Chapter 31
"We’ll tell you all about it as we work out"
Jurgen stammers, trying to quell his laughter at the memory, and we head into the gym, quickly changing into the provided generic workout outfits and gathering by the combat cardio station.
It’s something only a mage could think of, a treadmill run, but with a 3D holographic game built in. Attack the passing targets and dodge incoming attacks without breaking your pace is the name of the game, and the werewolves are addicted. They spend hours here every day if nobody drags them to do something productive.
"Well spill pup, I’m dying to hear how Lala convinced you all to paint your nails"
They were almost done their half hour run on the combat cardio machines before Jurgen finally finished telling the tale of their spa day with Lala.
"So, you all went for a massage, found Lala and just got swept up in the flow?" The 3 with painted nails nodded agreement with my summary.
"The nails are really pretty by the way, you should get them done more often"
"They’ve got magically hardened polish too, won’t chip even after taking a knife strike. If I can bribe the system into letting me have them I’m so using them next time" Jurgen agreed.
He’s a bit odd for a werewolf, none of the sensitive masculine pride that usually has them exploding in rage at anything and everything. Plus he likes Disney movies and has no problem letting Lala pick out nail polish for him. Perfect dad material, once he finally finds his mate.
"Talk to Mary. I’ll bet she would be willing to pay the extra mana to the system for enchanted polish if she gets to help pick the design." A deep voice cuts in.
"Karl, what’s up man?" Jurgen asks with a handshake and shoulder hug "Good thinking on bringing Mary Mage, I’ll bet she would be fine with covering my costs. We’ve gotta set up a system to trade cash or something for stored mana. So many cool things in this base that the non magical sorts can’t use, and it wouldn’t be right to ask a mage to exhaust themselves for days on end to buy us luxuries"