sixthiterationlogs | great minds and all that ( OPEN )

WHO: Beverly Crusher
WHERE: All over: schoolhouse, hospital, garden by House 20, lake's edge, ANYWHERE
WHEN: mid October
OPEN TO: EVERYONE
WARNINGS: tbd

Beverly had noticed the surprising return of the schoolhouse a few days after the bonfire, though she hadn't yet carved time out of her day to go see it. Now, though, as she passes by on her way to the Inn, she thinks she might be able to. The entire structure seems to have been rebuild almost overnight. She remembers well what it's been like for almost as long as she can remember being here and now here it is looking like new. She'd never really gotten a chance to look at it beforehand. Or, probably more accurately, she hadn't taken the time to before.

So why not now?

With that in mind, she finally steps inside, not really drawn to anything in particular. She's more just interested in seeing what there is to see inside. If she can find anything of interest, any books or other useful items, she'll call it a win. What a grand surprise, flashes through her mind as she makes her way further inside, not at all expecting to find anyone else.

Later on, she takes her normal daily activities, though once she finds out about the mind-linking and realizes it can be turned off, she tries to keep the app off. It... isn't always successful. So she can be found in the hospital, gardening by House 20, or out alone by the lake's edge when she wants to take a breather away from a bunch of people whose thoughts she can hear. Regardless, she is as usual very welcoming and sometimes her thoughts get the better of her if she isn't actively trying to keep a lid on them.

Wouldn't it just be nice if the Observers would stop treating us like mice?

On the 13th, which is the first year she's had an actual date here, she spends a decent amount of time at House 20, mostly full of introspection. Eventually, she takes some time at the Inn to drop off some chamomile leaves and see what else can be done. It's an interesting milestone, both in terms of birthdays and length of time here, and despite whatever new game the Observers are planning, she wants to keep forging friendships and building bonds. What better time to do that than on her special day? So she helps out as she can, asking anyone who steps into the kitchen area if they need anything in particular and doing her best to help if they say yes.

( ooc: if none of this catches your attention, wildcard her! i can come up with a reason for her to be just about anywhere, but if you're uncertain, feel free to ask me by pm or plurk! if you don't want a 'great minds' type plot/thread, just let me know in the subject line that your thread is without mind-link or something, so i know! )

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"Not that I've seen," she admits almost apologetically. "There's not much of a rhyme or reason for anything except the general seasons. Not even all of the weather patterns make sense."

At least, not if they're judging by Earth standards. If it's another planet, they don't have much of a comparison, but it's like no planet she's ever been to.

"Dangerous? Who told you that?" Mostly she's asking out of curiosity. "I haven't had much to do with it, unfortunately. I've been a little busy with my own garden."

"It would be too easy if there were." Ty said with a shrug, waving off the her apologetic tone, instead more curious about the weather. For once, it didn't sound like small talk. "Don't tell me the weather here is crazy too."

He was picturing boulder sized hail falling from the sky or freak lightning storms that started fires. With the forest around them, it would be a disaster, and he wondered if that was another situation he'd have to prepare for.

"When I first arrived someone warned me about it, but maybe I misunderstood." Ty said with a sheepish grin. The person had been new here too, if he remembered correctly, so maybe they'd been misinformed? "Either way, I appreciate your time. I can take stock, but I was thinking about starting my own garden too just in case. What's been the most helpful here so far?"

"I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you on that one," she says with a wry smile. "If we're going by Earth standards, it gets pretty crazy. Apparently, I arrived just after a week of lightning strikes. And we've had various snowstorms, hailstorms, and weather pattern changes. Sometimes it feels like you sneeze and the weather changes." Violently, in many cases. Boulder sized hail and freak lightning storms have definitely happened.

"No, you're probably right," she says lightly. "I haven't spent as much time there as I should. I don't know why I'm surprised that anything here might be dangerous." A soft but slightly derisive laugh accompanies that. Really, she should have expected dangerous to be the name of the game, even in the greenhouse. "That's not a bad idea. I was gifted a box of various medicinal herb seeds and that's what got mine started. Anything medicinal at all or that could be used as food or as a supplement to food would not be turned away."

While Ty wasn't too enthused to hear that the weather could change at the drop of a hat, he was resigned to it. Maybe that meant that winter wouldn't be all cold and snow the whole time, but he wasn't holding his breath. What was more interesting was- "Earth standards?" He asked, curiosity piqued. "Are you not from Earth?"

Because she looked pretty human to him, but then again, some people would say aliens had lived among them this whole time. Not to mention that if someone told him that aliens were behind this, he wouldn't be too surprised. It was all just too strange.

"Well it seems like you've been keeping busy. I'm glad there's a lot to do here, wouldn't want to die from boredom." He joked, before nodding. "I really appreciate you taking the time to educate me on all of this."

Beverly's lips twist wryly at his question. Really, she shouldn't be telling him that at all. She should be upholding the Prime Directive at all times, but ever since her time spent under the influence of that truth-mist last year, she's given up on the finer points of that directive. It seems to be something of a moot point anyway, given the circumstances and how few people actually even know what or where Earth and the Federation are.

"Technically? No," she answers honestly. "I'm human and I have spent some time on Earth, but I wasn't born there and I didn't grow up there. Some people here don't even know what planet Earth is, so sometimes I've had to... change my frame of references." Hence why she'd made a point of mentioning Earth standards.

"I'm always happy to." It's the honest truth, echoed by the gentle smile that crosses her face. "The more people we have who know what they're doing and how to use what we have, the better. We can never have too many people helping out here."

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