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Woooooow!

"Let's go to the gym, Albert!" You say, bolting for the door.

"Alright, but do try to control yourself", Albert says to you with a slight sigh.

"Of course! Would I go over board?", you answer with a smile.

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Once at the gym, your jaw drops ... there's barely anybody there! Then it hits you. Mardi gras! You kick one of the workout machines, shacking the entire frame before you reach out and steady it ... thank God it's securely bolted down.

"Well, there are a few people here." says Albert, trying to get your spirits up again.

"Yeah ... I guess." You say, perking up a bit. You go over to the barbell set, and you and Albert put about 900lbs of weight on EACH side.

You get under it and, with Albert's help, unhook it, and you start doing your normal workout ... except with MUCH more weight. A few of the other morphs in the gym walk over to watch your biceps bulging from the workout. As you fall securely into the rhythm of up ... down, up ... down, a few others walk over, most looking at you in awe ... others talk a bit to each other and to Albert. One or two even reach over and poke or feel the muscle bulge as you work out, not slowing down even at that. You do catch sight of them looking at some other parts of you, especialy with the tight shorts, but you figure it couldn't be helped ... you allow yourself a smirk, though.

After about 50 reps, you're exhausted, your arms slightly sore, sweat dripping from your forhead. You put the weights away and sit up, wiping your forhead. Then you go over to some of the other equipment and exercise your chest, abs, legs, back and finally the arms, with the simple single hand weights again, though each one carries about a metric tonne at this point. You wince at the discomfort in your arms, the muscles getting a firm workout. By the time you're done, it's almost 10pm. Albert went ahead and did his own workout three times over by the time you finished, and he seems quite sore from it. By the time you're finished yourself, though, you feel as though a train just hit you ... literally.

"Not overdoing it?" Albert asks you as you walk over to him by the canteen.

"I dunno, might as well use them while I've got 'em. My normal muscles got a workout out of it too." You reply, slumping against the counter.

"Well, in an hour or two, I'll be rested up. One of the comforts of being a morph, we heal up fast. So, maybe then you'd like to have a rematch?", Albert asks you with a grin.

"A rematch?" You ask.

"Wrestling! Don't tell me you forgot about all that already!" He says with a grin.

"Alright. In a bit, though", you answer, rubbing your arms with a groan.


Written by Rakeesh (edited by wanderer)

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