( imeeji ) —to defeat demons ♫

[worthathousand]

Who: Amaranth and RECRUITS
Where: The Dead Zone
When: Day 216, 9:00am

[ Despite the name, it's perfectly comfortable in the Dead Zone—at least if you're not an audition or otherwise hell-corrupted, whoops. But for this endeavor, the fact that neither abilities nor cameras function here is too ideal to pass up.

Amaranth arrives forty five minutes early, looking perhaps more overtly like a general than usual in her temporary Heart Soldier uniform. She has brought along a whole bundle of wooden staves.

Time to see what she's working with, here. ]

(( OOC Note: The initial thread for this was here; however, if you are not playing a known audition, feel free to handwave your character getting involved.
I will not be threading out actual instruction, and future training will be structured like the first aid classes—that is, handwaved unless specific interaction is requested. ))

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ooc: RECRUITS

[worthathousand]

Sign up here to establish your character's involvement. Please include the following:

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Discomfort in Dead Zone? Y/N

COMMANDERS

[worthathousand]

[ A few of you have been tapped to specifically take a leadership position in this due to past military training.

Amaranth would have requested that Scale Commanders (yes, Exalted uses very extra-sounding dragon-based military terminology) arrive early to coordinate with her. ]

TRAINING

[worthathousand]

[ This first day of training consists of two stages:

First, Amaranth distributes quarterstaves and sets people up for a series of sparring matches. These are sturdy, springy hickory wood, fully suitable for combat—no practice staves here, we die like women. This can be threaded out with each other if you want!

Next, she divides everyone into "fangs": groups of five, or as close to that as can be managed. Fangs are deliberately designed to include mixed skill levels. Each commander oversees at least one fang.

As an instructor, Amaranth is attentive and exacting, with her standards increasing proportionate to the skill each person shows. That is: She is gentle and encouraging with less advanced students, and incredibly strict with more advanced ones. Training emphasizes attack formations and covering one another's weaknesses while fighting in groups.
This portion will be almost entirely handwaved because I the player am not, in fact, a military genius irl. ]

SPARRING MATCHES

[worthathousand]

(( Thread these here, if desired! ))

[backstory]

Character Name: Leviathan (Kija)
Discomfort in Dead Zone? Yes

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[sunflowering]

Character name: Kaguya (Yuuki)
Discomfort in the Dead Zone? Yes

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[asonoficeandfire]

Character Name: Duality
Discomfort in Dead Zone? No

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[morderti]

Character Name: Skylark
Discomfort in Dead Zone? Yes

Look he's not even here because he agreed to, but you're invading his (it's not his) park, and other Taisho's are here so he'll get involved one way or another because he's trying to nap in that tree and you're making a ruckus.

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[420blazeit]

Character Name: D.Va
Discomfort in Dead Zone: Yes

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[gigadevilbreaker]

Character Name: Griffin (Nero)
Discomfort in Dead Zone? Yes

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[softlyfalling]

Character Name: Shrike Plucks The Thorn From Her Chest
Discomfort in Dead Zone? Y

Re: COMMANDERS

[softlyfalling]

...Well, here we go, then.

[ discomfort in dead zone, sure, but her secret is:

she always has anxiety, ]

Re: ooc: RECRUITS

[crossmyheartandhope]

Character Name: Hurricane
Discomfort in Dead Zone? Yes

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[purrrnicious]

Character Name: Kohime
Discomfort in Dead Zone? No

Re: COMMANDERS

[worthathousand]

[ Amaranth's expression is calm, but she paces the near edge of the crater while they wait. ]

It's no small task, for such small numbers.

Re: COMMANDERS

[softlyfalling]

...probably all the more, honestly. Since small numbers means that they'll need to be that much more effective as a group.

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[unbr8kable]

Character Name: Nemesis
Discomfort in Dead Zone? Yes

((mostly here just to see what it's all about, though she won't not work if everyone else is. also, attempting to hide her discomfort at dead zone (and missing powers, weh Stability)))

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[time5kip]

Character Name: Valour
Discomfort in Dead Zone? No

(( here for observing, he will not take part in actual sparring with people, but he will check their abilities/progress ))

Talk to Amaranth

[worthathousand]

[ Amaranth is, of course, available for both questions and one-on-one tips. And she won't let would-be onlookers remain on the sidelines for long. ]

Re: ooc: RECRUITS

[worthathousand]

(( For what it's worth, Amaranth won't let him get away with that for long, though she's willing to be his sparring partner if he prefers.

...Prefers to get his ass kicked, that is. ;D ))

Re: COMMANDERS

[worthathousand]

[ pausing to turn and face her; then, sharper than normal— ]

Exactly.

[ she's fine and never experiences any nervousness, move along, ]

Re: COMMANDERS

[softlyfalling]

[ ...hm. ]

Well—

...I think we're as well-equipped as we can be. General Amakura.

Talk to Shrike

[softlyfalling]

[ she's here! your friend shrike, who is now, perhaps, your combat instructor. ]

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[rollplayinghouse]

Character Name: Glory
Discomfort in Dead Zone? Y

SHE'S GONNA GIVE IT AN HONEST GO until/unless she runs into Personality Conflicts

[rollplayinghouse]

[Glory is perhaps being combat instructed. She seems more than a little unsure of the whole situation.]

...I know the basics, obviously. But I've never fought in a group before.