Elena is stepping out of a coffee shop when she sees it. The Rift opening up, the Wanderer falling through, the Rift closing so quickly one almost doesn't see it there. It happened to her over a year ago, and it's not the first time she sees it happen to someone else. It never gets easier, for some reason.
She looks around, as if waiting for others to notice, only mildly surprised when most of them go about their day. Perception filters can be a helpful thing. Those that do know what just happened either pretend not to notice or don't really care.
Elena always cares.
"Hey," she says softly, coffee mug still in hand. "It's okay. I know you must have a lot of questions right now, but it's not a good idea to answer them in the middle of a street."
Sara turns and looks at the girl with wide eyes, unsure as to how she seems to know more about what's going on than she does. Her grip tightens on her bag and her suitcase, and she tries not to look as nervous as she feels. It's hard, but she's trying.
"What just happened to you? Showing up here out of nowhere? It's happened to me, too. Do you need help with that?" she asks, motioning to her things. Elena doubts she'll be taken up on her offer, and she wouldn't blame Sara. She's a stranger, but she does just want to help.
She shakes her head. "No, I'm okay. Just ... tell me what's going on?"
As far as Sara is concerned, this girl is more useful to her while she's talking right now. She'll worry about making friends later -- this is just easier.
"You fell through a Rift," Elena answers promptly. She does this while walking, let it be noted, since she really doesn't want to have the conversation in the middle of the street.
Once they reach the deserted sidewalk, she elaborates.
"It sounds really far-fetched, I know. Rifts are breaks in space and time. They make it possible for us to find our way into this world and away from our own."
"Pretty much," Elena says, grimacing sympathetically. "Trust me, it hadn't been on my daily planner, either. I wasn't even aware these kinds of things existed."
Then again, in her home world, there were vampires and werewolves and witches.
So, really. Rifts were not that far of a stretch in her imagination.
"So ... what do we do now? Just restart our lives in a completely different universe?"
She doesn't like the sound of it. It twists her got around and makes her just want to run, but there's nothing she can do about it at the moment. All she can just do is listen and see if there is a way out of this.
She looks around, as if waiting for others to notice, only mildly surprised when most of them go about their day. Perception filters can be a helpful thing. Those that do know what just happened either pretend not to notice or don't really care.
Elena always cares.
"Hey," she says softly, coffee mug still in hand. "It's okay. I know you must have a lot of questions right now, but it's not a good idea to answer them in the middle of a street."
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"Then ... where should we go?"
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"What just happened to you? Showing up here out of nowhere? It's happened to me, too. Do you need help with that?" she asks, motioning to her things. Elena doubts she'll be taken up on her offer, and she wouldn't blame Sara. She's a stranger, but she does just want to help.
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As far as Sara is concerned, this girl is more useful to her while she's talking right now. She'll worry about making friends later -- this is just easier.
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Once they reach the deserted sidewalk, she elaborates.
"It sounds really far-fetched, I know. Rifts are breaks in space and time. They make it possible for us to find our way into this world and away from our own."
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It's hard to believe, even for the woman who fell for Neal Caffrey, but really -- could anyone blame her for not believing this?
"This really isn't where I saw my day going today."
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Then again, in her home world, there were vampires and werewolves and witches.
So, really. Rifts were not that far of a stretch in her imagination.
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She doesn't like the sound of it. It twists her got around and makes her just want to run, but there's nothing she can do about it at the moment. All she can just do is listen and see if there is a way out of this.
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