Gym [Saturday evening]

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Rory had immediately checked her messages when she woke up from a nap that evening (lack of caffeine shockingly seemed to make her tired all the time) and headed straight down to the gym.

She didn't really feel like doing much, but she brought her gloves and a bottle of water just in case. When she arrived, she sat down by the bags with her legs folded under her and opened up a book.

[Rory's here to meet Aeryn, natch, but open for all your gym-like needs! And it's fine to say Rory and Aeryn talked, but the subject matter is NFB, pleaseandthankyou!]

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Aeryn's not sure what mood she's in when she gets down to the gym, but she can put that aside since it's not about her. She's kind of surprised Rory made it there before her, and she's quick to look her over as best she can. "You okay?"

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"Just a little colorful," she answers, giving Aeryn a once-over as well before setting aside her book. "Hi."

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"Luke said nothing was broken," she says, waiting for confirmation.

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"My nose was, but not badly enough to be set," she replies. "I just had some ice on there and benadryl to breathe and it's fine."

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"Good," she says, obviously relieved. "You seem very calm about it."

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"Is he okay?" she asks. "He was - " violent, scary, wrong - "really not himself. At all. Obviously."

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Aeryn's still not sitting, because she kind of thinks she might feel like moving around. "Did you know anything about the neural chip?" she asks.

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"The what now?" Rory asks, essentially answering the question.

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Keeping an eye out for errant squirels, she says, "There's a Peacekeeper named Scorpius. He was here last year and inserted a chip into John's head. I'm still not entirely sure why, but I'm sure he had his reasons. He was back last weekend, and Monday, the chip took over."

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"And it made him talk funny and beat people up?" she asks.

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She nods. "Scorpius was controlling him. He tried to get to my Prowler, but couldn't leave."

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The pieces are slowly coming together in Rory's brain. "Does this have to do with him seeing things that weren't there awhile ago?"

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Another nod. "He was having visions of Scorpius, but got it under control," she answers.

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Rory nods. "And then this Scorpius guy came back and made it all go to hell. Okay. Is he all right now?"

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"The chip's been removed. He won't be bashing anyone's heads in. I'm not sure about 'all right'," she says, thinking Rory honestly deserves to know.

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"I wouldn't expect him to be perfectly okay after that," she amends. "But as long as he's physically fine."

She looks at Aeryn carefully. "And you?"

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"Fine. I had a Diagnosan check things out. I'm fine," she says, only answering the physical part.

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"Is that like a doctor?" she asks.

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"Yeah. He's the same one who did John's surgery," she tells her.

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"And he says you're physically okay?" Rory double-checks, because she's not enough of an idiot to think that Aeryn's fine in any other way. She isn't, and she's just John's friend.

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"Mm hm. Concussion, nothing I didn't already know," she replies.

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"Oh, hey, we can be concussion buddies," Rory says, trying for levity and probably failing. "I'll totally share my ibuprofen with you."

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"I'm fine," she repeats. "I heal quickly." Either that or John got Rory worse than she thought, and that'll bother her.

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"I bruise like nobody's business," Rory says with a slight shrug. "So I look worse off than I am." She chews her lip. "Do you think he would want to see me? Or is it too much? I want to let him know that I'm okay and I don't hate him or anything."

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"He made mention of it yesterday," she says. "If you're going to do it, I'd do it quickly. He was talking about going home today." And that's Aeryn going to the bag and hitting it. It took her a while, huh?