Morning Training!

[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 July 8th.

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 Fabiola
---The Condesce's cake stand will also be in the breakfast area, as well~
Combat Instruction: One can learn and improve on fighting techniques! Staffed by Cloud, Sion
Sparring: A bunch of people are there. You show up and pick one to fight. Staffed by Snake (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 and Aqua
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 with your partner, or together with other pairs! Staffed by no one
Weapons Handling Training: Learn how to handle sharp things and not so sharp things! Staffed by Auron, 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 Akiha
Finding a Partner: Unpartnered Weapons and Meisters meet each other here! Staffed by no one
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 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:
- Naoto
- Hiro
- Masako
- Raidou
- Fujino
- Aqua
- Re-L

Comments

[braidedwonder]

[ Duo didn't usually bring Zero to morning training, at least not when it was forecasted to become so hot later on in the day. He'd learned the first time, out in the desert, that temperatures could shoot up more rapidly than he'd ever thought they could, but the little guy had just been so eager when he'd gone to leave the apartment he couldn't resist. The braided teen lets the pup trot along beside him, and though Zero is young, he tends to listen to commands well enough for his age.

He still doesn't quite expect to be approached by a familiar rough collie, though Zero is fast to alert him to Lassie's presence, barking and rushing up to sniff the other dog, as if making sure she was friendly as Duo reaches down to pet her head. ]

Don't listen to him, he doesn't know what he's doin'.

[blue_wayfinder]

[Lassie allows the sniffing with all the social grace of a dog that had been brought up well. (Which Aqua had to admit she couldn't take much credit for since it had probably been from Lassie's previous owner).

She greets Duo with a happy bark and a wag of her tail though.

It was the bark that made Aqua look up from her project to check on what was going on.]

Good morning. [She greeted from her spot. She tilted her head with a smile.] Is he yours?

[braidedwonder]

Yeah, he's mine. [ Duo crouches down so that he can pet his jealous only child as he pets Lassie too, knowing that Zero will eventually have to get used to this sort of thing, not monopolizing his time or attention at all possible moments.

... Duo was, and always had been, the spoiling 'dog father.' ]

His name's Zero. How've you been?

[blue_wayfinder]

Hello, Zero. It's nice to meet you.

[Then to Duo.]

I've been...well enough. [A little homesick though she doesn't want to admit it. So she does her best to smile.]

[braidedwonder]

As well as you can get after the sand storm and all that, huh? [ he smiles, reaching down to pet the space between Zero's ears, a fond motion before he folds his hands back in to his lap, watching the puppy make new friends. ]

The desert makes me miss a friend who lived out in Arabia, in my world. He'd love this weather I think, other than the sand storms.

[blue_wayfinder]

Yeah.

[It certainly was part of the problem.]

Arabia? Is it also a desert?

[braidedwonder]

Parts of it is. Or at least the part where I was staying with him, while we were waiting on repairs. [ it had been fun, at least. He'd gotten a taste of the lap of luxury, that much was for sure, and it was nice to experience even if he knew he'd get bored with it, if it was his every day life. ]

Had lots of really good food, that's for sure. Spicy stuff.

[blue_wayfinder]

[She smiled wryly.]

I'll take your word on that...even if I don't really like spicy food.

[braidedwonder]

Eh come on, why not live a little? It all goes in the same place anyway, no matter how spicy or bland it is. But then again, I guess I've never had room to be picky about food, so I just tend to scarf down whatever I'm given, even if it might not seem like my usual food...

[blue_wayfinder]

I'll eat it if it's given to me.

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I'll eat it if it's given to me. <SMALL[Because being a picky eater was not an option under Master Eraqus' tutelage.]</SMALL> But I wouldn't go out of my way to look for it, I guess. I've tried it before and it really just isn't my cup of tea.

[braidedwonder]

Yeah, I have those foods too. Though... that tends to be a lot of vegetables. [ He laughs, lightly, more of a pizza or meat eater, when it came down to it. ]

Though to be fair I'm really not a massively picky eater, when I can afford to be.

[blue_wayfinder]

Hey, vegetables are good for you, you know.

[She's being more teasing than anything.]

Neither am I, really. Master Eraqus didn't like it when we did it.

[braidedwonder]

Yeahhhh but they don't taste nearly as good as proteins and carbohydrates... [ He's laughing, playing along even if it's rather petulantly. ]

Eh, I wasn't really given much of a choice. Street orphan, and all. You ate what you got or you starved, so.

[ He's shrugging, at least, so t's nothing he finds particularly... perturbing. ]

[blue_wayfinder]

They can if you prepare them correctly.

[Her smile fades a little though, after.]

Oh. [He doesn't seem to be particularly bothered but still...] I'm sorry, for what it's worth.

[braidedwonder]

Then I guess I was never really taught correctly, huh? [ Man, maybe he ought to just stop telling people about it. He shrugs at her 'oh', as if saying ahead of time it wasn't something that was an incredibly big deal to him, and shouldn't really be a big deal to her, either. ]

It's alright. I got out and I survived to have a business of my own, so it isn't that bad.

[blue_wayfinder]

Probably.

[Since it didn't seem to bother him, she'll just...stop picking at it then.]

What kind of business was it?

[braidedwonder]

A scrap yard for parts. Me and my friend Hilde ran it together, saving and revamping parts for vehicles and space craft. Sometimes I went in to space with a few old buddies in the Sweepers to to the exact same thing just... off Earth.. [ He laughs, realizing what a arts rat he had become in his small time spent not fighting. ]

Though I guess I have to say I really enjoy it, in comparison to what I used to do.

[blue_wayfinder]

[She smiled.]

It sounds like it would be fun. [And it's pretty clear even if he hadn't said it directly that he really liked it.] You must end up finding a lot of interesting things.

[braidedwonder]

The thrill of the chase is the best part. [ He laughs, then, shifting to allow his pup to sit in his lap, licking his face as Duo laughs at him. ]

I like finding really old parts, to be honest. Like... stuff that I'd put on the bike I have here, to be honest. That stuff is worth its weight in gold, back in my world.

[blue_wayfinder]

So you're from the future?

[braidedwonder]

From what I can gather, yeah. Or some alternate timeline I guess, considering where I'm from people like.. live and are born in space and here there's not even commercial space travel. I don't think I'm super far ahead, though. There's TV shows I've found here that you can still find in my time, even though they're considered pretty much ancient history...

[blue_wayfinder]

Really? How strange...

[Pause.]

Have you ever met aliens before?