The Gym - Monday Late Morning Through Early Afternoon

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter decided that a week was more than long enough to keep out of the gym.  His only concession was to avoid the salle and the temptation to use a real sword.  Instead he found himself spending his free time before Interstellar Relations working through forms with a practice blade.  And ignoring the fact that the work out did, actually, hurt.

[OOC: Open like a gym is before it is set up for a Club Fair]

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[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner decided to take advantage of his day off to hit the gym for some long-overdue staff practice. "Hey, Peter," he said as he tested the staves for weight and balance, trying to pick out just the right one. You got picky about that sort of thing after a while when you got used to working with unique arms, unfortunately.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Hey Conner," Peter replied when he finished a form. He grinned at Conner's pickiness. "Sometimes I think drunk people made half the practice weapons we have here."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Or drunk monkeys, maybe," Conner complained, rejecting yet another staff. "No offense to Pippi's monkey, of course. Or anybody here who's ever turned into one."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"I don't know. I think a pirate's monkey would be the most likely to be drunk," Peter replied. "Can't imagine he'd take it as an insult."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner finally picked out a staff to his liking and gave it a showy twirl. "That's true. But he'd probably also do better work while drunk."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Good point. Maybe we could get Mr. Neilson to start drinking and making practice weapons?"

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"It's worth a try, right?" Conner tried a few practice strikes and nodded. "Who knows? Maybe he's an undiscovered genius with weapons."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter returned to a short form - high strikes mostly then replied. "I say we talk to Pippi and see what happens. I can't imagine she'd not be onboard. After all, every pirate needs a good weapon supply."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Like Pippi would ever pass up a chance at possible fun and mayhem," Conner pointed out after a couple of repetitions of the combination he was working on.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"My point precisely," Peter agreed. "She'd not be a good pirate otherwise."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner went after the practice dummy with a quick flurry of jabs and horizontal strikes, finishing off with a sweep. "Useful people to have around, pirates," he said with a wink when he'd finished.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter wrinkled his nose and moved through a quick chain of steps and attacks before answering. "Other than Pippi, I've little to no use, but then I've not had good experiences with them at home."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner considered that. "Oh yeah. You probably wouldn't. But Fandom pirates are kinda special."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"At least Pippi is," Peter replied with a laugh. "I shan't give a blanket special or I just know we'll be attacked by pirates next week."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Maybe they'll be made of marshmallows," Conner teased. "It's a little late in the season to make s'mores, though."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Marshmellow pirates? Now this I have to see," Peter laughed. "And it's not too late for a bonfire until Guy Fawkes Day at least."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner paused and blinked mid-swing. "How long does that give us?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"November 5th," Peter replied. "Then we'll need to have a huge bonfire, gunpowder fireworks, and maybe a big straw effigy to burn." He grinned. "It's traditional."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"I wonder if they'll let us celebrate that?" Conner mused. "The gunpowder fireworks might be kinda tough to pull off."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"There were fireworks at Isabel's Fourth of July picnic, weren't there?" Peter pointed out. "And sparklers and flashbangs for Bastille Day."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

". . . oh yeah." Conner can be a ditz sometimes.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"But maybe we should check with the Dean first?" Peter said.

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Definitely," Conner agreed. "I'm trying to keep out of trouble this year. For once in my life."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter laughed. "You've had a good start so far then. Two Saturdays without detention?"

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Amazingly, yeah. So far the lottery's been good to me," replied Conner.