Private Finished Workout Day

James wasn't so sure, he didn't think the world worked like that. Things don't just work out, you can't just sit by and hope for the best, "is that a good idea though? I mean, isn't it best to plan? To work toward things?" Before the island, his life was just a cycle of pain, now he had a future to think about.

"Though...I've sorta been thinking about dropping out," he said with a shrug, "never went to school before, doesn't look like I'll ever be able to catch up. So maybe I'll just find a full time job." This was the first time he'd told anyone about this, no one else knew.

"I've started looking at some places that are hiring," he continued to help her as he spoke, "I have a part time job, but there not looking for full-timers right now."

He couldn't help but smile at her, others viewed her as harsh or hostile, he knew better though. Yeah she had her rough edges, but she was his best friend and the first person to give a damn about him. "You really care about them," he said as he turned to look at the weights on the rack, "see Nyota, you're just a big softie at heart," he said teasing her a little.

"In all seriousness though," he chuckled a little, "it sounds like it'll be nice having them here." He pulled a weight from it and started to curl it, "after they settle in, I'll buy you all dinner." The weight was heavier than the last, but he curled it easily enough, his muscles were trained and strong.

Once he'd finished, he set the weight back, as he did another weight slipped and fell, clanging on the floor. James flinched in pain, as the sound hit his ears, far louder than normal. "Ugh...I..," suddenly his nose started to burn, and the light's intensity seemed to increase. He stumbled back, his hands going to his face in an attempt to block it out. It'd happened before.

Her voice seemed magnified to him, louder than it should have been, the light seemed brighter, and he could suddenly smell everything. His senses were taking it all in at once, itd happened once before. Everything seemed to blur and he barely managed to find a seat as he stumbled.

When his eyes opened, they started to change, his pupils, usually a pleasant gray-silver turned a pure, bright silver. His hands gripped his head as pain shot through it, he tried to keep his breathing even, tried to stay calm.

James didn't know it, but Fae magic was shooting through him. Natural magic that had laid dormant his entire life. Then his ears changed, they became pointed, revealing James for what he really was, an elf.

His vision started to clear, he could focus and his hearing started to stabilize, but his senses were all enhanced, beyond what humans were capable of. "I...I think I'm ok," he looked around the room a bit, it was so odd, seeing and hearing like this.

"Vulcan?" he asked confused, he knew what a Vulcan was, but what did she mean by that. Then he realized something, his hands went up to touch his ears, and realization hit him. He'd changed physically, it wasn't just his senses.

Stumbling over to a large mirror, he looked at himself, the steel like silver eyes, his sharp pointed ears, he looked like an elf. He glanced at Nyota, as if looking for confirmation that it was all real.

"Y-yeah I'm fine," his ran his finger over his now elven ears, his mind trying to piece together what could have happened. "I don't know what this is," he take a breath to calm his mind, he nodded, "yeah....let's go." So James and her left the gym, and went to the nurse.

Soon he found out a shocking truth, he wasn't human, not really. He was Fae, a Fae changeling to be exact, left to be raised by humans when he was a baby. They weren't sure what caused the magic to reemerge after all these years, perhaps it didn't matter. He was changed, forever, things continued to shift around him, leaving him uncertain about many things.