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seasonsrpg2023-12-02 09:05 pm
rustyhonesty) wrote in seasonsrpg2023-12-02 09:05 pm
[Open Log] Faith alone can't get me where I need to go
WHO: Jean Kirstein & you
WHAT: Jean's training arc continues, with new skills, old skills and slightly overworking
WHEN: December
WHERE: Specified in the prompts
WARNINGS: will add as needed
A. New Skill Unlocked
[Dayrise, Grand Coliseum] [Warning for Elastic/Extending Limbs]
At first, Jean had only been able to make his fingers longer. It had felt really weird, so he hadn't tried it again for the moment. But with time he got used to the feeling and kept practicing.
So now someone may walk into the coliseum and see Jean with a three times longer right arm, grabbing onto something in the distance. He was still testing how well he could use his fingers when they were so far away from him. Not very well, especially when it was hard to see what he was grabbing.
Another problem was when the arm returned to its regular size, it... kinda came back with a force and ended up slapping Jean in the face. All part of the learning curve. But also very frustrating.
"GAH!"
B. Fire Control
[Dayrise, Grand Coliseum]
Practicing fire was something Jean was more accustomed to, but he was still struggling a little bit with a certain fire skill. So instead of going around throwing fire punches or kicks in the air or forming fire weapons, he's focusing on his breathing.
A tiny ember formed with a short breath. Then a deeper breath and a longer trail of fire, going through the air where he wanted it to go, not catching anything else on fire. Everything was going like he hoped. He could do controlled fire.
Then he took a deep, deep breath and put all his strength into blowing out fire. The goal was that it would just travel through the air, harmless. Just like the other two had.
It went straight to the ground and started burning sand all over instead. It definitely didn't go where Jean intended it to go, so that was still a work in process.
"Fuck."
C. Training, training
[Dayrise, Grand Coliseum]
Does it ever feel like anytime you run into Jean, he has a different weapon? It probably does feel like it, since he has so many different weapons he was trying to master the use of. A sword that he was already pretty good at, a polearm that he was still studying but getting better all the time, and most recently a chain whip that he was really new at.
If he doesn't have a weapon in hand, he's practicing hand-to-hand combat in different kind of forms he's learned from various people or doing simple parkour around some obstacles in Dayrise.
Yeah, it's more common to see him training than not. Recently, he's even gotten more fuel to his training fire, thanks to new arrivals that he very much wanted to keep safe and sound.
D. Exhaustion catching up
[Solarpeak, Dayrise, Blossomcrown]
Of course, when you train too much, eventually you run out of energy, which means Jean is often taking a nap in a little unexpected places. He may be napping at the Solarpeak beach, or maybe he's crashed in the middle of the Grand Coliseum in Dayrise. It's also entirely possible to see him almost falling asleep at some bench in the Blossomcrown Park when he's supposed to be watching one of his and Mikasa's three dogs (a white husky named Snow, a German Shepherd named Hazel and a Pegasus Puppy Akita Inu named Maru).
Yeah, he might be overdoing it, just a little bit.
WHAT: Jean's training arc continues, with new skills, old skills and slightly overworking
WHEN: December
WHERE: Specified in the prompts
WARNINGS: will add as needed
A. New Skill Unlocked
[Dayrise, Grand Coliseum] [Warning for Elastic/Extending Limbs]
At first, Jean had only been able to make his fingers longer. It had felt really weird, so he hadn't tried it again for the moment. But with time he got used to the feeling and kept practicing.
So now someone may walk into the coliseum and see Jean with a three times longer right arm, grabbing onto something in the distance. He was still testing how well he could use his fingers when they were so far away from him. Not very well, especially when it was hard to see what he was grabbing.
Another problem was when the arm returned to its regular size, it... kinda came back with a force and ended up slapping Jean in the face. All part of the learning curve. But also very frustrating.
"GAH!"
B. Fire Control
[Dayrise, Grand Coliseum]
Practicing fire was something Jean was more accustomed to, but he was still struggling a little bit with a certain fire skill. So instead of going around throwing fire punches or kicks in the air or forming fire weapons, he's focusing on his breathing.
A tiny ember formed with a short breath. Then a deeper breath and a longer trail of fire, going through the air where he wanted it to go, not catching anything else on fire. Everything was going like he hoped. He could do controlled fire.
Then he took a deep, deep breath and put all his strength into blowing out fire. The goal was that it would just travel through the air, harmless. Just like the other two had.
It went straight to the ground and started burning sand all over instead. It definitely didn't go where Jean intended it to go, so that was still a work in process.
"Fuck."
C. Training, training
[Dayrise, Grand Coliseum]
Does it ever feel like anytime you run into Jean, he has a different weapon? It probably does feel like it, since he has so many different weapons he was trying to master the use of. A sword that he was already pretty good at, a polearm that he was still studying but getting better all the time, and most recently a chain whip that he was really new at.
If he doesn't have a weapon in hand, he's practicing hand-to-hand combat in different kind of forms he's learned from various people or doing simple parkour around some obstacles in Dayrise.
Yeah, it's more common to see him training than not. Recently, he's even gotten more fuel to his training fire, thanks to new arrivals that he very much wanted to keep safe and sound.
D. Exhaustion catching up
[Solarpeak, Dayrise, Blossomcrown]
Of course, when you train too much, eventually you run out of energy, which means Jean is often taking a nap in a little unexpected places. He may be napping at the Solarpeak beach, or maybe he's crashed in the middle of the Grand Coliseum in Dayrise. It's also entirely possible to see him almost falling asleep at some bench in the Blossomcrown Park when he's supposed to be watching one of his and Mikasa's three dogs (a white husky named Snow, a German Shepherd named Hazel and a Pegasus Puppy Akita Inu named Maru).
Yeah, he might be overdoing it, just a little bit.
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Any smile he had fades, talking about Mukuro. To be honest, Jean's been worried about her ever since they came back from the mountain. She had seemed to improve over time, but there was still something about her that made him worry.
Which makes him feel even worse about not talking to her sooner.]
She most likely still blames herself for it. Just like you do. Just like I do. Even if it wasn't really anyone's fault.
[There's an actual worry that he might break the water bottle at this rate.]
But with her history... she must be taking it really hard, still. And I've been an idiot who's ignored her for almost a month now.
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Don't beat yourself up over it. It's hard for us to understand how she feels.
[After all, neither of them has been in a co-dependent, emotionally sadomasochistic relationship with their blood sibling before.]
...
I did the same thing to her earlier this year. I had no idea that she was struggling with something I said for months while I thought we were on the same page about the things we discussed.
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Hijikata is right, though. It was hard to understand what Mukuro had been through. Jean didn't have siblings in the first place.]
We're not doing a very good jobs as her brothers right now, huh?
[It's said sadly, a little resigned.]
Did you talk with her about it?
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[He sighs.]
I did talk to her about it... or I thought I did, in any case. I felt like we already talked it out the first time around.
[But clearly, Mukuro still felt troubled about the things he said to her, to the point where she made a network post about the usefulness of despair that she filtered away from him. If not for Makoto, he'd never have found out about that. And even after he made an effort to spend more time with her and be there for her, she still almost sacrificed herself to protect him, acting like it was a no-brainer that his life was more valuable than hers.]
I'm still not sure if it got through to her even now. I don't know how to make it any more clear.
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He's very quiet, thinking about what they could do to make things better. Well, to start with...]
I'm going to talk to her, too. To see if it helps at least a little.
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[He knows it's not something he needs to thank Jean for - after all, they both want to be there for their sister -, but he feels so at a loss that he's grateful nonetheless.]
Perhaps we can only keep at it. If we consistently have her back and support her, maybe bit by bit her self-perception will change.
[It just seems to be a slower, more arduous process than either of them would've hoped for.]
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[Jean usually wasn't good with 'patience'. But he was willing to try for Mukuro's sake.]
Right. I definitely need to hit something now to shake off these feelings. Are you up for a spar?
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[Sparring will help him snap out of this gloomy mood, too, so he's relieved at the suggestion.]
Let's see how much of a handle you've got on the chain whip by now!
[He doubts they'll encounter any enemies using such a weapon, but it still can't hurt for him to learn how to counter it, too!]
wrapup and let them train into the sunset?
Ha... I have practiced a bit at least. You might be surprised.
🎀
[A lot can be said about Jean and Hijikata, but not that they can't get their head back in the game at the drop of a head! Chances are they'll spend a good hour sparring (and once again, Hijikata will be goddamn glad for the Aura Sun has left him with).]