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[touched_by_fire]

[Haunted holidays: "Because the Fist is pointless. In the grand scheme, it's useless."

cw: allusions to the horror of war, and casual, bullying-type violence.]

Danny had another bad night and is now outside in the cold trying to clear his head while doing a sun salutation. He'd likely love some distraction company, but you might need to get his attention first.

[OOC: Insta-slows as mun is about to disappear for work related holiday celebrations.]

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[sunbaked_baker]

There is a young girl in a red coat watching the person doing odd poses out in the cold. She just came out the bar door, and is putting on her bright yellow scarf and green mittens.

What a strange thing to be doing. She is curious, but doesn't want to interrupt.

[touched_by_fire]

He notes her presence but since she is not a threat, he continues until the end of his practice, pausing a few heartbeats to breath and be aware of his body and the moment.

(The narration lies. He spares her a quick smile at some point before finishing.)

Once done, he opens his eyes and smiles again. "Good morning."

[sunbaked_baker]

The red-haired girl waves a mittened hand and smiles back. "Good morning!"

"If it wouldn't be rude, can I ask what you were doing?"

[touched_by_fire]

"It's called yoga and this asanas is called a sun salutation. It's meant to center your spirit in your body and connect to the rising sun."

"It's very helpful if you've had bad sleep."

[sunbaked_baker]

"A sun salutation," she echoes, smiling a little. The girl is a spot of bright color in the wintery landscape. "I like that."

Rae is completely unfamiliar with yoga. She stretches and opens her blinds to let the sun in, in the mornings, but nothing as elaborate as that.

"Those stretches could help you wake up better if you haven't slept well?"

[touched_by_fire]

"Yes. They're also good for keeping yourself limber and keeping your chakras open."

Danny takes a deep breath, feeling his chi swelling. "And it feels nice when you're used to it. It can be hard to do if you're not."

[sunbaked_baker]

She nods. That makes sense. "I have friends who can do the splits," the ten-year-old offers as proof of understanding. "But I can't."

"What's a chakra?"

[touched_by_fire]

Danny nods along to her understanding.

"We have seven chakras within us. They are like valves or gateways to channel our energies through out our bodies. Sometimes they can get clogged by things, sickness, negative thoughts or feelings, even bad food, but doing exercises like yoga or even just playing around can open up the clogs."

"Clogged chakras can lead to bad moods, low energy, or even sickness."

[ooc: Note, I am working with my limited knowledge of chakras and not researching on purpose cause Danny would've half listened and decided he understood. This is likely a half-assed or erroneous understanding of yoga and chakras.]

[sunbaked_baker]

Some of the understanding has left her expression. Sickness or bad food causing some sort of clogging sounds understandable enough, and sometimes getting sick can cause you to be at risk for worse sicknesses, but she thinks he's meaning less physical clogs and problems. This doesn't sound like anything talked about in Health class.

"Well, I hope not sleeping well didn't hurt any of your chakras," she offers, just in case. Well-wishes generally don't require full understanding. "Did the sun salutation help?"

(ooc: Nooooooo worries. :D)

[touched_by_fire]

"I'm not sure. I feel better at least. More centered and restful. But I'm being rude, I'm Danny. Danny Rand."

[sunbaked_baker]

"Then I'd say it helped," the girl nods, smiling slightly. "It's nice to meet you, Danny. I'm Rae. Rae Seddon."

[touched_by_fire]

The name seems familiar to Danny, but in this context, he can't place it.

"I would say you are right. And it's a pleasure to met you. Are you often awake so early?"

[sunbaked_baker]

Rae laughs. "I'm usually up really early anyway - even on weekends - but today I came to Milliways from right before Math class, which is my last class before lunch."

Having to sit through math right before lunch is the worst.

[guppy_sandhu]

"I get it, just leave me alone!" Guppy is saying to an apparently invisible entity as he also comes outside for some air.

And then he spots the other guy there, and feels a bit of a prat, since clearly nobody else can see the ghost.

[touched_by_fire]

[OOC: Sorry for never replying to this. Do you want to let it fade or try for a short thread? I'm good with either.]

[guppy_sandhu]

[ooc: Probably a bit late now, he's sort of moved on from the ghost, sorry!! xx]

[touched_by_fire]

[ooc: Totally understandable. ]