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st_oryinsilence ([personal profile] st_oryinsilence) wrote in [community profile] strangetrip2018-02-21 01:09 pm

[GP] training day

There was a trope that in prison there wasn't much to do except work out or read. As colorful as Madonna Inn might be, it was still a prison. And look, somebody had put together a library.

Put fifty some people, many of them military, adventurers, vigilantes, or superheroes of one stripe or another, in a prison with none of the urgent missions or near-death experiences they were used to, the fitness center was going to be a popular place. Maybe almost as popular as the bar.

... Probably not quite that popular.

There were free weights and weight machines, treadmills and ellipticals, yoga mats and exercise balls. A room set aside for classes, if someone decided to lead. A large square had been taped over an area of the floor off to one side as a make-shift sparring space. Sports equipment had been brought back from Bonesville for those who preferred more organized games. And those who had been stuck here longest remembered there hadn't always been a salmon ladder.

In other words, something for just about everybody. And you could usually find someone in there if you were looking for a spotter, workout buddy, sparring partner, friendly competition too.
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Re: OTA

[personal profile] st_x5_494 2018-04-04 03:36 am (UTC)(link)

"People suck." He wasn't even as optimistic as 'they try'. "Listen, I should go." He promised Pike he'd help her with bread and for some reason he didn't like letting her down. "But you ever need anything -" She reminded him of some of the transgenics who were young and needed a family and, though he'd never admit it, he felt the need to protect.

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Re: OTA

[personal profile] st_makemeastone 2018-04-04 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
She patted him lightly on the shoulder, she'd stopped explaining to people that she could protect herself. It was nice having people who felt like Simon.

Then she wandered back to the barre.