Atlas Gym; Tuesday [06/11].

[sword_chocobro]

Living on this island, you sort of got used to the idea that, sometimes, when you opened a door, there was no way you could be prepared for what you saw on the other side, and Gladio was being reminded of that firmly that morning, when he went to go into his office to do some work, only to find that there was a ping pong table in it.

It was not a big office; the table took up most of the space. That did not seem to stop one of the trainers going up against a gremlin in a rousing game, however. Until the trainer hit the ball a little too hard, and, thank the gods for his reflexes, because Gladio was able to move his head just in time to avoid getting smacked square in the forehead with a ping pong ball.

No one seemed to have any answers as to why there was a ping pong table in his office, especially when there was plenty of room out on the floor for one. In fact, it wasn't a terrible idea to have one, but as for why it was in his office....?

Promises were made to move it, eventually, but it still remained throughout the day. Which meant Gladio was doing just a few more rounds throughout the gym than usual and even sitting at the front desk with a laptop to get his work done, too.

Atlas is open!

[[ inspired by the randomly appearing ping-pong table in the conference room at work that no one has given me a good explanation for yet ]]

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[somethingwithturquoise]

Honestly, it was a little shocking that Summer hadn't let the fact that her class was on Tuesdays before she came in to do her usual workout at the gym influence her clothing decisions for it. But this week, it finally did, as she was sporting some banana yoga pants and a thematic tank top to go with it.

And wondering if she should talk to Gladio about getting some workout stripper poles in here, actually. Remember when she took a stripper workout class in high school here? Awww, those were the days, man, those were the days....

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was here, but having a quiet yoga day. No sense in overdoing things!

[sword_chocobro]

"Hey, do you know how to play ping pong?"

Very normal, typical greeting there, Gladio, good job.

[mylandmyrules]

"Ping pong?" Nell tipped her head. She had a vague idea of what it was, but that was pretty much it. "No... why?"

[sword_chocobro]

"There's a table in my office right now," Gladio explained, hitching a thumb that way, "if you wanted to learn how. Not a lot of room to move around, but I figured, until we manage to finally get it out of there, might as well get some use out of it, right?"

[mylandmyrules]

Nell smiled at him. "Sure, why not?"

She was happy to try most things and she trusted Gladio.

[sword_chocobro]

"You think you've got a good amount of stretching in already?" Gladio asked. "Feeling pretty limber? It could get a little strenuous in there."

[mylandmyrules]

"Oh?" she looked at him curiously. "Playing the game with the balls and the table?"

She did have the right game, didn't she?

Then she shrugged and rolled her neck from side to side. "I'm ready."

[sword_chocobro]

"And the paddles!" Gladio pointed out, with a fond snort of a laugh and a shake of his head. "Come on." That head now went cocking toward the office. "I'll show you. I think you'll probably be pretty good at it, too."

Or, at the very least, she'd be absolutely stinkin' adorable trying.

[mylandmyrules]

"Okay," Nell said, shaking her head. "Lead the way, Mr. Amicitia."

This would be interesting.

She stared at the ping pong table crammed into Gladio's office. "Huh... That's... unique."

[stykera]

Stark did not have any thematic apparel, alas. His workout wardrobe really was quite plain. Summer's outfit got a grin out of him when she spotted it though.

"Morning, Gladio," he said when he walked in and headed towards the weights.