[action/video]

[froststorm]

One minute, she's running from one end of the engineering lab to the classroom across campus, the next, she skids to a halt and is standing in what looks like a looming tower. She knows that she doesn't have speedster abilities, definitely not Earth-hopping abilities, but this? This is definitely not Central City.

Crystal Raymond looks around to try to get her bearings. Her yellow heels make for not great walking shoes as she hears the gravel crunch beneath the leather. She looks down at her phone and notices that it's acting strange, giving her options that she hadn't seen before. Strangely enough, her contacts seemed to have disappeared. It looks similar to her phone but definitely isn't it. Crys frowns at it then hits the video option and sends it to whomever she could reach.

"Hello? Is anyone out there?" she calls out, hoping the video would reach someone familiar, at the very least.

Comments

[vivifier]

Probably.

[ BE LESS HELPFUL ]

[froststorm]

[She'll roll her eyes at that]

Are you from Central City?

[vivifier]

Yes. Are you?

[froststorm]

Yes? I'm...I'm Crystal. Raymond. Uh, I'm a graduate student at Central City University? Where exactly am I? Was there a breacher meta?

[vivifier]

[ LOOK RAYMOND IS A COMMON NAME. ]

Someone broke time.

[froststorm]

[She gives a small laugh]

Yeah, I can see that. Doesn't actually answer where I am. And who you are.

[vivifier]

Well, it's not Central City.

Savitar.

[froststorm]

[He's going to be one of those difficult ones, isn't he?]

Right. Okay. Well, uh...there's bound to be a STAR Labs facility here, right?

[vivifier]

[ Well, doy. ]

There is. Yes.

[froststorm]

Great!

[She looks relieved]

I just need to get there and uh...see if I can get in touch with the Central City facility and it'll all work out.

[vivifier]

It is the Central City facility.

[froststorm]

Even better.

[She doesn't usually like to use her clout but when time is broken. She looks around then back at him.]

Uh...thanks!

[She takes a few steps along the gravel before she takes off her shoes and just starts walking barefoot.]

[vivifier]

...sure?

Most people wear shoes, though.

[froststorm]

Have you walked across town in high heels? Not looking forward to something like blisters.

[She almost looks young for her age: Yellow a-line skirt to her knees, white tee shirt tucked neatly into her skirt, dark orange chunky necklace and bracelet. But the white lab coat throws it off.]

[vivifier]

Have you ever walked through the middle ages in no shoes? I don't envy the infections you'll get.

[froststorm]

...No. I'll put them on before I get there, I guess. There's no other way for me to get transportation.

[Well...there is one way but she is not an expert in it and hasn't actually tried it yet.]

[vivifier]

You could ask one of the many speedsters.

[chosenbylightning]

The storms aren't getting any better. In fact, by Barry's estimation, they're getting worse. More voices are coming in over the comm and more of them are new. He cuts across the city, pulling to a halt in a hail of sparks and lightning. "Hi. You must be new here."

[froststorm]

She's used to speedster sudden stops. But Crys still steps back a little when he does because, well--

"Weird, Jay doesn't do that," she mumbles under her breath. "Yeah," she says in a regular volume. "Really new. I, someone on that network said something about broken time? And then Gideon said something about broken time. But that's just weird because Gideon is still a minor operating system that B is testing out."

[chosenbylightning]

"Yeah, that's about the size of it," he agrees. Mention of Gideon though brings him up short, a little surprised. "You know about Gideon? I mean.. she's not a minor operating system, she's a fully functional AI."

[froststorm]

"Here, she is. Where I'm from, she isn't."

She offers him her hand with a half smile.

"Crystal Raymond. I'm a doctoral student over at CCU?"

[chosenbylightning]

"Where you're from.. so I'm guessing multiverse?" A grin as he takes her hand. "Barry Allen, CSI back home."

There's a barking call from somewhere over his shoulder and he glances over to see a feathered raptor juvenile loping in his direction. "And part time dinosaur wrangler."

[froststorm]

This multiverse is going to get real interesting real soon. She gives a small laugh at the raptor that seems to be practically galloping toward them.

"Are you...still friends with Ronnie Raymond and Caitlin Snow?" she asks, eyes on the raptor because it looked adorable.

[chosenbylightning]

If you ask Barry it's been pretty interesting for a while now. He holds up a hand and the raptor skids to a halt before peering suspiciously at Crystal. Then she asks about Ronnie and Caitlin and Barry's head snaps back around to her.

"I.. yeah. I mean, until Ronnie was killed." Until he failed to save him.

[froststorm]

That gets her attention. The brunette turns her attention to the speedster. Killed. Multiverse theory. But it still strikes her a little. Crys bites her lip before choosing her words carefully.

"I'm so sorry for your loss."