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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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It's not like Jean's an expert on meditating, so they don't need to follow exactly some guidelines.
"I don't know if you expected me to guide you through this, but I just make things up as I go."
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But he unfolds his legs and keeps them out in front of him. Still just a little long for his body, and he wonders if he'll ever have a growth spurt that lets him catch up.
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He huffs, small embers appearing and vanishing. "Whenever I get angry, or otherwise upset, I start breathing fire. Meditating has helped me control it a little."
Luckily, he had only accidentally set one thing on fire, even if that was a bridge in Sunwaning, but no one got hurt.
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Instead, he offers a careful smile. "I, uh. I've started making rocks when I'm sad, if I clench my hands too much I end up with crystals in them."
It's also happened at other times but he's not going to tell Jean that!
"So maybe this will help with that for me too!"
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"Who knows, though. It might. One way to find out."
Jean closes his eyes, breathing in and out. His exhales are longer, just like a friend taught him. It's getting hard to concentrate on steady breathing when you're trying to stay awake, though. But he's also reluctant to open his eyes now.
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He keeps his thoughts focused on himself, though. Though when Jean's breathing starts to get longer and longer between breaths, he peeks open one eye to look over at him.
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Marco quickly lifts himself and shifts his pillow next to Jean, sitting so that their arms are touching. And, Jean's listing to the left lets him rest his head on Marco's shoulder.
"What kind of training have you been putting yourself through?" Marco sighs out loud, but Jean doesn't stir. Instead, he closes his eyes, resting his cheek on top of Jean's head.
He's out like a light as well within ten minutes, and that's where Mikasa will most likely find them later.