"i'm beginning to think negatively, jean-luc" ( CLOSED )

[ethnobotany]

WHO: Beverly Crusher
WHERE: Off to the northwest and homeward bound
WHEN: May 10th
OPEN TO: Jean-Luc Picard
WARNINGS: tbd

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In hindsight, Beverly will say she should have expected something like this to happen.

Next to holodeck malfunctions, transporter malfunctions are one of the top problems on Starfleet ships. One would think they would have come up with a way to make them foolproof, but not yet. So, all told, Beverly has been whisked away suddenly more times than she might care to count. She really should have expected to one day turn around in the hospital only to find herself stepping out into a section of ground that is very definitely not part of the village. Either village.

In fact, she can't even really see much of the villages. Assuming what's on the other side of the trees and whatever else is in fact one or the other.

Folding her arms over her chest, she glares at the horizon, thinking this will be a long trip back. "What I wouldn't do for a tricorder here," she huffs, as though she hasn't had that thought almost every day for the last year.

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[ethnobotany]

Beverly is much happier on solid ground, that much is for sure. She keeps an eye on Jean-Luc as he makes his way up the tree, ready to help if he should need it. His skill and confidence in climbing should be a lot higher than hers and she doubts he will need her. But just in case, she's ready.

Once he's further up the tree and she doesn't have a very good line of sight up to him, she calls up, "Any luck up there? How high are you?"

[enterprisingheart]

For all that he certainly doesn't expect to need her help, there's always the possibility of a branch breaking underfoot, to say nothing of any other sort of injury that can come from climbing a tree like this. Not that he hasn't had his share of practice, but even that isn't any guarantee that accidents won't still happen.

"I can't see the village from here. I'm going to try going around the other side. It's possible it's in the other direction."

And if that doesn't work, he'll try getting a little higher in the tree and see if that helps.

[ethnobotany]

The whole thing makes her nervous. She can stand on the ground and watch easier than she can actually climb and she knows Jean-Luc is good at climbing and cautious besides. All the same, neither of them knows what might be lurking around at any moment, either on the ground or in the trees. And if they don't find their way back to either village, they could be stuck out here. Neither of them wants that.

"All right. I'll keep an eye out for trouble down here."