[Voice|Filtered from Sasuke and Hidan]

I was informed once that there had been a course for promoting practical use of hand-to-hand combat. It has since been canceled and the problem it would have alleviated persists.

If you wish to control your own fate rather than wait for another to do so for you, be at the training field adjacent to the dojo at six o'clock tomorrow morning. A new class will begin then. Come prepared.

[And if anyone has a problem with a thirteen-year old instructor, they can be his first volunteer.]

Practical demonstrations will be given, though more a variety of volunteers would make this more effective.

[Private to Saya]

I'll be waiting at the training grounds, Otonashi.

{OOC: Action is closed to Saya.}

[Just lounging against a tree in the park, finishing a cigarette before Euphie gets here. Before him, beneath the shade of the tree, is a checkered blanket and a picnic basket. He hasn't checked what's in it, but Allen better have made it good.]

[Perfect weather, perfect setting. All that's missing is the company.]

[The video shows the beach, where Aqua is standing across from Roxas, watching patiently. He says] --Okay. I'm ready now.

Alright. Do it just like we practiced.

[He straightens his back. He's holding Oathkeeper in one hand and he braces himself, tossing the keyblade up into the air. It spins in the air and when it reaches the height of its arc it transforms, seemingly effortlessly, into a strange flat shape. Roxas leaps into the air and lands on it, righting himself -- balancing as if he's on a skateboard or a surfboard.]

[Aqua looks surprised for a minute, but recovers quickly.]

That's perfect!

I can glide! [to the communicator, gleefully] Are you seeing this?! [swaying a little deliberately on the keyblade glider, making it move]



((ooc: Video can be for either of them and may be threadjacked! Aqua was also down at the beach, doing a little carving, before Roxas got there. Feel free to go find her there in an [action] tag!))

[After the unexpected outbreak of violence from earlier, the young hero was left shaken and more than a little agitated. He's thankfully only a little roughed up. Why hadn't it occurred to him that people here really had been locked up for good reason? Everyone he'd met so far had been nothing but kind, but he would have to stay on guard now--for Zelda's sake.]

[He's slumped underneath a tree in the park, and the notes of the ocarina drift almost mournfully through the park as he tries to distract himself. It isn't working. He wishes he could just escape from this place with the princess--but it's no use. Teleportation simply doesn't work here.]

[A familiar melody comes to mind, and before he can stop himself, he's quietly playing the Song of Storms, and he has to admit that he's enjoying himself. It's easy to get lost in the music. He plays through it once, and starts to begin again when something very odd strikes him--it's growing dark.]

[There's suddenly a crack of thunder, and he jumps a little with surprise just before rain begins to pour down. The young man is left looking entirely shocked at himself, staring up at the sky with bewilderment. His earlier scuffle forgotten, he scrambles with the communicator after a moment, and forgets to filter it.]

Zelda? I think the Ocarina still works! [He summoned a storm! Be proud of him!]

[Has Subaru ever mentioned he's not that great of a public speaker? Because he's not. He's going to do his best, though! He's in the process of taking breath when the feed clicks on, and he offers a bright, if nervous smile.]

Um-- Hello! I-- some of you know me, but if you don't, my name is Subaru Sumeragi! Um-- since there's a church now, and it's open to everyone, I'm-- I'm going to be offering some omamori for everyone!

[he seems less nervous when he's talking about things he knows, brightening considerably as he talks.] Omamori are small amulets that you can tie onto your bags or your communicators or anything like that, and there's different kinds that help bring good luck and things! You can get them to help with good health, or help on a test, or to help bring you love! They're usually from shrines and temples, back home, so I think it will be okay to offer them at the church.

A-anyway, I just wanted to ask if there's any in particular you want help with, so I know which omamori to make! So if there's something you're hoping for, you can have one. They'll just be at the church, so-- you don't have to tell anybody what kind you're taking, when you go to get them!

Ah-- thank you!