Since I don't know the context of your story... ????
You might say the character boarded a train not knowing where it was going...or started driving on a highway that was unfamiliar...or stowed away on a tramp steamer...any mode of transport that you choose, as long as the destination is unknown.
I am just about the processes of writing a short story and I am looking for a word/phrase that can properly describe a departure, without a destination(I am not going to specify anything to reflect the tone and theme of my story) that is just taken based on whim and for self discovery purposes. Is there a good way of describing something like this?
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Or -- She stomped out, slamming the door, and disappeared into the darkness.
The stranger slipped into the fog and was hidden from sight.
The stranger slipped into the fog and was hidden from sight.