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WHO: Lauri-Ell and You
WHERE: All Around
WHAT: A Day In The Life of a Security Woman
WHEN: Mid April
WARNINGS: small possibility of a structural collapse and getting trapped under it.

1. Queen of Fitness | Civics Center Fitness Rooms

Dawn. Lauri-Ell returns from her patrol routine to the specific place she always to be found in the early morning. The former soldier had been taking care to restore the fitness focused areas of the Civics Center in the past months, and the space definitely showed it now. The time on Coruscant had been helpful in fitting her place better to her tastes. Now instead of worked stone weights for training, she had a few sets of heavy, plasticized dumbbells for people to work with. Nothing compared to the massive wooden log, almost three feet thick and five feet in diameter that she had worked into a shape meant for lifting the edge and flipping for core training, but they were useful anyway. And while there weren't workout machines, she had managed to weave ropes into grids for agility training, long ropes for resistance, and she'd even started the process of building an obstacle course. There were plenty of options for fitness.

The pinnacle of her creation, though, was a room she had taken over off to one side of the main space. The whole floor had been covered with sand hauled all the way from the beach, carefully run through a mesh sieve to keep the larger particles out of. The whole place had been worked down into a nice, relatively soft area for sparring, and there was even a few bags of sand hang from the ceiling for punching. Now if only she could figure out how to make proper mats instead for her sparring space.

Anyone entering would be met with Lauri-Ell there, smiling widely and waving at them.

"Welcome. Do you wish to work out? Spar? I would love to provide assistance."

Billy had said she should find something she wanted to do, wanted to be. And protecting others in every way she can come up with had won out.

2. A Glownie In Need Is A Glownie Indeed | Area of Pink 4

Part of life for Lauri-Ell had always been patrolling Temba. Part of it had come from the fact that, when she had arrived, she had her future Emperor and his Prince-Consort to protect. The rest of it came down to the fact that she was a genetically engineered soldier, and she really just didn't know what to do with herself if she wasn't walking patrols. Which was what she was doing, fully clad in her Accuser armor, the Universal Weapon in hand, and one of the Agrii Security Point guns hanging from a strap at her side. Surely she was kitted out for battle.

What she was not expecting was the distressed noise she heard while walking toward the hangar, or how the noise grew louder and more distressed noises buried under some rubble of the less stable buildings in the area. And that's when she realized what she was hearing.

"A glownie!" the woman gasped, shocked and moving toward the rubble to try and get to where the source was. "I will save you little beast!"

3. Exploring The Ghost of the Past | Pink 25 - Transport Station

Lauri-Ell loved plants, there was no denying that. There was beauty in the fragility of a flower, there was strength in the twisting of a vine, and there was wonder in the wash of green. But here, this place, it was wrong. Lauri-Ell's patrols often led her through this part of the city, eyes watching out for dangerous creatures encroaching in. Today, though, the silence and overgrowth was too much. Too like what she had seen in that New York City where her sister had hidden her during the war. Like the beautiful structure of glass and metal that housed plants where a Cotati had taken a captive little girl named Kit.

It was wrong here. It hurt her to see.

With a sigh Lauri-Ell moved further into the overgrowth, working her way through it. She wanted to see what this structure was, and the plants did not seem to want to let her through.

"I am not your enemy," she told the plants around her. "I wish merely to explore and see what this place was. What it could be. Please, i do not wish to damage you."

They weren't likely to listen.

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As Lauri-Ell hoisted the stone into the air, Starling's eyes went wide. "Whoo, girl, you've got some muscles on you."

She wasted no time getting down on the ground and sliding toward the hole, meaning to go into it feet first. The glownie, seeing the approach of a foreign creature while it was vulnerable, bleated louder in dismay, a higher note coming into the cry.

"Shh, darlin', it's alright," Clarice said softly, keeping her voice low as she moved down into the hole. She tried to find a balance between moving fast to keep Lauri-Ell from having to hold up the stone too long, but not moving suddenly to avoid spooking the poor trapped creature. A beam had fallen across it, but two pieces of what had once been furniture - maybe crates - had kept it from being crushed. If she could move it without coming near the glownie ...

"I think I see what it is, there's a beam down. I'm gonna try to push it from one end..."

"Yes, women continue to observe that my muscles are impressive. It is nice to have that noted," she admitted. It was very nice actually, but she did not know the proper way to convey the little warm feeling it left in her stomach.

Her muscles strained as she kept the rock up. She could not let this fall. The glownie, and Clarice, would be hurt.

"I would advise you to try very slowly. It may be weight bearing and I may need to adjust my grip."

"Little compliments can add up and make you feel pretty damn good about yourself," Clarice agreed, as she shifted around the beam, trying to find the best place to move it. It was like the world's largest game of Jenga, she thought, but kept the thought to herself. Having to explain Jenga in the middle of saving an animal was not the best idea in the world. Maybe once everything was all said and done she could share...

"Okay, here I go. Heads up." She wrapped her hands around one end of the beam and began to wiggle it with care, gently and slowly testing how much give and movement it might have. Her heels dug into the soft earth, but found rubble underneath for good purchase. "I think ... I may be able to push one end of this backwards, toward the rest of the ruin. That might give it enough room to get out. But I don't know what that's gonna do to the stuff above it. Maybe we can find another piece somewhere to brace things with before I try anything?"

Could they? How intriguing. But something to brace things with... An interesting question.

"I wish I could give you my weapon, but that would not work. I must have it out."

She shifts her position and looks for things she might be able to kick under.

"What of large rocks?"

"Rocks are fine, I can stack a couple up and make a pillar." She paused to think about how much she could press, and subtracted a little for time away from the gym. "You familiar with pounds, in terms of weight? If you are, I can't lift anything higher than fifty safely."

"I think I am. Kree units are different, but I have been learning. I shall attempt to nudge some things toward you."

She reached out with a foot and started to nudge one large rock under the piece she was holding up.

Clarice keeps her eyes peeled for the rock, one hand reaching out to tentatively scritch the trapped glownie between the ears. It seems to be soothed a little by that, at least for the moment, and once the rock lands and she turns her attention back to the task at hand, the poor creature gives a little soft ‘mreh’ of disappointment at losing its comfort.

“I know, I know,” she coos, leaving the beam where it is to move the first rock into place. She uses the side of her boot to dig a little divot in the ground so it won’t roll or shift once she puts more weight on it. “Okay, Lauri-Ell, ready for another one when you’ve got it.”

Her muscles are starting to strain some, but not so bad. Lauri-Ell can probably do this for a while longer. After all, this rock wasn't too big, the gravity on this world more like Earth than what Kree evolved in, and the air was more than Nitrogen rich enough for easy breathing. But damn if she doesn't want this to go faster. She moved her foot again, far, and started to nudge it under the rocks. Come on, they can do this.

"Are you alright?"

She took the second rock and stacked it in place, judging the height. In a pinch two would do, but one more would be perfect. She glanced up at Lauri-Ell, nodding.

"I am, yeah, think you can give me one more? If you can't I can make do."

Something within the ruins shifted with a soft creak, and she gulped in a breath, already searching for purchase on the beam.

"You know what, never mind! I'm gonna move it now. Tell me when you're ready for it."

That is not a good noise. Lauri-Ell spread her legs wider, braced her arms more, and kept the rock lifted up.

"If something starts to fall, I will try and flip this aside and rush in to grab another stone. Please move quickly."

She doesn't want Clarice crushed. The woman is nice.

Starling's laser focus kicked in immediately, and the beam in her hands and the sounds around her in the hole were all she knew. She did work as quickly as the delicate situation allowed, shifting the end of the beam from where it had settled to the rocks she'd piled a few feet along the arc it made as it swung. Her heart was pounding loud enough to hear from the hangar, she was sure, and the sounds of other things a little farther in starting to shift didn't help matters.

Things were going to move, and soon, regardless of what she and Lauri-Ell wanted. The instant she set the beam down on the rocks, she reached for the glownie, one arm slipping under its belly, her knuckles scraping dirt and rubble. She let out a little hiss of pain as something - broken concrete? - skinned the back of her hand, but managed to get the critter up in her arms against her chest.

"Okay, here we go, gonna pass him up to you --"

Her voice was cut off by another shift. Closer. A little more vital-sounding. Starling lunged for the opening, holding up the bleating, battered-but-not-broken animal, haste making it an awkward pass.

"Shit--!"

Lauri-Ell couldn't take the creature without removing a hand from the concrete slab she had. This was bad. Very bad. Lauri-Ell grit her teeth and quickly flipped the slab aside. The moment one hand was free she reached, instead of for the glownie, for Clarice's arm, hauling her forward and out, glownie and all.

"I am sorry if you have been injured."

Clarice gave a yelp of surprise as Lauri-Ell grabbed her arm. She hadn't been expecting it, and everything below her lurched and started to cave in as the slab was thrown away and hit the ground. The world was a whirlwind of dust, frantic bleating, and a hot pain in her shoulder from the strain of the joint supporting all of her weight as Lauri-Ell hauled her out. She ground her teeth against it - she'd had similar injuries in training - and landed butt flat on the ground, crumbs of rubble in her hair, scratches on her forearms and stomach where the glownie had pawed with its hooves against being held.

"Whew," she said, as the world settled around her and she began to feel grounded again. She took stock quickly: the pain would need to be assessed later once the initial shock of it had faded. Nothing was broken or bleeding on herself or Lauri-Ell. The ground around them felt stable enough. Any potential imminent threats were sufficiently neutralized. She knew there was an adrenaline crash in her future, and she hoped that she could make it back to her room and the closest thing that passed for a comfortable bed before it did.

"I've had worse. Jesus Christ on a cracker, I was not expecting you to pull me out like that. You're alright, yeah?"

Ah, there is not much damage. That is good. Lauri-Ell kept a hand on Clarice, hoping to help the woman stay standing. Her free hand reached out for the Glownie, easily picking it up and tucking it under an arm.

"Perhaps it would be wise to take you to the hospital. And the glownie. Perhaps William could render assistance if you are injured."

Was she alright? Lauri-Ell looked shocked.

"My muscles are warmed up, perhaps approaching a bit of fatigue. But otherwise I am fine."

It took Clarice a moment to register who Lauri-Ell was referring to, but once she did, she nodded slowly. "Yeah," she said. "Let's go find Billy. You should have him take a look at you, too, just to be sure. I know I've felt fine and found out a day or so later that I did a minor strain..."

"Ah," she said, sounding not so concerned about her own state.

"You must understand, I am Kree. The planet upon which we evolved had more gravity than yours. Much more. This planet, the Agrii's world, it is slightly lower gravity. Their construction materials relate to this. I can handle the weight."

But she will allow William to inspect her though.

"Huh." She'd never been one for hoarding facts about outer space and other planets, the way some people had been even as children. She was familiar enough with the concept, however, and it made sense logically.

"Sorry," Starling said with a genuine smile, even though her own discomfort dimmed it a little. "I guess I'm still getting used to just how different some of us are."

"Quite different," Lauri-Ell answered, offering her arm to Clarice to steady her if she needed.

"Honestly, given how strong you are, I'm amazed you even needed my help." She turned her attention to the little glownie. "... I should really find that agriculture Datapoint once we're done getting checked out. Might help me take better care of this lil' one."

"I was uncertain as to what the full weight of the stone would be. There was no guarantee I could move it without others collapsing or putting myself in position for physical harm. However, needs forced my hand to ensure you were safe."

Agriculture datapoint? Oh, that was easy.

"I can take you there, after."

"Well, thank you." She wasn't sure what else to say to that, but if there was one thing Starling appreciated about Lauri-Ell, it was how straightforward she was about everything.

"Let's get our check-ups out of the way, then. Sooner we know we're clear, the sooner we can get back to business, yeah?"

Why would she bother to be anything but straightforward? Subterfuge was silly and pointless.

"As you wish. Shall I carry you to the hospital? It could be easier."

"Nah, I can walk fine," she reassured her, reaching out to scritch the glownie between the ears to distract it from its shock and stress. "I'd think you'd be better served carryin' our little friend here."

“As you wish it,” Lauri-sell agreed.

Glownie secured she moves toward the hospital. “I thank you for your assistance.”

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