Camp gym, Thursday evening

[solo_sword]

Jaina was having a problem lately reminding herself that she needed to get out of the flight shed. Not because spending that much time doing what was essentially work a galaxy away from the war was unhealthy, but because if and when she did end up back there, the fighting she'd end up doing stood a good chance of being a physical fight. Also because it was really unhealthy, but like she was going to admit that?

Currently she was working on the punching bag, looking for all the world like she was taking out her frustrations on it (and she did have plenty of those), but mainly she was just trying to get better, and see how long she could go before she had to stop, or someone dragged her away. Whichever came first.


[Open like a gymmish thing.]

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[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

Lois was normally a morning person when it came to working out but it wasn't really an option on days she had class. Which would be why she made a rare evening appearance in the gym today.

When she spotted Jaina, she stood quietly in the corner for a couple of minutes, watching her. During a pause in Jaina's movement, Lois coughed to make herself known.

[solo_sword]

Jaina could sense her there, but it wasn't till Lois coughed that she even thought to stop. And that was followed by the realization that she hadn't actually, you know, seen many people since she got back and she had no idea how normal it would feel.

Still, she turned toward her and greeted her with a normal-sounding "Hey."

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Lois said. She nodded her head at the punching the bag. "You were really beating the hell out of that thing."

[solo_sword]

"I do that," Jaina said with a little shrug. "I'm just letting it do its job."

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"Fair enough," Lois allowed, moving closer. "It feels like I haven't seen you in forever. What's up?"

[solo_sword]

"Trouble back home," she said, since that was safe. "I spent a while going up and back between here and there as a lead-in to fixing it. It's been kinda busy."

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry to hear that," Lois said. "But things are fixable back there?"

[solo_sword]

Jaina paused, not really happy with her own answer. "No," she admitted. "Doesn't stop me from doing what I can, though."

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"It shouldn't stop you," Lois said, putting her arm around a nearby piece of exercise equipment and leaning on it. "It's your home. Can't stop fighting for it."

And this was coming from somebody who never really had a home.

[solo_sword]

She reached out to steady the bag which wasn't swaying anymore, but it was something to do. "Thank you," she said, glad to hear anyone agreeing with her about anything these days. "Hopefully it helps. How've things been here?"

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"The same, mostly. I got sucked into a locker a couple weeks ago. Had to spend the entire weekend stripping," Lois said. She gave Jaina a proud smile. "I made seventy bucks."

[solo_sword]

Okay, for as odd as Jaina's life had become, and for as much as she was trying to pull away from people in general, she'd missed Lois. "Should I be congratulating you?" she wondered, genuinely curious.

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"Hell yeah, I worked my ass off that weekend," she said, snickering. "And another upside? Got to keep the sparkly underwear they had me wear."

[solo_sword]

Jaina smiled despite herself. "Then congratulations. On both the job and the new wardrobe additions. Do I want to know why the locker made you strip?" No, she had no idea how locker 327 worked.

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"I guess it liked what it saw?" Lois suggested, shrugging. She happy that she made Jaina smile a little. The girl looked like she could use it. "Be careful going by that thing, I'm telling you. Unless you're interested in stripping. I won't stop you in that case."

[solo_sword]

"I think I'll avoid that," Jaina said quickly. "I've already been seen half-naked by far too many people for my liking. I didn't mean that the way it sounded."

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"There's a good story to this half-nakedness, isn't there?" Lois asked.

[solo_sword]

"Gremlin bite," she said, shaking her head. "There was singing. You don't want to know."

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"Why am I always missing these things?" she asked, shaking her head. "At least I got to see John be a cheese-covered bunny. Hearing about it wouldn't have been the same."

[solo_sword]

Jaina had no idea how she was having a normal conversation, really. "You saw that, huh?"

Okay, really, she had no idea how cheese-covered bunny boyfriends passed for normal conversation.

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"Uh-huh. I have to say, there aren't many guys who can pull of the bunny look but he wore it well," Lois joked. "With the exception of the fact that he was in desperate need of a hair tie."

[solo_sword]

"I used barrettes the last time," Jaina admitted. "He was not happy with me. But he wasn't a very happy bunny to begin with."

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"Oh so that's a all the time grumpiness then?" Lois asked. "I just thought it was because he was covered in cheese."

[solo_sword]

"I think it's all the fur, and unable to get the cheese off himself, and the fact that he snores as a bunny," she said. "He's a much happier human."

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"Understandable," Lois said, nodding. "That hopping must get tiring after while."

[solo_sword]

"Takes a while to get anywhere," she agreed. She just sort of liked being the tall one sometimes.