Morning Training Log!

[awokentospring]

Characters: Everyone!
Location: Training Ground, Shibusen
Rating: PG-13 for violence of the training sort
Time: 6am to 9am
Description: Training takes place every morning in the park to prepare the guests of the city for the ongoing war. It's handwaved most days, but approximately once a month this gets played out in a log. This log takes place on May 4th.

Official areas:

FAQ: In need of help or answers? Come here! Staffed by Neji.
Breakfast: The incentive for coming to Morning Training for those who actually don't care about Death City. All food providers are given funds to buy/prepare the food and are then paid for the time they spent cooking/preparing. Provided by Saya and Fabiola
Cake Stand: A place for delicious treats; only the best cakes by Betty Crocker! Staffed by Condesce
Combat Instruction: One can learn and improve on fighting techniques! Staffed by Cloud and Genesis
Sparring: A bunch of people are there. You show up and pick one to fight. Staffed by Hanabi (beginners), Fabiola (intermediate), Amaterasu and Cloud (advanced), and Overseen by Neji
Weapon Transformation: New Weapon? Unsure on how to transform into a weapon (or how to transform back)? Go here! Staffed by Bakura, Aqua, and Gray
Soul Perception: Find out more about your soul, what they are, and what they potentially may do.
Partner Training: Learn how to work as a partner!
Weapons Handling Training: Learn how to handle sharp things and not so sharp things! Staffed by Auron
Shooting Range: Learn to shoot a gun, not at quail though, so expect your face to come out of this just fine. Staffed by Sarah Kerrigan, Naoto, Giroro, Duo Maxwell
Meister Ability Helpers: Learn about your Meister ability and how to use it. Staffed by Edgeworth
Finding a Partner: Unpartnered Weapons and Meisters meet each other here! Additional help by Liz
Medics: A place for medics to hang out, recruit and aid the injured - especially if they get shot in the face by accident. Staffed by Rosalia and CR-S01
Watch: This is where members of the watch meet up, chill, recruit and train! People interested in the watch welcome!
SEES: This is where SEES members hang out, and recruit!
Hug Brigade: A begrudgingly still opened squad dedicated to hugs of encouragement. Thank Lee for this! Staffed by Lee
Novelty Class: None this time around. 8( Anyone interested in hosting a Novelty Class should sign up next time the Training Log Plot Post goes up!

And of course, as always, feel free to make your own threads!

Open Character threads (I'll try to keep on top of this, I swear!):

Sendo
Bumblebee
Matt
Saya Takagi
Demona
Ushiromiya Ange
Bakura Ryou
Meenah
Cupid
Naoto Shirogane
Cloud
Mr. Legend
Raidou
Amaterasu
Re-l
Oswald
Hades
Asura
Neji Hyuuga
Sephiroth
Johan
Auron
Yami Bakura
Keroro
Obito Uchiha
Genesis
Kanji Tatsumi
Azusa
Atem
Aranea

Comments

[Open]

[topgun_textiles]

[He's... not looking his best. Fresh out of the hospital as of this morning and glad not to have his eyes wrapped up, he's done what he could with practicing at the Shooting Range to make sure his aim hadn't taken a hit thanks to his injuries. He was overwhelmingly relieved to find that it hadn't taken a hit.

You'll find him in one of three places this morning:

1. Still firing away at the Range

2. Having some coffee and pigs-in-a-blanket at the Breakfast Table

3. Mingling at the SEES area and mending a few shirts, gloves and jackets for those training out in the fields.

Pick your poison for chatting or resonance!]

[naniwarocky]

[Option 2! Sendo is just passing by him at the firing range, and he can't help but take note of those bandages. Man, he's been there.]

So what kicked your ass?

[topgun_textiles]

[He had to swallow a mouthful of food before he could speak, and he gave a nod.]

Kishin Egg got lucky. It didn't last more than a minute after that little potshot, along with two of its friends. All in all, an a'right mission.

[He looked around him then.]

Partner's been keepin' a hawk's eye out. Minute this stuff starts to sting they'll probably drag me home by the freakin' ankles.

[naniwarocky]

Same thing happen to me a little while ago. Think you got it much worse than I did, though.

It wasn't one of those slug kishin egg things, was it?

[topgun_textiles]

Lion and a tiger. Didn't think Kishin Eggs could team up, but ya learn somethin' new every day I guess.

Partner didn't get a scratch, so that's a fair trade to me, y'know?

[naniwarocky]

[He's jealous that you got to fight a tiger.]

Probably thought their chance of survival would be better that way. But yeah, protecting your partner is important, even if you got to get the hell beat out of you to do it.

[topgun_textiles]

[He perked up at that.]

'Bout damn time I ran into somebody who gets that! I'm so tired'a people screamin' at me that what I did was dumb, but it all could'a gone worse, y'know?

Re: [Open]

[nolicenseyet]

[Eve wasn't actually in SEES any more due mostly to the fact that she didn't really have the time for it. So she came there with a very specific purpose in mind.

She doesn't remember actually speaking with Kanji before, but she's heard about him, both from Lily and from Keroro. (And it wasn't hard to pick him out after Keroro used him to advertise the shutter shades.)]

You're Kanji, right?

[topgun_textiles]

[He still had those shades, too. Currently, Kanji is mending a split seam up one side of a shirt when he notices someone walking over, and briefly glances up from his work before continuing the line stitch.]

I'm Kanji. Sup?

[nolicenseyet]

['Sup'? Eve stared for a few seconds without saying anything before filing that word away as something to look up later on.

There was something more important that she needs to ask. (So important that she forgets that she should really introduce herself, or at least mention she's coming to him because both Keroro and Lily have mentioned him before...)]

Could you help me make a holster?

[topgun_textiles]

[A brief glance up at her.]

Holster? ...For what kinda weapon?

[Ah, he should work out getting one made for his Partner, now that he thinks about it.]

[nolicenseyet]

A round ball with buttons. [Wait, she has a picture. She pulls out a folded piece of paper out of her pocket and unfolded it carefully before showing Kanji.]

It looks like this.

[topgun_textiles]

[He reached out to receive the paper and looked over the drawing. A ball with... buttons?]

Never heard of somethin' like that, but... a holster like this sounds pretty easy!

[He hands the paper back.]

Just need a good leather, maybe make some straps with buttons so the weapon ain't bumpin' around while you're on the run. If it's a Demon Weapon, you could line it with somethin' so your pal's comfy, too.

/sneaks in late. Also 3

[tofu_idol]

[Even as Rise's been working hard today, with Kanji there she knows she should help to keep an eye on him if only to take some of the weight of worry from Naoto.

Not that it would. She knows Naoto'll worry no matter what. But she's worried about him too.

And so, while she has spare moments where she can help at the SEES area anyway, she goes to check in on him]

Hey. How're you feeling?

[topgun_textiles]

...Glad not to have my face wrapped up. I kept tellin' 'em my eyes're fine and they were freakin' out too much. Clinic's fulla paranoid people.

[He bent close to his work and bit off the end of the thread, tucking it into the seam to hide it. That glove joined its buddy on the 'finished' pile, marking his last mending project for the day.]

Other than that, fine.

[He nodded.]

So Cupid gave me a pretty good idea about this shit goin' on in Death City. She says some kinda meeting with the heads in the city to talk 'em through this stuff might help out a little. I was just thinkin' of screamin' at 'em until they listen, but they've been hurting people and not pullin' their punches...

[tofu_idol]

Kanji, they did what they felt was right. Better that they were over-cautious than not cautious enough, especially when it's something like your eyes.

[And she's sure he's heard this before already, but she's not going to let him play this down too much.

Though she frowns a little as he begins to talk about arranging meetings]

Well, I think she has a point. If we are going to do anything, we should do it diplomatically - yelling at people's only going to make things worse. But...are you sure you should be thinking about this right now? I mean, if you need the rest of us to take care of things for a while, you can tell us. I might be new to this but that doesn't mean I can't help.

[topgun_textiles]

[He shook his head.]

I can't just sit here and let SEES stagnate any more than it all ready has. We had more members in the Investigation Team than we do in SEES right now.. y'know that?

The people that can this group before... they had their shit together. They knew how to run somethin'. So SEES was real big, people knew each other, and SEES got shit done. For the last month or so, not so much. BREW kept sending people home.

So I can't just let it all sit, Rise. I can't just sit while everyone else pulls the ropes. Me and Naoto have to put our heads together and pull up our britches, get this group doing what the founders wanted us to do in the first place. We're small... but if the current-standing Leader's any indication, you can be small but mighty.

[A pause.]

...Uh, d-don't tell her I called her small.

[tofu_idol]

[She fell quiet at his speech, somewhere between impressed and aggravated all at the same time. She could see his point, but at the same time was any of it worth him making himself even worse?

But right away, she could see part of the problem and she wasn't going to pretend she didn't]

But it's not just you and Naoto. I mean I get it, okay, I get that you're both stubborn and neither of you will admit it when things are too much but you already have other members who are willing to help. And there are other people here who will want to join - I've been helping out here all of one morning and I already talked someone into signing up. So don't sit there and talk like the weight of it is on your shoulders alone when there are people around you both who can and will help if you'll let us.

[Her resolve wavered, then, just a little as she continued]

I've been here barely a week and already I've seen you get badly hurt. So for one, what's the point in insisting it's all on you and Naoto if it means the rest of us are stuck if something else happens? And two, do you think any of us wants to see you make yourself worse because you're taking on too much too soon?

[topgun_textiles]

[He clenched his jaw. He never really thought he'd be leading SEES when he signed up to join the group, yet here he was trying to figure out what to do. Rise was right, and he nor Naoto should be shouldering all the weight when they had numbers, albeit small, to achieve far more than even he thought.

So he sighed quietly, rubbing the back of his head.]

I don't want what's goin' on to get worse, but I also don't want it gettin' worse because I'm all busted up.

But... damn it, you're also right. We all gotta flex our brains a little bit and come up with a plan. I like the 'community meeting' idea. Think I wanna go through with it, but we gotta meet up when I don't feel like fresh hell to work out how it's gonna go.

3

[vintage_magic]

[Lily had been planning to stop by Kanji's apartment later in the day with things to be repaired for the shop but she's surprised to see him here this morning.]

Kanji? I thought you were supposed to be home resting! [He looked like he could use it!]

[topgun_textiles]

Huh? I'm- I'm resting! I'm... sitting!

[That he was, working a line stitch along to mend a shirt seam. Sitting counts, right?]

[vintage_magic]

[She crossed her arms, a bit skeptical.] ...Right next to where all this training stuff is going on?

[He hadn't actually tried to go back to practicing already, had he?]

[topgun_textiles]

Uhh... y-yeah! Gotta get some fresh air, y'know? Heh heh...

[vintage_magic]

[Kanji, your boss isn't entirely convinced...]

How badly did you get hurt? Maybe, I can put together something to help...

[topgun_textiles]

S-seriously, it ain't a big deal! I mean, I didn't spar or nothin' today, just hit the shooting range! I mean, my Partner's a gun, and I didn't wanna get all rusty on 'em!