nexus_crossings | Wisdom begins in Wonder

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Wisdom begins in Wonder

She headed toward what looked to be a large building akin to something from back home, It was both an impressive and slightly comforting sight.
She scanned the area with her eyes, ears and other senses. Trying to make sure she was in the right place as she headed toward the stone steps. As well as keeping her eyes open for any hint or sign of her missing friend or any one who might know more about the nexus or other things of necessity and importance. Another part of her wondered if they might have a snack bar or vending machine that took the money she had on her as her tummy rumbled softly as she neared the large doors.

She wondered if there were a place for missing posters, and looked around for one as she cautiously looked around after poking her head in, looking for a desk of some sort. "Ahem, excuse me, but I was wondering if there was a form or something to apply for a library card? " She half asks a bit rambly and nervous all of a sudden. She wasn't exactly sure why but she was worried for Sherlock and was in need of some information and uncertain about where and when to get things in this ever shifting environment.

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"It's no trouble at all," Adia says sincerely. She gives the other woman a smile, "My name's Adia, by the way."

She sets the stack of books -- ones about ship engines, based on the titles -- on the information desk. Whatever she was planning to do with them, it can wait.

Gesturing for the other woman to follow her, she turns the corner, and sure enough, there is a computer terminal available. The screen is a pale blue, easy on the eyes, with a dialog box in the middle requesting a library card number and password. "Have a seat," Adia offers, before pointing to a small link below the box. New user? Click here! it says. "If you click that, it'll take you to a screen that lets you make an account."

"Oh nice to meet ya. " She murmurs in reply as she holds out her hand to shake. " I'm Ashlynn but most folks call me Ash. " She informs her warmly. She tilts her head interesting.

She does so padding alongside a little step behind though and tries to match her strides. "Thank ya." She replies automatically before doing so softly. And looking and watching her movements keenly and with a little eager look and excited wiggle. "Oh, right thank you again. " She murmurs and moves her right hand toward the mouse.

She was a lefty but she'd trained her hand to at least handle a mouse when nessacry. Click click.

She shakes Ashlynn's hand. "Nice to meet you, too, Ash," she replies, going with the woman's preferred nickname.

The screen prompts her to type in her name and contact information. There are a lot of options for the latter: Nexus address, off-world address, email, cell phone, or PINpoint number. There is a Terms and Conditions box about the library rules and fines accrued for lost materials, but it's not any more bureaucratic than any other library.

Adia hovers nearby in case she needs any help. Her enthusiasm reminds her of how Adia felt when she first got a library card of her own. It makes her smile, easing some of the tiredness out of her expression. She has already had a long day at the library, from the looks of it. Helping out someone else is a good break from her own research.

She beams up at her. "Why thank you. " She murmurs sincerely it was nice hearing someone say it. Even just to be polite.

She blinks and reads everything carefully. Putting Mrs. Ashlynn Aalish SinClair, her email cell number. Which speaking of which she half subtly scans the area for any plugs near the other computers that could fit her older charger. "Um, what's a pinpoint number?" She asks softly she could of sworn she heard others talking of such.

She'd been meaning to look into those devices some of the others seemed to have. She knew it had something to do with travel and the doors. Trying to recall things.

There are indeed spare outlets on the walls. Most look like ones found on modern earth, but there are a few with funny shapes as well.

"Hmm?" She peers at the screen, curious what prompted the question. "Oh, you can leave that blank if you don't have one. PINpoints are like little teleportation devices. There's a vending machine in the Plaza that dispenses them, it's what some of use to travel here from other universes. Instead of using a portal, you know?"

She gives Ash a curious look. "Are you new to the Nexus? How do you get around?"

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She nods, and then her eyes light up oh she have to get one of those, after this.

"Ah I see. " She remembers coming through a door a while back, she'd been following what clues and notes her dear friend had left behind.

"Ah, semi. " She murmurs, as she wonders how much to tell her. The lady didn't have love for that fellow who shared Sherlock's face. Not that she blamed her. But she hadn't reacted to the address she put in for StoryBrooke, Maine. But could she trust her? She seemed nice, but she didn't know her well yet.

"Um, the usual way at the moment. " She replies and props one of her feet up by her heel. Sketching and curling her toes in her sneakers.

Adia looks away apologetically, thinking that she might have embarrassed Ash by pointing out her newbie status. The Storybrooke address doesn't ring any bells, either. "If, um, if you like, I can help you get a PINpoint after you get your library card. They're really useful -- you can send text messages with them, too. I, um... I don't have a cell phone, so I use my PINpoint instead."

She doesn't have much of anything, truth be told. What she had of value, she carries around in her messenger bag.

Blinking at Ash's sneakers, it takes her a moment to get the joke. Then she laughs softly. "You should go ahead and hit enter." She points to the screen. "It'll print you out a card."

She tilts her head slightly, wondering if she missed something. She then beams up at the other woman. "Oh, yes that would be good thank you. " She murmurs. Having a back up and something that could do multiple things would be most helpful.

She knows the feeling, she does have her medical supplies and etc in a duffle as well as her backpack. With the stuff she usually took on patrols and quests. After all she'd been scouting ahead and looking for Sherlock. One never knew what, Ya might need.

She smiles warmly and chuckles softly. "Okey doke and thank ya kindly. " She replies eagerly and sincerely doing so within moments of hearing the instructions. She pondered how and when would be best to bring up a certain topic. Mayhaps this pin point device might be of help finding her friend.

Course she could always ask questions she supposed, what with her being new it was kinda expected right? While also keeping her ears and eyes open for necessities and clues.

Her smile returns easily enough when Ash accepts her offer. "You're welcome." She shifts the weight of her messenger bag and waits patiently for Ash's library card to print out. After the Khan invasion, she's been careful to keep her own stash of medical supplies, and a few other supplies. The Nexus is not nearly so safe as she once thought it was.

"Let's see, it should be... here we go." A nearby printer has already spit out a new library card. "Um... if you wanted to do what you needed to do at the library first, I can wait." She's in no rush to scurry off to her stack of books, however. If she has to look at one more schematic for a ship engine she knows nothing about, her head is going to explode.

She smiles softly in return. She did wonder again if the marketplace or persons took barter or trades of service. She wasn't sure who would take cash from while the place she was from or not.

"Thank ya kindly." She pipes up automatically. She blinks and gives her a look of gratitude. "oh, alright. " She murmurs and tries to see what sort of systemic order things we're sorted into around here. A small idea niggled at the back of her mind. "um do ya happen to know if there's..some kind of announcement or bulletin board around here?" She asks warmly figuring if this was one of the standard landmark like places. Surely people would post information or you know looking for things and people etc somewhere right?

"A bulletin board..." Adia frowns thoughtfully. "There's one around here somewhere. Near the periodicals, I think. I don't check it often, it's usually ads." If there's something important Adia needs to know, one of her Nexus friends clues her in. Or she stumbles on it accidentally -- that's happened a few times.

"Were you wanting to post something? Or were you looking for something in particular?"

She nods and makes note of that. "Thanks. " She murmurs and she starts to get up and offers her hand out for the card. "Ah I see. " She murmurs softly.

"Ah yeah maybe a missing poster.. and or maybe something to do with plants or cooking. " She half states half asks. At the very least she wanted an herbs box.

She hands her the card, a mundane piece of plastic with a barcode on the back. It's a level of technology Adia seems comfortable with. "Do you want to sign the back?" she asks, already digging into her messenger bag for a pen. "In case it gets misplaced."

"Like a gardening or cooking club?" That sounds rather nice, now that Adia thinks about it. Not that she's had time to do either, especially not while stuck on a spaceship. But wait, what was that about a missing poster? Her concerned look returns. "Are you looking for someone?" Somewhat softer and sadder, she adds, "It's, um... it can be hard to find people here. Sometimes you need to ask around."

And sometimes you never find them again. But she doesn't want to depress her new friend.

Her brightens and smiles at that. Just like back in StoryBrooke, she wiggles a little happily in her seat. "Oh thank ya kindly, yes." She states warmly and nods. She's quick on the draw their is Adia. Ashlynn usually has a few in one of her pockets as well but she lets the other woman do so. It seems to make her happy.

"Ah..aye perhaps. " Yes that would be a good networking and start to things. Her own eyes soften a bit as well. "Aye..one of my pals is a detective..I ran into him um a bit back..he tends to get himself into all sorts of scarps ya see." She explains. "he's usually good about ya know contacting and such if he needs help..it's been..longer than usual." She informs her a ting of worry in her voice. She nods in agreement. "Aye I'am planning on doing that some more too."

Best to cover multiple bases after all. Especially where Sherlock is concerned. Even if he's undercover somewhere he would likely leave some sort of clue or something for her to find or follow if he needed back up. He could be very dramatic sometimes.

It always makes Adia happy to help others, even with a small a gesture as offering someone a pen. She pulls one out -- a simple black ballpoint -- and gives it to Ash. She makes a mental note to clear out her messenger bag when she has a free moment. It's getting a little crowded and she doesn't like having to root around so much to find things.

"Oh... I'm sorry you haven't seen him in a while." It's a familiar story, one that makes her frown sympathetically. She's lost friends of her own like that. They stop showing up in the Nexus, and after a while their trail goes cold. "I'm afraid I don't know any detectives. What's his name? What does he look like?" It'd be pretty useful if she did know a detective, come to think of it. "Are you sure he's in the Nexus? He could have gone back to his world."

She warmly takes the offered pen and carefully signs the card before handing it back toward her. "Thank you. "

She nods softly, with a grateful look. "Thanks, oh ah, Sherlock he's bout six foot, dark curly hair, blue green eyes. " She begins as she tucks the card in her wallet and then opens her sketch book to show her a few pictures.

She pockets the pen, returning her smile with one of her own. She'd tell her to keep the pen if she didn't need it herself.

Not being from Earth or exposed to much Earth literature, the name doesn't ring any bells. The face in the pictures, though, is eerily familiar. Adia leans in a little, peering at the images, a small frown on her face. Didn't she recently meet a man who looked an awful lot like that? He was very... severe, however. Cold. Not the sort of person she could imagine Ash befriending. And he didn't say anything about being a detective.

"I saw someone who looked like him," she admits finally. "He was asking questions about revenge. He doesn't sound like your friend, though." Her eyes flick to Ash's and she shrugs apologetically. "That can happen here sometimes."

She tilts her head, "ah..I think I know who ya mean..no that's... definitely not my Squeaky.." She murmurs in a small voice and then nods, "Aye..face twins.. er doppelgangers..happens a lot. especially to him. " She informs and replies understandingly.

She wonders though not for the first time why exactly that seems to be. She has her theories though.

If Adia knew that she had been speaking with the infamous Khan, she'd be even more disturbed that Ash's friend and that vengeful man share the same face. As it is, she frowns sympathetically. "That's too bad, that your friend looks like so many others. It must cause a lot of confusion."

Tilting her head slightly, she adds, "Squeaky?"

She half hums, "indeed, though most of them are like.. uber smart in some way.. yes well one has to really look at them ya know. Most of them have some key differences. " She murmurs softly she imagined it was like with regular twins as well. "Though it can make it difficult to find the right one aye. " she agrees softly.

She smiles softly and looks around with a soft chuckle. "Aye, that's my nickname for him. Cause of um one of his abilities. " She tilts her head and tries to scan her. Could she trust her with knowing? She didn't seem the mad scientist type.

"How many other people with his face have you come across?" she asks curiously. "Sometimes there are alternates in the Nexus. The same person, but from different realities. That's caused me a bit of confusion, but no trouble, thankfully."

She smiles a little at the thought of Ash calling this serious-looking man 'Squeaky'. It's cute and speaks a great deal to her affection for him. "His ability?" she gently questions. She is a scientist, as it turns out, but certainly not the kind to conduct crazy, unethical experiments. "He has a super power?"

"um in the nexus or elsewhere?" She asks softly to clarify. She nods, yeah that sounded bout right especially for a place that linked and joined realms, worlds and etc. "Well that's good." She states sincerely.

She smiles softly, fond and nods a wee bit of a playful twinkle in her eyes. "Ah well some might think so though he'd tell you his intellect his is greatest asset. " Which wasn't untrue but he was most proud and sometimes prideful of and because of it. Though he'd gotten better bout it.

Mostly cause he had more friends and people in his life now that he learned and still was learning to care about and for. She glances about again and flips her sketch book to another section with various drawings, and asks in a soft whisper. "Can ya keep a secret?" She asks listening and looking for any sign or her not being truthful.

"Ah... anywhere, I suppose." She shakes her head quickly. "Never mind, it's not important." She's dealt with plenty of instances of many people having the same face where she's from. Of course, that's because they're clones, but all the same, she's content to let the subject drop.

Considering that he's a detective, she's not surprised that he takes pride in his intellect. But that's something that most people don't bother to hide. She can tell that whatever his super power is, it's not something that should be shared lightly. At least, Ash doesn't seem to think so.

When she asks if Adia can keep a secret, Adia smiles. "I'd like to think so. I've been keeping the Nexus a secret for over three years now."

"Hmm a few at least that's for sure. " She murmurs and then blinks and nods."Oh alright. " She murmurs.

Her ears perk up. Hmm right well there is that. She ponders for a moment and turns the notebook so the sketches of a brown cartoon and real looking mouse with the sort of tweed outfit. That one would normally envision Sherlock Holmes to wear. "I don't know if yer world has Disney movies.. but hmm. I wonder if they have the Great Mouse Detective around here?" She half states half asks.

"Sorry, I --" She cuts herself off, then smiles sheepishly. "I've had that problem, too, with someone I considered my best friend... but it was under unique circumstances. Not in the Nexus." She bites her lip worriedly, then asks, "You always figured it who it was, right? Eventually?"

Her attention returns to the sketchbook as Ash flips to the pages bearing sketches of a mouse dressed in tweed. She's unfamiliar with Disney or a mouse detective, but it's easy enough to figure out what her friend's secret is. "He turns into a mouse?" She looks from the drawings to Ash, to be sure that's the case.

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