The Gym: Monday Late Morning [7-21-08]

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen was in the gym waiting for Rodney to arrive. Day Four. Only three left to go. And if she could convince him to run before class on Thursday, she would be able to tell Ronan that she had been successful at the task he had set her.

Still no return of her clothes, so she had stripped down to the odd undergarments provided with the strange new ones and looped them up in such a way as to make running easier.


[OOC: Helen's waiting for Rodney, but the gym is open and Helen's free for interaction as well.]

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[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

"I can't do this," Rodney announced as soon as he stepped into the gym wearing his unwanted, but clean, pirate clothes.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"You can," she said firmly. "Was not yesterday easier than the previous days? Today will be easier still."

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

"Have you seen these boots?" He pointed at the heeled boots that all of his footwear had turned into. "Running in them yesterday was one thing since I didn't really think it would last. But this is Day Two of the period clothing and we have no idea how long they're gonna stay this way. I refuse to put my feet through that again."

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"Take them off," Helen suggested. "You'll be happier running barefoot anyway. I always am. And as we are indoors all will be well."

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

Rodney pouted as his rather pathetic ploy to get out of this failed. "Fine," he huffed as he sat down to take off the ugly boots. "But, I want a foot massage today."

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"That is your boon for today?" she asked with a smile. "Then I am glad to do so."

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

"And a back massage," he quickly added. "I don't think I've been sleeping right."

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"That sounds like two boons," she said, raising an eyebrow.

She'd do it if it was the only way to keep him running, but she wasn't about to agree too easily.

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

"Was worth a try," he muttered. "Fine: feet today, back tomorrow," he compromised.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

She nodded. "That will work quite well," she agreed. "Now, stretching!"

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, yeah," he groused as he stood and began the stretches she had taught him.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"You are doing very well, Rodney," she said, honestly a bit surprised that he had lasted this long. "See how much easier it is to do those?"

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

"Hrumph," he wasn't about to admit to any of this being easier. But he would admit, if only to himself, that being able to run away from Dex was pretty good motivation.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Finishing up and toweling off his sweat from the session (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhighdorms/1426972.html) he'd been engaged in all morning, Cal really couldn't help offering a wave when he saw who came in.

"Hi, Helen."

...Yup. Still just as amusing.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

She narrowed her eyes at him. "Cal." Now she was feeling a little uncomfortable about standing around in the pirate wench underthings.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal really hadn't put much notice into them, for the most part. It wasn't like he hadn't already established that Helen was really weird anyway, and Jaina'd been in a similar predicament earlier.

"Come to work out, I see," he commented, idly making conversation as he tossed his towel over his shoulder, took a sip of water.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"Helping a friend," she said. "I'm not really familiar with all of these... machines."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Any of 'em you need help with?" Cal offered, figuring she wouldn't take it anyway. "Although I've got to admit, I don't know what some of them are, either."

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

She made a small face. "Cassandra gave me a rundown on them, but I'm afraid the only way I can truly learn about them is to use them."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal considered this a moment before his head bobbed in agreement. "That's pretty much true, yeah," he said, and took another sip from his bottle of water. "Think you really will? Or are you more the traditional type? Or the no work out at all type?"

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"I honestly, don't know," she admitted. "Life on my world was always hard enough that for most just the struggles of daily living was enough. But I do run and the weights are interesting."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"The weights are my thing," Cal said with a faint, more genuine smile. "Not that I have much to show for it."

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"Why are there so many, though?" Helen asked. "What does one do with them?"

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"So many different weights, or so many different machines?" Cal shrugged; his answer probably worked either way. "Different people like to work different things in different ways, I guess. I mean, I focus mostly on all the different onces that are going to target certain parts of my upper body that I want to tone: shoulders, biceps, chest. Someone else might want to just work on the leg muscles...that sort of thing."

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

She blinked at him. "Isn't it smarter to work on the entire body? I mean, you'll need all of it if you are attacked, right?"