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013 | Down To Business

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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[She grins.]

I'm that determined to spar today, yes.

[And... yes the sword through his stomach is weird. There's no absolutely no denying that. It's the kind of question she can understand is better reserved for a closer friend, though, when he's already got wings and a ghostly tail and everything else going on for him on top of deadpan humor. She expects that sparring is a much easier thing to focus on.]

And I've been doing a lot of the attacking today to get some new people to put their borderline walls up - a little defense practice for me is important too!

Having had excruciatingly little in the way of offerings to actually spar with something not an inanimate object, I'd probably still be going for it even if everyone here was a novice instead of just most of them. [Borderlines he can't really argue with people being novices with, but fighting in general is still weird for him to see people being bad at when they're supposed to be here for fighting things.

Twirling his sword in one hand with a practiced grip, Davesprite twitches his wings as if in readiness.]

Then I'm pretty much obliged to give you a run for every penny you've got on you.

[She's pretty sure that that was an encouragement for her since she's eager and other people haven't been.]

Give me a run? I think that's my line!

[But she's excited, really, to even try fighting like this - the kind of thing she can't have imagined ever doing before. It's like a roller coaster.]

Ready, and...

[She flings her hand forward at him, sending one of the dagger/scythe borderlines in mid-air at him.]

[Davesprite spreads his wings and brings himself into the air fully as well, flying a short distance alongside to provide adequate reaction time. For now, he's focusing on sword rather than borderline, and for reasons that may become obvious quickly - his reaction to the scything borderline is quick in a manner that only comes from instinct, the sword coming up in a natural blocking motion to intercept.]

If we're getting technical, nobody's giving anyone a run anywhere, but you don't notice how many figures of speech are geared for people with legs and not wings until you're a bird.

[His return attack comes in the blink of an eye, just about literally. One second he's that distance away, the next he seems to have vanished and reappeared not more than a foot apart from her, bringing his sword down in a practiced strike in her direction.]

[Kairi loses focus a bit at his funny comments, even if she completely agrees, and ends up completely surprised by the blinking out and in again. She was so sure that only a god could do that - and she doesn't have time to remember that in addition to being a bird, he's also talking about being more than a bit ghostly.]

Oh--!!

[And before Kairi can be the one to react, Nimbus drops her several feet below where they were hovering and zooms off.]

Thanks Nimbus, but I think that's kind of cheating.

[Meanwhile she's just glad you can't "drop" a borderline the way you can a practice sword. She does try to fling another one up at Davesprite while she can though - she won't give in quite that easily.]

[Well, the cloud at least is paying attention, so Davesprite can feel less bad about how off her guard he'd probably put Kairi there. If he actually hurt her, he'd feel even more like shit than he already does, but for now he just keeps going on the assumption that the cloud can pick up some slack there.

Gliding down to the new level - skimming to one side and letting the borderline shot glance past him - and flashstepping once or twice to catch up again, Davesprite shrugs a little as he readies his sword again.]

I mean, we could probably consider flashstep kind of cheating as well, it's not like it's an all-access power and you stood a more than zero chance of eating sword if the cloud didn't have your back.

Flash step...

[That must be the power he used. It's like a god's teleport as far as she can tell.]

Wow, so you're even more powerful than I thought.

[It's a compliment, but it doesn't mean she's backing down either.]

Okay... Okay, I'm going to keep trying though.

[She raises her hand up to her chest.]

I'll defend this time - my borderline against your sword. I'll protect myself from your attack.

["Powerful" is something Davesprite would consider a bit of a strong word in this situation, especially given his general opinion on himself, so he gives a noncommittal shrug.]

If by that you mean I have more than the stock powers, yeah, but when there's supposed to be more shinki spells running around and I'm still barely on top of borderlines I like to think it puts me on even footing with everyone else.

[Nonetheless, he can respect Kairi's intent to continue, and he gives a firm nod as he glides slightly to one side to give her that slight extra time to react.

And then, once again, he flashsteps across the distance, bringing his sword across at about the level she has her hand up and ready.]

Hm. Maybe.

[She's still pretty sure that being able to fly on his own and these sword skills make him formidable. But she doesn't babble this time, focusing on where he's moving. This time she remembers he can "flashstep" that fast and sinks back on her heel a bit like on a surfboard, encouraging Nimbus back but just enough she can flick her wrist in a very short, fast movement.]

BORDERLINE!

[And up it goes, above her own personal height by several feet and across about three yards, and all the way down to the ground much to her surprise.]

[That's a pretty massive borderline, and Davesprite knows even as his sword collides with it that he's unlikely to break through. However, he does lean harder into the strike, grinding it against the shield and forcing that extra attention to keeping it upright. They are training, and it's better to learn how to defend herself from an active and continued attack here than it would be in the middle of an actual battle.]

Damn, you're more on top of this shit than most of the people I've fought today.

[Some of them have definitely been good at borderlines for various reasons, but he doesn't think he's seen any this big yet.]

[She lifts both hands and presses them against the Borderline too, to try and focus her energy there and not as much on his words - compliments though they are.]

T-thank you!

[She still didn't expect her Borderline to go down to the ground, but at least now she knows.

Together, she and Nimbus drop down several feet and she throws both hands out to the side, dropping her barrier on purpose. She hopes that how forcefully he was pushing against it means that he'll be above her any second now. Hoping for that, she sends an attack-style Borderline up at him.]

[Once Kairi drops on her cloud, Davesprite pulls back for the moment, figuring when the barrier drops that she's setting up for something else. He is still above her when she sends up the attacking borderline, though he slips to one side fast enough that it merely cuts through his wispy and insubstantial tailtip.]

Damn, what did my tail ever do to you to deserve that kind of treatment. [Look at him. Look at his faux-offended but still remarkably deadpan face. Obviously this is a transgression for the ages.]

[She laughs a little at his reaction. At least she's giving him a run for it - or a fly for it, anyway!]

Sorry!

[Not Sorry.]

Maybe...

[Kairi sends up another Borderline more or less directly between them, but then pushes forward and tries to make another one about a foot in front of the other one as she drops the first, thinking that he might get hit by the 'top' of the wall as it goes up, or dodge backwards, and possibly keep pressing her advantage like that.]

[Interesting strategy. Davesprite's actually curious enough to know whether you can uppercut someone with a borderline not to dodge - he actually rearranges himself slightly to provide a more open hit. And, when it does hit, the effect is remarkably like a punch, a hard, blunt impact.

However, the ultimate result is very similar to if he'd dodged; he recovers quite quickly, bringing himself up from the recoil back into a ready position within seconds. It seems like, despite the hardness of the hit, he's used to that kind of impact.]

Alright, "how to deliver the best fucking borderline uppercut you've ever seen" is going on my list of training techniques.

[She starts to lower closer to the ground again, starting to get a little exhausted and Nimbus sensing that because of how she's breathing, but she's also laughing at his... compliment? She's pretty sure that was a compliment.]

I'm glad! Because I was worried when I hit you. You're really tough though, huh Davesprite?

[She really wants to shorten his name somehow but maybe later when they know each other better.]

I've never tried more than one at a time like that before. I'm just glad it worked!

I like to think my impeccable veneer of upstanding birditude serves as an extra layer between me and the outside world. [Which it...kind of does, just not in the physical sense, given the only veneer of upstanding birditude he's maintaining in any sense is the one where he's pretending not to be a complete mess.

For the moment, Davesprite just skims through the sky after her, a little higher than her cloud is floating. He usually reserves unexpected stabbings for outside friendly practice.]

Worked like fuck. You should probably add that to your repertoire.

Wow, really?

[His language... she wonders if she'll ever get used to it.]

In that case... [She nods.] I definitely will, if you think it worked so well!

[She smiles up at him though.]

Your... veneer of birtitude is definitely outstanding!

[Because she's thinking of his wings, which is why she misunderstands which word he used on purpose.]

Maybe I should get a glass of water before I try to go against you again, though.

I mean, punching someone in the face is always a good option to have in a pinch, and that was basically punching someone in the face without the punching. [Maybe not the most ideal use of a borderline, but it could definitely serve her well in situations where the ideal use isn't available or isn't that effective.

With a brief thumbs-up to Kairi's agreement on his outstanding birdosity, Davesprite skims down towards the ground and lands on his half-curled tail, sheathing his sword back into his stomach as he does so.]

Go ahead. Doesn't make much of a practice if I'm knocking around someone's dehydrated husk.

.... Oh, you know, that's a good point. I didn't think of it like that.

[Considering she didn't hit herself with the attack, it makes sense that someone else could see it in a different light.]

It's a weird kind of practice for me, but... it's interesting too.

[And she watches him sheathe his sword, looking for any hint of pain as he does so. Without any, that alleviates some of her concerns, just not all of them.]

Do you... often get to practice with your sword? High in the air or not?

[Seems like a more polite way to go about her curiosity.]

That's how practice is supposed to be. Not much point if you're just fucking around doing the same shit you've done seven hundred times before.

[There's a rather casual shrug from Davesprite in tandem with that comment. Even though he hasn't had much chance to practice for real here, that's just his attitude on it - if it's not dynamic and keeping you on your toes, then it's not doing anything for you.

At the question, Davesprite flicks a thumb over the handle of the sword.]

Haven't gotten much chance to fight other people, but I've been doing the whole beating up logs and sad sacks of sand thing since it turned up.

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