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i'm bigger than my body [open & closed]

who: John Proudtar + Shigeru Miyata, Minsu Oh, Cisco Ramon, and anyone
what: Catch-all
when: throughout march
where: various places, mainly the perimeter guard training grounds
warnings: none that I can think of! Will update if necessary

i. meditate (open to all)

[ Since putting his training offers out on the Quarantine network, John has been putting up dates and times and locations for 'classes' - he hates calling them as such, but if the shoe fits.

There's nothing special about the spot he's chosen - it's by the river, shadowed by some trees, pleasant and quiet. John's sitting straight on the ground, cross-legged, as he waits for any 'student' who might be interested in learning about meditation. He's prepared to fight stereotypes, remembering Lorna's reaction the first time she saw him practicing, how surprised she'd been, how long she'd teased him for it after.

John waits, until a few people are seated in front of him, before he says anything. ]

Before we start, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. The goal here is to get some tools for you to center yourself if you ever feel like control, or your sense of self is slipping. Meditation is what we make it out to be - contrary to popular belief, it isn't about sitting on a rock for days at a time, humming to yourself, although you're welcome to do that, if it works for you.

[ John smiles. This should be fun. ]

We're going to start much smaller, here.

ii. combat (open to all)

[ Come one, come all, whoever is interested in trying to test themselves against that mutant who can't get hurt. He'll take your punches and will try to give pointers wherever he can - he is, after all, an ex-Marine himself, and has seen combat situation more than once.

Depending on who's here to train and who's interested in helping, there are several stations set up in the Perimeter Guards training grounds - one, large and further away than the rest, for those who want to try out their powers but might struggle with control, or simply have a huge range. One for hand-to-hand combat, with dummies and training equipment strewn around. One for swordfighting - the weapons are blunt. John's walking around between the different stations, helping out wherever he can, and learning, himself - he's never held a sword before, after all.

Come and train, fight, help out, or whatever else you want to do! ]

iii. wildcard

[ Closed starters in comments! Find me at ellievolia if you want a specific starter, or just hmu with anything, I'm happy with basically anything. ]

Threaded | Flat

[ There was something about meeting up with Shigeru before they tried anything concrete. It as obvious in their previous conversation that Shigeru was terrified of his own abilities, and that was something that John had seen all too often, and it was as difficult to navigate as someone who took too much pleasure in the raw power.

So there was nothing planned but a sit down, a chat, an opportunity for them both to gauge the other and make sense of what their respective abilities were. It was just for John to assess, but also for Shigeru, who had no reason yet to trust John.

So, here he was, with two coffees in hand, waiting for the doctor to make it to the training grounds after his shift. An introductory session, if you will. Not that John was a therapist in any way, but -

He truly believed he could help. ]

[ The Coffee Shop. One original name, that is, John can't help but think with a smile, as he walks in. Not that he particularly cares, because the smell, when he steps into the coffee shop, is so intense and amazing that John's almost dizzy with it, taking a moment to close his eyes and breathe in.

He walks to the counter, thinking it must be Minsu behind the till, and leans to look at the displayed food, chewing for a second on the inside of his lip. ]

All right, what would you recommend to someone who hasn't had good coffee, nor any kind of pastries, in years?

[ John has never, ever ever stepped in a lab like Moontech in his life. He's not the tech guy, preferring the outdoors to being confined in an enclosed space, which, obviously, doesn't make him the best person to be a researcher. It's just not in his blood, but it doesn't make the lab any less impressive as he walks in, hoping against hope that Cisco will actually remember their conversation.

He finds the man deep in his work, and waits for a while for Cisco to look up before walking over. ]

Cisco, right? I'm John - we had a talk, the night of your birthday. I just wanted to drop by and say thank you for that.

[ Cisco might not remember, but John does, very well. And their conversation led to John and Clarice talking things out, so John is very, very thankful. ]

And also, you told me I should come in and visit you at the lab any time, and I got curious what kind of facilities you got, here.

[Even with everything else going on at the moment, Shalimar still finds herself with restless energy to burn and where better than the training grounds of the place she supposes she can call her workplace.

While she trains, her focus is dedicated to what she's doing - save for the odd break where she hits the dummy a little too hard and knocks it off-centre, not something she's used to worrying about when back home the dojo took care of all of that for her.

Still, even her stamina pushes her to rest from time to time and she's taken to watching John as he spars with the other trainees. It doesn't go unnoticed that he takes everything thrown at him while barely breaking a sweat and she enjoys the determination it brings out in some of his opponents to push themselves harder.

She waits until he's done with his latest trainee before approaching, stretching a little as she stands.]

Well I can see why they've asked you to help out. Nothing like a real challenge to motivate someone into improving.

[Not that she's worried about that so much herself, but she is curious to see how she'd match up.]

[Wanda only has some close-range fighting skills. Not a lot. She's more comfortable fighting from a distance where her powers help her out in that regard, but she's pretty new here, so she figures she should brush up on those lacking skills, so here she is trying some hand-to-hand combat on a dummy.

Oh god.

Her form is a hot mess, and on top of that she's holding her fists way wrong -- with her thumb tucked under her fingers, which is a bad idea considering that's a really great way to break one's thumb bone in half.

Help, John.]

[Sam drops by one of John's classes one day, quietly seating himself in the back of the group. Mostly, he's interested in seeing where this goes - he believes John knows what he's talking about, but he's curious about his teaching style. Sam hasn't done a whole lot of meditation himself, but he's familiar enough with the traditional process, so he just settles into a loose-limbed, relaxed seat and waits for instructions.]

Sure you don't want to change your mind about incense and a man bun, or taking your shirt off?

[ Clary grinned, unable to stop herself from a little teasing. She'd grown up in Brooklyn, so she'd watched the Hipsters take over and she'd seen some of the types she just knew had to attend meditation and yoga, if not teach it.

But John was definitely better than all of them, and probably a hell of a lot more interesting and grounded. She held up her hands to indicate it was her one and only joke before resettling into position.

Her own hair was pulled back and out of the way, some of her runes showing even with the sweater she wore over her tank top. But one shoulder had slid down and there was no hiding the runes on her neck. ]

[ kaldur is still in the process of settling in, but having accepted work with the perimeter guard helps with the process in that it gives his days structure, in that it gives him something to do. it isn't the team he knows — but perhaps after everything he has done to gain his father's trust, to gain access to the light in order to learn of their plans and report back to nightwing, perhaps a new team that has not seen him (pretend to) kill one of their own is not such a bad idea.

so he is on the training grounds, first training alone but eventually finding him face to face with john, both of them with swords in their hands.

kaldur has the advantage here, perhaps: his waterbearers are close enough to swords that this is not something new to him. still, he circles john slowly at first, his movements measured and his gaze watchful. ]

Threaded | Flat

closed to Shigeru

closed to Minsu

closed to cisco

combat

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