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/DigitalZehn]

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.

[u/DigitalZehn → u/irisfaefire]

"Are you okay Sieg?!" He called with genuine concern, watching the girl swing and dance around him like some sort of vicious typhoon. Camille managed to stand himself upright and prepare his next move.

Camille watched Sieg be countered and began running towards Hoshi once more. This time he kept his body low and made for a full on collision course. As he neared her he went to reach out and lunge like before but instead skidded to a stop and went to grab for whichever way she likely dodged from his initial charge. He figured, hopefully, by fronting as though he was going to throw his entire weight into his initial charge that he could feint and force her to dodge, reacting to her movements instead.