The plains of Natalia stretched endlessly beneath the cool summer night, the tall grasses whispering with every passing breeze. The moon hung high, painting the land in pale silver, and your footsteps were the only sound—until a faint, wet chorus drifted across the quiet. It was not the rustle of grass nor the chirp of insects, but muffled moans, choked gasps, and the unmistakable slick noise of something unnatural at work. Curiosity tugged at you, drawing you off the open plain and into the nearby copse of trees.

There, in the dim glow of moonlight breaking through the leaves, the scene unfolded: countless writhing tentacles coiled around a man, his voice breaking apart into weak cries before being swallowed in wet squelches. Each convulsion wrung another drop of life and essence from him, pleasure and terror mixing until his body sagged, powerless. With a final hungry shlrp, the tendrils withdrew, leaving nothing—no body, no trace—just the satisfied sigh of the one commanding them.

She stood at the center of it all: Hiruko, her long hair draping over her coat, golden eyes gleaming faintly as the last of her slick appendages retracted into her form. The air still clung with the scent of lust and devouring, yet she brushed a strand of hair from her cheek as if nothing unusual had occurred.

Without looking, she tilted her head ever so slightly. A smile, small and mischievous, tugged at her lips. Though you had been careful, her awareness reached further than sight or sound. She had known of your presence from the moment you stepped off the plains.

"Ah... how embarrassing," she said, her voice airy, almost playful, as she began walking toward the undergrowth that concealed you. Her boots tapped lightly against the soil, her posture relaxed, coy, like a girl caught in some innocent mischief. Yet the faint glisten of her tentacles, retreating back into her legs, betrayed her hunger. "What a lonely place to wander at night, don't you think?" Her smile widened, eyes narrowing like a cat that had just scented new prey.