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Recreational Facility

As massively scaled as the rest of the complex is, it should come as no surprise that the recreation hall is also huge. One end is taken up by a large swimming pool and diving tower. Small cabanas are erected nearby for ease in changing clothes. Another section of the bright and airy room is dedicated to various weight machines for use by various races. Some of them in fact are dizzyingly incomprehensible. Presumably -someone- knows how to use them. A sloping ramp leads up to a jogging track above the hall. The track is lined with large open windows that look out onto the atrium and its gardens. This room is usually occupied at all hours by someone or another looking for a bit of exercise.

(OOC Note: To set your room doing, try 'I'm blank'.)

Contents:

Corian, standing by the door.

Aliana, swimming

Kyara, swimming

Obvious Exits:

Atrium

Kyara mmms, "Well, what he /seemed/ to be was one hundred percent focused on me. At least until we started talking about the temple. Hey Cori!" She gives the translator a wave.

Corian comes lightly into the room, manner perhaps a bit tentative, expression thoughtful. As Kyara greets her, she offers a pleasant smile. "Good evening, Kyara, Aliana. I hope you both are doing well."

Aliana murmers softly, "And that is a bad thing?" before she turns and adds her greetings to Kyara, 'Good Evening, Corian...I am doing very well..and yourself?'

Corian moves to stand near the pool, the better to talk with the pair. "I am rather well, yes. I remembered to leave work on time," she adds, with a hint of humor in her voice, "So I am quite content."

Aliana chuckles softly,'That is always an improvement, yes"

Kyara nods eagerly. "Quite well indeed." She pauses, and gives Cori a curious look. "You always seem content," she notes.

Corian, folding gracefully to a seat on a convenient chair, nods to Aliana, then chuckles quietly at Kyara. "Thank you. I do strive to do so."

"But the question becomes...are you really as content as you seem?" Ali asks in a slightly curious tone

Kyara gestures toward Ali, her expression a bit somber. "What she said."

Corian makes a graceful gesture with one hand, crossing her legs at the ankles. "Much of the time, I am."

Aliana nods her head to that, her expression warming as she rests agains the side of the pool, 'Then I am happy for you.'

Kyara cocks her head. "Are..." She cuts herself off, shaking her head. "So work was light today then?"

Corian offers Aliana a warm smile. "Thank you." Kyara's cut-off question gets a curious look, but Corian doesn't press the issue, instead shaking her head. "It was no more light than it ever is. It is rarely necessary for me to work as late as I often do, but I am easily caught up in the puzzles of my work."

Aliana nods her head, then ohing softly, "Have you discovered anything about the writing in the Temple?'

Kyara chuckles quietly. "I can sympathize. I.." She pauses to hear the answer to Ali's question.

Corian shakes her head, with a faint smile. "I have learned many languages which it is not, but none that it is, unfortunately. Perhaps... Aliana, do you know if there are any of the Bonded who have studied the history of the dragons? Perhaps there would be those among them who could offer some knowledge that I do not know."

Aliana nods, 'My father knows perhaps the most of anyone I have ever met....He and Sirgar have been digging through the records trying to find anything...anything at all that may help.'

Kyara shakes her head in mild disbelief. "Sirgar's trying to help?"

Corian inquires, "Do you believe that we would be able to assist each other, Aliana?" Kyara's question gets a look of mild curiosity, and she waits for the answer.

Aliana cannot seem to help the amusement that fills her eyes as she turns to Kya, 'He is dragonbonded, after all. This is perhaps the most unifying thing that has happened to the Guild in decades.'

Kyara hmmms. "The silver lining," she murmurs.

Aliana grins as she turns to Corian, "Wyman would be very honoured to assist with anything he can...and the Guild's Archives are open to you as well.'

Corian inclines her head, with a quick smile. "I hope that there is something that will allow the text to be translated." She shakes her head, smile turning a bit amused. "I do not like the unsolved puzzle."

Kyara chuckles softly. "It's driving you nuts, isn't it, Cori?"

Aliana nods her head quickly, then smiles at Corian's expression before turning to Kya. "I wouldn't be suprised if she didn't let this go until she had it solved."

Corian, one hand lifting to toy with the necklace, smiles serenely. See? She really -is- good at faking it. "I will attempt to complete the translation, of course. But if I am unable, then I am unable." And then she'd just be annoyed, and have to keep trying.

Kyara grins. She ain't buying that for a minute. "Stubborn, the lot of you."

For anyone that buys that, Ali has a round trip ticket to Nirvana ready and waiting. She just giggles, 'I shall await the day when you say you are unable.' And then the world wil come to an end.

Corian looks between the two of you, gray eyes decidedly amused. "There is nothing wrong with persistence." She watches a small child in the pool for a moment, then inquires, absently tucking a lock of hair behind one ear. "Do you enjoy swimming?" The question seems to be posed to both of you.

Kyara grins shyly, glancing toward Ali. "I do, quite a bit. What about you, Cori?" Nice subject change.

Aliana quickly shakes her head, 'It is one of the things I admire about you...which is why I find you saying you might be unable to do anything to be rather amusing' Subject change? We don't need no subject change.

Corian's eyes glint with amusement. Gaze flicking briefly to Aliana, she says, with slow deliberation, "I am unable to swim."

Kyara's eyes widen. "You've never swum?"

Aliana glances at Kyara, 'You should show her your routine.' Turning to Corian, "It is like she is dancing under water'

Corian shakes her head to Kyara, though she doesn't really look like she regrets the lack. "I have never had that opportunity, no." Aliana's words draw a curious glance, and she echoes, "Routine?"

Kyara blushes deeply, ducking her head. "It's an art form back home."

Aliana slips onto the lip, taking care not to splash Cori. "It is most wonderful to watch."

You faintly hear a chime mark the hour.

Corian suggests, expression thoughtful, "If it would not make you self-conscious, Kyara, I would most like to see it."

Kyara is self-conscious, but she's not about to turn Cori down. Keeping her gaze down, she pushes back from the edge of the pool, muttering, "They need to pipe music in here." After a moment of composing herself, she suddenly leaps up, twirling like a dervish as she plunges smoothly back into the water, immediately twisting into an acrobatic series of smooth moves.

Aliana turns her attention fully to Kya, her expression appreciative.

Corian's head tips to one side as she watches, gray eyes tracking the Stilvani. One finger taps lightly against her knee, in a gentle rhythm.

Kyara surfaces only every few moments- her lung capacity has apparently been well-developed. A few pauses indicate some unfamiliarity with these particular moves, then suddenly she turns her pody perpendicular to the surface, as if being watched from the side. This particular routine takes her from one end of the pool to the other, as an exotic bird flits from one end of its golden cage to another.

Corian observes quietly, gaze still on Kyara, "This looks as if it takes quite a bit of skill, and no small amount of practice, as well."

Aliana glances quickly at Cori for her reaction, then turns back to the performance, obvious delight showing in her eyes.

Kyara finally bursts from the surface, leaping high above the water before laying back in the pool to catch her breath. "Two in 15 minutes... bad idea."

Aliana ducks her head abashedly, but then her applause is warm and heartfelt, 'But it was so wonderful, Kya'

Corian applauds as well, though her approval is overlaid with concern. "It was beautiful, but I do hope you did not overextend yourself, Kyara."

Kyara shakes her head with a faint grin. "Thank you, but it was rather refreshing to do it for an audience for once."

Aliana turns to Corian with an almost proud beam, "She was the understudy for /the/ Engbert herself." A name...what's in a name.

Corian looks suitably impressed, though she admits, "I am afraid I am not familiar with the Engbert."

Aliana looks vastly relieved as she admits in a soft tone, 'Me neither...but I think it is a high honour'

Kyara chuckles softly. "The Edpacge."

Corian looks for a moment as if the name may be familiar, but then she shakes her head. "I am afraid I am not familiar with either of them," she says, a hint of humor in her gray eyes.

Aliana got the first letter right? She does look rather abashed as she murmers a soft apology, 'The Edpacge'

Kyara shakes her head. "Tis a title, not a name. It's like... a prima ballerina."

Corian's expression clears somewhat, and she nods. "Ah, I see, of course. It must have been quite an honor, but no more than your skill deserved."

Aliana glances towards the cabana again, then decides to ask later..paper and water do not mix well. She turns to Kya with a smile. "You are quite good indeed."

Kyara laughs wryly. "Thanks," she nods to Ali and Cori both. "It /was/ an honor, at the time. A young girl's dream, perhaps. But that's all in the past."

Aliana mulls that over for a moment, 'But you still enjoy it?'

Corian interlaces her fingers, resting her hands lightly in her lap and looking to be the picture of a well-bred young woman. Gaze moving between the younger women, she listens thoughtfully.

Kyara looks surprised at the question. "Of course! How better to express joy in life?"

Aliana grins at both her reaction and her response.."Then it is not in the past..It is a part of who you are."

Corian remains silent, though her smile is touched with a hint of approval, and her head lifts and falls in a brief nod.

Kyara nods slightly. "True. It's the understudy part that's in the past."

Aliana nods her head quickly, 'Very True...Now you able to perform for yourself...and for your pleasure.'

Corian adds softly, "And, at least in this case, for that of those who watch--though it is my opinion that your own enjoyment should come first, in this."

Kyara smiles bashfully. "Ah, I'm made happy by making others happy, even if it's by merely entertaining."

Aliana nods her agreement with Cori's words.

Corian's smile is gentle. "I do not believe there is anything 'mere' about entertainment. Even I--even my brother cannot work all the time." And, yes, there's just a bit of teasing humor in her voice at her mention of Riley. "Distractions from the tedium of everyday life are not to be dismissed lightly."

"I think Clara may be just the right distraction he needs" Ali says in a light tone.

Kyara laughs softly. "He said your cooking's a fine distraction, Cori." She grins, nodding her agreement with Ali.

Corian chuckles quietly at Aliana's words, though her nod pauses as Kyara speaks, and her humor fades--though it may not be noticeable, as her pleasant smile is still firmly in place. "I am glad that he enjoyed it," she says quietly. "I was... very pleased to be able to spend time with him."

Aliana does not notice the fade in humour, but she does notice the pause in her sentence. She considers the translator thought for a moment then offers a smile, "I barely know him at all..really"

Kyara does notice Cori's sobering, and understanding resides in her eyes. "He said he'd have to lunch with you more often." Ali's remark brings a wry laugh. "Every time I start to think I know him well, he surprises me."

You faintly hear a chime mark the hour.

Kyara's first comment brings a more genuine smile to Corian's face. "I would be very pleased if he were to do so." She smooths a wrinkle from her skirt, then says lightly, "Riley is a wonderful man, and I am most glad to have him for a brother, but it can take some time to get to know him, yes."

Aliana pauses at what seems to be something that really isn't her affair, but since when did that stop Ali? "I think he gets trapped in that office of his..buried under piles and piles of paper work. Its not a question of not wanting to, but not feeling able to"

Kyara shrugs lightly. "That's part of it, certainly. He takes his responsibilities seriously. Hopefully, now that he's got himself an XO, the burden will ease."

Corian nods her agreement to Aliana. "I understand that his work takes up much of his time, of course," she assures the Bonded. "I am glad to see more of him than I did, no matter how much it be." As Kyara speaks, she nods, expression thoughtful. "That is to be hoped, yes."

"XO?" Ali sounds very puzzled, "Not an XY or a CD, or even a MR?"

Kyara gestures slightly, drawing herself up to rest her arms on the edge of the pool. "XO. Executive Officer. A second-in-command."

Corian inclines her head at the explanation. "Though I must admit, when 'XO' is used, I cannot help but get the thought that a game is being discussed."

Aliana ohhs softly, 'Why didn't he have one before?' She smiles at Corian, "Tic-tac-toe? Islien and I can play that for hours'

Corian nods to Aliana, with a quick smile. "That one, yes."

Kyara chuckles. "A nice quirk to the military term, I must admit."

Corian nods her agreement to Kyara, lips quirking briefly. "I am afraid I do not take the military quite as seriously as I should, if I am making fun of titles as I do." Somehow, she doesn't look too concerned. "Perhaps it is the late hour," she adds thoughtfully. "I believe I have had too many long nights of late."

Aliana offers gently, 'Perhaps an early night may counterbalance that?'

Kyara tilts her head, considering Corian. "You should sleep in then."

Corian nods to Aliana. "That is an excellent idea, but, alas, I find myself too distracted by the world around me to remember something as trivial as sleep." Kyara's question gets a fractional shake of her head. "Unfortunately, I must be much more tired than I am to be able to do that, now that I am accustomed to the time here."

Aliana offers with a broad grin,'Sleep is for when we have nothing better to do.'

Kyara chuckles, nodding her agreement with Ali. "Sleep is occasionally useful. Other than that, I try to avoid it."

Corian laughs quietly at that, then unfolds herself gracefully from her seat. "I am afraid I must disagree with you both, as I find myself in need of repose."

Aliana grins as she bows from her seated position,'Sleep well, Corian.'

Kyara smiles, resting her chin on her hands. "Have a good night, Cori. One of these days I'm going to have to teach you how to swim."

Corian bows lightly, hand resting on her heart. "I hope that you both will dream sweetly--but not too soon." Kyara's words bring her up short, and she assures the Stilvani, "That is unnecessary, really. I do not feel the lack." With a pleasant smile, she turns and starts for the exit.

Aliana ohs softly, 'I will have Wyman get in touch with you when he can come to the Complex...unless you wish to go to Otaku?'

Kyara chuckles. "Offer's open, Cori."

Corian pauses at Aliana's question. "Perhaps it would be better that we discuss that, as my duties may require that I remain here." She nods to Kyara. "And I do appreciate the offer." She half-bows once more, then glides from the room.

You walk towards the Central Atrium.

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