Earning and burning calories - Open

[st_artingpoint]

Jane had a lot of restless energy lately. Most of that was due to the attack at the inn as well as all the thoughts about Asgard, Sif, Thor and the Warriors three. The best way that she had of getting rid of that pent up energy was kickboxing. It allowed her to hit something and to think which was a nice combination.

There were so many question especially after talking to Tony and the possibility that the American government working with Asgard or on their own could have taken and changed her memories from Sif. The possibility was real, but with the memories and dreams that she'd had since waking up at the inn, she could also be Jane/Remy/Alice from South Africa and New York. As she told Liz, Jane wasn't sure if she wanted to Sif or Jane, but the truth was, she wanted to know. But, she also didn't want to know. It was nice to think that she had an 'exotic' background of being from Asgard and friends with the god of Thunder. That was a nicer life than a daughter of murdered Apartheid protestors and raised to be a soldier by first the government of South Africa and then by Ellen Briggs or how she was known by the FBI - Shepherd.

At the thought of how she might have been raised, her fists and leg hit the bag with added force. It wasn't long before she needed to take a break and some water. Jane reached for a towel to wipe the sweat and to reach for a bottle of water. Maybe she'd go for a swim after this.


~*~*~*~*~ By the pool~*~*~*~

After a nice workout that helped with the energy, Jane had changed into her bikini and swam a few laps. The laps had been to cool off and clear her thoughts, both of which helped. Now, she felt like a slug so instead of toweling off and going back to her room, she relaxed against the back of the lounge chair and let the sun dry her. One of the benefits of having Molly for a friend was that as soon as she sat on the lounge chair, a bottle of cold beer was delivered to her from the pool bar. She didn't even have to ask for it. It was nice. Now, if someone could just send her over a slice of pizza to go with the beer, she'd be good.

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Loki and Jane - by the pool

[st_ratagem]

Loki had, for the most part, avoided the pool area. He wasn't much of a swimmer, also it was possible that the experience of almost drowning as a kitten had put him off it even more. Despite that, the fact remained that cutting through the pool area was occasionally an efficient way to get from place to place.

During such cut-throughs, he didn't usually stop. This particular cut-through was an exception, though, because of the familiar-ish form in the lounge chair. The image of Sif, albeit a Sif with short hair and tattoos. Jane, who had managed to be both pleasant and interesting company. This time, he stopped, taking a seat in one of the chairs next to hers. "Good afternoon. Jane, yes?"

Re: Loki and Jane - by the pool

[st_artingpoint]

Jane had seen him around the inn of course but she didn't know his name. It hadn't occurred to her to find out, neither did it occur to her that this was Thor's brother that he talked about.

"Yes, that's me and I'm sorry, I don't know you're name."

Re: Loki and Jane - by the pool

[st_ratagem]

"Loki. You know my brother Thor, I think." He was completely certain, both because of specific mention and because Thor was Thor. Everyone in his general area would know him within a few minutes of him arriving to that general area. He was social that way. "You and I actually have met, but I was much smaller at the time and not in a position to introduce myself."

Re: Loki and Jane - by the pool

[st_artingpoint]

Jane, at first, perked up and her smile grew when she realized that this was Thor's brother. That merged into confusion with his last statement. She was trying to remember meeting someone that looked like him but was smaller, like Scanlan.

"Oh you're Thor's brother, he's mentioned you a lot, but you were smaller before?" As soon as the words were out she thought back through what Thor had said about him. Before Loki could comment she said, "wait, Thor said something about practical jokes that you always played on him. Was that part of the smaller?"

Re: Loki and Jane - by the pool

[st_ratagem]

"Not technically, no." Loki raised one hand, palm up, and created an illusion of his black kitten shape on it. "I was a kitten at the time, I meant." She had realized the kitten wasn't a kitten, he was sure, but there was no reason to make the logical leap that kitten equaled Loki.

Re: Loki and Jane - by the pool

[st_artingpoint]

"OH that was you! After I asked my friend Molly if she'd made an illusion and she said no I thought it might have been a shifter. So you do illusions, too."" At least Jane assumed it was an illusion since there was one in the palm of his hand.

Re: Loki and Jane - by the pool

[st_ratagem]

"This is an illusion," Loki agreed, closing his hand and dismissing the kitten. "But the other was me. I'm a shapeshifter as well."

Jane and Buffy - Gym

[st_accato]

Buffy had been watching Jane at the bag for the last few minutes and recognized the mind elsewhere while fists pummeled look. When Jane took her break she walked over with her own bottle of water. "Hey. Nice workout."

Re: Jane and Buffy - Gym

[st_artingpoint]

"Thanks. Got rid of some energy." Jane admitted and took a healthy swallow of her water to cool herself down.

Re: Jane and Buffy - Gym

[st_accato]

"Yeah I kick like that when I have a lot on my mind, too." Buffy said even though Jane hadn't mentioned that. "I recognized it." She admitted.

Re: Jane and Buffy - Gym

[st_artingpoint]

She looked a little sheepish, "that obvious, huh?" Jane motioned for Buffy to join her and she sank down on the floor cross legged. "I've got some stuff to work through."

Re: Jane and Buffy - Gym

[st_accato]

"Mostly because I'm been there, done that, got the t-shirt." Buffy nodded. "If you ever want to talk, or have someone to hit..." She offered with a smile.

Re: Jane and Buffy - Gym

[st_artingpoint]

"Probably both." Jane chuckled. She set her water down and leaned back on her hands. "Have you met Thor?"

[st_ormbreaker]

Thor Odinson was rarely a swimmer, but he was today. Dressed in a form-fitting pair of trunks, he made his way out to the pool with a towel draped over a shoulder.

As he approaches, he catches sight of Jane.

"Sif," he says, smiling broadly. He makes his approach and sits down on the edge of the side of reclining chair. He's turned towards her.

"I hope you don't mind if I join you."

[st_artingpoint]

"Of course not." Jane shook her head. She liked that he called her Sif, it made it a bit more 'real' for her. "You are always welcome to join me wherever I am."

[st_ormbreaker]

Thor looks very pleased at the invitation.

"I've got that bow for you," he says. "Just let me know and we'll give it a go."

[st_artingpoint]

"Oh great." Jane looked excited because she was. It was one step closer to proving or disproving who she might be. "I'm good with whenever." She smiled slightly, "well not now, I'm not sure I'm up to trying shooting an arrow in a bathing suit."

[st_ormbreaker]

"Probably not a good time," Thor agrees, smiling. "I have been meaning to talk to you more about Asgard. You already know about the Bifrost -- the rainbow bridge, right?"

Thor's pretty sure he mentioned it.

"Have I told you it's flat yet? The planet, I mean."

That usually catches people off-guard, but if by some miracle that little bit of weirdness triggers an immediate aha! moment for her, well -- more evidence that she's Sif.

And if it doesn't, no big loss; they'd just have to continue working at bringing her memories back.

[st_artingpoint]

Jane's brow furrowed, "flat like the landscape out there?" She pointed toward the area where the desert was around the inn. That wasn't familiar to her at all. Except there was one memory that didn't involve sand desert.

"I do remember a place that was lush and green, not like a jungle, but flat." She didn't know if that was a memory of Asgard or through the lens of manufactured memories. It was actually the central plains of Belgium but she didn't know that.

Gym :D

[st_ranger]

There were not many places that Bucky visited in the hotel since his arrival. Yes, he'd done his exploring and trying to make his way around the place to learn all about it, but he had still done a bit of hiding in terms of socializing. He knew that, in time, things would get easier. Or, at least he hoped that they would. His problem was that he didn't know who Stark knew and what bad things Tony might be saying about him. So, he hid.

Still, he went out and did some things. He enjoyed spending a lot of time outdoors. He didn't do much swimming, even though the water wouldn't affect his arm. Today, he was headed down to the gym. The last time he'd come down here, he was sure he was going to break the punching bag. He vowed not to do that this time.

He froze in the doorway, surprised to see someone else there. He really should not have been, but he'd been lucky so far with people not being there when he was. "Um... Hi."

Re: Gym :D

[st_artingpoint]

Jane lowered the bottle of water after taking a long drink. "Hey." She greeted him. He was new or at least new to her. "I'm done if you want to use the bag." She smiled slightly, "I promise I didn't leave too much sweat on it."

[st_ranger]

"Not the sweat I'm worried about. I think the other day I broke one of the bags." He had the grace to look sheepish as he stepped further into the room. "I... I"m Bucky." Sharp eyes glanced around the room, then back at her, scanning to see if there was anyone there besides the two of them.

"So, uh... hey." He raised his metal arm, giving her a small wave.

[st_artingpoint]

"I'm Jane." She introduced herself. His metal arm was one of the more normal things that Jane had seen at the inn so nothing really registered on her features. Her tattooed covered body probably drew more stares than his arm.

She smiled, "I can hold the bag steady if you want. I'm stronger than I look." Jane's smile widened, "I was actually Navy SEAL."

[st_ranger]

Bucky noticed the art, but didn't blink at it other than thinking it was really unique. He smiled in spite of himself. He wasn't used to someone not caring about his arm. Usually, it was the other way around and people only stared. It was a nice change.

"Huh. Really. I was army." He motioned down to his arm. "And HYDRA, if you've ever heard of it. I... Thankfully, I got out." He isn't sure how else to phrase it. And he doesn't even know if Jane knows what HYDRA is. "We can try. I... I don't want to hurt you." He raised his arm to her. "This is stronger than it looks too."

[st_artingpoint]

"I'm sorry, I don't know what HYDRA is. is that like Special Ops?" Jane went on to explain. "I woke up in the lobby of the inn without memories of anything. I'm slowly getting them back. So something that would probably be common knowledge to someone else...." She gave a half apologetic shrug before she went to stand by the bag to hold it.

"Give it your best shot." She paused a beat with a grin, "okay maybe not your best shot,but a good one."