expiationlogs | beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young [OPEN]

beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young [OPEN]

Who: Law & YOU
Where: Aldrip and the surrounding area
What: Settling in, getting up to hijinx, with a timeline anywhere from shortly after the TDM to the end of the month
Warnings: Probably nothin'.

Prompts in the comments, some open and some closed! Please feel free to drop any wildcards in the comments as well if there's something else you'd like to do. Law also has a toplevel at the Day of Devotion log, here!

If you'd like to plot something out, you can reach me on discord at tarocchi#8388, or on plurk at

astrologies!

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[ Now, more than ever, is when everyone should keep in tip-top shape and be prepared for anything, as far as Law is concerned. He'd think training is important no matter what the situation, really, but he's not taking any chances by slacking off. He prefers the arena for his workouts mostly for the opportunity to spar against other people, particularly ones he's never met before, so he can learn as much as he can about who he's dealing with here. That's an open invitation to anyone who steps up to the ring looking for someone to go head-to-head with: approach him and he'll generally always accept, or maybe he'll be the one to initiate with a quick, you in? As a martial artist, he's got no problems with going up against someone using a weapon, just as long as everyone keeps it sportsmanlike.

Or maybe, if fighting and sparring isn't your thing, yoga and meditation is? Anytime Law isn't throwing punches and pulling off sick moves, he can also be found diligently practicing his stances, working on his balance, or doing stretches that range anywhere from "seems easy enough" to "basically contorted into a human pretzel", or maybe just seated off to the side, cross-legged and eyes closed. If he doesn't look up and respond the first time you approach him while he's meditating, just, uh... try again. He's not ignoring anyone, he's just really focused. Balancing his energies and whatnot. It's important serious business and he definitely isn't bordering on asleep because he isn't getting enough rest at night. Nope. ]

[Considering sparring isn't really her area of expertise, Rinoa's going to avoid that. But she's walking by one day when she can't help but stop.]

Bodies can bend like that?

[The words are out of her mouth before she's even realized it. But there's no going back now. Instead, time to own that she's totally interrupting what's obviously someone's training. So she takes a few more, curious steps closer.]

Sorry, it's just I've never seen anyone do anything quite like it.

[ He'd been a little bit focused, but not so engrossed in his stretching that he doesn't see Rinoa coming from the corner of his eye. By this point, Law's back up on his feet—or rather, foot, since he's got his other leg stretched up completely straight in the air beside his head, one hand pulling on the toe of his shoe. He drops it when she calls out, kind of accidentally, his expression jumping from sheepish to just a little bit cocky in short order. ]

It's okay. That's one of the easier stretches, actually. I can show you how to do it, if you want. All it takes is practice.

That's what you call easy?

[Rinoa's eyes are wide. She's always been fit and active, but that? There's no way her body could do that. Right?]

Oh... I don't know.

[ On the first try? Probably a recipe for disaster, but Law's always had kind of an unrealistic expectation of what's "easy," considering how he was raised. Still, he smiles encouragingly, motioning her over. ]

Yeah, totally! Anyone can do it. You look pretty limber to me. You do stretches, right? Work out and all that?

[ It's honestly hard to say if it's a compliment or if he's just that much of a musclehead (it's kind of both). ]

Oh. I mean...sometimes? I like to think I keep pretty active I guess?

[Does she work out the way Zell does? No, not really. But she is also a dog mom, so that counts for something, right? Besides, fighting is totally exercise!]

Yeah, see! So you shouldn't have any problems. I'll show you, we'll start with the easy stuff.

[ Demonstratively, Law takes a seat on the ground where he'd been standing, legs stretched out. He's clearly already pretty limbered up, but he doesn't overdo it with the showing off as he stretches out to pull at the toe of his shoe. ]

You can start with this on both sides. The goal is just to loosen up as much as you can. If you're all tense, your legs aren't gonna be good for anything but standing on.

Easy sounds like a good idea. I don't think I'm ready to try... whatever that was.

[Rinoa laughs, showing that she means nothing bad by it. It's just intimidating for someone new to that sort of movement.
Though....there's something about him that reminds her of Zell. It's nice. They clearly aren't the same person, but the vibe is just nostalgic enough to make her happy.]

Oh. Well that one doesn't look so hard.

[And so Rinoa settles down near him, copying his moves with relative ease. She can touch her toes, but only just. Still, it's enough to make her feel accomplished already.]

[ Familiar Punchy Dingus is a niche that Law seems to be inadvertently filling for quite a few people here, and honestly, he's happy in his blissful ignorance. When someone is already used to his kind of energy, it makes it a lot easier to rope them into shenanigans like this.

Although honestly, as far as shenanigans go, this is pretty tame.

For now. ]

Yeah, you got it! You feel the burn yet? It shouldn't hurt or anything, but if it's not pulling, you gotta do it more. Maybe slide your leg out a little to the side.

[ Law demonstrates as he talks, shifting one leg apart from the other and stretching. Doesn't seem to be bothering him. ]

Do that for awhile every day on both sides and you'll already be halfway there.

[Zell was very much her partner in crime after all. Which means, Rinoa is going to be very easy to rope into shenanigans. Because she's already conditioned for it.

This, so far, doesn't even come close to shenanigans level just yet.]

Hm... not really?

[Which, of course, means she has to copy him in shifting her legs, until it does start to feel more of a tug, a little more of a struggle.]

If it's just this, that shouldn't be too hard. I can definitely do that.

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beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young [OPEN]

BACK ON THE TRAIN GANG - OPEN

She's had enough of trains tbh, but no one asked for Rinoa's opinion

at least it ain't DOOM TRAIN (or is it...)

The real DOOM TRAIN was Rinoa's model ones all along....

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Not quite what she's doing, but it was funny enough I had to use it.

IT'S CLOSE

Writing someone doing stretches when you're hyper mobile is hard. IDK HOW BODIES WORK