Training Log 01: Shiny new powers

[crypddyd]

It's been a day- or something similar to it. After all, time seemed to be a weak thing here. But it's long enough that the pounding in his head from the attack under the Founation is... manageable. His ribs still ache, but he's not going to let that stop him- if Rei needed them to fight, then he would fight. Especially since he now remembered HOW to fight- a weak memory that came with a few other things. Like that fact that he might be royalty(?), but more useful was his skills with a weapon.

So he goes hunting for a big open area- and every other Executor he sees he mentions his intention: to train and test out these new powers. Eventually he finds what he's looking for: what probably was supposed to be a park, though it was slightly twisted like everything else here. But it was open enough that he probably wouldn't hit any non-combatants. A quick switch to his Executor uniform, massive black armor with a fur lined cloak, and he spins his bone spear like an expert.

How strange to have this knowledge but almost no context. Well, it is what it is. He wonders if any of the others will join him?

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Comments

[phantasmagorial]

[ Rei has her mouth open to comment but as soon as the weapon hisses, she jumps back a bit, eyes a little wide and posture tensed like a spooked cat. Even when she realizes that it's just the weapon (literally) switching gears, she doesn't fully relax. ]

It did... that? [ She leans in, looking a little curious. ] So you can switch it during a battle... that really does seem useful. Is it hard to handle, though?

[alcahest]

[ she nods, holding the short spear awkwardly in her hands. ] It's hard when it's longer... I haven't gotten the hang of how to use it yet. And it's...

[ there's a pause while she weighs her words, tries to understand her own feelings. she wonders whether she should say this at all, or if it's unnecessary, or something she should know to keep to herself. the faint expression on her face is conflicted. ]

Even though we're going to be fighting monsters... I don't think I like it. Using a weapon, I mean.

[ from what she's remembered, she was training for some reason when she was alive, too. but in her memories, Saint-Germain always talked about safety; it was about where to run, how to escape, what dangers existed in different parts of the city. she liked those lessons. on the other hand, practising with something that's supposed to hurt others, even if it's in self-defence— she doesn't feel good about that. ]

[phantasmagorial]

[ Rei nods, her expression a little grave. ]

Even if it's to protect yourself... I don't like knowing that I could hurt someone. Or that I do have to hurt someone to protect myself.

[ It helps, as horrible as it is, that most of the Revenants are so far removed from human that she might as well be fighting fairy tale monsters. It doesn't completely help the horrid guilty feeling she gets every single time, though. ]

If it's going to be hard for you, though... I don't want you to feel forced into it. Even if you're an Executor now, I don't want anyone to put themselves in danger when they're not completely sure it's their own choice.