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[training log] july training sessions
WHO: Anybody and everybody! (Except for Jim. He's not invited. Maurice can come, though.)
WHERE: Utsuki Dojo in Tisse
WHEN: Sundays in July (7/2, 7/9, 7/16, and 7/23), 6pm - midnight
WHAT:FIGHT CLUB Weapon/self-defense training sessions and secret society Retrospec information sharing (plus some bingo spar threads maybe?)
WARNINGS: None expected; will edit if they become necessary
HEADS UP: This will be the only fight club/secret society log posted for all of July! New threads can be started throughout the entire month (and fresh topleveling if necessary is fine; developments happen!) and everyone is encouraged to keep coming back periodically to check for new information!!
[[July training logs! This log will cover Sunday, July 2, July 9, July 16, and July 23! Please use this log throughout the entire month to log anything that might happen at Sunday practices! You're encouraged to make new toplevels as necessary for any new developments that might occur throughout the month, such as new metaplot developments/reveals or character development leading to spars, or anything else you might think of! There will be two toplevels in the comments: one OOC for metaplot details shared at society meetings, and one for bingo threads to try and make life easy.
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WHERE: Utsuki Dojo in Tisse
WHEN: Sundays in July (7/2, 7/9, 7/16, and 7/23), 6pm - midnight
WHAT:
WARNINGS: None expected; will edit if they become necessary
HEADS UP: This will be the only fight club/secret society log posted for all of July! New threads can be started throughout the entire month (and fresh topleveling if necessary is fine; developments happen!) and everyone is encouraged to keep coming back periodically to check for new information!!
training sessions - July
i. They say we are what we are.
Just after 6:00, the dojo is theirs. By this point, some people who have been coming regularly might be starting to get into a sort of a habit, whether that's warming up or stretching out, alone or with others, testing out a new weapon and trying to decide what to focus on for the night, or just mingling around--it's your choice what you do, because things won't really start until about 6:15, when Dante Rantanen hops up on a chair to officially start the meeting.
"Good to see everybody," he says, scanning the group as always for any new faces. "For some of you guys this is old news, but humor me anyways, got it? I know we've got a bunch of newbies this month, so encourage people to come out here if you can. If people keep remembering how to fight but not how to control their instincts, we run the risk of running into some serious problems, especially if Retrospec keeps sending people weapons in the mail. It doesn't matter if you believe they're memories or hallucinations or visions of the future--they're real enough to trick your body into muscle memory.
"Some of you here already know how to fight, whether that's because you've been practicing here or knew how to already, or remembered how to. Some of you might be completely clueless. Maybe you don't know if you want to learn how to fight, or you just want to know if you did know how to fight--all of it's valid. These meetings are for practicing only. It's not a chance to punch each other as hard as you can and beat the other guy into the ground, so don't try. If that's what you're looking for, the door's right there." As always, Dante points toward the door.
"Before we get started, make sure you sign in on the waiver over there. We want to keep this legal so that people can keep making use of these sessions. We've got a lot of training weapons available, and people here who know how to use them. Go ahead and introduce yourselves."
Some of these names are probably getting familiar, but there's no way to be sure that everybody attending already knows what everybody else can do. So the introductions go around again, and at the end of it, Dante nods. "That should be it. If you've got questions or need anything, come and see me; otherwise, don't be stupid."
ii. But we don't have to be.
Has the number and variety of training weapons grown since June? It certainly looks like it. There are plenty of practice weapons available for people to use, including wooden swords (with or without crossguards) in various styles as might be found around the world, fencing foils all tipped with practice buttons so they can't do any damage to an opponent (again in a variety of styles: with quillions, without, bell guards or swept iron knuckle-guards, and so on...), staves and polearms and spears and shields, and even a handful of Nerf guns near the end for the more modern-inclined. (Sitting behind those is a sign: "DON'T AIM FOR PEOPLE'S HEADS")
Once you've made your pick, it's time to get practicing! There are a number of people offering help or instruction, but perhaps you're a trial-by-fire sort of person? Or are you one of those offering your skills to the other "students?" There's plenty of time to practice, so make the most of it!
What will you try out tonight?
iii. I'm bad behavior but I do it in the best way.
On July 9th, Dante jumps back up onto the chair just a couple minutes after stepping down from it. "I almost forgot," he says, giving a sharp whistle to try and get everybody's attention. "I think most all of us got those bingo cards sent out by the network, right? I don't know if everybody's got it, but there's a square for sparring with someone. So I'm going to set up a list over there--" he gestures toward one corner of the room, "--where people can sign up to do spars to get that square checked off. That way there's no confusion what people are looking for."
iv. I'll be the watcher of the eternal flame.
A couple hours into the night, you might notice a number of people putting their weapons down to take a break. There's no specific structure to the evening, so perhaps you've already taken a break or two yourself? At any rate, if you haven't found out about it yet, you will soon... there are papers being passed around the dojo, faintly numbered if anyone cares to look hard enough. Someone might hand it to you with a motion to keep quiet (or maybe you're the one doing the handing!), or use it as an explanation for why they're choosing to leave now. Whatever the case, the message on each paper is the same:
Will you go? Or will you choose to stay inside and keep fighting? Someone's gotta keep up the illusion that they're still training, after all...
Just after 6:00, the dojo is theirs. By this point, some people who have been coming regularly might be starting to get into a sort of a habit, whether that's warming up or stretching out, alone or with others, testing out a new weapon and trying to decide what to focus on for the night, or just mingling around--it's your choice what you do, because things won't really start until about 6:15, when Dante Rantanen hops up on a chair to officially start the meeting.
"Good to see everybody," he says, scanning the group as always for any new faces. "For some of you guys this is old news, but humor me anyways, got it? I know we've got a bunch of newbies this month, so encourage people to come out here if you can. If people keep remembering how to fight but not how to control their instincts, we run the risk of running into some serious problems, especially if Retrospec keeps sending people weapons in the mail. It doesn't matter if you believe they're memories or hallucinations or visions of the future--they're real enough to trick your body into muscle memory.
"Some of you here already know how to fight, whether that's because you've been practicing here or knew how to already, or remembered how to. Some of you might be completely clueless. Maybe you don't know if you want to learn how to fight, or you just want to know if you did know how to fight--all of it's valid. These meetings are for practicing only. It's not a chance to punch each other as hard as you can and beat the other guy into the ground, so don't try. If that's what you're looking for, the door's right there." As always, Dante points toward the door.
"Before we get started, make sure you sign in on the waiver over there. We want to keep this legal so that people can keep making use of these sessions. We've got a lot of training weapons available, and people here who know how to use them. Go ahead and introduce yourselves."
Some of these names are probably getting familiar, but there's no way to be sure that everybody attending already knows what everybody else can do. So the introductions go around again, and at the end of it, Dante nods. "That should be it. If you've got questions or need anything, come and see me; otherwise, don't be stupid."
ii. But we don't have to be.
Has the number and variety of training weapons grown since June? It certainly looks like it. There are plenty of practice weapons available for people to use, including wooden swords (with or without crossguards) in various styles as might be found around the world, fencing foils all tipped with practice buttons so they can't do any damage to an opponent (again in a variety of styles: with quillions, without, bell guards or swept iron knuckle-guards, and so on...), staves and polearms and spears and shields, and even a handful of Nerf guns near the end for the more modern-inclined. (Sitting behind those is a sign: "DON'T AIM FOR PEOPLE'S HEADS")
Once you've made your pick, it's time to get practicing! There are a number of people offering help or instruction, but perhaps you're a trial-by-fire sort of person? Or are you one of those offering your skills to the other "students?" There's plenty of time to practice, so make the most of it!
What will you try out tonight?
iii. I'm bad behavior but I do it in the best way.
On July 9th, Dante jumps back up onto the chair just a couple minutes after stepping down from it. "I almost forgot," he says, giving a sharp whistle to try and get everybody's attention. "I think most all of us got those bingo cards sent out by the network, right? I don't know if everybody's got it, but there's a square for sparring with someone. So I'm going to set up a list over there--" he gestures toward one corner of the room, "--where people can sign up to do spars to get that square checked off. That way there's no confusion what people are looking for."
iv. I'll be the watcher of the eternal flame.
A couple hours into the night, you might notice a number of people putting their weapons down to take a break. There's no specific structure to the evening, so perhaps you've already taken a break or two yourself? At any rate, if you haven't found out about it yet, you will soon... there are papers being passed around the dojo, faintly numbered if anyone cares to look hard enough. Someone might hand it to you with a motion to keep quiet (or maybe you're the one doing the handing!), or use it as an explanation for why they're choosing to leave now. Whatever the case, the message on each paper is the same:
Don't talk about this on the Retrospec network
(or anywhere else their "surveillance" might overhear)
Sundays, Utsuki Dojo, 8:00pm
Retrospec info briefings
Learning how to fight is a useful skill, given everything that's been going on the past few months. Figuring out what Retrospec's really up to and pooling our information might be even more important. We know they're keeping tabs on us through our electronics, so the next thing to try is meeting in private without giving them any way to find out about it.
It's doing what Jim wanted us to do, but at this point it's more important to start working together to figure out what's going on.
No cell phones. Leave them with your stuff and come join us outside if you want in.
(or anywhere else their "surveillance" might overhear)
Sundays, Utsuki Dojo, 8:00pm
Retrospec info briefings
Learning how to fight is a useful skill, given everything that's been going on the past few months. Figuring out what Retrospec's really up to and pooling our information might be even more important. We know they're keeping tabs on us through our electronics, so the next thing to try is meeting in private without giving them any way to find out about it.
It's doing what Jim wanted us to do, but at this point it's more important to start working together to figure out what's going on.
No cell phones. Leave them with your stuff and come join us outside if you want in.
Will you go? Or will you choose to stay inside and keep fighting? Someone's gotta keep up the illusion that they're still training, after all...
[[July training logs! This log will cover Sunday, July 2, July 9, July 16, and July 23! Please use this log throughout the entire month to log anything that might happen at Sunday practices! You're encouraged to make new toplevels as necessary for any new developments that might occur throughout the month, such as new metaplot developments/reveals or character development leading to spars, or anything else you might think of! There will be two toplevels in the comments: one OOC for metaplot details shared at society meetings, and one for bingo threads to try and make life easy.
Any questions, concerns, or additions can either be PM'd to me here or PP me at
no subject
[Tatsuo throws up his hands in a "fuck all this shit" gesture. He's a scientist; he shouldn't be faffing about with such unscientific theorizing. But yet he can't stop thinking about it all the same.]
It'll depend on what I find. If I find anything. Retrospec has been pretty good at covering their tracks for the most part. If I do find something, I'll try to trace it to its source, or find an explanation for why it's there in the first place.