Someone appeared in Rivendell. Sitting a strange chair with wheels, propelled via hand turning said wheels.
The being appeared just inside the gates as if they just rolled through the door.
Blinking rapidly the trousers clad woman turned around several sides visibly not moving her body below waist, then looked at approaching elves.
-Looks like I just travelled dimensions, I think- she mused, then hung a backpack on the chair's back and started to roll the chair onto more even part of the grounds.
Elves seeing non threatening posture and sircumstances of newcomer sheathed weapons and sent one of them to their Lord.
Lindir, being the one who seemed to not make the dark haired woman apprehensive, stepped forward and bowed welcomingly.
- Welcome into Rivendell- one of the elven settlement of Arda. I am Lindir-
- Hello.... I am Maria- she bowed and pulled couple of thin knives from somewhere near her legs - here are my "weapons" as you will probably want them contained- she smiled at stunned guards, and expertly pulled yet two daggers out off her sleeves.
One of the elves carefully folded them into some material and deposited into special looking satchel. -Thank you. I will return them as soon as they'll be needed.- he reassured seeing unsure look from willingly self-disarmed guest.
In the mean time lord Elrond had arrived at the bottom of the closest stairs, and as Maria rolled herself by Lindir side, she was glancing wide eyed at her new surroundings, and part-elf was observing her discreetly. A while later the Twins appeared wideyed making new guest flinch slightly
Maria then refocused and paid respect to the apparent leader of the settlement.
Who after several questions about her condition started brainstorming how to heal a spine.
Elrohir and Elladan was intrigued by the mechanics of the wheelchair, and enchanted by quiet strength and tiny spark of playful in shy personality.
Trading gentle jokes and puns become their habit in the budding friendship, as Maria begun settling in.
Several next days were spent on:
Elrond &healers: brainstorming to try and heal Maria's legs
Elrohir, Elladan accompanying her throughout the settlement and inventing ways to make the paths more accessible.
Glorfindel and to Everyone's befuddlement Lindir swapping with her techniques of knife throwing and defense. Lindir secretly basked in other's wonderment at his skill with kniwes and Maria's arched brow at these reactions.
Arwen asked to be taught but learned several ways of self defense despite certain lack of mobility from a teacher. In time more and more ladies in Rivendell learned self defence and all males breathed a bit lighter at this.
Maria on her own volition took up on delivering documents to several administrators in Imladris as she could now roll herself fast throughout the corridors. Yet she made it one hour a day delivery.
As she also made her goal to pull Lord Elrond as often as she could "off duty" in the pretext of teaching her or other.
Maria kept reminding the Healer Lord that she can go by and got used to moving that way, and kept asking about stories with wide, full of wonder eyes.
All of inhabitants and guests of Imladris had reformed around their new element who appeared anywhere with soft woosh of wheels, swiftly rounding corners and gliding down and up ramps.
That ramps being everywhere incorporated nicely in the architecture started being used also for transport of most wounded and helped tremendously in many cases.