[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

[valiantarms]

Yep! My Soul device has the wind affinity. [He finally got a name for it... Because Sora simply hadn't thought of mentioning that. He'd sense a theme of that or her just not knowing.]

I can control it... At least I think I can anyway. From what I was told it comes naturally, because it's a part of me. [She frowned, then slumped again.] A lot happened in one school term.

[laserguy]

[Soul Device... fancy term. It's obvious now too that she's not the only one with a Soul Device or this power, so similar to his friends that can use Personas back home. Her friends probably have different weapons as their manifestations. It's coming together now, at least somewhat.

Scott decides to put a small pause on asking her more about that, because she's talking about control and natural powers and that's always a big thing for him.]

Speaking from experience, just because a power is a part of you, doesn't mean that you can control it. [Granted, she does seem to have control, but maybe there's more to it.]

[valiantarms]

[That just got Sora tilting her head.]

I don't know anyone who can't control it. Yuu-kun isn't very good at athletics, but he doesn't have any trouble with his mallet. And there's senpai's chain sword... [Then she flinched slightly, realizing something.]

Oh, there's the angel greed... But I guess that was kind of the opposite. [Sora, really wasn't helping.]

[laserguy]

Really proving your point here.

[He remarks, unable to and honestly not wanting to hide the dryness from his voice. Yeah, so what, he can still be a shit to people about this sort of thing, even if it's important to him.]

But, really. Even if most people can control it, doesn't mean everyone can. At that point, you just try and learn the extent of your powers, control what you can, and do what you can from there.

[valiantarms]

But everyone I've met with a soul device can control it, she didn't have one... [But she shrugged. Because she really didn't understand how her powers worked. They just did.]

But I know what I can do. Mostly....

[laserguy]

[So someone can use something similar to a soul device without needing one? Well, okay. Scott can't say he fully knows what is happening back in her world, but the most important thing is focusing on the people here and what Sora can do.

As such, Scott nods at her, his tone encouraging.]

'Mostly' isn't everything. [...] We're training, right? Show off what you can do, besides punching of course.

[valiantarms]

[She'd not even mentioned spirit arms yet...

But for now, she was scratching her cheek.]

Well you see, I'm not really sure how. I've only used them in fights, so I'm not sure what do as training...

[laserguy]

Okay, we can test out the limits of your strength and everything.

[Blah blah learning the extent of one's power. Adopting some Charles Xavier wisdom now, even though he only knew the guy for like a day. At least she's able to control her powers on a basic level so far.]

Like, do you know what sort of material can still block your punches? That's important to figure out.

[valiantarms]

[Sora hummed. She figured she was pretty strong, given the greeds she'd fought. Though that didn't really give her much to measure by when talking to someone who wouldn't know what a greed was.]

Um...Other Soul Devices and some eclipse materials can block it. I can break through walls and stuff pretty easily.

[...That wasn't concerning at all.]

[laserguy]

[Makes sense that other Soul Devices can block her attack, but what are eclipse materials?? He's never heard of something like that before. It sounds kind of... spacey. If she can break through regular walls without any problem, they might as well be something supernatural or cosmic.

Hm, he wonders if she could block his optic blasts. It would be interesting to see, but it might be too dangerous to test out. Be easier if he had a visor to better control the output of his powers.]

Care to explain what an eclipse material is?

[valiantarms]

Well...There's a lot of them. It's what anything from the Eclipse is called. People can do all sorts with them, make medicines, weapons...

[She really didn't get how it worked. She'd seen Mayu working on things and how she'd managed to merge a feather with metal to make a sword.]

One time, a group used a plant from there to make drugs that made people more aggressive.

[laserguy]

[......???

He definitely looks a little confused by that answer, but he's trying.]

So, it's not just one single material or substance. It's just anything from that place known as 'Eclipse.' Is it another planet??

[valiantarms]

Um.... I don't think so? [She tilted her head. Thinking about it, because she wasn't really sure how to answer it. Especially not know.]

It's a bit like this place really. There was our world, then another reality and where they overlap is the Eclipse?

[She was making some kinda motion with her hands, layering them above one another. As if that would help. Then she glanced at him. Plz understand.]

[laserguy]

[Scott tilts his head at the explanation, clearly trying to make sense of it. Guess if he pictures two circles meeting, like some sort of venn diagram, then that makes sense. There's your own reality and maybe a reality that exists right next to it and there's a point where it overlaps.

So, he nods. Probably helps that he spent over a year here to get used to different worlds and multiverses and all that.]

Yeah, sure. Got it. [Mostly, anyway.] But okay, so with the exception of these materials from the eclipse, you can break through anything.

[He look around for a moment and there, a rather large tree nearby the training grounds.] So, you can punch that tree down?

[valiantarms]

[So many little things about the Eclipse made it easier to understand this place. Weird AI things? Sure, after something from the Eclipse hijacked a fortune-telling AI to make bad things happened.

... Maybe she reconsider her job options when she gets home.

At his first comment she gave a small nod, a little 'yep'. At his second, she paused....her arms hanging at her sides.]

But that would kill the tree...

[Nooooooo]

[laserguy]

[Okay, now he has to encourage her. Breaking into a small grin, the mutant raises one hand to his side as he nods once more at the unfortunate tree standing peacefully nearby. Its days are truly numbered.

He really wants to see Sora punch a tree down.]

It's fine, there are a lot of trees. Besides, it's basically the law for every teen that has powers to knock down a tree. I did so. Think of it as an unspoken test.

[valiantarms]

[Why dis? ;-;

Sora dithered. Looking between Scott and the chosen floral sacrifice, making a slight whining noise.

She was going to mention not hearing about that law, but he'd said it was unspoken?]

Um, can we plant two trees later?

[Then she'd feel less bad. Even if it was a tradition.]

[laserguy]

[Time to punch, Sora. There's no escaping this now, the tree will be a noble sacrifice for his amusement. It's fine.]

Yeah yeah, we'll do that later.

[He waves a hand half-heartedly. He'll help plant trees with her if she's really that adamant about it, but right now, it's time to test powers. See what other teens are capable of, the type of abilities they can control.]

[valiantarms]

[She'd hold him to that, een if she had to drag him. He'd get all the puppy dog eyes if he didn't help.

Sora gave the tree a small bow, brining her hands up to make a small pray.]

Sorry...

[Then she got to it, she took a breath. Breathing deeply, moving through her warm-up stances, summoning her soul device. The core of it shimmered, starting to crackle and then she lunged, lashing out at the tree's trunk...

It exploded. The lightning burst out in an arc where her fist made contact. Burning the tree as electricity flowed through it. Then there was the wind that tore into what remained.

So yes, that tree was very dead. It creaked, starting to fall towards other trees and snapping branches.

Sora just dismissed her device, dusted her skirt off and turned to stare at Scott. Her cheeks flushing.]

T-that was a lot softer than rock...

[laserguy]

[RIP tree, you were a real one.

Still, Scott's pretty impressed with how she knocked that tree down. He mostly expected the impact of her glove to just knock it over, something similar to Mikey's super strength. It wasn't just that though, but a show of lightning and wind that tore into it, weakening its very foundation until it toppled over in a heap. Yeah, he wouldn't want to be punched by something like that.

He smiles at her when she looks back, hands clapping and giving Sora a small whistle.]

Pretty strong. Have to hand it to you.

[valiantarms]

[She was giving the tree another little prayer. That hit had done a number on the tree, leaving the stump charred and splintered... Felt bad. Rocks and things she smashed in the Eclipse tended to just crumple.

That said, she still managed a slight giggle and bow to Scott.]

Thank you, but I still have a long way to go. I'm not good at stuff that isn't close-range.

[laserguy]

[He's smiling still, but it becomes just a little less cocky and more genuine.]

Well, luckily for you, I'm sort of an expert at long-range. I can help you train with that.

[How that training will look? Scott isn't quite sure yet, but he figures to offer the idea to Sora because he's on board with it. He constantly wants to get better and stronger, for his friends, for the X-Men. He's learned long ago that the world is much bigger than he originally thought, even after he got his powers.]

[valiantarms]

[She didn't really know how he could help. But anything was fine, she was just happy to have people to train with.]

Right! Thank you very much. My senpai didn't really have time to practise that stuff.