ten_fwd | unexpected arrival

While being a space ranger had gotten Ashley used to some pretty fantastic things, suddenly blinking into existence in the middle of a strange hallway on a ship that definitely wasn't the Astro Megaship was enough to throw her for a loop. She stood carefully still for a long moment, like it was a weird vision she was expecting to pass, but when she heard people coming she panicked a little, and ducked down an adjacent hall, pressing herself up against the wall to keep from being seen.

The strangers passed by, engrossed in the conversation they were having, and while they didn't sound particularly evil, she erred on the side of caution, for the moment. After all, she was suddenly an intruder on their ship, and she knew that if they'd found someone randomly appearing on the Megaship they wouldn't be immediately sat down for milk and cookies, more like an interrogation. Then probably milk and cookies.

Biting her lip she looked around and listened until the coast was clear, and then she brought her communicator up, wincing a little at the activation beep and how loud it seemed.

"This is Ashley. Can anyone hear me? I'm not... sure where I am, right now."

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"Hi Ashley," he smiles. "Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. It's close quarters out here."

He sets his hands on his hips, and chews his lip in thought. "Korovian? Uh, no. Federation, which got its start on Earth, if that rings any bells."

She looks human, but John's learned that doesn't necessarily mean anything in space.

Her eyebrows raise at that and she looks around again, letting out a laugh.

"Uh, I'm from Earth, and I've been in a NASADA shuttle. It wasn't terrible, but it was nowhere near this advanced." Not to mention she'd never heard of any kind of Federation.

"Really?" John says, his interest piqued. His hands slide from his hips. "Then it's possible you're from an Earth closer to my time. Twentieth century? On the cusp of the twenty-first?"

He's just looking for a way home. "NASADA, though... what does that stand for? I'm an astronaut with IASA, myself. The International Aeronautics and Space Administration."

It hasn't yet occurred to him that none of this is going to make sense to Ashley, since she only just got here. He can be excitable at times.

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ooc: jfc I'm sorry I never tagged this back! It got lost in my inbox. ;~;