September-October Catch-All

[spiritwalks]

Who: Vyng spiritwalks and YOU
What: Catch-All for September + October. See comments for prompts.
When: Various
Where: Various

Note: Style veers wildly between prose and brackets. Just choose whatever style feels good when responding, and I'll match it ♥

Content Warnings: Listed in subject lines when applicable

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Training - Farther Shores [Early October]

[spiritwalks]

Maybe you stumble across Vyng training. Or maybe you both decide ahead of time to help each other practice. It's equally likely he roped the first poor bastard saw on his way to the Farther Shores.

Regardless, this sudden rash of productivity is brought to you by: an ever-present sense of fragility and inadequacy, with a healthy dose of "oh shit, it's October".

As far as Vyng is concerned, there's no other choice. It's time to hit the fundamentals.


A. is for Attack:

[...Which starts off with him pulling out a bottle of water. He turns to his companion, shaking the container a little to emphasize what he's about to say next:]

Alright, pal. Alls you gotta do is hold still. Keep this bottle on your head, and I'll try knocking it off.

[What could go wrong?]



B. is for Breathe:

[Of course, it's not just your body that needs honing. Your mind does too. Vyng sits cross-legged on the black sand, eyes closed and hands resting on his knees. An incense stick is perched in the sand. Lending a warm, earthy scent to the ocean are are wisps of smoke curling from the stick's smoldering tip.

Ever since the bloodsport bullshit in September, he's been offering to teach other people the benefits of meditation and mindfulness. Vyng has plenty of experience, after all. Under his tutelage, even the squirmiest of 9-year-old halflings have learned to focus and breathe through tumultuous thoughts.

Granted, Vyng's way of communicating a lesson can sometimes be...strange. For now, though, he gently guides his companion on a journey of peace and calm:]

Focus on the warmth of the sand beneath your feet. Feel the heat travel through your body. Listen to your heart beat against your ribs.

[Deep breath in — one, two, three, four. Hold it for two seconds, aaaand let it out through your mouth. Nice and slow, just like Vyng showed earlier. Soothingly, he continues:]

The air is cold in your lungs.

Are your nipples erect?

[A beat, his eyes still closed.]

That's a rhetorical question. Don't answer that, please.



C. is for...Charades played backwards?

[By now, you've practiced your fighting forms. You've centered your mind. Now? The real work begins.

Vyng looks at his training companion with a grave expression.]

We want to be ready for whatever happens next, right? Which means we need to learn to adapt to any situation. So...

[Vyng lets out a slow breath...and drops into a low crouch to the ground.]

Name an animal. Any animal.



D. is for DIY: ((Have another training-related idea? Go nuts! Or plot with me on Plurk or Discord.))