Oh, the people we'll meet (Open ended, Join in)

Knox might not have even noticed, if he weren't already looking for such things, the young woman who wished to go by the moniker of Jenova. Her silver hair was matted; her workout gear drenched in sweat. She knifed through the crowd at the cafe with the precision of a skilled surgeon who either held a natural disdain for her fellow human beings, or at the very least couldn't be bothered by them.

Her objective was simple. She couldn't keep up the rigorous pace of self-training that she had put herself on if she didn't also maintain her hydration levels and energy. Taking care of herself had to become an extension of this training, despite how she felt about being at the Carnage arena while other people were around.

Jenova took the first cold bottle of water available and found a spot at the wall by the door. She would have left the cafeteria in its entirety if her legs could have carried her back to the ring, but her limbs opted against it. She pressed her back to the wall and squeezed the first few gulps from the bottle through her lips and the next few down over the top of her head. She gasped. The sudden rush of cold fluid was a shock to her system, but one she desperately needed at the time.

The gasp, however soft caught his ears. His dark eyes darted to Jenova's form. His face scrunched a moment before recognition flashed over his features. The woman that defeated that giant S&M freak..

He considers his options a moment especially after noticing the glimmer of sweat on her skin. He wondered, had he missed a gym in the arena or had the woman ran here from..wherever?

After another moment of wrestling with his introverted self, he stood. His six and a half foot frame standing above most of the crowd. He leaves the water bottle behind and makes his way to her,  paying her a nod as he got within a reasonable distance

"You were at Underground weren't you? Took the giant bondage enthusiast to task?" He inquired in a flat but friendly enough tone. His eyes briefly caught an RC car...christ this place can't stay normal

Well, her disposition was properly in line with most he had met in his time in the business. He offered a hand when he spoke, keeping the same even tone "Matthew Knox. I was the guy who lost to a flying midget and two rookies" There, a little humor to disarm ought to do the trick. Why was he disarming her though? This wasn't a bar, he wasn't after a companion. Shit, maybe being locked in a hotel room until it was time to fight was getting to him..

"Pleasure to meet you, Miss..?" Might as well get a name. At least he could be familiar with someone, should he ever end up facing this woman in the ring. A lot more comfortable to kick a familiar face than that of a stranger's, for whatever reason.

The car ran into chairs as it maneuvered itself to face Knox ... and Jenova? Pretty sure she saw her take out some dork at the last show. The iPad's camera pops back on but its just a empty view of someone's ugly tan couch. Adrienne wasn't in full view as she fidgeted with the camera.

A sock pupppet slowly appears in view. It is a black sock with white button eyes. It’s mouth is closed shut as it “stared” at the two.

"Vague. I can dig it. Almost like we're strangers, eh?" He half joked, eyeing the sock puppet eyeing them. He decided not to react quite yet, but drums his fingers on the wall "I mean, we can all say that, can't we? We're where we need to be right now. Be it God, contractual obligations, fate...something always puts us somewhere, right when we need to be there" He waxed philosophically, then snorted and returned his gaze to her "God, I sounded pompous there didn't I?"

He pushed off the wall, rolling a shoulder to work an annoying kink that had developed in it from Underground "But, I can't lie to you any longer miss. I did come over here to ask you something much more particular than the small talk.." He cleared his throat, glancing once more at the sock puppet "You run here, or did they hide a gym somewhere in this hellhole?"

It became increasingly harder to focus on what Matt was saying when the sock puppet on the Ipad was interrupting. Maggie was already worn out from her workout; she didn't have the patience or the energy to play these games when she was already stretching whatever scant social skill she was pretending to have toward its breaking point. 

Finally, she acknowledged the radio-controlled elephant in the room.

"Oh, hi Thor... I didn't recognize you without your hammer." She turned her attention back towards Knox. "And to answer your question: no. I was just out in the ring taking 'bumps'-" she made quotation marks with her fingers to accentuate her ring vet lingo "-and running the ropes. Turns out you can never be too quick around here. Excuse me."

And with that, she pushed herself off of the wall, and turned to leave the cafeteria.