(Pre-Show) The Dojo

[Karl Jak]

The Dojo Dome is straight across the hall from the Library Dome. The dome's five levels contain a multitude of various things related to physical fitness. The first floor is a large public gym, with enough equipment so anyone from a tiny pixie to a giant could get in a decent workout. The second and third floors contain various physical fitness courses designed to test one's skills in a more realistic environment. They even have courses that mimic environments similar to the island.

The fourth and fifth floors contain various private dojos and workout spaces that allow people the chance to get some last minute experience with not only various combat styles but also with basic and advanced survival skills. Don't know how to fire a gun or light a fire? This is the place for you.

[Guu]

Guu stepped into what was a gigantic gym. She was amazed by how vast this place was. It even long broke through the range of her senses.

This was a perfect place for her to start. She could sense so many strong contestants walking around in this building already. Not to mention Gilgamesh was here. If he decided to break their truce for this competition… She needs to get stronger.

She spent a good three minutes summoning a full work out attire; complete with loud color scheme and sweatband. She immediately swallowed it and then magically had it appear on her body. She pulled her CD player out of her stomach. Then she spent the next three minutes summoning a CD: “Best Hits of DJ Alhazred.”

“Nothing like a bit of Eye when you’re working out.” She said like someone contractually obligated to say that, hooking the player to herself and hitting play.

Risin’ up, cut to the chase

Guu starts with some stretches, a few instances where she wrings out her body like a wet towel, gaining some odd glances from the people around her.

Gain the worship of some cultists

She does a few backflips across the floor and lands into a cycle machine.

Went the Distance
Now I’m back up in space

She does her own iteration of pull-ups by literally stretching her arms up and down.

Toy with men as they try not to die!

She’s punching a punching bag. She turns her head into a fist and starts punching with that too.

So many times, you lose sight of the goal
You trade your passion for sanity

She’s climbing a rock wall set-up with her prehensile feet while reading tweets on her dataverse device.

Don’t lose your grip on the worlds you control
It’s madness you provide full supply

She running up a flight of steps like rocky, but trips. She transforms into 1,000 tiny balls and bounces the way down.

It’s the eye of Cthulhu
It’s the thrill of the fright

She’s in the cycle machine. She’s cycling it so fast that it’s gliding across the floor.

Risin’ up to legends of our elders
And the last known survivor

She’s punching the punching bag. Then she suddenly eats it in one gulp.

Will go crazy tonight

She shoots a rocket in the shooting range. It blows a giant painted orc target.

And he’s watching us all with the eeyyyyyyyyeee

Guu runs up the top of the stairs and celebrates with a few punch at her success.

of Cthulhu

Guu has her arms up in the air in celebration. Then suddenly she threw off her CD player, smashing it onto the floor.

“What am I thinking? I’m a prime!”

Then she went ahead and summoned some moves to use in DA.

“That was much easier!” She said as she walked out of the dojo area…

…

…before coming back in two seconds later.

“Maybe a bit more time on the cycle machine…” She said with glee.

[Doomguy]

There's something impressive about an entire dome super structure dedicated to just a gym. Extremely ineffective, and I'm sure a engineer from my own world would have had a conniption at the sight of it, but impressive none the less. It had everything that a person could want out of a public gym, the equipment, the large open mats, the faint smell of man sweat and spray deodorant soaked into the walls and floors. And ceiling. Don't ask me how it gets there, it just always does. I walked in half expected to be assaulted by the sight of man bros in little banana hammocks, but to my joy that the place was as empty as the media crew said. Good, I could catch a few Zs in a corner and get a shower. I still smelled slightly of death even after I wiped the blood off my armor.

However, it wasn't long until I spotted the only other person here, a small child like figure who at that point was occupied with one of those machines that you hung upside down in. How she was keeping her skit up right was a complete mystery to me. I walked over to her and stood tall, and she glanced over to me. If she had any feelings about the green armored soldier that stood about 10 feet away from her, it was hard to tell with those eyes. It looked like she was eternally bored.

"You're Guu, right?" I asked, and she kept the same face.

"Aren't you a little green to be a stormtrooper?"

"Huh? Oh, right, the helmet." I pulled the protective gear off my head, revealed who I was, and gave something that could possibly count as a smile. "If I remember correctly, we need to talk over a few drinks"

[Guu]

She took a second. The man looked familiar for some reason, but it was taking a while to process. She scours her brain for everything while trying desperately to not make it look like she didn’t remember him.

Then she had a memory of a youtube video she watched not too long ago. This guy was murdering her and Omni…
Then it came to her.

“Of course. I’ve always got time to hang with you Domguy.”

There was a brief pause as Doomy stared at her blankly.

“It’s… Doomguy…”

While her expression never changed, her face blushed crimson. She looked away awkwardly.

“Sorry… I’ve only talked to you through text and all that…”

“Don’t worry about it.” He said, more surprised at the random outburst of emotion that just happened than the lack of recognition.

Guu stretched a leg down on the ground and used that to gently move herself back upright.

“But still, it’s wild to see you in person. I kind of knew I’d run into you eventually, but somehow didn’t guess it’d be here.” She began, almost looking happy at the surprise meeting. Almost.

“Well, it’s kind of wild for me too.” He said, not sure if he should question the leg or not.

“Anyways, yeah, drink. Let me ask and employee where we can find a bar. Please wait here.”

She could sense a lone employee, stocking towels in the third floor. With a stretch of her arm, she grabbed hold of the railing up there and pulled herself up. The employee happened to be standing in the right direction and saw this girl practically jump over the railing, causing him to drop all his towels in fright. The little girl casually pranced his direction. He slowly inched himself backwards, trying to create some distanced, but he wasn’t moving fast enough and she got a good three feet from him.

“Excuse me, where could I find a bar?” She asked.

The employed backed away some more, shivering from head to toe.

“…are you cold or something? I’m a prime, I could summon you a-”

“Back hell demon!” He yelled in a frantic voice, pulling out a cross and holding it in front of him.

“…now you’re just being rude. I’m only asking for directions.”

“Back I say!” He yelled, holding the cricifix more firmly and out further. Suddenly, the cross was snatched from his hands. She drops it into her mouth and swallows it in one gulp. This sends the man into a spiral of terror as he steps back until he hits the wall, falling on his ass, silently screaming.
Guu stepped over, but with each step, her form changes. Snakes start to slither in the air behind her. Her form is bathed in darkness. Her eyes start to glow a blood red color as she looks into his soul. The mere sight of them causes to the man to press hard against the wall. He felt his pants get wet, but he no longer cared.

The dark figure hovered her face in front of his, looking deep into his eyes with the sickly glow.

“Now I’ll ask again, and I’ll expect and answer.” She said in a deep, demonic voice. “Where is the bar?”

“Re-Recreation area! Recreation area! You’ll see a sign!”

Suddenly, Guu was a normal girl again, her eyes red and expressive, a bright smile on her face.

“Thank you! I love you! Bye!” She said pleasantly. She kissed the man on the cheek and skipped off singing off key. The man just saw there, his pants wet with piss, sobbing uncontrollably.


By the time Guu was downstairs, she was back to her usual bored self. She greeted Doomy.

“The staff around here, so rude.” She said casually. Doomguy nods in agreement.

With that, she leads him out of the dojo and towards the Recreation Area.

[Strazio Rockwell]

Strazio rubbed his arms as he watched his companions leave the park. Their appearance gave him a new kind of resolve; he had entered Dante's Abyss mostly for his own ends. Now he realized that he wasn't just fighting for himself, but rather for the people of Darkshire. What am I doing wasting time here in the park? Now is not the time to rest, I can do that when I've won he thought while walking towards the exit.

The Dojo was a large domed gym, the likes of which Strazio had never seen. He stared in awe at the multitude of equipment and facilities available to contestants. When he was younger Valerie had trained him in not only magick but in body as well. Strazio's brand of magick was incredibly devastating on the user's body, ripping apart muscles and flesh with every spell. It was due to this strain that he had to be in peak physical condition lest his own magick rip him to shreds. But his body was not the issue, no he was in great physical condition minus the plethora of scar tissue covering his skin. No the issue was the fact taht he hadn't fought without using his magick in almost two years, and needless to say he had become rusty over the years.

Fortunantly for the mage the dojo had facilities perfect for shaking off combat rust. Training robots with various skill levels offered contestants a chance to practice their hand-to-hand combat. Removing his cloak and stepping into the ring Strazio picked the most skilled of the combat robots. He stretched out and clapped his hands together, he was ready to take on anything. The prime held up his fist and crouched low before saying the magic words "begin training!" Immediatly the robot came to life, servos and gears whirred as the robot moved into a combat position.

Its metallic voice called out "Combat protocols engaged, beginning training sequence in 3...2...1"

He didn't even have time to react as a metal fist slipped past his guard and cracked him square in the nose. "Motherfucker!" he exclaimed and instinctively held his bleeding nose. The robot gave its opponent no chance to breath and dashed in, kneeing the poor prime in the gut. Strazio fell to his knees on the mat, spilling blood from his noise across the ground. His body sparked with fury as he started to crawl back to his feet, pissed at the mechanical pugilist. Giving no respite and seeking to end this quickly the bot raised its leg high and delivered a brutal axe kick to Strazio's back, flattening him into the ground. Defeated and in extraordinary pain Strazio gasped out "abort training!" The robot powered down and Strazio curled into a fetal position, holding his aching stomach.

"Fucking, bullshit cheapshot" he groaned and wiped the blood from his mouth. If there was one thing that Strazio had it was tenacity. His entire life he had learned how to pick the pieces up and move forward. Almost reluctantly he crawled back to his feet and raised his fists, ready for another round. If I can't beat this thing, I don't even deserve to be here he mentally coached himself.

"Begin training" he shouted, wiping a bit of the blood from his nose.

"Combat protocols engaged, beginning training sequence in 3...2...1"

Prepared and ready to fight Strazio ducked and dodge the robot's first jab, but was caught by surprise with a wicked uppercut. He stumbled backwards, but did not lose his focus. Another jab and another dodge, Strazio was starting to get the hang of its attacks. Unfortunantly he was still slow and the robot sweeped his legs and he came crashing down. The bot stamped on his arm and he cried out in pain "abort training!" He rolled over onto his head and rubbed his bruised arm. Goddammit he pounded his fist against the mat. Battered and bruised, but not defeated he forced himself back to his feet. He clapped his hands together and did a bit of shadow boxing "begin training you cocksucker."

"Combat protocols engaged, beginning training sequence in 3...2...1"

This time he was pissed off moreso than focused. Energy crackled across his body and created small pock marks on his already scarred arms. He wasn't going to wait for the robot to strike he was going to be on the offensive. The prime dashed across the mat and tackled the robot. They both tumbled onto the floor and Strazio did his best to try and pin the robot's arms. His opponent fought back viciously and eventually managed to reverse the grapple. "Dammit!" Strazio yelled as the training bot began to lay into him. The metal combatant knocked the wind out of Strazio. "Abort...abort training" Strazio was finally able to speak out. The robot stood up and reset, leaving the bloodied prime frustrated and beaten. One more time. Just one more the prime thought, forcing his body to its limit as he stumbled to a standing position.

"Begin training."

[Chloe Price]

Snart and I entered the Dojo to find that it was nearly empty, but had enough training equipment to make me the strongest guy in the Abyss. "Let's get training..." Snart said. I walked over to the gym equipment. I summoned a headband, yellow, that surprisingly didn't clash with my suit. I equipped it, and got ready to do the training montage or whatever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I33u_EHLI3w

I started by running on a weird S.T.A.R Labs super-treadmill, at super speed, top setting. I almost got launched off. Twice.

This is a divider for the montage.

I then started climbing up a mountain thing at normal speed. I super-speed ran down when I was done.

Another divider.

After that, I started lifting weights. When I tried the big one I nearly crushed my toe.

#WalkItOff #AnotherDivider

Pretending nobody saw me nearly break my toe, I then did some push-ups. 1000. At super speed.

Do I even have to say it?

I then used the cycling machine, at super speed.

Wow, the montage ended.

I then flipped the treadmill, and walked off like a boss.
...
..Only to come back 2 seconds later.
"Maybe just five more minutes doing push-ups, I kinda wanna reach 2000 today..." I said gleefully.