revenance_rpg | Training time (open)

Who: Kanji and anyone who runs into him!
What: Training time for Kanji and his duo
When: Sometime after the fourth wall business
Where: Around Traverse Town, ending at the Fourth District
Warnings: Nothing so much?

Kanji wasn't much of a magic user. Okay, so perhaps he'd had to step into that position during the skirmishes with Nightmare Moon, but he'd never had the power to keep it going, never had the force behind his attacks some did. It was his own strength that he trusted most, and it was that that he wanted to work on, right now.

With his Dream Eaters by his side, he was working his way around the town, checking out the usual spots for Nightmares to be found; Plum and Jet (as the Meowjesty had come to be known) taking care of business with their usual speed, and with various treats being thrown around at the end of it all... they deserved it.

In the end, he could be found in the square at the bottom of the hill in the Fourth District. Around the place, some of the barrels and crates that seemed to be omnipresent, piled up. (And a few with Nightmares' - or even Nightmare Moon's - face drawn on them.) While the Spirits were playing on the steps - time for a bit of target practice.
With his typical yelling, he rushed the barrels, swinging his shield around viciously - but not with any regard for what it was supposed to be, not with any finesse, just another blunt instrument to be wielded. How long before any of his targets broke under the onslaught? Not the most elegant training method, but ...
...well, he'd make do.

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For the most part, Aeleus calls it an axesword, if he must call it anything in particular. But most of the time there really isn't much of a need to. He knows it's his, and that's all that really matters in the long run.

"It certainly couldn't hurt. Even if they can only manage something similar enough to this."

Well... that's a perspective Kanji can understand.

"Alright." He fidgets slightly. "D'ya mind if I..." Looking around, now, to see if he can spot a pompom.

"Not in the least."

He's patient enough to wait however long it might take for Kanji to find a moogle. He wouldn't be surprised if one turns out to not be terribly far away, but if not he doesn't have anything that is likely to require his attention at the moment.

"Alright." And there. "Hey! Hey, you!"

Excuse him a minute, then. His discussion with the nearest moogle is going to be a trainwreck insofar as anything that could be considered haggling savvy goes - damn, they've got some nice stuff, but there isn't a chance in ... anywhere that he's going to be able to afford it.

What he does manage to find, though, is a plain but serviceable - and most notably big - warhammer.

"Uh. Did I overdo it?"

The weapon Kanji returns with is certainly larger than Aeleus might have expected Kanji to return with. But it's not necessarily bad either. Not when there's still a decent enough chance that it might be the sort of thing that can be made to work.

"That depends. Are you able to easily lift and wield it?"

"Lift it..." He does so, hesitantly - "Yeah. It's heavy but it ain't too heavy. Dunno about 'wield it', though. I'm ... really not used t' this sort of thing." The hand grip just feels weird compared to how he's used to swinging things around.

"As long as you can manage to lift it, the rest should come in time. As for wielding it, you'll ideally want to do it something like this."

There's a demonstration after his words. True, Aeleus isn't attacking any of the targets that Kanji had set up - especially since Skysplitter might easily have left very little for Kanji's own use - but Aeleus moves through the motions of attacking all the same, at a pace that is hopefully slow enough that Kanji can spot what he's doing.

Alright. He's watching. A little hesitantly, he goes through the motions after Aeleus, not attacking anything himself for now.

"Okay, not so bad..."

"It will take work to grow accustomed to, as any new weapon would. However, you should find it to be more suited to your particular style than what you had been using before."

And to judge by the nod that came just before his comment, it's reasonable enough to assume that Kanji's made a good start on figuring out how best to wield a weapon like the one currently in his hands.

"Ya think so?" he asks, slowly and deliberately swinging it around. This is definitely awkward, to say the least... but it's not awful. Just going to take work, as he was just told.

"I do," Aeleus answers with a nod. It's certainly better than a shield at any rate, and the rest will indeed come in time. Besides, it's something that Aeleus knows better than he would have known what to do with a shield and that in turn leaves Kanji with at least <>one person who could be pressed upon for advice, should he need such things.

"Heh. Thanks. I've ... only ever really made this stuff up as I go along," he admits. "You know what you're doin'. I'll trust ya."

"I'll be sure to do my best, then."

And he does know what he's doing besides, even if he's never really taken on anything much like an apprentice. But he'll manage one way or another, of that he's reasonable certain. Even if it might just as much a learning experience for him as it would be for Kanji.

"Thanks. ...I will too."

He's not entirely used to playing the good student either. But this isn't something he'll be able to play around with, he knows.

Very much not something he can play around with. Using a weapon improperly is just as bad as not having one in the first place, and although Aeleus is willing to allow some leeway, there are certain things Kanji may find that he's not willing to budge on. But for now, those can wait. Especially since he isn't even certain that this will end up with him taking on something like a student.

Instead, he simply nods. There's nothing else he can really think to say, and so he figures that silence will do.

Silence might do for a bit, but soon enough:

"Look, uh. How about I see how I get on with this thing for now, yeah? I won't try anythin' big. I'll just see if I can get used to the feel of it."

Aeleus nods at the comment. It seems a sensible enough thing and it'll get him a little more familiar with the weapon besides.

"Of course. And if you need me, I shouldn't be far away."

"Alright. Thanks, man - uh, wait, did I catch your name?" he asks, scratching his head with a free hand.

Ah, yes. That would certainly tend to help, especially in the long run.

"My apologies. It's Aeleus."

"Cool." He nods in reply. "Mine's Kanji."

Training time (open)

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