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Atlas Gym; Tuesday [09/23].

Since Gladio had fit in a ton of extra training that weekend, because, let's be real, when some giant eagle that was basically the guiding spirit of your entire lineage showed up for a weekend ~~no matter how handwavily~~, you took advantage of it, he was going to take it pretty easy at the gym that Tuesday. As a treat. And as a way to also take care of some of the stuff involved in running the place, because that was pretty important, too.

That was the plan, anyway.

But, instead, apparently, somehow, (he didn't want to point fingers, but some of the gremlins were acting a little suss after their aerobics class today), beef jerky sticks (sorry, sorry, some of them were turkey and chicken jerky, too!) had been littered and tucked into various places around the gym, and now Gladio was sort of stuck in the task of trying to locate them all, shaking his head every time he found one and added it to the pile on his desk.

And maybe it was just an old habit that made him think this, but if he didn't get some kind of cool item at the end of this particular quest, he was honestly going to be a little annoyed about it.

Maybe it would be some kind of beef jerky Cup Noodle^TM! That would definitely make it worth it!

Atlas is open!

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Jon was here again to work out. He was going to get reasonably fit if it...well, hopefully it wouldn't kill him. But still.

And, hey, if it didn't kill him? It really would just make him stronger! Right?

"Hey, Jon," Gladio nodded when he spotted him. "Welcome back, man. Just a head's up, thoughz you're gonna wanna make sure to check the equipment for meat sticks before you use 'em."

A warning that should be standard, really, if you get right down to it.

That was the idea, anyway!

"Meat sticks." At which point, since he absolutely did not want to know, the Eye told him. "Oh, good lord. I can help you find them all, if you like."

...that was sort of like exercise, right?

"If you want," Gladio shrugged a little, "but no need to go out of your way or interrupt your workout for it."

The last thing he'd want was for for you to forgo those gains, Jon!

"I don't even know how many there might be, so I've just been asking people to keep an eye out and check everything before they use it."

"Twenty-five total," Jon said. He shrugged awkwardly. "Though you've found almost half of them already."

Gladio's brows lifted a little, and thrn his head tilted as he considered something, and then looked around a little.

"I guess 25 isn't too bad," he mused, rubbing his chin a little as he tried to think of what spots he hadn't checked yet. And then he realized something with a groan.

"I hope none of them wound up down in the pool..."

"One, but it was caught by the filter already, so you won't have to fish it out." Jon winced.

There was a small part of Gladio that sort of felt like this was now cheating. Like using codes in video games.

"I...should probably go get that one first before it becomes an issue for that filter," he realized.

Jon had been called a lot worse than a cheat code.

"I should probably...um. Go exercise."

"Just make sure to get a nice good stretch in before and after, too," Gladio reminded him, helpfully, and then began to turn to leave him to it, lifting a hand in a parting gesture. "Thanks for the help, Jon. See you around."

Sooner, rather than later, if he was still around after he handled the pool filter meat stick and then came up empty on finding the next ones...

"Right, yes, stretch." He would go do that first.

And he would be around for a while, since the Eye was decidedly less helpful when it came to how many reps he should do.

Nell had brought in honey for the staff at the gym and had debated bringing some for the gremlins - though she'd ultimately decided against it. Today was going to be a little lighter on her workout, since the heavy gardening she'd be doing later would more than make up for it.

"Question," said Gladio, who was gladio to see Nell in for more than just the usual reasons. "Would you eat meat sticks found around the gym, and would your answer change if you suspected they were probably left there by gremlins?"

A part of him was wondering if the meat sticks were supposed to be some sort of prize, but he figured he'd get Nell to weigh in in it, since he trusted her opinion more than just about anyone who wasn't himself.

"No and no," Nell said. "I don't generally eat food that's been randomly left around and I especially wouldn't eat it if gremlins were involved. Who knows what they might have done to it."

That response barely even required any thought!

The quickness of her answer especially had Gladio grinning.

"Okay, then,' he said, not terribly surprised by the response, either. "Next question. What would you do, then, with a bunch of meat sticks left around the gym, probably by gremlins?"

"Give them to people I don't like?" Nell suggested with her best wide-eyed and innocent look, then laughed. "Honestly, I'd probably throw them out. Or put them in a basket for the gremlins to take home."

"That," Gladio said with a snort, "would be enough to make me wonder if thwy did it because they don't like me, but that's obviously not it."

Who wouldn't like him?

"So I think, yeah. I'll just get them all together and give them back, and ask if I get some kind of prize for it or something."

Now, watch, the prize is just that he gets to keep the meat sticks...

"Clearly," Nell said with a fond smile. She had a hard time imagining that many people would dislike Gladio herself.

And then chuckled. "Well, then I hope it's a prize you can share if I'm helping!"

"What if the prize is beef jerky flavored Cup Noodle^TM?"

Something that Gladio would happily share with Nell, of course, but in the event that it was the prize and she wasn't interested, then it would kind of be like a double prize.

Even if, as soon as he thought about it, he knew the better double prize would be sharing it with her.

"I'd have a bite or two," Nell said, "But I'd be happy to let you have the lion's share because you'd have done most of the work.

There was no way Gladio wouldn't at least offer to share with her. Had you met him?

"See?" Gladio said, grinning as he leaned in, lifting a finger and pointing it Nell's way. "And that's why I always ask you the important questions. You've got all the best answers."

And since he was already leaned in toward her, might as well steal a kiss while he was there, now, too.

Might as well, because if he didn't she would have. Such a delightful way to be on the same page.

"I may be at Soulwood for a bit still when you get home," she said. "Need to look at what parts of the fields need to be turned over for Fall. I won't be long. Or if you want to portal in for a few you're welcome, of course."

Gladio figured she might have gone in for a kiss as soon as he got in easy targeting range,so he was just going to be smug about having beaten her to the punch.

"That all depends," he said, remaining leaned in and close with that glint in his warm amber eyes, "you gonna have some work I can help you out with?"

She made a face. "This is the really physical season - turning over gardening beds and getting everything set before the first frost. I've usually had to do it myself, but I can always use help,."

"Then, yeah," Gladio pretty much had his mind made up from the look on Nell's face, pulling another grin out of him, and then everything she said after that just locked it in tight. "I'll definitely swing over when I'm done here. Try to save me some of the really tough stuff, too."

Nell's eyes brightened and she laughed. "Trust me, there will be plenty of the really tough stuff for several weeks to come!"

She reached out to run a hand gently over his forearm. "I'll be glad of your help."

"I'm just gladio," Gladio said with a laugh of his own, "you're actually going to let me help. I'll bring some food with me, too, maybe? By the time I get there, it'll be good for a break, I bet."

"Oh, absolutely," Nell said. "Food would be wonderful and it will be the perfect time for a break."

She grinned up at him. "And I'm already dreaming about climbing into the hot tub when we finally get home!'

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