In a small way, this story is about building towards (what I'm still hoping will be) the next big project. We've officially been at AU for a while for now -- and in that, we have a setting which has had a few mainline-extant pieces missing. This story officially begins the process of filling in one of the largest gaps.
I left the character tag off on purpose.
So there you go. 9400 words, and now she's here. She's always been here. We just haven't seen her until now.
A beginning, but not an ending.
The wrong place, at the wrong time...