[Open] Morning Training! - February 16th

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Characters: Everyone!

Location: Training Grounds, Shibusen

Rating: PG-13 for violence

Time: 5am to 10am

Description: Every morning in the city, Morning Training takes place to prepare the guests of the city for the war. It's handwaved most days, but approximately once a month this gets played out in a log. This log takes place on February 16th.


FAQ: Questions answered by Maito Gai
Breakfast: Run by Cinderella, Katakura Kojurou, Saya Tagaki, Yugo
Batch One: Beginners under the age of 15. Run by Prussia, Auron, Steve Rogers
Batch Two: Adult beginners. Run by Kaoru Kamiya, Maito Gai, Tifa Lockhart
Batch Three: Intermediate fighters. Overseen by Hyuuga Neji and Ling Yao. Please see list of random sparrers.
Batch Four: Experienced fighters, for sparring with each other. Overseen by Haruka.
Weapon Transformation: How to find your form. Run by Yuuri, Ishida Mitsunari, Spirit.
Soul Perception: If someone doesn’t know by now. Run by Luna Lovegood, Azusa
Partner Training: How to work together as partners. Run by Tassadar; Maka and Soul; Shizuo and Motochika; Eve.
Weapons Handling Training: Run by Genesis Rhapsodes, Tenten.
Shooting Range: How to Shoot. Run by Grit, Leon, Naoto.
Meister Ability Helpers: How to find it out. Run by Death the Kid, Edgeworth.
Finding a Partner: Run into others looking for partners and see if you can work together! Run by Sasame.
Fighting Witches: Speak to an actual Witch and learn some of what you're facing. Run by Cybele.
Medics (And First Aid Training): Training run by Naomi Kimishima, also a place for medics to gather and talk. (First Aid Training may need to be handwaved, player is on hiatus.)
Audience: For people to just gather and talk.
Watch: For Watch people (and prospective new members) to gather and talk.

For training via sparring:
Katakura Koujurou
Uchiha Itachi
Hyuuga Neji
Chosokabe Motochika
Steve Rogers
Maito Gai
(Various NPCs available upon request)
Partner vs Partner sparring is also good!

Feel free to start your own threads in the official groupings as well as elsewhere!



Breakfast
Lau [Open]
Clare [Open]
Loki [Open]
Yami Bakura [Open]
Bakura [Open]
Stan [Open]
Dylan [Open]
Yuuichi [Open]
Saya [Open]
Sheena [Open]
Taiyou [Open]
Duo [Open]
Luna [Open]
Utena [Open]
Nagi [Open]

Batch One
Taiyou [Open]
Utena [Open]

Batch Two
Clare [Open]
Yami Bakura [Open]

Batch Three
Sapphire [Open]
Sophie [Open]
Hinata [Open]
Sheena [Open]

Batch Four
Amateresu [Open]
Raidou [Open]

Weapon Transformation
Clare [Open]
Shindou [Open]
Yuuichi [Open]
Lee [Open]
Kariya [Open]

Soul Perception
Naruto [Open]
Stein [Open]
Stan [Open]

Partnership Training
Haruka and Cinderella [Unknown]

Weapons Handling Training
Taiyou [Open]

Shooting Range
Bakura [Open]
Yoichi [Open]
Aion [Open]
Saya [Open]
Re-l [Open]


Meister Ability Helpers
Gamzee [Open]
Loki [Open]
Sophie [Open]
Yugo [Open]
Touma [Open]
Demona [Open]
Chika [Open]
Misa [Open]
Raphael [Open]
X [Open]
Mitsuba [Open]

Finding a Parther
Clare - Weapon [Open]
Sapphire - Meister [Open]
Bakura - Weapon [Open]
Amateresu - Meister [Open]
Yami Bakura - Meister [Open]
Leo - Meister [Open]
Takasugi - Weapon [Open]
Hades - Weapon [Open]
Ryoki - Weapon [Open]
Demona - Meister [Open]
Chika - Meister [Open]
Steve Rogers - Meister [Open]
Nagi - Meister [Open]

Medics and First Aid Training
Yuuichi [Open]
Clovis [Open]
Taiyou [Open]

Audience
Yuuri [Open]
Stan [Open]
Leo [Open]
Rokudo [Open]
Ryoki [Open]
Duo [Open]
Nagi [Open]

Watch
Sasame [Open]
Duke Pantarei [Open]
Roy [Open]
Aion [Open]
Stripp [Open]
Re-l [Open]
Jules [Open]

Other
Gai [Open]
Clare [Open]
Chrono [Open]
Kenshin [Open]
Mithos [Open]
Auron [Open]
Kratos [Open]
Stein [Open]
Takasugi [Open]
Rokudo [Closed]
Dylan [Open]
Hades [Open]
Keroro [Open]
Naoto [Open]
Duke [Open]
Allen [Open]
Demona [Open]
Sendo [Open]
Bumblebee [Open]
Saya [Open]
Tenma [Open]
Chika [Open]
Kanji [Open]
Yugo [Open]
Jules [Open]
Ed Elric [Open]
Hitsugaya [Open]
Lee [Open]
Raidou [Open]
Kaoru [Open]

Comments

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[feelsgoodinyou]

[He stands a little off and to the side since he is not really planning of getting involved into any fights - or whatever else this little group meeting is for. Right now the spirit of the sennen ring has no illusions of how far this borrowed body would last him if he were to be careless enough to get involved into a physical struggle, even if it weren't still injured.

If only he could somehow have his 'real' body...

Without noticing it, he keeps shifting his stance as if he wants to approach but keeps deciding against it.]

[heart_rhythm]

[Tifa notices him and just lets him be for a little while, trying to let him decide if he wants to make his way over or not. Finally she crosses the distance between them, offering a smile.]

Are you new here?

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He notices her before she arrives, his head snapping in her direction the moment she has taken three steps towards him. The gaze he directs at her is attentive and sharp.]

I'm new and old. [He dodges the question, giving her a once-over. Nice legs, good muscles... A fighter.] I'm interested in learning how to fight.

[Or rather, re-learning it since he knows very damn well how to take care of his own skin or he wouldn't have survived least become famous as the feared king of thieves back in Ancient Egypt. This body, however, thin, lightweight and untrained as it is, is an entirely different story. One he's not too keen on explaining.]

[heart_rhythm]

[Smiling more, she nods a bit, crossing her arms over her chest as she stands by him.]

Well, you're at the right place then. I'm Tifa Lockheart, one of the instructors here. Have you done any fighting before?

[She's expecting a 'no' but you really could never tell in this place. She'd learned long ago not to judge a book by its cover, since that was something done so often in her case.]

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He gives her a contemplative look, not smiling in return. His eyes are narrowed and he is almost painfully skinny, all protruding hip bones and spiky hair. Despite that he has an air around him that makes he appear everything but weak.

After a short pause the corners of his lips twitch upward after all and he shakes his head.]

Any physical fighting that I have done must have been in another life.

[heart_rhythm]

[She doesn't entirely get it, but that's okay. The concept of another life isn't the strangest thing she's heard here.]

So that's basically a 'no' right? [She won't dwell on it unless he does.] That's not a problem. I primarily train in hand-to-hand combat, is that what you're interested in learning?

[feelsgoodinyou]

It is. [He smiles in a way that he thinks is encouraging and nods.]

I'm willing to take whatever I can. Does it matter than one of my hands is currently in bad shape?

[heart_rhythm]

As a matter of fact, no. [She holds up one of her hands, which is still bandaged from her fight with Kadaj.] You have to be able to fight with injuries, so learning with one can be beneficial as well.

[This guys is certainly strange, but a student is a student.]

[feelsgoodinyou]

Well, that's good to know. [He flashes her a grin before his expression turns into a scowl as he regards his left arm. There is a bandage on its upper arm and both his palm and the back of his hand are marked by a nasty scar that indicates it having been impaled once.]

How do we begin?

[heart_rhythm]

[As she regards his scars, she says nothing about them. It's not her place to inquire--she's learned the people here come from places the same or worse than her world, and the battle wounds people carried were always their own.

Instead, she steps back a bit from him, waving a hand.]

Lemme see what you've got first. Come at me and I'll see what we have to work with.

[feelsgoodinyou]

Hmn. [His eyes dart to the side for a moment. He has never tried to fight physically while using this body before, his short scuffle with L aside. (He's a touch crazy, not outright stupidly suicidal, thank you very much.) Against an experienced fighter like Tifa who is also expecting him he has very bad cards.

Turning his attention back onto her, he smiles sweetly.] Don't go too hard on me, please?

[Then he charges, apparently attempting to tackle her from the front.]

[heart_rhythm]

[She's learned not to be disarmed easily by sweet smiles and keeps her guard up in case it's all been a bit of an act. When he rushes her, she picks out where he's open and blocks him, pushing him back with a small amount of force. With a little explanation about the best ways to attack from the front, she gestures.]

Ready to try and block me?

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He makes a short, pointedly displeased sound as he gets pushed back effortlessly. He knew that his attack wouldn't stand a chance right from the beginning, but having it demonstrated that into his face still hurts his pride. Dammit, why couldn't his host be any more athletic?!

Once she is done explaining, he takes a defensive stance as he was instructed to and nods.]

Ready. Come at me.

[heart_rhythm]

[She hurries forward at him, drawing back her fist and swinging it forward, aiming for his gut, but she goes slower than usual and doesn't put much power behind it in case it connects; she doesn't want to really hurt him, just see if he knows how to block.]

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He mutters a "oh please" under his breath and sidesteps her at the last second effortlessly. If this were this a real battle her back would be wide open to any attacks from him now.]

Blocks are good, a way to stab their back is better.

[heart_rhythm]

[Her eyes widen momentarily before she smirks a little bit. So he does know what he's doing.

With that in mind, she twists her torso towards him, swinging her leg over to bring down a kick at him, falling back herself.]

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He evades the kick by quickly stepping forward and to the side in a risky maneuver. Thrusting out one of his hands, he tries to use her own momentum against her and push her out of balance by hitting her against the chest.]

[heart_rhythm]

[She hits the ground with a little sound before jumping back up again, coming at him now on the offense with a series of rapid punches.]

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He grits his teeth and dodges in the most basic form - by quickly scrambling away backwards as fast as he can. He's not scared of getting hit, but knowing this body it was going to hurt like a bitch if he were and would earn him a bruise that could be seen and felt for weeks.]

[heart_rhythm]

[Once she's made a bit of a point, she makes moves backwards to place some distance between them, still keeping her stance up.]

Looks like you already know a bit what you're doing.

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He takes another step back and drops his stance once he is sure that she won't rush him right away again. Much to his shame he is breathing hard already and several beads of sweat have formed on his face and body.]

I'm no total stranger to the idea of fighting.

[heart_rhythm]

You just want to hone your technique? [She remembers what he said about another life and straightens up slightly more.] Or it's been too long and you need a refresher?

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He considers how to answer that question for a moment - he knows how to fight and saying anything else would hurt his pride, but on the other hand, does he know how to fight properly using this body? An entirely honest answer to that question is not pleasing.]

...A refresher would be good.