Mar 11 14:29:17 107 PA - Galvin learning some things at the gym

From Chronicles

The current game time is: Sat Mar 11 14:29:17 107 PA.

Harry's Gym is, not surprisingly, owned by a retired athlete named Harry. 'Gym' in this case is actually a misnomer and 'Sports Facility' would be far more appropriate. Almost a whole block in size it features all sorts of different facilities for those who are interested in such things. They include a full size basket ball court and weight lifting room but the real showpieces of the facility are its huge pool and sparring rooms. Inside, the construction is extremely spartan with blue-painted cinder-block walls and old, faded red carpets on the floor. Near to the entrance there are seperate men and women's changing rooms with MDC-reinforced lockers. These rooms lead deeper into the facility and are kept very clean despite the large amount of people coming and going. Admission to Harry's is a surprisingly inexpensive twenty credits per month. On the other hand, there is no day pass.

After two in the PM and the gym is busy. People chatting, working out and otherwise training themselves up for whatever they need to be built or fit for. Vixen is actually leaning against a wall near the foyer of the building, dressed in light gym clothes with her hair wet. A small bag sits beside her, but she ignores it in favor of a simple, cheap pasltic comb that's a dark shade of violet. She's carefully combing her hair, head tilted as she gazes into a mirrored section of the wall across from her, just suitable enough for the task.

Galvin is walking around in a grey t-shirt and grey shorts looking at the various gym equipment with a curious eye. He is walking around with a water bottle not quite sure what to do. He walks by Vixen and does a double take when he recognizes her. "Oh hello Vixen. How are you doing?"

Vixen lifts her attention from her careful self grooming to glance towards Glavin as he speaks. She grins and nods her head at him, "Hey, man." Though her eyes return to the careful combing to perfect the part of her bob. "You looking to work up a sweat or just looking?" Asked lightly as she considers if it meets her standards.

Galvin looks around with a bit of a frown as he shrugs his shoulders. "Uh frankly I don't know how to use any of this stuff really. I got a actual job and one of the guys there suggested this was a good place to destress. So I come down here and not sure exactly what to do." He squats down on his heels so he can be closer to eye level with Vixen. "So guess just looking."

Vixen smirks faintly and seems content with her look now. "Only low stress if you're doing something you like," she says, looking towards him. "Though do you like physical stuff? Running, lifting weights.. swimming? They've got a decent pool. Usually filled with kids and such, but sometimes you can stretch out or dunk yourself with a little peace."

Galvin nods his head while he smiles nervously. "Uh well really don't know how do do a lot of this physical stuff. Most of my work out has been in the garage or what not. I guess I should learn though. Never really learned how to swim though." He says with a shrug and a laugh. "Guess a grown man that doesn't know how to swim should learn already."

Vixen grins and shakes her head. "I don't know how either. Usually I either just lounge or I stay in the shallow end." She picks up her bag and slips the comb inside as she says, "I was just in there. Laying around, feeling lovely. Then took a little dip. Not much substitute for being out in some real sun. But its not warm enough out there for it right now."

Galvin laughs nervously as he adjusts his glasses on his face. "Well sure I guess that does sound nice, and relaxing. Yah if you were wet out there in this weather you would freeze pretty quickly. So I wanted to thank you again for helping me out with that security system. I don't think I would have known what I should do without your help."

"Is it all done? How are things working out with the system?" Vixen's casual question. And after considering him a moment she motions at him and wonders, "What are you nervous about? Nothing to be bothered about right now." An amused little grin comes to her as she considers that last question herself.

Galvin shakes his head just a little bit before answering. "Uh not yet still work to do on it. I hope to have it all done soon though." He says with a slight smile. At Vixen's motion he leans forward a bit and then at your questions he blushes deeply and adjusts his glasses in a nervous manner. "Uh I guess I just don't talk to a lot of women, and usually none as attractive as yourself. Sorry guess it makes me a little nervous. Only had one girlfriend before and that didn't turn out well at all."

Vixen grins casually at that and nods her head. "I can come over later to test it a bit with you," she replies. "And I suppose its good you didn't wander in while I was in my bikini then. That certainly wouldn't have helped you calm down either." Her grin lingers as she casually reaches out to jab casually at his shoulder. She's got a bit more power that one might expect from a woman her size. Not real hard, but one can feel she's in good shape.

Galvin eyes go wide as he coughs and looks down at his shoes for a moment while he trys to overcome his embaressment. "Uh yah uh good thing that, that didn't happen. Sorry just spent most of my time studying and working on various machines." He mumbles before looking up and grinning at the jab on his shoulder. He reaches up and gives it a little rub. "Jeez you must be in good shape. I'll have to try to at least spend some time here."

Vixen chuckles and shakes her head. "You should spend more time around girls then. You won't get used to them hanging around the shop. I suppose I'll have to let you know the next time I go to the pool and we can hang out for a little while. And yeah.. I keep in shape." She lifts her arm, curling it. Her arm is slender, but the muscle she has is tight and well to ned. "A good way to work out stress for me. I like hammering on the heavy bags. Good for working out your anger."

Galvin laughs himself as he grins. "Oh I would like to, but so far don't really know a lot. I go to the Nut and Bolt, but most of the girls there are sort of like guys. Course I don't mind that either." He frowns a little bit befor ebreaking out into a smile. "Sure as long as you don't drown me." He says with a little bit of a smirk." I guess I should work out more. Would help me around in the shop at least."

"Nah, we'll just lay out for a while," Vixen says. "You can take some time to watch the ladies and get used to looking at chicks who aren't fully dressed." She grins and motions as she starts off. "C'mon, I'll show you how to do some curls. Not a bad way to start working your arms. Can start you light, see how it goes for you."

Galvin grins despite himself and shakes his head slightly. "Hey as long as they aren't Coalition spies I'm all for it. That was what my last girlfriend turned out to be." He says with a little laugh as she stands up and looks around. "Uh sure we can try that. What is a curl?"

Vixen glances back towards him with a brow lifted. "Huh, that's bad luck," she replies. "But nah.. I hate the deadboys, so you don't have to worry about me. Most people here do, but I'm sure there are spies around here somewhere." She leads him over to where the weights are as she explains, "Arm curls. We can start you off with a light weight. Just to let you get used to it."

Galvin nods his head slowly up and down. "Yes I try to be careful. I don't want them getting on my trail again." He says with a slight frown as he follows Vixen over to the weights. "Oh ok. I get it where like I lift the weight up to my shoulder right?" He asks while looking towards Vixen for confirmation.

"Come here, man," Vixen tells him, patting one of the weight benches as she drops her bag next to it. "This is real simple. You don't even really have to think about it once you get it down." She turns and picks out a light dumbbell that is just five pounds. "This is what you're going to work with, one arm at a time. You can work up to more once you get this down. Get your arm braced on your knee.. lean forward a little to do it."

Galvin takes a seat onto the bench after hesitating for only a moment. He spreads his legs a little bit and lets his arm rest on his knee according to Vixen's directions. "Ah ok. So just lift it back and forth right?" He asks while taking the weight out of Vixen's hand if she lets him. He leans forward a bit to start these so called curls.

"That's right," Vixen settles the weight into his hand. "You do it smooth and slow. From level, all the way up then back to horizontal again." She moves around beside him, arms lifting to cross her chest as she watches him. "Just take it slow. Do five, then switch arms and do five more for now. Just get a feel for it. This sort of thing, you just don't have to think about. Good when you just want to let your mind rest."

Galvin settles the weight in the palm of his hand before he slowly lifts it up in a curling motion, but while leaning back so as to use some of his back as well. "Like this?" He asks while holding the weight up before letting it back down again. He starts curling the weight again as he doesn't really wait for an answer.

"Yeah, you're doing fine," Vixen says with a nod. "I tend to do a few of those whenever I come down here, just to keep things up. A little of that, some time at the pool. Maybe some wading then a shower. That's good for a casual day. When I feel rough, I pound on one of hte heavy bags for a while. Don't have to hold back on them. But if I just want to sit and think, I do curls and just think. Maybe the treadmill a little. Don't do much weight lifting and all that sort of stuff. I'm not real heavy into body building."

Galvin nods his head as he keeps doing the curls. He finishes the five and then switches to his other hand. He nods his head slowly as he listens to Vixen speak, suddenly he breaks out into a slight grin. "Uh well maybe you can take me through a day at the gym and I can follow you around and you can show me how to do everything." His grin grows wider as he looks down for a moment. "I'm sure the shower will be instructional."

Vixen smirks casually and a brow lifts. "You're pretty bold for a shy boy. But before you get too frisky, I've got a guy. But the thought is sweet." She reaches out casually to ruffle his hair. "But I can show you around a bit some time. Not that there's too much to know, really. Once you get a sense for doing things, its all pretty easy."

Galvin laughs and shrugs his shoulders. "I guess I have my moments. Sorry I was just teasing. I didn't mean to upset you or anything." He says with a shy little grin as he looks down as Vixen ruffles his hair. He finishes up his five curls and then lets the weight rest in his hand. "I would appreciate that. Maybe you can introduce me to some people around. I mean I've met some people. I fixed up some swords for Celaeno."

"Eh.. I'm a bit out of touch," Vixen says. "I keep my ear to the street and and all that, but I've been a little.. distant from things." She shrugs her shoulders and casually lans against the bar that's set on the weight bench, waiting for the real heavy weights for benchpressing. "And you didn't upset me. I like compliments. I just didn't want you to run too far down that road. But if you want, you can keep complimenting me as much as you like."

Galvin keeps laughing as he nods his head slowly. "Well sure. I'll see what I can do with the compliments. So do I get to meet this guy of yours at least? I mean at least you know him right?" He says with a slight smile before adjusting his glasses higher up on his face. "You can't be more out of touch then I am."

Vixen grins a little and nods, "I'm sure you'll see him around some time," she replies lightly. "He's a traveller and can be off to all sorts of places at times." She gives her shoulders a little roll. "Eventually." She grins lightly and adds, "If we run into anyone I know, I'll let you know about it. I don't know a lot of people well. Hard to get to know people that don't try to get to know you."

Galvin nods his head as he listens to what Vixen has to say. "Oh? What is his name?" He asks with a raised eyebrow and a little curiosity. "Sounds like he has a cool job at least. I hope you don't get lonely. Yah I know what you mean. I run into people here and there, but it is hard to get to know them."

"Leonard. I call him Leo most times," Vixen replies, crossing her arms against the weight bar. "He's a magic guy. A shifter. He's not real built or big, but he's got what counts. He cares about me. Might not seem like much in some ways, but trust me.. its big news for me." She grins lightly. "I'm fine, don't worry."

Galvin frowns slightly as he shakes his head. "Don't really know a lot about magic people. They can be a bit iffy sometimes I guess. But if you are with him then I'm sure he is an ok guy." He says as his frown turns into a smile. "That is good. I'm glad he cares for you. You deserve to have someone care for you."

Vixen grins and nods her head. "I'm not real comfortable with magic either.. but Leo and me went through some things. It wasn't pretty.. wasn't easy, but yeah.. its over and things are good. In a lot of ways. Too good, I suppose. Feels like there aren't any challenges for me anymore.. which is good in one way I suppose. But.. in some ways its just not good. Not really sure what to do with myself anymore."

Galvin nods his head slowly as he tilts it a little bit while he listens. "Well I'm glad he got through it all. That is good. Hey there are always challenges at least that is the way I see it. Hey just a question out of the blue do you know how to program artifical intelligences? Just you know for robots I want to make." He says with a sly little grin.

Vixen shakes her head slightly. "Nah.. never got into that sort of programming. Real high class stuff, that. Maybe if I took some heavy courses, but.. I don't see doing that much with it. I prefer freelance work, that's the sort of work you do for a company. I did company work for a while. It was annoying as hell." She gives her shoulders a little roll. "You actually think you'll build a robot?"

Galvin nods his head slightly as he shrugs his shoulders quickly. "Yah it is a hard sort of programming to get into. I wish I knew more about it." He smiles faintly as he leans back on the bench. "Sure why not? I mean I might not build a giant crazy robot, but I can build a robot right now. I'm working on something to clean the floor of my apartment right now. Shouldn't be too difficult."

Vixen smirks faintly and considers, then shrugs her shoulders. "Maybe I'll consider it. But something like that.. you probably work on it for years for anything real sophisticated. But if you're trying to make some sort of.. vacuum bot, then it shouldn't take that long." The young woman is thoughtful on the topic, her fingers lightly drumming against her arm.

Galvin grins softly as he shrugs his shoulders again. "I don't think you know just how good I am at least when it comes to robotics, mechanical, or electrical things. I bet I could reprogram a skelebot." He says with a bit of quiet confidence.

"I've hacked Coalition ICE before," Vixen returns with a casual grin, though she does lower her tone. "Didn't reprogram direct, but I did take control of a few through their system. And I think those things explode when you take them out. So you probably couldn't unless you can figure out how to neutralize their self destruct before it goes off. But I get the point."

Galvin shrugs his shoulders yet again. "Well I figure I can at least work on robots, and see what I can do. Also would be a lot cheaper for me to build a giant robot then buy one. Nice thing is if I can get my hands on it I know the complete schematics and that is that. Can rebuild it from memory."

Vixen nods her head slightly. "You've got a lot of big plans," she replies. "I guess we'll see how they turn out. I might look into learning some of that.. AI stuff. Might be useful some day. Maybe I could program something to be part of my security system. A little roaming guard or something. And you could build it." Her grin grows.

Galvin his grin grows along with yours as he nods his head eagerly. "Hell yah. Imagine programming and creating our own line of security bots. We would make tons of credits. And it would be a hell of a fun time doing it all." He has looking quite excited.

Vixen grins and shakes her head a little, "I guess we'll see." She straightens and arches her back a little in a brief stretch. "But for now, I should get out of here. I have some things I want to do and I think Leo will be home today." She reaches out to pat Galvin's shoulder lightly as she moves around to collect her bag. "Maybe we can talk more about it later."