Atlas Gym - Tuesday

[guardianborn]

Rose was in the midst of a serious if mental debate as she worked. For one thing, it distracted her from scrubbing all the stupid corners of the gym where little bits of gross dried mud and jello had ended up. Not to mention the little slicks of oil drops on the wall

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Talk to Rose

[guardianborn]

Who's thrilled, yes.

Re: Talk to Rose

[once_a_traitor]

"Did you gain an evil stepmother over the weekend?" Edmund asked, leaning as he often did against the nearest stable object. He looked far too amused at the sight of Rose scrubbing away.

Re: Talk to Rose

[guardianborn]

Edmund should be watching out for the soapy rag that was coming at his face.

"Since I don't know my dad, that'd be hard," Rose snarked.

Re: Talk to Rose

[once_a_traitor]

Edmund tried to side-step, but Rose was too quick for him and the rag ended up clipping him before dropping to the ground with a soggy slopping sound. "Well that was unnecessary," he said as he tried to brush the water off his shirt. "I only asked because I thought she might have you unfairly doing all of the chores."

Re: Talk to Rose

[guardianborn]

And now she was sitting back on the mats and laughing at the wet spot on his shirt. "Nah, it was totally awesome," she said, still grinning. "If I could find the annoying chick who works here, I'd make her do half but then I'd have to listen to her talk. This is probably better."

Re: Talk to Rose

[once_a_traitor]

"The blonde girl?" he asked, nodding as if he knew exactly what she was talking about.

Re: Talk to Rose

[guardianborn]

"The blonde that's not Beka or that older chick Ashley, yeah," Rose said. "Jessi wears a lot of pink spandex."

She wouldn't be surprised if Edmund had noticed her. She didn't look bad in the pink spandex. Ho.

Re: Talk to Rose

[once_a_traitor]

"I know the one you mean." Well, yes, pink spandex. It was hard not to notice. "Sometimes it's best to grin and bear the work than cope with your brain melting into something resembling porridge."

Re: Talk to Rose

[guardianborn]

Rose smirked a little. It was funny when Edmund knew who she meant. Less so with Dimitri, yeah.

"Have a lot of experience with brain-porridge?" she asked.

Re: Talk to Rose

[once_a_traitor]

"Yes," he said quite simply and far too quickly. "Part of the job at home," he explained, "involves listening to anyone who happens to come along with a matter they want resolved. It often involves disputes. Usually about potatoes."

Re: Talk to Rose

[guardianborn]

"Ew," Rose said succinctly. "Are potato farmers extra whiny or do you guys just grow a lot?"

Re: Talk to Rose

[once_a_traitor]

"I wouldn't say that they're all extra whiny, but we do have our fair share of the whiniest in all the land. Keep in mind that they have a few days' travel to get to us even to whine in the first place, so they're fairly dedicated."

Re: Talk to Rose

[guardianborn]

She snickered a little at the description. "This? Is why I'd never go into politics. Good thing you're the royal."

Re: Talk to Rose

[once_a_traitor]

"I don't even have the excuse that I was born into it," Edmund admitted. "But every job has its downside. Yours seems to be cleaning mud off the floor."

Re: Talk to Rose

[guardianborn]

"This one's temporary," Rose pointed out. "And it's Fight Club's fault. They went crazy and had mud pits and jello and stuff to fight in on Sunday."

Re: Talk to Rose

[once_a_traitor]

"Why would anyone want to practice fighting in mud and jello?"