Atlas Gym; Tuesday [03/05].

[sword_chocobro]

As short-lived as his time with the impressive gym facilities at the first gym had been, it had been more than enough to inspire Gladio a little bit to consider some new features for the gym, and he'd spent a little bit of time over the past few days doing some measurements and consulting with the staff with some of his ideas, and now he was one the actual administrative side of things, with a lot more time in the office than he usually spent, looking up some things, doing some price comparisons, maybe even making a few calls.

And all that desk jockeying and managerial stuff made him all the more interested in doing a little work on the floor when he took a break to make his rounds and see how everything was going, really. Which just made the motivational poster of the week promoting a healthy "lift/life balance" all the more fitting, really.

Atlas is open!

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[somethingwithturquoise]

Naturally, Summer was in after her cupcakes class, sporting (of course) a new outfit that, while perhaps not as unique as some of her other choices, felt like a good way to reinstate the return to routine and normalcy that followed a school trip.

Because, you know, branding never hurt, and it was shiny! So that was kind of space-y, right? Whatever, she looked cute and on point, and that was all that mattered.

Well, okay, the working out also mattered, too, but that part went without saying.

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was definitely doing some weight work today, followed by some good stretching out. SHe'd had a good run before heading over, so she didn't feel the need to do a lot of cardio.

[sword_chocobro]

Stealth was not at all Gladio's strong suit, being sneaky was better left to Scientias, so he wasn't even going to try to be sly about it as he sidled up next to Nell to join her in her stretching.

"So," he said, "you wanna know what I've been working on here since we got back, or do you wanna wait for it to be a surprise?"+

[mylandmyrules]

"I..." Nell's natural curiosity warred with her interest in being surprised.

Curiosity won out.

"I'd like to know," she said finally.

[sword_chocobro]

Gladio grinned a little at the answer, with a nod. That made it easier for him, really, not having to try to keep it secret, bit now he'd really have to make sure to follow through.

"So," he said, "remember the gym at the first hotel we were at? With the windows all around and the equipment facing toward 'em to enjoy the view while you work out?"

[mylandmyrules]

"Ye-es..." Nell said. "Wait. Are you...? Oooh!"

[sword_chocobro]

Gladio put put a hand to curb her expectations at least a little.

"Now, obviously," he warned het, "I can't do much with windows except maybe out front, and it's not much of a view, anyway. But I might be able to do something with some TV screens to maybe do a decent imitation. Or figure out some sort of holosuite thing for a few machines. So we might not be able to bike or jog through the mountains all the time, but maybe we can kinda make it seem like you are..."

[mylandmyrules]

"But that sounds wonderful," Nell said. "People can feel like they're outside." She beamed at him. "What a great idea!"

[sword_chocobro]

"Well, yeah," Gladio snorted, leaning in to nudge Nell's shoulder with his own, "I thought of it.

"Probably not as good as your idea with all the plushies," he admitted, "but we can't all be you."

[mylandmyrules]

Nell laughed and nudged him back. "I think it's wonderful. Full stop. Good wayto bring in more people too."

[stykera]

Stark was trying his best not to overthink things any more than necessary and to not worry too much. Stark was not good at either of those things.

So after his classes were done for the day he headed in to the gym planning on lifting. It seemed like a good way to distract himself from... everything.

[sword_chocobro]

Well, at least a wave and a nod from the guy running the place could offer a momentary distraction, too?

"Hey, Stark. How's it going this week?"

[stykera]

"I think it's good," Stark said. "We'll find out. But nothing terrible is happening. As far as I know. How are you?"

[sword_chocobro]

That was an answer that inspired a ton of confidence, huh? Gladio gave Stark a slightly bemused look before shaking his head little and snorted.

"Pretty good," he said, "thanks. You do okay with all that stuff that happened during the trip?"

[stykera]

Stark and confidence didn't always go together. For some reason.

"I did," he said after just a slight hesitation. "I would have preferred the original trip but it was mostly fine. Did you?"