fandomtownies | Wellspring Arms & Meditation Center, Friday

Although thus remains the question, will he actually talk back?

Ino all but bounced into the shop, just a few minutes after it opened. "Cable-san? Good morning!"

"Morning."

This greeting Ino without actually looking up from his laptop thing was starting to teether dangerously close to becoming a habit.

Ino pouted at him, but again, that too was becoming familiar. "There's new students about today!" She said brightly, "And I've got a new roommate!" Not, mind, she could remember much about Anathema but that was okay.

Ino was a wee bit over-excited by all of this, yes.

Cable could compensate for the excitement. It was part of his thing.

"So I heard." He hadn't, but Cable filed it away in his internal information folder.

"Are you going to the picnic later?" Ino pressed not at all put off by his lack of enthusiasm, "I am, right after here." Because, yeah, Ino wanted to see everyone.

"No." That definitely wasn't his thing. Cable was also still regarding the laptop with a scrutinizing expression, but finally slammed it shut. "I have a few things to get in order," he said. "Let's move on to your training."

He was crankier than normal today. Ino made a face at him, wondering what he'd think of the plants in his place. Oh well, too late to worry 'bout that now, right? "Alright..." she said, not really enthused about training today. There were new people to meet! Then, because she had to, "But it might be fun, don't you think? And socializing is good for you!"

"I'll leave it to the experts."

He got up from behind the desk-- hadn't actually gone upstairs to notice any of the plants yet, but they'd probably get a solid amount of stoic face later in the day.

"Nothing would ever be any fun if we left everything to the experts." Ino said cheerfully, watching him.

"I'm not really the fitting-in type," Cable deadpanned, eye flashing as he moved into the hallway.

That may have been a mild understatement.

She trailed him, "But you don't have to fit in," Ino argued, "and that just makes it more fun, don't you think?" Says the girl who'd never had a problem fitting in.

Without answering anything she'd said, Cable walked into the meditation room. "Next time you decide to use my shop for training," he said, without looking back, "Ask."

Ino rolled her eyes at his back, because seriously, come on. "I taught Lana how to fall, it wasn't anything dangerous." She crossed her arms, "May I then?"

If not they'd just find somewhere else.

"Let me know what." Which was completely a 'yes'. He'd find out what anyway, one way or the other, but it was better to keep these things above board so he could intervene if he had to. Cable settled down on the floor.

She beamed at him as she took her spot on the floor. Again, Cable-san was awesome. "We're doing the absolute basics, so I'll be walking her through a simple move or two today."

"Try not to break anything."

She pouted at him. "What kind of a teacher do you think I am?" Not, mind, that she'd taught before. "And I can heal bruises even, so it's not going to be a problem!"

Nevermind that more than two bruises or so would leave her so wiped she'd never get back to the dorms under her own power. But Ino didn't have any intentions of actually using chakra today so it was a moot point. It sounded good though.

"I said try," Cable replied, simply, slipping into a sitting position comfortable enough for them to start. "And focus."

"Yes, Cable-san." Yeah, like focus was going to come easily today. Uh huh. Still, Ino settled back and worked on clearing her mind.

Lana showed up for her next lesson. "Hello, Ino!"

Ino was still more excited about the whole picnic thing than giving lessons. "Lana! Hi!" She beamed. "I've got a new roommate!"

Lana smiled. "I have a new Little Sister, myself."

"Isn't it exciting?" Ino did a little happy twirl, "I can't wait to meet all the new people!"

Lana grinned. "It's always good to meet new people. makes up for the ones we lose."

Well. That was a slightly depressing outlook on it. Ino tilted her head. "I'm going to spend so much time at the picnic today. What about you?" She bounced, "Cable-san's not going at all." Clearly, this didn't make any sense to her.

"I don't know yet," Lana said. "I guess I'll play it by ear."

"You should totally go," Ino said, "it's going to be so much fun."

Lana smiled at her. "Depends on how sore I am after my lesson," she teased.

"Are you trying to make it so I go easy on you today? Because that way of going about it might just work." She laughed, and started heading for the meditation room. "Come on, let's get started shall we?"

Which you can only enter if you're one of the lucky authorised few.

Which is open to modding for all, or ask Cable for help.

...

If he's in a mood to help.

Ino all but danced into the meditation room. "How's your falling coming?" She asked curiously. "Getting even smoother?"

Lana laughed. "Oh yes, much smoother," she said and demonstrated "And please, don't feel you need to go easy on me. Someone attacking me won't."

"I wouldn't even dream of it normally," Ino quickly assured her, while beaming at the way Lana fell, "but I wouldn't want you to miss the picnic."

Lana laughed again. "I'm not really all that big on crowds," she admitted. "So the picnic isn't as huge a draw for me as it seems to be for you."

"I like meeting people." Ino admitted, as if that wasn't obvious. "And crowds are excellent unless there's an emergency or something. But, I guess if that's your thing..." She totally didn't get it, but whatever.

Lana shrugged. "I might stop by at least for a bit."

That got a grin from Ino, but she shook her head and said, "Now, before I get completely side-tracked, we should probably go on with the lesson. First things first! Stretching!"

Lana nodded and settled in to stretch out thoroughly, not leaving any muscle groups out.

Ino did the same, while keeping an eye on Lana. Because she was the teacher, or something. "Things any better with you and the boyfriend?" Ino asked, mid-stretch, "He feeling more cheerful at least?"

Lana shrugged. "We haven't really talked much," she admitted. "We did go to the New Year's Eve party, though."

"That was fun," Ino said, thinking about the party, "even if Kabuto wouldn't dance with me. Did you have a bit of fun at that at least?"

"I did," Lana agreed. "I got to talk with some old friends and current friends and it was just nice to be away from Fandom and out near the ocean like that."

"A change of scenery is nice sometimes," Ino agreed, "and after it being so slow around the island it was even more appreciated."

Lana nodded as she finished up her stretching. "It was really quiet Christmas week. I mean, I like it when things are quiet, but it was kind of eerie and too much."

"So very boring." Was Ino's way of agreeing with that. "Alright, today I wanted to cover a few basic moves, if that's fine with you."

"I'm happy to do anything you want," Lana assured her. "Teach away."

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