[Open] Morning Training! - February 25th

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Characters: Everyone!

Location: Training Grounds, Shibusen

Rating: PG-13 for violence

Time: 6am to 9am

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 25th.

Official Areas:


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 Auron, Steve Rogers, Deryn.
Batch Two: Adult beginners. Run by Maito Gai, Tifa Lockhart, Cloud.
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, Spirit.
Soul Perception: If someone doesn’t know by now. Run by Azusa.
Partner Training: How to work together as partners. Run by Tassadar; Maka and Soul; Shizuo; Eve; Crona and Ragnarok.
Weapons Handling Training: Run by Genesis Rhapsodos, Tenten, Kerrigan.
Shooting Range: How to Shoot. Run by Leon, Naoto.
Meister Ability Helpers: How to find it out. Run by Death the Kid, Edgeworth.
Finding a Partner: For unpartnered Meisters and Weapons to mingle and find each other. Overseen by Sasame.
Fighting Witches: Speak to an actual Witch and find out some of what you're facing. Run by Cybele.
First Aid Training: Training run by Naomi Kimishima, Megumi, Kira Izuru.
Medics: A place for the medics to get to know each other and mingle.
Watch: For Watch people (and prospective new members) to gather, talk, and train.

Hug Brigade: Come get hugs!

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

Feel free to make your own open threads!



Breakfast
Ryoki [Open]
Bakura [Open]
Yami Bakura [Open]

Batch Two
Flora [Open]
Santana [Open]
Mitsuba [Open]


Batch Three
Takuto [Open]
Mithos [Open]

Batch Four
Amateresu [Open]
Raidou [Open]
Lili [Open]

Shooting Range
Death The Kid [Open]
Yami Bakura [Open]
Bakura [Open]

Finding a Partner
Stripperella - Meister [Open]
Ryoki - Weapon [Open]
Amateresu - Meister [Open]
Demona - Meister [Open]
Bakura - Weapon [Open]
Flora - Weapon [Open]
Londo - Weapon [Open]
Yami Bakura - Meister [Open]
Leo - Meister [Open]
Hades - Weapon [Open]
Yako - Weapon [Open]
Jules - Weapon [Open]
Kei - Weapon [Open]

Watch
Stripperella [Open]
Takuto [Open]
Duke [Open]
Neji [Open]
Mithos [Open]
Aion [Open]

General
Saya [Open]
Stripperella [Open]
Darcia [Open]
Ryoki [Open]
Gai [Open]
Demona [Open]
Takuto [Open]
Bakura [Open]
Kanji [Open]
Amateresu [Open]
Naoto [Open]
Raidou [Open]
Auron [Open]
Flora [Open]
Yami Bakura [Open]
Junpei [Open]
Leo [Open]
Aion [Open]
Hades [Open]
Itou, Qilby, Megumi, castmates [Closed]
Spirit [Open]
Hanabi [Open]
Qilby [Open]
Ed Elric [Open]

Comments

[ Open! ]

[towered]

[ Flora is...practicing her fighting stance! It looks completely silly, and she very obviously doesn't know anything about this fighting business, but...hey, she's trying! And looks determined to get this right! ]

[draculabackwards]

*The dhampir is taking a break from practicing with his partner when he notices the young woman trying to do...something.*

May one inquire the nature of what it is that you are doing? *Says the tall dhampir with the long blond hair.*

[towered]

Er--[ She flushes, looking embarrassed. ] I'm trying to practice my fighting stance.

[draculabackwards]

Oh? *How to be polite about this? Hmmm.*

Have you fought a lot before, my lady?

[towered]

[ Lucky for him, she's not the type to take offence to that. She knows she's doing dreadfully. ]

Me? Oh, no. I've never fought in my life.

[draculabackwards]

Oh. Well.

If you wish to learn proper form, it is best to learn from someone skilled in the art.

[towered]

Ah...yes, I was shown a few things earlier. Though...I'm still a beginner, so.

[draculabackwards]

Well, child, there are beginner trainers you may take lessons from.

Or...I suppose I could show you something.

[towered]

O-Oh, well, I know there are, I just haven't gathered the courage to go over there for very long.

You would? I mean...I wouldn't be a bother or anything, would I?

[draculabackwards]

You would not be a bother, child.

My name is Alucard.

[towered]

Oh! That's good, then.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Alucard. I'm Flora Reinhold.

[draculabackwards]

Very well then, Miss Flora. *She looks a tad too young to be a lady* You first must have proper balance and form or nothing else will work correctly.

[towered]

...Balance and form? Ah! You mean like a fighting stance of sorts?

[draculabackwards]

Yes. If your form is off, then nothing you will do will work properly.

[ Open! ]

[usedforcepalm]

[Wow. Even the first year Konoha Academy students had better fighting stances than that, but Hanabi's not going to be mean to someone who's obviously trying.]

Um...hello, miss.

[She doesn't really know how to start going into all of the things that are wrong with Flora's fighting stance, so she'll try to tactfully approach it from another angle. Particularly since Flora looks like she's closer to Hinata or Neji's age, and it would be rude to flat out tell her.]

Would you like someone to practice with?

[ Open! ]

[towered]

Oh!

[ She's surprised by the request but smiles and nods. She would get better if she had someone else there, right? Besides, she knows her stance is dreadful, and maybe this person would be able to help make it...less. Dreadful. ]

I would love to have someone practice with me, thank you.

[ Open! ]

[usedforcepalm]

My name is Hanabi Hyuuga. It's nice to meet you.

[Hanabi gets into a fighting stance. Hers, by contrast, is the fighting stance of someone who has spent roughly eight and a half of her nearly eleven years learning to fight.]

Let's try a beginner exercise. Take three punches or kicks toward me, and I'll move back. Then I'll aim three at you while you move back. We'll start slow and then speed up.

[ Open! ]

[towered]

Flora Reinhold. It's nice to meet you as well.

[ She notices the difference between Hanabi's stance and her own immediately, and does her best to mimic it. It looks slightly better, but she still has a long way to go. ]

Punches, r-right. [ She takes a deep breath and--Not really trusting herself to kick without falling over--moves to weakly punch toward Hanabi. ]

[ Open! ]

[usedforcepalm]

[Hanabi decides she'll do what she can to make this a teaching moment without being rude about it. She moves back to dodge the weak incoming punches as they come her way.

When it's Flora's turn to dodge, Hanabi makes her first punch very slow. Her wrist is kept tight and straight, and at first the outer side of her thumb is facing upward as she slowly extends her arm. Once it is about three quarters of the way, she turns her hand around so that her thumb is facing to the side instead.]

It's good to keep your wrist straight, so you don't accidentally hurt yourself, and you can get in a little extra power in your punch if you turn it at the last moment.

[The second and third ones come in a little faster, but she's careful to give Flora ample opportunity to move, coming in at a pace that would be roughly that of a fast walk.]

[ Open! ]

[towered]

Right. Ah...

[ She carefully steps back to avoid the punches, concentrating on Hanabi's movements to try and commit it all to memory. Observing someone else fighting would help her improve, right?

Well, she hopes that's the case, anyway.

When it's her turn, she mutters to herself as a reminder to keep her wrist straight, and turn her fist at the last minute--and then moves towards Hanabi, slowly and deliberately punching in her direction. She manages to keep her wrist straight 80% of the time, at least! Though she's not having much luck turning her fist. She seems to forget to, half the time. ]

[ Open! ]

[usedforcepalm]

Don't forget to turn your fist at the last moment. It makes your punch more powerful.

[She steps aside and demonstrates the motion for Flora, slowly, so that she can see how it's supposed to be done. Afterward, she springs back in place.]

Here...try three more punches toward me, Flora.

[ Open! ]

[towered]

Right!

[ She practices it a few times before actually moving towards Hanabi, still moving slow, but making sure to turn her fist at the very end. ]

Like that?