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Johnny Lawrence ([personal profile] strikefirster) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-04-23 11:08 pm

You're The Best Around : Karate War Training Montage Log

The All-Trench Karate War | Training Log!

Who: Combat instructors, students, and anyone caught in the crossfire.
What: Training for the Karate War!
Where: Throughout Trench
When: Throughout April

[ Welcome to the catch-all log for the Karate War player plot! Please find your instructor's header below and feel free to start your own toplevels under that header. You can specify "OTA," "OTA to teammates," or "For [Character]" etc in the subject line.

Or jump down to the miscellaneous mingle and start your own toplevels there! Enjoy! ]
survivalthroughhate: ([TCW 9] Amused)

[personal profile] survivalthroughhate 2022-07-01 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He's getting a little better at being able to show his emotions. Plus, they're in the middle of people training to fight. Maul will kick the ass of anyone who mocks him for being affectionate with his wife.]

Thank you for saying that. I often have many doubts about what I'm doing and if I'm doing it properly. But I am trying.

[A small, amused smile comes to his face as he makes a joke.]

After all, it's been almost three months since I killed or maimed anyone.
lightthedarkness: (Usagi) (Quite mature)

[personal profile] lightthedarkness 2022-07-11 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I know you're trying. [She smiled well aware of where he was and where he is now.]

Hopefully we get you to a point where killing or maiming is your very last option. [She bit her lip.] Because I hope you understand, I do know that it is an option. It's not my first action. It's... it's the last possible action I go to, but I go to it. [Pretty sure even the Jedi resort to it when they absolutely must.]
survivalthroughhate: ([TCW 25] Nerves of steel)

[personal profile] survivalthroughhate 2022-07-16 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I've had others tell me that as well. I'm not sure I like it.

[Mainly because that means changing a very core instinct that he's possessed for a very long time now, almost his entire life. Undoing or modifying that part of himself is going to be an uphill battle and he almost doesn't want to bother with it all.]

Yes, you have told me as much before.

[He knows if Usagi didn't believe he could be redeemed, he'd spend his entire time here as a squid with brief moments of returning to the beach before she obliterated him again. She sees something in him that can be redeemed unlike others she's dealt with in the past. That means a lot to Maul.]
lightthedarkness: (Usagi) (Default)

[personal profile] lightthedarkness 2022-07-30 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
You don't have to like it, but you are strong enough to do it, even if you don't believe you're strong enough.

[She reached out and took his claw into her hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.] I've also told you that you don't have to do this alone.
survivalthroughhate: ([TPM 50] Hooded darkness)

[personal profile] survivalthroughhate 2022-08-01 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't say anything to the first part. No, Maul truly doesn't believe he's strong enough to go without immediately resorting to killing as an option. That's just not how his instincts are made up. But he'll try for the sake of others who believe in him.

He gives her hand a gentle squeeze back.]


I know. And I've been trying to rely on others when I need help even if I don't like it much.
lightthedarkness: (Serenity) (A princess to die for)

[personal profile] lightthedarkness 2022-08-02 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
I know and I'm proud of you. I wish you could see how far you've come, the distance you've made since the day you got here. Because I see it, and it's incredible.

[Is it filled with 1 step forward and 5 steps back? Yes. Is it baby steps or pulling him, kicking, and screaming? Yes. Are there days where he digs in his heels and won't budge? Absolutely.

But if it were easy, if it weren't without its pitfalls and setbacks and self-sabotages, she's not sure he'd see any value in it. Maul liked easy, this wasn't meant to be easy. Walking the path out of the darkness was never going to be.]
survivalthroughhate: ([TCW 9] Amused)

[personal profile] survivalthroughhate 2022-08-04 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you're here to tell me such things. I'll let you keep believing in me when I can't.

[That's one of the reasons he finds he needs Usagi in a way he's never needed anyone before in his life. He needs someone to believe in him, to tell him when he's doing things right and to yell at him a bit when he's stubbornly refusing to change his ways. Usagi knows how to handle him in all of his moods, everything from his childish temper tantrums all the way up to the killing rages that make him see red. Throughout it all, Usagi has been there for him, telling him he can do better and believing that he can whether Maul sees it in himself or not.

She's of the light but the soft kind that comes from the moon. Strong, firm, but never cruel, she's helped to guide his path thus far and helps to illuminate his next steps. He places an arm about her shoulders.]


Come. Let us go get some tea and lunch.