The gym, Thursday morning

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Aeryn has been going for walks and runs since getting back from LA, but she hasn't made it back to the gym yet. She has no idea how that happened. Besides, she's always curious as to which new students show up here. She heads down with her gloves, stretching a little when she arrives in the gym, and then starts laying into the punching bag.

Plus, it's one of those days where she's actually working out instead of trying to kill it, which is always a good thing.

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For new students, there's only one punching bag, but Aeryn could give it up if needed. There's also the usual sports equipment and such, including weights and moddable workout machines.]

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Alanna came into the gym, nodded at Aeryn, realized the punching bag was taken, and went to stretch. Faithful? Was grinning. Fear.

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Aeryn stops long enough to greet them with a "Hi," and does a double take at seeing Faithful. "I've never seen him do that before," Aeryn says.

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"It's a sign that you should be running far, far in the opposite direction." Alanna said glumly and began to stretch. "I'm allowed to talk again!"

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You know, conversations with Alanna can be really interesting. "You weren't allowed to talk?"

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Faithful shook his head. "Alanna bribed and threatened me to not scare the new kids. But I did radio last night and now I can talk." "Some people get puppies, I get a talking cat."

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"She's right, you know. You shouldn't scare the new people," Aeryn says. "That's Parker's job."

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"And she's doing a fine job of it." Faithful said with a purr. "But I like to help." Alanna groaned. "Why, why me?"

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Aeryn manages not to smile. "How have you been, besides the temporarily mute cat?"

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Alanna though about the question. "It's been...an interesting few weeks. Got my shield?"

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"Congratulations," she says. She doesn't know the whole meaning, but she gets the gist of it. "So that went well?"

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"...relatively? I got my shield. Everyone who left Fandom came back, and my twin finally remembered to show up."

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"I didn't know you had a twin," Aeryn says.

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"Thom. He's a Master. Um...sorceror. He's ... very into his studies and doesn't notice the world around him. I'm the nice one." Alanna paused. "No one ever believes that until they meet him."

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Parker was trying to keep up her stamina for torturing new people, so decided to pace herself and head for the gym. Besides, this way she could get out any excess aggression and not kill new people.

"Hey, Aeryn. Hey Alanna." She headed over to the mat and began stretching, trying to decide if the weights looked like a good idea. "And hey, Faithful. Evil but great broadcast last night. Warn them all about me, why don't you?"

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"But really, you do rock! I lost track of how many newbies you scared." Faithful said with a wave of his tail. Alanna groaned. "Parker? If I see anyone walking around looking like they're not sure which way is up? I'm blaming it on you."

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Parker chortled, and continued to stretch out her legs. "Not just me. Anders got a few real well, and I'm pretty sure Zero was too. But thank you, thank you." She bowed. "The sooner they're in a heightened state of awareness-- or fear-- the longer they'll live, you know."

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"Anders, Zero, and you. Now we have an answer to the question of whom Team Parker is." Alanna snapped her fingers, interrupting her cat. "Unicorns?"

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"Unicorns... oh, right. Marco. I have no idea why he asked. Hard to freak, that kid. And for all I know? He can attract them out in the Preserve." Parker grinned. "I didn't ask him if he was qualified to, though. Damn. Something to check on, next time." She raised an eyebrow at Faithful. "Team Parker accepts all who hold up the standard of weirding out the newbies before the Island does it for us."

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"So I can join? Awesome!" Faithful grinned. Alanna finished up her own stretches and got up. "And a newbie who's hard to freak? Remind me to sic Faithful on him."

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"I want popcorn for that meet'n'greet." Parker grinned and headed over to the weights, testing one, then starting to do arm-curls. "So far it's been fifty-fifty fascinated vs. freaked. Hopefully the freaked ones will now hide under a table, instead of standing there like stunned bunnies if something invades." Curl, uncurl. "So how was the rest of your break? I missed seeing you in L.A., I guess?"

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"I was there for Christmas and a bit of time afterwards. You?"

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"Got there a day or so after Christmas. Ships that pass in the night." Parker sighed. "*I* had a good time. Other people, not so much."

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"What happened?"

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Aeryn was busy over by the bag, not paying attention; Parker moved closer to Alanna, making a mental not to tell Aeryn later.

"Logan bought an amnesia amulet and gave it to Callisto. She spent four days having no idea who any of us were. Bridge told her to break it, she got the memories back, and was even more pissed off with him than before."

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Alanna rolled her eyes. "I saw this very appropriate t-shirt: Boys are stupid. What was he thinking?"