[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

[anormalman]

I'm here for training, but...well, you've sure done a number on these dummies already.

[Truthfully, Clark doesn't really like to fight; when dealing with enemies, he mainly tries to keep them from hurting civilians more than anything, and he prefers to fight only as a last resort. But he's already offered his help to Richard, so here he is.]

[grappler]

[she shrugs.]

They can take a bit more. There's some I haven't beat up as much, too.

[she gestures to the ones that look better, further out.

she eyes him a bit, and puts her hands on her hips after that.]

And you're?

[anormalman]

Gotta do their part, I guess.

[There's some hesitation from Clark when Vi asks for his name. He's been in this place long enough that he knows most people don't bother to hide their identities here, but he's spent so long keeping who he is a secret that it still takes some getting used to.]

...Clark Kent. Some people call me Superman.

[Listen, he didn't come up with the name, his girlfriend did.]

[grappler]

[........ Vi snorts.]

Superman...

[it sounds like some sort of pet name to her honestly. but then she gestures at the dummies.]

Alright Superman, let's see what you got.

[anormalman]

Heh, yeah. It just kind of stuck after a while.

[Though it's true that Clark is mainly fond of the name because Lois was the one who started calling him that after he saved her for the first time.]

Okay, but...you may want to stand back a bit.

[It doesn't sound like he's saying that just to brag.]

[grappler]

[Vi's seen enough magic and wild abilities to believe Clark when he says to stand back. even though he kind of looked like a dweeb... he's still muscular, and who knows what he can do.

she backs up a couple of steps, and then waits semi-patiently.]

Okay, then show off. You know you want to.

[anormalman]

Well, okay...

[Clark turns to face one of the dummies. Normally he tries to hold back his strength, especially against people who aren't on the same level of power he is, but Vi is clearly expecting him to show the full extent of what he can do.

So he punches the dummy in the face. And the dummy's head immediately flies off.]

[grappler]

[....... she watches the dummy's head go flying. she whistles in appreciation, and then looks back at Clark.]

Okay, cool. So you got some brute force on you. Is that a power thing, or are you just super strong?

[you never know around here.]

[anormalman]

I've got some other powers, so yeah, it's a power thing.

[He's been coming to terms with who he is and what he can do, though he doesn't like to use any of them for brute force if he can help it.]

I'm a Kryptonian, so we can all do that. Or, well, I assume we can. I'm one of the only ones left.

[grappler]

[Kryponian doesn't mean a damn thing to Vi, but she nods anyway. telling people that she's from Zaun, the Lanes, or even Runeterra doesn't mean shit to anyone, either.]

Makes sense. Do you have any experience with form, or do you just usually knock people's heads off in a fight?

[she's just asking.]

[anormalman]

I try not to knock people's heads off at all, if I can help it. [Thankfully that hasn't actually happened, but sometimes he worries about it.]

...to be honest, I don't really like to fight that much. If someone's threatening people, I'll deal with them, but I mainly want to keep them from harming anyone else.

[Which is why he'll let an opponent wail on him if it means they won't cause more damage elsewhere.]

[grappler]

Well, sometimes we do what we don't want to.

[a gentle giant type, huh? the boy's big, but... she can't really blame him. people harming others was usually got her into action, too.]

It's always good to know though, especially here. Sometimes people lose their strength or powers, and sometimes they don't know what to do without them.

[anormalman]

...yeah. That's a universal truth, I guess.

[There have been instances where he's had no choice but to fight, and he's rarely felt good about it. Brainiac was an exception, because that robot was a jerk, to put it lightly.]

I've lost my powers before, but it's always been temporary. [At least artificial red sunlight can be turned off.] Is that something that happens often here?

[grappler]

[Vi shrugs.]

I'm just a normal human, so I can't say for sure how much it actually happens. But sometimes shit like that happens, and who knows when it's gonna pop up. That's why I figure it's a good idea for you guys to be prepared for it.

[she remembers the way Jinx couldn't even do anything slightly violent for that month...]