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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:45:36 GMT -6
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:45:53 GMT -6
‘ Well, this is it.’ She couldn’t help but think after having handled the paperwork as well as went gift shopping yesterday, and occasionally showing her membership pass at the staff when they look up in a questioning manner on what she is doing here, and appearing almost alone while she uses the path outside to lead her companion to the desired place for some stamina training. Of course, she did need to look up at the schematics inside, close at the sign in desk entrance, on where everything is since it’s been a while, and trace where they would need to head in which direction. But once she figured that out, having Sev follow her while he is flying high up makes it easy to move around, the zooming sound of his wings beating in a fast rhythm are not easily heard from so high. Not many other critters are up in the sky and seemingly training already, so it’s easy for Sev to move around up there. Yet make it appear for most people that she is here on her own, or with a small critter tucked away somewhere on her person or in her backpack ‘ You can come down here Sev! I think it would do you more good if we do this while you’re on the ground.’ She comments to him as she reaches a mile-long track that is pretty much one big oval of a path that at first she thought might have been made out of red colored cement, but when she kneels down to touch the surface, it feels hard but perhaps slightly rubber like as well? She wasn’t sure what to make of it, but she supposes it will serve their purpose quite well. She turns her head in Sev’s direction just as he starts to land and causes the wind from it to blow small debris away from him. Stamina 1/14 Sev Lv 77.1, Ly 24.1 Twilight 0.1
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:46:09 GMT -6
“Perfect timing!.” She calls out to him as he tucks his wings to his side tightly. His antennae twitching in every direction a new sound is being made, but with his face staring directly at her as she walks closer to him. Dropping her backpack to rummage through it for a certain object when she opens one of the medium sized pockets. ‘ Do you think you can hold still while I wrap your legs and abdomen a bit? Just for extra protection?’ She says in her mind towards him, grinning when she finds all the wraps she bought yesterday for this excursion. A soft trill emits from Sev’s mouth at the question, it didn’t feel like a disagreeing tone when she listened to it, and looking up at him, he seems more interested in what is going on around him. It’s a good sign hopefully, considering this isn’t something Sev has done before with her. ‘ Alright, I’ll start with the legs first.’ She warns him as she comes closer with the gray wraps she took from her backpack. Kneeling down at each foot to carefully lift one up each time on her raised knee, and balancing herself in this awkward position, she wraps the feet just tightly enough to give it some movement, but makes sure it couldn’t come loose. Her biggest trouble with wrapping him for some added protection on the track, ended up being his abdomen since he is so big, she ended up just wrapping about midway of his abdomen, and making a neat little bow at his stinger. She doubts she’d actually need to wrap his thorax for protection, so she leaves it at that. Packing everything else up and putting it aside the track, she takes of her trench-coat as well to drop near it. Her shoes she had switched from her favorite platforms with Velcro fasteners to sensible but still black sport shoes made for running, these ones actually feel that with each step, she bounces a little. She hadn’t changed her pants, or actually taking any other sportswear for today, but she is dressed light enough that dealing with sweat shouldn’t be too much of a problem. Patting her pockets to check for Sev’s treats, she smiles. Now they’re ready. Stamina 2/14
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:46:19 GMT -6
‘Okay Sev, no flying until I say you can, we are just going to walk in a fast pace.’ Since crawling can’t be compared to running, but it’s still for a Vespa just as fast as a human can go, and she wasn’t certain yet what her own top speed is that she could keep up with for a long time. Checking the race track, she notes that while it is mostly red like cement, the white lines and numbers painted on it gives her an insight on what it depicts.
There are with every meter of space thick straight white lines that show the lane one is running at and makes it easy to stay straight on the path, while in dark red lines are placed between it and numbers that go up every meter. She wasn’t certain yet what its highest is of the race track, but the number they are on is forty-six. She’ll have to remember that in order to get back later on for her backpack and coat. With his wings tucked neatly against his side, Sev trills softly at her as he tilts his head to the side. “Right, let’s do this.” She mutters as she leads him to the center of the track. “Let’s go! Follow Sev!” She calls out as she starts slowly with gaining speed, checking behind her to see he is following after her, a bit slower than her currently.
Stamina 3/14
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:46:32 GMT -6
It seems like it was definitely a good idea to wrap his abdomen for protection as she sees how while he is crawling, he also is lifting his behind just enough so that it doesn’t touch the cement, but she doesn’t doubt that doing it like this will surely make it quite a work out for him.
“C’mon Sev! Try going a bit faster!” She calls out to him, as she sees him slow down not even a minute before they started, he really isn’t used to just crawling on the ground any longer, not since he gained wings to fly with. “C’mon Sev, you can do it! Think of all the treats you could get as a reward for doing a good job here!” She calls out as she turns to face him, still going at a fast pace on the race track but now backwards as she faces Sev.
Stamina 4/14
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:47:05 GMT -6
A short chirp of a trill from Sev lets her know he heard her, and especially at the word ‘treats’ he starts to crawl faster again. Hopefully with the occasional reminder he will be motivated enough to do this work out with her for an hour or three for today. ‘How much meat do you think you can gobble up when we are done here Sev? A kilo?’
She grins as she sees him perk up, his speed picking up as she send through her mind a image on what type of meat she is planning on giving him later on. Its almost to the point that he is overtaking her on the track, so with a grin she spins around to face where she is going while being quite grateful that the ones who made this race track had made those thick wide lines in it. It makes the fast pace of walking easier to know she isn’t getting of the track, but now that Sev has picked up speed. She starts going faster as well, more to a light jog.
Stamina 5/14
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:47:17 GMT -6
She needs to pace herself as well or she would get too tired to continue with running by his side and motivating him. Side eyeing him, she grins at seeing him look so determined. While he may not be capable of narrowing his eyes as he crawls at her side, there are other tells to him that makes it easy to see he is focused on this task.
Even if he might not quite know why she wanted to do this today, instead of a more relaxed outing. The way he lifts abdomen just that bit higher, curling it up as best as he can. The way his six legs grip and push at the ground to go just a tad faster then the last, and the way his antennae while a bit perked up, are kept to the back of his head in order to keep his sight clear as he runs. These are the tells she can see in him the more she looks at his posture, he really is trying his best.
Stamina 6/14
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:47:49 GMT -6
The numbers rise higher the longer they run on the track, she can almost see the finish line where a horizontal line is painted on it. Twice as thick as the lines indicating where one should run, and apparently also having with each lane a different number, the highest seems to be eight as it is on the most right side of her.
‘Its four hundred meters long than, almost half a kilometer. Lets continue to do it twice, and then a small break.’ She thinks, and sends the thought through the ribbon for Sev to head her words as well. Smiling as she hears him trill out loud, short and sharp in tone with a hint of tiredness in it mayhaps. As she does see him struggle to keep his abdomen above the ground, and not drag it along as he jogs after her. She’s really putting him to the test with making him crawl after her for such a long period of time.
Stamina 7/14
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:48:00 GMT -6
Something that is likely unnatural for an adult Vespa, but this is the best she can come up with for now. Passing the forty-six and her backpack that lays outside the track. She huffs for a second, she can feel herself growing tired as well, and they hadn’t been doing it for long yet. All this running isn’t something she does often enough to be used to it.
But she knows Sev has it even harder than her with it. He actually needs to keep his abdomen above the ground as he walks in order to not hurt himself from the friction, and she does see him on occasion dip down when he loses his focus for a second or two, but quickly enough realizes what is happening to correct his way of crawling. She can readily admit though, watching him push himself in keeping up with her pace and trying with difficulty to be just a bit faster than her, it is really an admiring sight to see.
Stamina 8/14
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:48:12 GMT -6
And she is glad that he is more agreeable in personality to work with then some of her other companions she’s raising, it might have something to do with him knowing her while he was still a larvae, or the fact that she is working more one on one with him lately then with any of the others, but she knows with the tournament being upon them soon, she’s really going to put his all to the test pretty soon and if he is still willing to follow her lead.
“Sev, don’t give up! We just need-“ She huffs, breathing in deeply for a moment and puffing out for a second as she focuses on catching her breath. She sees Sev is struggling just that little bit more with keeping his butt lifted high enough as he keeps pace with her, he’s still doing good on the gripping and pushing off with his legs to keep up at least. A sharp trill as he side eyes her, made her remember what she wanted to say. “to finish the last two hundred meters and we can have a break!” She finishes her sentence as she sees each number they pass while jogging on the track get higher. One thing she may loath when it comes to insects, is that its harder to see if they are in pain or have difficulty breathing. Their whole body is just harder to interpret compared to a mammal, not to mention that some species breath differently.
Stamina 9/14
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:48:22 GMT -6
Even a lizard tends to be easier to see how they are doing then an insect, but she is getting there in at least knowing some of his body language. “Almost Sev!” Each step she takes for herself and sees when glancing at the sides shows that they both are lagging in their speed sadly, Sev is definitely struggling to keep his abdomen upwards for such a long period without resting, but when she looks in front of her, she can see her backpack and coat on the ground. Almost. “Just a little more Sev! We can take a small break then!” She grunts to him, eight hundred meters should be nothing, but it feels like a whole lot more when she had slowly been going faster in jogging and trying to keep up with that speed, testing herself and Sev.
She did think at the start to slowly build it up, but in her excitement and admittedly distracting thoughts she hadn’t kept to that notion. She’s just glad that for now they are the only ones working on the track here, it means less chance of either companion getting into conflict if they dislike each other upon sight or it may be a prey and predator instinct coming into play. A sharp trill like sound from her side, makes her glance quickly at Sev, wondering why he did that. She didn’t need to wonder for long as Sev pushed one more time with his legs, then spread his wings and beat them hard enough to gain more speed on the track, or rather, above it. “Hey!” She yelps as she trips when the wind coming from Sev’s wings pushes her back unexpectantly. Groaning as she lands on her back, she slowly sits up, rubbing the side of her head as she looks up and sees Sev flying in the air. Sighing, she stands up and walks the last part more calmly towards her bag. She did promise him treats, and aside from maybe twenty meters, he did stay on the ground the rest of the way.
Stamina 10/14
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:48:32 GMT -6
Preparing some water and food for Sev, she takes a sip from her own bottle, calling for Sev to come down to the ground, she uses her right foot on the two bowls to ensure they don’t flip over from the sudden wind burst as Sev starts to lands and crawls closer. Trilling softly when he scents the food. “Here, I did promise this to you.” She murmurs as she takes her foot of the bowls, taking one more sip of water before she screws the lid back on the bottle and storing it back in her bag. She sadly didn’t have the special vitamin water from the gym that is said to help boost the training, but this will do in a pinch. Allowing Sev to drink and eat for a few minutes, she than prods Sev to get back in their original lane and start up a slow jog with him when he looks to be rested enough. ‘Hey Sev, think it would help you if I let you partly rest your stinger in my hand? Have some of the pressure of keeping it up off you?’ She comments to him as the thought occurs to her that it might make things a little easier for him.
‘Could try?’ She hears inside her mind suddenly, smiling at that, she jogs closer and a little behind him, taking ahold of his stinger. She doesn’t really grab it, more like letting her hand rest on it a bit. She can feel Sev’s weight at this angle as he lets himself partly rest on her, he still struggles a bit as he adjust how he should hold his body while jogging. ‘Keep yourself between the lines Sev!’ She calls out in warning to his mind when she sees him cross the lines more now that she isn’t leading him to stay on the path. At least after a few minutes she can tell that this does feels more comfortable for Sev when he keeps pace and his abdomen is less prone to dipping down and dragging to the ground. The scuffed markings on the wraps she tied there certainly showed it happened more then once when she wasn’t paying attention to his struggles at those moments.
Stamina 11/14
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:48:42 GMT -6
The new lap they did together with her holding his bottom half up worked well enough that they easily jogged the lap in a shorter amount of time then they did last, his leg movements looked more confident and balanced then before, but she does have to warn him when he leans too much weight on her hand. Making him firm up a little more with keeping his abdomen up. ‘We’re doing good Sev, I think we could try for three laps and then a small break again?’ Which like last time would only be two or four minutes at most, but would be enough to catch their breath and continue on. She really thinks with the pace they have with jogging (and Sev crawling at a fast pace) it will be possible to build up Sev’s endurance, it may not be in one day perhaps, but possible over several days it should show visible results.
‘Meat break?’ There is a slight stutter in his steps as he comments back to her, tone eager. ‘[/i]Yep, but just a bit though, the treats have to last for a couple hours.[/i]’ She mentions. “C’mon Sev, a little faster now.” She says out loud as she notices him slowing down a little when they near the end of the four hundred meters, maybe he is distracted by the thought of food but she can’t allow him to slag off with this. Their close to finishing the second lap and going on to their third one. ‘C’mon Sev! Faster or the break will be after two more laps’ She comments to him as she feels him lean more into her hand, making it harder for her to keep the jogging pace they have thus far. Though when she sends the thought to him about the extra laps, it did prompt him to lean away a bit more from her hand as he lifts his abdomen up more with his own strength. He really does want to get a bit more meat as a treat, and he’d rather have it sooner then later. That, she can say for certain is on his mind.
Stamina 12/14
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:48:55 GMT -6
After the short break when he completed his laps, she started once more with him crawling before her as they follow the track of four hundred meters, and with her holding just enough of his stinger to take some of the weight of off him that makes it difficult for him to keep a fast pace as she jogs after him. It’s after the first few laps quite a bit easier for her to see that a Vespa body isn’t really made to hold their abdomen up like a scorpion would. It’s more a grab prey from the ground and stab them in a below upwards lunge she muses, thinking of those movements he would need to do.
A sharp trill brings her thought back to what they are doing, frowning as she looks at Sev from this angle. He didn’t look too troubled with the new laps they are jogging, but knowing Sev, he doesn’t make a sound usually unless he thinks something could go wrong. Looking ahead of the track she starts to see what might have made him make the sound. A person with a pink Faeron is doing laps with their companion now, more on the outer track then the inner one, and since they are in the middle.. Wait, isn’t a Vespa a dragon eater? ‘Sev, lets go more left.’ She instructs him, tugging lightly at his stinger towards the mentioned direction that is more at the inner track.
Last thing she’d want is to have Sev hurt someone and get banned at the gym. A what sounds like a reluctant trill comes from Sev as he slowly moving sideways towards the inner track, as far away from the Faeron and their owner, though his antennae do seem to aimed more in their direction. Jogging past them she felt tense, as she did notice the little critter wanting to come closer to them, and is only stopped by their owner’s command. “Guess we shouldn’t continue with the complete lap around the circuit.” She murmurs when they are a good distance away from the group. “Okay Sev, change of plans when we get near the backpack!” She calls out with a forced cheer in her tone, grinning lightly when she hears him trill at hearing her voice.
Stamina 13/14
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Post by Twilight-Claw on Mar 24, 2024 10:49:14 GMT -6
Getting to the backpack she sets things up for him to have a small water and meat break as she eyes the Faeron and their owner in the distance, they seem to be doing laps of going back and forth every fifty or seventy-five meters? She wasn’t too certain on the distance, but that mean if she and Sev keep it to a hundred or two-hundred of back and forth jogging, then there shouldn’t be any conflicts that could arise from it hopefully as they wouldn’t be getting close enough for it to arise. She knows a Faeron can be quite fast, but Sev is definitely faster. On the ground and in the air. “Okay Sev, let’s go in the starting position!” She calls out, motioning him to be on the middle of the track lines again, her hand held out to him so he can rest some of his weight on her.
A short trill as he finishes the last pieces of meat almost makes her think he either says ‘In just minute!’ or ‘No!’, but reluctantly, he does come towards her, chewing on the meat as she sees his mandible parts of the mouth move when he does it. Grinning she waits only long enough for him to get into position for them to jog again. ‘Go! Lets move!’ She sends the thought to him as she tugs lightly at his stinger, jolting him into moving. She keeps her thoughts focused solely on getting from point A to point B and at just what type of distance it would be best to turn around to head back to her bag again and repeat the pattern of the new routine with only the occasionally break in it for Sev and herself when she grew tired.
“Think… This would be enough for today?” She gasps as she stops to take a breather, allowing Sev to rest his abdomen on the track more when she lets go of his stinger. He trills happily at the chance of resting again, even if it might just be another short break, he starts cleaning his wings a bit from the dust. It’s been more than an hour now that they started this routine, not to mention the likely added time of when they did the whole four-hundred meters.
She definitely feels that for beginners, it didn’t go all too bad. They certainly lasted longer compared to the owner of the Faeron who left a little while ago, and though the gray wraps are a bit scuffed thanks to all that working out they did, it worked perfectly in keeping Sev save from injuries. Heading back to her backpack and coat, she is quick to settle the bag on her back and just keep the coat in one arm. ‘We’ll drink some water on the way home Sev, We’ve done enough for today. I’ll undo the wraps on you when we are home, that’s likely for the best.’
Her leg muscles are aching, and she doesn’t doubt Sev might be experiencing something similar, even if it might not be the legs that ache the most under all those wraps. With another happy trill on hearing that, Sev seems to understand exactly what that means as he flutters with his wings one moment, and then the next, takes of to fly in the sky. This is likely his most enjoyable exercise of today, as he hardly needed to use his wings. Laughing, she comments to Sev to follow her, and keep her in sight as they head out of the gym for today.
Stamina 14/14 Sev Lv 79.4, Ly 26.4 Twilight 1.4 - Logged
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