"Thanks." She walks back to her room. Maybe at night. Or maybe if Mo has invented some kind of sunblock that doesn't aggravate her sensory issues.

A goon is making her bed but drops the pillow and shoos when she reappears.

The gang on Eris have anything interesting to say while she was out?

They have somehow gotten into a discussion about various fictional representations of evil capitalism and what's wrong with them.

Katie participates enthusiastically. As it dies down, she opens up the latest episode of her favorite podcast and tries to search for a game on Steam to play while listening to it, before remembering that this isn't her computer and doesn't even appear to have a way to download programs. Wait. Hold on. This isn't a setback, it's an opportunity. She mustn't disappoint Mon by squandering her golden opportunity to actually Do Things. She hits play on the podcast and begins doing pushups on the floor, switching to situps and whichever other excercises she can remember how to do when her arms get tired, following no specific pattern or routine as she's not really one for things like that. It's a little difficult and uncomfortable with how full she is but she powers through it. She worries this'll backfire and get Mon mad at her for wasting precious calories on much denser and therefore harder to fit pearls in muscle, but the language learning or instrument options would prevent her from listening to podcasts and she's not ready to go that far out of her comfort zone as yet. She makes a mental note to ask Mo for some way of playing video games, though. All work and no play makes Katie a dull girl.

What, she's not even going to check the cupboard under the screen?

Huh, what's in here?

A Steam Deck and a Switch and a PS5.

Oooh, nice. The control scheme might be an annoyance for some of her games, but she can probably ask Mon for some kind of fix. She briefly considers saying fuck it and going straight to gaming, but she thinks about Mon making a disappointed face at her squandering this golden opportunity for self-improvement and stands firm. There'll be time for videos game after she's tired out her arms (and stomach muscles, if she's digested enough that doing situps isn't torture by the time her arms are), which won't take long because she hasn't done this since gym class.

Monoceros doesn't comment on her morning exercise. Though breakfast took a while and it'll probably be lunch soon...

After her muscles are sufficiently achy, Katie gets back onto Eris.

hey guys

guess who just got done actually working out for the first time in like ever

time to resolve the "will k ever self-improve" prediction market

unicorn: I think zo did that market and I haven't heard from him in ages
grape_fruit: I hope zo did not also get kidnapped by supervillains
Mezzopiano: I'd say "how common can it be" but apparently people I loosely know do sometimes create two nickels situations
pithy: Just ask the admins to resolve it. Does working out one (1) time really count though

@pithy idk up to them to decide but i just wanna brag

grape_fruit: How did it feel?
unicorn: zo didn't get kidnapped by supervillains he had a health crisis and quit eris about it
unicorn: still posts on one of his sideblrs
spirulinagalaxy: oh hey can you find out where supervillains hire henchpersons? is there like Henchmen Linkedin or

@grape_fruit not as bad as i expected

@spirulinagalaxy why, are you considering a change of career? y'know they kill people sometimes? hey @mezzopiano spiru is planning on killing people and they don't even have a trauma excuse about it

spirulinagalaxy: no I'm just curious kekek
spirulinagalaxy: though separately it'd be good material for like fanfic AUs
Mezzopiano: you don't have to ping me whenever spi makes a joke K
grape_fruit: congrats! excited for this upswing in your wellbeing sparked by *consults smudged writing on hand* being... kidnapped...

i know right. oh hey shit @Aquinas did you hear back from the convocation? i wanna see my hot new gf kick ass in tight spandex

Aquinas: No, nothing yet. I'm not sure if they reply directly to reports.

guys shit i should probably take a bath. don't wanna be all sweaty at lunch with mon. be back soon unless she calls me for lunch right after.

She goes to the bathroom and draws herself a bath.

The bathtub is nice, and it's also round, not that this matters very much today in particular. The goons brought in her own toiletries and arranged them in plausible locations but there are also nicer things that appear to have come with the place.

She finishes and towels off, but not before looking at her body in the mirror and meditating on the fact that it's the thinnest it'll ever be again. She puts on the bathrobe and goes out to find the nearest goon and ask them for a change of clothes.

"In the armoire, miss."

She doesn't know what an armoire is exactly but there's presumably only one thing in her room that looks closetlike.

Yup. It's full of clothes which are in various styles, colors, and fabrics, but all have in common that they'll tolerate being let out really well.

What looks comfiest?