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Who: Beverly Crusher and you!!!
Broadcast: Nope
Action: Nominally beach but really anywhere! Feel free to tag her with a place of your choice!
When: July 26th until the end of the glitchiness

[Beverly woke up this morning feeling strangely... invigorated. Looser, more carefree, and dare she say it? Happier than she's felt in months, ever since she first arrived on the Marsiva. To celebrate, she decided to head for the beach.

Which is where you'll find her now, lounging on a towel and reading a book that looks suspiciously similar to the ah... literature Dorian was so kind as to read out loud to the network a while back. At the very least, there's a ridiculous picture of a shirtless burly man in a plaid kilt on the front cover. As for her, well, she's wearing a very stylish green bathing suit and a big white sunhat, thoughtfully provided by a fan (who has thankfully saved you all from seeing her in some 1980s sparkly gold monstrosity instead). No doubt if you approach her, she'll flash a blinding smile your way and cheerfully engage you in conversation. Or better yet, some fun activities! Right now, she's up for almost anything!]

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[You never know... a lot of people here don't know about Scotland either, yet this was in the Bishop's library anyway.

Beverly has a big smile for Vima when she looks up from her book.]

Thank you! I haven't been to the beach in a long time... well, not a real one anyway. I'm quite enjoying it!

[Vima plunks down next to her, taking care not to read over her shoulder.]

I'm glad--you seemed kind of down. Not that anyone would blame you. [She shades her eyes and looks over the water.] What do you mean, not a real beach?

[Like. Lake beach versus ocean beach not-a-real-beach?]

I mean a holographic beach.

...You don't mean a normal hologram, do you? Not like the kind you talk over, or a holographic picture.

No, not quite like that, though it's a similar principle. At home, we have what are called holodecks or holosuites, rooms entirely dedicated to projecting holographic, virtual reality worlds for recreation or training or running tests or... almost anything you can think of, really. When you're traveling through space for long periods of time with no chance at shore leave, they're very useful.

Edited 2015-08-02 22:58 (UTC)

Wow, that's a lot more advanced than the technology we have at home. I bet it makes hyperspace just fly by, huh? [Training, huh... that'd be pretty cool to have when you're lacking Jedi partners.] But the real thing is a lot more satisfying, I bet.

It is.

[She takes a deep breath, soaking in the sea air.]

Especially the smells. The holodeck is amazing, but they've never quite perfected the real scent of the outdoors.