Hirune got thrashed around by the waves in the Storming Ocean. Narrowly dodging or devouring countless rocks rooting out of it.
Her heart was beating out of her chest and she felt as if the wind was constantly being knocked out of her. Barely catching small breaths before getting plunged under the water by huge waves.
She thrashed against a rock and bounced off. Rising above the water leaving a bloody trail as she washed around.
She tried to devour another rock as she headed full speed for it.
The Devourer's Jaws shot out, then they melted like liquid into the ocean.
Her heart dropped as she felt a sharp pain all over her body. A huge headache killing her ability to process what was happening.
Then *CRACK* her head slammed into the rock and everything went black.
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She slowly opened her eyes with a groan. Everything was fuzzy as her eyes slowly adjusted to the bright flashing light in the sky.
As soon as her eyes adjusted she sat up and felt the soft ocean sand beneath her. The waves pulling at her feet trying to drag her back in but failing, the seaweed on the sand having a stronger grasp on her.
"Hey mommy! Who is that girl with half silver hair and half black hair?"
She turned around and looked at the mother and child. Then looked back towards the horizon.
She completely ignored whatever the mother responded with. She already knew it'd be something negative due to Namulenza global reputation and her resemblance to her.
All she could think of right now was where she was. She didn't know if she washed back up on Triste, on the side away from the blood ocean, or if she was in foreign land.
Either way all she knew is that she was sent here by Ellen. Whether it was on purpose or on accident didn't matter to her anymore though.
She'd already decided that from now on she hated Ellen.
She felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Excuse me miss, are you related to Namulenza by any chance?"
"What's of it to you?" She replied, her already sour mood worsening.
"Well if you are, I'd just like to say... We all love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love you so much! Like seriously you're a decendant of our goddess? That's so cool!"
She blinked a few times. Then she stood up and slowly backed away before devouring herself out of the area.
Or she tried to. The moment she tried to devour herself onto a tree the jaws engulfed her then dunked onto her in liquid form.
As she tried to pull the thick gooey and hungry liquid off of her she started to feel nauseous.
"What the-- You okay?"
She tried to answer that she was fine, but before she could everything went black again and felt herself hit the ground.
She groggily opened her eyes, a burning sensation in her stomach. She slowly stood up, her legs nearly buckling beneath her as she crashed into a wall.
She didn't even process that she was indoors, nor did she notice the glimmer of the moons light through the window.
She walked around as though she'd already been here before, easily finding her way out even though she'd never been here before. It was a huge structure built within the foliage of huge trees.
If she knew any better she would've thought that these people were related to birds somehow. But she didn't, and she was also too hungry to think about how they got up and down the trees.
Without thinking about the possible dangers bellow, she jumped down to the ground level. Heading West, as for some reason, she felt there was something that was attracting her there.
Something really appetizing. Something that could relieve this unless hunger. This endless hunger that started shortly after going all out with her artifact, but only started affecting her now.
Eventually she ran into a pack of wolf like creatures. These wolves having the heads of an old train, its front paws replaced by rail wheels.
One of the wolves growled at her. It's head stood on its end and steam started to blow out of its face and ears.
The others followed in its example.
Hirune barely glanced at them, instead she tried to devour away. The jaws dropped onto her, drenching her once again.
'Right, I can't do that right now.'
She sighed and kept a close eye on the wolves as she walked past them.
Surprisingly, though they seemed aggressive, they didn't attack. As long as she didn't mess with them they didn't mess with her.
As she walked to her mysterious destination she started thinking about where she was. Not like she could figure out much about it since she never managed to remember any of the geography taught to her at school. Not like it was much though.
Instead she focused on figuring out her surroundings. It was very warm and humid, and you could hear the sounds of a bunch of small nocturnal critters all around yourself. It was tropical as far as she knew.
It also had people and according to that lady they knew about Namulenza. Too bad she didn't remember how they regarded her.
'So should I go full black hair or full silver hair to blend in? What do you think Lenza?'
Namulenza didn't answer.
'Weird, maybe she's asleep. Although I don't understand how a conscious would need sleep.'
She pushed that aside for now as she moved some shrubbery out of the way and walked into an empty open plain. This is where she was going.
It was a large crater and inside this large crater there was a black liquid seeping out of it.
She slid down and walked to the center. Directly where the liquid was coming out of.
After staring at it for a long time, weighing her options, she dipped her fingers in the liquid and licked it clean off.
She quickly went for seconds. Whatever the indescribable taste of that liquid being the holy grail to her taste buds.
Though she quickly stopped herself mid motion.
Why had she suddenly had these weird cravings to eat whatever was in her face? First it was Ellen's black hole. Which, who knew why she decided that eating it would be safe, and now it was this.
'Well whatever. I'm probably just feeding the devourer so that I can get my artifact back to norma,' Hirune nodded.
She was confident that it was something like that. Which she was half right about.
Hirune kept on eating the liquid with much delight until the sun started coming up. She nearly didn't realize this until she heard some footsteps alongside some voices.
Thinking fast, she turned her hair fully black and turned her eyes into a deep royal blue. She quickly climbed out of the crater and started walking around the edge.
Slowly, some people came out of the bushes and approached her. She stopped in her tracks and took a simple glance at them.
"Excuse us... You have very unique clothes, are you from around here?"
She tilted her head slightly and shrugged, "I actually have no clue where I am. All I remember is being in the ocean after being teleported and then everything went black."
One of the people looked into the crater, "Black? Maybe she came out of there."
'Did he just ignore everything else I said or is he dense?' Hirune's eye twitched slightly as she sighed.
"You're not saying that she's the sage from the legend are you?" One of the group members asked.
"Well, we'll have to ask the sacred witch about it. Won't we?" Another one suggested.