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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~

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Are you serious?

[She can't be serious. Can she? Does she expect Scully to pull a broadsword out and start swinging it?

What happened to Heavenly peace, that's what she wants to know.]

[Heavenly peace is nonexistent in Valhalla and seems just as farfetched here, where the ayakashi threaten. And besides, she is a battle-maiden.]

I do not have a sense of humor. You may safely assume everything I say is serious. [Nor is THAT a joke, simply a matter-of-fact statement.]

The only kind of weapon I know how to use is a gun. I'm not going to get into a martial arts match.

[And she's not about to do that in a real battle, either. If it comes down to that?

Unlike sparring matches, in real battles, guns are useful.]

What type of weapon is a gun?

[Now she is, unusually, intensely curious. Few weapons of war are outside her purview, yet she has never heard of the one this woman has just named.]

You've never heard of guns?

[Well, okay, Valkyries are some kind of ancient myth. Maybe they're all used to wielding swords and spears and that sort of thing. Scully glances over the table, and then reaches for a handgun to one side (it's not a real gun; it's one of the realistic pellet guns they seem to have been provided with. Well, they don't have a real firing range, either.)

She holds it out.]

It's a chemically propelled projectile weapon. Pulling the trigger, here [she points] causes it to fire a bullet -- a small piece of metal, usually lead -- at high speed from the muzzle, here.

[The Valkyrie examines the gun with a quiet, keen look as she listens to Scully's explanations. This is not complicated to understand, really -- it is much as if one launched an arrow through the force of a blast, rather than from a string.]

What is the virtue of a smaller projectile over a larger one in this case?

For one thing, it won't break your arm with recoil.

-- But the real answer is it depends on what you're doing and what type of ammunition you're using. You need bullets that fit your gun.

This one's a replica that uses pellets. It's mostly harmless.

[She offers it to Lenneth to take, in case she's curious to examine it more closely.]

[Which the Valkyrie does, judging its weight and balance with a critical eye. An archer as well as a swordswoman, she understands the basic principles well enough. It cannot fire the projectiles she is accustomed to, though, and thus is not of great use to her.]

Against a human foe I can understand that the shock and trauma inflicted by an impact would do harm greater than the simple wound of entry... but are they not inadequate against creatures that do not live? The undead, for example, do not have hearts to puncture or blood to spill -- they must be cut down, rendered immobile by force. Is not an ayakashi, as a spirit, much the same?

Honestly, I've never fought one.

[So how would she know? It's an interesting thought. She's not going to be much good in a fight if the Valkyrie is right, though: after all, she's a gun.]

But I can't see why a sword would be more useful against a spirit than a gun. You have a point about dead bodies, but why would a spirit need legs to move?

[Shinki are likely different. A weapon imbued with spiritual force is a greater weapon against a spirit than its mere physics would indicate.]

And yet can you argue that a spirit that has had much of its substance cleaved off is as dangerous a foe as it was to begin?

Honestly? I have no idea.

[She's kind of lacking a frame of reference here.

It feels like swords shouldn't even hurt spirits, if they're actually incorporeal, but then she doesn't feel particularly incorporeal herself.

She's also pretty sure she'd need her legs for walking, and that trying to float through a wall would not end well, so who knows?]

I presume you have not yet had much opportunity to battle spirits, then. [Curious, but she is becoming used to hearing such. Many of the gods and shinki here have little actual experience battling their sworn foes.]

No. I haven't been here for that long.

[And Dana isn't exactly the sort to run off and try to fight monsters, at least, not without a good reason and a weapon in hand. It isn't her field of expertise.]

Such battle was a duty of the Valkyrie, as necessary. Spirits fall to the swords and spells of a goddess and her Einjerhar as thoroughly as do corporeal undead or mortal foes. [She speaks with casual assurance, never having reason to question her beliefs.]

I might have to ask you for advice after I've seen what we have to do here myself.

[Scully lets out a sigh: is she seriously going to have to learn to fight like a Valkyrie herself? That seems like a long-term goal. She's going to work on figuring out what's going on here first, and worry about fighting later.]

[No one can learn to fight like the Valkyrie. But learning to fight like a god is, perhaps, all anyone can ask of them.]

It is clear that today cannot be the extent of training. One day is not enough for the shinki or gods here to master what they must do.

It's barely enough to gather what we can do. That's worth learning, though.

[Especially for shinki, who might not have any clue what they can do. Scully nods, slowly, and flickers a quick smile towards the woman.]

Well. I'll leave you to it. I should go work on my borderlines.

That, I cannot help with. [Lenneth acknowledges this with a slight nod. One more curiosity she poorly understands, but she can at least accept the fact.] Should you need help in mastering battle, I shall be here. And my temple remains open.

Thanks.

[Scully offers her a thoughtful little nod.]

I might have to take you up on that.

['Will' have to take her up on that, if she wishes to be a competent warrior. Or at least Lenneth doesn't see other ways it will readily happen.] I may be reached by the devices we have been given, should you so desire.

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note to self, be less tired when posting

haha, happens to us all! <3

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