let's get down to business

[whattaprick]

Who: Nightrunners and whoever wants to make use of the training yard for whatever reason.
When: S2 D1-D5
Where: The Training Yard
What: Training, or pointing and laughing at people training.
Warnings: Explosions and swearing, probably.

Though it's never really been off-limits, once they're down off the moon, Lambert wastes little time informing the nightrunners he officially expects them to get back to training and getting in shape. They can make ample use of the training yard facilities to learn how to work with each other after their extended vacation, or just get to know their newer coworkers in an environment closer to what their actual working conditions will actually be like.

The yard, as usual, isn't limited solely to nightrunners. Anyone who wants to work on their physical or magical skills are welcome, as well as anyone from the other departments who have anything they might want to test out that requires a combatant, for some reason.

Lambert's generally a constant presence at the fringes, sometimes participating in exercise or sparring himself, but mostly just watching and making sure no one's about to put someone's eye out or break the equipment, because that would be bad for obvious reasons.

[ ooc; this is an open log, so bring your own toplevel! ]

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[dressedtothe]

9S is a reluctant trainee. Seriously, him running the obstacle course isn't going to do much. And it's especially annoying that he's not allowed to blow up the lasers. At least, not if he doesn't want Peridot on his case. Maybe if he disabled the alarm system before he did it...... but given how few technologically inclined carnival members there are, it would probably still be a dead giveaway. If only there was something to really give him a challenge, hacking wise...

But hey, here's a perfect excuse for him to slack off! He recognises the weird plant creature.

"Oh, it's you," he says when Pumpkin bounces over to him before he starts running the course. He met Pumpkin before, when Peridot invited him to have a look at some of her alien technology. Crouching, he reaches out to pat the creature. "Pumpkin, right? What are you doing out here?"

[mirrortide]

This is perfect, because Pumpkin likes you, 9S! She whines and leans into 9S's hand, panting happily.

Lapis isn't too far away either, when she notices Pumpkin with 9S, especially since she knows that he doesn't like aliens. Pumpkin might not be an alien, but she is owned by them, and Lapis doesn't know what to make of that, so she just looks at him cautiously.

"She sure likes you."

[dressedtothe]

Mostly 9S just thinks Pumpkin's weird. Like seriously, why's she so round? She's like a ball. 9S (gently!) shoves the gourd dog over onto her side with a hand.

"Are you sure that's not because she likes everyone?"

[mirrortide]

"... Yeah, that might be it." Lapis agrees as Pumpkin lets herself be rolled over, kicking her stubby legs the entire time and whining. This means 9S is gonna give her belly-rubs, right? Right?

"What are you doing here anyway? I thought you didn't need to train?" Or is he trying to get his sword stuck in something again?

[dressedtothe]

What's belly rubs? 9S has no idea what that is. Instead, he's rocking her back and forth with his hand, as if she's a particularly noisy orange coloured ball. He's not particularly rough about it, but it's probably at least a little uncomfortable.

Or maybe it's fun. Who knows. He's not a gourd dog.

"I don't. But it's Lambert's orders," he says with a sigh. "Why're you here?"

[mirrortide]

Yeah, no. Pumpkin seems to love it, and she wiggles her stumpy little legs the entire time that 9S is rolling her, panting and barking happily.

Dogs are kind of weird like that,

"Pumpkin needed exercise." Do gourds need exercise? Lapis doesn't know, but she'd rather have Pumpkin do laps out here than back at the trailer where she can knock things over.

[dressedtothe]

Pumpkin is so weird. Well, now he's rolling her over completely.

9S squints at that response. Does a living pumpkin even need exercise? It's a plant... "She's gonna trip up anyone practicing here."

as if jasper and foster didn't eat shit tripping over her

[mirrortide]

"I'm not sure how you could miss Pumpkin running around since she's bright orange..." Plants are alive too, 9S! And Pumpkin can now waggle all four limbs at 9S as she's on her back. Bring Unto Pumpkin The Belly Rubs.

[dressedtothe]

What does it mean when an animal a gourd is on her back and wiggling her legs at him? 9S has no idea. So he just pushes her over again.

"She's small and moves faster than you'd expect a pumpkin to." Which is not at all.

[mirrortide]

"She's still bright orange though. And loud." Speaking of, Pumpkin just lets herself be rolled again, whining a bit as 9S neglects vital pumpkin dog anatomy.

"I think she wants you to pet her belly." Lapis supplies helpfully.

[dressedtothe]

Hm. "Does she?"

Just to be contrary, 9S does no such thing, poking at Pumpkin's little stubby legs instead of giving the gourd dog the pettings she so desires.

"Does this thing even eat?" Is Pumpkin like Syrlya? Or more like an actual plant?

[mirrortide]

"She eats soap." Sometimes. But mostly Lapis just shrugs? "She can eat other things though." Not that Pumpkin probably needs to? Lapis doesn't really know how Pumpkin works.

She doesn't even know how humans work either.

[dressedtothe]

Soap. 9S wasn't under the impression that was something biological beings could consume. He's never seen Rita eat soap.

"You don't even know what your pet's supposed to eat? It's amazing you haven't killed her yet." 9S' vote of confidence in Lapis' ability to do things.

9S pokes Pumpkin in the belly. He doesn't rub it.

[mirrortide]

"She just kind of eats whatever. She's been fine so far." Lapis has the ability to do a lot of things! But also she doesn't understand biological organisms very well to begin with, but at least she knwos her faults.

She just kind of shrugs again. Sorry, 9S. "Maybe she's like us Gems. We can ingest whatever we want, if we want too. It wouldn't hurt us."