Gym - Afternoon

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Another lazy Sunday with nothing to do, Kara finds herself grabbing her bag and heading down to work off some energy. She arrives to find it empty and blissfully quiet, for once. Throwing her bag down, she heads to the mats to start stretching.


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Anders shows up at the gym shortly after Kara does, and walks over with his arms crossed over his chest. "Why is it that I tend to run into you here more than anywhere else, Thrace?" he teases.

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Kara looks up from stretching out her right leg and smirks. "Because you enjoy getting your ass kicked."

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"Right. Yes. You kicking my ass is completely the highlight of my week," retorts Anders as he starts his own warmups. "Haven't seen you in about a week. What's new with you?"

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"I always knew it." Kara smirks, giving him a wink as she switches legs. "I spent most of my week hacking up a lung and trying to breathe. Not my best week ever," she replies. "What about you?"

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Anders grimaces as he rotates his ankles. "Oh gods, that sounds like Cally last week. She was completely out of it for days. My week was totally boring, except for helping her paint that Viper she's got up on the roof, and that brunch this morning. Otherwise it's just been class and sleeping."

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Kara exhales loudly as she finishes stretching out her hamstring. "I'm gonna have to check that Viper out one day," she says.

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Anders grins and finishes up his own stretching. "The paint job is totally non-regulation now, but Fleet HQ is like who the frak knows how far away. So what's the plan for today? Weights, sparring, bikes?"

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"Bikes, then weights?" offers Kara, as she presses herself up into a standing position. She shakes out her injured leg and looks down at Anders, saying, "Maybe one day we could hit the court."

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"Sounds good to me." Anders levers himself back to his feet and loosens up his limbs, nodding hesitantly. "Yeah, we should do that. It's been a while."

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Kara nods silently and gives him a small smile. "Can't have you getting rusty, right?"

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"That would be kinda bad, yeah," replies Anders, heading toward the stationary bikes. "Not like I have anybody else around here to play with who's any challenge at all, much less can kick my ass around."

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Hopping on to a bike, Kara sits back and thinks for a moment. "Kara Thrace, Official Ass Kicker of Samuel Anders." She gives him a wicked grin. "I like that."

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"Oh, great." Anders swings a leg up over the seat of the neighboring bike and rolls his eyes. "That's all you need, an official title to go with it."

Weight Room

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Anders goes about popping pins in and out of the various weights on one of the apparatus, and glances over at Kara. "You gonna work your knee any tonight?"

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Kara chews on her lip and says, "Yeah, I should. Held up well on the bike. No twinges."

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"Good to hear," Anders says with a wide, genuine smile. He abandons the apparatus he'd been tinkering with and heads over to set up the weights for Kara. "Well, if you're my official ass-kicker, I'm your official spotter, so let's get to it, huh?"

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"Right," Kara says, staring at the leg press a little apprehensively. Taking a deep breath she takes a seat on the leg press and gets herself settled in.

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"I started 'em off light," says Anders, "so don't worry about that. Can always put on more if you need me to."

He leans over the bar, sensing her hesitation. "Hey. I'm not gonna let this thing hurt you, okay?"

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She gives him a quick smile and says, "Didn't think you would."

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Anders grins and flashes Kara a quick salute before reaching for the safety releases. "You ready?"

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She gives him a nod and sets herself, waiting for him to lower the press.

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"Here goes." Anders double-checks the weights and lowers the press slowly until it comes into contact with Kara's foot, watching her face carefully the whole time for any sign of hesitation or pain. "That good?"

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"Yep." Kara gets used to the weight then slowly brings her leg in towards her body.

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Anders nods, and just keeps watching Kara, his hands in position to grab the bar if needed. "Looks good so far. You getting the strength back in it okay?"

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Kara pushes back up and says, "Looks like it." She continues for another ten reps before stopping. "Feels good. Let's try a little more weight."