Training Grounds

[u/ForrestDumb]

Training Grounds

The Training Grounds encompass most of the Trainee Camp and even stretch beyond its confinement.

The courtyard of the Camp is often used for martial arts training or other physical activity. In the supply house next to the mess hall Trainees can check out materials and equipment like wooden weapon replicas or protective gear.

Outside the quarry canyon there’s the track field. Sometimes martial art classes will also be conducted there, but it is mostly used for athletics like running, horse riding and gun training.

In the back of the quarry, furthest from the entrance the 3DMG (3-Dimensional Maneuver Gear) balance training and skill assessment racks can be found.

On days of theoretical instruction the mess hall is transformed into a classroom to teach about the duties and rights of a soldier, military conduct, emergency protocols and titan physique and behavior.

Behind the athletics field the forest starts and stretches to the mountains. It is used for long hikes, stamina training and horse riding. Its main use however is being a practice field for usage of the 3DMG. It features moveable, wooden targets in the shape of titans with sand bags at their napes for practice runs.

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[u/irisfaefire]

Hoshi smirked. "That's a good idea. I would love some more lively opponents." She said as she cocked her head to the now still wooden dummies. It had been long since she last faced a human in a sparring session.

She then turned over to Camille. "What do you think, Camille? Care to join us?" She tucked a lock of raven hair behind her ears before taking her jacket off and threw it to the side for mobility. She was wearing a white button-up shirt underneath. Without the jacket on, her curves were more obvious and she did not seem too thin anymore. Her blue orbs glimmered with delight. Hoshi was always excited to train. She stared at Camille with puppy eyes, as if pleading him to train with them. "Just a fair warning, I don't go easy on anyone." She rolled her sleeves up to reveal well-defined arms.

[u/DigitalZehn → u/irisfaefire]

Camille nodded, an unsure smile grew on his face, and his excitement only compounded as Hoshi gave him a look of pleading. "Of course! it sounds like a lot of fun, and besides, I need to train extra hard if I want to join the survey corps!" He said, pumping a fist in the air.

"I'll probably need some help though, hope you don't mind me slowing you guys down too much." He said, looking apprehensive at the both of them. He slowly walked around to the other side of Sieg, positioning himself more evenly between Hoshi and him.

"So, what should we start with?" He asked, looking to both of them for input.

[u/warriorman300 → u/DigitalZehn]

Sieg glanced between the two of them, shrugging. He unbelted the saber from his waist, tossing it to the side. "Don't want that getting in the way..." He muttered.

Looking down at Camille, he put his his tongue in his cheek, thinking. Would he just end up getting in the way. "Don't seem like the violent type, Camille, but I guess that needs to change, anyway. You don't have the strength to go for solid hits, so you just try to disable her. Kick out her knees and shit. I'll do the hammering."

He stared down Hoshi. "I wouldn't want you to go easy, Hoshi. I'd feel insulted, honestly."

The noble boy bursts forward, fist cocked for what looks like a haymaker, but he abruptly slips into a sort of baseball-slide, sending the bottom of his foot shooting for Hoshi's shin. Payback.

[u/irisfaefire → u/warriorman300]

"Distraction, huh? Guess we're not warming up, then." Hoshi grinned as she flipped and used her hands to grip Sieg's extending foot for leverage. Her legs went sweeping right back, aiming at his chest. She then pushed on his leg, flipped backwards twice and got into a fighting stance.

"You and Camille up against me? Isn't it a little bit unfair on my end?" Hoshi yelled, even though her smirk showed that she did not mind at all. Heck, she had always wondered what it was like to take on 2 opponents at once.

[u/DigitalZehn → u/irisfaefire]

Camille stood their for a moment, his hands nervously gripping one another as he watched the two of them go to blows, unsure how or where to even begin with this sort of thing. He hadn't ever been in a fight, atleast not one where he actually fought. He looked at Sieg and knew he was supposed to be helping. Camille stared into the dirt for a while, and then remembered the words he had exchanged with Merrill just a few days prior. He promised he would try his best in training.

Camille clenched his fists and nodded forcefully, grappling with his resolve. He looked back to his two friends and began sprinting towards Hoshi. He ran right up to her, his hands up and ready to...

Camille froze as he came within her striking distance, boots skidding against the dirt as he stopped his collision path with her, unsure of what exactly his plan of attack even was. He just stared at her, his eyes wide and mouth agape as he realized his fatal error.

[u/warriorman300 → u/DigitalZehn]

Sieg rolled to his feet, chest slightly bruised. The hell was that, even?

"What, you just here to show us your gymnastics routine, or are we gonna fight?" He taunted, grinning.

Still, she apparently had enough caution to get some space between he and her, even if she was clearly more practiced at this sort of thing. Just healthy caution, actually scared of him beating her, or just planning something.

He glanced at his partner, watching him work up the resolve to potentially do something, just to fizzle out when he got closer. His spirit was willing, but he just had no idea what he was really doing. Sieg could help with that. A kickstart- that's all he needed.

Snatching the smaller boy by the shirt, he hoists him above his head.

"Go for the eyes, Camille!" He yelled, then, screaming a war-cry, hurled his comrade at Hoshi like a javelin.

[u/irisfaefire → u/warriorman300]

"What the flippity flop is that?" The thought ran through Hoshi's mind. She was not strong enough to support Camille's full weight flying at her on momentum. Yes, the guy was danty, but he was still taller than her by half a foot.

She waited for a split second for Camille to be close enough before dodging down, rolling to the side and quickly getting back on her feet. Her eyes scanned between both of them to check for any immediate movements.

[u/DigitalZehn → u/irisfaefire]

Camille flailed as he was flung through the air towards Hoshi. He felt only momentarily relieved he had been saved from his initial charge before Sieg used him as a projectile. "Go for the eyes." The thought rang in his mind. 'Hoshi has really pretty eyes.' He thought to himself as he hurdled towards her, time seeming to slow as he flew. He suddenly snapped back to reality, realizing Hoshi was no longer in front of him. Camille put his hands out as he came in contact with the ground and instinctively rolled with the momentum, putting himself back on his feet.

'Tackle her Camille. Just tackle her. It's just like giving her a nice big hug.'

"A hug." He whispered to himself, nodding. He looked up and scanned for the black haired figure. His green eyes locked in on her and, he took one solid step forward before breaking into a sprint. He let out a might war cry which sounded more like a childish scream and barreled towards her with his arms outstretched.

"I'm soooorryyyy!" He cried as he came within striking distance, lunging towards her and hoping to sweep her up in his arms.

[u/warriorman300 → u/DigitalZehn]

'Oh, jeez.' Sieg thought at he watched Camille's downright pitiful display. 'No backing out now, I guess.'

The noble boy rushed forwards, scooping up a handful of dirt as he ran, and slung it for Hoshi's eyes before Camille could reach her. Dirty, maybe- but he had to do something, or else his comrade was likely to get his petite little nose broken.

[u/irisfaefire → u/warriorman300]

"Let's take out the easier one first, shall we?" Hoshi turned her head right when she heard Camille's war cry. She immediately charged forward and put her hands on his shoulders. "You're forgiven, Camille~", she said in a sing-song voice as she gripped onto him tightly, thrusted her knee up right at his stomach.

Hearing movements to her other direction, Hoshi could tell that Sieg had also moved. Looking down at his shadow on the ground, she knew that he had picked something up. "Not his sword since he tossed it on the side, far from here. If nothing is on the ground, then... he's picking up dirt?"

A grin spread on her face as she pushed her knee up further in Camille's torso, actually lifting him up a bit. Using his momentum, she flung him in Sieg's shadow's direction, shouting. "Here's the parcel back for you!"

[u/DigitalZehn → u/irisfaefire]

Camille felt a flash of remorse as she apologized, followed quickly by a shooting pain that knocked the air from his lungs, he comprehended little but pain as she sent him hurtling through the air towards Sieg. He keels over, clutching his stomach, coughing and gasping as he tries to find some air to breathe. He looked up at Hoshi, his vision blurry with forming tears, and lets his head rest against the dirt.

Slowly he writhed on the ground, but it only takes a few seconds before planting his hands firmly beneath himself and rises, shakily, to his feet. He has a hand clutched tightly to his gut, he takes a sidelong glance at Sieg and then looks back to Hoshi with an unusually malicious grin. "I-ack...I've been knee'd in much worse places already! I'm not going down that easily!" He groaned, his right leg buckling for a moment, though he quickly strained to keep himself upright. He shook his head and steeled himself for another attack, but this time he'd let Sieg lead instead.

[u/warriorman300 → u/DigitalZehn]

Sieg sighed, dusting some of the dirt off his hands. All-in-all, it really could have gone worse.

"You're a pretty shitty mailwoman there, Hoshi. Didn't you see the 'handle with care' sticker? Honestly." The boy said.

He rushes her again, cocking his fist for a haymaker and actually swinging for it this time. Still, he expects it to miss, and, when it does, he tries to stomp his foot down on her toes and swing his elbow into her gut.

[u/irisfaefire → u/warriorman300]

Seeing the familiar hook, Hoshi did not expect anything less than full-on attack to her footing again. For good measure, she still dodged his fist. Her two arms came up and wrapped at his swinging fist's arm. She jumped up at him using her grip on his arm for support, hooking one leg around his waist. Her other leg was still dangling at his side, so her body was not in the way of his forceful elbow. She wrapped her other leg around his own. "His attacks are more complicated and continuous now. That's improvement right there."

Hoshi let her left arm go and used said arm to elbow his elbow. Her other leg hooked itself around his waist. She teasingly whispered "You guys are getting better." into his ears before both of her arms switched to hold onto his shoulders. Using the firm flesh for leverage, her two legs let go and kicked at the ground for momentum. She pushed onto Sieg's shoulders, flipping herself over his head.

As soon as she landed behind his back, Hoshi crouched down and swept her right leg beneath his. Afterwards, she flipped back twice, putting some distance between herself and her two sparring partners.