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That Kid with the Hat ([personal profile] hattersgonnahat) wrote in [community profile] daybreakacademy2019-02-27 11:41 pm

Something Something Training Montage [open]

WHO: Puella, and YOU?
WHERE: Various
WHEN: Second half of February, after the Valentine's Dance and Daemon invasion; possibly very early March if necessary
WHAT: Local kid lacks combat skills, local kid decides to solve this
WARNINGS: Probably a few non-child proof weapons



A - Please Let Those Be Nerf Foamed (Feb 15-17ish)

[At some point in the day, Puella was at one of the training grounds the academy provided. Or rather, had to practically drag herself out onto the field since the large, golf bag shaped carrier was weighing her down - and giving her quite a workout just getting there. Upon arriving she unceremoniously dropped the bag to the ground, thankful to be ridden of it at last. It did not take much to hear the loud metallic clang happening inside either.]

[Finally she unzipped the bag and poles of various shapes and sizes spill out and she takes out the first one she can. Wait...isn't that a poleaxe? Whoever loaned her out this stuff may have been gracious enough to only give her a replica, but the weight and size was the real deal. And well...the weight and size was definitely becoming the main issue. It's way too tall to use practically.]

[Puella moved on to a different weapon in the bag: A flail this time, but she was having a hard time keeping the spiked ball off the ground. Then she moved on to a mace which...actually was more compacted and easier to swing - just not swing well. No matter how hard she tried, she could not really damage any targets. Or rather it was more like gravity was doing all the work.]

[Unsurprisingly, Puella was eventually beat. Too much lifting; swinging. Her muscles were going to be sore for days and could only muster the strength to lay uncomfortably on the bag of equipment. It only slightly wins over laying on the ground.]



B - One Man's Junk is Another's Treasure

[If traditional weapons weren't going to work for her, then there had to be something else she could use. After all - it did not seem like many other students, or even faculty relied on them either. Perhaps there was something else she was missing...something, but what?]

[And that's what lead Puella to the Second-Hand Market. Can't really go rummaging through the lost and found after all - despite being more familiar with that place than she cared to admit now.]

[But that's fine, with how many diverse items there was in here something was bound to give her an idea.]


Nope... Nope... Nada...

[Or not.]

[Multiple trinkets, knickknacks, and other unusual and mundane objects littered the floor as Puella did what an actual dumpster dive would look like. Hopefully she'll have the gall to clean up the mess later.]



C - Collectables

[A hat child was in the library again with a pile of books, not an unusual place to find her, but she was staring deeply at an hourglass with her arms crossed on the table...almost like she was angry with it. It..seemed like a harmless piece? But judging how the clouded, swirling substance inside was moving, it definitely was not sand. Was it a gas? A liquid?]

...I really should've asked for more. [She carefully tipped the hourglass on it's side to twirl it. Even a minor inscription would probably use the whole thing up - she already looked. Can't even imagine how getting more was going to be either.]


D - Wildcard

[Surprise or hit me with more ideas, [plurk.com profile] Grifstar]
p1: (Next time.)

A

[personal profile] p1 2019-02-28 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Its-a you!

[ It's this guy again- as bizarre as ever, he has entered the training ground carrying four yellow boxes stacked upon each other. Three marked with ? and one with !, he sets them all down very carefully... and them promptly sits on one anyway. ]

You're not gonna get anywhere with-a those. When you're-a our size, you need a weapon that-a packs a POW all by itself!

[ He is, after all, just a little taller than her and he's a full grown(?) man(?). ]
p1: (Don't you know it's time-)

[personal profile] p1 2019-02-28 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
Boxes!

[ Yeah, that explains that. ]

Oh, but you're all tuckered out!

[ He bops one of the ! and a large colourful mushroom emerges with a very satisfying 'blerblerblub.' ]

Here, this-a always puts-a gas in my tank!

[ Mario offers the thing up- it sure looks delicious and/or poisonous but it does as advertised. Perks the eater right up!

Mario was later arrested for giving magic mushrooms to a minor, but he broke out in a daring escapade.
]
p1: (hey rube!)

[personal profile] p1 2019-02-28 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
Not just-a mushroom.

[ He leans in, covering his mouth with one hand to suppress his whisper. As if this is some big secret. ]

It's-a super mushroom.

[ He straighens up again and chuckles. ]

Tasteeeeeey!
p1: (Discuss!)

[personal profile] p1 2019-02-28 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Neither does-a New York hotdog, but thousands of people gobble 'em up!

[ This is apparently Mario's entire argument about why you should eat a big mushroom with cute little markings that look like a face. I want to emphasise this mushroom does not have actual eyes. ]

p1: (Score!)

[personal profile] p1 2019-02-28 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ False. Smiling potato shapes make eating time much more fun. ]

Hmmm. Okie dokie! Tell you what! You eat the whole thing, I give-a you a special lesson in how to beat anyone.

[ Anyone. Literally anyone. ]
p1: (Come on it's time to go.)

[personal profile] p1 2019-02-28 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
An. Y. One!

[ He wags a fingertip with each syllable and ends it with a fist pump. Absolute confidence. ]
p1: (Amazing!)

[personal profile] p1 2019-02-28 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Then Puella fell down dead and Mario said 'Psssh… Nothin Personnel… Hat Kid…'

Mario earnestly applauds for a moment, clearly overjoyed.
]

There you go! Now! Jump up, Super Star!

[ To illustrate he leaps off his box, in the classic Mario fashion clearing about eight feet. From sitting. ]
p1: (Of course!)

[personal profile] p1 2019-02-28 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey! That's-a pretty good!

[ Mario was ready to catch her if it all went wrong, but no, she's got it! ]

You got the stuff, kiddo! Try this-a one!

[ Now he's on his feet-

Yah! Wah! Wahoooooo! A perfectly executed triple jump, the third with the completely necessary flip.
]

Being little doesn't-a matter if you can get up to their heads anyway!
p1: (Oooh!)

[personal profile] p1 2019-02-28 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh! First try! You a natural!

[ Once she's on the ground, Mario gives a big grin and- poke! ]

Tag! Catch-a me if you caaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

[ He doesn't run too fast- in fact, she can catch up fairly easily. The trick is, he does a long jump when she gets too close- so low he almost skims the ground, but gives him a lot of distance. Let's see if she can pull one off to catch up! ]
Edited 2019-02-28 14:34 (UTC)
inflictwounds: (Default)

a;

[personal profile] inflictwounds 2019-02-28 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hieke actually has a reason to venture out of the infirmary today, as evidenced by the sigils he holds in his arms. What's a better place to put special summoning runes than the training grounds, where all sorts of accidents can happen?

He's not expecting anyone to be there right then, but it seems that he was mistaken. He blinks a bit at Puella, drifting closer before he stops right next to her.]


You doing alright?
inflictwounds: (pic#12855777)

[personal profile] inflictwounds 2019-03-01 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oooh, that's no good. Hieke winces at the sound of the axe crashing to the ground.]

...Are you trying to learn how to fight?

[Just. Throwing that guess out there.]
onebetter: (second coming of yikes)

A

[personal profile] onebetter 2019-03-01 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ James is not yet really used to how different this school experience is from a totally regular high school. He's really trying to adjust and tell himself that a lot of weird things are normal here, but that's.... an elementary schooler with a flail? That cannot possibly be normal, right? ]

Uh... hey there, are all of these... yours?

[ Gesturing at the weapons bag. ]

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