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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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[Approving of Aveline's decisiveness, Beverly bites back a grin as she follows her friend. As they get closer to the ocean, she practically dances past Aveline and wades in with a splash. The water is pleasantly cool and, for now, calm, with only the tiniest of waves breaking upon the shoreline. Perfect for swimming!

Beverly goes out until the water reaches her hips, then turns back to see how Aveline is doing.]

[She wades in with her face scrunched up in preparation for icy water -- but it's not nearly as cold as she expects it. Well.]

I thought it would be colder.

[Warm climate, warm water. That... makes sense. Still, she looks down at her toes in the sand, feeling slightly unnerved about this whole swimming-in-the-ocean thing.]

[Seeing Aveline's nervousness, Beverly takes a few steps back towards her.]

You still okay to do this?

I'm fine.

[And she is. Really.]

The Ferelden coast is too cold to swim in. Kirkwall's not much better. This is just... strange.

[She nods.]

It took me a while to get used to it too... the planets I grew up on didn't have many oceans, or any at all. Then when I went to Starfleet Academy on Earth, I was living right on the coast, and we'd take trips all the time to the beach. The waves were more of a concern for me though than the temperature.

That does sound... rather nice, actually.

[The waves. Yes. Waves are a concern. Still, she dips down in the water, starting to warm up to this whole thing. This is nice.]

The shore near Kirkwall is called the Wounded Coast. It's a deadly stretch of coastline for any sailor that doesn't know what they're doing, bandits, Tal-Vashoth, and giant spiders aside. No one goes there for fun.

Tal-Vashoth? Who - or what- are they?

Qunari who have left the Qun, really. Some of them live as bandits.

[She pauses; if Beverly doesn't know what a Tal-Vashoth is, then 'qunari' is probably also an unknown.]

The qunari are a race of people, and the Qun is their... religion, philosophy, whatever you want to call it. They're tall, muscular, horned people, with greyish skin.

[She grimaces a little.]

The Chantry doesn't like them much, I'm sure you can imagine.

[Most of Beverly's knowledge of Thedas comes from Hawke so uh... yeah. There are big gaps in what she knows. However, she does remember Hawke talking about people's attitudes towards him being a mage. The Chantry doesn't seem to like a lot of things.

And Tek wonders why she's skeptical of religion.]

Yes, I think I can.

[She shakes her head.]

But there's plenty I don't see eye to eye with the Chantry on.

[Beverly swirls her hands in the water.]

Oh?

[She's interested, but doesn't want to push.]

[She shakes her head.]

I know there's mages who aren't in the circle who are no danger to anyone -- Hawke included. I think they have easy answers for things that aren't so easy. Wesley was a templar, and I know it gave him comfort. It gives a lot of people comfort. I don't... the chant is lovely, but I don't find it compelling.

[Aveline shrugs, rather distracted.]

[Beverly nods thoughtfully. Honestly, religion is something that she's never really given much thought to for most of her life. For Terrans, indeed, for most Federation citizens, it's not a very public thing, not anymore, so it is admittedly strange to think about living in a world where it's so prominent and influential. She'd like to know more, but she can tell Aveline is thinking about other things so she'll let it drop.]

I can't say I know all that much about religion myself, I was just curious to know what your thoughts were.

[Her smile returns and she takes a few steps back, deeper into the water, takes a deep breath then drops beneath the waves for a few moments before popping back up, her long hair plastered to her face and shoulders.]