It's tiring stuff!

Phew! Today, Professor Phoebe has you all doing standard fitness things, with a twist. Coinpilfer University has the expansive Gym and all that Free Time for a good reason, so that each student can manage their own physical wellbeing, so Combat Class never really dips into just being about exercise and this is no exception -- instead, Professor Phoebe just has all six of you pushed totally up to your physical limits, takes notes on what she sees, then makes you go even further by adding in Combat-based stuff while you're all exhausted.

{if@ Weapon == 2}You've never felt the Sledgeaxe be this heavy in your hands.... Professor Phoebe helps to show you how your hips can help get some **** into your attacks, even when your arms are dead tired. Enough that the target dummies don't stand a chance!{elseif Weapon == 1}Even swinging your batons at the target dummies is hard to do with any amount of speed, from how tired your arms are.... but Professor Phoebe shows you how you can make your legs do most of the work to still be hitting with proper form that's fast enough that the enemy can't easily dodge it, but still leaves you free to evade and counterattack whatever they try by not overcommitting for one hit. Of course, the electricity helps with the power-side of things too.{else}If your aim with the pepperbox was imperfect before, you sure didn't realise how much harder it would be to hold your arm out straight after getting its muscles working... let alone blocking a powerful strike with your shield. But hey, now you know not to work your arms too hard in a fight so that this doesn't happen, and Professor Phoebe teaches you some good breathing techniques to help your aim against the target dummies too.{endif}

Phew! You flop down onto your back to catch your breath, dropping your weapon beside you. Of course, Professor Phoebe now knows exactly what each of your limits are, so you don't get enough extra break time for it to be leisurable before you're up again to test out just how many sprints you can do, and how that effects your combat effectiveness....{if Armour == 2}{else} why did you have to pick such heavy armour, angh....{endif}

After a long, gruelling class that leaves you and all of your peers gasping and tired as heck, each pushed up to your own individual stopping points, class finally ends with the six of you collapsed on your backs in a heap, all wearing your armour and gear, panting heavily. Professor Phoebe claps her hands twice.

"Alright! That's class! Perfect effort today everyone, I know you all tried your best. And now that I've got a gauge on your limits, future class drills we be able to be even more personalised!"

The chipper voice she speaks with really takes you aback, because the whole time, she was doing the exercises with you all -- even when some of you were taking your short breaks. You'd lift your head to get a look at her, but you're not sure if you can lift your head at the moment, so you resign yourself to lying back and gasping for air like everybody else.

You all did pretty well, to be fair! {if Speed == 0}You and {endif}Miranda had to take a few more breaks than the rest of you{if Speed == 0}r class{endif}, to be fair, but generally everyone kept up pretty well. You knew that Cameron was a strong guy and that Delilah's pretty fit, but it's nice to see that Jace and Lexi are pretty tough cookies themselves too! {if Speed == 0}You should probably see about working on your endurance, though.....{else}Of course, you're pretty proud of your own performance, as well.{endif}

Lexi's the first one to slowly sit up, one hand on her lower back, before stumbling up to her feet. Once up, she takes a moment to catch her breath, before stretching out with a strained groan.

"I miss being sick bro." She says, before hobbling off towards the door on the way to her room. It was pretty good to have her back into the mix again anyway, even if she's most likely about to go sleep for fourteen hours. In fairness, she would probably do that anyway.

Jace is the next to get up, who offers a hand to Delilah, but is met with a tired groan in reply. She wants a few more minutes. He heads off, and eventually Cameron and Miranda get up to their feet as well, leaving just you and Delilah lying on your backs near each other, huffing and puffing into the open air.

"....You two doing alright?" Professor Phoebe asks, poking her head up from behind a large wooden crate that she's packing the target dummies back away into.

You grunt, and Delilah lifts one arm in a thumbs up, before letting it drop back to her side. For the briefest second her fingers touch your hand, but it doesn't last long since both of you quickly snatch your arms well away from each other and simultaneously decide that catching your breath while rolled onto your sides facing away from each other would be better than lying on your backs all of a sudden.

There's a wooden creaking sound, as Professor Phoebe closes the large crate back up. She dusts her hands, and approaches where the two of you are lying. Her hands go to her hips, and she looks between you both.

"....So, I think now would be a good time to see how much your endurance has improved since our first day together, wouldn't you say?"