14688/What's a day off anyway

What's a day off anyway
Date of Scene:	01 February 2023
Location:	Angel Grove Youth Centre, Angel Grove
Synopsis:	Kim and Tommy catch up and talk about days off
Cast of Characters:	Pink Ranger, Green Ranger

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Pink Ranger has posed:
Since becoming a Power Ranger Kimberly Hart's world had been forever revolving around three little words. Not those ones, sappy people! Instead so often any plans of normalcy were lost the moment 'It's Morphin' time' was uttered. Not that she'd give up being a ranger by any means, but even her time in Gotham last week for a gymnastics tournament had her battling monsters -and- Arms dealers. Today? A battle with this week's creature complete and an army of upgraded putties to boot? Kim exhaled a little sigh of relief as she made her way towards the juice bar wrapped in a leather jacket, jeans and (of course) a hot pink halter top.

Time for a break!

Green Ranger has posed:
There were times that Tommy Oliver wondered if he even remembered what his home looked like. He pretty much spent all of his time at school, the Youth Center, the Command Center, or any random place where he might battle the putty patrollers and the forces of evil.

He was pretty sure that he had a home. He had to have something on his driver's license as a home address, and it sure wasn't Ernie's, not that he didn't love the guy. But, as per usual, he was at the Gym and Juice Bar, working out. He kept to a pretty aggressive training regimen. Everything was either strength, conditioning, or maintenance.

Currently, he was laying on his back, inverted, with his feet pressing up against a plate, pushing the attached weights, as he continued his set. He was all hot and sweaty, stains showing through his green muscle shirt, which clung to him like a second skin, having spent the last hour working on one exercise or another. His green headband was keeping the sweat out of his eyes. His grey gym shorts, knee length, and dark green sneakers, with black ankle socks, completed the outfit.

Pink Ranger has posed:
After a few encounters with creatures that had either seperated her or brainwashed other rangers to fight against her, Kim had been working on fighting better on her own for a while and so the trip to Gotham might be seen as a positive...but even with the ranger abilities pushing her far further than a human could manage physically? Mentally she needed a break!

One smoothie ordered later and Kim was currently digging out her smartphone, swiping and tapping at something.

Of course she'd spot Tommy, but she wasn't going to interupt him while he was under weight, lest injury or accident occur.

Green Ranger has posed:
It was a shame that Kimberly didn't interrupt Tommy. Whenever he saw her, he always seemed to get a second wind. Was it that he wanted to impress her, or she just helped him to push past the pain, but whatever it was, it was effective. He continued with his set, until he was done, and set the weight down. He just sat there for a moment, breathing hard, catching his breath.

And then he shifted to the side, grabbing a towel on the mat beneath the machine, and began wiping the sweat down. As he adjusted, he had his back to Kimberly, so didn't spot her. Rising, he would be shaky at first, but get his feet under him. A short walk to the cleaning bottle, he sprayed the machine, and used paper towels to wipe it down for the next person.

Pink Ranger has posed:
Safety ensured now, a call of "Hey Tommy!" from the counter and a lift of her hand announcing the Pink Ranger's presence. Still she turns back to order a drink, probably something for energy and with protein to help him recover post workout before settling in.

Green Ranger has posed:
With the call of his name, Tommy turned, and as he did so, flicks of sweat came off his hair. Thankfully, no one was near him at the time. The man really should have a shower. When he practiced his martial arts, he barely broke a sweat. But today was leg day. It was all about building up power. It was intense. Approaching the counter, he came towards her, fully intending on giving her a quick peck on the cheek, but in his current state, she pulled away, with a typical valley girl response to go with it. Smiling and laughing softly, "yeah, let me go get a shower, and I'll be right back."

Pink Ranger has posed:
"Good! You're super gross and you smell!" she calls after him playfully, grinning and blowing a little mock kiss at his departure before drawing her own drink to her lips, absently playing with the straw while she waited.

Green Ranger has posed:
Turning back to Kimberly as he was on his way to the locker rooms, Tommy teased her by doing the classic body builder pose, showing off both biceps at once as he curled his fists back towards his head. He then leaned over and kissed one of the biceps, before breaking out into a warm smile, showing his teeth. He then took a theatrical bow, even miming taking a hat off mid bow.

"I'll be quick," he called back, before turning and heading into the lockers.

Pink Ranger has posed:
One classic roll of her eyes later before turning away, Kimberly returned to her smartphone and the tap,tap,tap of whatever it was she'd been looking at. No superheroes here, just another 20-something chilling!

Green Ranger has posed:
Kimberly was both a superhero and a 20-something chilling, but there was nothing 'just another' about her. Tommy was able to shower and change quickly, emerging from the locker room wearing a black, white, and green, plaid hoodie, a white t-shirt, and dark green jeans, and black shoes, with white souls. His hair was still wet, but wet with water, not sweat this time. No headband for him. That was really the one drawback. He didn't have a hair dryer in his gym bag, so no way to dry off the hair beyond a quick towel effort. And hair as long as his took time to air dry. Moving up behind Kimberly, he tried to peer over her shoulder to see what she was doing on the internet.

Pink Ranger has posed:
No social media, no study or similar...Kimberly was currently looking up Spas and hotsprings for some apparent day off that was likely never going to come. Still, no harm in dreaming, right?

Tommy's arrival earned a little smile and comfortable nudge from the girl in pink who took a small sip of her drink and continued her browsing.

Green Ranger has posed:
Tommy oofed at the comfortable nudge, before wrapping his arms around Kimberly in a brief, but loving embrace, "spa day?" He asked, seeing her browsing history, "I could use a mud facial, do they still do that, and put cucumbers over your eyes?" He had seen spas in films and on television, but he had never actually been to one, and it was hard to tell if he was serious about coming, or if it was just a joke.

Pink Ranger has posed:
"A girl can dream," Kim shrugs before chuckling at his words and rolling her eyes. "I was thinking more like massages, hot springs and some hot rock stuff...something to help with all the aches..."

Not that they really felt such things for long given their powers but still. "It -would- be nice to get an afternoon without...interuptions."

Green Ranger has posed:
"The first step in achieving your dreams is to wake up." Corny, but true, which was fitting for the Power Rangers. "I could do with a massage near a hot spring, but what does hot rock stuff mean?" He moved over, leaning an arm against the counter, as he took a seat next to her, "I'm sure we're due for a day without interruptions, any day now. Let's do it. What's the best Spa to go to?"

Pink Ranger has posed:
"There's always the beach option, and the pool with Dinah and Ana the other night was fun..." she muses, another sip of her drinks before she shrugs her shoulders. There was only so much one could talk about in public after all. "I...have no idea yet."

Green Ranger has posed:
"It was fun with Dinah and Ana, just got cut a bit short," since it was more of a training day for Ana than a fun day. It was odd, with their communicators, which doubled as teleporters, they could go to any beach in the world if they wanted, but that was kind of abuse of Power Ranger technology. Tommy rarely did anything like that. He didn't want to disappoint Zordon. But he could always ask the big guy, see what he thought. "Do you want to go back, use a computer? Might be easier to browse than on our phone, with the bigger monitor?"

Pink Ranger has posed:
"Sure, maybe later..." she muses before nodding her head and stretching out her arms over her head. "I mean, we could always go for that, or for a little run in the flats or something..." A shrug and a sip of her drink as she drains the last, there's a little look over her shoulder. "Maybe we should take Dinah up on that recruitment thing and check it out.

Green Ranger has posed:
Tommy nodded in agreement, there was no rush. "Though we both might want to change. Jeans aren't really the best thing to try and run in." He was all about the right tools for the right thing, be it martial arts attire, workout clothes, or repairing Kimberly's miniature parade float that was damned by a putty patroller attack. At the mention of Dinah, he raised an eyebrow, "yeah, she seems nice, and knows what she's doing. It could be fun."

Pink Ranger has posed:
"Not that we can uh...go all out," she muses softly before coming to straighten up before she makes to slide out of her seat and coming to hug Tommy lightly. A little laugh and she lifts the drink she ordered before offering it to his lips. "Finish up and then we'll head off?"

Green Ranger has posed:
He grinned at that private little joke. Power Ranger coins enhanced them, physically, even when out of their suits. They could run like the wind. It would be nice to really let loose one of these days, even if it was supposed to be wrong to do. He moved to give her room, coming out of her seat, and returned the hug. "Oh, thanks," he hadn't noticed the drink was for him. While still holding her, his arm around her back, he used his free one to take the drink, and try to chug it. It was a slow process, as smoothies didn't pour that fast.