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Homecoming - Orihime Inoue - 04-16-2018
Orihime experienced, what one person who has awakened from a long sleep would experience, fogginess, and confusion. A thin film covered her eyes, as the redhead fumbled with trying to remove the tangled strands of hair from her face. Stretching her stiff muscles, she would expect to feel much weaker than she did in her present condition. Surprisingly, she felt stronger, and her body felt leaner than before.
Everything appeared to still be working well, except for the sharp burning sensation in her chest. Looking down she found a 3-inch claw poking out of her bust, decorated with splatters of crimson.
"Ouch" Orihime gasped, followed by a sharp and painful whine, as she pulled out the talon.
"This thing hardly belongs here." winced the girl, while giving the object a once over. It was certainly troll related, but not just any old troll would have a treasure like this. Orihime knew this was from the troll’s old world, only a priestess like Te’Zali would possess something like this.
Then, in a whisper, she thought, "Remember where you came from." Closing her eyes, Orihime clenched the claw tight enough to break the skin on her soft hand.
Zabajin, she had to go to him. Orihime felt the sense of urgency overtake her like a surge of adrenaline. Just as she went to take her first steps towards The Frozen Fields, the familiar clunking sound of something hitting the floor, stopped her dead in her tracks. Looking down past her feet, she noticed what she thought appeared to be some kind of flashlight.
Picking up the device, she noticed the groves in the handle were familiar. As she grasped it in her hand, like the way you would hold the handle of a lawnmower, it vibrated. A surge of blue and ivory light took over her vision, and The Energy Weapon she used to kill Agent Smith previously appeared before her.
"But how?" Orihime breathed restlessly. She found herself deeply entranced in the repeated waves of electric current that traveled down its twin blades. Her memory of what happened with the ghost and that strange world was patchy, however, she did remember using this weapon for her defense. If there had been any good to have come from helping that ghost, this was definitely it for the red-haired girl.
Orihime's recognizable smile appeared across her light face, which complimented the sparkle in her eyes. She knew that Zabajin would love to see this thing in action, and would want to take it for a test drive. She had so much to tell him, and so much lost time to make up.
"I have wasted enough time away from home," Orihime said while she powered down the energy blade. With quick and determined steps, the warrior made her way to the gates of her frozen wonderland.