[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

[tauborn]

[He decides that "laying around the apartment trying not to get swamped by feelings of guilt and regret" is not a good answer.]

Uh, well, I just joined the Watch, but honestly that feels a lot like trying to get back in shape, too. But I also have a dog, so I take him out and stuff.

[itaidakimasu]

You do? So do I! His name is Kerberos. He's a sweetheart.

{And has, on occasion, been mistaken for a small bear.}

I've with the Agency since a few days after I arrived.

[tauborn]

Maybe he'd could play with Firecracker sometime! He's still a puppy, though. [The most the four month old chocolate lab would get mistaken for is a teddy bear.]

And I used to work at Triple A, but... I think I'm more suited to the Watch.

[itaidakimasu]

I think Kero-chan would like that! He's big, but he knows how to be gentle.

{She nods along.}

Sometimes it takes a while before you find something that you just...click with.

[tauborn]

[He nods, even though he very secretly sometimes still doubts his decision to join the Watch and in a lot of ways he misses working at Triple A terribly.]

We can bring them to the park for a doggy date sometime! [He laughs a little, because it just sounds silly and cute.]

[itaidakimasu]

A doggy date, huh?

{She giggles too, wrinkling her nose a bit.}

I like the sound of that, Tsunashi-san.

[tauborn]

[Oh man. She's cute. He'll just... do his best to keep that to himself, though. It still doesn't keep him from grinning at her.]

Great!

So what sort of work do you do at the Agency?

[itaidakimasu]

{She brings her knees up near her chin and beams at him, crossing her ankles and wrapping her hands around them loosely to keep from tipping over.}

I'm a detective! I was back home, too, but the cases I take here are a bit more...mundane. except this latest one; it's a little nostalgic, really.

[tauborn]

Oh? What kind of case is it? I mean, can you talk about it or is that against the detective rules?

[He wriggles a bit so he can face her better, and stay comfortable on the grass.]

[itaidakimasu]

I'm not sure, actually. I don't think there's much to cover up, since most of the details rare open to the Watch too. Back home, 'normal' generally involved homicide, so it's probably easy enough for you to guess without specifics.

[tauborn]

[Oh. Yeah, that's pretty easy to guess.]

It sounds like normal where you used to live is pretty scary. Where're you from?

[It seems pretty obvious she's from some place in Japan, but it doesn't sound too much like his Japan, unless she's from one of the large cities or something. Those large cities he's never been to and doesn't know too much about.]

[itaidakimasu]

Well, it's more that my job only focused on the scary parts. And Tokyo's a big place, with many, many different kinds of people. And...some not so different.

You?

[tauborn]

I'm from way in the south. [A pause as he realizes he should probably clarify.] Of Japan. Most recently, I was at a boarding school on an island off the coast of Kyuushuu.

There weren't any murders or anything, but I guess for such a small island it had it's own share of troubles. [He shrugs. Most places seemed to have their own particular type of problems.]

[itaidakimasu]

Oh, wow, that is south!

{Her mouth quirks into something almost ruefully fond.}

That's human nature, I guess.

[tauborn]

[He frowns a little, and then does his best to hide a bit of discomfort. Human nature. Good and bad.]

I kinda felt like I was on a desert island at first! [He laughs lightly.]

[itaidakimasu]

You want a strange situation? One time I took a case in this super-rural village and they gave me a bunch of food as tribute, like I was a youkai or something...

{Granted, her appetite was somewhat legendary...}

[tauborn]

[He gives her a teasing smile.] Something for the Hyakki Yako?

[He shakes his head and laughs.] I guess every place has its own legend, huh.

[itaidakimasu]

You laugh, but it certainly seemed like they thought that.

{She ruffles a hand through her hair with a huff that doesn't quite mask her own amusement.}

[tauborn]

But you ate it anyway, right?

[This is the best story he's heard for quite some time, actually.]

[itaidakimasu]

Don't be silly!

{She actually looks a little affronted by the idea.}

Of course I did.

[tauborn]

[He can't hold it in. He laughs. And it's a good laugh, because he hasn't really laughed like this in a very long time, and by the time he finishes he has tears leaking from his eyes.]

If you really are a demon, then I'd better watch out, though.

[He's definitely teasing, because his partner and one of his best friends are both demons.]

[itaidakimasu]

That's racist, Tsunashi-san!

{Her eyes may be twinkling, amd her scowl may be playful, but there's a tinge of seriousness on her tone. Her partner back home, the one she owes almost everything to, is a demon after all.}

Besides, who even says you're tasty enough for me, if I am that type of demon?

[tauborn]

[He grins at her accusation, and then chokes a little and flushes at her next words.]

Wh-wh-what?! I eat plenty of delicious things, and they say you are what you eat, so I'm sure I'm plenty tasty! [Wait, was that what he was supposed to say?!]

I mean, no! I'm probably too stringy and tough for your tastes so you should stick with what the villagers offer!!! [He grimaces and throws up his hands between them playfully as if he needs to fend her off.]

[itaidakimasu]

{Now it's Yako's turn to lose it. It starts out small, a tremble in her shoulders. She inhales, possibly to retort in the same vein, but as soon as her eyes catch his the laughter bubbles up, hard enough to make her lose her balance and tumble back against the grass. She sounds her age for once, merely seventeen instead of old past her time.

She wraps an arm around her stomach as the laughter tapers off, panting a little, and bats her eyes up at him innocntly.}

B-But...But Tsunashi-san, it's been ages since the village! Maybe I can't be so picky anymore.

[tauborn]

Well, I g-guess you'll just have to settle for Kishin egg souls?

[He makes a face at that, because as a meister he's never had to eat one, and he can't imagine they taste good or feel at all right while going down. And also, this girl... is batting her lashes at him and all that, which is forcing him to blush and look away.]