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Post by DS on Aug 23, 2005 22:49:19 GMT -5
The female ninja sat in a large room off to the side of the tomb. It looked like it hadn't been used in a long time. She had to clean up the place a bunch untill the room was totally clear, she needed room to train these people. The room was a good thirty by thirty feet. She put padding on all the walla and floors so no one would be seriously hurt in training. On one wall she had a rack carrying 3 wooden swords, six wooden daggers, two hard wood poles, 4 padded helmets that would completely protect peoples heads, at least from these wooden weapons. There was also a cabnit where who knew what she had, it was locked just in case of curious eyes. She even put a door to the room, every other room had no doors but she needed privacy for her training. The door was open and a sign on the front which could be easily said, "Physical Training, by X.Come in here if you want intence training, I will train you in weapons, martial arts, without proper training you will be unable to defend yourself. Do not expect this to be easy, but it will be rewarding, if your not up to this than I suggest you turn back now." It had taken her all day to get this room all together, and part of the next day, but she found it to be worth it if she could help Kenja's clanmates. X took one of the wooden swords and started practicing her slashes with it Um, has a different feel to it, good, something new.
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Post by Dedomi on Aug 23, 2005 23:17:11 GMT -5
Dedomi was walking around the tomb, inspecting the corridors and hallways it contained when he came across a sign, "Physical Training by X." He pushed open the door and admired the work she'd done to clean the place up, it looked like a perfectly suited training room. Dedomi looked at the swords on the walls, an instant longing for them was subsided when Dedomi looked at the ale belly he had and his droopy arms.
"Mind if I join?"
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Post by Sabian on Aug 24, 2005 12:47:52 GMT -5
Latias was wandering the clan's corridor, looking for the people in it. He was carrying a tray of snacks, crackers, cheese, little things. He found the training room and figured he'd try there. He knew X was in there fixing the place up, she'd been there all day, so she must be hungry. Latias brought the tray in and saw Dedomi there as well, "Nice. This place must've been a mess if it took you this long to fix it up." Latias walked over to the two of them, "Can I join you once I've gotten everyone to eat something? You two should be the last ones." he smiled at the both of them, "Snack?" he offered. He would join them, but after they ate the snacks he brought, he didn't make them for nothing.
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Post by shimizu on Aug 24, 2005 13:05:24 GMT -5
Shimizu had been bored that day, so he watched X clean up the room. He hadn't helped, he only watched. He liked how big it was, and the padding on the walls. He took a wooden stick and goofed around with it for a while. He noticed how serious X was about training, so he smartened up, although it was hard. Dedomi came in and asked to join her, soon followed by Latias who wanted to give them snacks. "Hey, thanks!" he said. Shimizu went over to Latias and took a few snacks off his tray. Shimizu looked at all the weapons and decided to train with the wooden daggers, they were the closest thing to a rapier blade.
He finished his snacks and put the sword back on the rack. He pulled off one of the wooden daggers. He hoped that in time he'd be able to fight with two of them, but for now it was best to learn to fight with one.
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Post by Calypso on Aug 24, 2005 13:29:45 GMT -5
Calypso had left the Tomb area in search of a proper training facility. He was about ready to go and hack at some trees in a nearby forest, when he noticed a sign, written with spelling mistakes. Good thing she's teaching us fighting, and not spelling & grammar, Calypso remarked to himself as he entered the room. The room was medium sized, as far as Calypso's knowledge of training halls went. He'd seen larger, and smaller. It was decent. It looked like it had never been used, at least, not as a training facility. Maybe as a storage room.
Maybe I'll stop whining about it, and actually do some training. Calypso looked around the room, Dedomi seemed to be observing his less-than-desirable figure, Latias had brought snacks, and Shimizu was already practicing with a wooden dagger. The other two wished to train, and Shimizu was simply running through a couple of standard thrusts with his piece of wood.
Calypso walked over to the rack, wondering what the others were going to chose as their weapons of choice. There are to few weapons for all of us to train with at once. I always use two swords, and there are only two left, with two other people still without weapons in hand. I'm not going to force then to use daggers. Calypso helped himself to a long wooden pole. Yes, this bears a similarity to my twin sword fusion, good for practicing.
Calypso also went to work, practicing a couple of maneuvers, getting a feel for the wooden weapon. It's light. Not suitable for getting used to. A real weapon would be heavier. Focus on the motion, not the weight. Calypso continued cutting through the air with the pole. He didn't hold it like one would espect, for good stability. Calypso held the pole with both hands near the center, like two swords joined by the hilts, and there was no touching the areas that represented the blades.
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Post by shimizu on Aug 24, 2005 16:47:41 GMT -5
Shimizu watched Calypso for a while, "That's a strange way to hold a pole." he mumbled. He went back to his daggers. He was going through some things he already knew, like the basic thrusts. Eventually he worked his way onto slashes and cuts. He practiced for a while, when he stopped and sighed, "This thing isn't as long as my rapier... I should probably practice with something different... these are different!" he scolded himself. He went and picked up the other dagger and tried learning how to use two at a time.
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Post by Dedomi on Aug 24, 2005 21:43:37 GMT -5
Dedomi watched everyone else grabbing their weapon of choice to practice in their own way, but Dedomi was more concerned with his physical attributes than any weapon first. He looked at X and grabbed his stomach flab with a grunt of dissaproval, "Any good way to get rid of this?" It was not a large amount of fat, but it was enough to keep Dedomi off the long distance running, and it would only slow him down.
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Post by Calypso on Aug 25, 2005 14:14:59 GMT -5
Calypso paused and looked at Dedomi. He wants to lose the flab, huh? Maybe I could put him through his paces. Calypso stopped what he was doing, and walked over to Dedomi. he clamped a strong hand on his shoulder. "You want to lose that, right? You know, practicing with weapons won't do it." Calypso smiled, he had trained people before, and something like this, would take a little while to work off.
"When it comes to that," Calypso poked him in the stomach, "It takes some effort, not like anything comes at the snap of your fingers. Here, let me help you with that. I'm tired of throwing a stick around anyway." Calypso replaced his wooden pole and returned to Dedomi. "First, you need a training regimine. I'll start you off with jogging. Every morning, 20 laps around the keep. Got it? You can start now."
Calypso led Dedomi outside. "I'll count for you. Just focus on keeping a steady pace."
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Post by shimizu on Aug 25, 2005 14:47:03 GMT -5
Shimzu laughed at Dedomi and his talk about how fat he was. "That's not so bad. I've definately seen worse." Shimizu looked at the daggers he was holding. "Not much for weapons, huh?" he said, spinning the wooden daggers around. He missed the dagger's hilt and the weapon went spinning away and clunked against the wall. "Oops.. I'll remember not to do that with the real thing. Heh heh..." he smacked his own forehead. "I'm gonna go do something else for a bit, maybe explore... See ya later!" he put the weapons away and walked out.
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Post by Sabian on Aug 25, 2005 17:18:39 GMT -5
Latias frowned and his ears flattened when Dedomi didn't answer him. "Okay, I'll ask others if they want snacks..." he looked at X, "I want to learn martial arts here, so I'll be right back." Latias looked at Calypso, "Snack?' he asked, but Calypso brought Dedomi outside. Latias' ears lowered again, "Oh..." he noticed Shimizu, "Snack?" he asked, but Shimizu also left. Latias frowned, "No body is ever hungry around here!!" Latias huffed.
He went down to the kitchen and put the plate on the counter, "If anyone's hungry, the snacks are on the counter!" he shouted. Latias returned to the trianing room, "Okay!" he said excitedly, "I'm ready!"
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Post by tommy21 on Aug 25, 2005 20:30:53 GMT -5
Tommy walked into the physical training room. He was reasonably physically able in the strength department, but he wasn't much of a runner, and he wasn't a master swordsman either. He looked around and saw that most people were practicing with weapons. He went across the room, careful not to get in anyone else's way and looked around at some weights. Maybe he would do some lifting. No one else appeared to be doing anything like that, but it couldn't hurt. He went over to one of the racks holding a long metal bar and looked at the weights on the rack behind it. He took a few of the smaller ones off-he didn't want to start off with too much weight. He was about to start when he realized he was still wearing his jacket. He threw the black jacket onto a chair nearby revealing his green tunic, and then threw off his peace-sign necklace on top of it. He then went back to the rack and started to do some curls,...
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Post by Dedomi on Aug 25, 2005 21:50:33 GMT -5
Dedomi started off at a trot, but soon found it too be too fast a pace for him to do 20 laps at. He slowed to a jog, but kept it as fast as he could stand. His breathing came in great gasps after his first lap, but using some old techniques he knew from his ex-wife he started to breath in a more controlled way, easing the jog up. As he came up to Calypso after his first lap, he waved and put one finger in the air to show his first.
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Post by shimizu on Aug 26, 2005 1:26:51 GMT -5
Shimizu went outside and saw Dedomi running laps. He laughed, "Hey Calypso! You got him running laps for you? What are you? A sergeant?" Shimizu watched Dedomi run by with his finger in the air. Shimizu chuckled slightly. "That's funny..." Shimizu was in his prime, so he was quite fast. As a child, he could've been the best athlete at his school. Shimizu looked at Calypso, "Hey, can I run too?" he asked. He was bored, and the wooden weapons weren't doing him any good in the training room.
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Post by Sabian on Aug 26, 2005 1:36:21 GMT -5
Latias smiled. He walked over to Tommy, "Do you mind if I start here, with you?" Latias asked. He didn't wait for an answer. He just sat down and began to do some curls alongside Tommy.
OOC:I know it's short, but I didn't have much to say!
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Post by Calypso on Aug 26, 2005 2:56:54 GMT -5
Calypso smiled to himself, he felt like a personal fitness trainer. He would call himself one of the most fit amongst the clan, without batting an eye, but some might get insulted. Where's my little cousin? She could use some laps, too. Calypso watched Dedomi run by, showing off his one lap. Calypso recorded it mentally in his head, and to be sure he didn't lose count, he drew a tally '1' in the sand with his sheathed sword.
Calypso looked to Shimizu, "Saergent is not one of the rankings, but I am looking to Lieutenant." Calypso chuckled at his own joke. Day by day, he was getting more used to these people, and thusly, was not so stiff towards them. Khongol had just recently joined the ranks of the Keepers of the Tomb, and Calypso already knew him, as he did Shimizu and Quarre. His list of acquaitences was slowly growing.
Calypso looked back at Shimizu, "Sure, you can run laps. But the thing about working out is: the first few are easy, but when you're already (somewhat) fit, then you've got to do twice the work!" Calypso smiled innocently, which then turned to devious, "40 laps, no walking."
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