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

[i_am_not_eleven]

[It doesn't bother Sai. Although people who had been warned beforehand were fun to chase when they ran, there was something refreshing about someone who hadn't been warned at all.

The topic change from before is already a good enough indication that Shinji was uncomfortable. And when someone was making you uncomfortable, Sai was sure that you wouldn't actually feel that it was 'nice' to meet them. But he doesn't give any indication that he's noticed. He just tilts his head and smiles.]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[And with that, it looked like Shinji was going to have to steer the conversation a little more. Maybe away from the whole 'broken bones' and whatnot that had made this encounter particularly uncomfortable.]

So, how long have you been here, anyway...?

[i_am_not_eleven]

[This whole encounter was probably destined to be uncomfortable from the get-go.]

I've been here since February. But...you haven't. Right?

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[That sounds about right.]

Yeah, I've only been here for about a month.

[i_am_not_eleven]

And you haven't been on the Network very much, have you?

[hedgehogsdilemma]

I've looked at it a bit. [More than just 'a bit', actually. It was something to do to pass the time when he didn't feel like leaving his apartment.] I haven't really posted to it, though.

[i_am_not_eleven]

Well, you should. It's a good way of making friends. [Or to figure out who was friends with your friends. Although in Sai's case he's definitely not using the term 'friends' the way it ought to be used.]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[Also useful for figuring out who you might want to avoid.]

I've... been told as much. It just really isn't the kind of thing I'm very good with.

[i_am_not_eleven]

[Sai doesn't have anyone like that though~]

Not good with the technology? Or just not good at making friends?

[Admittedly, Sai is also not very good at that. People that used to hang around him tend to either want to use him or to worship him.]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[He hesitates for a moment. He wasn't expecting to have his statement questioned, and it's a little embarrassing to admit to someone he's only just met when the conversation has been so awkward already, but...]

The second part. I... wasn't very well liked back home.

[i_am_not_eleven]

[It wasn't that Sai particularly cared or that he wanted to be sympathetic. He was just curious and he liked having his curiosity satisfied.]

Why? What was wrong with you?

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[Wow, as if there weren't enough excuses for Shinji to not want to go into too much detail about his home world, that particular phrasing isn't about to change his mind.]

People just... Had their reasons. [He can come up with plenty of valid examples for not being liked, but if Sai wants to find any of them out, he's going to have to try a little harder than that.]

[i_am_not_eleven]

You killed someone? Lots of them? Or maybe your personality was just unlikeable? You were creepy? Dissected animals for fun? Killed your grandmother? Embezzled public funds?

[He could go on and on.]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[Oh. ... Oh. He feels his stomach bottom out a little bit when Sai starts guessing, and even though it was obviously him just taking wild guesses pretty fast, he still visibly pales.]

N-no, th-... that's taking it way too far...!

[i_am_not_eleven]

[Those aren't wild guesses though. He actually knows people who did those things.]

Then what was it?

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[Perhaps, but his initial reaction was that Sai knew more than he was letting on with those first couple of guesses.]

Nothing that's worth bringing up. [Even if it's obviously making the situation somehow even more uncomfortable simply by trying to broach the subject.]

[i_am_not_eleven]

Why don't you think it's worth bringing up? I want to know.

[And he isn't leaving until he gets a proper answer.]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Because... it doesn't matter here, does it? [Even if it is clearly still a sensitive topic, and therefore matters to him personally despite the whole world-shift thing. But, still, he is going to do his best to keep a tight lid on this information.]

[i_am_not_eleven]

It could, you know. [Especially because it is clearly a sensitive topic and Shinji isn't telling him anything.]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

A lot of it had to do with... specific situations happening in my world. There's no way it could matter here. [Not that he sounds particularly assured of this fact, but it's a vaguely comforting thought for him, at least.]

[i_am_not_eleven]

Then why can't you just tell me? Stingy.

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Because... because it doesn't matter and I really don't want to talk about it.

[He actually sounds rather decisive about this, if not distraught. He's starting to seriously consider simply getting up and leaving to be an acceptable solution to getting out of this conversation.]

[i_am_not_eleven]

It seems like it matters to you a lot though, doesn't it?

[Leaving wouldn't work. Sai would probably chase him.]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

W-well, of course it does. [It has to do with him, so why wouldn't it matter?]

[i_am_not_eleven]

Hm....

[Sai has to take a moment now to think back on why Shinji is so defensive about this. And how best to get him to break and just tell him already.

People didn't like him. And the reason was important to Shinji of all people. Why was that?

And then he remembers the way Shinji's face had paled when he had started guessing.]

...Guilt?