[HUB ISLAND | NEWBIE TRAINING]

[spellbindmods]

Who: New coven members, Brie and assigned teachers (old blood can join too!)
Where: The coven base camp
When: Day 98
Open/Closed: Open to Alllllllllmost everyone, essentially top levels are newbies and teachers, but oldbies can tag around!
OOC: To be clear, top levels should only be new characters accepted in October and those who signed up for teacher slots. Old players ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAG AROUND IF THEY WISH, and of course other new characters can mingle with their newbie brethren. If your character is a teacher please indicate that in your top level to differentiate.

Danger may not be imminent -- but that doesn't mean things will always be so peaceful. Being new and gifted with magic, the time has come to try and create a force to be reckoned with. While Genette is more focused on interpersonal unity (and not her poor planning skills), Brie wants to worry about other, more important things. The explosions and power missteps grow older and older with each new batch of coven members, so let's nip that in the bud ASAP, shall we? All the newbies have been gathered together in the base camp clearing with very explicit instructions -- hopefully this isn't such a daunting task that she needs to resort to tying people together, like some bougie servants running around. There is a bit of a problem of personalizing activities -- A.K.A. she's not doing that again. It was a mess last time, and hard to keep up with who all was succeeding and falling flat on their face. Instead, there are three distinct stations that are being utilized in order to try and grab every type and subset of power. A ▢ For offensive type characters, wild boars have been enclosed in a large pen. Also within this pen are large pillowcases, filled with sand and tied at the end. It's as good a dummy as any, okay? Brie has instructed those with magic more in line with direct fighting to kill a boar -- or if they want to work up to that type of offensive magic, they can instead try to explode those sacks of sand. B ▢ Healing is a bit trickier -- some may get lucky and find someone who is unintentionally injured or who is harboring an old wound that Genette hasn't sniffed out. In the case of needing to focus on healing, Brie has a small knife at her disposal. Any volunteers are going to be sliced against their palm. Genette is on standby to heal this wound if a newbie can't pull it off, but don't worry. Even in the worst case scenario, this wound won't last long. C ▢ Other magic powers may work better with items involved -- dismantling, levitation, the like. So there's a big bin of items in the middle of another roped off clearing. From salt and pepper shakers to MP3 players, your character can find some sort of junk in this bag. Whatever your character wants to do with these items and their magic, they're there to use. D ▢ Another roped off area is for more abstract magic. Other volunteers can come and help with whatever these magics might be -- emotional reading, creating plants. Those hard-to-define magic types can practice here with as much help as they can find. E ▢ Some older coven members have garnered Brie's seal of approval. If they know anything about fighting or magical training, they've been welcomed to create their own space and get newbies to learn whatever skills they have to offer. F ▢ Finally, magic isn't the only training going on here. There's one final area that's roped off and filled with swords, stuck about a foot in the ground -- thanks Brie. Characters who are good with swords can of course show off their skills, but it's also a good idea that inexperienced characters learn how to wield one of these weapons.

Comments

[lohengrins]

[ cue an eyeroll. ]

You power is an overwhelming one, isn't it? Then we need to make sure you know how to control it!

[ he attempts to deck her again, this time stopping right at her forehead. ]

I won't be angry — I'm telling you to strike me already.

[cherrypuncher]

Ah—!

[okay so this time she panics just enough at the direction and closeness of the next punch that instinct kicks in—fighting enough eldritch abominations will instill some of that into you—and she moves to grab the arm attached to the fist coming at her. the goal looks like it's about to be to just flip Percy right over her shoulder and slam him into the fucking dirt but she just

stops the motion halfway through

so she can catch him and hold him up above her head again]

—S-sorry!

[lohengrins]

[ he doesn't actually know what just happened but he absolutely does know that he hated every bit of it.

there's a hand curled around his. it flips his entire weight over and then pulls him back. and here he is, raised over her, yet again.

sternly, as though he were a baseball coach, he exclaims: ]

THIS ISN'T FIGHTING!

[ he's trying to wriggle out of her grasp. AGAIN. ]

You can't simply...PICK UP YOUR ENEMIES AND HOLD THEM OVER YOU HEAD! YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO CHANNEL YOUR STRENGTH! RELEASE ME AT ONCE! WE'RE STARTING OVER!

[cherrypuncher]

[MISTAKE MISTAKE MISTAKE MISTAKE MISTAKE

she's just making distressed noises the entire time he yells like a puppy being scolded but she's...also not putting him down...... she's scrambling this way and that in an attempt to keep her balance the whole time so she doesn't drop him?!]

I-I'm keeping you from punching me, though?! [like!! it's working!!!!!] I know this isn't the right way to do this b-but I'm not losing the fight, either! Sorry, I'm sorry!

[not sorry enough to put him back on his own two goddamn feet though. she doesn't want to start over???]

[lohengrins]

[ oh my GOD.

percival has no choice but to bring his legs up and over his head...and quite literally...roll out of her grasp.

the landing hurts — he falls headfirst and jumps back onto his feet with the aid of 1) ample flexibility and 2) the sheer strength of his legs, but he certainly gives her an iron hot scowl as he dusts himself off. ]

You're not allowed to pick me up — EVER. AGAIN. Do you understand?

[ those fists are back up. ]

Get into position. Now. We're going to spar, regardless of whether you like it or not. You can't keep running away from this!

[cherrypuncher]

A-are you okay?! I'm so— [oh no he's getting back up and he looks so mad. she looks so much like a frightened puppy, magic was a mistake and so was training]

U-understand! Understood! Sorry!

[how many times can she apologize in the span of one whole minute. TIME TO FIND OUT

getting into position is actually just going to entail her frantically waving her hands in front of her some more, though...]

I-I really don't think that's a good idea? I'm not trying to run, really, but I really don't want you to get hurt...!