Morning Training Log

[awokentospring]

Characters: Everyone!
Location: Training Ground, Shibusen
Rating: PG-13 for violence of the training sort
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 24th.

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, Genesis, and Sion
Sparring: A bunch of people are there. You show up and pick one to fight. Staffed by Mulan (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
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, and Duo Maxwell
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! Additional help by Liz
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 his brigaders!
Novelty Class: This month we have Stealth Training! Solid Snake and Raiden are going to teach your characters about some very important and specialized areas of stealth!

And of course, as always, feel free to make your own threads!

Open Character threads (Bear with me as I try to catch them all ;;):
-Lily and Lezard
-Sephiroth
-Auron
-Alucard
-Fujino
-Hiro
-Edgeworth
-The Condesce
-Saya Takagi
-Matt
-Chopper
-Raidou
-Shinji
-Amaterasu
-Yami Bakura
-Eren
-Steve Rogers (Captain America)
-Josuke
-Sai

Comments

[everylastone]

Oh? What do you guess it is? [He doesn't look as if he's expecting her to guess it right.]

[niptuck]

Logically, you're expecting me not to know, so I guess it's something from your world. 'Maneuver' implies it's for some form of motion, most likely to aid you in your war against your titans to make you more agile. The '3D' says it permits three-dimensional motion, or traversing along the X-Y-Z axes. No doubt this is due to titans being more or less gigas; that is, standing at impeccable heights and require swift movement up and down.

However, it can't solely be for movement; you have to have some form of weapon on you for confrontation. Swords maybe for more accuracy. I can't imagine bullets working well against titans. And since all Weapons here have never been in separate pieces, it's all bound together. What it may look like on the other hand, I can only speculate.

So, what did I miss?

[everylastone]

Actually...Not much. [He looks a little dumbfounded. He'd have been willing to bet that she'd get at least the swords wrong.] What's 'gigas'?

[niptuck]

[She chuckled at his bewildered expression. He didn't expect well of her obviously.]

Gigas, or Gigans, are a race where I'm from. Giant beings who go into berserk states and have an extensive bloody history with the kingdom. It doesn't take much to set them off, or anything at all really.

[everylastone]

Giant beings? What do they look like?! [suddenly she has all his rapt attention]

[niptuck]

First of all, their appearance depends on their location and whether they've entered their berserk state. Second, you don't go seeking out a Gigas... Still, they're typically massive, solidly built... They can lack hair or be covered in fur and usually destroy everything and everyone in their territory. Then you get that one odd one that somehow has a half offspring...

[everylastone]

I see. [He nods to himself, suddenly seeming relieved. Those gigas weren't titans.] So they're more like the monsters here, just more dangerous?

[niptuck]

Yes. They have some cognitive process so they're capable of thinking about how to fight.

[everylastone]

[He shudders for a moment.]

It's scary when they learn. [His voice has suddenly lost a good deal of its arrogance and is laced with barely suppressed worry.]

[niptuck]

The moment any animal becomes capable of thought, they can become a threat.

[Still, they're off again, aren't they?] Well then, transform and we'll attempt resonating.

[everylastone]

[He nods but then hesitates for a moment, remembering one of the things that had went really wrong the last (and first) time he had tried to do that with anyone.]

Ok. I'm going to try and adjust the straps of the harness, so... don't squirm or wriggle too much, ok? If you do we'll just get tangled. Just say if it's too tight or needs adjustment and I'll see to it.

[niptuck]

[Squirm or wriggle... She chuckles.]

So it's like that... Very well; I'll remain still.

[everylastone]

Alright. [He inhales once deeply and concentrates on his desire to have his trusted weapon once again. Shifting into a Weapon isn't the same as into a titan, but in a way it's better that way. There is far less to worry about should things go wrong.] Here goes.

[He bites his hand and dissolved into a flash of green light that reassembles itself in a complicated harness of leather straps and metal contraptions that make up the 3 dimensional movement gear, all already wound over her body. It's sheaths are empty, but the handles are at the ready as he carefully concentrates on adjusting the front chest strap into what he hopes will be a comfortable tightness.

Unlike his attitude his wavelength is incredibly open and honest, quite strong and even more temperamental but also laced with a deep seed of worry and riddled with wounds of the past. Not all of them have stopped bleeding.]

How is it? Too tight?

[niptuck]

[It isn't her style, that's for sure, but it's interesting. The straps are just fine, but she's concentrating for a moment on something else - specifically - his soul. She could get along just fine if he didn't ask questions about the darkness sealed up in her own soul, buried beneath a cool and prideful demeanor.]

[Ah, right. She has to focus on resonating in order to make Eren's new form lighter.]

It's tight enough.

[everylastone]

[He notices that darkness in a belated reaction and it makes him a bit uneasy, but not to the point where it'd prompt Eren to pry - pretty much everyone in their squad had had things they'd rather not share and he just figures that it is the same with her.

The Weapon does indeed become lighter, as if it's following her lead.]

Good. Then it's probably best if you try to use the blades next.

[niptuck]

[The uneasiness comes through, but is gone almost as quickly. Good, but she'd keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't try asking about them later.]

Hm... [Two hands are acknowledged as present and she reaches down with both gloved hands. Fingers curling around both handles, she draws the blades out.]

[everylastone]

[The blades connect with a small audible click, turning the handles into a strange sort of sword, although that doesn't seem to be the end of their purpose.

Eren nods to himself as he takes a quick inventory.]

Good. Seems like you've got one spare for each, so you can try cutting something next.

[niptuck]

[And it's all still attached together. Either that was a further comment on his own complexities or BREW had been really particular following the original design. That bizarre device...]

[Back on the blades, they're just about the size of her bone saw so she can work with it. There's a dummy not too far away...]

Cutting may not be the problem, but precision. [She lines herself up with the dummy and adjusts her grip.]

[everylastone]

[He gives an impression of a nod as they are facing the dummy.]

It takes some time to learn that, yeah. Try to take a piece of out out with a clean slice.

[niptuck]

['Try'... yes. She pauses to judge the weight of one sword and raise it to her eye to see how thin the edge was. Bone would be easier to slice through for her personally...]

[She takes a stance, shifting her weight and position, holding the hilt tighter. Eye focused on a spot, she moves swiftly without activating the gear so much and halts sharply behind the dummy. Turning around, she finds the cut the right arm off with a clatter.]

I should have tested the neck...

[everylastone]

[Eren hums with agreement.]

The neck is what they're made for. That wasn't half bad, too. Though... next time try using both swords at once and aim for a V-like cut.

[It's strange to give her training advice like this, but he tries to deal with it by simply imaging that he's standing behind her. It's easier to think about than what's really going on.]

[niptuck]

Why not make a Y-incision?

[She chuckles. Oh, don't mind her with the autopsy jokes.]

We can give it a try, but our opponents won't measure to the height of any Titan.

[everylastone]

[He makes a face at the suggestion, or at least tries to.]

That'd be both too messy and far too weak to kill one. Well, here maybe. But I don't want to even start with any half-assed habits.

Also, you'd get into trouble if you try using them like this once we're in the air. If you wave the swords around wrongly you'll get caught and snap your neck.

[niptuck]

[Oh Eren, you stick in the mud.]

Wasn't planning on it.

You'll be fine... that is, if we go on a mission.

[everylastone]

If. [There is a pause before he turns back.] Sorry to let you down, but I have no intention of helping a bunch of people who don't feel like bothering to help themselves first.