training ♔ monday morning

[graveflowers]

WHO || Violet Reedhym, David Levin, Lan, assorted squires and mentors, your mom.
WHAT || Weapons training!
WHERE || Knights HQ, Training Room / Armory / Firing Range / Gym, Dragon's Hide wing, 2nd floor
WHEN || June 22nd, Monday morning [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

It's that time again. New squires (and new knights who might have missed it in the hubbub) would have heard the word come 'round that there would be open weapons orientation this Monday -- which is also open to anyone who just wants to come spar with the newbies as well. As before, at the top of the main staircase is the entrance to an incredibly spacious room, that has gym and weight training equipment on the wall near the door, and then lots of old school training dummies and more at the far end. A glass door enters into a firing range, and another pair of large doors on the farthest wall lead to the armory.

Vi -- or Sir Reedhym if you're feeling like making her feel old -- is running the orientation today with a special guest of surly Sir David Levin who is being his normal strong and silent type off to the side but the wall of weapons. Sir Wellington is also in attendance, being Lan. Lanning about, as he do. The small knight toting a very teeny week old infant in a sling rounds everyone up in the center of the room to start this shit off with a loud whistle and a very cheerful, "Okay, all y'all shut up!"

Some of the squires' mentor Knights will have accompanied them - others will have left them to their own devices. Everyone's welcome to tag into threads or make their own!

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tour

[graveflowers]

[ as mentioned, there is a wee babe and anyone is free to notice the tiny baby is a very gentle shade of orange, but anyone is also welcomed to get smacked in the face with her bow, so let's... not do that. her tour is quick and dirty, and miraculously free of babble. fred coached her. ] 'kay, y'all listening? Good. Welcome to the Dragon's Hide weapons training area. I am Vi, I will be your tour guide today.

This is the gym, obviously. The armory is located through those doors behind me and you are free to peruse at will to your heart's content so long as you have your key card. If you have any questions direct them to Lan.

The firing range is over through these doors -- [ she points to them. ] -- and if you have any questions about ranged weapons or Excalibur certifications, you can come to me. Or Fred, if I'm not here. You must be certified by one of us to take it out into the field. We have gold stars and everything, it's very fancy up in this bitch.

If you have any questions about armor or whatever, you can ask any of us, especially Lan. He's very friendly, don't be afraid of his surly demeanor and inability to smile, he just wants you to be capable. We are here to help.

This room is always open and the Hide is the biggest sect so there is almost always someone here to help you get your shit together. David is pretty great at it, ask him things, bring him out of his awkward little turtle shell. Twenty bucks if you can make the Viking smile. And if you can't... the Cleric's Wing is across the hall. You can also just come running and crying to me as I am, in fact, a cleric.

Um. I think that's it. Stay sharp, be careful, think with your brain. Any one got questions? We don't bite.

[ snort. sorry lan. ]

I hope this tag makes you laugh ♥

[canaria]

[ok well Vi looks like she could be Thea's cousin or something. Thea already said something about a woman here who looks like Laurel but isn't so MAYBE THIS IS MORE OF THOSE SHENANIGANS. Sara's paying attention to what Vi is saying, but she's also kinda like */squints*.

Does Thea know about Vi? Probably.

Sara has no questions for Vi, by the way. Not at the moment.

And this is the story of how Sara Lance experienced facetwin-ish shenanigans in person here. This concludes a useless tag. :D Now let's get down to business to defeat the huns train.....]

[scorekeeper]

[ Doyle didn't have any questions, but he does randomly look at that baby... Idly wondering if it was a child demon.]

firing range

[graveflowers]

[ once any and all questions are answered and people start dispersing again, vi bounces off to the firing range with her big ass longbow, unlocking the doors with her keycard and a lazily offered: ] Anyone who wants to practice with any ranged weapon, including your shiny guns, come with me.

[ if you want to liiiiiiiiiiiiive. ]

[pwnspatrickjane]

[To probably everyone's shock and amazement, Shawn actually knows how to shoot a gun. He doesn't know why or how he learned, but he picks up the Excalibur and checks it with ease, before moving in front of the target with a practiced (but dramatic) impression of Al Pacino (perform act 6).]

Say hello to my little friend.

[And he will follow by shooting quickly and repeatedly at the target (attack 21, 20 total) until the last on that goes a little wide and bounces off one of the supports at the other end of the range (attack 8).

He cringes. Oops.]

[graveflowers]

Whoa, Scarface, focus. [ vi's scolding comes with a gentle pat on the back and she seems amused with his antics, at least. ] Try and breath through the shots.

[byyourleave]

[he was going to be a familiar face in the firing range, wanting to work on getting this "certification" quickly. The Excalibur was not the caliber that he was used to, but he hoped he would adjust quickly.

He didn't have any witty comments, just found a space to line up his target. For the most part, he did well enough for his first time firing the weapon. 10 of the 17 were somewhat on target (10 or above; 4 being above 18) but as the shots went on, his aim drifted and a few just missed and there were two that just... well who knows where they went. Good thing he was only just aiming at a target and not into a crowd.]

[graveflowers]

[ vi drifts by, chirping out carefully, ] Losing focus?

[canaria]

[Shiny guns, yes. The gun isn't Sara's first weapon of choice, but she's going to make herself comfortable with the gun she was recently issued here. She takes eight quick shots once she's in front of a target and ready (attack 19), checks her results, then fires one more (attack 2).]

What the-- [okay last shot, fine be that way.]

[graveflowers]

Just call a Mulligan on that one, honestly. It never happened.

[bagsthem]

Um yes. Guns. Gimme.

[Someone over here is trigger happy. Yes, it's totally the blonde chick. Which is probably pretty common place around here, but she's not used to that yet.]

[graveflowers]

Gotta love that enthusiasm. [ vi flashes ashley a grin. ] Guns your thing?

armory

[technophobic]

[ Lan affixes the key card apparatus with a glare as always, but he manages to operate it, swiping his card. The light turns green, and the doors open unto a room full of racks and racks of swords, maces, flails, morningstars, pikes, staffs, bows of all kinds, and more guns lining the walls in intimidating quantities. Lan marches into the center of the room, turning a keen eye onto each of you.]

Who wants to fit themselves with some steel?

[sakurasmile]

Ah yeah, question? We're allowed to bring our own from home, yeah? [Kyomi pats a rapier she's attached to a belt slung at her side, grinning.]

[technophobic]

If it's what you're trained with, then it's what ye should keep on hand, aye.

[byyourleave]

[His eyes wandered the guns, walking along the wall. These were the things he was most familiar with, but apparently here he would be expected to get "certifications" to use them. He had no doubts on his skill, but if he was going to do this, he would do it with the Excalibur since that was to be issued to him.

However, he would need another weapon. He went to look at the daggers next, letting his fingers trace along the hilts to see if one called to him. Weapons were extensions of a body, after all. They needed to fit right]

[technophobic]

See somethin' you like?

[clarkfuckingkent]

What would you suggest? [Clark doesn't really... do weapons. The hammer is his penis But he'll give it a try at least once. It seems to be the thing that people here do.]

[technophobic]

Depends on how ye fight. What have you used before? If anything.

[keptbiting]

[ amy raises her hand, bless. ]

Yeah, I'd like something other than a cricket bat.

[scorekeeper]

[ Doyle had his arms crossed as he looked at the others then to Lan.]

Question, how often per say might we be needin' such things?

[ He's looking at the weapons a little uneasy. ]

melee

[generaldavideus]

[After going through the various weapons that they have available for melee (swords, staffs, axes, clubs, all that jazz), David will gesture to the sparring areas, where there are circles painted on the floor.]

Pick your weapon of choice, pair up and spread out. If you've never used a hand-held weapon before I'd recommend the quarterstaff.

[He goes to pick one up and shows them how to hold it.]

It's a two handed weapon, that'll allow you a little more balance, and doesn't have a nice sharp blade at the end of it. The clerics are across the hall if you need them.

[No accidental severed fingers, please. Bruises are better.]

I'll be around if you need a partner, or have any questions.

[IF YOU WOULD LIKE DAVID SPECIFICALLY AT ANY POINT stick his name in the subject line. Otherwise, he will wander in and interject advice as needed, though I will give you a heads up before I threadjack.]

[byyourleave]

[picking up a quarter-staff, Baal testing the weapon in his hands. He wasn't sure how to use it, but that was the point of training, yes? He went to go find a circle]

I have never used one of these, so I would be needing someone to show me how to.

[sakurasmile]

So who's up for a bout of swordplay? [Kyomi draws her rapier from the scabbard attached to her belt and holds it out in a fencer's pose before lowering it to her side.]

[scorekeeper]

[ This Irishman looks like a fish out of water as he holds the quarter staff, what had he gotten himself into.]