In the Park [thursday night]

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

Inara walked briskly to the spot in the small park where she usually did her tai-chi forms and began her stretches. Things had been unsettled in the last week - in her own life and in the town life, and she welcomed the chance to find her balance again.

[ooc: she'd also welcome conversation with anyone who wants to talk!]

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[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

Geoff decides to take an evening stroll through the park before the weather gets too uncomfortably cold for such things. Interestingly, he's dressed in a modern navy blue suit, rather than his usual more "medieval" outfit, and he's carrying a styrofoam coffee cup. Spotting the attractive young woman doing stretching exercises, he wanders over her way, but doesn't come to close on the chance she doesn't want to be interrupted.

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

After finishing a form, Inara pauses and spots the young man in the suit a little while away. "Good evening," she calls with a smile.

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

"Good evening." Geoff gives her a little bow and walks closer. "I hope I'm not disturbing you. I've seen you around town a couple of times, but I don't think we've actually met." He offers his hand. "Geoff Chaucer."

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

Inara takes it. "You're the poet. Inara Serra. It's amazing how we can walk past our fellow townspeople every day and not actually meet them."

<font size=-2?[ooc: mun has to go out for a few hours - can we slowtime?]

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

He kisses her hand and smiles. "A pleasure to meet you, my lady. You have an excellent point. We really should make more time to stop and speak to people when we see them, and not just pass them by."

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

"Well, it's easy in theory, more difficult in practise," Inara knows that feeling well enough. "And then," she adds wryly, "there are the people that one sometimes would rather not stop and speak to."

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

"Happily, there don't seem to be too many of those here." He gives her a small bow and lets go her hand. "At least, I've been lucky enough not to encounter any. Do you live here in town, or are you a teacher?"

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

Inara hides a smile. "I work at what used to be Aphrodite's Apple and is now The Fourth Sin, Mr. Chaucer. I don't believe there are too many schools that teach the kind of skills I know. No, I live in town and work here and out of the town. Yourself?"

[azurejedi.livejournal.com]

Walking through town after her pleasant chat with Maia, Aayla cuts through the park. Her keen sense of perception notices a woman doing some movements that look slightly familiar to some Jedi forms she practices. She stops to watch, curious as to what she is doing, and tries to feel any Force meditation coming from her.

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

Inara notices the lady watching her, but doesn't stop her exercises.

[azurejedi.livejournal.com]

Aayla is intrigued at the similarities but great differences she's finding between the two forms. It's almost parallel to how she feels about the town and planet.
When Inara has completed one of the exercises, Aayla decides to approach her, bowing politely. "Excuse me, ma'am? What form is it that you are doing?"

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

"These?" Inara is startled. "This is tai chi - translated - the channelling of energy through the body. It's part-meditation, part-muscle stretch." She regards Aayla curiously, "Do you know of it from your 'verse?"

[azurejedi.livejournal.com]

"It looks somewhat like the gentler Jedi forms that I've been taught. Meditation through movement. It helps one focus and clear the mind." She smiles friendlily to Inara as she leans against one of the trees. "This seems like a lovely place to do it."

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

"It is a nice place to meditate," Inara says. Then honesty compels her to add, "If you don't mind the ducks, zombie attacks, brooding students, arguing students, oblivious joggers, bikers roaring down main street, or the comings and goings in and out of the blue phone booth." She indicates the TARDIS, but smiles.

[azurejedi.livejournal.com]

Aayla shrugs. "If I come out to meditate, I usually do it early in the mornings. The air seems fresher then, and most people are sleeping or in class. The few that are out all have their reasons and seem to not idle about that early."
She looks a little harder at Inara, not picking up too much of The Force from her. "Where did you learn this... tai chi form?"

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

"This specific form I learned during my training, but my parents taught me the basics of it when I was a child. Does it differ much from your Jedi forms?"

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

For a bit, Duncan stops by and moves through the forms as she does. When he leaves, he stops and bows quietly to her before turning to go.

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

Inara pauses in her routine and bows back.

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

(ooc, ordinarily, I'd have him stop to talk, but the player is going to get food.)

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

(Second thought, talk is good)

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," he says quietly.

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

"It's good to see you. Things are busy up at the school?"

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

He grimaces. "Worries about what happened with the student who disappeared." He looks less peaceful at that, and more grim.

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

Inara nodded. "We've got the curfews, and we've seen the police about. Do they have any suspects?"