11-30-2018, 04:40 AM
Morgan couldn't help but feel excited as he finished setting up a small training area in the junkyard. Thick slabs of ice were shaped carefully to resemble large animalistic proportions. They had the texture of hard ice on the outside, but beyond a thin layer of it the insides were about as close to a fleshy consistency as the dog could make. Small traps were scattered around the area as well, mostly consisting of less harmful ones like snares. Lines were drawn in the ground to separate lanes leading to well-worn targets, and a large circle lied off to the side to denote the borders of an arena.
Proud of himself, the samoyed sat back and took a break. The scheduled time for the training session was approaching quickly. His excitement built further as time went on; he had not seen his fellow Tanglers fight very much in a long time outside of the one raid he had been in the previous month, and he had hardly seen enough of the newer group members to know what they were capable of. Monitoring them to find out their powers and abilities would be quite useful for establishing a stronger fighting force - something which Tanglewood was in dire need of in such dangerous times.
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With his wait finally concluding, the General began to speak.
Bringing his spear back and repairing the sculpture with slow breaths, he continued,
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TL;DR:
Weird minigame time!
There're a bunch of ice-based practice dummies placed around the junkyard. A contest is being held to see who can do the most close-range melee damage to a single dummy in 20 seconds (without powers, weapons allowed) or in 5 seconds (powers allowed). Purple paint flows throughout the dummies like blood; it's meant to be drawn as the dummy is attacked. Aim for vital areas to draw the lots of 'blood'!
Use common sense to figure out about how much your character will be able to do in the time they have. Make sure to name specific body parts or areas to target to make it a bit easier for me to keep scores. Get creative with whatever methods you use! You only need to write one post here, so there's no need to wait for attack responses like in a typical sparring thread.
Proud of himself, the samoyed sat back and took a break. The scheduled time for the training session was approaching quickly. His excitement built further as time went on; he had not seen his fellow Tanglers fight very much in a long time outside of the one raid he had been in the previous month, and he had hardly seen enough of the newer group members to know what they were capable of. Monitoring them to find out their powers and abilities would be quite useful for establishing a stronger fighting force - something which Tanglewood was in dire need of in such dangerous times.
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With his wait finally concluding, the General began to speak.
"Welcome to the first training session, everyone,"
he barked, looking around. "Although some real experience will probably help more, it's important to work on whatever fundamentals you can. Today, we won't actually be fighting each other. I know that might sound boring, but I thought of a way to make it a lot more interesting: a competition."
Drawing water from his leg bracers, he formed a short spear. "Think of it as a way of practicing with an extra incentive."
Finding the nearest makeshift practice dummy, he took a breath before launching a flurry of careful strikes into several key points: its neck, its underside, and through its head. A deep purple liquid poured out of each spot, eventually pooling around the sculpture. "This paint - 'blood' - will be how I rate each of you. The rules are pretty simple: I'll give you about twenty seconds or so to do as much close-range damage as you can to these 'enemies' with whatever weapons or abilities you have. Get creative!"
He levitated a bit of the purple fluid, forming a skull shape with it before returning it to its puddle. "I arranged the paint to run throughout these guys like real blood, so aim for areas where you know you'll draw plenty of it."
Bringing his spear back and repairing the sculpture with slow breaths, he continued,
"Just to make things a little more fair, if you use any 'powers' like my water manipulation, I'll only give you five seconds to attack. That's a quarter of the normal time. This means you can choose whether or not you use your powers, so do whatever works best for you. We'll work outside your comfort zone later."
Once he was finished repairing his work, he turned all the way around and pointed to a few open crates. "There's a bunch of random weapons thrown in there. Nothing too exciting, but if you need one, feel free to use what you need."
Turning back toward the group of Tanglers, he exclaimed, "And that's it! We'll be doing target practice and long-range attacking later, so don't worry about that just yet. Just pick an 'enemy' and start when you're ready. No teams allowed, alright?"
"Oh, and one more thing: I've got a reward or two for whoever can do the most damage."
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TL;DR:
Weird minigame time!
There're a bunch of ice-based practice dummies placed around the junkyard. A contest is being held to see who can do the most close-range melee damage to a single dummy in 20 seconds (without powers, weapons allowed) or in 5 seconds (powers allowed). Purple paint flows throughout the dummies like blood; it's meant to be drawn as the dummy is attacked. Aim for vital areas to draw the lots of 'blood'!
Use common sense to figure out about how much your character will be able to do in the time they have. Make sure to name specific body parts or areas to target to make it a bit easier for me to keep scores. Get creative with whatever methods you use! You only need to write one post here, so there's no need to wait for attack responses like in a typical sparring thread.