[Morning Training, open to all!]

[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 August 5th.
Extra note: The clowns have not yet attacked, but the hummingbird keychains have glowing eyes!

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 a catering service for now
Combat Instruction: One can learn and improve on fighting techniques! Staffed by Cloud and Sion
Sparring: A bunch of people are there. You show up and pick one to fight. Staffed by Zelgius (beginners), Morgan (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 Aqua
Soul Perception: Find out more about your soul, what they are, and what they potentially may do. Staffed by Death the Kid
Partner Training: Learn how to work as a partner! Staffed by Death the Kid
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, and Duo Maxwell
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 begrudgingly still opened squad dedicated to hugs of encouragement. Thank Lee for this! Staffed by Lee and his brigadiers!

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 ;;):



((Also, apologies for being late. I screwed up. 8|;; )

Comments

[00110010_00110011]

Are violent by nature, in iteration of universe come from.

Why have you not had much food before?

[Someone with less experience than self. It's sort of exciting to be in position to offer advice.]

[5thchild]

Violent? Do you consider yourself to be?

[ Kaworu tilts his head as he grabs a grape to eat it ] I was inside a laboratory. I ate mostly pills.

[00110010_00110011]

As species, is part of genetic makeup. But as for self, no. Do not consider violent. Best friend saw different way world could have been.

[Psii is far more interested in laboratory than in telling own story again.]

Were you there by choice? ['Ate' implies voluntary action; Psii would say 'was given nutrients' if were describing own imprisonment. But seems strange choice.]

[5thchild]

If you and your friend are not violent, even if it's in your genetic makeup, perhaps genetics is not so strong.

[ but kaworu is totally more interested in Psii's story ]

In a way, yes. I was waiting, and staying there as a test subject was for the best.

[00110010_00110011]

Have not entirely overcome genetics. [Months in Death City have not lessened guilt feels for having failed SS.]

Test subject? But you didn't want to escape?

[5thchild]

Do you think humans aren't violent? [ or angels? Angels definitively are, at least to the human eye ] In this place too. The Witches, kishin eggs, humans and trolls. Angels, too.

[ he shakes his head, now turning to an apple ] it didn't matter. I was allowed to leave when the time was right.

[00110010_00110011]

Humans fight wars, but do not routinely kill each other over genetic variations. At least, have not observed that they do. Best friend had to hide blood color in own universe. Would have been culled for it.

What did they do to you?

[5thchild]

[ that's because you missed slavery period. Or the holocaust. ]

Ah, that's right - your blood color is what defines your role. I imagine if there is a mutation that would give you a different color, you would not have a role set for you. [ he talked to Aranea. Of course he doesn't know there of a Pre-scratch or post-scratch ]

What happened to your friend? Was he ever found out?

[ but that that last question... Kaworu smiles only ] It's not important.

[00110010_00110011]

He was. They caught... us. SS, self, whole family. SS... died. Was executed, [he clarifies, because sacrifice meant something, mattered.] Still do not know with certainty what happened to others.

As for self, did not die. Not until much later. Was born a slave, and became one again. Power source and CPU for spaceship. That's why... am like this. Wasn't always.

Think is important what happened to you. [If only because would call own part of story least important, when compared to rest of family. Suspects human (is he human?) is doing something similar.]

[5thchild]

I'm sorry. [ about his friend but also about what he went through. ] Do you regret it? Living the life you lived?

[ there is another smile. it's not important at all. ] they explored my soul and my core. They cloned me and attempted to clone my soul. [ the Dummy plugs as they called it ]

[00110010_00110011]

Even knowing what know now, would follow him again without second thought.

[He's silent a moment, looking into distance. It's true, and SS knew it, but Psii wishes could tell him again.

He shakes head slightly, bringing self back to present.]

They wanted to make exact duplicate of you? Why?

[5thchild]

Why?

[ it's very complicated. ]

They were able to clone my body, but it's impossible to clone a soul. All they could do was to copy my thought pattern and put it on the clones. In the end, they were nothing but empty shells that could make decisions based on my brain activity.

These soulless clones would act as pilots for cyborgs that were meant to fight my kind. This is called "Dummy Plug".

[00110010_00110011]

They used you.

[He frowns, angry on human's behalf. Is only few steps away from what happened to him.]

Wonder if there is any universe where ingenuity isn't turned to suffering can cause.

[5thchild]

[ kaworu blinks for a second, but shakes his head with a smile.

it doesn't matter at all, what they did to him. They could have done (and probably did) so much worse but still, kaworu does not mind it at all. ]

Did that happen in your world? Ingenuity turned to suffering?

[00110010_00110011]

Was through some ingenious troll discovering how to connect thinkpan--mind, brain--to complex system that own punishment was made possible.

Am not blameless, either. Was extremely efficient machine for untold destruction. Don't think am excused by having been unwilling participant.

[5thchild]

Why do you think that? if it wasn't by your own will and if you were not able to escape or to stop it - why is it your sin, too?

[00110010_00110011]

Could have stopped it.

[He looks down.]

Eventually found ways around system. Could have piloted ship into nearest star.

[5thchild]

Why didn't you?

[00110010_00110011]

Couldn't bring self to do it. Thought of how disappointed best friend would be. And when came down to it, was afraid to die.

[5thchild]

You wanted to live. And thus you didn't stop it.

is it really that bad?

[00110010_00110011]

Own life should have been insignificant compared to ones could have saved.

[He's sure SS would have made sacrifice.]

[5thchild]

Why? How are you not important, even if to yourself?

To ask something like that of yourself, isn't it painful to even think about?

[00110010_00110011]

No. Wasn't, and isn't, painful. Was only sorry couldn't follow through on it. Had already lived many, many times longer than natural life span. Was ready to be done.

[5thchild]

Do you think you can't be forgiven?

[00110010_00110011]

Don't know if should be.