[training mingle] Let's get down the business!

[traumaticus]

Who: Everyone out there!
Where: Outskirts of the Aldrip - Training Grounds
What: It's time for the Boot(y) Camp! The Chosen of Aldrip have all been invited to train, learn and spar!
Warnings: Other than the general violence? TBA..!



It is early morning on the 9th of September. The sun is shining, the air is fresh and nicely brisk, which means that it is just perfect time for Aldrip's first ever group training! How did you find your way there? Who knows! Maybe you were one of the people who saw the original announcement on the network, or noticed posters about it around Adlrip. Or maybe you were brought here by friendly white boar. Well, whatever the reason is what matters is that you are here. Welcome.

The empty field near the outskirts of the City has been transformed into a makeshift training camp. There are couple of tents set up around the camp. Some of them work as rather simplified armories containing pretty limited amount of blades, axes, armors, firearms, bows and arrows and what have you. Feel free to pick your poison, so to speak, but be sure to return what you borrow. Richard is keeping an eye on the weapons and will notice if something goes missing. Of course, characters are more than welcomed to use their own weapons and armors etc. Other tents are for resting, ER practice and dining. The lunch is sponsored by the Sandwich Hut.

The official training areas and their respective teachers/staff are the following:

Spiritual training/magic: Kurama, Douman, Kakashi
First-aid: Ethlyn, Morph, Bones
Rescue training: Morph, Bones
Hand-to-hand combat: Jirk Jim & Spock, Kakashi
Tech support: Jirk Jim & Spock
Fire arms: Caitlyn, Levi
Swords & Melee: Richard, Hiei
Archery: Richard
Survival skills: Richard, Kurama
Military training: Jim & Spock, Miller, Richard
Endurance training: Bones
Lunch: Junpei (and Whitey the Albino Boar)

If there is an activity a character would like to do that isn't included in the list that's no problem. Feel free to create your own top-level with said activity or you know! Just the usual stuff that varies from silly hang-out to whatever your heart desires.

Also for references sake: here is the OG ooc info post about regarding the mingle

Comments

[sinningtree]

[Kurama has no real interest in the hand-to-hand combat training himself. He is curious enough to explore the other areas and see how they've been set up and what everyone has in mind for their demonstrations, though. It's Scott's words that catch his attention and the fox stops even if the offer isn't directed his way, smirking automatically with the tease that follows.]

Careful, I imagine Hiei would love to take you up on that offer.

[laserguy]

[Who's this guy??

Another friend of Hiei's...? Which is something Scott would actually believe, because the small fire demon is more bark than actual bite. Yeah, looks mean, temperamental, threatens to stab you, but Scott's pretty much got the idea that he probably isn't going to actually hurt you (most of the time). Still, there is also something familiar with this stranger, not to mention he already knows that him and Hiei are friends.

Yeah he's using that word. Hiei isn't here to correct him.]

Uh, have we met before? [The mutant's eyebrows furrow, as if he's trying to figure out this mystery. Is this... Kurama...?]

[sinningtree]

[While Hiei can be more bark than bite with his friends, the fact that Scott has been experiencing that side of him is telling. It means the fire demon must like him. Which is nice to see in a strange new world where the fox expected him to fall back on seclusion instead.]

I'm sorry, we have. You see, when we met at the festival I was not quite myself.

[Is he going to blame the glitches and pretend he can't take on that form willingly? Yes, he absolutely is.]

[laserguy]

[. . .

Processing... processing. Don't mind Scott as he goes on a mild face journey, his face scrunching, like he's squinting at Kurama from behind his glasses. It really doesn't help, although, what does help is the demon's explanation. It's not hard to put everything together from there and--

Holy shit, it is Kurama. He figured it out.]

You're Kurama. [It's a miracle that Scott doesn't shout that for everyone to hear. The realization just comes out in a breathy exhale, the mutant looking him over a couple more times before nodding.]

You... you were glitched? Hiei recognized you.

[sinningtree]

[He's patient, he'll wait for Scott to work out what he's trying to on his own time. He probably shouldn't, the merciful approach would be telling him, so he doesn't have to figure it on his own. That's not what Kurama does though.

The fox doesn't respond immediately to Scott's revelation, mostly because it's surreal in a way. By now he's used to his name meaning something. Sparking a reaction from demons coming face to face with a name that may have only existed in legend for them.

Here it's... kind of weird. No one should really know or care who he is, and yet- there's something decidedly not casual about the way Scott makes that connection. Like he's been hyped up in a way before their meeting.]

I am.

[As for the rest? Well.]

Yes, that's hardly the first time he's seen that form. I'm fairly certain, given the option, Hiei would prefer that change had been permanent.

[laserguy]

[Well, there's that easy confirmation.

While everything's a shade of red for Scott, he can tell that Kurama's hair is different, not to mention the switch in fashion. More importantly, no longer are there ears on top of his head. He looks pretty human, really, but so does all the other demons in that group. So, that much isn't surprising to him.

Scott fully takes in Kurama's appearance one more time, before he lets his eyes focus just on his.]

Oh, so it was a transformation you had in the past? [Guess that makes sense. The glitches have been weird in a lot of ways, so Scott isn't going to question it too much. He's had a lot of experience, a lot of it bad. Instead, the mutant brings a hand to rub the back of his head, appearing awkward for just a few seconds.]

Well, nice to meet regular you. I know I'd prefer that.