[Kyoto] Abandoned AT Factory

[Apollymi]

In the wake of the last great parts war, there was a building which was used for the wholesale research and manufacture of AT parts and specifically Regalia. In Kyoto this factory was nearly demolished and thus abandoned in the wake of some very mysterious circumstances. The skeleton of this building is slowly but surely be reclaimed by nature and is covered in moss and even a sprouting trees. It is the perfect high rise and complicated location for advanced training and an interesting venue for parts wars.

[Bloodedge]

Some time after sunset, a tunnel of wind created by the second generation Sky King, Takeuchi Shoichi, reached and descended upon the ruins of the old Tokyo AT lab. Alongside the first Water Queen, the young man rode inside this wind tunnel, taking it all the way to the support beams of what would have been the second floor of this building. Surprisingly, there was still a decent amount of foothold on this floor; at least where the tunnel landed. "Eh? Did I hit the right spot?" he asked aloud as his ATs made contact with the floor.

[Apollymi]

Jinx the Water Queen of the First Generation found herself in the place she'd been aiming for. An abandoned factory she and her friends and wrecked a number of years prior to this one. It was also the one place she likely wouldn't get in any trouble for being the kind of person she was. The entire ride over, she'd been thinking of what to do for the Sky King's training, knowing what needed to be done she had decided on a training and felt the need to explain it now, even as dusk was settling in. "Fucking hell, Flyboy, I'm kinda jealous, that is one hell of a way to travel." she mentioned rolling her eyes. "And yes, this is definitely the right spot." she finished up having a look around it would serve as a good enough obstacle course to cover the problems made obvious by this young man's run, and make him way better. "Ugh, I got some set up to do, meet me by the front door in two minutes and I'll explain it to you. Go out that way..." she said a devious smirk on her face, pointing out of the side of the building towards the entrance below and to the left where a door still stood. "No peeking." she mentioned before hopping down a hole and into a the space below.

Once there assuming her instructions would be followed she began making torrents of bubbles in various sizes and shapes. These would be aligned at different points around different obstacles and between gaps all over the second floor. Jinx was quite familiar with the layout of this building, she'd once worked here, so a speed run to lay a trap for the man outside was nothing but child's play to her, and even easier given the fine tuning of her regalia by the Second Generation's Pledge Queen. 'Gotta do something really nice for Pinkie Pie. I wonder what she likes...' the girl had a thought. Though her usual motivation would be to do something fun like explode this building from the bottom floor down, took special precautions to make sure none of the bubbles would damage the major structures which held the building up. Once the various bubbles were in place, she pushed out of the front door where she expected to find the Second Generation Sky King waiting for her.

[Bloodedge]

"I don't travel like that. That tunnel was for you," Shoichi replied as he rolled around the immediate area, visually inspecting the venue chosen by the Water Queen. This place was a bit weird to him; he wasn't used to places like this being old enough to have foliage growing around it. No such place existed anywhere in Miyabigaoka, but he supposed Kyoto was a more grassy place to be, so to speak. When instructed to meet the woman by the front door in precisely two minutes, Shoichi looked in the direction she aimed him toward. "Hai," he said casually. A very nonchalant stroll forward followed, ending in the young man hopping into the sky and flipping about with his hands in his pockets, until the time came to meet Jinx again. Right after she opened the door, he was descending feet-first toward the ground. When his wheels met the ground, he looked toward the Water Queen. "What was this place?"

[Apollymi]

The Water Queen seemed to find some humor in the fact that the funnel used to travel here had been created for her benefit. Obviously she could have gotten here on her own, but she could see the benefit in being able to do that faster. Once she came out the door she watched the Sky King's choice of descent and snickered. "Flashy entrance." she mentioned while rolling her eyes. In answer to the young man's question she began answering his question.

"Oh, this place? It used to be a factory where they were working on the wide scale AT research and manufacture of Regalia. And we decided it'd be best if Regalia were only really created by tuners, so we fucked this place up. It was a good weekend." she mentioned with a touch of nostalgia in her voice. But beyond this there was a more important explanation. "But for us, it'll be your training ground, one of the few places, I can't get in trouble for fucking shit up and that has enough variation in it to be useful to what you gotta learn." the Water Queen finished looking at the man's ATs and nodding her approval. "And before you ask, your run lacks fluidity and flexibility. Your reflexes are a bit dull and using two sets of ATs was reducing your capacity to fix those problems." she said. "But it's cool, Pinkie Pie fixed that last bit... so I'll fix the rest."

[Bloodedge]

Soon enough, Shoichi learned the purpose of this building... or at least, what used to be the building's purpose, when it was functional. He could understand why Jinx and the others decided to tear the building down, as Subregalia were quite a nuisance during the last Parts War. In fact, he figured the bothersome ones that were around back then likely came from this very building. He would, of course, aim to get confirmation on this theory. "When you say they tried manufacturing Regalia, are you saying this is where they made the Subregalia from years ago?" he asked. As far as issues with his run were concerned, he supposed he could understand that his riding was shy of fluid motion. "Makes sense, yeah. Alright Teach!" he said, slamming his right fist into his left hand while grinning. "What's lesson one?"