aionlogs | Kenoma Team Training

WHO: The Kenoma
WHAT: Training Activities
WHERE: Starts at the Citadel, varies per activity
WHEN: Starting on 6/4
WARNINGS: None yet...?

After a period of relative quiet, the Kenoma will receive a Communion post of utmost importance:

"Good day, everyone. This is Ciel. We may have received a passing grade from the Regent following the events in Venera, but they have sorely underlined how ill-prepared we were for a proper mission on Horos. Emet-Selch, Eustace, and I are in agreement, thus we have organized a series of training and teambuilding exercises. We ask that you all please attend, there will be... prizes."

OVERVIEW

When trainees arrive in the Courtyard after the Communion, a plethora of training activities await them.

The courtyard itself is sectioned off into areas, one for each training activity for the day. The activities vary from one subject to another, and still manage to be related to their tasks as a Kenoma while still leaving room for "fun". Weapons training, tag, survival training, and strength training are all provided. Kenoma is also welcome to spar on their own if they so choose. (This is not included as a specific prompt to avoid too much PVP, but you can add it in a TL if you like.)

Instructions on each activity will be provided to the participant before they begin. For those who can’t participate or choose to show up for moral support or to dodge the activities, water will be provided so that you may gossip around the proverbial "water cooler".

Each of the three trainers are on hand in some capacity or another to provide instructions on that activity or training on a specific skill.

These exercises can be done at any point and do not necessarily have to be done on a training day with the group. Characters can return after the crowd has dispersed to train on their own or with a chosen individual. The equipment will still be there and trainers (or fellow Kenoma) can be brought here at their leisure.

I. WEAPONS TRAINING

Racks of weapons are lined up on the far side of the courtyard. These range from swords to polearms and rather sizable knives to swords and tonfas. Feel free to grab a weapon of your choosing and have a trainer engage you to show you how to use it. Or, if they have experience, other students may also advise you!

The intent is to train on the proper use of several types of weapons and how to wield them effectively. It may also delve into how to most efficiently disable/neutralize/injure someone in a fight, depending on which teacher you wind up with.

II. AGILITY

There is an open part of the field that has been roped off specifically for...tag! Rope bridges, mud pits, chest-high walls of rock, and even a large wall of ice (?!) dot the field to give people plenty of places to hide and run. (If you would like your own obstacle, feel free to comment to ask so we can make sure it’s within reason of what our characters could do.)

Participants will be provided with a waxy paint to put on their hands which will stain whatever person it comes in contact with with a very luminescent purple glitter. (It washes out, of course!) The last person standing will get a prize of…dubious worth.

Now get running!

III. SURVIVAL

There’s two locations for this: the outdoor courtyard closest to the main citadel kitchen, and the kitchen itself.

For the outdoor location, bundles of tree branches and firewood are provided if needed, students are expected to start their own fire and cook wild game with what they foraged.

A - Foraging
Time for a field trip to the mountains and woods outside Achamoth! Students will be taught basic survival skills including: first aid without the use of magic, how to find and create shelter from natural terrain, how to identify and forage for food that is safe to eat, and how to create traps to catch wild game. Yes, you too can experience the joy of floor meat!

All foraged supplies can subsequently be used for Home Ec cooking lessons.

B - Home Ec
For the kitchen, there's a dedicated area where several Aions at once could attempt cooking with utensils and more elaborate ingredients. There are some servants keeping an eye out just in case and could be flagged down for help or assistance if requested/needed, but otherwise, Aions are free to make use of everything available to their own ends. Is this really useful for "training"? Cooking is a science that shapes and nourishes both body and soul, of course, it's important enough to have a part in the curriculum!

IV. STRENGTH

Step up to the starting line with one partner. One person will carry the other across a small section of the course to the finish line at the opposite end. There are a few minor obstacles such as walls and puddles. Nothing that you have to put too much effort into getting around. The person who can see will guide the person carrying them to the finish line using only their voice. Try not to bump into anything.

If you feel *really* ambitious, extra weights will be provided. Or you can forgo the rules and carry two people (or more?). Your choice, really.

V. REFRESHMENTS

For those who are not athletically inclined - or claim not to be athletically inclined - a large chunk of ice with refreshments dotted throughout awaits you on the sidelines. They will take a little effort to free them. Most will be freed with a little pull while others are completely encased in ice and may not be worth the effort.

Feel free to hand out refreshments, gossip about the participants, or scheme to your hearts' content.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I - Weapons are for chumps and people without magic

While she hadn't had to be coerced into showing up for the training exercise, it didn't mean that she particularly LIKED it. She was a magic-user by nature, and the weapons racks, while displaying an impressive selection, didn't seem to really resonate with her. She, naturally, seems to favor the smaller, lighter options. Her arms aren't going to be lifting some sort of greatsword, after all. After trying several different blades of varying sizes, she seems to finally look moderately content with a simple quarterstaff, stepping away from the rack with it.

To say she is holding it wrong is an understatement. She seems convinced she's holding some sort of club to bludgeon with, with both hands wrapped around one end. Seeing her attempt to 'train' with it makes it obvious she has absolutely no formal training whatsoever. Trying to use it like that in an actual fight would get her stabbed in seconds.

II. Magic is for champions and cool people

Now this is more like it. Sure, its a firing range devoted more to bow and arrow rather then magic use, but it doesn't mean she can't practice there as well. Saying practice is not accurate, though. She's clearly just trying to show off. She seems to have as much proficiency with magic as she lacks with the more martial options. Rather then arrows in bulleyes, she's leaving scorch marks there instead, firing little orbs of glowing purple energy. Finally she seems to think her training is enough, and fires a larger orb of energy that simply destroys her target into splinters. With a satisfied smile on her face, she turns to leave. "Sure hope no one else was wanting to use THAT one." Yes she's smirking a little.

III - Delicious treats time

Having put in a little bit of actual effort, it was time to relax. Ordinarily it would have been the first place she'd gone, convinced that she didn't even NEED to train. But all that had happened recently had shown her that she wasn't as untouchable as she'd believed. It had resulted in a little bit of a shift in the girl, though one that might not be obvious at first. She was ever so slightly more willing to actually cooperate now.

But only a little bit. She hadn't offered to help anyone else train once she had 'finished' her own, after all. Instead she had headed straight to get a nice, cold drink. The look on her face when she realized it was literally stuck in the ice was priceless. She nearly falls over backwards trying to dislodge it, but thankfully the only casualty was spilling a little bit of her drink. While she looks a little annoyed, it fades quickly as she steps a short distance from the ice block to watch over those still training.

Kenoma Team Training