[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

[foxphorus]

[ Oh this fucking-- ]

Pardon?

[nuraridouman]

You heard me. I want nothing from you. Lose, for all I care. Let people get hurt with your need to keep me here. Or chase Douman's shadow till you turn green.


Whatever it will be, I'll be laughing at it.

[Checkmate, Seimei.]

[foxphorus]

[ Ooh, that sure is some bait being dangled right in front of his face, and he's angry at himself that he almost feels like rising to it. That's the kicker that keeps him from it, though--he can practically hear his old master scolding him now, about how he needs to be better than this, that he won't get anywhere with emotional outbursts, he has a duty to fulfil.

That's who he is.

With a deep, steadying breath, his face is smoothed back into a trained impassivity. ]

If I let you out, I'm going to watch you disarm each and every one of those curses.

[nuraridouman]

No, you are not. But you can check after I'm done, and disarm any leftover yourself.

[That sounds like a nice deal, doesn't it? All neatly wrapped up in reason and bite-sized like those little treats that you get at big gatherings that are never enough to truly fill you up.

They could leave it at that and be done with it.

But Douman is still pissed off at the core, and the desire to kick the whole mess into Seimei's lap is just a little too much.]

Unless I change my mind and kill you again first, of course. Or maybe I should just go after everybody that's dealt with you during the last month? Would that be Douman-like enough to suit your taste?

[foxphorus]

If you kill me, I'll only come back again to tell you the same thing. That would be boring enough to lull Ashiya Douman to sleep.

[ That other threat, though...well. There's a reason he isn't calling attention to it. ]

[nuraridouman]

Hmmm, I think they'd find the Seimei-edition of whack-a-mole quite funny myself.


We could even bet on how many deaths it takes for the first side effects to appear.

[foxphorus]

[ Alright, the tenth century man is caving for once. ]

Seimei-edition of...what?

[nuraridouman]

Whack-a-mole!

It's a game where a couple of fake moles pop out at random on a playing board with several holes in it, and the one who manages to hit the most with a mallet during a fixed amount of time wins. It means that I am going to bash your head in until you wish that you could just stop coming back to life again~ ♥

[foxphorus]

[ Well, that sounds...mean spirited. Probably a frustrated gardener's invention, though, that'd make sense. ]

And if I agree to your previous terms to simply check your work after you've done it instead?

[nuraridouman]

Then that takes care of your little problem, but what is with me?

[Nope, he's absolutly not going to let Seimei get out of this with a mere 'no win' situation. Alone for messing with Douman's shikigami he needs to bleed.]

Try seeing things from my point of view: you messed with my magics, lured me over here, imprissioned me and then had the gall to announce to my face that you are going to take over my business and the people who would put their trust in me, all while sullying my good name. All that while you also tried to interrogate and accuse me of some pretty wild crimes and made it more than obvious that you weren't planning on letting me go until I told you exactly what you wanted to hear, hmmm?

Tell me, what would you do to somebody like that if our positions were switched?

And remember - I'm a big bad youkai~

[foxphorus]

[ Sullying his good name? He accused Douman of a lot, sure, and rightfully so, but that's just this youkai's borrowed name. One they both acknowledged doesn't have much 'good' in it to sully as far as most people are concerned.

Hm.

But yeah, no, he's not getting out of this comfortably. He's still not a fan of Nurarihyon's condescending tone, but he'll work with this one instead of against it, giving the question some honest thought. ]

If our positions were switched...

[ And if he was a youkai as well, if. Sh. ]

I would put the one who wronged me through twice that hardship, at the very least.

[nuraridouman]

Exactly.


One little tidbit that the stories about me usually neglect to mention: while I might not harm humans much and even make it a point to repay the respect that I'm given, I also hold grudges forever. So I hope this was worth it for you.