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[Furiosa spends most mornings in the gym. Honestly, she'd prefer the Enclosure, but she needs to be moving long and often enough that she can't justify using more than her share of the precious time in the false environment. She works out quickly how to run on the treadmill, but most of the other machines remain a mystery to her. If the right person is using them, they may see her watching, or so may decide to approach.

Some mornings her prosthesis is on, and others it is off, tucked protectively and nearly underfoot, out of habit, though this doesn't seem like the kind of place where anyone is likely to get any ideas.

When she is done, she usually ends by slipping upstairs, showering quickly, and permitting herself what feels like the decadent luxury of putting her feet into the pool. It takes her until about the fifth time to get up the nerve to walk in to the water, to lower herself down in it until she feels it lap up around her neck, then to hold her breath and gingerly, cover her mouth and nose, and cautiously, gingerly slip under the surface and just let herself float, suspended.

She can be found in any of those places.

Still, a workout isn't the same thing as practice, really, and the conversation that has been going on here has weighed heavily on her, though she hasn't participated. So, finally, she takes a break one morning in the gym and turns on the feed.]


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[She has to clear her throat to start, and wipe the sweat off her face. She's sitting in the frame, bare feet apart, elbows rested on her knees, metal arm down at her side. Furiosa isn't comfortable, exactly, talking to a little plastic box that will take her words all over the ship, but this is important to her.]

My name is Imperator Furiosa. I'm human. No powers. I'm in the gym.

If you need, I've been teaching people a little about how to fight. If you don't need, but you're--

I could use the practice.

[Short, unceremonious, she disconnects.]

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Date: 2015-07-04 02:49 am (UTC)
recinerate: (sirens are snaking their way up the hill)
From: [personal profile] recinerate
I suppose I have my work cut out for me, then.

[seeing as how he's already lived his lifetime.]

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Date: 2015-07-04 03:07 pm (UTC)
recinerate: (let's exchange the experience)
From: [personal profile] recinerate
[he meets her gaze with unblinking eyes, an intensely serious expression.]

I want to learn everything you know.

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Date: 2015-07-04 07:29 pm (UTC)
recinerate: (i was born to destroy you)
From: [personal profile] recinerate
I'm very good at learning.

[not boastful, just factual. and especially true when he's motivated, as he is by his fascination with furiosa.]

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Date: 2015-07-05 12:36 am (UTC)
recinerate: (sick breath gathering at my hind)
From: [personal profile] recinerate
[he freezes for a moment. it's unfamiliar, hearing other people call him by the name he's kept secret for so long, and this is the first time she's addressed him directly, by name. it's unfamiliar, but not unpleasant; the tension quickly passes. he nods in acknowledgment of the truth of what she's said.]

You're right. I have no way of knowing what that was like for you.

[this too - being corrected - is unfamiliar, but coming from furiosa, not entirely uncomfortable.]

What else do I need to know?

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Date: 2015-07-05 05:46 pm (UTC)
recinerate: (only his shadow stands by him)
From: [personal profile] recinerate
[beyond follows her glance to the machinery.]

How frequently do you recommend participating in these activities?

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Date: 2015-07-06 01:21 am (UTC)
recinerate: (let's exchange the experience)
From: [personal profile] recinerate
[he nods, committing the detail to memory.]

What else?

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Date: 2015-07-07 04:02 pm (UTC)
recinerate: (leave your mask inside its box)
From: [personal profile] recinerate
You'll show me this next time?

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Date: 2015-07-07 04:36 pm (UTC)
recinerate: (life is sweet at the edge of a razor)
From: [personal profile] recinerate
We will begin speaking at your convenience.

[he says in russian first, then repeats in english.]

Thank you, Furiosa.

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