I woke up, and here I was (Open)

[Fujiwara Minako]

A first-person view of what seemed to be herself was running around. It was a very dark place indeed, and there didn’t seem to be much room for running around. It was rather dark and dreary, and it sucked. Had no happiness at all.

Not too long after running quickly, she then turned around to see who was chasing her. It was a group of tall shady men, cloaks and all. The freakiest thing is that they all… didn’t seem alive at all. Also behind her was another person, who was probably her companion of sorts?? She didn’t know at all, but she was holding their hand as they ran as quickly as they could.

It seemed there was another passage, but there also seemed to be something which the woman can use distraction-wise… She decided to utilize it.

“Your sword.” She merely spoke as she held out her free hand.

Soon, said sword was in her free hand. She let go of her companion's hand and then started to stab the very things she wanted to stab with pure force. The sword then started to flash and glow as she did so before it started to spit out some form of purple liquid. She made sure to stab every one of them at least once before she held the sword’s hilt and ran off again, her companion following. Thanks to the barrels being stabbed, the pursuers were starting to slip everywhere since the floor was now wet.

Quickly down the passage, the girl and her companion quickly rushed up the stairs that was present before the two had to stop in their tracks…

In front of them was a skeleton, they were much taller than the two runaways, and they even seemed to be much more important than the ones that tried to chase both of them.

What was scary was that the skeleton started to… melt??

A body shot up from out of nowhere. Sweat was present on her forehead, and her legs and hands were covered in all kinds of mud etc. This was not how she would imagine herself to be… in fact, she doesn’t even remember that much in terms of how she ended up here. She… needed to find out as soon as possible.

She also wanted to find out about that dream… since that dream felt too real to even be a dream in the first place.

Sighing softly, the woman tried to get up, but quickly fell down again, she felt so weak in her legs and arms to the point that she couldn’t even walk. She tried getting up again, this time, picking up a rather large piece of wood in the process and used that to help herself get up and walk.

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[Tomomi]

A few days following the encounter with the individual that wore a yin-yang coloration on his face, the half-breed of Tomoe Country had wandered into a new area of the village. As usual, she had been left along when she was supposed to be followed and watched at all times by Miss Kami, the redhead that stated she would ensure that Tomomi did not cause any trouble or harm to the village. Honestly, she had no idea why Miss Kami was not doing her job that she was assigned to but the Murakami woman knew that she would not be causing this foreign village any concerns or reasons for questioning, but it would have been better to have her assigned watcher actually watching. Regardless, she had managed to stumble into the Forest of Death based on a sign that she saw.

During her travel inside of this dense forest, she saw many interesting creatures and vegetation that decided to make their homes here for likely a variety of reasons from sustainability to a sense of isolation, but Tomomi would definitely need to do some further research for her own interest at a later date. For now, she would venture deeper into the forest where she discovered a creature roughly her height, possibly a little shorter, stumbling around with a large piece of wood likely using it as a cane of sorts. This strange and mysterious creature was covered in mud on a variety of different parts of its body and it appeared to have silverish-gray hair, but the lightning could be portraying this appearance in a different light than what was true. It did however appear to be feminine in appearance, but looks could be deceiving as there were some individuals who enjoyed dressing with the clothing of the other gender and also styling their overall appearance to appear as something that one is not expecting. All that Tomomi would have to do is stay on edge till she had more information.

As she walked closer to the creature, she would not say anything and simply stare at it with her red eyes that displayed that cold, distant, emotionless look. She would allow her body to appear relaxed, but she was ready at any moment to summon one of her many weapons or her mother that was on her right ring finger if needed for assistance. As usual, she was wearing her typical armor on her body with her hair tied up slightly and her two oni horns poking out of her head. She definitely would need to go shopping for some other clothing choices if she continued to reside in this village for an extended amount of time. But that was something to worry about down the line. For now, it was time to go some investigating on what this feminine creature was.

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