THREAD, ACTIVE. WHO: Ashley Hammond & OPEN WHAT: bumping into a new arrival WHEN: October 28th, afternoon WHERE: the streets near the mall RATING: PG-ish to be safe
Something about the way she woke up this morning told Ashley that today was going to be one she would remember for years to come. She wasn't entirely sure why. At least, not yet. Eventually she would and that eerie feeling that made the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end, that caused her to stop and look over her shoulder, to glance at her communicator every five minutes...it would all make perfect sense. But at the moment, she was blissfully unaware of what was going on at that very moment, of the rip in time and space that was dropping people off in Angel Grove who didn't belong there--something that was sure to turn her world upside down.
"Ashley, you're paranoid," she told herself. "It's over. Astronema's gone, back to being good and living the good life on KO-35 with her brother. And you, you're going to the mall, you're going to shop and buy yourself something pretty that you totally deserve and be happy about it!"
As confident as that little self-pep talk may have sounded, the seventeen-year-old let out a startled sort of yelp as she rounded a corner and promptly collided with someone she swore wasn't there a second ago...