TERRACE Draft - Day 1

[lucetimods]

Who: All Draftees
What: Arrival at TERRACE
When: The first day, from 8AM to the wee hours of the night
Where: TERRACE!
Summary: Information post here
Rating: Varies on thread, please mark explicit material.

This post covers the first day, before the attack. Remember, characters here are not expecting an attack and are under the impression they will be going to Region 1 to fight. During this day, draftees will be restricted to T6 and T7 and not permitted access to other areas.

Be sure to tag this post appropriately: [canon] character name

Comments

[16autumnroad]

Lent it to me, yeah.

[Chouji frowns, and Shikamaru knows him well enough to catch signs of nervousness when he continues. The idea of the Shifters still makes Chouji distinctly uncomfortable.] I'm not used to needing quite so many weapons, but I figured I should have them this time.

[endgames]

[He smirks a little to himself.]

Not sure it suits you. Where's that confidence from before?

[16autumnroad]

[Chouji will see that smirk and raise you a smile of his own.]

Still here, when it comes to jutsu, and I'm sure I'll manage even without them.

[a pause] You're probably right about the sword, though. Good thing it's just a loan. [Really, it's an insurance policy in case he manages to run out of kunai and run into a Shifter who nullifies his jutsu. Chouji doesn't plan on using the sword too much, but one significant non-projectile weapon seemed like a good idea.]

[endgames]

Shoulda gotten a staff, man. I could see you with that. Like your old man.

[His grin widens. It didn't hurt to say that until the words were already out.]

[16autumnroad]

[Chouji's breath catches for a second, but he forces himself to keep smiling.]

You're right. I did mention staffs, but I took what was offered. It was last minute, after all.

Once I return the sword I'll see about finding something that suits me better.

[endgames]

[He breathes out slowly through the nose. More than words could describe at this moment, he's grateful Chouji didn't take the bait from that.]

Good plan. [He lightly slaps his friend on the back of the shoulder.] That should do fine, until then. These things typically last under a week if I remember it right...

[16autumnroad]

[Still watching Shikamaru even more closely than usual, he doesn't miss the reaction. He stifles the impulse to try and offer comfort or support, knowing they wouldn't be welcomed now.

The hand on his shoulder tells him he said the right thing. Good. Shikamaru has enough to deal with already. Chouji doesn't need to hear the same order twice.]

I only have standard training with either weapon, plus what I can build off of seeing other people's techniques. [And he carefully avoids any specific mention of his father.] It doesn't make too much of a difference for now. Especially if it's only a week.

After I have time to train, that's a different story.

[endgames]

I've asked around. [He had different questions at the time, but that's beside the point. He looks about the room with a suspicious air.] We're not shipping out for Region 1 until tomorrow. A day isn't much, but some practice is better than none.

[16autumnroad]

I'll take advantage of it, then. [The grin at the promise of time to train switches to a disapproving grimace.] I can't use up too much energy though. The food here is terrible.

[He'll eat what he has to, of course, and it won't keep him from working hard. He does mean what he says about the food, though, and he'd rather save the provisions he brought for when he may need them more.]

[endgames]

Yeah? [He shakes his head.] I haven't made it as far as the mess hall yet.

[16autumnroad]

It's nothing to look forward to, unfortunately.

...If you let me know before you want dinner tonight, I'll try getting into the kitchens to make something better. [Because he's already tried that once, Shikamaru, with a brand new accomplice friend. Obviously breaking into the kitchens is the best solution to terrible mess hall food.]

[endgames]

[He nearly says something about not feeling an appetite. The words are swallowed in an affectionate smirk.]

You'll be doing that even if I don't.

[16autumnroad]

Probably. I did for a little while earlier, but I had help then.

[He smiles.]

I made a new friend.

[endgames]

Whose that?

[Little trivialities. He can fill his head with those for a moment.]

[16autumnroad]

His name's Diamond. He's a very good cook, and he was as disappointed in the mess hall food as I was.

[Don't think Chouji's forgotten that Shikamaru never promised to seek him out for dinner. If he does this again at dinnertime without Shikamaru present, he will probably hunt his friend down and bring him food. Chouji isn't the only one who needs energy for the next few days.]

[endgames]

[He'll grumble about it, but be appreciative. He'll eat to refuel, but without Chouji he'd forget that unless he had to walk through the mess hall to get somewhere.

In the present, he blinks and turns that name over.]

Diamond... [He doesn't know him, but something clicks despite.] He have a Pokemon with him, or something?