013 | Down To Business

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Training
When: Morning June 16
Where: Bishamon's temple
Summary: Training sessions for everyone to learn more about their abilities and jobs!



Many people have been wanting to know more about their abilities and what they are required to do here in the Far Shore. So, in conjunction with Bishamonten, the Heavens have seen fit to offer an open training session for everyone to participate in. Here you will be able to learn anything and everything about what you should be able to do and what is expected of you in your new positions.

Bishamon's temple is sweeping and gorgeous, having previously been home to hundreds of shinki. She has graciously offered to hold this training session and will be available to help anyone who needs it.



Equipment

Various kinds of mannequins and dummies have been provided for practice, as well as targets that are either stationary or move, depending on your will. Punching bags, jumping blocks, and a large pool area have also been provided for your use, so that you can find a tool for pretty much anything that you might need to practice. Plenty of practice weapons of various weights, sizes, and shapes are also available upon request from any of the many white-clad shinki that are also attending today.

God Training

Bishamon herself will be the foremost source of information regarding being a god and what is expected of you. It is also encouraged that gods group up together to practice what they've learned and discuss their ideologies. Random groupings can be provided by the mods or you may come up with your own groupings together.

Shinki Training

Various shinki are available to help with shinki training, including Kazuma and all of Bishamon's shinki. Additionally, the white-clad shinki will be more than happy to train you on using the borderline and some of the basics of what is expected of a shinki. It is also encouraged that shinki group up together to practice what they've learned and discuss their ideologies. Random groupings can be provided by the mods or you may come up with your own groupings together.

Refreshments

There is a refreshments table provided. It is covered with light snacks and various kinds of hydrating drinks. There is a little sitting area set up for people to relax in after they have finished their training or if they're even just taking a quick break to cool down. The Heavens want you to stay in good condition!

In Summary:

• Use the state of the art equipment
• Learn about your job
• Form groups to practice
• Don't get dehydrated
• Spectate if you want
• Have fun~

Comments

[stonebird]

(She is silent, her gaze shifting briefly to the white-robed woman. Sansa is not afraid to approach anyone - or so she tells herself - yet even in her most defensive state, she must admit that it is easier speaking to someone who is, more or less, her equal. She does not have a comforting record with royalty and that is perhaps the category for Amaterasu and her shinki.)

Thank you. (Her expression softens into a slight smile. Yuri shouldn't feel bad for helping her! The Seven and the Old Gods know she needs guidance.

Face paling, her smile disappears and she bites her lip.) Are all the ayakashi shinki who have remembered their pasts? The failings of the gods created them and the gods are meant to destroy them?

(That is nauseatingly ironic.)

[onerous]

No. [Yuri's quick to assure her, shaking her head.] Not all-- not even most. It's pretty rare for a shinki to turn into an ayakashi. [Okay so it's happened like twice or so in the past couple months but she's reasonably sure that's not common.]

The ayakashi are more like... malicious spirits and bad energy given form. I... suppose shinki and ayalashi aren't too different from each other, if a shinki can become one, but as far as I know it isn't reversible. [Yet, maybe. But it does raise some interesting questions...

Yuri pauses for a moment, before deciding to get back to a nicer sort of topic. No conspiracy theories on the first day, Yuri!!] You said you were Dali, right? I haven't heard of Georgian mythology before... [It's interesting and she eyes Sansa curiously] Do you know much about her? [She assumes 'no' based on Sansa's... everything. Yuri's willing to bet she's from a world with a completely different system of religion, or maybe some medieval past.]

[stonebird]

Would we recognize the ayakashi that were once shinki? (Does it matter? Their fate seems sealed.) Can they slay gods if they are left to rampage?

(Sansa is ready for all the conspiracy theories. It's best to get them out of the way; that way, she cannot be surprised unawares later.)

Yes. I only know that she is a goddess of the hunt with a fondness for animals. (Something they share, truly, though they might argue when it comes to creatures like bears.) I need to visit her temple. My temple.

(How odd to say such.)

It would not surprise me if she had hunting hounds there.

[onerous]

I don't think so. [To the recognition bit. As for the other thing:] There's a reason we have to use shinki in their weapon forms to fight the ayakashi. Just brushing against one gives us this thing called a 'blight' and if left untreated it can kill us.

[Goddess of the hunt? There's a couple of those, she thinks, so Sansa's probably in good hands if she needs some help.] I think there are a couple hunting goddesses like that around, so I'm sure they'd be able to help you if you get a little lost.

[She realizes now, belatedly, she's never introduced herself either. She bows politely.] My real name is Yuri, by the way. Pleased to meet you. Here, I'm Ixtab. She's a Mayan goddess, of-- Um. [Here Yuri pauses, looking a tad-- embarrassed? Reluctant? She's pestered Sansa enough about her god-identity, it's only fair Yuri reveal as much. There's a soft sigh and she continues:] She's--I'm-- the goddess of suicides.

[stonebird]

(How can the shinki be helped if the gods cannot even touch them? Sansa knows, in her situation, that it is foolish to pity anyone other than herself, but she cannot help feeling bad for them.)

I hope a cure can be found. But it is already too late for many, I assume.

(If any shinki comes under her protection/guidance, she will keep their past hidden from them utterly.)

Thank you. There is some comfort in not being alone. (A small smile curves her lips and she gives a curtsy.) Well met, Yuri. You are welcome to call me Sansa. (Not Lady Stark since Winterfell is in another world entirely.)

Is she...? (She cannot help looking a little distant.) Do you support that choice?

[onerous]

[Yuri draws herself up some, straightening her posture despite her exhaustion. This is a topic she likes to think herself well-versed in by now-- which is both a good thing and a bad thing, probably. No one should be this comfortable or knowledgeable about death, especially not this kind, but she supposes it comes with being a god now.]

It's their choice to make. I won't condemn them for it. The prayers I get-- Sometimes, people just want to know someone is listening, that someone will come to them. They don't want to actually die, they want someone to care. So, I'll come. I'll let them talk, but I won't convince them one way or another, that's not my place. I'll save them if they change their minds.

But... Some are certain. They've made their choice and won't back down, and I help them too. I take their pain for them and the 'sin,' so their soul can move on unburdened. [She smooths out the sleeves of her robes, sighing softly, and she watches Sansa quietly for her reaction to all of this. Yuri had been on that ledge too many times to judge anyone for being there too.]