[Open] Morning Training! - February 25th

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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

...thick of batter. *snirk* Oh, typos I don't catch :D

[shiromadoushi]

I don't think you would have to worry about that. Most of the time really, any help is better than none. And there's training too, so even if you aren't so good, you can get better. I'm pretty bad with almost everything, but there are a lot of patient people who've been helping me so I'm not useless.

as typos go, it was a pretty funny one

[attentionwenches]

[But that would involve lots of hard work, and also putting himself in danger. But Loki doesn't particularly feel like explaining how little those two prospects appeal to him right now, not when Bakura is so earnest.]

Surely you can't be as bad as all that. I admire your dedication -- you have a real fighting spirit!

Yeah :D

[shiromadoushi]

[[rubs the back of his neck, a bit sheepish]] Aaa... thank you.

Ne... did you want to try resonating? Even if you're not looking to get into too many fights...

[attentionwenches]

Oh yes, I would like that very much! That's what I came here today to learn, after all.

...

...how exactly does one do this?

[shiromadoushi]

Aaaa.. it's sort of like... reaching out with your mind to the other person and trying to overlap... sort of? It's a little hard to explain...

[attentionwenches]

[...yeah nope he's got no idea how to do that.]

...perhaps you should begin, then. I'll do as you do.

[shiromadoushi]

[[nods]] Hold out your hand? [[smiles.

And the moment Loki does, Bakura will transform, and a white plastic ten sided die that looks like it's either on the verge of shattering or has been very carefully put back together after having shattered will deposit itself into the waiting hand, a thin red string reaching out to anchor it to Loki's palm]]

[attentionwenches]

[There's a sharp intake of breath as Bakura all but disappears. Loki's seen Weapon transformations before, but not often enough for the surprise to have worn off. And this transformation was so drastic -- what was that? Loki takes the die between two fingers and holds it up to his eye, then breaks into a laugh.]

You're so small!

[shiromadoushi]

[[if a die could pout, Bakura's would be. Confusion, he was expecting. But to be laughed at...?]]

'Dice aren't supposed to be big...!'

[attentionwenches]

How am I supposed to fight with you? Do I throw you at the enemy?

[shiromadoushi]

'Not like that,' [[Though Bakura did smile at that idea]] 'You roll the die, and for an attack, 1 or 0 triggers an energy blast. You just aim where you want the blast to go and it I think only hurts the thing that you target. Though it doesn't seem to work well on physical targets, just kishin and things like that.'

[attentionwenches]

Then it is a game of chance?

[Loki turns the die around in his fingers, looking at how high the numbers go. A one out of five chance of an attack? Sounds risky to him.]

[shiromadoushi]

'Not really. I can make the die fall on the number I need. Though sometimes it's a 1 instead of a 0, which isn't as powerful. It's only when I can't focus that it's random.'

[attentionwenches]

[He nods, understanding. That's rather better, then.]

All right. Ready to try?

[Once he feels what it's like, Loki feels sure that he can figure out how it's supposed to go.]

Whenever you are ready, my friend.

[shiromadoushi]

'Ready! Roll!'

[attentionwenches]

[Loki flicked his wrist, causing the die to sail gracefully out of his hand. Inwardly, he wondered if this was like magic, where one channeled one's own energy into inanimate matter. He found that if he tried he could do something similar, letting his own energy flow towards the die through the red cord that linked it to his palm.

It was important not to push. Magic couldn't be forced. Its power was a whisper, not a bellow.]

[shiromadoushi]

[[That was different... Bakura almost started at the sudden addition, taking just a second to adjust before leaning into it as the die tumbled, somehow managing to land back in Loki's palm, the 0 showing for just a moment before the die began to glow white.]]

'Aim! Think of where you want the shot to go and point to it!'

[attentionwenches]

[Whoa, what was that? His power was returning to him -- no, it was not his but Bakura's. Was that how resonance worked? As if both partners were enchanting each other at once? It was as if the energy were in a cycle --

But wait, he had to figure out where to send the impending blast. Loki's head turned back and forth, looking for somewhere -- anywhere -- that didn't have a person in the line of fire. True, Bakura had said it didn't work well on things that were physical, but Loki had not seen the attack in action yet.

There! He spotted a small stump. It had a person sitting on it, but if Loki aimed right, it should be all right... Loki palmed the die in one hand and pointed the other at the stump's base.]

[shiromadoushi]

[[It was easier when the hand pointing was the one that held the die, but Bakura did his best, the blast of white energy rippling out from the die to try and reach where Loki was pointing. The attack seemed to all but vanish into the stump, leaving no damage or any indication it had been there past a small haze of white that lingered for just a moment before dissipating.]]

[attentionwenches]

[Not bad for a first try. There was room for improvement, sure. But Loki was delighted to have made it work -- and also to see the person who had been sitting on the stump leap up with a startled yelp. He couldn't hold back a laugh before calling out.]

I'm terribly sorry!

It's so hard to do the resonate talk italics in spam form @_@

[shiromadoushi]

[[Bakura couldn't help but laugh himself]]

'It works better when there's something to actually attack, since the attack works like a really aggressive form of Purify. But you can see how it works with this!'

I can only imagine the HTML nightmare that is your tags ;;

[attentionwenches]

[The person turns away in a huff. Loki feels a little bad and a lot amused.]

If I were to target a human, would it harm them?

It's just the "..wait. Crap. I can't use italics for both. Uh..."

[shiromadoushi]

'I don't think so. I accidentally hit Aoshi-san once with it and it didn't hurt him at all, thankfully!'

ffff yeah I see

[attentionwenches]

[Loki tosses the die up and down in one hand thoughtfully, filing that information away.]

What of the other numbers? Is there anything else you can do?

[shiromadoushi]

[[It was always an odd feeling when his Weapon form was being handled, and being repeatedly tossed, but not in a way that was meant to be a roll was even more so. The red thread clung tightly to Loki's palm, keeping Bakura from flying to far with the toss]]

'2 or 3 is a shield, though it's a pretty quick one, not very high level, and 4 or 5 is a heal. Only for recent things, though. Still pretty useful! Haven't figured out 6 through 9 yet, they might be fumbles, since in Monster World and in D&D, really, you need to roll over or under a specific number to be successful.'