Vitae Memorandum

36-Sporting Generosity

By the next day, they had been faced with the same workshop responsibilities as before. Their morning was filled with the same work, and it was moving the same into the afternoon.

Mhyl was thankful that while work was effectively all over the day, it was spaced out with frequent breaks. She herself got more breaks than anyone else, though she was starting to feel like this wasn't fair. It's not like she was slow at recovering stamina, she just had less of it, long breaks were mostly meaningless. She had found herself back in the room she had sparred with Thanrie before. Everyone else had their physical routine, she didn't have anything like that either. But getting to dance like she had, it was actually fun. More acrobatic than otherwise, it was still a form of fitness. For no other reason than that, she did some generic flips, handsprings, and the like through the room.

Lwyn arrived right when Mhyl was taking a break, having totally missed everything. Being a half-elf was getting her half as many extra breaks as Mhyl. She found this extra insulting, she hadn't worked her life to have almost as much stamina as a human, just to be treated like this. Being treated like a half-elf, it was so insulting.. but it was still true. There was nothing she could do about it, she was in truth a half-elf, and she would have to accept all the grief that brought. It was her own curse, it was her own fault for simply being her.

"Oh, are you alright?" Lwyn was shocked to see Mhyl actually exhausted mid break, it was concerning how that might have happened. Mhyl smiled back. "Silly, I couldn't be much better. Getting some exercise really does help, I should have done this stuff so long ago." Mhyl surprised Lwyn with this insight. What in the world was Mhyl doing? "What about you, how have you been doing?" "Oh, I was working on the felt sheet for Qheria's drum, while also tending to the pumps we were working on. I wonder if we can use an air pump to kick the drum, we know how Qheria feels about kicking stuff." Mhyl froze in inspiration. Lwyn had given her such a great idea. Mhyl dragged Lwyn out of the room, still ignorant as to what was going on.

Mhyl searched through some of their felt 'parts' for some of what she needed. Usually something like this needed a bladder, but she also needed a uni-directional air valve. Lwyn was starting to feel ill, watching Mhyl dig through various organs and biological parts. She wandered off to go find the other two. It might not be time for break, but it would be far better to wait there, than here. They got back to Mhyl trying to figure out sewing. Lwyn jumped in, worried Mhyl might hurt herself. Mhyl showed Lwyn what she needed sewn and how. "Make sure it's as round as possible, that's very important." Mhyl then went back to the pump.

Thanrie approached Mhyl, who was acting suspicious. Expecting there to be a secret in play, Thanrie asked Mhyl a question in Japanese. "What are you making?" "A ball." Thanrie got enough of an answer from Mhyl to start putting stuff together. An air pump, rounded felt, a ball. It would be yellow instead of checkered black and white, but it was unmistakable what Mhyl was going for. "Oh, Qheria, we should let these two work, don't want to get in their way. Maybe we should go sparring?" Thanrie rushed Qheria out of the room, not wanting to spoil the surprise.

When they arrived at their destination, while starting to get ready for a bout, Rhyde interrupted. "Oh, perfect timing. I had been getting reports that you two were doing something like this. Qheria had been rather out of it before, leaving me a lot to be concerned about. Qheria, do you mind if I test your own resolve in such a competition. Leader to leader, I want to see what you're capable of." Rhyde's invitation didn't exactly sound like perfect timing. Reports.. that Zyuixqs was certainly in on this, and Yuxzn probably had set up enough of a plan. Everyone was setting up things for Qheria.

Still, Thanrie could profit from this as well. She relaxed against the wall and took careful note on the proceedings. She hadn't seen anyone else fight like this before, she was bound to learn a few things doing such. Both of them got ready and started.. with neither of them moving. Defensive vs defensive, neither were inclined to act first. Thanrie sighed, her hopes gone up in smoke right away. However, right in that moment Thanrie herself let her guard down, Rhyde struck. Qheria managed to parry it at the last moment, and went in for a counter. Rhyde himself countered the counter with a counter.. which got countered. After a moment of appreciation, Thanrie went back to giving up. This was going to be a long fight.