soul_logs | [Open] Morning Training!

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]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Obito eyes Gai warily.]

Hey, don't be making this into anything weird, okay? This is just training. It's not like I'm completely hopeless with taijutsu or anything...

Neji said I needed balance.

It is not weird. But you will be my student. Which will mean I will have four here, so when Sasuke and Sakura return for Kakashi I will not automatically lose!

[He gives Obito a thumbs-up.]

Do you have the basics down?

[Obito groans, his face falling into his palm. Seriously, Gai's student? He didn't ever want to think of this as putting him in that kind of relationship, not on the same level as a team trio. He had a team back home, and that was with Kakashi and Rin under the mentorship of Namikaze Minato. No one else!]

You're making it weird by making it into a game.

[He shakes his head. Gai was just... odd. About everything. Obito was going to have to learn to just deal with it.]

Of course I do! I'm not fresh out of the academy or anything!

Everything is a challenge when it comes to myself and my Eternal Rival!

[Gai nods.]

I know you are not. But in the haste to get people on to the field when we were graduating, some basics were overlooked. And taijutsu is a very underestimated class of jutsu, so that is what some did not get a good foundation on.

Do you favor strikes that are forceful and damage a great deal where they generally strike, or strikes that are more precise and limit chakra flow?

[Yeaaaaah, he's starting to get that.]

Ah, that makes sense. I guess going over the basics again wouldn't hurt, but yeah. Neji said I needed balance more than anything. [He's a little sloppy with his footwork and all.]

I guess I'm more of a precision person, but there isn't much to do about chakra here. I could probably learn to like doing the hard, muscley stuff.

Balance physically, or with your attacks? [He needs to figure out for sure what's being asked, so he can teach as effectively as possible.]

There is nothing hard to like about the hard muscley stuff! It is all enjoyable and effective! And the effort is never wasted! I will teach you strong fist, then, and you will follow in the footsteps of myself and my Lee!

Physically. I think. [Neji had said balance and some other stuff, but "balance" had been the thing that mostly stuck out to him.]

.... As long as I don't have to wear green spandex I'll do whatever it takes. [He still sounds like he's suffering, though.]

Why not try the spandex? It is streamlined and helps with the techniques!

.... Yeah, no.

[Seriously, not gonna happen.]

I asked why not! That is not an answer!

Just... No. I don't need a reason to give you. I just don't want it.

[He holds up a hand before Gai can say any more.]

If you can't convince Kakashi to try it, don't even expect me to go that way either.

But you are not Kakashi! This could give you an edge in combat and training, an edge over the genius copy-nin himself!

I'm not, but I'm also not looking for an edge. C'mon, Gai, isn't it enough that I actually came to you to ask for training?

[He'd give puppy eyes, but he doesn't feel up to giving the effort. And he doubts they would help.]

[Gai considered, and then shook his head.]

It is good that you have come. It shows great potential! But why only go halfway? Why not go the whole way?

Wearing spandex has nothing to do with going "all the way."

It is committing one-hundred-and-ten percent!

You're making that up because it's convenient for you!

I am not! This is the way of taijutsu! This is the way of the strong fist!

Whatever. I am not wearing it.

Then you will never fulfill your Taijutsu potential! You will fall short!

I'm content with just being competent. Like Neji. [He does perfectly fine and he doesn't wear spandex.]

Neji does Gentle Fist. It is not Strong Fist. Do you wish to also grow your hair long and wear flowy clothing? That suits his style!

[He pulls a face.] Ew, no thanks!

Can't I just have a normal amount of Strong Fist style training without the added bells and whistles? I just wanna be better at taijutsu. I don't want to become you.

You will not become me! But this is how to fully improve! Why not do all that you can?

Because it's not necessary.

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