This is the Neo-Swedish engineers' fault, okay

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

Allenby rocked back and forth on her heels, frowning at the Great Wall for a couple of reasons. One, apparently the Daligig or whoever had yanked out a big chunk of the Great Wall (or one of them, given how many Earths there were) and slapped it into the City like a cheap bookcase. She wasn't big on cultural heritage preservation, but sheesh.

The second reason was that she was thinking. Next to her feet was a bag of toys: jacks, a gymnast's ribbon, a kite, spinning tops, and a few superballs. Believe or not, she was going to use these to develop a new specialty technique--just as soon as she figured out where to begin.

"Man, Nobel Gundam... I knew I shoulda asked Chibodee and George what they did to figure out theirs." She winced when she caught herself talking to her Gundam yet again, and she wasn't even in the Hangar this time... oh well. Allenby picked up the ribbon and began running, executing a technique she already knew well from piloting.

[ooc: So anyone in the Water Cooler post who wanted to do sparring/training stuff, this would be a good place to do it! :3 Or anyone else who'd like to pop in, of course.]

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But Morgan is still in the pods. :(

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"What are we running towards?" The elf put on a burst of speed to catch up with her, which was fortunate because he couldn't maintain that sprint for long. The fact that he could keep up with her at all in full armor probably ought to be impressive.

Yes, he'd seen her running and just joined in.

That's okay! She'll be training like this again

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

"Uh--" Allenby stared at the pointy-eared guy who was apparently her running partner. "Runnin' towards a new specialty technique!" she said after a moment of thought. "Who are you?"

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"That's a new one on me," he said thoughtfully.

"Maridian! Blood Knight, Sin'dorei, and I have many titles but every time I start listing them people give me weird looks." He offered her a hand. While still running. In plate armor.

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

Allenby shook Maridian's hand, while still running, although she wasn't in such heavy gear. "Blood Knight, huh?" She slowed down to give him a bit of a break and because she switched to running backwards, twirling the ribbon at her side idly. "Sounds like that's a pretty heavy title on its own. I'm Allenby Beardsley, Gundam Fighter!"

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

A break? He had the strength of a paladin to fuel his footsteps -- he was actually running slower than his top sustainable speed in armor! ...but he had no idea she was taking misguided pity on him. "It's the order to which Sin'dorei paladins belong," he said. "And it's nice to meet you, Allenby! What's a Gundam and why do you fight it?"

[hegemonstratos.livejournal.com]

Einhart blinked, walking over at looking over at the Great Wall, and at Allenby running around using the ribbon. "What are you up to?" she asked, looking around at all the other toys as well. Allenby seemed to be a bit old to be playing around like that, wasn't she?

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

"Oh hey!" Allenby slowed down when she saw Einhart, grinning. She hadn't run into that kid in a while--pretty long while, in fact. "I'm training!"

[hegemonstratos.livejournal.com]

Einhart looked over at the toys. "What type of training is this?"

Because really, Einhart was having a hard time figuring out what Allenby was supposed to be training with all this stuff.

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

"Ah, well! I'm trying to develop a new specialty technique to use in my Gundam," Allenby explained. She twirled the ribbon. "Since I use a beam ribbon as my primary weapon and my current technique is based on the motion of a hula hoop, I figured I ought to stick with the theme."

Hence the jacks and things. It might look silly, but there was an odd sort of logic to it.

[hegemonstratos.livejournal.com]

Einhart blinked at that. "Oh. That does make sense. But... will you have those type of things for the new technique for the machine?"

[bears-omnitrix.livejournal.com]

"Hey!" exclaimed Ben, waving at her. He had been far too restless lately and needed to get out. Having seen Allenby there, he decided to arbitrarily strike up a conversation.

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

"Hey there!" Allenby waved back with her free hand, circling around to run towards Ben, looking quite human today. "Whatcha doing out here?"

[bears-omnitrix.livejournal.com]

"Just goofing around," replied Ben. "Been really quiet on my end. Nothing earth shattering. And I've sat out a lot of the volunteer missions. Nothing really comes to mind. How about you?"

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

"Well, I went to that Oraya planet and fought in the battle at NiSaris... some other stuff too. That's why I'm out here now. It's about time I tried to improve my skills."

She slowed to a stop. Ben had some pretty crazy abilities, but after going on some of those missions Allenby couldn't blame him for staying on Stacy. "I dunno if I could deal with quiet, but maybe I could give it a shot for a little while."

[bears-omnitrix.livejournal.com]

"It's overrated but when you have nothing to do, it helps." said Ben with a shrug. "So, how's this going to pan down? I'm trying to figure out how this is all put together beyond gymnastics."

omg so late so late 'sup bb

[praises]

When Allelujah had thought one day he might like to see the Great Wall, this really wasn't at all how he pictured it. In actuality, he hadn't even been looking for it in the first place as he wandered the outskirts of the City. But there was no mistaking it, nestled into the buildings, ruins, markers and spires comprising the alien skyline. He wandered its expanse for some time, trailing a hand along the stones at random intervals, unable to keep from thinking that maybe this wasn't even from the Earth he knew at all.

His short reverie was broken, that thought carefully abandoned for now, by movement in the near distance. The elegant whip and whirl of ribbon in a style he'd only ever seen on the last battlefield. Allelujah paused to watch for a moment, wondering if perhaps by saying anything, he'd interrupt her.

Whatever it was she happened to be doing.

no problem! :3

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

Allenby didn't notice the guy watching her at first. She was focusing on getting the motion right and trying to figure out what new kind of motion would serve her best the next time she went into battle. The ribbon gave her a lot of reach, the hoop a longer range, but they could still only strike down a single target...

Yeah. Something that could hit multiple targets, either at once or in succession. She gave the ribbon one last whip and started to jog back to her stuff, thinking about getting out the jacks or the superball, when she spotted the man.

"Well hey there," she said, scooping up some jacks. "Whatcha up to?"

[praises]

Allelujah noted the precision of her movements momentarily before she addressed him, and he scuffed his foot back in the dirt, not meaning to intrude.

"Excuse me," he apologized, slowly recognizing her from the brief hectic intervals aboard the Quarter before their skirmish against the Ohm. It'd been a long time since then, but repair efforts had kept him quiet and busy.

"I was just exploring some of the areas of the City for the first time," he replied, casting a mildly curious glance at the jacks in her palm. "But can I ask what it is that you're doing?"

... It wasn't everyday he saw a supposed Gundam pilot at the Great Wall of China with a bag of toys.

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

Now that she was closer, Allenby thought she could recognize this guy, too. The voice was more familiar than the face, but... it was weird the way he seemed to almost be shy. Fighter and mech pilots wouldn't be shy, would they? Or maybe he was just gloomy like Kira was.

"Sure, ask away," she said with a friendly smile, not wanting to put him off. She was training, but she honestly didn't mind taking time out to talk to folks, especially ones she didn't know too well. "I'm workin' on developing a new specialty technique for my Gundam! And since what I've got already is a ribbon and a hula hoop, I'm going to stick with stuff like that for new skills."

See? Logic. Gundam logic.

[praises]

Beyond Celestial Being's disposition as near hostile in their secrecy, he only lived up to their silence insofar as being socially quiet in personality. Still, he felt welcomed enough to finally continue his approach, cautiousness being limited to his voice only. "Specialty technique?" It was then he remembered the Nobel Gundam's distinct combat style in the field, which wasn't exactly easy to overlook even in the fray. The ribbon she had moments earlier made more sense in that context.

"You use things like this to train, then?"

Well, if his Gundam sparkled ...

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

Okay. Hoshi had known that there were a few absurd training techniques, however this was, quite frankly, new to her. Very new.

In fact, it confused her since she didn't know what it was exactly meant to accomplish.

"Hey, Allenby! What'cha doing over there?"

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

Allenby... failed to really pick up on Hoshi's confusion. She knew her technique probably didn't look anything like how Domon, Chibodee, or George had developed their techniques--but the word absurd didn't occur to her. In much the same way fish don't have a word for water.

So she just gave Hoshi a cheerful wave. "I'm workin' on a new fighting technique!" she called. "Figure I need something with better time and range after seeing what kinda fights we get into."

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

Right, then! People had their ways of going about training and fighting techniques, so any confusion she had on her part went away with a small nervous chuckle, mostly hidden by her hand.

"I see! May I help in any way?" she asked, walking right up to the wall. Learning more about others and their ways would definitely help out in some fashion. So, perhaps, whatever Allenby was up to would help her, too!

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, sure!" Allenby twirled the ribbon idly. "I figured out I want a technique that can hit more stuff at a time. My ribbon and my current special attack are great, but they only strike once. I figured out something I can bounce, buuut... I still gotta work on targeting."

She looked over Hoshi and then at the Great Wall. "So how fast can ya go on foot?"

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi listened to Allenby explain what kind of technique she wanted to develop, equating it to what the Luna Memory did when she and Philip went Double.

"I can help you out with that," she said as she flicked her wrist as the DoubleDriver appeared around her waist. Sure, she was still new to Double's techniques and all, but it'd be a training session for the both of them.

Hey, Philip. I'm helping Allenby train and I was thinking maybe we can start off with the Luna Memory based on what she gave me. What do you think? she suggested through their mental link.

That will work, replied Philip. Let's begin with that.

--should we go with Joker, Metal, or Trigger? asked Hoshi, still unfamiliar to a large majority of Double's power.

Joker would be best, since it is a nice match up for her skills.

Very well. Hoshi slipped a hand into her pocket, pulling out the Joker Memory.

"Henshin!"



She pressed down on both of the Memories as a peaceful tone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCsH2PHLTSU) played, transforming Hoshi into Kamen Rider Double with the right side being yellow, the left side being black-violet.

"Let's begin, shall we?" asked the left side with the eye blinking in response.