[Mattie feels the ground give way under her feet, panic closing off her throat as she begins to fall, scrabbling uselessly at dirt and brush
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Elisa sizes up the clothes and general dialog for a second and comes to the conclusion that this girl may be from quite some time back. Or possibly a historical recreationist. She gives that about a thirty-percent chance.
Either way, she probably should sit this arrival out. But the girl also doesn't look much younger than Angela or Elisa's sister or Maggie, and that's enough to open up her heart.
Still, she wishes her tablet would connect to arrivals on something other than a visual.
"I can hear you," she says. "And I can help you get out too."
The new voice and face garner a more startled reaction than the first, partly because Mattie was not expecting a second to appear, and partly because this second one has a much startling appearance.
"I prefer that you tell me where I am and how I came to be here." If she wasn't sure about touching the source of the images before, she's certainly made up her mind about it now. As a general rule, Mattie doesn't hold with superstitions. But she's been raised a good God-fearing child, and there are some things that will shake even her own stubborn confidence.
Mattie doesn't care to let strangers see her as anything other than self-assured and in-charge. Later, perhaps, when she's come to know people a little better...
"I have never heard of such a place." Not that she's traveled widely enough to claim to know of every town that exists, of course. "And I do not remember being abducted."
Inside, though, she's worried that maybe not remembering a thing doesn't make it untrue.
"Who are these people who've abducted me, then?" Maybe if she can get some information from that quarter, it'll be easier for Mattie to figure out how to get out of this frustrating room and back to where she belongs.
"Hamsters." That is just about the most ridiculous thing Mattie's ever heard, and her tone says so. "I cannot find it in myself to accept that I have been imprisoned by hamsters, I do care from how far off they hail."
Either way, she probably should sit this arrival out. But the girl also doesn't look much younger than Angela or Elisa's sister or Maggie, and that's enough to open up her heart.
Still, she wishes her tablet would connect to arrivals on something other than a visual.
"I can hear you," she says. "And I can help you get out too."
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"I prefer that you tell me where I am and how I came to be here." If she wasn't sure about touching the source of the images before, she's certainly made up her mind about it now. As a general rule, Mattie doesn't hold with superstitions. But she's been raised a good God-fearing child, and there are some things that will shake even her own stubborn confidence.
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"You're in a city called Taxon," Elisa begins. "I don't know where it is, or what country its in."
Or even what planet. Though her own body synced to the rhythms here well enough.
"But you were abducted. Brought here... basically, to be watched."
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"I have never heard of such a place." Not that she's traveled widely enough to claim to know of every town that exists, of course. "And I do not remember being abducted."
Inside, though, she's worried that maybe not remembering a thing doesn't make it untrue.
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She shakes her head. "No one's heard of this place before they got here."
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She pauses. "And yes, I'm aware of how insane that sounds."
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