[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 Monday, August 30th.

Official areas:

FAQ: In need of help or answers? Come here! Staffed by Neji (though he will be taking it easy and chilling at the Watch booth.)
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 Rosalia and Kanji (temps)
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 Naruto and Sakura (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 and Sasuke
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 and Giroro
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 Karina/Blue Rose
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!

Comments

[bloodinbloom]

[She's kinda surprised to see Count D coming over to the Medic Stand. His question, though, stops her from asking if he's okay.]

Oh... I'm still thinking about the other day. Sorry about everything. That doesn't usually happen when people arrive.

[loveanddreams]

You're upset about the people who were sickened?

[He was slightly disturbed about the incident himself. Even if his family desired revenge against humans, he preferred to go about it in a more discriminating way, punishing those who deserved it.]

[bloodinbloom]

Mhm... We couldn't help a few of them and their families are mad. It's in their right to be.

[She's the wrong person to come to for revenge.]

[loveanddreams]

I see. It is quite easy for love to turn into hate with the loss of a loved one. Do you blame yourself for what happened?

[bloodinbloom]

I just hope... one day, they could try forgiving me. [Rosalia nudges the ground with a dangling foot]

I do.

[loveanddreams]

But none have tried to harm you? [He's seen that happen in the past, too.]

It was unfortunate but I don't know if you could have done otherwise in the circumstances. [He sets his picnic basket down on the table. Perhaps some tea would make her feel better...]

[bloodinbloom]

No, they haven't. [Would people really try that? Everyone's been asking.]

If I could have known before it happened... I mean, what happen did explain why I was tired more than usual.

[loveanddreams]

I see. There are those foolish enough to try to take vengeance in their grief.

[D takes one of the unused teacups from his basket as well as the thermos containing the leftover tea. He carefully fills the cup, places it on top of a saucer and pushes it towards Rosalia.]

Even I could not have anticipated what happened that night. [It was vexing when he had rarely been surprised by anything back home.] You should not blame yourself so much, Miss Rosalia. It reminds me a little of a child I knew in my own world.

[bloodinbloom]

That's what everyone else is worried about.

[She should learn how to stand up for herself, but she doesn't want to hurt anyone even in self-defense. She wants to go back to isolation almost. Blinking, she thanks D quietly for the tea.]

I didn't even finish your tour or finish answering any questions you may have had. [She probably would've been able to answer the questions about corrupted souls.] ... Someone you knew?

[loveanddreams]

From my experience, they have good reason to be.

[There are a few pastries left too so he sets a strawberry tart down next to the tea.]

A child by the name of Chris Orcot. He had been taken in by his aunt and uncle after his mother died in childbirth. A cousin accused him of killing his mother and he blamed himself afterwards, losing his ability to speak.

[bloodinbloom]

Hm... I guess I still don't understand people.

[She thought she was getting better.]

... But it wasn't his fault his mom died. There's always a risk for the mom dying during childbirth.

[loveanddreams]

No, it wasn't. But Chris was young, only six years old. Hearing such words from his adopted sister, that he wasn't really one of them, hurt him deeply.

[bloodinbloom]

[Rosalia nods, pouting slightly.]

She sounds like some of the kids at the orphanage...

[loveanddreams]

The orphanage? Did you also lose your parents, Miss Rosalia?

[bloodinbloom]

Mhm. It was shortly after I was born. They got sick because of... well...

[loveanddreams]

They both perished of illness when you were a baby? [It seems like there might be something she's not saying...]

[bloodinbloom]

Yeah. That's what daddy told me after he adopted me.

[loveanddreams]

I see. You have no memories of your birth parents, then? [Another similarity to Chris...] How sad...

[bloodinbloom]

Sometimes it's sad to think about... but I was happy with my new daddy and my brother so it was okay.

[loveanddreams]

The man who adopted you already had a son? [He assumes that's what she means.] But it's fortunate that you were happy.

[bloodinbloom]

Mhm! He was adopted before me.

[She nods] It took me forever to get my brother to smile, but I did.

[loveanddreams]

[Another orphan then... But talking about her family seems to be cheering her up.]

Oh? How did you finally make him smile?

[bloodinbloom]

I drew him a picture.

[loveanddreams]

Ah, young Chris did the same when he stayed at my shop. [He wishes he still had that picture...] What was the subject?

[bloodinbloom]

It was all of us as a family. He remembered his parents and they didn't like him for some reason. So, I told him we were family and he wasn't scary for reading medical books. I thought he was really smart and he is.