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It would appear that time is a more delicate entity than belief would have it.

[ Her voice is curious, if cautious. The sounds you would hear for someone being outside are audible - sounds of the forest, to be specific. Helen isn't quite certain as to how she arrived here - could Adam's portal's stretch so far? She didn't know, and she wasn't prepared to pose the question with more unknowns than that around ]

We're often told to be careful with it, for it may simply just pass. [ And doesn't she know it ] But what about when it stops?

[ Helen's speaking more to simple fill the gap until she's certain she's ready to ask something - and she knows what to ask, although she's hoping to see something other than this forest first (or that may become the question) ]

Or paused. Doing that may sound difficult in of itself but how would you restart it? One would hope so, lest everything cease. [ And she's seen that before, and it didn't go with time stopping.

But there. There it is. The edge of the forest and... something else indeed ]

Thankfully in this case it would seem that all is well, or at least that time is moving. [ All is not well when you're not where you should be ] But when? I'll forgo the where, [ For now. If you hadn't learned that she was new by her unfamiliar voice than this was your cue ] and settle for when. What year is this? [ It's important when you've extensively travelled ]

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Locally, the year is 2013. Do you time-travel often?

This would be the first time. [ But it won't be her last. Oops ] Although the difference is only three years.

Three years in which direction?

I came from 2010.

Ah, then the technology should not come as a shock.

It hasn't yet, although I've seen little so far. [ Although there have been things that Nikola has made that have surprised her and that's not from the future ] Can I ask when you're from?

There is very little to see.

2258, ma'am.

Then I hope that there's more than this forest. [ And oh. Very far travelled ] I would assume that you had a little difficulty at first? [ At first. She's polite in her assumptions. And she may not have seen two hundred years but her three lifetimes has seen a lot of technological changes ]

Which direction are you facing? There is a city bordering the forest on one side and a beach on the other, but you may be walking for some time if you aren't going in the right direction.

More than a little. I thought that the technology here was unbearably primitive.

The wind is blowing from my left. [ It's the best she's got right now without a compass, or a landmark ]

Sometimes it is that. For all it can do there's a lot to be desired.

Left? [There's some shuffling on this end.] Go east-southeast... one hundred-twenty degrees to your right.

It could be worse.

Is that towards the beach or the city? [ She's hoping city but- ]

We could lack it entirely. [ She may have started from somewhere similar but going back to that? Oh it would be a shock ]

The city, ma'am. [Maybe he shouldn't assume that's where people want to go just because he would rather be directed towards a city than a beach.]

I don't want to imagine that or give this place ideas. We could wake up tomorrow with nothing but rocks and clubs.

And wouldn't that be interesting. [ Having to see if you could survive, if you knew how? Sorry, Chekov, she's really not making this any better, is she? ]

But if it did the hope would be that it would be as short term as the other events.

For a day or two, perhaps. [Hey, Starfleet teaches its officers how to survive in low-tech (or no-tech) environments. There is, however, a difference between surviving and enjoying, and Chekov would certainly not enjoy such a curse.]

You have had the curses explained already?

I've picked up a few things. [ That would be a yes ] Although there's always the possibility a curse may not be needed. [ Power outages, technological fail... apocalypse ] But hopefully not,

[Unfortunately, the apocalypse is always a very real possibility.]

You seem very calm about being marooned in a dimension where curses are common.

[ Don't get her started ]

I'm not easily scared. [ Is that good or not? ] And frankly, it's sadly quite a reasonable possibility.

I have never heard the curses called a reasonable possibility.

Perhaps not the curses themselves but simply our being here. [ ... Although she probably could come up with a more 'reasonable possibility' for them than a curse... some ]

There are more unreasonable things than transdimensional travel, true. [Not that it's an everyday occurrence, even in the space-faring future where ion storms and other issues occasionally wreak havoc with transporters.] Do you know much about the subject, Miss...? Eh--sorry. What is your name?

Helen. I've only recently discovered the possibility [ Not transdimensional either, just Adam's portals ] but a firsthand experience is an excellent opportunity to learn.

Helen, thank you. I'm Pavel Andreievich Chekov.

Are you a scientist?

It's a pleasure to meet you. [ Minus the circumstances and all that jazz. But he's been lovely, so it's a pleasure ] I'm a doctor, actually. [ And a bit of a strange scientist but long explanation? ]

You as well. May I ask--are you a medical doctor? The City has a hospital.

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