action/video; @b.crusher | ota!

[dancingmd]

a. action
[Beverly walks down this same street almost every day, on her way to and from work. From that coffeeshop on the corner to the weird little knick knack shop full of bits and bobs from across the multiverse, the sights have become very familiar to her. Which is maybe why this particular door showed up on this particular street. Or maybe it's all a coincidence. It's hard to say sometimes, in the Quarantine.

The door in question would not be a particularly remarkable one save for a unique symbol etched in the center of it. Even so, she easily might have missed it - hell, maybe she already has before today. But now that she's seen it, there's absolutely no chance she won't be investigating. The door opens easily and she lets out a surprised gasp when she sees what's inside.]

Oh!

b. network; video
Good evening everyone! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Beverly Crusher - and I found something a bit... unexpected today. [She grins.] A good sort of unexpected, though. Something from my home world that I'd like to share with you all.

[Here she carefully balances her phone against the wall so that it more or less shows both her and the room she's in. It's not readily apparent what sort of room it is as there is nothing in it and no windows or doors, only black walls, floors, and ceiling criss-crossed with glowing yellow grid-lines.]

Now, I know it doesn't look like much but! [She dances over to the middle of the room. She's really excited you guys!!!] Computer! Play File Dixon Hill, The Big Goodbye.

[Immediately, the room around her changes into a street scene from 1930s San Francisco. A figure wearing a fedora bumps into her. "Sorry, ma'am!" he says as he tips her hat and continues on his way, though not without first giving her an odd look - she is after all dressed in odd clothing for the era.]

It's a holodeck! Or well... I suppose since we're not on a ship it ought to be called a holosuite instead, but in any case, it's a holographic projection system that creates a virtual reality. There are only a few scenarios loaded onto the computer right now, but I plan on making more - with ideas and suggestions from you! I want this to be a collaborative creative project that we can all have fun with! There'll be a link below the video for more information and feel free to contact me with any questions you have!

[She gives a little cheerful wave goodbye before reaching down to turn off the video stream.]

ooc: And here is the info page for all holodeck related activities!

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video | iron.man

[buildsomething]

[Holographs? Well now you've got Tony's attention. He leans in a little to the screen like he might be able to see it better.]

What the hell... Is it hard light?

[dancingmd]

Mmm.... not exactly. We use force fields to manipulate and contain the photons to give the illusion of substance.

[buildsomething]

[blink]

I don't suppose you'd be willing to let me come look at the hardware.

[dancingmd]

[She hesitates. Admittedly, she has not been good with the Prime Directive at all but somehow, someone actually digging into the hardware of Fleet technology seems a step further than simply telling them about it or even helping them set up new holoprograms. Especially someone she doesn't know.)

Possibly. But how about we start with an introduction?

[buildsomething]

[Right. Politeness helps. Tony smiles a little, and if it's one of his more charming ones, well. Can't hurt, right?]

Sorry. Tony Stark. I do a lot of work with holographic interfaces, so I'm curious.

action

[scholiast]

What is it? (Lucretia calls from where she's been left standing on the sidewalk; Beverly had dropped her hand the moment she had seen the little door and gone to investigate, turning the knob. It doesn't look like a shop... but she recognises the little symbol etched into the wood for some reason.

Oh– wait. She's seen pictures of Beverly in her ship's uniform before. This must be something connected to her home. She comes closer to curiously stick her head around the door to look in, too.)

action

[dancingmd]

[What she'll find when she looks inside is one section of corridor from Beverly's ship. A large orange door is at the other end of the corridor.

Beverly's looking around with eyes wide and mouth partially open.]

It's.... The Enterprise! Part of it anyway!

[scholiast]

(The Enterprise?)

What's it doing here? (She wonders aloud, letting herself into the hallway too to look around. She knows that sometimes people receive things from home unexpectedly, but a hallway and adjacent room? Strange.)

[dancingmd]

I don't know... though I've heard sometimes bits of a world come through the portal too, not just people and objects.

(She supposes technically speaking though, the Enterprise is an object - just a really big one. She moves to one of the computer monitors embedded into the wall.)

Computer?

(There's no answer and the screen remains dark. Beverly hums thoughtfully.)

[scholiast]

(Speak for yourself! Lucretia has never heard of that. For a wild moment she imagines the portal delivering her the Starblaster, what it would feel like to walk the familiar corridors one more time.)

I didn't know, (she says simply, running her hand slowly over the wall. The large orange door at the other end is of most interest to her.)

How far back does it go?

video; un: kirk

[winscenario]

[ A holosuite. Jim has so many questions right now, just from what she said alone, but for now he'll let the excitement take the reins a little. Questions can wait. ]

Please, tell me I can come by and have a look.

video to action?

[dancingmd]

I was wondering when you'd call!

I'll text you the address!

make it so!

[winscenario]

I'll be there shortly.

[ And with that he ends the feed, and he's on his way to her the moment she texts him the address. Shouldn't be much of a surprise that it only takes him about ten minutes to get there. ]

Bev? [ He knocks lightly on the doorframe as he steps inside. ]

[dancingmd]

Jim!

[Her eyes dancing with excitement, Beverly immediately takes him by the hand and pulls him inside. The first room is nothing more than a section of corridor from the Enterprise, so she doesn't linger too long there - nothing very interesting to see.]

I want to show you something!

[winscenario]

[ It's plenty interesting to Jim, and he looks around them curiously, even as he follows Beverly down the corridor. ]

Is this part of your Enterprise? [ By his tone alone, it should be plenty obvious how different it is from his own. ]

B! Video @the.boneless

[ragnarsson]

So this place can create anything?

[Ivar's come to understand technology a little bit better in the time he's been here, but some things still go right over his head. However, he understands enough that he's already getting a specific idea in mind.]

video!

[dancingmd]

Almost anything! Do you have something in mind?

[ragnarsson]

Kattegat.[He pauses, realizing not everyone here might not realize where the town is.] That's in Norway. In the ninth century.

[He's been feeling a little homesick as of late and being able to see his hometown would be wonderful.]

[dancingmd]

Well, that should be easy enough to program! I'm unfortunately not very familiar with Norway myself, but the computer data banks should definitely have something to work with already. We'd just need to add in the details from your memory.

[ragnarsson]

Fortunately, I have a good memory.

[He'd lived in Kattegat his entire life and had rarely gone anywhere else. It wasn't like anyone ever wanted to take the crippled teen on a raid. He looks a bit distant as he continues.]

It's strange. All I ever wanted to do was leave Kattegat, but after so many months away, I really miss it.

audio: sn: alexpnws

[11calls]

Wow, that may be the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life.

audio

[dancingmd]

[Beverly laughs.] I felt the same way the first time I saw one!

[11calls]

Could you feel it when the person bumped into you?

[dancingmd]

I could, just as if they were real!

[11calls]

Okay, that is really impressive. I'd ask how it worked, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't understand it if you told me!