trans_9 | Exhaustion!

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Exhaustion!

After fighting in a massive planetary battle -- well, less 'fighting' and more 'healing people, occasionally from literal death' -- the Akashic was, in a word, exhausted.

Not necessarily physically; regardless of how grueling shifts in Medbay might be at the moment, he made a point to stick to his schedule, sleep plenty, eat (ugh) enough gruel, and keep his body in shape. Not necessarily mentally either; good health and self-care, along with meditation and discipline, helped in that matter as well.

There was just a certain level of core, deep, ground-in exhaustion that couldn't be banished that easily, though. So that left only one thing to do for the best relaxation:

Snowboard in the sensorium.

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"If it can generate all sorts of artificial forces in here, it would be pretty pathetic to not be able to do so outside," he said, absently putting his bindings back on once again. "I kind of like gravity, even if there's slightly less danger of being flung out into space while in an enclosed ship, as opposed to a planet."

She redid her's as well, and pushed herself up - it was getting easier to hold her balance doing this. "Zero-g has it's own appeal too, I think. Makes you pretty agile, too."

"Then you can teach me how to get around in it sometime, in exchange. And then laugh at me when I bounce my head off something. It'll be okay to laugh, because nothing of value will have been hurt," he said, with a wink.

He gestured to the hill. "Ready to go again, or any questions?"

She grinned. "We'll try it somewhere padded first. Would hate to ruin a handsome face." Not to mention that blood had a tendency to get everywhere in zero-g - but that was maybe a little too morbid for this conversation.

"I'm good for another go, I think."

"Clearly it never ruined a pretty one, so I think I might be safe. Or at least as safe as this is." He grinned and beckoned her on. Again, he'd follow her to see if he could offer any advice from watching her form.

Also enjoy watching her form. Yeaaaah.

Sumeragi tossed him a grin, and then shifted to head down the hill again. This run was a little better than her last one, and while the turns were wobbly, she managed to make it to the bottom of the hill still-upright.

He slid to a stop besides her, all grins. "Beautiful. That was really good. Now it's all just a matter of practice. Once you get to the point where you can smoothly switch from one turn to the next without needing to straighten in-between, you've pretty much mastered the fundamentals."

Sumeragi couldn't help feeling a small surge of pride at the compliment, and grinned in return. "It helps that I had such a good teacher, I think. I'll definitely come and practice during my free time, though."

"Once you do a smooth run down a slope, carving back and forth perfectly... there are better feelings in the world, but not too many," he said playfully. "Then you get into tricks and whatnot... But that's a bit more advanced."

He undid his bindings, stepping free. "My usual relaxation of choice is music, but I wouldn't mind popping in if you ever want more lessons or just company doing it. Or if you want to show off how good you've gotten, that's always worth seeing."

Morgan motioned up the hill. "Want to try the full length, now? Slow and easy still, but a bit more practice!"

"I'll keep that in mind," Sumeragi replied with a smile. She wasn't going to let on what her usual choice of relaxation was - but on the whole this one was probably better for her.

She glanced up the hill. "I think I'm up for it, yeah."

"We'll go slow and easy, maybe speed up once you get more comfortable..." His smile was maybe just a bit wicked as he moved over to the teleport pad.

If he knew her usual choice, he might have a comment. Then again, he might not. Whatever the case, she seemed to be taking to the sport, and that pleased him, simply for the sake of having shared something he liked with someone else.

She followed, and returned the smile - though that edge of grin was maybe just a touch worrying. But it probably wasn't anything dangerous he had planned.

"Hopefully without too many falls on the way."

Note to self, that one was a bit too subtle. Which was okay, since it was pretty terrible anyway.

From up here, the hill stretched out quite a ways down, though it was no steeper nor rougher than that one section they'd practiced on had been. "Hey, if you fall, I'll pick you up. One of the advantages of working with someone!"

The change of view didn't bother her too much - still a bunny hill, really. Just with slightly more room to fall down on. She shot him a grin. "Thanks." She meant it not just for the immediate offer but for...all of it, really.

It took her a moment to get the board strapped back on, and then she pushed off down the hill.

Morgan could really start to like her, at this rate.

He twisted his body enough to start moving forward behind her. A part of him wanted to hammer out a few stunts, half for the joy of doing so and half for the sake of showing off, but he repressed that urge. Wouldn't do to steal her attention for the task, after all. So instead he contented himself with carving behind her.

Sumeragi was careful as she headed down - no huge turns, no fast turns, as they both seemed like an easy way to wind up flat on the snow again. But with a little more room, she could feel herself speeding up a little, and getting a little more comfortable with the turns as she neared the bottom.

He watched all the more carefully for that -- after all, when a person started feeling more confident, and thus more relaxed, that was when they were most likely to fall.

Not that he hoped she would, of course!

Thankfully, Sumeragi didn't fall, sliding to a stop at the bottom of the hill after a few more turns. She could still feel the little adrenaline rush - both from having tried it, and having succeeded. She shifted herself a little, twisting so she could watch Morgan come down behind her.

He slid to a halt next to her, hand raised for a high-five. "Beautiful. That looked great from start to finish!"

Sumeragi grinned, and slapped his raised hand with her own. "Thanks. I'm sure having a good instructor didn't hurt."

"Flattery will get you all sorts of interesting places," he said, winking. "But seriously, till you get to the point where you start wanting to slam out some tricks, you're just building on what you did now. Master moving your board, and you've got the foundation of everything."

Sumeragi grinned, and raised an eyebrow. "Will it? I'll have to remember that." She reached down to undo the bindings on her board. "But seriously, thank you. This is a lot of fun - and I just may come back on my own and practice some more.

"Absolutely. If I ever become so jaded, vain, or self-centered that flattery from a cute girl meant nothing to me, I don't think life would be worth living!"

He took the lazy way out; he simply commanded the Sensorium to make his bindings disappear. Lazily, Morgan stepped off his board, then kicked it up into his hands. "If you ever want company, just say the word. It'd be a pleasure. Meanwhile, I'm glad I could teach you something fun. We all need a little more of that!"

Sumeragi laughed, though she couldn't quite hide a blush at the compliment he threw her way. "That we do. Perhaps we need classes on how to have fun as well as how to fight, around here." She could think of a few people that needed some lessons in fun off the top of her head.

Oh, perfect! THAT one hit its intended mark! "Problem with that is the only people who'd show up are the ones who don't need the lessons."

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