[Open] Morning Training - January 14th

[spandexisyouth]

Morning Training happens every day in the city, and most days get handwaved. This training log happens January 14th. The partnership log is here and it happens at the same time as training in a slightly seperate area of the park.

FAQ: For any character confusion or questions. Answered enthusiastically by Maito Gai.
Breakfast: Provided by the

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Breakfast

[spandexisyouth]

[Hungry? Need some more sausage to go with your sausage? Or maybe just some coffee? Come and eat!]

[OPEN]

[silvershamurai]

[Hungry? Yes. But he needs to be, you know, actually awake before he shovels (free) food down the hatch.

That's why he's dropping block after block of sugar into his coffee.]

[scaletipping]

[Ginshu has yet to partake of the gift of coffee, and he's fascinated.]

Is that the proper way to drink this? [He looks down at his own cup and then back up at Gintoki's face. That is an aaaawful lot of sugar there, sir.]

[silvershamurai]

[A half-lidded glance at the other man. Gintoki can't exactly help it in the half-awake state he's in.]

Ah? Dunno about proper, but this stuff tastes godawful without it.

[And with that, he takes a careful sip of his cup, only to frown at it and drop another four blocks in.]

[scaletipping]

[He sniffs the cup, suddenly dubious. It certainly smells good.]

I am told this is the only thing which a person ought to drink in the morning.

[He sips AND OH GOD THAT'S HORRIBLE that is so bitter it's wretched but he swallows without making a face, laughing and holding the cup away from his body, as though by putting distance between it and his mouth he might somehow undo the terrible badness that hass been ravaged upon his tongue.]

--Ah.

[silvershamurai]

It depends on the person. I usually avoid this stuff like it carries the plague, but [Gintoki shrugs] desperate times, desperate measures.

[When the other man takes a sip and recoils in apparent disgust, Gintoki nearly snorts in amusement.] See? Here. [And he offers the jar of sugar, though now nearly half empty thanks to his own pillaging.]

[scaletipping]

Thank you! [He sticks out his tongue, and depletes a rather significant amount of the remaining sugar.] Why do people drink this first thing in the morning?

[silvershamurai]

Hmm? [And Gintoki goes back to staring at his own cup, as if it'll provide the answer. It doesn't, but it's the exact same thing as when people point at their wrist when asking for the time.]

There's this stuff called caffeine in it. Wakes you up, and makes you pee more if you consume a lot of it. Safe to say half the human population swears by this stuff.

[alastinglight]

[...Staring.

That's way too much sugar, man.]

[silvershamurai]

[Gintoki adds creamer, stares at it for a bit and goes for the sugar again. This is perfectly acceptable, okay.]

[alastinglight]

Don't you ever get sick of taking all of that sugar in?

[silvershamurai]

[Another careful sip. Ah, perfect.]

Why would I get sick of it? Sugar never complains about their day, or tells me I need to pay more attention to them. Not to mention it never asks me whether its jeans make it look fat. This is an ideal relationship.

[A beat.]

Like the one I have going with alcohol.

[alastinglight]

Right.

[silvershamurai]

Hey, I don't get on your back when all you do is work, work, work. This stuff's harmless. And tastes good.

[Screw what the doctors say.]

[alastinglight]

It's not harmless in the amounts that you're taking in, Gintoki. You should be careful.

[Takasugi Shinsuke Idiosyncrasy #God-Knows-What: the amount of fussing he does is directly proportional to the amount of stress/exhaustion/worry he feels about something else.]

[silvershamurai]

Or my balls will explode? Yeah, the doctor told me that too. But here I am.

[A casual sip. Oh sweet, merciful sugar, the boon of the gods.]

I haven't seen you around lately. Been busy?