A New World.
Faria's spaceship began to malfunction on landing. She managed to jump out & shrink it back into it's capsule & prepare her own body for impact.
"Holy sh**? Are you okay?!" One of the bystanders asked.
(....)
"..You fell from the sky & dropped right on the concrete! You even cracked it quite a bit!" the other bystander added.
Faria woke up from the commotion & prepared to make her first interaction with these new beings. At the same time, one of the junkies pulled out a needle & injected herself with an unknown substance. Faria, unfamiliar with Earthly matters, was shook to the core.
"Are you looking for Comic-Con?" the substance-shooting junkie asked.
"Comic-Con? Wait.. What the hell did you just do to yourself?" Faria asked with a face of disbelief.
"It's just a little secret that us girls come down this alley & shoot up." One of the junkies said as they all laughed.
Faria shook her head as she had little interest in learning more.
"Can you tell me where I am? How long was I out?"
"Well this specific spot is known as Shooter's Alley.. But not that kind of shooter.." She said as she made her hand up like a gun & fired towards Faria.
".. & this is downtown Indianapolis. You weren't out for long. Maybe 1 or 2 minutes? We were all standing here talking when you came flying down like a bat out of hell."
"Indianapolis, eh? I've never heard of that planet.. Exciting.."
The junkies laughed in her face at her remark as they prepared the needle for another round of dosing.
"Indianapolis ain't the planet! What, were you raised in a barn or something? This is Earth! Indianapolis is in Indiana which is in the United States of America located on planet Earth. Sounds like you don't need a hit, blue girl. You're already rolling on the good stuff!"
"Blue girl? Um.. No. I think I'd better be on my way though... & consider yourselves lucky that I've chosen to spare you today. Any other day, a Maluwei warrior would leave you slain on this ground for your insolence." She replied as she walked away to plot her next move.
"Yeah, whatever, blue b*tch. Just go wash all that off & get back to hooking! You ain't no real alien, wannabe!" One of them shouted from afar.
....
Faria began to walk down the sidewalk & soak in all of her new surroundings. She received a lot of strange looks including a random passerby who grabbed her by the arm at the crosswalk.
"Hey, what are you, crazy! Be careful! You can't just go walking into traffic like that girl what's the matter with you?"
"Oh, my deepest apologies. I'm new here, so I don't quite know the rules of your people yet."
The man gave her a sideways look.
"Pay attention to the street signs! My goodness look at you.. what a freakshow.." He said as he tossed his head back in laughter & continued about his day.
Directly above her at the crosswalk was a Dos Equis beer advertisement on a billboard. She squinted her eyes as she struggled to fully read the text:
The Most Interesting Man In The World. Tiny.. Jimenez?? She said aloud.
"You there. Can you tell me where I can find your world's most interesting man, Tiny Jimenez?" Faria asked a woman standing nearby.
"Who that muthaf*cka?? Sh*t. He ain't the most interesting man. He plays here for the Indiana Pacers. You could always go see him at a basketball game I guess but he ain't sh*t. Zion Williamson wins all the d*mn games."
"Basketball game? I shall find this interesting Earthling & he will set this correct. I will force him to teach me the ways of your people, or I will cut his head off for the whole world to see."
The woman stared at Faria without the slightest bit of change to her facial expression.
"Whatever you say, weirdo. The stadium's just a little ways up ahead & they have a game tonight so you're in luck. By the way, cool costume. Who are you supposed to be anyways?" She said as she took a drag from her cigarette.
"How dare you! This is no costume & I am no mere Earthling playing make believe. I am Faria Maluwei. A galactic warrior for the Maluweian Army..."
Faria's rambunctious persona quickly began to shrink as she realized those days are now over.
"... At least I was before my home planet was destroyed.. Excuse me." She said as she wiped a sole tear falling from her face.
"I must be on my way to find this most interesting man. Thank you for your kindness, dearly. In return I shall spare your life, human."
".... Best of luck to ya in this world, alien or not..." The lady said as she turned to walk the other direction.