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Evangeline POV:
Evangeline looked down at her stomach a sword pointing out of it. She could feel her heart rate slowing and her life fading. All because a religious fanatic thought she was a demon. In her last moments she could hear him shout “the demon is vanquished long live G%#”. When she opened her eyes again she found herself floating in a black void. “Where am I” she asked looking around. All she could see was void until something moved. A part of the void moved unlike the rest. “Dearly reincarnated I have seen your story and how it ended. I want to give you another chance at life”.
“What” is all Evangeline could say. Though from the perspective of Koas it looked more like cold dismissal. Internally however the lady was pancaking. ‘Is this some hidden story mechanic for when the Villainess dies’ she thought to herself. “Do not misunderstand me. I am not saying this to insult you or looking down on you. I simply believe you can bring a positive change to my grandchildren’s tapestry.” the void said. Their hand appearing under the L̶a̶d̶y̶ ₳₦₲ɆⱠ. “You will be reborn in an earth much like your first life.” As the void spoke the lady’s vision began to go black then red. She could feel her eyes and limbs grow heavy.
She found herself on a street. ‘Now where am I’ she thought to herself feeling fairly panicked. She began to look at the street signs to orientate herself. She saw the signs were written in English. ‘Am I in America or another English speaking country. Why not Korea my home country. What am I even supposed to do now ask for directions? Will they even understand what I’m saying’. She saw a teenage girl a few feet away. She had blond hair and strangely grey eyes. She decided to walk up to her and ask her for directions.
Annabeth pov:
Annabeth looked forward to the strange lady who was approaching. She had more of the energy of a goddess rather than a normal human. That along with her blood red eyes and eerily white hair lead him to believe she wasn’t human. Annabeth’s hand subconsciously went over to her dagger. Where had this lady/monster even come from she should have noticed if someone like her was nearby especially with the energy she was giving off.
“Hi there young lady may I ask where exactly we are right now” the woman asked. Though the words themselves seemed like something a lost traveler would say her face and voice said otherwise. She seemed to be staring into Annabeth’s very soul with her blood red eyes. Not to mention how her voice seemed to carry an otherworldly property. Definitely not human she should probably play it safe and just answer her question. “You’re right by the Empire State building. In New York” she added that last part more quietly unsure how much direction this entity would want. The women gave her a smile the kind of smile she would expect from someone like Eris. “Thank you” the strange woman said walking away. Annabeth knew it would be a bad idea to let her leave but holding her here might be worse. She decided to trail her.
Suddenly next to the woman a cat appeared. Only the cat was wrong it seemed to have three eyes. The energy coming from it reminded her of Tartarus. Ok she might want to call Percy to help her with this. Whatever this woman was could not be good.
Evangeline POV:
Great even being reborn again doesn’t change people treating me like a villainess she mused.
That girl had been so on guard. At least she knew where she was now New York. Just then felt a presence next to her. She looked to the side and saw pudding. “Pudding oh thank G#d finally someone I know.” She picked up the cat holding it close to her body. “How did you get here did you get reborn to?”
The cat jumped out of her arms entering its human form. “I’m not sure” is all he said resuming his walk next to her. While she was a little taken aback by the nonchalant of the respond she decided to simply be grateful for a familiar face. Well she knew that her priority should be finding a place to stay. Since she didn’t have an id a hotel was out of the question. She also didn’t have the money for food or anything else really. If she wasn’t pancaking before she certainly was now.
“Why couldn’t I have just gotten a crisp 20 after being reincarnated” she muttered to herself. She looked next to her now feeling a little bad. It’s likely the only reason he was also reborn here was thanks to me. She decided to at least try to keep him safe. In her gut she began feeling a strange pull. Something in her head was telling her to start walking so she did she began walking in her gut given direction. As she walked the landscape seemed to shift faster than normal almost like reality was bending slightly. After 20 minutes of walking she found herself on a hill overlooking some kind of camp. Next to her pudding was back to cat form seeming to be slightly on guard. She noticed how there seemed to be some kind of shimmering barrier around the place.
I thought this was supposed to be earth again why is there magic here. Unless she wasn’t back on earth that would explain why that girl had reacted that way despite not knowing her. Maybe she was reborn into another story just in a modern day setting. Well probably not but either way fantasy elements seem to be here.
She stepped forward and seemed to simply phase through the barrier. Pudding however, seemed to be unable to cross. Odd was this some kind of plot device to get her alone. She saw a group of people seemingly teenagers to be approaching with weapons. She decided at that moment to step back behind the barrier being sure to place herself in front of pudding and bracing herself for inevitable confrontation.