( oh alien, you'll be just fine. )

public } video

[See Alex. See Alex at the skating rink, with all necessary hockey accoutrements, just finishing up playing some solo hockey. Badly. The communicator appears to be resting on the wall of the rink; he waves at it pretty vigorously, his breath hanging in the air.]

Hey! So as some of you know - some of you new people, I guess, maybe don't - we have a skating rink. I have the keys and everything, but as long as you don't stab anyone with skates you're welcome. And we've been talking about having a serious hockey tournament for ages, so - here's phase one: try to beat me into the ice. Because seriously, it's the only way I'll learn.

Or come out and do some one-on-one, whatever you want. I'll be out here all afternoon.

open } spam

[And he is - out on the ice for the rest of the morning and into early afternoon, until he has to run to cover Ben's kitchen shift. He's been doing this more frequently lately than usual because Ben's been sick, but even now he's not the best at it. Kitchen work doesn't come naturally to him, but at least he follows direction well.]

[Immediately after lunch, he takes a walk in the CES, then attacks the CTS full force. The simulation it provides is terrifying in its sterility: robots twice his height, slow-moving but determined to capture rather thn terminate. His endeavor is to dismantle rather than destroy - a finesse exercise.]

[He leaves the CTS a smoking ruin. He's not much for finesse these days.]

Oliver Queen's gone, cabin blank.

private } anya

You got a minute?

spam } gym, CES, halls

[Alex isn't sad this time. Mostly he's furious. Because yeah, he failed, but mostly this isn't fair to Oliver. Oliver has family he has to get back to and take care of. Now he never will.]

[So yes, he spends a lot of time sparring and working out alone in the gym, and yes, he does target practice and runs in the CES, but he also walks the hall without looking where he's going, pretty much looking for a fight.]


( ooc; only stipulation if anyone wants to get in a fight with alex, do not kill him right this minute! otherwise up for whatever because he's being a dick. )