[training mingle] - I wanna be the very best

[traumaticus]

Who: The Chosen of Aldrip
Where: The X-mansion
What: The Chosen of Aldrip are invited to yet another training montage
Warnings: General violence. Please mark any other potential warnings on the thread titles!



At the dawn on January 5th the tents for the training grounds raise up again. However, unlike the last time the training camp does not take place in the empty fields of the outskirts but instead they are set on the property of X-Mansion. Courtesy of X-men, who have agreed to let their home to be utilized for common good.

Each tent marks a post for a different activity while ome of them work as a simplified armories. There are sets of blades (from knives to long swords), axes, armors, firearms, bows and arrows and what have you. Feel free to pick your poison, so to speak! However, Richard keeps a keen list on who borrows and what, marking down immediately if something goes missing. So! be sure to return what you take unless you want him to come after you. And just like the always, the chosen are more than welcomed to use their own weapons.

And if the Chosen gets tired of running around in the cold and snow they can go and grab lunch at the mansion's kitchen/dining area! This time it is provided by the inn which, yes, means there's different kind of poultry dishes are being served. As for the dessert there is hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows available for the chosen.

For those who seek out more challenge and advanced training methods they are given access to Danger Room, a holographic combat simulator tucked deep down in one of the basements. In case someone needs help with setting up a perfect training scenario for their needs Morph is there to answer any questions.


The activities include:

Archery (instructor: Richard)
Horseback riding (instructor: Richard)
Swords (instructors: a2, Mitsuru Kirijo)
Magic + Superpower guidance(instructors: Morrigan, Fauna)
Firearms (instructors: Caitlyn, Levi)
Non-lethal combat (instructor: Vash)
Tech-Support (instructor: Mitsuru)
First-aid (instructor: Kurama)
Survival skills (instructor: Kurama)
Rescue Training (instructor: Morph)
Hand-to-Hand combat (instructor: Vi)
Danger Room (instructor: Moprh)
Lunch


[ooc: There is going to be a top-level for each activity/category. But feel free to make your own wildcard options outside of them, too. o/]

Comments

before i forget

[uncommonsense]

[ having gotten the chance to hang around and take in the sights, haruhi's getting her own good idea of how cool everyone was. it was interesting!

none so more interesting than when she spots this posing exhibition, and fauna's big transformation.

she applauds after that! ]

Nice, nice! A+ pose!

[nightwild]

[she puffs up with pride.]

Finally, someone here gets it.

[uncommonsense]

Sure do! I've never seen a transformation in person, but I can just tell!

[ genius level commentary. ]

[nightwild]

[whoosh, back to normal.]

I guess it makes sense. Most of us try not to transform where others can see.

[uncommonsense]

I get it, I get it. Secret identities and all that.

[ obviously! ]

Right, should I give it a try?

[nightwild]

Why would you? Can you transform?

[uncommonsense]

Nope.

But, I thought coming up with a pose should be a fun way to pass the time anyway.

[nightwild]

I... I guess?

[sorry, haruhi. you lost her. she's doing her best but. posing is cool but just posing when nothing happens doesn't seem to make sense.]

[uncommonsense]

[ she had her arms up in the air! then, had moved them like she's doing the fusion dance, but-- ]

C'mon, you never know when I might need it! What if someone comes by and gives me some kind of magic transformation?

[nightwild]

[Immediately, and with absolute seriousness:]

Then you should run away as fast as you can.

[uncommonsense]

[ hearing that tone, she stops her pose-- or at least, pauses with her fist resting against her heart. ]

Why's that? Is it that bad?

[nightwild]

You ever heard the saying, "there's no such thing as a free lunch"?

If someone's giving you power, they're after something.

[uncommonsense]

[ dang, why's fauna gotta bring reality into this? most of the time, magical girl/superhero stories do wind up being tragic, huh? ]

Like a "monkey's paw" request? You get something, but you give up even more.

[nightwild]

I dunno what monkeys have to do with it... but...

[She takes a deep breath, thinking about it.]

... It's just not worth it.

[uncommonsense]

[ she hadn't even really considered anything like that... and she finally relents on the pose. ]

So if you had the choice... you wouldn't have the powers at all?

[nightwild]

[... now that is a much more complicated question.]

... I dunno. I definitely regret most of what I did with my powers... but now I can use them for the right reasons. And I think that's important. And they gave me this body, too...

[uncommonsense]

Well that's the thing! If you didn't use them the right ways, being able to use them for good's better than not having them at all.

[ she had a thought about her body, but she's gonna hold her tongue and ask the second question she has: ]

You mean your ears?

[nightwild]

[... ignoring the first part because that's something she has to unpack.]

Nah. The ears were my fault for messing up. The tail, too. I just mean having this body entirely.

[uncommonsense]

[ ...she doesn't really get it, but. ]

If it's a body you wanted, then... I guess that's good too?

I dunno, I've only had this body and I've never gotten to switch with anyone or anything.

[nightwild]

Yeah... I'm happy to look like this now, don't get me wrong. But I wouldn't recommend anyone else go through it. Burning alive sucks.

[this isn't alarming at all.]

[uncommonsense]

[ oh, THERE it is. ]

No kidding?! What the hell was wrong with your old body that you had to go through that?

[ y'know, respectfully. ]

[nightwild]

Oh, that part was for power. I wanted more power.

[you know. it's fine.]

Getting a girl's body was just... a side effect. Something about using my soul as a body...?

[uncommonsense]

[ that in itself just raises further questions!! although, she kinda pieces it together. ]

Hmmm. A body that matches your soul? That makes sense to me. Plus, I guess that's the whole no pain no gain thing...

Ahhh, okay, maybe the whole power thing'll have to wait until I'm ready.

[nightwild]

'Ready' doesn't matter. Just don't do it. I'm serious.

[uncommonsense]

Fine, fine. So then, what am I supposed to do to help around here?