Around Fandom Island, Aproximately 7:30 Saturday

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Ranma was moving at a pretty fast jog, trying to be sure Jude could keep up with him. He glances over at him a few times to be sure he's still there. The thought that this might be a little early for him never even crossed him mind.

((OOC: Jude modded with permission))

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Jude was already dying. Seven in the morning was the undiscovered country for Jude. Jogging swiftly over variable terrain at seven in the morning? Was hell.

Jude thought of the big shiny trophy and the look on Mike Dint's face when he won it and kept going.

Badly.

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Ranma, not even slightly winded, decideds his stummbling companion might enjoy a little chat. "So... What do you think? Is 15 miles okay for you? I usually do 30 then go to work but.. I figure I should give you a chance to get used to it first." He smiles in a very innocent way, not even realizing Jude probably will pass out around 10 miles.

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"Duuuuuuuude . . ." Jude moaned, almost tripping over his own feet before recovering and pressing onwards. "I don't even know how far that is, but it's like too far . . ."

Ten miles? Jude would be fagged by three kilometres.

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"Oops... uh.. 30 mils is like... 50 Kilometers..." He must have practiced that convertion chart for some reason... "How far do you want go?" He turns and runs backwards to see Jude better.

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Right here looked good.

Jude puffed and panted a bit before replying. "D-dunno, bro, but I dunno how much longer I can go . . ."

Of course, Setsuna would be able to keep up. Somehow this thought made him a little unmellow. "Just keep goin' and I'll collapse when I collapse."

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"No no." He slows and stops. "You're not helping yourself train if you totally fry yourself on one thing. If you feel like this is enough just stop and we can walk back. I mean I know I'm not good at most things but this is something I know. When you're training for a battle or... well.. a skateing compition. and you have a short amount of time you work yourself pretty hard until the day before you leave. That day you just rest and then you go and you're ready. Training really hard the day before won't help you and it'll just make you not ready to put in everything you have. So just be honest with yourself one how far you can go."

Ranma has a mini speech, probably more than he's ever said to most people (other than Setsuna and John).

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While Ranma gave this little speech, Jude bent over with his hands on his knees, catching his breath. He was unnaturally serious - had been since the phonecall - and nodded.

"You're right. But I can keep going." He started jogging again, more evenly, less trying to keep up now than going at his own pace. "I'm not like you guys, but this is just as important to me."

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"Never doubted that. Want me to wake you up tomorrow? You can pick the distance." He kept pace with Jude now, feeling a little bad for working him too hard.

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Jude nodded. "'kay. Er, actually, dunno. See what 'Suna thinks. She gets back today, right?" He glanced sideways at Ranma. Ranma would know, right?"

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"Yeah." He leaves it at that and goes a bit tight lipped. He wondered if he knew about that wishing thing... or about her even being half demon in the first place...

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Jude, being unaware of both of these things and despite all this running, still manage to smile dopily.

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Ranma tries not to let that sting of jealousy spread on his face, he's not too good at masking emotions but he manages to hold his tongue and keep running.

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Jude, however, is blissfully unable to leave well enough alone. "I really missed her this week. And it suck that I'll have to be gone in like a week, too."

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Ranma feels himself squirm a bit under his skin. He repeats in his head 'Don't kill Jude. She'd be so pissed. Don't kill Jude.' and manages a grudging nod. He's very afraid of what might escape his mouth if he does open it. Mun meanwhile chants "Make him open his mouth!"

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"I told you that my parents might not be letting me come back, right?" Jude continued between panting breaths.

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Ranma tensed a bit. He wasn't happy about that right? Ugh.. that moment's thought made him hate himself for thinking it. "Did you tell her...?"

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"Yeah. She was like the first person I told, duh."

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"That's good. Why aren't they letting you stay?" He's starting to calm down, unfortunately. Hmm Jude's just not pushing enough of his buttons I guess.

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"Not productive enough or somethin'. Too weird, waste of my time and their money, that sorta thing. And they got real upset when I told 'em about 'Suna."

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Mumbles to himself in Japanese, //'s funny. So did I...//

Outloud, he speaks in english again, making a little observation from Tim's departure, John's constant emo wangstfests and now this, "Parents always seem to be getting in people's way."

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Jude glanced over at him when he lapsed into Japanese before shaking his head, panting for breath again. "Yeah, bro, they can be totally harsh."

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"I ran away. But I don't know if that'd work for you. Since they'd probably know where you are."

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"Yeah, they'd -" Whatever they would do would be lost as Jude, distracted by talking, tripped over a rock and took a header into the ground. "Haaaaaaarsh . . ."

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Ranma sorta freaks out at that, "Ack Jude... are you okay?"

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Jude climbed to his feet and brushed the gravel off his knees and elbows, shaking everything out. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine."

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"Didn't break anything? You're not even bleeding much... that's pretty amazing." He's genuinely impressed by this.

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Jude chuckled. "Yeah, I'm a cartoon character pretty resilient. Taken a lot of falls off my board."

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"Want to head back then?"

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Jude shook his head. "Nah, let's keep goin'. Got a long day ahead of me, should start it off right and all that."

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Ranma shrugs. "If you say so." He starts jogging again.