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[dancingmd]

who: Beverly Crusher and you
what: Quantum Tentacle Shenanigans
when: February 13, afternoon
where: Down by the river
warnings: none; will add if needed



If you happen to be taking a nice stroll by the river on Tuesday afternoon, you will be treated to the rather unusual (for most people anyway) sight of a woman flying. Said woman does not look very happy about this state of affairs: jaw clenched tight, she resolutely avoids looking down. Her arms and legs move almost like she's treading water, as she doesn't exactly know what the correct motions are for flying. Experimentally, she gives her arms a flap, but that only sends her higher into the air.

Okay, so not that. She closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, and tries to force her body down in an awkward sort of dive. All she succeeds in doing is somersaulting in mid-air with a rather undignified yelp. Panic is threatening to set in and she calls for help from anyone who is walking by, at least until a certain magical girlfriend can come to her rescue.

ooc: if anyone is interested in other skill/power/mental swaps with Bev, don't be afraid to hit me up, PM or on plurk at curiouslyenough!

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[snapkaboom]

"Don't mention it." He smiled and extended a hand, both in greeting and to offer in case she wanted assistance to get as close to the ground as she could. "I'm Roy Mustang. Sorry, but I don't think I can do anything right now to fix the uh...gravity." Whatever was keeping this woman in the air was something beyond his skill in alchemy, or anything for that matter. "What happened?"

[dancingmd]

"Beverly Crusher. Sorry we had to meet like this." She shakes his hand, albeit the action is a little awkward, what with her floating and all. She sighs. "And I don't know what happened, exactly. Probably some experiment gone wrong over at Gramayre."

[snapkaboom]

Roy tilts his head. He was brand-spanking-new in Riverview and hadn't learned about all of the different institutions yet. "Gramayre? Is that some sort of lab?" He carefully takes a step back as it looks like she's got herself more or less under control, though he's not far away enough that he can't hop back in a help her steady herself.

[dancingmd]

She nods. "Magical research facility. My... girlfriend works there. I know a few other people there too. They might know what's going on."

[snapkaboom]

For Roy, 'magic' and 'research' did not belong in the same sentence. As skeptical as he was about it, he wasn't about to be rude.

"Where I come from 'magic' is just a superstition. We explain everything through science, so I apologize for having trouble wrapping my head around around a magical research facility."

He was hoping that 'magic' had different connotations here than in Amestris. Otherwise his stay in Riverview was going to be a little more difficult than he initially thought.

[dancingmd]

She chuckles and shakes her head. Far from being offended, Beverly is in fact extremely sympathetic. "Believe me, this is not normal where I come from either. But as a good scientist, I also know to keep an open mind and not reject something out of hand simply because it doesn't exactly match what I already know." She gestures at the stairway. "Besides, in my world, alchemy would hardly seem any more believable than magic."