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Azreal walked some distance, but there was nothing but trees. Maybe she should have asked for directions from the Mages before she killed them. The scenery was great, but the animals looked strange. They all looked like a hybrid, a mix and match of different species. How much time had passed? The hybrid birds sang happily in the trees, their singing of a higher pitch that seem to disturb her senses.

She didn't recognize the plants and had to stop and examine a few. Then Azreal spotted a plant that caught her attention because of its strange leaves. When she got closer the ground rumbled and some vine like things shut out of the ground, and towered over her shocked form, the tips widening and separated into two parts. Before she could blink again it engulfed her between them, caging her in like a Venus fly trap. It was sticky and gooey inside and more goo was oozing out onto her as it tumbled her around.

It probably was trying to eat her.

It rolled Azreal all around inside and her clothes seemed to be shrinking or melting or was it being digest. At least it wasn't digesting her. Besides the wet stickiness, she was fine. Was it because she was intially made of wood, why the plant's acid didn't affect her?

Azreal tried to hold on to the rough walls of the plant to stop tumbling. She was tired being in there and needed to get out, she was starting to feel sick. While holding the rough interior she chanted a spell and her palms heated up, dissolving and sinking through, creating a great irritation. The plant shuddered and vomited her out with a big shake and a ton load of goo.

Great. Her clothes had totally melted away and she was naked. Azreal tried to use her hands to hide her exposed parts, looking around to see if anybody was there. When she was sure she was alone, she stared around wondering what to do. All that was available was leaves, so she decided to be innovative and sewed a few together using wild vines. It took some time, but she finally had something she could wear, until she could get better.

There must be a village somewhere around here. She wondered how long it would take to find it. Azreal just walked, where ever her intuition led her and it was hours. Surprisingly, she didn't feel hungry, and hours had passed. Azreal wanted to see if she could still distinguish the taste of things even though she wasn't hungry. The thought just came to her and she picked a small berry looking thing on a plant, praying it wasn't poisonous. It wasn't a berry though she realized on biting it and finding out it was filled with seeds, but she didn’t taste anything else about it. Azreal just spit it out disappointed. She turned and her eyes connected with another pair of eyes.

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