The Gym - Saturday Morning

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter woke up early and headed directly to gym.  Throwing his bag to the side, he jump-roped a few minutes to warm up then headed straight to work the heavy bag.  Jab-jab-cross.  Step back then front kick, roundhouse, sidekick until he was just about winded.


[OOC: Open as such things like gyms are.  Come distract me from actually working?]

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[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler came into the gym in workout clothes and started stretching, planning to work on the weight machines.

"Hey, English."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Morning, Tyler," Peter replied, throwing a sidekick into the bag.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Morning," Tyler said, moving through some of the poses he had learned in karate class. "How's your week been?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Other than someone putting dead frogs in my girlfriend's bed and apparently doing horrible things to other friends?" Peter asked.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"I heard they got Willow," Tyler said, expression darkening. "Sent Alec to the clinic, too. Do you think it's all one person?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Nadia does," Pip commented as he entered the gym.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"She know who?" Tyler asked, clearly quite interested. His muscles tightened beneath his skin.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter looked at Pip intently.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"We're still trying to figure that out," Pip said.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Has to be someone who knows us well," Tyler said. "Someone who could get in and out of dorm rooms without anyone noticing. And someone who doesn't care if people die."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"People die?" Peter asked, raising an eyebrow at Tyler. That certainly made the stakes go up. "The without anyone noticing is really the big one, I'd think. With all the people, cameras, and the pirate's shrubs, it's strange nothing out of the ordinary has turned up."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Alec came pretty close," Tyler said. "Somebody slipped him sedatives. And Aeryn was in the clinic too. Any other week, could be anything, but this week I'm going with whoever's putting frogs in girl's beds."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Frogs in girl's beds?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter shook his head, lips pressed thin with anger and concern. "On Wednesday, someone dumped mutilated frogs in Willow's bed. She was absolutely terrified of the creatures. And even more so now."

He considered. "So we just need to figure out who is perfectly capable of trying to kill Alec and Aeryn and also has a twisted enough sense of humour to think that mutilated frogs is a funny joke. Lovely."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip was quiet for a moment. "He or she has done more than that, but I'm not entirely sure I'm right to explain exactly what it was."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

"They broke up Belthazor and his girlfriend," Gwynn said as she came into the gym.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler shook his head. "And that's about the least bad thing on the list so far," he said, eyeing Pip and hoping he'd explain more. "So ... someone who knows us well, has a sick sense of humor, and doesn't care if people live or die."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

"Is it bad if they made it look like he had intercourse with one of her friends who is one of the most innocent males at this school?" Gwynn was confused. "I heard the phrases broken and scarred for life." She looked at Pip for clarification. "Someone almost died?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter nodded a welcome at Gwynn then frowned. "Aeryn and Alec apparently."

He considered. "Not necessarily knows all of us that well perhaps. Just about the whole school knows Willow hates frogs, it was on the radio. Breaking up Bel and his girlfriend - hasn't there been talk on the radio about Bel and other girls before? But who knew how to hurt Aeryn? Or that Alec could be hurt by sedatives."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn nodded back at Peter and then she frowned. "They need to be found and punished then."

Gwynn did not know most of these other peple, but she knew Willow and she knew Bel. Hurting friends or loved ones of friends was not acceptable in her book. Almost killing other students made her slip easily into the mode of King's warrior.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Most anybody can be hurt by sedatives." Pippi said walking in, "That's not a hard one to figure out. And yes... They do need to be found and punished."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Although certain methods used are only known by a few people," Pip pointed out, being quite vague.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler nodded, not wanting to explain the other reason Alec had almost died. His roommate had been pretty clear that the tryptophan was a secret, and Tyler didn't relish telling people that it was his Valium.

He started pacing the gym restlessly. "Could we make a list of everyone they went after, see if there's some common thread? A class they're all in, or ... I don't know. Something."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Willow, Aeryn, Alec, Bel, Bel's girlfriend - Phoebe? -, and an innocent man," Peter paused and had to smile just slightly. "There's an innocent man at Fandom?" He because serious again. "Is there anyone we know of that I'm missing?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Nadia... And Jamie as collateral damage." Pippi said. "Her prank was very personal."