The Camp Gym, Sunday Early Morning

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Ino blinked in bemusement when she got to the gym and found that, wonder of wonders, she’d actually beaten Liir.

Grinning a bit at that—such a stupid, simple thing really, but it made her happy—Ino fell to stretching out for practice.

Only to find stretching out promptly aborted as a spider scuttled towards her.

“Nuh huh,” she said firmly, frowning severely at it and wondering at her odds of squashing it with her sandals were. “You’re not stalking me.”

[Ino is here for Liir, but totally open for any of your Ino-ish or gym-ish needs.]

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir walked in as Ino started talking to the spider and quirked at... well, the size.

"Want me to brush it out with the broom?" he asked as he walked over.

"I've been using it around. There's... quite a few similar things that seem to've made their way onto the island."

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"They're everywhere," Ino said, scowling at the spider. Which didn't seem affected by her scowling. "It's a total pain. You can, I guess, try to sweep it out? Experience though, says more are in here and just hiding for the moment."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Possibly, but maybe the rest will take the hint," and he started brushing the spider away towards the door with the broom. The little thing seemed to no it wasn't wanted and skittered off.

When he was done, he turned to her with a faint smile.

"How've you been?"

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She sorta doubted it, really. The bugs here were kinda stupid that way. For the moment though, she couldn't spot any.

"The clinic did not explode with me in charge of it," she said, which wasn't much of an answer at all. "So, like, I suppose that's a victory?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I didn't even know you were in charge of the clinic. Have you taken a shift there?"

He might be less likely to avoid the place now.

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"Every Saturday," she said, still not sure what to think of that. Ino was no medic, that had been made quite clear. "During the day, at least. My evenings are still my own."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Good to know should I make any plans," he said as he started putting his bag and his broom down.

"So... what're we doing today, hmm?"

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"Nuh huh," Ino said, wrinkling her nose at him. "We've totally got training, yeah. But first you've got to tell me 'bout your week. Fair's fair."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"There's not much to tell.

"I went to class. I went to work."

He shrugged.

"What about you?"

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"It was a week," she said with a shrug. "I've, really, had better, but whatever."

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"That's about the same for me. So... practice?"

Yes, he's not talking about much because he was utterly antisocial. And tried sewing.

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Aw, he doesn't want her to nag at him.

Well, Ino was perfectly happy, thanks to not talk about her week either, really.

"Practice," she said, with a bob of her head. "Did you stretch already, or not yet?"

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"Stretched in my room," he said with a smile as he stretched his arm quite far to show that he had.

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"Dork," she said lightly, smiling. "How much practice have you been doing lately?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He swung right into one of the first set of forms as if it was as simple as breathing.

"I've been bored," he told her with a faint smirk as he moved from stance to stance.

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"Thanks a lot," she said, frowning slightly at him. "Alright then, we'll do more."

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"Not with this. I'm actually glad you haven't taught me more so that i would take the time to get this down properly.

"I meant I'd practiced a lot since I haven't had much else to do."

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"You," Ino decided, tossing her head to try and keep from looking too pleased. "Definitely need a hobby if training is pretty much all you've got to do."

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"My hobby has become my work, and I'm looking for something new to try but nothing's really caught my eye. Sewing would be practical, but it's nothing that interests me at the moment.

"And of course there's magic, but I've hit something of a wall there."

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"A wall?" Ino asked, finishing her stretching now that the spider was gone.

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"I've got plenty of research material, so should I wish to take on another project such as your Staff, I could. But I don't have anything which provides any kind of class structure or step by step instructions for anything."

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"Then why not take on a project?" Ino asked curiously.

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"Because I don't have anything I want to make. I never want to do magic just for magic's sake, at least not major magic like that."

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Ino pondered that, then grinned teasingly. "You know," she said, eyes sparkling, "I do believe you promised me a piece of the moon for my garden at one point."

She was kidding, seriously. But he had said it.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"...would you really want a piece of the moon, or simply something to illuminate the garden at night."

Wait a minute.

"And you never told me if those flower seeds I got you were able to grow here to any effect."

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"They're gorgeous," she told him, grinning. "Utterly fantastic."

A beat.

"And a piece of the moon, I admit, would totally have more of a fairy feel to it," Ino admitted. "But I definitely wouldn't protest to something that illuminated my garden, even if it wasn't part of the moon."

Ino was rather sure that moons didn't work that way anyway.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He considered the problem.

"Hmmm...I'll have to see.

"Perhaps I'll think of something that'll be a bit of both."

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"Does this mean you've got a project now?" she wondered, finishing up stretching.

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"I might. It might be simple or it might be complex. I'll have to figure out which one it is later."

He rolled his head around to make sure his neck was stretched. And looked at her expectantly.

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"Should I feel bad that your projects seem to benefit me in some way?" Ino asked, slipping into a stance and waiting for him to follow. "Because that's totally not the intention, you know."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He followed a moment later.

"I didn't figure it was, but it is easier to do projects for you besides. And if you provide the guidance..."

He shrugged quickly, not wanting to muddle up the stance.

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She grinned a bit. "I'll believe you then," Ino told him, glancing over his stance carefully. "Just, you know, wanted to make sure you knew that totally wasn't the only reason I adore you."

It wasn't even, like, a consideration to that.

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"No, I didn't think so,' he said, though there'd been a little doubt when she'd gotten angry at something the other week. But that was quickly cleared up.

"You deal with far too much nonsense from me for me to seriously consider that."

He grinned at her as he made sure he was in the right positions.

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"You'd better not consider it at all," she said severely, checking that is position was correct, and then shifting to another one.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He followed her carefully, going over the movements between once, twice, and a final time before he settled in.

"I don't."

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"Just making sure," she said, shifting to another stance easily.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He followed, making sure to repeat a few times before settling into it.

"Just assuring you," he told her with a faint smile.