originally posted in:The New Dojo
[u]A Routine Exercise[/u]
For the last few mornings Flatline can be seen tieing off one arm and climbing a steep cliff. Today he has done the same. Climbed to the top, several push-ups then tied up the other hand and started over again.
After his second climb he sat there looking out over the steep cliff with an energy drink in his hand and a protein bar next to his side. He kicks back looking at a vital chart, ignoring the fact that the heart monitor was useless to someone without a heartbeat. Then he looks out over the cliff at the view in front of him relaxing and planing his next move.
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[b]Allister approaches from behind him [/b] "So what kind of work out is this?"
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"Heh, may have bought the extra muscle but still gotta mantain it. I figure two hours of hauling my own weight up the edge of a mountain is pretty good. Trying to beat my current record." He hits a button on the device he used to check his vitals and a list of times come up. 5:34:10 5:36:30 6:04:45 "Gotten so used to using the terrain of planets as a gym it's just become my favorite way to keeping fit"
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"Huh that seems like an interesting work out. Is it efficient?"
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"Well I haven't gotten flabby so far so pretty sure I'm doing something right" He then unties the arm he had tied up and stretches his arms out. From the t-shirt he has on its noticeable where the surgeries were performed and where the extra muscle was added.
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"Hrrmph. Maybe I'll try it sometime."
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"Always welcome to mate. Just make sure not to fall off. Had that happen once. Had to operate my ship with a busted arm and let me tell ya, that is a rough few weeks"
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"Why didn't you just take a break?"
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"Ah I was arrogant back then. Thirty five years or so I think. All I could think about was the paycheck and didn't bother to think something like a busted arm was an excuse to stop working"
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"I was the same once... A long time ago."
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[spoiler]bumpers. Buried[/spoiler]