Morning Training Log

[heavenly_earth]

Characters: Everyone!
Location: Park/Training Ground
Rating: PG-13 for violence
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 June 4th.

Official areas:

FAQ: In need of help or answers? Come here! Staffed by Neji and Excalibur?.
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, Sion, and Mulan
Sparring: A bunch of people are there. You show up and pick one to fight. Staffed by Fon (beginners), Fabiola (intermediate), Amaterasu and Cloud (advanced)
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. Staffed by Shibusen
Partner Training: Learn how to work as a partner! Staffed by Azusa
Weapons Handling Training: Learn how to handle sharp things and not so sharp things! Staffed by Auron and Genesis
Shooting Range: Learn to shoot a gun, not at quail though, so expect your face to come out of this just fine. Staffed by Naoto, Giroro, Duo
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! Staffed by Liz Thompson
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
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 and the Hug Brigaders!


Feel free to make your own threads!


Open Character Threads:

Bakura
Naoto
Amaterasu
Psii
Fujino
Hamel
Re-L
Nanami
Sendo
Bumblebee
Matt
Saya
Condesce
Karkat
Hiro

Comments

SEES

[heavenly_earth]

[Their name is less literal. Probably]

Open

[ritsu_kouyou]

[When Akiha takes a break from her own training, she hangs out over here with a bottle of water. Being a member of SEES, she figures she might as well actually act like it and do some recruitment duty.

Assuming anyone was interested.]

[gonext]

[Well, Karina is. Chika helped her out when she entered the city. Might as well pay it forward and check out what SEES was all about.]

Hi there.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Blue eyes shift over at the greeting and take in the girl before her. If Karina feels like she's being assessed, it's because she is.]

Yes? Are you here for SEES or merely lost?

[gonext]

[Wow. This girl was definitely a far cry from Chika. But Karina doesn't really shy away from that judging gaze. She's standing her ground quite confidently.]

I'm here for SEES. Chika helped me out when I arrived, so I thought I might as well learn more about it and see if I can pay things forward, too.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Very well. I'm Tohno Akiha. What is your name and what all has she told you about SEES? I'd rather not repeat things you already know.

[gonext]

I'm Karina Lyle. Chika told me that SEES helped people in ways outside of combat, which includes helping out with welcoming new guests. And that's pretty much it.

[ritsu_kouyou]

We are also trained in combat and help when situations arise here, such as the riots that happened not too long ago. But in short, what Shika has said is the basics. Allow me to go into more specifics.

We are a group that supports each other and Death City. When new guests arrive, we make sure they are properly educated on the immediate dangers here such as witches, kishin eggs and the Madness Wavelength. Gift baskets are put together to help ease newcomers into the place as many have no possessions with them and no immediate means to purchase things such as basic toiletries or sweets.

We also do community projects from time to time. When the Bizarre refugees first arrived, we put together a soup kitchen for them. Some of us prepared and served the food, others helped with security as there were a lot of people and there were thieves known to be in Death City at the time, and others helped with the cleanup of the area. There are a lot of projects that we do around our missions and the scope of the war.

[gonext]

I see... sounds like something I can definitely help with.

[Karina gives her best smile to the girl across from her.]

How do I sign up?

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha gestures to the table behind her where there is a paper for signups and a basket of SEES armbands.]

Right there. Put your name, address, whether you're a meister or weapon and if you have a permanent partner, list their name at the end.

[gonext]

Alright.

[Karina goes over to the table and does so, filling up everything except for the blank after "Partner". So partnerships in this city were long term, were they... interesting.

She speaks to Akiha again after she fills out the form.]

Say, what's your name? I'm Karina.

[ritsu_kouyou]

I'm Tohno Akiha. My partner, Sion Eltnam Atlasia, and I tend to be more on the security side of SEES than the community service side. We also help with new arrivals when missions allow us the time.

If you're more interested in the community service bit, I suggest speaking more with Tatsumi Kanji. I don't know what the current projects are.

[gonext]

I see... actually... I can help with both.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha raises an eyebrow and then looks Karina over again, this time with more focus... and more judgment, of course.]

And which do you have a preference for?

[gonext]

... [Karina is silent for the slightest moment. If she chooses one, it would show that she's not just some musician. But on the other hand, a part of her still wants to be a hero in some way.]

Security.

[When she delivers her answer, she does so with a confident, beaming smile.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

You don't look like much in a fight. What are you trained in?

[gonext]

Self-defense, mostly. But I can take down people, too. I've been my own security during concerts.

[And she's not joking either. But the weirdness of her reason might just give her identity as a superhero away. But admitting she's both a pop star and a superhero sounded way too out of this world.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

Self-defense doesn't help much when you're protecting other people.

[gonext]

[Okay, Karina shouldn't have said that. So she tries to justify her answer instead.]

But the techniques employed in self-defense do help when you can get between an attacker and his victim. I've done it a few times.

[ritsu_kouyou]

And what then, when their focus and effort continues to stay on their target despite your presence between them?

[Really, Akiha's just being a bitch - half because she can and half because if she has to work next to Karina, she may as well get this out of her system now.]

[gonext]

Well, there's no other choice but to be all the more persistent and make sure to use an attack against them to keep them from moving until the proper authorities make it to the scene.

[Two can play at the bitch game. Karina's tone had gone from pleasant to something more serious and pointed.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

And how would one skilled in self-defense know the correct offensive attack? [She smirks a little.] There's no need to answer that. I'm sure you'll eventually learn.

[gonext]

[And it's times like these Karina wished she was more comfortable with telling the truth, no matter how outlandish it was. But well, she'll roll with the punches.]

Does that mean you offer training for those who want to help out with security?

[If Karina gets the chance to really show off what she can do, then why not?]

[ritsu_kouyou]

My method of training others is hard to handle. I suggest learning from the instructors here. They're more inclined to keep the kid gloves on when needed.

[gonext]

You're really convinced I'm a total amateur, huh?