The Salle; Thursday Afternoon

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Lack of sleep hadn't exactly made Luke a zombie the past few weeks. If anything it had the opposite effect sometimes, and he found himself with an abundance of energy and a ton of boredom to go with it. Working it off at the salle was the best way to spend his time since not only was it exhausting, but it was a pretty good distraction. For some reason fighting cleared his head better than anything else. He didn't know if it was a demigod thing or a Luke thing but, wherever it came from, he couldn't say that it wasn't useful. That little quirk kept him in shape and probably saved his ass numerous times.

After about an hour of non-stop training Luke decided to take a break, leaning against one of the dummies for support. Sweat was making his shirt cling to him, and he could tell that a shower was definitely in his near future. His room might've been messy but it didn't smell weird and Luke intended to keep it that way.

[Salle's open of course, but fyi I'll be afk from like 2:30-4:30 due to that class type thing]

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Percy wasn't exactly expecting to see Luke sweaty and relaxed when he made his way into the salle. So, when he was met with that, he momentarily forgot what he was here for.

Luckily (and thankfully) he recovered quickly, covering up his temporary bout of staring by pulling Riptide out of his pocket.

"You look like you've been here awhile," he said in lieu of a greeting. "Video games not good enough today?"

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"You know I do come down here a lot," Luke said, pulling his fingers through his hair to slick it back some. "I'd say time here might even surpass time spent on video games. Slightly."

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"Slightly," Percy repeated, snickering. "And I never said you don't come down here a lot. I just thought you'd go with video games first."

He didn't know why. Percy shrugged and focused on Riptide for a moment while it went from pen to sword in one smooth motion. That was still cool.

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It was pretty obvious from the look on his face that Luke thought that was still pretty cool too. He was still slightly jealous over it, in fact. Oh well, he'd get a cool sword someday.

"I was feeling restless and video games don't quite cut it then," Luke explained. "Figured I'd come down here and tire myself out."

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"Restless?" Percy repeated, wandering towards Luke lazily. It wasn't like he was there to try and kick Luke's ass or kill some training dummies. He was just there to train.

"Yeah, I guess video games wouldn't help with that," he agreed. "Now, you just look wet."

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Luke looked down at his shirt and sighed. "Yeah, I'm pretty gross, aren't I?"

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"Yeah, you're gross," Percy said and made a face. "At least you don't stink. Then again, I'm not close enough to really check that. I could get you some water if you need it."

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"You hit me with water and I'll beat the hell out of you," Luke warned. "I'm capable of getting my own shower, thanks."

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"You'll beat the hell out of me?" Percy asked, rubbing two of his fingers together to just tease Luke. That wasn't really how he controlled his powers. "You wouldn't be able to, Luke."

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"Oh I think I'd have a decent chance of making it happen," he said. "Even if you were using your powers."

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"You're just never gonna stop underestimating me, are you?" Percy asked, shaking his head. "That'll come back to bite you in the ass."

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"Actually I think it was you underestimating me that time," Luke said. "Not that I blame you. My powers aren't exactly good for a fight, I admit."

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"You don't exactly think highly of me when it comes to fighting," Percy pointed out, shrugging. "Guess we're both guilty of that one."

He thought Luke was more guilty because that's how he rolled.

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Luke shrugged and pushed himself off the dummy now that he was getting some of his energy back. "I guess that means we'll keep surprising each other, doesn't it?"

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"I could kick your ass now and give you a surprise," Percy offered, shrugging a shoulder. "Might help you with that restlessness."

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"How kind of you to want to help me out," Luke said, smirking. "You can go ahead and try if you want."

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"You giving me a free shot?" Percy asked, a little surprised. He didn't think that was the case but maybe he was wrong.

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"No way," Luke said, shaking his head. "You'll have to earn whatever hit you get."

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"Earn it?" he asked, giving Riptide a twirl and smirking. "I haven't earned it already?"

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"Are you kidding me?" Luke asked. "I should be getting free shots at you for the crap you put me through, brat."

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"Oh, that's bull," Percy said, rolling his eyes and stepping close enough to give Luke a light shove. "You haven't earned it either, if you wanna go that way. Not impressive."

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"I wasn't aware I was supposed to be impressing you," Luke said, falling a step back at the shove.

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"You don't wanna impress me?" Percy asked, feigning surprise. "That's sad. Guess it means I can go on thinking you're lame then."

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Luke rolled his eyes. "Please, you think I'm awesome."

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"And how in the heck do you figure that?" Percy asked, giving Riptide a few more swings before it turned back into a pen and he pocketed it. He didn't need a sword to push Luke around.