Morning Training

[heavenly_earth]

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 April 24th.

Official areas:

FAQ: In need of help or answers? Come here! Staffed by Tenten and Neji.
Breakfast: The incentive for coming to Morning Training for those who actually don't care about Death City. All food providers are given funds to buy/prepare the food and are then paid for the time they spent cooking/preparing. Provided by Saya and Fabiola
Combat Instruction: One can learn and improve on fighting techniques! Staffed by Cloud and Genesis
Sparring: A bunch of people are there. You show up and pick one to fight. Staffed by Hanabi (beginners), Fabiola (intermediate), Amaterasu and Cloud (advanced), and Overseen by Neji
Weapon Transformation: New Weapon? Unsure on how to transform into a weapon (or how to transform back)? Go here! Staffed by Bakura, Aqua, and Gray
Soul Perception: Find out more about your soul, what they are, and what they potentially may do.
Partner Training: Learn how to work as a partner!
Weapons Handling Training: Learn how to handle sharp things and not so sharp things! Staffed by Tenten and Auron
Shooting Range: Learn to shoot a gun, not at quail though, so expect your face to come out of this just fine. Staffed by Sarah Kerrigan, Naoto, Giroro
Meister Ability Helpers: Learn about your Meister ability and how to use it. Staffed by Edgeworth
Finding a Partner: Unpartnered Weapons and Meisters meet each other here!
Medics: A place for medics to hang out, recruit and aid the injured - especially if they get shot in the face by accident. Staffed by Rosalia and CR-S01
Watch: This is where members of the watch meet up, chill, recruit and train! People interested in the watch welcome!
SEES: This is where SEES members hang out, and recruit!
Hug Brigade: A begrudgingly still opened squad dedicated to hugs of encouragement. Thank Lee for this! Staffed by Lee
Evacuation Briefing/Process: Learn what to do in case the city is invaded. Will most likely come in handy for the future! Staffed by Tenten and Neji


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Comments

[entreats]

[ Welp, to the ground. A third time. At least she does faintly try, she glances to see her weapon but it's out of reach like this. ]

I don't know if you've ever noticed, but it's pretty difficult to just get someone who's carrying you to stop doing it even when you tell them to stop! [ Even if a faint deeply buried part of her might actually be happy that someone at least cares enough to protect her like that to begin with. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha puts the end of her staff against Ange's chest and holds it there as she stands over the other woman.]

'He's always trying to protect me first.'

Always. That means that wasn't the first time. Yes, a Weapon is supposed to protect her Meister, but she has to trust the Meister to know her limits. Sion only ever stops me when she knows I'm putting myself in unnecessary danger or not recognizing that I can't go any further.

[She presses the staff down some more.]

But danger and potential of failure is something the Weapon has to accept. There is always the chance that the Meister might get hurt, might even die. If he cannot make himself let you fight your own battles, take your own hits, bleed and put your life in danger... then he shouldn't be your partner.

And if you can't get him to understand that, find someone else or stop trying to be part of this war and accept that you'll have to have someone else win your way back home.

[entreats]

[ Maybe she's right. Maybe she's not. Right now the two most prominent sides in her - the half of her that's already given up on everything over and over again and the half of her that has that stupidly stubborn Ushiromiya attitude - battle to decide on it. And so half of her is tempted to just give in and truly believe what Akiha is saying, while the other half just wants to defy her even if what she's saying makes sense, wants to protest so badly.

But what she does know for sure is that she doesn't want to give up on Yuri. Fighting alongside him actually makes her oddly comfortable in ways, not to mention he's the only one who's made her so happy at times - she doesn't want to lose that. As selfish as it might be.

It's why, in the end, a slight more defiant part of her wins in the mental battle. ]

Maybe he still needs to get used to it. Or maybe I still need to get used to it, or -- .. or what, Tohno-san? Does all of this matter anything to you to begin with?

[ Of course she starts that attitude the moment she's on the ground with a weapon pointed at her (practice or not). Of course. Dumb Ushiromiya logic all over. ]

You said you'll take him on missions otherwise, but that implies he'd even agree to.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Maybe he would; I haven't asked him. Maybe he'll get tired of having someone he believes he has to constantly protect partnered with him. Maybe he'll get tired of being weak as a Weapon because his Meister can't defeat a Kishin egg. Weapons don't get stronger without eating those kind of souls, Ushiromiya. Or did you forget?

[Now there's a bit of a jab with the end of the staff.]

Maybe I'd like to have another Meister I know and usually like to watch my back from time to time on tougher missions. [She sneered.] Or maybe I'm just tired of watching you pathetically play damsel in distress to a man that just wants to save someone for a change.

[entreats]

[ .. Maybe he would..? .. No way, right? Even if he would, it would just be to help out someone else.. right? He's never complained about her before even though Ange herself thought she should do better at times, and he's even said multiple times before that he was proud of her..

There's a wince at the jab that shakes her out of those thoughts. ]

I'm not just a damsel in distress..! I've already fought before, it's not like I did nothing during those times! [ She did fight and defeat monsters-- she's tried training so much, even, since she feels like she should catch up to other people here who have more actual combat experience. But of course that also means she'll always lag behind compared to them. ] Just because I've never beaten a Kishin egg doesn't mean I'm pathetic..!

[ritsu_kouyou]

No, the fact that you don't even try is what makes you pathetic right now, Ushiromiya.

[And with that, Akiha drops the practice staff onto Ange and goes over to scooped the wooden sword off the ground.]

Get up. We're not done.

[entreats]

[ She does manage to get up - every single time she does it's a little slower, but she does get up in the end, grabbing her own weapon out of Akiha's hands. ]

Of course. You undoubtedly have more to say while you beat me, don't you? [ But with that she's already moving again to strike - a little harder this time - at Akiha's side. There's some annoyance even now in her tone. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Okay, Akiha wasn't expecting Ange to grab her sword back. She'd given her the staff after all to switch their weapons, but now the staff was on the ground and Ange was already attacking her. She really only had one thing she could do right then.

...oh, this was going to hurt.]

No.

[She grunted in pain as she said that, the sword hitting her clean in the side. Her arm immediately wrapped about the length of the sword, locking it in place against her side. If Ange would try to pull it free, she'd have to contest strength against strength to free it.

She never would've done that had it been a real sword, but still she was going to be paying for that for days.]

[entreats]

[ Despite landing a hit, she's mostly surprised at how Akiha managed to grab it immediately. She got hurt, but still -- she can grab it that easily? Despite her usual pokerface, the surprise now clearly shows on her face. So that's the difference in level between the two of them? Was the other girl seriously that much more experienced than she is..?

In that case she knows she definitely won't get her sword back in a test of strength (she does try, briefly, just wriggling it a little, but she can already feel it's not going to do much good). But the true reason she lets go of the weapon is more half surprise and half that realisation. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha lets the sword drop to the ground, putting her foot on it, before drawing in a pained breath. Hand to her side, she's checking to see if that did any damage she was going to have to get looked at.

It didn't feel like she cracked any ribs, at least.]

[entreats]

.. Are you okay, Tohno-san?

[ Because Ange just can't keep up bitch mode while she's attacking someone she (somewhat..?) gets along with. It's why she just stops now, instead just looking at the other girl. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha winces a little as she probes her side with her fingers, but nods.]

Yes.

[She stretches the arm up, winces again before frowning, but then picks the sword up. And offers it back to Ange.]

Nothing's broken, and I've done missions with bruised ribs before. I'm fine.

[entreats]

[ She does take it, but she just holds it at her side. ]

Let's cut this out for now then. Having bruised ribs during a mission is one thing, but there's no need to force yourself with that during training.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha makes a non-committal sound in the back of her throat as she heads over to her staff. Hooking her foot under it, she flips it back up into her hands before tucking it under an arm.]

How's your back?

[She asks this while adjusting her fingerless gloves.]

[entreats]

[ A shrug. ] I've had worse. [ Getting kicked around by Kasumi's guards, landing from the third floor onto a car, being torn apart to pieces of meat.. take your pick, really, so Ange can shrug this off despite the fact that it does hurt. ]

It's probably just going to be stiff for a few days. ... No big deal.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Good.

[Gloves adjusted, she hefts the staff onto her shoulder and starts to walk away.]

I hope you learned a few things.

[entreats]

.. Who knows. [ It's half-mumbled. But it does sound a little unsure, so she does have a few things to think about. And she just.. wants to talk with Yuri in general right now, honestly. ]

See you, Tohno-san.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Ask Cloud to spend some time with you. He'll do you some good, Ushiromiya.

[She raises a hand in some kind of parting before leaving the training grounds.]