Mel Locoa

**Mel Locoa** is a reoccurring character throughout **Hell Protection**.

Although first being portrayed as a malicious force against the main cast, she is actually revealed to be benevolent.

The Witness herself had only given one report, however she is frequently featured in other reports.

## Powers

As a manifestation of The Eye, The Witness is able to harness supernatural-like powers.

*These powers are said to not be able to work on others aligned with The Eye.*

**Spacial Reading**: Enables the user to emit a type of sonar, which allows them to be able to analyse the environment around them. The distance this sonar can reach depends on how confined the space is. Thus, this power is most advantageous when in open and uncrowded spaces.

**Future Vision**: Enables the user to simply see into the future. The longer the practice with this ability, the more the future the user can foresee.

**Mind Reading**: Enables the user to be able to read others' minds. The longer the practice with this ability, the more vivid the mind reading becomes.

## History

### Childhood

The Witness was born somewhere assumingly in the Lust ring, she was the older sister to Shella Locoa. She was given the name Mel Locoa once born, which she later rejects for The Witness post-Awakening.

Around when she was in her pre-teen years, her parents had gotten into a terrible accident leaving The Witness to have to take care of herself and her younger sister. She started involving herself in crime and the black market in the Lust ring, just to make ends meet and help provide for her sister.

During this time, Shella had become affiliated with and then a host for The Spectre, unbeknownst to The Witness.

### Early Adulthood

Over the years, Shella's and The Witness’s relationship had faltered and strained due to The Witness having to be absent for the majority of the time to support for the two. This is when The Witness was able to land a job for a performer at Ozzie's which was able to pay a lot more than her criminal activities.

This was able to allow The Witness to stay at home more and spend time with her sister, which also then allowed her to finally notice Shella's odd behaviour. This then led The Witness down a turn of events, in which she witnessed Shella be “twisted into nothingness”. This is later found out to have been Shella summoning The Spectre by sacrificing her entire body, this was in order to stop a citation of The Serpent.

After this incident, The Witness reported Shella as missing while also sending a report to Hell Protection.

### Article 1

When Article 1 first begins, The Witness is estimated to be around 25 or 26 and still has yet to partner with Gregori. The Witness doesn't make any physical appearance in Article 1, same with Gregori.

### Awakening

The Witness's Awakening is assumed to happen sometime canonically during Article 1. It is fully detailed in a future report in Article 5 given by Gregori.

On a night preparing for her performance at Ozzie's, The Witness heard a loud bang go off from the building across from her. When trying to find the origin of the noise, she then caught sight of her own corpse laying on a bed and a strange man having taken notice of her in the same room, peering up at her. The Witness then quickly went to flee her apartment, and as she finally got to the streets, she saw the man giving chase.

After a crazy chase from her apartment to Ozzie's and then to the own man's apartment, the man revealed he wasn't ill-intended and offered his name to prove it and sacrificing his gun to The Witness. The man, now revealed to be Gregori, then revealed he was in the same position as The Witness, having seen her with his corpse and being chased by her to this same apartment before overpowering and shooting her. The two, now realising they must have broken some sort of time loop, decide to become partners, The Witness introducing herself to Gregori as said title. Both now aligned with and working for The Eye.