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[musclebeast]

Date & Time: 11/3/12 : 6am - 4pm
Location: Training Facility
Characters: Equius and anyone that previously agreed to train with him or who shows up to while he's there
Summary: TRAINING, woooo. So lots of fighting and strife and whatever else happens. Hey maybe some bonding.
Warnings: Violence.

6am, the facility opens at 6am and that's when he arrives. Equius takes his training very seriously, and besides the mandatory training periods, is here often when he's not working with his own projects or training else where. His life isn't very different here when contrasted to what he was doing on Alternia before SGRUB. About the same, well, besides all the weird aliens here and this ridiculously bad organized Initiative trying to rope and wrangle them into silly quests.

Whatever, training is nice though, at least this place gives him more time since he'd be dead otherwise.

Equius can be found in the training facility for a while, training for himself, working up a sweat firing arrows at moving targets or working on some hand to hand. Your character might come across him accidentally breaking training equipment that's not supposed to be broken, of even smashing through the floor a little, or even a wall. Whoops. Otherwise he's rather quiet as he practices archery, or lifts ridiculous amounts of weights. Kid might be young but damn is he strong.

[OOC: FREE FOR ALL. Tag in separately like you would in any log or feel free to jump into threads with other people if your character would arrive at that time. Just give the other person a message to see if they're okay with it first.]

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[hornedomen]

It did not faze him when Equius sneered. He watched his form closely and then he adjusted his grip.

“Like this?” he asked. His eyes were back on the target. Now his form was proper. Until Equius gave the word that he could shoot, Ico held his position. He had a steady aim that did not deviate from the target.

[musclebeast]

"Yes, now steady yourself and shoot." Looks up to the targets.

[hornedomen]

Ico released the bow. It was a smooth shot and the arrow hit the middle of the target. He smiled and he took another arrow from the quiver. He felt confident so he strung the arrow again and fired another shot and it hit the middle of the next target. After hitting the third target, he looked to Equius for further instruction.

[musclebeast]

Eyebrow raise.

"Continue." Let him stomp off somewhere to get something else for this as well.

[hornedomen]

He continued shooting. When each target had an arrow through the middle, Ico went further back and he fired the next set of arrows. He reached back and his quiver was empty so he wandered away to get more.

[musclebeast]

He returns with a few pendulum targets, signalling Ico to stop as he moves over to the other targets.

"Do you feel comfortable with these particular targets then? You aim appears to be rather accurate, now it is merely your speed you need more experience with."

[hornedomen]

These new targets looked strange. He moved over to see what Equius was doing.

“Yes. What is that?”

[musclebeast]

"Moving targets." Said as he beginds to set them up, moving the stand still circular targets as he needs to.

[hornedomen]

Ico helped by moving the stationary targets away. He waited for Equius to finish.

“Have you hunted before, sir?”

[musclebeast]

"I-" A small breath, working on another swinging target.

"I have not, I've only had experience with targets really. I've considered exploring the Outlands further though. I don't eat meat, but I know those who do and hunting in that area might be good practice." This subject bothers him a little though, he doesn't seem very comfortable with the idea of killing animals. But as Nepeta once said, she only kills what she eats so as long as those lives aren't wasted it should be all right, yes? Still, it causes his stomach to knot a little.

[hornedomen]

“I wouldn’t hunt here,” Ico commented. It was obvious that Equius was uncomfortable about the subject. He felt relieved to know he was against it.

“There aren’t many animals left so they shouldn’t be hunted. They don’t look right, either. I think they’re sick.”

Ico pulled the arrows out of the stationary targets and set them in a neat pile.

[musclebeast]

"They're different, yes, but those birds that can mimic us bother me. They don't seem-" Pauses.

"It almost feels like they're on purpose, if that makes sense?" A shrug, finishing with this target.

"The hunting I would do wold most likely not kill any of them, shoot and miss, but just barely. It is important to get a proper eye for movement."

[hornedomen]

“Birds? Which birds?”

Once Equius was finished with that target, Ico examined it to see how it worked. Occasionally, he touched it to see how it moved. He was careful not to break anything.

[musclebeast]

"The large black featherbeasts." He starts to put up the final target now.

[hornedomen]

“Featherbeasts?” he laughed. What an odd way to describe them. He watched Equius to see how the target was put together.

[musclebeast]

"Excuse you?" Hmph.

[hornedomen]

“Sorry,” he said. He must have done something wrong. While he did not understand, he stopped laughing.

Ico moved back and he waited in anticipation for Equius to finish with the last target.

[musclebeast]

A huff, backing away and starting towards the far side of the shooting range now since the targets are done being set. On his way back he lightly taps each one, getting them moving back and forth.

"Bow."

[hornedomen]

Before Equius made it back, Ico began examining the way the targets moved. He did not want to upset him again by failing this task. His eyes rested solely on the targets, seeming entranced by the movement. His muscles were taut. Despite his intense stare, he felt pleasantly warm in his chest.

Immediately after Equius gave the word, Ico readied the arrow, drew the bow, and fired a quick shot. The arrow landed in the middle of one of the moving targets. Ico laughed breathlessly and he looked to Equius so he could see his reaction.

[musclebeast]

For never using a bow Ico seems to be shooting with more accuracy than Equius would assume. Perhaps that's just slight jealousy due to his own difficulties with archery in the beginning.

"Again."

[hornedomen]

Again, Ico drew the bow and he fired an arrow into the middle of the next target. He could not explain it; while he never held a bow before, he knew it. The feel of the draw and knowing when to let go was something that simply happened. It was because of the simplicity that he did not question it.

He emptied the entire quiversful into the heart of each target.

[musclebeast]

"Have you lied about your experience with a bow?" He says sternly, watching carefully.

[hornedomen]

"No. I never used one before," he said. There was complete honesty in his voice and appearance. "It's easier than I thought it would be."