tushanshu_logs | [OPEN] Catch all for Sarah!

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[OPEN] Catch all for Sarah!

Characters: Sarah and YOU!
Date: Throughout January. Dates will be in headers!
Location: All over the turtle. Mostly Wood Sector.
Situation: Sarah meets a bunch of people face to face + random thread starters!
Warnings/Rating: Nothing worth mention so far.

A.
Exploration has become a major part of Sarah's day. There's a lot on her mind, a lot more she'd rather forget and so she's doing all she can to keep busy. It helps that she's in a new area and things are pretty damn interesting compared to home. The wood sector remains her home turf and the place she's checked out the most, but from time to time, she wanders out of what she's dubbed her safe zone.

On this day however, she's looking a little lost. Map in hand, Sarah frowns at the page as she tries to work out just where the heck she is.

B.
She's in the marketplace, searching the stalls and browsing the variety at hand. From time to time, Sarah pauses to simply watch an exchange between two Kedan, or to stop and talk to one. Whatever it is she's looking for, the kid just can't seem to find it.

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She was a different kid from a different world. The worst of Sarah's problems back home was finishing up the book report for school, or finding a ride home from soccer training if her dad was working late. From her fathers perspective, things had been tough. From Sarah's, her problems had been slim to none.

Even now, she faced the situations thrown her way with a somewhat naive optimism. Things couldn't get too bad, could they? Her last moments at home were sign enough that they could. Sarah refused to acknowledge them.

"Everyone's been real awesome," she said, throwing a small smile at Midii. "I was kinda freakin' out a bit before they, you, everyone, started replyin' on the console. It's... nice not being alone in this."

She nodded, understanding.

"Alone is the one thing you don't get much of a chance to be. Unless you try. Or just don't tell anybody where you live."

There was a hint of amusement behind her words, although the main reasons for the lack of sharing came more from lingering paranoia. She could share a sleeping quarters if she had to. If she knew the people around her meant her no harm. Back home, her whole family often spent the colder months in the same room. Papa on the bed, she and the boys curled up on the floor. Michel often right next to her.

The luxury of having her own safe haven, though, was something far too precious to give up so easily, though. Currently, she could count on one hand the people who openly knew her address.

"Who've you met so far?"

Now that's a question that takes a bit of thought. "Oh man, alright uh... let's see if I can remember all the names."

Sarah can't stop a smile as she tries to think. She's at ease with Midii, and the older girls amusement only aids that. Not for the first time, Sarah's glad to have a friend.

"Ellie and Tess, they're both from home. I mean, I don't know them personally but they know my dad so, that's a start. Julie's real nice. Same with Bucky and Annie."

There's a lot more, but she's trying to remember names.

Most of the names, she actually recognized. Even if she didn't know them personally, she knew them from the Network.

"I know Ellie. We talk sometimes. She's about our age too, right?"

Sarah nodded. "Yeah, something like that. I think she's got a year or... three, on me. It's kinda hard to pick age sometimes."

With a light shrug, the girl fell silent. "Say uh, Midii? Do you have anyone from home here?"

Her expression was a mixture of both sadness and a hint of relief as she slowly shook her head.

"No. As far as I know, it's still just me." Granted, her 'world' was a big place. Consisting of not just the Earth, but of the Space Colonies in orbit. "Why do you ask?"

"Well," Sarah said with a shrug. "Just trying to work out how common it is, I guess."

There was more to it, but finding the words to explain was a harder task than first thought. "You know how I said Ellie and Tess were from home? They're... not from my time. Does that make sense?"

"I might be the wrong person to ask, in that case. I've heard lots of instances of people having friends and even family from their home worlds arrive here."

A pause, to allow Sarah's explanation of Ellie and Tess being from a different time to sink in. Again, no longer unfamiliar territory. But, being the only one from her time, Midii had yet to encounter such a thing first-hand.

"Not really." She admitted with a faint smile. "Then again, a lot of things about this place don't always make sense."

Tucking her hair back behind her ear, Sarah nodded again. "I'll ask around then, maybe. Someone out there's gotta have the same thing happening, right?"

It was a lot to get her head around, everything here was, but knowing what she did of before the turtle, and hearing from people from much after brought a lot of concern to mind. Having someone to talk to about it who'd been in the same situation wouldn't be bad at all.

She was glad to have Midii though, even if that instance wasn't one they shared.

"I'm sure there are a lot of people who do. A boy a know...it's hard to explain, but he had family here, only they're not the same family from his world. Like a parallel universe, I guess. So it's more than just timelines."

One example of many. Eponine and her brother, Gavroche, had also been from different times. Mainly because they had each died before coming here. That was something else to explain. Eventually.

Whoa. More news that Sarah never saw coming. She almost stopped entirely, the surprise of parallel universes being a thing hitting her hard. It brought to mind a wave of new thoughts, new possibilities. Realizing she'd slowed down, Sarah shook her head and picked up the pace.

"Holy crud," she said, surprise still clear on her face. "That's more stuff I never thought about... Man, that must of been weird."

All she could think was that maybe, Tess and Ellie weren't from her own future. Sarah had caught on that she's not around in their time, and she's got a fair guess as to why. Hearing this, oddly enough, brought the girl a little hope.

Midii watched her carefully. Trying to gauge her expression. It had been...a long time since she spoke to anyone her age who actually acted their age. The last thing she wanted to do was overwhelm her so soon.

"Are you..." For once, she felt a strange sense of sheepishness at her own words. Hesitation. "Are you okay? With hearing all of this?"

A moments pause and the girl nodded. "Yeah... Yeah I think I need to know it. It's just surprisin', you know?"

One day Sarah would tell Midii about her death, and why her reaction had been as it was. Today, the kid just wasn't ready to face it. Not yet.

She smiled at Midii, an attempt at reassurance. "I'm fine, see?"

She did know. Far more than her cool exterior let on.

"Alright. Just making sure." And then, to ease a bit of the tension in the air: "Was there anything else you wanted to know right now? About the streets or shops, maybe"

"Thanks." That Midii cared enough to ask meant a lot. They might be strangers still, but Sarah already considered the girl a friend.

The question was a welcome distraction. Sarah paused a moment to think. "Just the basic stuff, really. Where to eat, where not to eat. Clothes, work. Jack mentioned I could work with him in a fish shop? But I don't know much about that yet."

Which brought another question to mind. "Say uh, what do you do around here? For money that is."

Clothing...might not be the best subject to ask Midii about. Unless all Sarah cared about were places where she could find things that would last longer, regardless of color or style.

But restaurants and markets? She knew. She also just happened to know Jack as well, and her smile warmed a fraction when the Winter Spirit was mentioned.

"Jack's a good person. You'll like working with him, I'm sure." As long as the fish wasn't an issue. "I work at the clinic, mostly. Errands. Delivering papers, fetching supplies, keeping thing clean and organized. It's not the worst job I've ever had."

Any information would be welcome at this point. Sarah was new not only to the turtle but to living alone and looking after herself too. Sure she had people to look out for her, but the new pressures of not having her dad there to help was fresh in her mind as well.

"Annie mentioned the clinic. If I couldn't find anything else, I was going to try there," came the reply. "Did you... have many other jobs before here?"

She nodded, averting her eyes for a fleeting moment as her smile grew a little more forced.

"My family...we grew up poor. I was the oldest, so I had to help in any way I could. Especially after Papa got sick."

"Oh."

Sarah could kick herself for bringing up what seems to be bad memories. "I'm sorry."

For Midii's sick father, for the circumstances surrounding it. Growing up as Sarah had, with only her father and uncle to look up to is enough for her to feel the weight of what was being said. If anything had happened to her dad, Sarah wasn't sure what she would do.

Not that it mattered at the moment. She'd been the victim of the 'something' that happened, after all.

Still, she saw a strength in Midii, more so with everything she learned about the girl. Sarah's respect for her friend only grew. "That's... good of you though. That you stepped up when things were hard."

She offered a small but genuine smile.

She didn't fault Sarah for asking. She wasn't even all that upset. The thought of her family still brought about pangs of sadness, yes. Even guilt. But the Alliance were, if nothing else, true to their word when it came to those who worked for them. Papa and the boys would be provided for. Her "death" meant their survival.

If she never went back home, she could at least take comfort in that much.

"I had to. My brothers were too little. If I didn't do anything, they would have starved."

Sarah had no siblings of her own. It had always been just her dad, uncle and herself for as long as she could remember. Her mother had played a brief role in her life, but Sarah had been too young to remember her at all, and thus her presence wasn't exactly missed.

"I still say that's real good of you." Sarah would do about anything for what family she has. But a topic change was probably in need, and so rather than press further, Sarah allowed a short pause before asking another question.

"So uh. What do you do around here when you're not at the clinic?"

A polite smile and nod. Still not entirely believing she was worthy of the compliment--(a trait she and Eponine shared all too well)--but accepting it nevertheless.

"I study. Different things. Jor-El is teaching me encryptions and some of his home world's language. Damian and Bean are helping me learn English. I've been getting pretty good, too."

"Huh," came the reply. School and study had been far from her mind and honestly not something she thought would happen here. Now that it had been mentioned to her though, it made sense.

"That's pretty damn cool. I mean, you'd get to learn a whole lot of things that aren't anything to do with where you're from, right?"

"That describes almost everything I'm learning here." She briefly laughed, as if it were some kind of inside joke that only she were privy to. "Maybe English would be relevant on some continents, but otherwise...they don't even use the same Calendar System we do back home."

Not entirely true. The months were the same. Days, Weeks, and Years were all the same. It was mainly the counting of years that differed, and made it difficult to compare points in time to those from other worlds.

Sarah couldn't help but laugh along with her. She might not of known the inside joke, but the comment was amusing enough for her regardless. "At least it's interesting. I mean, I'm still new to... all this, but just hearing about where other people are from is kind of nuts."

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