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Post by Raphael on Apr 5, 2016 22:12:44 GMT -5
Arin smirked and tapped the side of his head confidently "Very good, but you're half right. What I did was I only had my keyblade out long enough to slice away at the tree trunk, I immediately recalled it when the blade fully sliced the trunk in half. That is what the goal of this training exercise is going to be. I'm going to train you to be so fast with calling your keyblade and recalling it, that no one will be able to catch you off guard without a weapon. Not a Heartless, not a Nobody, not even a resident of the scattered worlds that can plan ahead."
He started walking away from Jason, gaining some distance from the trees "However, since I'm sure Master Yen Sid will not approve of us using his limited number of trees to practice with, I have some alternatives to work with." He summoned forth his two main keyblades, Inner Confliction, and Bridge Between, before turning around and holding them to his sides. The keys broke apart and begam to reshape into different forms. Inner Confliction took the form of a long poled naginata, with a similar blade akin to its keyblade form, but the wings making up the guard were spread out, as if taking flight, and the gip had extended to be a good 5 feet long, with the keychain at the base of the blade with a much shorter chain attached.
Bridge Between has taken the form of a medium sized shield. The guard has enlarged into the shield's exterior, with the blade of the key duplicating itself and forming an X within the guard's shape. The keychain is attached where the two blades cross in the center, and the handle has formed a plus shaped connection with the enlarged guard making the shield's shape. Once constructed, the shield had a blending mass of black, purple and red filling in the empty spots of the shield.
With both keyblades changed, Arin stabbed Inner Confliction into the ground beside him, still holding the shield "We're going to practice with my weapons. I want you to try and do exactly what I did. Summon your keyblade just at the point of impact, and recall it as soon as you feel the blade connect, so your hand does not recoil. I want you to do a forehand and backhand slice with each hand respectively, like you were swinging a tennis racket. Now, this will take time to master, so I want you to start slow, and easy, then work up momentum and make your actions more rapid."
He gripped the shield on the top and left parts of the cross-shaped handle, looking at Jason over the shield's rim "I want to hear a metronome of metal crashing into metal, so, let's see what you got, rookie."
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Post by hoodiemanx on Apr 7, 2016 14:16:37 GMT -5
Jason nodded. He got himself ready, and struck the shield, striking over and over again at the same speed, before slowly stepping it up a notch. Adyson, completely focused off of the clanging in the background, kept thinking again. "Hmm... If I were an animal, what would I be? A cat? No, cats tend to be lazy from my memory. A bird? I dunno...". She got the bright idea to walk over to the edge, and just shoot her unelemented arrows into the nothingness. Lucky for any possible living things below, the arrows dissipated a little bit after she shot them.
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Post by Raphael on Apr 8, 2016 0:34:27 GMT -5
Arin was keeping careful watch over Jason as he struck the shield, while trying to only keep the blade out long enough to make contact with his shield. He was impressed at how quickly Jason was catching on with his teachings...Still.
"I'm still seeing the key show up about a second before contact, you need to try and summon it later than that. Try and mind your timing, and don't worry if you overshoot it. This is training afterall, not the real thing. Once you've got your timing down, we'll practice with a smaller target, to test how accurate you really are. And then we'll move onto some more practical skills."
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Post by hoodiemanx on Apr 10, 2016 20:42:36 GMT -5
Jason tried his best to go faster and faster. He slipped up a few times, and a few times summoned it past the shield, but he kept trying. Jason soon after stopped, and held his wrist. "To be honest, I think that's the best I'm gonna get in that portion." Jason said rubbing the back of his head awkwardly. Adyson finally noticed the clanging stopped and looked over.
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Post by Raphael on Apr 11, 2016 19:37:22 GMT -5
Arin nodded and dismissed his shield, leaving just Inner Confliction in naginata form. He held the pole of the weapon, and waited "One last test, then we'll move on to practical skills. Let's test how fast you've become with a display of speed like I did earlier. Swing at the pole of this weapon, but only have the key out as close to impact as possible. Once the key strikes, you can stop. What I want you to try and do, ideally, is to catch the pole of my weapon between the two blades of your key in mid swing. We can practice that anytime you want, but for now, I want to see how close you can get to summoning and striking in mid swing."
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Post by hoodiemanx on Apr 11, 2016 20:19:41 GMT -5
Both Jason and Adyson felt their stomach drop from what he said. 'Right between? I'm definitely not ready for that. But I guess I'll give it a shot.' Jason thought to himself. "Alright. I'll try" He said as he got himself ready. Adyson moved over to a spot where she could see what was going on better. Jason focused, and struck. He summoned the key just before he hit the Naginata. He retracted the key, and said to Arin, "Maybe one day."
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Post by Raphael on Apr 12, 2016 15:05:42 GMT -5
Arin chuckled and watched Jason strike the pole with his keyblade. He was certainly quick, it was time to move on to other skills "Alright. The next part of your training with be teaching you handy tricks while wielding the keyblade, most of which will be combat training. You're familiar with how a keyblade can lock and unlock anything, correct? Well, I'm going to show you another visualization technique that will help you learn that skill."
He summoned and aimed his Inner Confliction keyblade at the tower entrance and a beam of light flew into the lock, an audible click echoing in the area as his keyblade locked the door completely. He even proved this fact by walking up the stairs and trying to force the door open, putting all of his weight into pulling back, but to no avail. He walked back down the stairs, and approached Jason "This will mostly be for if you're dealing with big crowds and you don't want anybody following your trail. It's also if something is happening behind locked doors and you need to get in. The technique isn't very hard. All you need to do is envision your key turning the lock of a door and clicking unlocked, able to open with the pull of a hand. Locking it isn't much different, but the results will be the door not being able to open at all. This trick is far easier than the summoning and un-summoning trick."
He walked back up the stairs, waiting for Jason to try out the technique "Just like last time, keep using the key's power like this until you don't need the technique to do it anymore. I'll wait by the door to test each time you lock and unlock the door, simply tell me which you're going to try doing. Once we master this, we'll finally move on to combat training, and this is where Adyson will be able to help."
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Post by hoodiemanx on Apr 13, 2016 20:26:25 GMT -5
"Alright" Jason replied, readying the keyblade. He aimed the tips at the door, and envisioned the key locking the door. The light beam shot out of the key and hit directly at the door. "Whoa... That was pretty!" Adyson stared in awe. "Did it work? Is the door locked?" Jason asked Arin.
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Post by Raphael on Apr 14, 2016 13:06:25 GMT -5
Arin shook the door, but not to much before turning back to the others "Yes. It's still locked. Now, let's try unlocking it, shall we?"
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Post by hoodiemanx on Apr 14, 2016 16:41:06 GMT -5
"Heh heh... Sorry. I thought it was unlocked." Jason said, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly. He got himself ready again, and envisioned the key turning to unlock the door this time. The beam shot out and hit the door, and Jason asked, "It was locked, right? So is it unlocked now?"
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Post by Raphael on Apr 16, 2016 0:35:02 GMT -5
Arin smirked when Jason realized his minor slip up, stepping aside when he opted to try and unlock the door now. Once the beam of light hit the lock, and he heard the loud click of a lock tumbling open, he decided to play a little head game.
He reached for the door handle, and with his best attempt at acting, tried to open the door with a couple of 'strong pulls', making them think that the attempt failed...Until he pulled the door open with a knowing smirk and minimal effort "A perfect attempt. We'll try locking and unlocking one more time, then move on."
Once the final two attempts at locking and unlocking were completed, Arin left the now unlocked door to rejoin Jason and Adyson "Alright, before I teach you anything, I need to know how best do you fight. Are you a more up close and personal type, or do you like keeping enemies at arm's length?"
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Post by hoodiemanx on Apr 18, 2016 18:03:44 GMT -5
"To be honest, we're both ranged and up close. I had my swords that were also pistols, and Adyson has her bow which she unclips by the grip and uses the ends as daggers" Jason replied. "But if I had to choose one, it would be weapon's length". "And if I had to choose one, I prefer to stay in the back and help out from there" Adyson replied.
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Post by Raphael on Apr 19, 2016 23:06:39 GMT -5
Arin crossed his arms and tried to process Jason and Adyson's preferred fighting styles. Jason was more close range, something that many of his keyblade techniques were lacking in. And Adyson, she was only their to assist with training, he couldn't teach her anything without giving her the same gift that he gave Jason "...One keyblade is enough for any friendship, Adyson, you would learn better from Master Yen Sid, if we were to teach you anything. As for you "His eyes fell on Jason, still trying to figure out what best to teach him "...There's only so much I can teach you in terms of Keyblade skills without you learning some magic from Yen Sid first...So we'll have to focus on the skills that I can teach you, and you'll have to learn some on your own."
He pointed at the fallen tree that he chopped down recently, putting things into perspective for Jason "As you can already tell, keyblades mainly have dull edges. In some cases, there are exceptions to this, but all keyblades have one common feature when wielding one in combat. Given enough skill, and enough force in your swing, they can cut through anything in your path with a magical force. We can practice that in other worlds, with more undesirable targets. But keep this fact in mind, because there may not be much time to practice it before having to use it in a battle."
Clearing his throat, he summoned Inner Confliction back to his hand in keyblade form "Until you can forge a blade of your own, your connection with the keyblade might not be strong enough for one of the techniques I can show you. But I can show you the blitz raid attack." He walked over and retrieved the tree from earlier, carrying it into the open and kicking the trunk bottom up long enough to slice a level base. He then pushed the tree up until it could stand on its own. Walking back over to Jason, he reared back with his keyblade and lunged it at the tree. The key embedded itself into the trunk, making it teeter a bit before steadying itself again. But Arin simply called it back to his hand, and turned to Jason " It's pretty easy on e you get the hang of it. You need to empower your key to spin like a disk after throwing it, and the key doesn't lose momentum until about ten meters, after you've practiced enough to reach that distance. Afterwards, you just call the keyblade back to you with the same tricks I showed you earlier."
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Post by hoodiemanx on Apr 23, 2016 15:48:26 GMT -5
"Alright" Jason got the keyblade ready, and started throwing it, hoping to get it into a disc spin, but failing a few times. Adyson stood at the side, thinking to herself of the words Arin said about her. ' "If we were to teach you anything". Did he really say that? Was he saying that I couldn't learn anything from them? Was that supposed to be an insult, saying I was too weak to learn? Or was he saying that I'm too good to learn anything? Unlikely. If what he meant was that I was weak... Well then he needs to pay more attention.'. Jason had still been attempting to spin it correctly, finally spinning it right, but landing a few feet from the trunk. "Dang." But he kept trying.
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Post by Raphael on Apr 24, 2016 22:23:28 GMT -5
Arin was watching Jason as he kept trying to hit the tree with the keyblade. He was getting the general technique down, but he still lacked accuracy "Keep working at it. This technique will capitalize greatly on your ability to summon your keyblade in rapid succession, and it's not always needed for accuracy. Get yourself swarmed by a bunch of shadows, and you can easily carve a chunk of them out of the swarm, or even carve an opening to escape, if you're outmatched."
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Post by hoodiemanx on Apr 27, 2016 21:38:10 GMT -5
Jason kept spinning and summoning it, over and over again, before starting to finally hit the tree. "Hey, I'm starting to hit it now!" Jason exclaimed as he continued to spin and summon the keyblade. (I was thinking, maybe in a bit Adyson could go and see Yen Sid and maybe learn how to use magic better, since she's still kind of upset by what Arin said)
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Post by Raphael on Apr 29, 2016 19:57:25 GMT -5
(go for it. Arin's gonna be teaching Jason a bit more before testing him)
Arin nodded in approval as Jason finally was getting the hang of using accurate throws with his attacks. It took him months to refine his skills for combat when his keyblade first manifested, and practically two years to refine them. And because of his sharing of experiences and tricks, this boy was learning even faster than he did. He then saw Adyson off and wandering, and decided that there might be something that he could show her that she and Jason could both learn
"Thinking about it, I think there's a technique I can show you both how to use, Jason. Adyson, if you're interested, I can show you one of my first close range attacks, one I used before I could wield a keyblade."
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Post by hoodiemanx on May 1, 2016 11:00:00 GMT -5
"I'm good. I'm still more of a ranged person" Adyson said as she created three different elemented arrows in her hand. "Well, I'd be perfectly fine learning another technique, if that's alright" Jason told Arin.
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Post by Raphael on May 2, 2016 0:34:52 GMT -5
Arin glanced over at Adyson when she declined his offer. Perhaps he said something earlier that struck a nerve for her, he would have to ask her about that later on. When Jason expressed his interest in learning another technique, Arin nodded, and placed his focus on his new pupil once more "Very well, this is a technique that I typically use with two weapons. So either you will need two swords, or one sword and your keyblade. It is your preference which ones you will learn with, so tell me when you are ready."
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Post by hoodiemanx on May 3, 2016 15:29:07 GMT -5
Jason retracted the keyblade back, and then pulled out his two swords. "Any chance I get to use these, I'm gonna take. So I'm pretty much ready" Jason responded. As Arin and Jason were distracted, Adyson saw this as an attempt to go back inside. So, she snuck to the door and went inside unnoticed.
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