[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

[blossomgale]

[ Sophie will settle with that answer! ]

Then I will help you. [ A pause, then she gives another head tilt. ] So how do we... resonate?

[willnotdespair]

[ Uhh... Mithos tries to remember how a meister and a weapon would resonate. He hasn't done it and it's been a while but he remembers explaining something to Kratos about a weapon's role. ]

Uhm... we need to see if our Soul Wavelengths are compatible before resonating. If they are then we should be able to resonate and... perform the techniques that require resonating.

[ Whatever they were. ]

[blossomgale]

[ The blank, confused expression remains on her face like she doesn't have a clue what Mithos just said. Oh boy, this may take her some time to understand. ]

How... do we do the first part?

[willnotdespair]

[ Well... let's see... ]

Oh, I know. Hold out your hands. If I place my hands on top and transform my I should hopefully land in your hands.

[ Taking this one step at a time was probably the best way to do this. ]

[blossomgale]

Okay.

[ And she sticks out her hands like she's been instructed to do. She's far better with following simple instructions. ]

Like this?

[willnotdespair]

[ Mithos nods his head ]

Yeah. Just like that.

[ He then places his hands on top of hers. ]

Here we go...

[ Mithos then closes his eyes as he concentrates on his weapon form. In just a small moment the half-elf is done and instead there is now a panpipe in her hands. ]

[blossomgale]

[ She curls her fingers around the panpipe, locking her grip gently. She doesn't have much of a clue on what she's supposed to do, but she can feel some kind of power residing within the instrument. It's unlike an average weapon. Well, it didn't even look anything like a sword, gauntlet, knife, or whatever. ]

...I've never seen a weapon like this before.

[willnotdespair]

[ Mithos isn't surprised by Sophie's reaction. A Panpipe is an instrument. Not a weapon. In fact he never even considered a Panpipe to be more of a instrument and a sort of 'summoning item' for Aska until he transformed into one.

Well, she's able to hold him. That's a good thing. Step one complete? ]

My weapon form is actually an instrument... a panpipe. I've... never heard of one being used as a weapon so I don't know what I can do in this form.

[ If there is anyway to use a instrument as a weapon... ]

... Have you ever played an instrument before?

[blossomgale]

[ Talking to Mithos through her thoughts feels similar communicating with Lambda. So far so good? Her soul's presence is closeby, giving off a gentle resonance and protectiveness. She's trying to be careful. She trusts him enough to quickly reach out to his soul herself, but perhaps it's only enough to communicate and hold him at the moment. As for using him and carrying out different techniques... ]

...no. I've never played an instrument before.

[ Oh. Welp, she knows where this is going. ]

I can try...

[willnotdespair]

[ Mithos was a little uncertain about this at first due to not really knowing Sophie. However her soul... the gentleness and protectiveness of her soul was something familiar to him and has been missing since arriving here in Death City. Upon feeling it he feels that he can trust her and allows his soul to be reached as it feels, giving off a sense of dependency but also calm and delicate. ]

Oh... okay. Uhmm...

[ He thinks of the best but simplest way to explain it. Hopefully BREW made him a weapon that could be played by anyone who he can resonate with even if they don't have any experience as a musician. ]

Go ahead and hold me up to your mouth. Try to center your lips at one of the middle tubes; they're the easiest notes to play. After... tilt me slightly towards your lips but not too much. Then blow. Try not to blow into the tube but across the top.

[ That... should be simply enough. ]

[blossomgale]

All right.

[ Resonance is a new feeling to her, but such a calm, delicate soul is relaxing and shows her she has nothing to fear from him. Getting a stronger feel of his soul increases her desire to protect.

Following his instructions, she holds up the panpipe and tilts the middle tubes close to her mouth, blowing in a thin stream of air. ]

[willnotdespair]

[ The note that played was quiet and a bit bright but it was to be expected for a first note. Still, Mithos can feel her desire to protect as she plays and as a result Sophia might feel that she has slightly more energy than before. ]

[blossomgale]

[ She feels the difference from the note that she played. Arriving in Death City put a downgrade on her, but she feels a small energy boost from wielding the panpipe.

Holding the panpipe away from her mouth, she takes a moment to giggle out loud. It may be just one little note, but she's proud of herself, especially since this is something she has never done before. ]

Hee hee! I did it, Mithos!

[willnotdespair]

[ Mithos was happy and proud as well. He was able to resonate with Sophie and while it wasn't much he now knows that he could do something even though it was just one note. Maybe when more notes are played he can do even more?

Regardless, a stamina boost was great. While he might not be a sword for someone to wield someone who uses martial arts can certainly use him to an advantage. ]

I'm glad! You did a good job for a first try, Sophie!

[blossomgale]

Thank you. You did great too.

[ It might have looked like she was simply standing there and playing a single note to others, but she knows Mithos is doing his part by giving her his power and instruction. ]

Should I try playing another one?

[willnotdespair]

Hehe. T-Thanks.

[ That could actually prove advantageous. Especially with Sophie's way of fighting. ]

Yeah. Go ahead and play another note.

[ Practice makes perfect! Or in this case better resonance. ]

[blossomgale]

[ She's going to need to practice using her legs to fight more often if she's going to wield Mithos during battle, but she's likely to manage it easily. ]

Okay. Here I go again.

[ Sophie lifts the panpipe close to her mouth again and centers her lips on a new, bigger tube. Don't blow into the tube, but across the top... like he said. She blows another stream of air into the tube. Now to see the effect of this one, if she played it correctly. ]

[willnotdespair]

[ Mithos is a pretty small panpipe so it wouldn't be too hard to put him somewhere while fighting. ]

All right.

[ This time there wasn't an energy boost coming from the panpipe. Instead a small sound wave unleashed from the pipe hitting the training dummy that Mithos has been fighting moments before. If the dummy was a person it would have stunned it. However, it simply moved the dummy slightly upon impact. ]

[blossomgale]

[ Sophie looks up, just in time to see some slight movement. Combine all of Mithos' effects and Sophie's prowess in battle, then they just might make a powerful team. ]

Hmm. It was a different effect this time.

[willnotdespair]

[ Mithos had also noticed the different effect of the note that Sophie blew. It was... more offensive. It's hard to tell what effect it has other than the dummy than just slightly hitting it though. ]

The effect seem to have been more on the offense. Is there a way to know whether the effect will be defensive or offensive?

[blossomgale]

I don't know. Let's see what the rest does.

[ One is defense and another is offense. That's make six more pipes to check then? Maybe there's some kind of order to this. She brings the instrument up to her lips again and blows into the next bigger tube. ]

[willnotdespair]

All Right.

[ Six more. Three smaller ones and three bigger ones. When she played the next biggest one it has the same effect as the last bigger tube. The only difference it that the sound wave was slightly more powerful but might not have been noticeable as it hits the dummy in the same fashion. ]

[blossomgale]

[ She lowers the panpipe and looks up again, not catching much of a difference in the effect. ]

Huh? It did the same thing. Are the rest of the tubes like that?

[ Instead of moving on to the next big tube, she places her lips over one of the smaller ones and blows air into it. ]

[willnotdespair]

[ Mithos thinks about it for a moment. ]

... Maybe.

[ He didn't say much else as Sophie then blows air into a smaller tube. Just like the first tube the smaller tube gives her about the same boost in stamina. ]

[blossomgale]

I guess the other tubes really are the same.

[ Not that she minds, but she was expecting each tube to do something different. Or they did, but she just can't feel the difference.

She glances down at the panpipe, her gloves that were given to her from the Watch, then at the dummy again. Time to try mixing some things up. ]

Hmm. I'm going to try something out.