Bad news on the horizon (attn Domino)

[forge]

(ooc this is technically either after or before Forge gets back or leaves from his trip with Storm)

Forge gripped the leather straps, pulling his lower body up to hover horizontally. Every muscle in his body strained, and his face was twisted with a grimace. Slowly he lowered his body again, hissing out a breath as he did so. With a grunt, he repeated the raise, feeling the burn rip across his abdomen.

Not wanting to strain too far from his work at any one time, Forge was choosing to get his workout in the hangar bay. Currently he hung from the catwalk.

Across from him a TV set blared the season opener of “Meatwave.”

[Domino]

There was a reason, Domino was sure, that she was denying herself a shower and all material comforts. Exhaustion from driving for ten hours had driven short term memory out of her head, so she had to pause to think about why exactly she was looking for Forge so earnestly.

Oh yeah. She continued walking, keeping Rayen firmly in her head so she wouldn't actually find him and then forget, but most of her mind was too occupied with how tired she was, how much she wanted a real shower, and trying to determine whether she smelled more like a goat farm or a rental car.

Maybe a car rented from a goat farm. Hey, at least she smelled like home. 'Course that wasn't a comfort to anyone else who wasn't immune to goat-stink and diesel fuel, but whatever. She wasn't out to impress anyone today.

Wandering around the sub-basement - she really needed a map for this place - eventually brought her to a doorway with sounds emanating from it. A TV, maybe. Yes. A TV. She stepped through it. Turned out that doorway lead to the hangar bay.

Interesting. More interesting was the fact that Forge appeared to be doing that thing male gymnasts did when she watched the Summer Olympics, that always looked so gay, though not as gay as the vault. The thing with the rings.

Oh-kay. "Hey," she called, too tired and disgusting to be pleasant, then remembering she had to be pleasant. "Can - I need to talk to you."