XKCD does these what if scenarios and the 8th one inspired this. what – if . xkcd 8 /
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What if everyone in the world was standing in the same place at the same time and they all jumped. Would the Earth move?
Noah Puckerman landed on his feet the exact same time as the 7 billion other people around him. The sound of all those people hitting the ground made a magnificent ding but the echoes of it faded within a few seconds. Everyone starts looking around and rapidly coming to the same conclusion. Where are we? And who are you? Somewhere nearby a tiny child's voice calls for its mother and immediately people begin to shout. Everyone begins to move and shout trying desperately to find someone they know, someone who speaks the same language, someone from the same place. The crush of bodies is immense as people begin to move around but none but the most panicked push against the heavily armed commando.
Noah looks around and seeing no one he knows follows everyone else's example but in a quieter though less efficient manner. He grabs the nearest person closest to him and says hello in Hebrew and then heavily accented English. The third person he grabs yelps and spins to face him fearfully and confused much like everyone else had when the large soldier had grabbed them but this time he pauses. After all this was a pretty girl he'd just snatched. One that after a moment repeated his words back to him. Hello in English and an accented Hebrew. English wasn't his strong suit but he caught her say Name and Rachel in English before she repeated in Hebrew "My name is Rachel Berry." He smiled and replied the same way "My name is Noah Puckerman." and again in English as best he could "Name. Noah Puckerman." Then he smiled and tentatively she smiled back.
Rachel Berry, NYADA Junior and Broadway hopeful looked around in confusion and fear after her feet hit the ground. She'd been in dance class when she'd suddenly found herself, here. Where ever here was? There were people as far as she could see all closely packed together. And nowhere did she see anyone she recognized. She could pick out nationalities somewhat. The man nearby in orange robes was a Buddhist monk. There was a woman with many golden rings around her neck like in that National Geographic show she watched once. Nearby a small child let out a universal cry of "Mama!" and suddenly everyone was shouting. Rachel quickly clapped her hands over her delicate ears but quickly had to bring them back down just to keep herself upright as everyone began to push and shove their way through the crowd. She feared being trampled as the more immediate danger than the fact that no one in earshot was speaking English. Suddenly a strong hand wrapped around her arm and jerked her to them. She yelped and looked up scared into the face of a handsome, if dusty and sun browned man. She barely took note of the many guns and knives hanging from his body when she heard the welcome sound of "Shalom." Fall from his lips followed by a much more heavily accented "Hello."
Having found some anyone who spoke the same language Rachel and Noah stuck together from then on out. This was a huge blessing for Rachel as she gained the protection of the well-trained soldier. No one was going to trample her into the ground with one of the large commando's arms wrapped around her. To Noah he had someone who was native to the country they were in, someone who could give him at least vague directions. They were on the East Coast of the USA and they had to get out of this press of people. With the help of a compass Noah began to drag them West with all due haste.