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ten_fwd2015-08-20 09:08 pm
dust_of_life) wrote in ten_fwd2015-08-20 09:08 pm
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Wishing you were somehow here again... [OPEN]
((OOC: Figure she's going through this routine every night this month. Feel free to forward-date or back-date tag-ins.))
Growing up among the Cainites of the Order, Fatima had picked up on mechanisms for coping with stress from all across the world and across time. But not a single one of them was making it easier for her to deal with the emptiness of the space next to her in her bed. She'd been stuck on this flying Hilton for months now. But sleep still didn't come easily. After knowing what it was like to hear someone breathing beside her on the pillow, Fatima was having more than a little difficulty letting go.
Fortunately, growing up among the Cainites of the Order had also provided Fatima with a few extra outlets she could use.
It was usually after midnight when she would slip into the leotard Beverly had given her. The halls were quieter at night. Fewer people. Fewer judgmental crew members staring after her like the invader that she was. And the training facility was usually empty.
First, she'd start with a few yoga stretches. Some aggressive chin-ups. Knuckle push-ups. And then the real work would begin.
Somehow, her iPod had managed to survive her ordeal in Zelien. Fatima had doubted very much that she'd ever be able to coax any music out of it, but it was working now. All of her songs were there. Well, they weren't exactly her songs. The classical music was from Liam. The rock-and-roll was from Denise. And the oldies were from Auntie Diana. Didn't matter though. She always listened to the same song anyway. Survivor's Eye of the Tiger on repeat, the earbuds shoved deep into her ears, like she wanted to block out the rest of the world.
The punches she threw against the punching bag were precise and powerful. Fatima had fused the martial arts styles she'd studied with street boxing. And despite the work-out clothes, she always trained in her high-heeled boots. As she used to argue to Arty, you never knew what you were going to be wearing when someone attacked you. Better to be prepared for anything.
If only her loneliness could be punched in the bag.
Growing up among the Cainites of the Order, Fatima had picked up on mechanisms for coping with stress from all across the world and across time. But not a single one of them was making it easier for her to deal with the emptiness of the space next to her in her bed. She'd been stuck on this flying Hilton for months now. But sleep still didn't come easily. After knowing what it was like to hear someone breathing beside her on the pillow, Fatima was having more than a little difficulty letting go.
Fortunately, growing up among the Cainites of the Order had also provided Fatima with a few extra outlets she could use.
It was usually after midnight when she would slip into the leotard Beverly had given her. The halls were quieter at night. Fewer people. Fewer judgmental crew members staring after her like the invader that she was. And the training facility was usually empty.
First, she'd start with a few yoga stretches. Some aggressive chin-ups. Knuckle push-ups. And then the real work would begin.
Somehow, her iPod had managed to survive her ordeal in Zelien. Fatima had doubted very much that she'd ever be able to coax any music out of it, but it was working now. All of her songs were there. Well, they weren't exactly her songs. The classical music was from Liam. The rock-and-roll was from Denise. And the oldies were from Auntie Diana. Didn't matter though. She always listened to the same song anyway. Survivor's Eye of the Tiger on repeat, the earbuds shoved deep into her ears, like she wanted to block out the rest of the world.
The punches she threw against the punching bag were precise and powerful. Fatima had fused the martial arts styles she'd studied with street boxing. And despite the work-out clothes, she always trained in her high-heeled boots. As she used to argue to Arty, you never knew what you were going to be wearing when someone attacked you. Better to be prepared for anything.
If only her loneliness could be punched in the bag.
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It was genuine.
"Yeah," she agreed. "My world is pretty messed up. But it's home, you know? Only one I'll ever have."
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"Sure. Yeah. And I mean, we're not saying our world isn't messed up in some ways, but it's home and it's just... different that an lot of people's here." Trever gave her a bit of a bemused look.
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And it would be an excellent way to get her mind off of missing Sam so much.
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"We're interested in the same thing."
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And maybe they could start a coven...
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The coven thing might make the twins a little bit leery as well... bad things happened in their world when a bunch of people did ritual magic together.
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Fatima's eye swept back and forth between the two of them. And their guns. She'd seen this movie. She knew how it could end.
"I'll let you guys get back to chasing each other," she said, quickly stepping back from the two of them.
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"Sounds good. Nice to meet you, I'm Trever by the way," he said before shooting at Kale and running off.