mitochondriaaya | (no subject)

One of the disadvantages of a long term under cover operation was...falling out of physical peak. Darlene's laughable excursions to the gym prevented even decent weight runs for Aya and that meant she had to improvise. Sparring with Braig helped, a great deal, he was an excellent combatant, but no one should be expected to be a sole source of training for anyone.

It was exhausting to be frank, and they couldn't afford that level of fatigue when Kyle could stop by at any moment. And Dilan simply wasn't in her weight class at all, he couldn't help, as much as she'd be willing to try some days.

That meant...she started taking over the livingroom four days out of seven. Taking over and being grateful she was short enough that a full leg extension above her head didn't brush the ceiling. Kyle couldn't complain if he caught her dancing after all. Darlene liked dancing, and it was no stretch to believe she'd rock out at home if she couldn't justify a club outing.

It was absurdly easy to drop from actual dance poses and movements to club dance poses when a knock sounded. She wouldn't be up to competition level when this mission was through but she would be fit. And the boys were welcome to watch or join as long as they didn't stop her.

They all had their sanity maintenance needs after all.

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From:

mitochondriaaya

"Woot!" she cheered. "I'm glad to hear that!" She was! She'd seen how he moved when they danced together! It'd be a treat!

...

"I can be a little greedy when it comes to watching good dancers."

From:

sliceitwithwind

"Eh, I'm not as great as professionals." he said, "I'm just Katzu."

From:

mitochondriaaya

"I didn't say Professional, I said Good, and you are. Don't sell yourself short." She set both feet back on the ground properly and touched his wrist in thanks to let him know she didn't need the bar anymore. Time to move from ballet stretches and poses to belly dance. It burned more energy!

And was also ridiculously easy to turn into club dance posing. "I think you'd be worth watching. Especially if you're going to show off."

From:

sliceitwithwind

"As long as you aren't expecting too much." Dilan said, crinkling his eyes with his smile as he took the bar down, "I am a terrible showoff." he agreed, "Although not as bad as Braig. He did swing for a while."

From:

mitochondriaaya

"I'm expecting you to have fun and smile while dancing. How does it get better than that?" Aya grinned. "And swing was made for showing off. I could see him totally dressing up for it too."

From:

sliceitwithwind

"Fair enough. Have fun, I can do." Dilan allowed, "He did. He didn't stick with it long, really, but he had a lot of fun while he did it."

From:

mitochondriaaya

"Good, I like you having fun." And she did! And he was fun to talk to while she danced really! "What caught his attention away from Swing?"

From:

sliceitwithwind

"I don't even remember any more." Dilan admitted, "There was a while where he was just going through and trying lots of different hobbies one after another."

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mitochondriaaya

"That's alright, I know a lot of people were like that in highschool and college." She stepped away, slowly increasing the motion of her hips as she worked. "One of my best friends actually. She may still be like that in fact, last thing I heard she was big into pilates and paint ball."

From:

sliceitwithwind

"Uh huh..." Dilan agreed, eyes fastened to her hips. "Braig still is a little."

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mitochondriaaya

"Well, if I ever introduce him to a hobby I'm duly warned that he might flitter off again." She chuckled softly, amused at the idea. "And your hobbies?"

From:

sliceitwithwind

"I like to read, I like to dance, I love martial arts." Dilan said, "I'm a terrible knitter, but I enjoy trying."

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mitochondriaaya

"Oh, ouch, knitting. I don't understand how I get teh tangled messes I do..." she laughed and flashed him a grin. "What do you like reading aside from what's wandered in here?" Because she totally shared the other two loves.

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sliceitwithwind

"I know, right?" Dilan said, laughing, "It starts out fine, and then it all just goes insane somehow and I don't know what I've done! I like reading medical journals, actually. I don't understand most of it, but it's fascinating."

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mitochondriaaya

"Yeah, somewhere in the inch or two later range...chaos and insanity." She spread her hands in a kaboom motion that naturally spread into a flowing arm exercise. "Physics journals here, and some astronomy recently. If medical is interesting though I may have to peek at one or two!"

From:

sliceitwithwind

"I like 'em." Dilan assured her, "I've got lots of them at home...none here, obviously. Can you imagine Breaker reading anything without pictures?"

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mitochondriaaya

"Yes, I could actually, but they'd be for terrifyingly practical purposes." Terrifyingly practical. "I'll have to flip through some of yours, provide you're willing to check them out to me. I promise I'm a responsible reader!"

From:

sliceitwithwind

"Heh. Yeah, Breaker is kinda big on practicality. Sure, I can loan you things when we're out of here."

From:

mitochondriaaya

"Kinda?" Aya drawled with a grin. "And thanks, I like reading. It's a quiet, still activity." And she didn't have many of those honestly.

From:

sliceitwithwind

"He's got his moments." Dilan protested, "Like dancing! Breaker dances just to dance!"

From:

mitochondriaaya

"Darlene doesn't really get to see him dance! Besides, it could be part of an elaborate way of hunting his men..." Aya laughed and reached over to tweak one of Dilan's dreads before sliding into a different series of hip exercises. "I'll take your word on it though."

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sliceitwithwind

Dilan sighed happily as she continued to move in those ways, "Mmmm. No. Breaker hunts men by hunting 'em."

From:

mitochondriaaya

She quirked an eyebrow at the sigh, but smiled anyway. "Well, Darlene has some wrong ideas about Breaker; she can't know him inside and out after all!"