But Sooner Or Later God'll Cut You Down [Open]

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

'Running away' is, in Howard's opinion, the most useful thing the human body can do. And unfortunately, he has plenty of reasons to think it will come in handy at some point, or at various points, in the future.

That's why he's set up a 400 yard circular track-slash-obstacle course in Hydroponics, as well as set up markers for hundred meter, two hundred meter, and mile routes. Every other morning, before Med Bay shifts, he's here, improving on speed and stamina. He knows full well that even if he gets into the best shape of his life, he can still be outrun (or outflown) by his super-powered, magical or metahuman peers, but it's better to have that added little bit of competence if and when he ends up sprinting away from danger.

He's feeling the results, too. There's no way to time if he's getting faster, but where he was once just skinny, he's becoming lean, and the mile run that used to exhaust him leaves him considerably less winded than it did a few months ago. And he's getting much more confident going through the tunnels and up the ladders of the obstacle course.

The only thing looking worse for the wear is his shoes. At some point he's going to have to relegate his velociraptor shoes to a beloved keepsake, because the seams are literally coming apart around his toes.

Howard double-knots his shoelaces and stretches a bit before running the obstacle course again.

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[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"My world is really, really, really, really stupid." Don't worry, Terry. There's no love lost there. "Not that yours doesn't sound dumb too."

[beyondgotham.livejournal.com]

"Don't get me wrong, I know my world is stupid. We have clown themed gangs and people that inject animal DNA into themselves. It's pretty crazy," He said with a grin. "I'm just the only one who gets to say that about it."

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Clown gangs." Howard takes a deep breath, reminds himself that Terry won't understand a reference to Insane Clown Posse, and then nods. "Alright. Why not? Nothing could go wrong with clown gangs, and you can save on transport with a ghetto clown car."

[beyondgotham.livejournal.com]

"It's not as fun as you think it'd be. They aren't just clowns, they're Jokerz. As in, they based themselves off of a complete psycho that dressed like a clown and caused a lot of..." he struggled to figure out what to say here, without bringing up the subject of Tim to a total stranger. "A lot of damage to a lot of people."

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"I'm not saying I think it's fun. The craziest stuff out there is only fun in hindsight. I nearly got eaten by talking coyotes and that is so not fun." The Jokerz sound like exceptionally stupid cult members to Howard, but he's never understood following causes like that.