting at the ropes holding them in place not enough so they break now but enough that they’ll break when the next guy touches it. Finally at least for now Stacy snuck into the cement mixer and quietly turned off. Stacy’s plan was the power of subtlety, she knew that if enough bad things would happened to the same people one after another they’d eventually connect the dots themselves giving Stacy the perfect opportunity to make herself known.

Finished with the first phase she climbed up one of the trees as she watched the construction site unfold waiting for her moment to commence phase 2.