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[training log] september training sessions
WHO: Anybody on the Retrospec network!
WHERE: Utsuki Dojo in Tisse
WHEN: Sundays in September and the beginning of October (9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1), 6pm - midnight
WHAT:FIGHT CLUB Weapons/self-defense training and trying new weapons out for new characters and information sharing!
WARNINGS: None expected; will edit as usual if necessary
HEADS UP: This will be the only fight club log posted for all of September! 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!!
[[September training logs! This log will cover Sunday, September 10, September 17, September 24, and October 1. 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 a toplevel in the comments to OOCly collect all new metaplot details collected in the info-sharing meetings in one place.
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WHERE: Utsuki Dojo in Tisse
WHEN: Sundays in September and the beginning of October (9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1), 6pm - midnight
WHAT:
WARNINGS: None expected; will edit as usual if necessary
HEADS UP: This will be the only fight club log posted for all of September! 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 - September
i. I'm calling you from the future.
At 6:00, the dojo closes for the night, open to only those members of the Retrospec network. There's a good mix of people who have been coming for a while and people brand new to the network, but regardless of if you're new or old, you've got some time before everything really gets underway. Some might take this time to warm up and stretch out, getting ready for the evening, while others might be mingling or chatting and still others are examining the practice weapons available. Regardless of what you choose to do, things don't really begin until 6:15 when, as has become his norm, Dante Rantanen climbs up onto a chair to officially start the meeting.
"Hey," he says, a far cry from his normal openings. To those who know him, he still seems a bit more restrained than is really normal, but he takes a deep breath and continues: "I'm glad to see how many people made it out tonight. If you're new, you've probably heard about the stuff we went through last month--if you've been here a while, you lived it. Either way, these sessions are more important than ever. If you know anyone who hasn't come out here, try and get them to come at least once; Retrospec's sending people weapons whether you've ever used them before or not. You don't want to get caught off guard if they do it again.
"For those of you who are new: this isn't some sort of Skyler Murden Fight Club thing. We're not here to punch each other senseless. If that's what you're here for, the door's over there." Dante points, giving it a moment to make sure everybody's got his point. "The point of this is to test out and see if you've got any memories of fighting and, whether you do or don't, to learn how to fight in a safe place. We're not fighting monsters here, so take care of each other.
"Make sure you sign in before you jump into anything. There's a waiver over there--" he points to a table, "--just to keep things legal. We don't need the cops swooping down on us, not with the stuff some people have gotten back so far.
"Last thing: a lot of us have been practicing with our weapons for several months now and are willing to teach people how to fight. So those of you that are willing to teach, you know the drill. Go ahead and introduce yourselves."
Once the introductions have finished, Dante nods. "All right, I think that's it. Anybody needs anything, come and see me."
ii. To let you know we've made mistakes.
Did anybody wonder what Dante was going to do with the money he made from that bingo stand in July? If so, wonder no longer: alongside all the practice weapons available for use is a large wooden axe, shaped and crafted and sanded down smooth. Anyone want to give it a go? It's got a bit of a heft to it, but it's not overly heavy. Who knows, maybe you were a lumberjack in a past life!
Outside of the axe, the usual range of weapons are available to be picked from: wooden swords, with and without crossguards in various styles as might be found around the world, fencing foils all tipped with practice buttons for safety (again in a variety of styles, with quillions, without, bell guards or swept knuckle-guards, and so on), staves, polearms, spears and shields, and at the end of the row a handful of Nerf guns with a couple packs of new darts for the more modern fighters amongst them. (Sitting behind the Nerf guns is a sign, written in thick black Sharpie: "DON'T AIM FOR PEOPLE'S HEADS." There's been trouble in the past.)
Once you've selected your weapon of choice, it's time to get to work! There are multiple people offering help or instruction, but there are also training dummies to spar against if that's your preferred way to train. Perhaps you're a trial-by-fire type of person ready to spar, or maybe you're one of those offering your skills as a teacher? What will you do tonight?
iii. There's a fog from the past that's giving me such a headache.
A couple hours into the night, you might notice a number of people putting down their weapons to take a break. There's no specific structure to the evening, so maybe you've already taken a break or two yourself! At any rate, as it gets closer to 8:00, Dante will put finger and thumb in his mouth to give a sharp whistle, commanding attention once again. "Sorry to interrupt," he says, "but since we got called out by Jim and Maurice for trying to be secretive about these meetings, there's no real point in it any more. Head on outside if you want to talk about everything we know so far--" (on September 10th he'll add "--if you didn't get enough of that already with Souji and Dave.") "If you just got added to Retrospec this month and have questions still, this might be a good time to ask them."
What do you choose to do? Will you go outside and join those talking about the network and all its secrets? Or would you prefer to just stay inside and get some more training in? There are no wrong decisions to be made at this point.
At 6:00, the dojo closes for the night, open to only those members of the Retrospec network. There's a good mix of people who have been coming for a while and people brand new to the network, but regardless of if you're new or old, you've got some time before everything really gets underway. Some might take this time to warm up and stretch out, getting ready for the evening, while others might be mingling or chatting and still others are examining the practice weapons available. Regardless of what you choose to do, things don't really begin until 6:15 when, as has become his norm, Dante Rantanen climbs up onto a chair to officially start the meeting.
"Hey," he says, a far cry from his normal openings. To those who know him, he still seems a bit more restrained than is really normal, but he takes a deep breath and continues: "I'm glad to see how many people made it out tonight. If you're new, you've probably heard about the stuff we went through last month--if you've been here a while, you lived it. Either way, these sessions are more important than ever. If you know anyone who hasn't come out here, try and get them to come at least once; Retrospec's sending people weapons whether you've ever used them before or not. You don't want to get caught off guard if they do it again.
"For those of you who are new: this isn't some sort of Skyler Murden Fight Club thing. We're not here to punch each other senseless. If that's what you're here for, the door's over there." Dante points, giving it a moment to make sure everybody's got his point. "The point of this is to test out and see if you've got any memories of fighting and, whether you do or don't, to learn how to fight in a safe place. We're not fighting monsters here, so take care of each other.
"Make sure you sign in before you jump into anything. There's a waiver over there--" he points to a table, "--just to keep things legal. We don't need the cops swooping down on us, not with the stuff some people have gotten back so far.
"Last thing: a lot of us have been practicing with our weapons for several months now and are willing to teach people how to fight. So those of you that are willing to teach, you know the drill. Go ahead and introduce yourselves."
Once the introductions have finished, Dante nods. "All right, I think that's it. Anybody needs anything, come and see me."
ii. To let you know we've made mistakes.
Did anybody wonder what Dante was going to do with the money he made from that bingo stand in July? If so, wonder no longer: alongside all the practice weapons available for use is a large wooden axe, shaped and crafted and sanded down smooth. Anyone want to give it a go? It's got a bit of a heft to it, but it's not overly heavy. Who knows, maybe you were a lumberjack in a past life!
Outside of the axe, the usual range of weapons are available to be picked from: wooden swords, with and without crossguards in various styles as might be found around the world, fencing foils all tipped with practice buttons for safety (again in a variety of styles, with quillions, without, bell guards or swept knuckle-guards, and so on), staves, polearms, spears and shields, and at the end of the row a handful of Nerf guns with a couple packs of new darts for the more modern fighters amongst them. (Sitting behind the Nerf guns is a sign, written in thick black Sharpie: "DON'T AIM FOR PEOPLE'S HEADS." There's been trouble in the past.)
Once you've selected your weapon of choice, it's time to get to work! There are multiple people offering help or instruction, but there are also training dummies to spar against if that's your preferred way to train. Perhaps you're a trial-by-fire type of person ready to spar, or maybe you're one of those offering your skills as a teacher? What will you do tonight?
iii. There's a fog from the past that's giving me such a headache.
A couple hours into the night, you might notice a number of people putting down their weapons to take a break. There's no specific structure to the evening, so maybe you've already taken a break or two yourself! At any rate, as it gets closer to 8:00, Dante will put finger and thumb in his mouth to give a sharp whistle, commanding attention once again. "Sorry to interrupt," he says, "but since we got called out by Jim and Maurice for trying to be secretive about these meetings, there's no real point in it any more. Head on outside if you want to talk about everything we know so far--" (on September 10th he'll add "--if you didn't get enough of that already with Souji and Dave.") "If you just got added to Retrospec this month and have questions still, this might be a good time to ask them."
What do you choose to do? Will you go outside and join those talking about the network and all its secrets? Or would you prefer to just stay inside and get some more training in? There are no wrong decisions to be made at this point.
[[September training logs! This log will cover Sunday, September 10, September 17, September 24, and October 1. 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 a toplevel in the comments to OOCly collect all new metaplot details collected in the info-sharing meetings in one place.
Any questions, concerns, or additions can either be PM'd to me here or PP me at
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Boxing's cool! Teach me how to punch away an axe!
no subject
... Somehow, I'm not surprised that that's your reaction.
[SIGH. anyway, he saw some pats and stuff off to the side, let's just go for it.]
Alright, c'mon. Let's grab some gear.
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What gear do we need? Isn't it just like a fist fight?
[ Boxing is something she's sure she can do; with what little practice she's had with her brass knuckles, she hasn't received any memories of actually using them, and for whatever reason, people aren't very enthusiastic about her throwing metal spiked punches at their face, so practice has been slow. ]
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When they get back to the dojo, though, he's. definitely throwing some gloves at her. Those are his, since the Dojo's probably not... that well prepared, but he is, because he goes almost every day.
In the meantime, he's gonna grab some protective mats for his arms.]
Put those on first.
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If I punch someone with these, won't it not hurt as much as brass?
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[not that he knows much about her brass knuckles, but punching things wrong hurts.]
... And why are you punching people with brass?
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[ In her opinion, anyways. She never needed to be any stronger than other middle/high schoolers, and throwing wild punches have served her well enough for years. ]
And I dunno, I got them, so I might as well learn how to use them, right? Isn't that what they're for?
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[WHY ARE YOU SO DANGEROUS. is he gonna regret offering to teach her boxing? He might, at this rate.]
You can't want to beat up everyone you meet.
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But if someone's strong and knows how to fight, then I want to fight them and see who's stronger. It's sort of like that.
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[alright, he's got protective pads, honestly, she can punch as much as she wants.
This is good, right?]
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[ Who cares what other people want?? This is a hurdle she has to get over before she gets pumped for beating the crap out of Mako's pads. ]
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[said obviously. Like... that is the whole crux of this.]
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[ SHRUGS ]
If they don't want to fight, they'll say so! Then I win by default and get whatever it is we're fighting about.
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[he's... slowly starting to figure something out. Is everything a competition... to be the strongest?]
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It's the heat of the moment! You know, when you're pissed at someone, you feel like punching them! [ jabs her fist at Mako's stomach, training starts now so let's go ]
no subject
Are you pissed at everyone?
[look he's just gonna keep asking her questions at this rate]
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[ She sinks her other fist into the pad, and alternates with every word. Mako is less a practice partner, and more a punching bag rn. ]
Some people listen to me, and then there's everybody else that I'm pissed at.
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So... either they listen to you, or you're pissed off at them?
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[ The people she genuinely likes and gets along with, she could probably count on one hand, but they're people who don't automatically assume the worst of her, and try to get her to explain her reasons for doing things instead of jumping straight into punishment. Most, if not all, of that is her fault, but that's not something she comes to realize yet, not when she's used to brute force getting her way. ]
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Have you considered changing how you explain things? It doesn't always work... but it's one of the first things I try if people don't get what I said the first time.
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[ Which is oftentimes abrasive, but it's way better than skirting around issues forever when one can be more direct.
She scowls at getting pushed back, but she just digs her heels and throws harder punches, hitting the same place again and again, as direct and straightforward as she claims her words are. ]
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Then what about when they speak back?
[also.... ow... he's gonna have a bruise on his arm later]
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If it's a question, I answer it! If they're wrong, I say so!