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Post by Colossus on Jan 29, 2008 18:49:44 GMT -5
Colossus once again came out to the lawn. As the day began, it was nice and cool out. The snow was melting away. He returned to the spot he was at before. Where he had the heavy weights set up for Deisel. Setting them back up and getting them together. He had already replaced the large ice blocks for Frostbite, but as well as that, there was still snow around for her to work with.
Colossus wasn't sure if Shimmer was going to show. He hadn't had much of a chance to speak with her after the attack and she seemed unwilling to come close to him. But he still prepared the spot once again for her. And as for Hardlight, he was going to have a word with him. The last time he was beginning the training out here, the young man did not want to participate. But after the attack, everyone had to be ready.
Now for Moonshine and Guardian. That was going to be a challenge. He had planned on getting Guardian to practice his flying. And perhaps working on some air strikes and strifing with his flame breath. He could be a great asset as air support. And moonshine would have to learn more control of her abilities. And how to draw on them more. So he was outside and ready for the students to arrive and begin training.
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Hardlight
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Kevin Leonard
Hey, Call Me Hardlight
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Post by Hardlight on Jan 29, 2008 19:28:49 GMT -5
Kevin had on a pair of jeans and a turtle neck under a button down shirt. His jeans as well as his shirt were pressed because he wanted to look neat even if he was going to practice his sculpting light powers. "Hello, Mr. I'm back to practice." he smiled at the big man "It's warming up a bit, yes?" he said as way of making conversation. His turtleneck was red and he hoped it was acceptable and in keeping with a team color.
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Post by Colossus on Jan 29, 2008 19:35:13 GMT -5
Colossus looked as the young made approached. Nodding lightly as he spoke. "My name is Piotr, or you can call me Colossus, and good morning. Thank you for being the first to show up. Your uniform should be ready soon. So, tell me a bit about what you have learned of your ability. And what your goals are with learning more about your power?" The large man smiled wide and crossed his arms over his thick chest.
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Diesel
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Ian Larks
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Post by Diesel on Jan 29, 2008 20:13:09 GMT -5
Ian walked out to practice dressed in his Acolytes red uniform, a bit pumped to finally get a good workout in. He had varely worked out since he got there and his muscles seemed a bit weaker now than when he first got here. Of course it could just be his imagination because instead of lifitng weights, he had been tackling giant Tiger guys and getting his guts ripped out. That was a workout in itself. But now he could have a proper one and from Colossus' setup with the weights, he was looking forward to it.
Ian grinned at his leader and waved to him. "Colossus Sir dude, how's it hanging? I'm liking the set up you got here," he said looking at the lawn's elaborate setup for a practice. It would be a bit odd practicing in a skin tight uniform, but he'll deal. It did work out better in the end.
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Frostbite
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Lorelai Kavanagh
Can you handle the cold?
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Post by Frostbite on Jan 29, 2008 20:19:25 GMT -5
Lorelai had gone up to her room to change into her spiffy red uniform. She decided it was time to give it a try; why not? She made her way out to the lawn after she changed and went to where she saw Colossus already there, as well as one of her teammates whose name escaped her though she remembered him from the library.
Glancing around it seemed she had been beaten by Ian in getting there, and she smirked as she saw him in his uniform. "Very nice," she commented, and then came up to her team leader, and smiled a bit up at him. "Hey Colossus, Frostbite here reporting for training," she said with a little laugh, and playfully saluting him. She hoped he wouldn't go too hard on them after yesterday.
She looked around at what he had set up, and seeing the big blocks of ice, she knew those must be for her, but as to what he was going to have her do with them she didn't yet know, but she was going to let him explain that.
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Hardlight
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Kevin Leonard
Hey, Call Me Hardlight
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Post by Hardlight on Jan 29, 2008 21:15:08 GMT -5
"Well like said before the attack and what I was wanting to do before Mr.Colossus, I want to sculpt a special friends, 'bust' and I am hoping to get it right for maybe a gift to give them." Kevin said.
"But you didn't set up anything for me? Not even a chair to sit on while I make my sculpture? Is it because you don't think I'm going to fit with your team? I know I'm not strong and all like you other guys, but after that talk I think the Headmaster made a good statement about being true to yourself, and loving yourself."
Kevin didn't know if he was making sense, but he didn't seem to fit in here and he thought maybe if he tried harder to like himself and maybe even love himself he would do better.
He saw the other two teammates who were very friendly with each other, maybe boyfriend and girlfriend, from the library when he had met Riff~Raff. He remembered those two were on his team, and he liked how the uniform fit on him and she was funny when she saluted to the team leader.
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Frostbite
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Lorelai Kavanagh
Can you handle the cold?
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Post by Frostbite on Jan 29, 2008 21:26:31 GMT -5
Waiting for Colossus to reply, Lorelai turned to Ian and looked him up and down with a smirk. "You look great in that," she said, biting her lip a bit as she went to him and snaked her hand around his hand and linked her arm through his. She hoped that their team leader didn't mind that they hold hands for the time being; at least it wasn't making out. She looked up at him and smiled, standing close to him and then turned to the boy whose name she'd forgotten in the midst of everything.
"Hey..." she said to the other boy with a smile, trailing off a bit, prompting for his name. "What's up?" she asked, tilting her head a bit as she awaited an answer.
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Hardlight
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Kevin Leonard
Hey, Call Me Hardlight
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Post by Hardlight on Jan 29, 2008 21:55:14 GMT -5
"Kev-" he looked over to Colossus who had reprimanded him for using his regular person name and not his mutant name last time he came out for practice. Not that he came out but he didn't want to get in trouble for using the wrong name. "I mean, Hardlight is my name and I think you two look wonderful in your uniforms. I forgot your names too, sorry."
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Diesel
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Ian Larks
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Post by Diesel on Jan 29, 2008 22:00:55 GMT -5
Ian grinned and squeezed her hand smiling down at her. "Hey babe, your looking good. I'm digging the uniform on you. Diggin' it majorly," he said with a wink as he looked at Colossus and causually slipped his arm around Lorelai's waist. He sneaked a peek at his team leader, though he doubted there would be a problem since they weren't doing anything major. He just liked how his arm fit around her.
He nodded to the smaller guy and smiled. "Sup? Ready for practice?" he asked remembering the kid from the library.
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Hardlight
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Kevin Leonard
Hey, Call Me Hardlight
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Post by Hardlight on Jan 29, 2008 22:23:22 GMT -5
"Yeah, I guess but if all I need to do is sculpt then I could do that in my room I think." Kevin was saying and put his hand up to keep his words between the students and not for the teacher to hear. "I want to go inside, it is still cold out. Why do I have to come out and practice? I'm no fighter, I make art." Hardlight said.
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Post by Colossus on Jan 30, 2008 19:07:35 GMT -5
Colossus looked as the couple arrived and smiled to them as they greeted. Listening to them talk amongst themselves he stretched a bit. "Good. We can get started and while we wait for the others to get here. I am sure all of you have been to gym class and know how to stretch. Then we will begin. This isn't your class, this is to practice with your abilities. Deisel, you will begin serious weight training. And not just lifting, but endurance as well. You may be strong, but we are going to make you enduring as well."
"Lorelai, you can control cold and ice to some degree, you are going to work on control with those blocks of ice, the snow, and the cold air. It is going to take a lot of concentration. So I want you to keep your mind off other things, and people." He smirked as he winked.
"Hardlight. For some reason you insist on not wanting to train out here with the others to help you control your abilities. You are going ot have to get over it and work together with everyone else as a team. Yes, you will be working on sculpting, and creating. You are going to work on definition and structure. We will see how bing you can make something and how small. Also how strong you can make something." Looking ot the young man sternly.
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Frostbite
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Lorelai Kavanagh
Can you handle the cold?
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Post by Frostbite on Jan 30, 2008 19:44:27 GMT -5
Lorelai nodded as she recieved her instructions, and smirked at the order to keep her mind off of other things and...people. "Yes Colossus," she said with a snicker as she smirked up at Ian and removed his large arm from around her waist and walked near to her ice blocks. Getting there, she sighed as she stretched a bit, flexing her arms, seeing as she had used them a lot during the fight, and then her legs. She inhaled a fresh breath as she calmed her mind.
Looking at one block, she tilted her head and thought for a minute. She was going to try to shape it differently than its cubic state, and tried to think of what she wanted to change it to. She had a little bit of previous practice with shaping ice, and she smirked as she briefly remembered the Christmas party, though that was a small amount of ice she changed. "Hm," she thought aloud, and then shrugged.
Focusing her mind, she worked her mind to control the ice so that it grew taller and curvy. She used her hands to emphasize what she wanted done to the ice, but didnt touch it. She imagined as if it were a smaller model in her hands when she molded it, for reference. Hopefully she would get to the point where she wouldn't need to use her hands to mold. When she finished just screwing around with it, it was tall and thin, and weirdly shapened, but the edges were soft. She smirked and then let out a laugh at it. "How's that?" she asked with another laugh.
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Post by Colossus on Jan 30, 2008 19:50:31 GMT -5
Colossus walked over and watched her carefully as she began working the large block of ice. She had the potential all she needed was the focus. Nodding with a smile he clapped his hands together and rubbed them for warmth. "Thats a great start. Now I would like you to try something with me. Kneel down and place your hands on each side of the ice you just shaped. Then close your eyes. I want you to remember back when we were working in the garden. And you were working with the roses. Picture one of those roses. One that caught your eye. And as you pull on your power, I want you to imagine every detail in your mind of that rose. Every petal. The stem, everything. Pull on your power, but I do not want you to think to hard on creating the rose, But instead, I want you to just imagine the rose as you saw it then. And Let your power flow through you. Think you can handle that?"
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Diesel
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Ian Larks
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Post by Diesel on Jan 30, 2008 20:00:09 GMT -5
Ian smirked down ad Lorelai as she removed his arm from his side and went off to her ice blocks. He grinned widely at Colossus and looked over at the weights that were set up. "Ok Colossus man. I'm gonna go warm up before anything and when I finish with that let me know what endurance training you got me hooked up with. My hockey and football coaches are always on my back about this kinda training. Can't wait to start. Will make up for the homesickness," Ian joked and then proceeded to do his laps around the perimeter of the lawn.
Running was a good way to get ones body warmed up and he was no stranger to running endless laps and doing lord knows how many suicide drills. He got on a good steady run and began to regulate his breathing like his coaches taught him. For a good twenty minutes, Ian ran around the lawn at a fairly steady pace. As he got to his final lap, Ian sprinted around the lawn at top speed before he came to a stop in front of the weights.
He strectched his arms, back, and legs, going through various stretches to warm up and then looked at the weights and back at Colossus. "So Teach, we doin' weights first or some endurance training? My muscles are all warmed up," he called to his team leader.
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Post by Colossus on Jan 30, 2008 20:14:01 GMT -5
Colossus turned to Ian as eh finished his warm up and smiled wide. He was glad the young man was so eager to train. So Colossus Moved over to the large weights and motioned Ian over. "Alright, To start I want you to find a moderate weight range to work on. To get started. Nothing to heavy. I do not want you to push yourself to early. Then when you find that safe weight range. I want you to run double you just did. Can you handle that?"
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