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Excerise is good for you! [Open!]

While Diana was never one for overly exercising, usually doing just enough to keep herself in her wonderful curved shape, she did see that the whole ‘clears your mind’ thing was somewhat accurate.

And her mind felt very crowded. Plus, she couldn’t argue the disadvantages of being in top physical condition when the ship went to heck for the millionth time.

So, she deck out the sensorium into her own gym. A bit of running, then maybe some swimming with Jinx if she texted her to come over.

True, by the end of this day she’d most likely be over worked, sore and far too tired, but that almost meant she’d want nothing more than to drift into a dreamless sleep without any weight of past event or futures worries.

Provisions had recently discovered the wonders of sky dancing and so spent him time diving and twirling in the air high above Diana’s head, apart from when she was shooting, then he would peck at the ground near her feet to avoid the possibility of stray bullets.

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Howard had once told her the benefits of running. And, to be fair, she agreed. Her focus was on nothing but her breathing as she jogged at an even pace around the massive track, dressed in appropriate training gear, taking occasional swigs of her water bottle.

After showering, (a comfort she would never tired of), a thought had struck her. There was something else she could practise before hitting the pool. Shifting the pointless equipment room she’d made mainly for the effect, targets began materializing infront of her. Gripping a handgun, she raised it and let loose several bullets. All of them hit one of the targets, but only one landed within the desired rings. Good thing the sensorium meant unlimited ammunition.

Provision cawed and hopped onto her foot to play with her laces while she took aim again.

She’d not been swimming in ages, she’d never been fond of the idea of swimming with batfish so the whole activity had stopped shortly before FAYZ broke loose (plus, swimming for her had always included the gawking of her peers). Then when the FAYZ had happened her last encounter with water had been… Not too pleasant. Which is why she’d decided to opt out of doing it alone and instead text Jinx to drop by.

Jinx had been pleased to get Diana's text if only because it was an excuse to ignore the way the ship seemed to be falling apart around them. Part of her wanted to be more involved in the plot to overthrow their alien overlords, but that part of her was mocked and locked away by the part of her that valued her own safety above others.

So when she entered the elaborate gym that Diana constructed she whistled with approval and easily found her way to the pool.

Glancing around for Diana she smiled laying her eyes on the the oh so attractive clever girl who had...undeniably, become a fixture in her life in the months that they had known each other.

Spotting Jinx, Diana swam to the edge of the pool, resting her arms on the cool, slippy tiles and smiling that teasing smile at the other girl, dark long hair soaked, strings falling out of the messy bun she'd tied it up into. "Hey."

As usual, Pro swooped down to greet Jinx by gazing the top of her hair with his talon, making a noise that very much resembled cackling.

Jinx barely flinched at Pro's greeting having gotten used to it. Instead she smiled at Diana and peeled off her dress revealing a swimsuit underneath.

"Having fun?" The long legged girl peeled her stockings off next leaving her clothes on a nearby bench.

Diana smirked and pushed off away from the edge to start doing a backstroke across the length of the pool.

She finished undressing and conjured up a mirror to admire her swimsuit, a cute functional purple thing that accented her slender gymnast form. Not being particularly curvy she didn't fill out a two piece as stunningly as Diana did but she was still very pleasing to see.

She undid her hair ties last shaking out the soft pink locks and slid into the waters with a smooth graceful bend diving in with her fingers pointed. Very professional.

Long pale legs propelled her in the direction Diana had drifted and she took a moment to appreciate the stark crispness of the water. Being the Sensorium she could even open her eyes without fear of chemicals in her already pink eyes. It was a shimmery blue scene of dancing lights.

A few steady kicks brought her back to the surface, pink hair plastered around her head like some kind of aquatic plant.

Diana's usual smirk was there, but something similar to a very soft chuckle escaped her mouth as she brushed some of Jinx's pink locks from her forehead.

"A good swimmer too? I really lucked out, didn't I?" She began floating around Jinx in a circle, eyes twinkling playfully.

Edited 2012-05-20 23:17 (UTC)

Hit Girl was not the type to make herself known when she was entering the seSensorium: she know how private she wanted to be when it came down to it, and after her beating by the Overlord, she was cautious. But of course it wasn't anything like that: it was Diana, the temptress of a waitress, taking shots.

And Hit Girl liked this.

"Gotten better," she remarked. "If you hadn't, I would have stopped the sessions. I knew you'd be stubborn enough to get it."

And don't mind her bruises and cuts: its Hit Girl, after all.

Diana lowered the gun and turned to face Hit Girl, flirty smirk slipping onto her face. "Thanks cutie, nice to see you."

Provisions used the time to fly over to Hit Girl and land on her shoulder, nuzzling her cheek with his feathery head and gurgling in greeting. At first, the bird had been very cautious around the purple haired girl, but after figuring out it was the same girl who he'd seen regularly when Diana had to carry him around and bring him to work as a chick and fledgling, he'd become alot more affectionate.

"That's me, very stubborn. I'm glad you're the same though, otherwise if you cancelled class I wouldn't get to see you as much." It was a tease, of course, because Diana would see Mindy regularly at work and in her leisure time occasionally, but she had to admit, meeting Mindy when she was Hit Girl was rather fun, if only because the younger girl tried to separate the two identities in a way Diana only found amusing.

Jinx couldn't help but blush a little from the praise, it was a habit she was noticing happened more and more around Diana for different reasons. When they had first started spending time together it was how forward and confident she was that made Jinx's pale cheeks turn rosy. Often she would try to give as good as she got from Diana in the flirtation department.

But lately something had shifted between them. As morbid as it sounded it had begun when she returned from that awful catastrophe of a mission. The one Howard didn't return from.

Either way Jinx was finding herself particularly sensitive to Diana's special brand of charisma and charm and it was making it hard to brush off all the little touches and looks that before had more potential to just be part of the game,

Were they still playing the game? Or was it something new?

Either way she winked, "One of us did that's for sure."

At this point, the way Diana greeted her actually started to become very familiar to her. It used to drive her crazy, as not even her own girlfriend greeted her that way, but since there was obviously no way for her to stop it, she let it go.

And yes, it was an ego boost, but she didn't go into that.

The bird, she admitted, she'd grown fond of too: she had never had a pet before, and really? It would have been helpful back when she was being raised, considering all she had been through. Then again, where she was from likely they would have used that as leverage anyway. In this place, it was comforting.

"Yeah, what the hell. I missed you too, temptress," she shot back, amused. "And now I know all that teaching wasn't in vain. Good too: I don't wanna have to go and pick up your brains off the floor if some new bullshit happens on the ship."

Which was really code for her saying she'd be really sad if something happened to her.

"How you holdin' up?"

Diana chuckled. "I just love it when you call me that, Boss~" She got far too much enjoyment out of playing with Hit Girl.

At the concealed concern from Hit Girl, something akin to endearment flashed across Diana's features before she raised her gun to start shooting once again, knowing the bangs wouldn't bother Hit Girl in any way.

"You know me, I'm always just peachy."

"Now that you mention it, I don't mind being called boss," Hit Girl retorted, giving the girl a grin. "I've been called worse, and by way fucking uglier people."

It was a compliment! Kind of!

"Yeah, whatever. You know I was going to be worried. After Howard and Cedric croaked, it became a big thing to make sure you don't die on me. But you don't need me talking about it. Continue."

"Cutie boss, it is." Diana smirked, letting off a few more rounds, catching the outer rings of her target, a teasing note in her voice. "And thanks for the compliment, I've had better but it means so much coming from you."

"It's always nice to know you're worried about me." She continued firing until the clip in the handgun was empty before turning to smile at Hit Girl again. "Actually, since I've not seen you in awhile, why don't you come over here, cutie boss, and give me a quick catch up session?"

Of course she would say something like that. It was Diana. Seriously, she never thought she could resent being cute so much in her life. Then again, something like that would have been funnier if she WASN'T in Hit Girl regalia.

"Yeah well, its not like I can afford to lose my waitress at the Cafe since my cook is already MIA, right? And he was all bragging in his skills and everything. I was actually looking forward to trying more of his stuff."

She imagined the handgun, and it was in her hand. Something felt...different, like almost as if the gun was the lightest thing in the world. Hit Girl looked dubious about this, but shrugged and fired off a few shots.

But it was different. It was as if time wasn't going fast enough, and in the blur of an eye she'd fired the whole clip and met her mark, but much faster than she had EVER before.

"What-" she stammered, then thought about it. She'd had that hand before. Was this the cause?

"It might be worth it to see your skills in the kitchen, I know I can't wait."

Diana raised her eyebrows, genuinely impressed with Hit Girls efficiency, not that it was going to stop her from teasing.

She put on a fake half-pout, sighing dramatically and placing her hands on her hips. "You can't let me have one thing, can you? You just had to show me up."

Seeing Hit Girl's own surprise she cast her a questioning look. "Something wrong?" Another smirk. "Did you forget how good you were? You're such a modest one."

Edited 2012-05-21 21:13 (UTC)

Diana rolled her eyes and dove under the water, swimming between Jinx's feet and surfacing behind her, tossing back her hair in a very mermaid-esque fashion.

She flashed Jinx a challenging smirk. "So, is that the best you can do or are you going to impress me with a real dive?"

"I've never been this fast before," she muttered. "I've been quick, hell, I move damn fast when push comes to shove, but nothing like this. Was it that Mercer fight?"

Some of it was, but it was really the other fights too. Between that guy that was a kind of power ranger or something and the last fight, she had to use the hands ability to fight them.It was all about channeling strength and using this extra part of yourself: in a way, like flexing. What Hit Girl hadn't realized was what she would do when she lost those powers.

She started. "Hey, I'm no supe or a mutant. I'm proud enough of what I do, but that doesn't mean I can't still get better."

So no kissing her own ass, not now. If someone else wanted to do it though, who was she to object?

Jinx's eyes lit up with the thrill of a challenge and purred playfully. "Always happy to try and impress you."

A rope lowered from above as Jinx set herself up to perform the feat and she curled her long fingers around it rising out of the water as it lifted her. Water glistened off her slender gymnast body, her foot planted on a rung that was at the bottom of the rope. She looked like an acrobat in the circus being drawn up to perform.

When she reached a significantly dangerous looking height, the kind that would make armatures and even some novice divers think twice she began to twirl on the rope.

Her leg wrapped around it and she arched her back gracefully while she spun, one hand on the rope the other extended out like she was reaching for something. Then suddenly but as smooth as water running down a pane of glass she slid down the rope till both legs wrapped around the solid rung and and her arms and body hung upside down to smile at Diana below. The lights dimmed and her eyes began to glow as the flexible girl began to rock back and forth, swinging the still spinning device in what would appear to the untrained eye to be out of control. But Jinx had everything well in hand.

Her legs released and Jinx performed one graceful flip in the air before her body pointed down and she plunged like a missile. She corkscrewed and then slid under the surface with a minimal splash.

The count of five and she slid along the bottom of the pool before popping up next to Diana again her cheeks flush with the excitement of a well executed routine.

Diana watched Jinx's entire performance with exasperation. Of course, Jinx had to take it over the top. She'd only asked for a dive, maybe some fancy tricks, not a full on show.

And she'd not been best pleased when the lights dimmed, the idea of swimming around in the dark was not a pleasant one.

Sighing, she kept her eyes on Jinx as she waited in the middle of the dark pool, hoping she didn't get landed on.

Provisions had been startled when he'd found Jinx entering his air space, clipping her hair again in greeting and circling her, crawking in his way of asking why she was up so high.

At her spinning, Pro croaked eagerly and began copying her, making twists and turns in the air until she launched herself towards the water. He followed, flying around her and twitching his tail as he rolled, inviting her to sky dance with him. However, when she seemed more intent in falling to her death, he suddenly released her lack of feathers would make pulling up from her dive impossible and began squawking out a warning.

Diana had to admit it was very impressive, heck, it was amazing. But it was also reckless and foolish. Any number of injuries, fatal injuries, could have happened during that little show, and Diana did not like the way Jinx had made her heart clench when she plummeted towards the water, or the relief she felt at seeing Jinx's slender form gliding beneath her, or the way her mouth was currently agape in wonder at Jinx's display.

When Jinx broke the surface of the water, Diana had made use of the time to collect herself and put on a very skeptical and unimpressed look, saying just a single word to the pink haired girl. "Overkill."

Provisions, who'd pulled out of his own dive just in time and landed on the tiles at the edge of the pool, gurgling nervously as he waited for Jinx, celebrated her success much more openly, flapping excitedly and crowing to the ceiling.

Jinx laughed at the review of her performance and lit up her eyes once more since the lights were still dim. "I'll dial it down next time then. It's easier to do things like that here in the Sensorium. In real life there probably would have been a few more difficulties making the rope do what I wanted. I hope it was at least entertaining overkill."

Diana just pulled a bemused look. "I'm going to be honest, cutie." Well, honest for Diana anyway. "I'm not entirely sure what you mean by 'Mercer' fight, but I will admit you're great at what you do."

Smirking, she reached up and touched Hit Girl's cheek with her fingertips. "Though, we're both pretty skilled at what we do."

Diana didn't answer, instead she looked around them and focused on bringing light back to the pool, this time underlit.

Casting Jinx another look, though this time it was rather unidentifiable, she resumed swimming across the pool.

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