The Next Step

[aesoprevived]

[1]

[Mad's at the Hangar, doing some prepwork with the Lambda. It wasn't too hard to guess that she was planning on heading out and taking on those Bandits that were raiding Fuso.]

Everything's in the green so far...

[But will it be good enough?... Damnit, why's she worrying like the whole world was gonna collapse on her, she's not Hana for christsakes.]

God I need a drink...


[2]

OOF!

[And Mad hits the mat again, wiping at her face as she got back to her feet.]

Again. I'm not done yet.

[She cracks her knuckles and gets into a stance. Working off her tension with a good spar was helping her a bit.]


[3]

[She's in the Arboretum after a long day's workout. And as usual she didn't bother with a shirt. Seriously. Someone needs to talk to this girl.]

[Still, she's just relaxing, deep in her thoughts. Disturb her?]

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[emorangerpink]

[Laura's quietly tending her flower bush, leaving Mad in peace, for several minutes after her arrival. Eventually, though, she gets up and comes over, cleaning her hands off on the front of her gardening apron.]

Celia said you were pretty intense in training today.

[aesoprevived]

... I had a lot of tension to work out.

[She takes a deep breath before sighing.]

I just had a bad feeling and needed something to work it out.

[She couldn't help but give a small grin.]

It sorta worked. Hard Work gives some good feels.

[emorangerpink]

It's hard to feel too stressed out about anything once they're through with you. It's like a very ungentle full-body massage and aerobics in one. And if you're still conscious, you get a sense of accomplishment on top of it, too.

[Laura tries to smile at Mad, but she's a little uncertain what to do with her eyes. She eventually learned to relax around nudity in the Nirvana's baths, but this context makes it feel odd again.]

Bad feeling... about whatever you were doing to the Lambda?

[aesoprevived]

..I never actually got a good chance to test the Archimedes system. Hell... it bit me in the ass the first time I used it.

[She got some help working out the problems but...]

[emorangerpink]

Expect to need it some time soon?

[Laura solves her gaze problems by sitting beside Mad.]

[aesoprevived]

[She sighs and brushes a stray hair away.]

With the crap this ship goes through on a daily basis? Yeah... I will. No way to fucking tell what we might go up against next.

[emorangerpink]

Even if you have to keep her dialed back a little, I think you'll do okay. I wouldn't have believed you could do so much to a Zaku if I hadn't seen it myself. Don't go overboard trying to remake Shin Dragon, you know?