[IC] Spliced

[KatherinWinter]

Roxy stayed back allowing Darren his privacy. There wasn't much to be had here so they had to make the most of what they had. "There isn't Lot to do here. You get more options by following orders but I've never been good that so I'm limited in my choice of activities."

[Enso]

"Yeah, I suppose I'll have a hard time too, I don't think I want to listen to someone that lied to me," Darren said as he looked at Roxy. "So what is there to do in the gym? I was never very good at sports 'cause I can't run very fast but I can try if you want someone to play with." Darren smiled at Roxy again. Even though he felt sad he was happy that there were people here he could spend time with. Roxy had said he should try and be a leader, he had never done it before and he didn't think he'd be very good at it but he liked the idea.

[KatherinWinter]

"Vlad believes in giving us the best of the best. We have tread mills, weights, every piece of equipment imaginable. I was thinking about working on my mobility. I need to work on my hand to hand skills. I've lost Ive couple and I need to avoid that if I can." Roxy explains opening the door to the gym.

[Enso]

Darren follows Roxy into the gym, ducking under the top of the door-frame. "I don't know how helpful I could be there aside from taking a few punches," Darren says as he rubs his belly and chuckles. He may be a big softy but he could take a hit like any professional fighter.

[KatherinWinter]

Roxy shrugs. "I don't know either. I've never been good at fighting up close. I prefer using my knives. Without those I'm clueless. I don't think I've ever thrown a punch."

[Enso]

Darren chuckles and smiles at her with his typical big goofy grin. "At least you're good at fighting, I can't do anything but hug people until they fall asleep," he says and shrugs.

[KatherinWinter]

Roxy looks around before reaching into her boot. "I could teach you to use knives. I fm don't usually let people touch my knives, but since your offering to help me..."

[Enso]

"Oh, um..." Darren suddenly seems extremely nervous. "I've never really used one before and I'm not much of a fighter, plus if you get hurt somehow by accident it would be my fault and you won't want to be my friend." Darren nervously twiddled his thumbs and tried not to look at Roxy or the knife. He had never liked fighting but the thought of fighting someone he thought of as a friend, even if they had only just met, was worse.

[KatherinWinter]

"I'm not going to hurt myself." Roxy reassured him with a cocky grin. "My dad gave me my first knive when I was 5. I can hit anything within 50 feet. The only thing have to worry about is Vlad discovering I still have them."

[Enso]

Darren was still nervous about the idea but he decided to trust Roxy. "Okay, I think I can trust you," he said as he smiled at her, trying to reassure himself more than Roxy.

[Enso]

EDIT: Double post, sorry.

[Flood]

Tyler decided to go to the gym as well, seeing as he had nothing else to do. He watched Darren and Rosy do their thing when he heard something about leaders. "What's this I hear about choosing a leader?" He asked as he walked up and reached in his pocket. What he pulled out looked strangely enough like a miniature proppeler for a helicopter. He began spinning it on his finger as he awaited an answer.

[Enso]

"Nothing really," Darren said, deciding to take a break and speak to Tyler, "I wanted to get out of here because she said Vlad won't let us out, but I need to see my sister, so I'm going to escape somehow and try to bring as many of you with me as I can and she said I should try and become a leader but I'm not so good at leading, I don't think I'm smart enough for something like that. But if I escape I'll still bring you all with me if I can"

[KatherinWinter]

"It's ok Darren. I won't be offended if you don't trust me. No one else does." Roxy tossed the knife in the air. "I earned sentence."

[Enso]

KatherinWinter said
"It's ok Darren. I won't be offended if you don't trust me. No one else does." Roxy tossed the knife in the air. "I earned sentence."

"I didn't mean that, Roxy, I do trust you, I'm just nervous about somebody getting hurt, that's all," Darren said with a smile, "Believe me, I earned my sentence too."

[KatherinWinter]

"We all did I suppose. Do you regret what you did?" Roxy asked curiously. "Because I never have."

[Enso]

"No." Darren says bluntly. "He deserved it, but I do regret letting my sister see it." He says and looks at her. "I know it's rude to pry, but what did you do, Roxy?" Darren asks, his curiosity getting the better of him.

[KatherinWinter]

"I killed a man. My father partner decided I should be his reward. I disagreed." Roxy said simply. "When he pushed the issue I stabbed him."

[Enso]

"I did the same," Darren says as he watches Roxy, "sorta, it was complicated." Darren clears his throat and sits on the bleachers of the gym, the benches creaking under his weight. "My pa was a bad man, he hit me and my sister a lot and one night he tried to do bad things to my sister and I didn't know what to do so I hit him until the police came and took me away," Darren said and watched his feet. "He died, my grandma, rest her soul, would be very upset with me for it, but I didn't know what else to do. Me and you ain't so different I guess, I mean what I did and why I did it was different from you but we both ended up in the same place for the same reason. At least we ain't alone."

[KatherinWinter]

"My father stood and watched. He said if I couldn't defend myself I wasn't strong enough to be leader. Which left only on use for me in our world. I grew up in a gang. I knew what happened to those who weren't strong." Roxy said softly.