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 June 4th.

Official areas:

FAQ: In need of help or answers? Come here! Staffed by Neji and Excalibur?.
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, Sion, and Mulan
Sparring: A bunch of people are there. You show up and pick one to fight. Staffed by Fon (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! Staffed by Azusa
Weapons Handling Training: Learn how to handle sharp things and not so sharp things! Staffed by Auron and Genesis
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 and the Hug Brigaders!


Feel free to make your own threads!


Open Character Threads:

Bakura
Naoto
Amaterasu
Psii
Fujino
Hamel
Re-L
Nanami
Sendo
Bumblebee
Matt
Saya
Condesce
Karkat
Hiro

Comments

[nofarplaneyet]

Depends. Do you have any experience with combat, first of all?

[everyonesconfidant]

Well... technically, yes. At home, I fought by summoning demons and using skills from a program. But I've never fought with any actual weapons before.

[nofarplaneyet]

It's something. At least you know what you're in for. *Auron nodded toward the practice weapons.* Grab yourself whatever feels comfortable.

[everyonesconfidant]

Yeah... I guess you can say that. [He goes over to the practice weapons and picks up a practice sword.] How about this?

[nofarplaneyet]

Good. First thing you'll learn is to hold onto that sword and to have a good stance. If you can't do either of those things, nothing else matters. So get into what you think is a good stance and I'll correct you if necessary.

[everyonesconfidant]

Hmm... okay. Here goes. [He tries several different stances, unsure exactly of what to do. Finally, he tries something that's like what you'd see in a movie... but it's probably not a correct stance.] How's this?

[nofarplaneyet]

*Auron hmms in the back of his throat. With his practice sword, he gently nudges the kid into something deeper. Auron manipulates his hands so they're wrapped tighter around the hilt of his sword.*

Try to hold that for a three minutes. I'll keep track.

[everyonesconfidant]

[Hiro makes a small noise when nudged, but otherwise lets Auron do what he needs to do.]

Three minutes? Okay...

[He seems to be doing well at first, but inside, he's getting a little fidgety.]

[nofarplaneyet]

*This is a little game the masters used to play on him. They asked for highly unlikely results, actually expecting something much more realistic. So for a complete newcomer? Auron would be happy if he could last 60 seconds. Can he make it that long?*

[everyonesconfidant]

[It's the 30-second mark, and Hiro's starting to struggle a bit.]

Um... I think my arms are starting to hurt...

[nofarplaneyet]

If it starts to hurt, hold it for at least 10 more seconds then you can stop. *Making it to 30 seconds on a first try wasn't bad, considering the kid said he was a beginner.*

[everyonesconfidant]

Um, okay...

[Hiro manages precisely 10 seconds before he totally falls out of the stance.]

Ow. How did I do?

[nofarplaneyet]

For someone who's never done it before? You did all right. Just wanted to test your stamina. The fact that you hung on after you didn't think you could proved to me that you're willing to learn and train hard.

[everyonesconfidant]

Whew... okay. That's good to hear! So... what's next?

[nofarplaneyet]

If we're starting from the beginning, we'll have to build up your strength bit by bit. You've felt what a good stance is so the idea is to train yourself to fall make into it when you're holding a sword. Even if it's only 40 seconds at a time. You're gonna end up hurting while you train so don't be surprised if you discover muscle groups you didn't realize you had.

[everyonesconfidant]

That's okay. I came here expecting some hurt. Back when I was fighting in my world, I got a little sore, too. All that running and dodging and taking hits does stuff to you.

[nofarplaneyet]

You fought a lot on your world? *And he didn't know how to use a sword? Unless it was from one of those future kinds of worlds where people weren't expected to arm themselves.*

[everyonesconfidant]

Yeah, but we fought with summoned demons and magic from our cell phones- we used something called the Demon Summoning App. We didn't really have to use actual weapons.

[nofarplaneyet]

Hunh. So you were all summoners? That makes sense. *Interesting how summoners seemed to exist beyond his own Spira.*

[everyonesconfidant]

You could say that, even though we used technology to summon our demons.

[nofarplaneyet]

Machina summoners? Every day, I learn something new. *he chuckles*

[everyonesconfidant]

Heh, me too! That happens when people from lots of different worlds come together, doesn't it?