Gym,Wednesday Before Workshops

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Tyler was actually smiling as he started on a circuit of the weight-training machines. Well, almost smiling. The corners of his lips were twitched distinctly upwards.

He did a set of bicep curls, then paused to stretch his muscles.

[OOC: Open, of course.]

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It occurs to Aeryn that she probably shouldn't be down here, but she's feeling fine, and she'll keep to less strenuous activity. "Hey," she greets Tyler, and heads to the treadmill, setting it for a jogging pace.

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"Hey," Tyler said, pausing in his stretches. "How's it going?"

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"I don't have any complaints at the moment," she says. "You?"

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For once, that wasn't a complicated question. "Also no complaints," he said. "The fireworks yesterday were pretty."

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"Was that what that was?" she asks. "I was already gone by then, but I heard them."

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"Noisy," Tyler nodded. "I wasn't there all that much myself, but I came back for the show. Did you cut out for a reason, or just bored?"

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"Wasn't feeling well," she answers. It's the truth. "Are these fireworks some sort of tradition, or was something going on and I missed it?"

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"Tradition," Tyler said, and frowned, because he had never thought about it. "I don't know why, but they always go off on the fourth of July."

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"Hm. I still like that thought better than the one where I missed something invading," she says, and ups the speed on the treadmill just a bit.

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"No invasions, just explosions," Tyler assured her. "We didn't even have a stray Jello dragon."

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"Which is probably for the best," she says. "A repeat occurrence would probably mean we should call for Jello dragon exterminators." She's serious, by the way, even if she's not sure whether this planet has such a thing.

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Tyler snorted in amusement. "Probably. Wonder what they would charge? They can't get that much business."

He rubbed his chin. "Or we could learn to live with them. Maybe even enroll a few as students."

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That gets an odd look from her. "Somehow I think they would be better in a specialized school."

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"We'd have to adjust," Tyler said, getting into it. "Refrigerated classrooms so they didn't melt. Classes in dragon. All of that."

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Strangely enough, Aeryn has had stranger conversations. "The common rooms might be a bit crowded."

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"They probably would need seperate dorms," Tyler conceded. "Might not fit into the beds we have, even."

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"Which poses the question of classroom size," Aeryn says. "Namely, that the room would have to be bigger."

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"True," Tyler admitted, still thinking about it. "And, of course, all the classes would have to be bilingual, English/Dragon. Might cost more to adapt than it's really worth to the school."

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"Not to mention, if one of them gets injured of falls ill, we would have to be prepared for that," she points out.

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"And they seemed fragile," Tyler said. "Most of them died without us having weapons beyond what we had on us. So keeping them alive..." He shook his head.

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"Much more trouble than it's worth," Aeryn agrees.

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Tyler nodded decisively. "Glad we've solved that one."

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River showed up. As it seemed odd - even for River - to hang around the gym just to see Tyler, she began to do cartwheeling across the room, followed by spinning around until she collapsed on the floor.

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Tyler unfurled and rose to his feet, then went over and laid down next to River. He touched her arm lightly. "Hey."

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River looked at him and grinned. "Hey!" She poked him gently and sat up.

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Tyler kept laying down, for no reason except it felt nice. He leaned up for a quick kiss. "So how are you this morning?"

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River kissed him back. "Good. I'm happy. You?"

The happy thing was very true. She felt all warm inside.

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"Also happy," he said, and it was true.

Mostly.

"That guy Tim talked to me yesterday."

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"Tim? Oh, he's a friend of mine," River said, still smiling. She was making an effort not to mindread Tyler too much, in case he would find it annoying. She hugged him instead.

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Tyler hugged her back. "I figured. Did you ask him to talk to me?"

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"No," River said. "What did he talk about?"

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Tyler idly played with a piece of her hair. "Nothing. He was being protective. Said he'd hurt me if I hurt you."

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River giggled. "You wouldn't hurt me. And if you did I'd hurt you back myself." She closed her eyes. "I like that," she said, referring to him playing with her hair.

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"I figured you could take care of yourself," Tyler said, because somehow, he didn't doubt that. "Just wanted you to know what he said."

His hand went deeper into her curls. "You have pretty hair."

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Giggling again, River said: "You're pretty too. Did Tim upset you?"

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Tyler bit his lip. "I'm not upset," he said. "Though I did wonder if he knew who he was dealing with." He wasn't bragging or threatening, just stating a fact.

He waved a hand through the air. "Anyhow. It's over."

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River hoped Tyler and Tim wouldn't not get along in the future. She'd have to talk to Tim about it at some point.

"Do you like rafts?" she asked Tyler, lying down on her back again and resting her head against his chest.

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"Sure," Tyleer said. He didn't dislike them, after all. "Why do you ask?"

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"Pippi and I are building one. And we're asking other people to join," she said. "So I'm asking you. As you're my boyfriend." It felt nice and a bit strange to be able to say that last sentence.

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Tyler grinned. "Because you're my girlfriend, I'd be happy to help out. What's the plan?"

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"We have floaties, including a huge octopus one, pieces of wooden fence and an old bed. It just has to be assembled now. And we need a mattress and some pillows for the bed. And picnic food, including ice cream." River's voice was full of enthusiasm. "I think Pippi brings the food. Oh, and we went to the junkyard to find stuff, and I hadn't been there since we blew up the chair."

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Tyler laughed. "Sounds like fun. I'll catch up with you guys later."