A (not so) Quick Work Out [open]

[battorch]

When not working a particular shift at a department, and when taking a 'break' from work in general, Tim was prone to doing some working out and training. If he was going to be out of any one of his departments, for any given time, he might as well spend it keeping himself in shape and his body honed. It was productive and sometimes it could help him think. And it was certainly better than spending any pauses he had by idling. He couldn't afford to do that.

As Red Robin, it was easiest to just work out in Hydroponics, if he were doing straight up working out, practising with his staff and enjoying the more open feeling. He'd set up training runs and he could work with weapons in relative seclusion. In those instances, he would focus more on balance and take a calmer, slower route, using the lesser muscles and doing more work with the finer aspects of martial arts.

But, from time to time, the simpler ways to work out (as opposed to running simulations of gang wars, target practise, weapons training, etc) had a lot of merit themselves. Plus, sometimes it was nice to work out without being weighted down by leather and kevlar, which was a luxury he couldn't always afford on the ship. In those cases, Tim would be brought to the Sensoriums, where he could use the simulations to call up a virtual gym. Plus, the locale had the added bonus of him being able to use the illusory capabilities to hide that he was maybe a little too well muscled for a teenaged social worker, and it could cover up any questionable scars that showed. He could play the role of a normal, active teenager, there, easier than elsewhere.

For the time being, Tim had called up the scene of a gym, sports equipment scattered for him to use as he might. And it was good that, in a moment's notice, he could change it all over again-- to an ice rink for a more literal cool down, or to a field, for instance. A little lonely, playing alone? Tim certainly didn't mind. It was an effective enough workout, if nothing else. Tim stretched whilst he ran over the options in his mind.

((ooc: Feel free to join him as either RR or as Tim. c: And if you want anything in specific, just let me know!))

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[battorch]

Well, if nothing else, Daniel had a clear size advantage-- a good half a foot, roughly, on Tim. So given that alone, Daniel had enough of an advantage to get to the ball first, and to be able to knock it away from the teen. Not that Tim was going to let that deter him. He had every intention of blocking him off from getting too far with that.

[hi_there_aliens]

Daniel's first elated thought was: I actually got the ball! Then: This would never have happened with Teal'c or Sam. Jack might be former Black Ops, but he was older, and Daniel would never agree about this to his face, the man's knees weren't all that great. Daniel had that over him. But Teal'c was fit and the equivalent of getting bowled over by a truck, while Sam was agile and fast, able to get the ball out of his hand before he realized what hit him.

He wasn't going to look this horse in the mouth. The moment he felt the ball rest in his palm, Daniel did the only thing he could, which was swivel on his heel and turn, trying to keep Tim behind him. The archaeologist booked it as if he had a horde of Jaffa on his heels.

[battorch]

Tim cursed faintly at it, even though his face quickly broke out into a grin. He was competitive, but he could still have some fun with it. Besides, it wasn't like he wasn't used to people having a height advantage on him. Usually if he were going to go for sports it'd be with Dick, who was closer to Daniel's height than Tim's.

The scientist was faster than Tim expected, but Tim was speedy himself. He took off after the archaeologist, but not too far. After all, he'd have to double back and pass Tim eventually.

[hi_there_aliens]

Crap, Tim was faster than he looked. Daniel had hoped that he'd have something of an advantage with the height and longer legs, but Tim was faster than he was. Sam Carter fast, if not faster.

Daniel swerved, wheeled around and headed for the hoop.

[battorch]

Tim grinned wide. Daniel was fast, and played pretty smart, but Tim could use the extra girth he'd given him to his advantage now, now that he had to double back to get to the net. Tim shot in his direction, and made a move to knock the ball away from him, to cease the offensive.

[hi_there_aliens]

Too late, Daniel tried to get out of the way of Tim's swipe. Much too late. Tim was fast, and the ball was knocked out of his hands before Daniel knew what hit him.

[battorch]

With a dribble, Tim moved quickly to the side, aiming to get out of Daniel's longer range fast. But now that he had it, he could go on the offensive. He ducked away, heading back towards the other direction. He held back a little on his speed, so that he was still putting out effort, but there was no reason to make it obvious just how used to running and dodging her was. Plus, it was only fair to not go all out, though Daniel was better than he seemed to think.

[hi_there_aliens]

Daniel moved to block him, but Tim made up for the height disadvantage with more speed and agility. He took a swipe at the ball anyway, putting on a burst of speed to keep up.

[battorch]

Tim grinned at the attempt to swipe the ball away, but he was competitive enough to not let that happen; at least not yet. He'd have to cut Daniel some slack later in the game, to make up for it, as they continued to play.

((ooc: sorry this tag is so derp :c I wanted to try and give us an opportunity to kind of say 'and so they kept playing!' haha))