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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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….Sort of….

[A pause as he tries to explain it.]

But there’s sparring with only borderlines…. And sparring with everything.

[Which might mean full out murder but u kno wat]

Like...

[She points to the equipment area.]

Also with the practice swords? We can't use our vessel powers without our gods, you know.

[But hey she can stand at the ready, with her hand up to prepare a borderline.]

I don't mind just Borderlines either. That's my primary weapon now.

...Yeah, like that…

[But with real weapons, like a poison needle yoyo. Still, if this is how it is, he suddenly tosses out an offensive line straight towards her.]

[Kairi's a little startled but regains herself quickly. She's been on enough adventures now to set her shoulders back and draw up her hand in defense.]

--Line!

[And her wall comes up to protect her from Chikusa's attack.]

[His own line struggles against her, pressing against it with everything he can push into it- which is rather a lot, in contrast to his normal almost sleepy demeanor. However, after quite an effort, it breaks apart, and he gives a quiet huff.]

[Still not good enough…]

Woo! One for me!

[One fist pumps at her side.]

It's too bad we can't bounce a ball back and forth or something. Alright, my turn!

[Kairi holds up her fingers, then grabs her own wrist with her free hand, as if she were wielding a sword. That way, when she slices from bottom right to upper left, there would have normally been a sword's blade cleaving through too - the way Roxas fights.]

Borderline!

It would have to be a sturdy ball....

[Or else they'd slice through.]

[But that's not really worth talking about, not when he has a line coming towards him, so Chikusa immediately- and still silently- tosses up his defense. Alright- he has to make sure he keeps this up for certain. This is what he's so weak on, after all, and what he's working so hard to correct.]

[He's not wrong, it would have to be pretty sturdy. She just imagines that they can make such things in this world.

Of course, the focus needs to be on the borderline attack, but like Chikusa, this is the style she's weaker on. She's been defending against the newbie's attacks all day, and against ayakashi attacks on prayers. She's only been on the advancing side two or three times before today.

As a result, Chikusa's borderline holds, although he surely feels the effort of her attack against the wall before hers finally dissolves.]

[Considering he was expecting it to break through again- Urashima has left him not exactly confident- Chikusa is pleasantly surprised when his line holds. As Kairi's disappears, he takes a breath and releases his own.]

Yours are troublesome...

[....A compliment?]

Not troublesome enough, apparently!

[She doesn't totally lose her focus though and holds up her hand in a threat to do it again, wail on his wall until it breaks.]

Sounds to me like you're asking for more! How long can you hold out, Chikusa?

The idea is for long as necessary...

[But is he at this level yet? Only this will find out, and he seems to brace himself against the ground.]

Can you keep going for that long...?

I guess we'll find out!

[And Kairi whips another borderline at him with one hand, then charges her other - which she's never done before.]

LINE! LINE!

[The first one is still strong, but the second one is clearly weaker. Still, having them both come at him in rapid succession might start to break down the wall's tolerance, she figures. And she charges both hands for another attack anyway.]

[The technique has his attention more than anything else- he hasn’t yet seen anyone throw lines out quite like that. But he doesn’t have long before they’re slamming into his defense again, an impact that makes him grit his teeth. His line is still up, but with another line slamming into it so soon after it’s survived another- no matter how weak- it’s clearly on the verge of crumbling.]

Did you just come up with that…?

Nope! I saw someone else do it at the Parade a little bit ago.

[Kairi feels slightly better at having discovered this really cool thing mostly by accident.]

Let's see then...

[She brings both hands up to land a direct Borderline attack against his wall this time.]

[So she also learned something like that at the Parade... Chikusa only considers that for a second. Her next line smashes straight through, forcing him to step to the side so that he doesn't get hit himself. At the same time, he sends a return attack right back at her.]

[Nice distraction.

She jumps back just enough to pull her hand downward and say: ]

--LINE!

[Fast enough that it's going up in front of her and might hit his hand as it does so. If possible though, she's going to try and press him backwards by making another one a few inches in front of the first -- if she can time it right by dropping the current one. It's a move she's only tried once today with Davesprite, so it's still new even to her.]

[Sure enough, it works, sending Chikusa retreating, and he frowns slightly. Oh, he sees how it is. Fine. He leaps back, putting his long legs to use, and tries to send his strongest line out at her defense.]

[Kairi balks at the line coming at her, but it strikes down the first of two barriers only. The second one stays up and she stares back through the blue light with both hands pressing against her own line to try and make sure she holds it - for a little while anyway.

The semi-opaque coloration gets more opaque when she does that.]

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