Morning Training Log

[heavenly_earth]

Characters: Everyone!
Location: Park/Training Ground
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 May 18th.

Official areas:

FAQ: In need of help or answers? Come here! Staffed by 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
Cake Stand: A place for delicious treats; only the best cakes by Betty Crocker! Staffed by Condesce
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 Obito (beginners), Fabiola (intermediate), Amaterasu and Cloud (advanced)
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. Staffed by Shibusen
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 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 Naoto, Giroro, Duo
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! Staffed by Liz Thompson
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
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


Feel free to make your own threads!


Open Character Threads:

Condesce
Demona
Saya
Matt
Re-L
Meenah
Sephiroth
Genesis
Lily
Jack Frost
Fon
Takuto
Johan
Shinji
Cloud
Hades
Yami Bakura
Anri
Aranea
Amaterasu
Alucard
Soul
Kiriha
Mizuno
Raidou
Sasha

Comments

[lezard_valeth]

Alas, the saw is in my other coat.

[vintage_magic]

Then, we'll have to manage without it.

[She grabbed the handles of the wheelbarrow and the end of the branch tipped over into the ground with the first push. Lily let out an exasperated huff and made a mental note never to use Lezard's Weapon form for pruning trees again.]

[lezard_valeth]

Very well!

[He stooped and held up the end of the branch. Perhaps if the wheelbarrow helped carry the bulkier end, they could get it to the shed with reduced grunting and groaning.]

[vintage_magic]

[And she gave the wheelbarrow another push now that the branch was off the ground.]

Let's get this over with.

[Hopefully, without any more mishaps and before any curious pedestrians noticed this awkward procession and started making up more ridiculous rumors...]

And unless you find a demon tree, we're not practicing on trees again.

[lezard_valeth]

[He laughed at that. His arms would be sore tomorrow.]

Yes, ma'am!

[But really, they looked beyond silly.]

[vintage_magic]

[Once they got underway, it took about ten minutes to get the wheelbarrow and its burden back to the supply shed. And there were staring passersby and more than a few snickers along the way at this ridiculous spectacle. So much for trying to avoid being seen with that nuisance! By the time they actually got to the shed, Lily's cheeks were burning more from embarrassment than exertion.]

Let's hurry up and put this thing behind the shed.

[lezard_valeth]

[Snickers and stares were met with a quick flash of a toothy smile as if he did this every day, all while wishing he could partially transform so that he may set their hair on fire for their insolence.]

With pleasure.

[He shifted gears to aid the 'barrow in turning, maneuvering it to move behind the shed.]

I don't suppose we could take the resulting mulch, stuff one of the leaf blowers, and spray the onlookers, hm?

[vintage_magic]

[She gave him a look that might have withered the flowers Amaterasu was so fond of sleeping in. (Well, if her powers had still worked.)]

Are you trying to create more work for me? In case you forget, part of my job is keeping the park tidy. And I reckon this is why you don't have more friends if you keep causing trouble like that.

[With the wheelbarrow in place, she tipped it forward, intending to try to pull it out from under the branch.]

[lezard_valeth]

[He held the branch in place to allow for the extraction.]

My dear Lily, do all Texans speak as bluntly, or would I happen to be a special case?

[vintage_magic]

[And she manages to yank it out from under the branch. He can let go now.]

You happen to fall into a certain category of men that inspires bluntness.

[lezard_valeth]

A category? [Branch? Dropped.]

I welcome such bluntness. What's a little candidness between friends?

[vintage_magic]

The category of aggravating, patronizing magical men who I trust as far as I can throw and who like to force me into things.

[Was that candid enough?]

[And she's going to walk around to the front of the shed to put this wheelbarrow away.]

[lezard_valeth]

Which is fine by me; I'd hate to be thrown, much less in my weapon form.

[He took that moment when her back was turned to roll his shoulders and wince. Damnable branch.]

I suppose I'll categorize you into my 'blunt, stubborn magical women' category, though I can't imagine it'd be fair as the other in that group is overwhelmingly vain.

[vintage_magic]

[Muttering...]Maybe, I should try throwing the book at those demons one of these days...

[She raised an eyebrow as she fished out the keys to the shed.]

That friend who tried to kill you?

[lezard_valeth]

The same. The names she used for me... [He shook his head.]

But it matters not. The calamity sought to claim us all. ...That would technically leave me the sole survivor of Midgard, wouldn't it? Hmmm.

[Yet the faraway look was rather blank. Not even death really seemed to phase him.]

[vintage_magic]

Would you like to share? [She had to wonder what this—Mysty, was it?—called him if she disliked him so much.]

[And as she unlocked the door...]

You don't sound like you care much though. [Surely, most would have found the thought of all their friends and family suddenly being gone disturbing.]

[lezard_valeth]

Oh, the usual... nerd, worm, speck, rather diminutive things despite my having well over a few inches on her, but it isn't about height, I'd suppose.

[He seemed to snap out of his reverie then, and shrugged.]

Hm? Ah, yes... I suppose I don't - My family has been dead for nearly two decades, and Mysty was perhaps my sole friend if I could hardly call her that these days. My midgard isn't the cheeriest place, much less so in large part in gratitude to the gods.

Those that defy are destroyed. Those that submit are cattle.

[vintage_magic]

[Nerd did sound suitable going by appearances. Maybe, worm also considering how he tended to interrupt her gardening. But whatever retort she might have considered making faded away as he continued.]

You were an orphan? [Not a possibility that had ever occurred to her before. And once again, she found herself having one of those moments when she wondered if she was too hard on him. Despite her own estrangement from her parents, they weren't dead.]

I'm sorry...

[lezard_valeth]

[He only shook his head.]

In the past, my dear. I've taken my time mourning my mother, and what I remember of my father.

[But he would delve not into the prodigies born of the Valeth family on his mother's side, nor elaborate on what was all ready a tiresome story. He'd removed his glasses and massaged a temple. He'd even sounded tired just then.]

But that is enough of a tale for one day. How inconsiderate of me to blather on such things without a drop of wine!

[vintage_magic]

Do you make a habit out of reminiscing over wine? [Maybe, she should see if he'd spill any secrets after a bottle or two... If his world really was gone, it wasn't as if she'd ever have the opportunity to question anyone who might have known him back there.]

[lezard_valeth]

Who doesn't?

[She just might get more out of him that way.]

[vintage_magic]

[She made a noncommittal noise as she pushed the wheelbarrow into the shed and then locked up. But she had mentally filed that thought away for later. Maybe, an offer of a home cooked dinner to catch him off guard... Although she wondered if whatever she discovered would be worth putting up with him for such an occasion.]

If you'll excuse me, I should be getting back to my work. [Well, the work that she had been doing before that ill-conceived bit of practice...]

[lezard_valeth]

Yes, of course. You have my gratitude for the practice. [And a polite bow before he set off and - thankfully - left her alone.]

Good day.