[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

[heart_rhythm]

I doubt it'd work on kishin eggs. We'd probably just have to find some land worms out in the desert somewhere if we really wanted it to feel like old times.

[Okay, she can't help but smirk a bit too.]

[de_faulty_hero]

Well, who said anything about using it on Kishin Eggs? Those kind of weapons are a last resort against them. I fought a big Midgar Zolom, does that count?

[heart_rhythm]

Somehow I have a feeling we won't be running into any of those around here... [She taps her chin as if seriously thinking about this.]

[de_faulty_hero]

Go to a place call 'Australia' and you'll fight a kishin egg that looks quite a bit like a Zolom. Burrows in the sand as well.

[heart_rhythm]

Oh yeah, I'm dying to get a sense of nostalgia from that thing.

[de_faulty_hero]

You are... or was that some sarcasm I heard in there? It's a good fight! Just mind the fangs and thick body that could strangle the life out of you.

[heart_rhythm]

I'll keep that on the list for Kanji and my missions.
[She pauses.] You two should meet sometime, you know.

[de_faulty_hero]

I knew you'd eventually go on it. Can't let me beat you, can you?

[He glances at her and then folds his hands behind his head.] Yeah probably... when there is time and opportunity.

[heart_rhythm]

Well, if you're going to be at morning training more regularly, I think it'll be easy enough. [She chuckles a little.] When he's not sleeping in, that is.

[de_faulty_hero]

Seems like it. I don't see the point of agreeing to do it and not showing up after all. [That didn't sound like a productive personality if the guy was sleeping all the time. Wasted opportunities.] One of those night-owl people?

[heart_rhythm]

Maybe a little, but he mainly just likes to sleep. I can get him out of bed and here often enough though. [With her fists.]

[de_faulty_hero]

Wait... you get to go into his bedroom and rush him out of bed? [He gave her a raised eyebrowed look.]

[heart_rhythm]

[She blinks a little, then lets out a soft giggle, cheeks going a little pink.] Why shouldn't I? He's like a little brother to me, Cloud.

[de_faulty_hero]

[Holy Gaea on fire, she is blushing about it too. He huffs in a form of indignation, not sure if he had a right to outburst.] No, I'm like a little brother to you. We were in diapers at the same time in our lives. He is your partner... and he better wear something to bed... [That last part is muttered with shifting shoulders of agitation.]

[heart_rhythm]

[Raising her eyebrows, Tifa could only stare at him a moment. A brother? Truly, he could be the most dense man she knew, and she knew a lot of dense guys. Did he really never know?]

You're overreacting again, it's nothing like that. He's 17 and he's-- [She stops herself before explaining that Kanji was into someone else, someone she still thinks is a guy.

Finally, she just shakes her head.]

He's my partner, that's right--not my boyfriend.

[de_faulty_hero]

[He opened his mouth to refute her claim but then grudgingly closed it again. Okay, he might have been over-reacting a bit, but really... pulling a guy out of bed? He grumbled to himself and shuffled his shoulders.]

So he's legal and he's...? What?

[He eyed her suspiciously a moment before huffing at the incredulity of it all. Being protective of her was clearly all he was good at for the time being. That must have made him seem like an ass.]

Alright, he's your partner, not your boyfriend.

[heart_rhythm]

[She gave a similiar-sounding huff, crossing her arms over her chest and looking off with a small amount of annoyance.]

Honestly, what would you do if I actually had a boyfriend?

[She suspected it would be something similar to what had happened with Itachi, and that hadn't even gone anywhere. Not that she planned to get a boyfriend here... And while part of her couldn't help but like Cloud's protectiveness, another part was exhausted by his density.]

[de_faulty_hero]

[Some people might have been daunted by the idea of facing off against Tifa, but he wasn't. Not physically anyway. He knew how to side-step her punches from years of habit.]

I'd threaten to break his legs if he hurt you and then threaten to break his arms if he wronged you. You know, best friend stuff.

[Someone had to look out for her with all those potential male predators about. If her father had impressed anything on him by refusing to let Tifa speak to him ever again after the cliff incident, it was that overprotectiveness was a valid form of affection.]

his reasoning is... actually kind of adorable

[heart_rhythm]

Best friend stuff, huh.

[She stared at him with look of disbelief for a moment before she dropped her gaze with a small shake of her head.]

Don't worry about it. It's stupid to get involved with people here anyway, since everyone's going to go home at some point anyway.

[She didn't mean to sound so pessimistic, but it was a realization she'd come to. Wartime in a foreign world wasn't the best setting for relationships.]

Straight from her father's hand-book XD

[de_faulty_hero]

[He tried to keep his gaze elsewhere from that stare because he was certain that she disapproved anyway. He thought it was fair though.]

True... but with an attitude like that, why bother to do anything at all? You're turning into me if you keep talking like that.

[He didn't like to hear her so logical but pessimistic.]

[heart_rhythm]

So first you want to discourage anyone from getting involved with me at all, and now you're telling me I shouldn't shy away from relationships?

[Sorry Cloud, you can never win with women.

It was an unfortunate result of being here long enough to see so many people she cared dearly for sent home. Loss was something that had shaped her while she was young, but having come so freshly from the war, losing so many more, and then to be here with guests dropping out like flies... Tifa unconsciously let the hardening slip in, something she had already scolded Cloud about here.]

[de_faulty_hero]

[He stared at her as if to ask 'did you really go there' and shook his head side-to-side very slowly. She was clearly out for blood in this conversation, and he felt his proverbial heels digging in for a battle.]

No, I'm saying you shouldn't shy away from doing things here. People just come with the territory.

[There was also the unspoken 'if you keep busy enough, you won't have time for a boyfriend' as well, but he knew that he wasn't allowed to say that. Only her father could.]

[heart_rhythm]

I'm not shying away from doing things. I have a partner, I've taken my part in the war. [She almost read his mind as she went on.] It's just not a good setting for something like romance, that's all.

[At least, that's what she was telling herself. Everyone else could decide for themselves, but Itachi's disappearance had swayed her one way.]

[de_faulty_hero]

I'm not saying that you aren't contributing. Just... don't close off, not to me or anyone. Being open and caring is what makes you a greater person, Lockheart.

[He turned away at this point, pretending to be looking off towards other aspects of training. He was allowed to be concerned. She was his Tifa and always would be.]

[heart_rhythm]

[Gazing at him for a moment, Tifa couldn't help the soft, touched smile that came over her. Sometimes--and not very often--he knew just the right thing to say.

Biting her lip, she tilted her head and reached out for his arm, still smiling slightly up at him.]

When did you start sounding like me...?