Ellie ➭ open ➭ arrival

[gotsjokes]

Characters: Ellie ➭ open
Date: 9/16/15
Location: Central Sector
Situation: Ellie arrived four hours ago and is on her way to either the Welcome Center or The Midnight Hotel when she thinks she spies a familiar face!
Warnings/Rating: Swearing/R

Juulans, Ellie thought as she made through a busy street named something she had no idea what. It was important to be alert and aware of her surroundings, that was for damn sure, but she was significantly overwhelmed.

She woke up about three or four hours ago, she couldn't be entirely sure, but what she did know was that she had a lot to keep in mind. She had been told about a consoles that were available in some hotel and at the welcome center that would be beneficial to check out either of those two locations first before she wandered off too far and too deep into this place.

Something more about these beneficial computer-biological anatomic features veined into the buildings was that there were handsets that were a part of this network if she had interest in picking one up.

Either she could communicate widely through the consoles featured throughout the city or she could use her own headset which she likened to walky-talkies of her own world. My own world.. Ellie still didn't feel comfortable wrapping her mind around the fact that she was on a different world, on the back of a turtle, and already walking in a 120+% increase of population she's ever been around in her whole entire life. It was common to see people, sure, see people back on Earth in groups, in communities, but their numbers were barely on the scale to how many people she's already seen!

It helped to soften the blow about the variations of style the kedans came in to have one with scale-green skin, big oval eyes, and feathered hair explain all this to her. It took about an hour before she was receptive to the native's helpful endeavors, however, on the account the novelty of everything was still freaking her quite the fuck out.

Even still she walked with a numb feeling in her stomach and held her arms close to her body in a fold over her chest. Her goal was to get to the center or the hotel, whichever one came first.

"What––?" Ellie narrowed her eyes and looked ahead. There she could have sworn she saw someone she knew, someone familiar. But was that possible? Would they be here?!

"Hey! Hey! Wait!" She started to shove her way through the crowd to try and catch up with them. "Hey! Wait!"

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[gotsjokes]

This was difficult. Ellie suddenly felt a new sort of tension that was creeping up from her feet and seemed to anchor at her hips. She had two steps in the shop before she was in battle position, half crouched, arms out, fingers splayed, and wild eyes that peered wide and took in the surroundings with obvious apprehension. Cain's forward steps brought Ellie's attention back to him and with some conscience effort she straightened her self up and lowered her arms back to her sides before she took another step into the shop. Her eyes, however, continued taking in her surroundings with a wide disbelief obvious to her expression.

This would be the first time she's ever been in a shop, a functioning shop! Her insecurity for the novelty of it dissipated into a certain kind of excitement that had her heart palpitate. She caught sight of people moving about, holding cups, holding trays with indescribable foods on it -- things she's only seen in magazines, posters, and billboards. The smell, that was something else entirely! She couldn't describe the smell that had her mouth instantly watering, nothing back home smelled like this shop did. Sure, there were some mouthwatering dishes they managed in a post apocalyptic world, but this was beyond anything they could've gutted and set over a campfire out in the wild.

"Jesus.." Ellie swallowed and licked her lips before she was drawn not to a table but to the counter which had a beautiful glass display of pastries and treats in which every single one of those edible delights called to her sweetly. This sort of display existed in old worn out advertisements and her dreams. I'll take my seat between the third and second shelf, thanks very much. She was nearly drooling and the only saving grace was likely at that point she decided to stand up straight and swallow back the collected saliva pooling in her mouth to address Cain. "How.. how do I get this.. to me.. immediately?" Was taking a seat necessary? She was standing right there, it seemed the quickest way is to reach over the counter and grab the food being served to her.

[insertdadjoke]

This girl definitely was not from somewhere normal, not from a life lived in leisure or even difficult economic times. That was a fighting stance, taken naturally from instinct and lack of having any other reaction to something like this. Cain took note of it, didn't comment specifically, allowed her to take it all in on her own time; he was somewhat amused for how quickly she accepted it, moved on, and that part was probably showing. It was a good thing. If nothing else, she'd get a taste of something better for her time on the turtle.

"Pick out five you want to try," Cain said as he moved up alongside her and checked out what options there were. He found one for himself and pointed it out to the young kedan behind the counter, who took it and placed it on a tray with some tongs before turning to look at Ellie expectantly. "We'll start with those. This stuff will make you sick if you're not used to it, so take it slow and savor it."