Morning Training

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Characters: Everyone!
Location: Training Ground, Shibusen
Rating: PG-13 for violence
Time: 6am to 9am
Description: Training takes place every morning in the park to prepare the guests of the city for the ongoing war. It's handwaved most days, but approximately once a month this gets played out in a log. This log takes place on March 29th.

Official areas:

FAQ: For people who have questions and need answers. Staffed by Maito Gai.
Breakfast: Providing food for those who come. All food-providers are given funds with which to buy the food and paid for the prep/cook time. Provided by Saya Tagaki.
Combat instruction: To learn or improve upon fighting techniques. Taught by Cloud Strife, Mickey Mouse, Auron.
Sparring: Show up, pick an opponent, and spar. Overseen by Amateresu, Spirit Albarn.
Weapon Transformation: Guiding new Weapons through the sometimes difficult process of finding a form and then re-finding their original one. Taught by Bakura Ryou, Yami Bakura, Aqua.
Soul Perception: If someone wants to find out more about their soul, what they are, and what they may potentially do. Overseen by Hades.
Partner Training: Guidance on how to work as partners. Taught by Spirit Albarn; Eve and Keroro
Weapons Handling Training: How to handle weapons and Weapons. Taught by Death the Kid with Liz and Patty.
Shooting Range: How to shoot. Taught by Naoto Shirogane, Maes Hughes.
Meister Ability Helpers: Learning what your meister ability is and how to use it. Taught by Kanji Tatsumi, Miles Edgeworth.
Finding a Partner: An area for unpartnered Weapons and Meisters to mingle in. Overseen by
Meditation: This month's novelty class is on focus and meditating. Taught by Hyuuga Neji.
Medics: A place for the medics to linger, recruit, and help anyone that's gotten hurt. Helping out are CR-S01, Rosalia Rossellini.
Watch: A place for the watch members to linger, recruit, and train. Interested observers welcome!
SEES: A place for the SEES members linger, recruit, and relax.
Hug Brigade: Offering encouragement through hugs. Staffed by Maes Hughes, Maito Gai.

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Comments

[traust]

[She makes a little victory pose, turning to Tenten for approval]

How did I do?

[weaponry]

I don't know! It's not over yet! [ she yanks the back of her left hand as the puppet springs towards her in action. It's side is aiming towards Kaede.

Sorry Kaede! Anything less than a fatality doesn't count! ]

[traust]

[She sort tries to block the attack with her blade, with not enough reaction time to aim a countermeasure herself]

[weaponry]

[ The dummy flies into blade and a bit beyond. It grazes Kaede, but it doesn't knock her over. It'd be a perfect time to counter attack now that it flung himself into a blade. ]

[traust]

[Kaede flicks her blade forward, trying to get rid of it on instinct off her blade. She may accidentely hit Tenten with the doll.]

[weaponry]

[ Tenten ducks and rolls to the side as the doll is flung right past her. ]

Holy-! Wow! Kaede! I didn't know you had that much strength in you. [ That was quite a distance! ]

[traust]

Really? [She comes over close by to check on her.]

I kind of panicked a little... so I just forgot to block you.

[weaponry]

It's all right. That type of fear and adrenaline is helpful. It allows you to react based on instinct on what to do, which is usually right. Just make sure you use it wisely, instead of blindly following whatever you think is right. [ Tenten is fine, and without bruises or cuts. She's pretty much pristine. ]

[traust]

Yeah you're right. My dad always talked about relying on instinct before. So are we gonna do that again? [Even having an almost freakout didn't seem to bother her much.]

[weaponry]

Yeah! Listen to your dad! He's usually right about these things. [ ....No, he isn't but Tenten and Kotetsu probably share a penchant for destroying property. Oops. ]

And sure, if you want! Get ready! [ She goes over to prepare another dummy. ]

[traust]

Not really, he was always unpopular on tv.

Okay! Ready when you are. [She holds the sword out in front of her.]

[weaponry]

He's unpopular on television? Is he some sort of actor or something? [ She has a very limited knowledge on these things, being from a place where television will never exist. ]

Okay! Here we go! [ Another takes a leap towards Kaede. It twirls its right leg towards her, preparing it into a kick. ]

[traust]

Um, yeah you could put it like that. Like a celebrity.

[She let's out a small battle cry, attempting a horizontal slice around the waist.]

[weaponry]

Really? So, are you like, famous too?

[ It doesn't cut all the way through, but it leaves a big, deep gash. ]

All right, Kaede! First tip! Never jump to avoid attacks unless you have a way to attack from mid-air, or if the attack is coming from underground. While you're landing, you can't switch positions or move. So, you should try to attack from mid-air when they're coming for you. You should always avoid jumping in the air unless as a last resort. If someone jumps in mid air, go for it. They can't dodge so use it to inflict a big attack.

[traust]

[She giggles at Tenten's question.]

Nope, not at all. Although I've won some figure skating competitions by myself!

[She listens to Tenten intently; it all makes sense but she has to raise one question regarding the techniques.]

So what am I suppose to do to avoid an attack? [She didn't have her fathers power to make himself extra durable.]

[weaponry]

Figure skating...? [ She doesn't know what that is. ]

You anticipate and evade. By recognizing attack patterns and which direction they're going, you can dodge an attack just by recognizing where it's going and get out of the way. This skill usually builds with experience but I can teach you some basic stances swordspeople use and have you evade them, if you want. I already taught a girl named Chika how to evade.

[traust]

You know, you skate on the ice and do all these twirls and double axles. It's not that big of a sport but I thought you would know.

[She faintly recalls that name before, but doesn't seem to remember specifics.] So we're gonna focus on that now? I'm ready when you are.

[weaponry]

I don't. We don't have any such thing at home. I'd love to see a demonstration sometime, though!

[ She nods. ] Yes. It's important to know which way a person will swing by wrist position and sword elevation. [ She moves into a basic stance. She holds the sword in front of her with two hands on her handle. ] This is the basic stance, replicate it, please.

[traust]

Sure, if I can find some skates and an ice rink. I'd love to show you what I can do!

[Oh that was easy, she just simply mirrored what Tenten was doing.] Like this?

[weaponry]

Usually, a pond freezes over during the winter months. I can spectate then! [ IN THE FUTURE... THE LONG FUTURE.... ] Yes! Now, for defensive positions, you want to tilt the blade back so, if it's collided with exceptional force, the blunt part brushes against your chest and not the sharp part. [ She makes the position. ]

[traust]

Like this? [She tries to make the position, but swings just a little too hard up and manages to bang herself in the head with the blunt edge. Since it wasn't the sharp side it doesn't cut her skin but it still hurts.]

... Ow.