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[decideformyself]

After Alemar III, Philip is understandably a little apprehensive about another shore leave. But reading the information on Risa in the Enterprise's database helps to ease that. To think that there's an entire planet just for vacations! He'd never imagined such a thing before.

So once he's down there, he's going to try just about everything there is to do. Hiking; visiting those underground gardens with the glowing plants; sunbathing; and of course, eating. Alien food is so wonderful, after all.

Aside from Shotaro, he doesn't make much of an effort to stick close to anybody else from the Enterprise. He's just too giddy about trying all these new things. But if he should happen to run into anyone he recognizes, you can bet he's going to greet them.

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[decideformyself]

"I've never really spent time at the beach," Philip admits. An image flashes through his mind, too quick to really hold on to -- himself as a young boy with his sisters and parents walking along a beach -- but he mentally waves it away. "Sculptures made out of sand? And they don't just fall over? How fascinating! Yes, you must show me!"

[morphitudinous]

"Not if you wet the sand first and compress it properly," Billy corrected, already heading out of the cavern. "There might even be existing sculptures to look at, if you need inspiration?"

All that sun and surf might help his mood, Billy thinks.

[decideformyself]

Philip doesn't miss a beat, following Billy right on out. The glowing flowers are already out of sight, out of mind.

"Yes, I believe that may be useful." Or he could look up sand castles. Nothing weird about standing completely still in the middle of the beach while fully clothed and glowing, right?

[morphitudinous]

If it was weird, Billy was weird too. But it wasn't like he ever wore anything but a sleeveless top to the beach anyway...

Grinning, he rented a few appropriate tools, dropped them all in the bucket, and started walking across the sands. Their path was lined by some rather interesting and relevant objects, which Billy stopped to admire.

"Oh! It looks like there's a sand sculpting contest this week. I can't believe someone managed that chimera," he gushed, crouching to take in the detail.