[Open] Morning Training! - February 25th

[spandexisyouth]

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!]

[usedforcepalm]

[Hanabi is working on her flexibility and muscle control at the moment. She's doing the full splits, with a cinderblock under each foot and ankle. There is nothing supporting her body core, and she's breathing slowly to manage the discomfort.

Still, it's not a very comfortable looking way to train, is it?]

[notsatanscamaro]

[No. That training looks pretty uncomfortable. Bee examines the training child, hoping she doesn't hurt herself while doing that.]

[usedforcepalm]

[Hanabi's eyes were shut for part of the stretching, partially to focus on her breathing and maintaining control of her body.

Upon hearing someone approach, she opens them, and it's fortunate that she's accustomed to oddities in Death City. Even with the Hyuuga tendency to not show a great deal of emotion, Bee's appearance is startling to one who has never seen a being like him. Surprise registers in Hanabi's expression, but nothing more.]

Hello.

[notsatanscamaro]

[Bee raises a hand up and gives her a little wave in greeting.]

♫ Hello, Hello ♫

[usedforcepalm]

[She supposes that what she's doing might look a little odd to someone unfamiliar with the practice, so she decides to explain.]

I'm just working on my flexibility right now so I can kick higher and with more power.

[notsatanscamaro]

[He's not completely sure how the human body works, so he'll just take her word that it will help with that.]

♫ Does it hurt ♫

[usedforcepalm]

Only a little. As long as I stretch before doing this and I breathe properly, it's fine.

[She demonstrates some of the slow breathing techniques she's learned for managing pain, and straightens her back.]

The important thing is to make sure all of my muscles are working together to support my weight.

[hyuuga]

[It really doesn't seem comfortable, and Hinata notices the slow breathing. It was a good way of managing pain, something she learned at about Hanabi's age.

But such training isn't all that strange to see. Pushing oneself in such ways seemed to be part of being a Hyuuga.

Hinata isn't quite sure whether she should say something or not. She doesn't exactly want to break her concentration...]

[usedforcepalm]

[Hanabi opens her eyes a moment later.]

Good morning.

[She doesn't budge from her position, though. She'll converse with Hinata like this to work on her muscle strength until it crosses the line from being uncomfortable to actually painful.]

[hyuuga]

[Well, that settled that. She smiles somewhat sheepishly and waves.]

Good morning, Hanabi-chan... Have you been at this long?

[usedforcepalm]

Um...just about five minutes, so far.

[She'd allow herself a break after she reached ten, just to shake out the muscle tension. Maintaining her flexibility was important, but it wasn't an area she needed too much work in.]

[hyuuga]

I see.. How long are you aiming for? [She means it more in a general way, as in how long altogether, not counting breaks.]

[usedforcepalm]

About ten minutes, today.

[She couldn't focus all of her flexibility and strength training on her legs, after all!]

How is your training going so far?

[hyuuga]

That's a good goal.. I'm sure pretty soon, you'll be able to do a half-hour before needing a break. [Her smile is almost teasing, but the sentiment is genuine. She truly believes it of her little sister.]

It's going...well, I suppose. There are quite a few adjustments to training I am still trying to make.

[usedforcepalm]

Oh? You mean like training without Byakugan? I found that really hard the first few weeks I was here.

[She frowns. She's still not happy about that ability being gone.]

It's too bad BREW couldn't bring people over with most of their abilities from home.

[hyuuga]

Mm, yes. [She nods. And understands. Being without the Byakugan is quite possibly the hardest thing. That eyesight was everything to them, to Hyuuga. And to be stripped of it, yet still asked to fight? It was...difficult.] But...I'm sure I'll get the hang of it soon, too. Though, it would have been nice if BREW had allowed us to keep it. Or...or even chakra. This war might have been over sooner, then.

Re: [OPEN!]

[scatterflower]

*Chika's still not sure what to think about Hanabi's world, but god, that training looks completely uncomfortable.

So yeah, she's going to wait and see if Hanabi needs any help once she gets finished with it.*

[OPEN!]

[usedforcepalm]

[Hanabi hears Chika approach and opens her eyes. She inclines her head slightly in greeting, careful not to throw off her center of balance in the process.]

Hello. How are you?

[Nope, not even offering any commentary or explanation of what she's doing.]

Re: [OPEN!]

[scatterflower]

Hey Hanabi-chan.

*Okay, Chika was starting to get curious.*

So, umm... what's with the cinder blocks?

[OPEN!]

[usedforcepalm]

I'm using them to work on my muscle strength, balance and flexibility.

[Although if the fact that the girl's been positioned like this since before Chika came over indicates that the balance and flexibility, at least, are doing pretty well.]

Since I'm shorter than most people, I need to be able to kick high and hard without pulling a muscle.

[OPEN!]

[scatterflower]

*Chika smiled, looking over at Hanabi as she did so.*

Somehow I don't think you're going to have much to worry about with that, Hanabi-chan. Do you do this every day?

[OPEN!]

[usedforcepalm]

Not every day. Some days I train with Black*Star-sensei, and I'd be too tired to handle something like this after.

[Training with Black*Star was often gruelling and lasted for hours. In spite of that, she generally enjoyed it. He pushed her to do her best, and encouraged her when she rose to the challenge.]

[OPEN!]

[scatterflower]

... Black*Star? You train with him?

I'm surprised you'd even be able to get up or do anything after training with him. I can see why you wouldn't do something like this after.

[OPEN!]

[usedforcepalm]

Training with him is fun.

[Hanabi has a weird idea of what fun is, sometimes.]

I've become much better at fighting since I started practicing with him. I wish I could defend with my soul wavelength as well as he can.

Re: [OPEN!]

[scatterflower]

Even if it's fun it still has to be really really difficult, right?

And does he have a similar meister ability to you? Or even the same one?