The first thought that came to mind was that - she had a headache. It was head splitting, from ear to ear, and it certainly didn’t help with whatever the hell her current situation was. She wasn’t home, that’s for sure, and she definitely wasn’t in the same warehouse-esque type of building, either. It looked more like a school, from what she could gather through the headache turned migraine, but none of that really mattered right now because where the hell was she?
Panic started to ensnare her. She stumbled quickly out of the halls, her fabricated body glitching as she hurried past bewildered students and sidewalk enthusiasts. With quick blinks, Frankie clumsily tried to find a quieter, less crowded space to gain some sort of bearings. She didn’t know how long she’d been in there, and she couldn’t tell - there was nothing but light, blinding and bright.
A heavy glitch ripped through her when she bumped into someone; it was getting harder to breathe as she ushered out a slew of apologies as she hurried away towards what looked like a railing of some kind. As she drew nearer, she could see the ocean. With her grip heavy, Frankie willed herself to take in a deep breath of salt air and try to ease herself from the shock that threatened to take over - except there was no salt air, nothing but a memory of a breath and simulated tears that rolled down her cheeks and fell into nothingness.
She needed to know something, at least, so through the haze Frankie turned to the nearest living soul and through a broken, and quiet, sob, she asked, “what... year is it?”