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Entry tags:
- alphys: lover,
- barnaby brooks jr: lover,
- ciel: martyr,
- emet-selch: champion,
- eustace: firebrand,
- father paul hill: martyr,
- gray: innocent,
- howl: celebrant,
- kaeya alberich: lover,
- liem talbott: champion,
- majorita: firebrand,
- minegishi gen: lover,
- misa amane: lover,
- rin yamaoka: firebrand,
- silco: visionary
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...?
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 canโt 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 itโs 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 ofโฆdubious worth.
Now get running!
III. SURVIVAL
Thereโs 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.
no subject
[ All that veneer over a tiny man with his hair coiffed back, and a scar so massive across his face that even the makeup he put over it didn't actually cover it so much as make it less... foul to look at -- and then there's the eye, that stared at Gen whether Silco blinked or not. ]
I've offered it to others, of course. [ Silco was an ascetic in most ways. Drugs were not there to be used for pleasure, they were there for there to be used. As a means to control other people, obviously. ]
Some of them do... alright. Most substances will make you forget your injuries, or even think quicker... But none of them... [ His fingers on his good hand rubbed together, almost instinctual. ]
None of them are like the one I brought with me. That is like nothing anyone here has seen before. They make you stronger, faster, impervious to pain...
I've heard it's quite the high. [ He only used it...medicinally. ]
no subject
... which isn't to say his interest in this subject vanishes completely.
Even as his eyes follow the movements of Silco's fingers, brow lowered, Gen is only quiet for a moment before giving a deadpan response: ]
And what's the downsides.
[ Fuck, he wishes he knew more about this shit. Trying to maintain this pretense at composed rationality is hard when he knows he's practically blind about the subject. The hard edge to his voice sounds a little forced, his bluster a little too pronounced when he continues quickly. ]
Feels good, makes you stronger, no pain -- sounds like the sorta shit you wouldn't stop taking, if it's as you say. So there's gotta be a downside. What does it to -- melt your brains? Leave you blind afterward?
no subject
[ One drop at a time, a special solution, but it was still Shimmer. He'd been trying, with his new abilities, to see if they would allow him use against his eye, but it was...difficult to manage. Locking down exactly what it was that Singed had done with the formula to make it work was harder, especially since he didn't... have any to compare. Only over a decade of memory. ]
Some find it addictive. [ Extremely addictive. ]
Overuse of course, leaves some of the effects lingering, but...that only happens if one takes it too often. One of my...long-time associates had it injected through her prosthetic arm, to no downside.
[ To be fair...Sevika is Sevika. ] I suppose it depends on how...strong one is, before they try it.
no subject
He knows that, truly. But still ...
There's a length pause as Gen mulls over what Silco says while trying (poorly) to look like he's not. He's only a moderately skilled liar at the best of time, and only pertaining to one specific lie; he doesn't exactly do a masterful job of hiding his interest in the subject. And it can't be too surprising when he bites his lip in hesitation for a moment longer before finally deadpanning, ]
And what if someone here asked to try it?
[ 'Someone here,' he says while very transparently meaning 'I'. ]
What, you're gonna go through a vetting process or something?
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[ He waved a hand, almost dismissively. ] If one wanted to try it, I suppose I would let them. It is, in fact, better to know how one reacts to a substance like Shimmer before we get into the middle of battle, don't you think?
[ He says it all so reasonably. It's probably what drew Marcus in the first time, when he'd first manipulated him to start working for Silco. It's easy when it sounds like it isn't so bad, or there are guardrails placed, to ensure someone wouldn't be hurt. ]
I'm not the type to withhold new finds from our fellow allies. I think that would be... rather inappropriate, given that we're allies, don't you?
no subject
He's still not inclined to depend on outside help easily, illicit substances included. And drugs were always dangerous territory back in his hometown; dealing with anything drug-related was just asking for trouble from the yakuza proper, and his father had always impressed upon him that he had to know his place and not fuck with the wrong people. But still. But still.
There's a non-insignificant pause where Gen simply regards Silco, his gaze sharp with caution. And though he finally does respond at a quiet deadpan, his tone of voice languid -- ]
Yeah, I guess. But maybe next time. Dunno about you, but I usually try and get to know people a bit first before I let'em treat me to something.
[ -- his refusal is more a testament to his distrustful nature than a lack of persuasiveness on Silco's part. Even as he turns away, Gen's gaze lingers on Silco for far too long to mask his very obvious interest in what Silco might be able to grant him. ]
I'll hit you up next time I'm in the mood for a buzz.
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Oh, it wasn't about making him want it now.
It was about making him want it when he was desperate, after all. When there's a pinch, and he's in danger of getting dissipated. That's when Silco wants him to think about it. Not that he'd ask, but...
Well, to make him ask for it would be even more satisfying. ]
Let me know, when you're keen on a "buzz", then. I'm hardly going to run out.