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Kanji Tatsumi ([personal profile] realmenknitplushies) wrote in [community profile] xavier_institute_logs2015-02-09 06:01 pm

Sparks flying...[open]

WHO: Kanji and open!
WHAT: Training times with the walking generator.
WHERE: Around the school campus
WHEN: Throughout the day
WARNING(S): Possible Kanji potty mouth? Nothing so far.

If there was one thing that the recent mission had taught Kanji - it was that he needed to get better at what he was doing. To be able to really use his abilities and strength to the fullest... he needed to work at it. Never mind anything else. Sure, his team training's helping: but he can't rely on that alone.
If he's to ever actually justify calling himself an X-Man, to justify taking up the codename - he's got to be strong to be able to help.

So, in the pursuit of his training, there's a couple of places that Kanji can be found at the moment:

In the gym, he can be found battering the hell out of punching bags, or working his way through the free weights: generally, if a bit of apparatus doesn't require external power, he's going to be found trying it out or using it. It's always been part of his routine, a way to help burn through a bit of excess charge, but now he knows how much he needs it he's working twice as hard. ... Might be working a bit too hard, even. (Whoo. He's seeing sparks and he doesn't think they're his usual sort.)

Similarly, he can be found outside, going for a run around the grounds - okay, so it's still really a bit cold for it, but a real man's not going to frown in the face of a bit of a chill, is he? Right? Right?
aquawayfinder: (Combat ready)

[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-15 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Aqua was in the gym herself, working on a target dummy, when he came in. Every blow was precise. Careful. Measured. She had a specific routine. She started slow, and the increases in speed were checked, even, careful.

She used the edge of her keyblade as a weapon, and it still sparked with his borrowed power. Even where the weapon did damage enough to change some shape of the dummy, she did not falter. Her blows were always to the same key vulnerable points. Throat. Chest. Skull. Other side of the throat. Dancing around to the back. Back of skull.

Over and over she spun around the dummy, never seeming to get dizzy, never faltering, intent on her training, though she kept a peripheral awareness on the rest of the room.
aquawayfinder: (Back into Battle)

[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-15 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
After about an hour, she called a stop to it and started stretching, one hand on the hilt of her keyblade, the other on the blade itself. Normally she would vanish the Keyblade for this, but since borrowing the powers for the mission, she found that there were sometimes... unexpected repercussions... to having the powers within her.

The easy answer was to let them go, clear the blade, and gather ones she could more easily handle.

But how could she teach them control if she didn't learn it herself.

And when had she ever chosen any path just because it was easy?
aquawayfinder: (Never Give up hope)

[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-15 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
She turned and smiled, pausing mid stretch, hands over her head with the Keyblade. "Hello," she said warmly. "Thank you again for your aid. This power is quite interesting to work with."
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Posting from iPad, please excuse brevity/errors

[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-15 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"I very much presume," was that the correct way to say it in English?. "That had I had to keep the power inside myself I might have a different experiance. Storing the power in the Keyblade lends it as an extension of myself. If you wish, I could see if I could set up a keyblade advanced class," she said, considering. "On my island, we build our own keyblade as part of our training, I woild not mind teaching such here."
aquawayfinder: (Combat ready)

[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-17 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, I would teach you. It is..." she said a word in her own language, and frowned, finding herself unable to translate it. "Small... technology...?" she finally ventured. She meant Nano-tech. She shook her head. "I have seen very little of it here, so it would be a new skill for most if not all whom I would teach. You would be forging molds as well."
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[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-17 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
She smiled warmly. "I think with confidence and a teacher who is willing to work with you, you would find that there is very little yo could not learn to do."

And because it was what she would do on the island with one of the students, she kissed his forehead, thinking nothing of it.

"Would you like me to look into getting this set up so you could learn?"
aquawayfinder: (Never Give up hope)

[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-17 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
She nodded. "Think about it, you do not have to decide now. And if you want, we can also work with some regular control exercises, to help you learn other ways to master your power and yourself."
aquawayfinder: (Touched)

[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-17 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
She nodded a bit, smiling warmly at him. "We could start now, if you wish," she said, nodding towards the training dummy.
aquawayfinder: (Combat ready)

[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-18 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
(OOC: sorry this took so long. Aqua started writing a whole lesson. I have a feeling it will be just as applicable in a few posts, so I will do a shorter post here, and keep working on it in a text editor)

She led him to a fresh training dummy. "We begin with precision," she said. "Bare handed strikes. Here," she said, tapping the dummy in the center of the face. "Here," she said, touching the throat. "And here." she touched the center of the chest. "You want to strike with the heel of your hand. In that order, head neck chest. The same exact point on each, every time. Do the three, repeat. Set your own pace, the first two rounds, then whatever pace you have in the third round you keep."

She stepped back. "Begin."
aquawayfinder: (Never Give up)

[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-18 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
She stood back and watched. "Good. At the moment, precision and pace are more important than power and impact. Just focus on hitting your marks, keep going," she said, encouraging him with a warm smile as she watched his form, and timed and measured his hits by sound and sight.

Anytime he would miss center, she would let him know with gentle encouragement, things like "A bit higher next set, or you're drifting to the right..." whatever was needed.
aquawayfinder: (Ready to go)

[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-18 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
She smiled and nodded. "Exactly. And that will be key to your learning mastery. Any mastery. All Mastery. It's all about control. And learning control here... it helps with control elsewhere. Everything you do is connected by one core factor. You. Just like your fists and feet both need your core transverse muscles for power when you kick and punch, all your abilities, every one of them, need YOU."
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[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-18 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"That is part of what I am here to teach," she said with a warm smile. "We each have our own lessons to share with others. Are you ready for a break from this exercise?"
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[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2015-02-18 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
She managed not to let her lips quirk up into an amused smile. She kept her face politely neutral. "I think one of the hardest lessons... is pacing." She could mean the exercise he was doing now to keep to a set pace... or about taking breaks. Or something else entirely. Her voice sometimes got a bit... mysterious.

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