December Training

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone
What: Information and Training
When: September 25th
Where: Bishamon's temple, the Far Shore
Summary: Training and informational sessions for newly arrived gods and shinki



Gods and shinki arriving at heaven's meeting hall are, should they allow it, guided to Bishamon's temple, where a reception area and a traditionally styled dojo and training ground have been made available for the day. The gods and shinki are free to take their time during this day to learn about the details of their new life from Amaterasu's shinki or from the many veteran new god and shinki volunteers.




God Training

Newly arrived gods are escorted into a Western-styled reception hall within Bishamon's temple for an informational meeting covering the basics of proper god behavior, although the minor deity conducting the meeting is in too much of a rush to take questions afterwards. They are encouraged to discuss the information with each other and ask questions of more experienced gods, as well as instructed to guide their new shinki appropriately.

Shinki Training

Various shinki volunteers, both in the white-and-gold of Amaterasu's shinki and in Bishamon's red-piped black uniforms, are stationed around the dojo, passing out helpful informational pamphlets. They will be happy to instruct the newcomers in the use of the borderline as well as offering an explanantion on the basics of what is expected of a shinki and the importance of teamwork with other shinki and with gods. Shinki are encouraged to work together to practice what they've learned and discuss their perspectives.

Someone has brought two overflowing boxes of back issues of From Ama, the Heavenly magazine, which includes profiles of successful shinki and gods, historical tidbits, and the occasional magazine quiz to help shinki determine how well they're currently working with their god or what their greatest strength might be.

Physical Training

The dojo is stocked with a wide variety of practice weapons, traditional and modern, to offer some practice opportunity to gods who, for example, find themselves with a sword shinki but are at risk of cutting off their own toes. It's also useful for veteran new gods wishing to train with their current partner shinki.

This month, a clever shinki magician has created a dozen straw-stuffed training dummies, some with sword-length sticks and some with polearm-length sticks, that have been enchanted to really fight back. Unfortunately, the spell isn't perfect yet! They're good training partners, but sometimes they might go a little haywire and try to smack passersby.

Rest and Refreshments

Along with bottled water, there are several large boxes of energy drinks and vitamin drinks in small amber glass bottles, and an array of protein bars and meal bars. One particular shinki in white, a bespectacled twentysomething man, is explaining the health benefits of everything on the table (even the water!) with great enthusiasm to any guest who looks even a little confused. It takes great tact to discourage him.

Party games have been set up on the lawn near the refreshments table: Twister, Kubb, lawn Jenga, and more.

In Summary:

• Get all the information you can handle
• Veteran new gods and shinki are welcome to volunteer showing the ropes
• Get in some training
• Play some games
• Spectate if you want
• Have fun~

Comments

Lann

[trapperkeeper]

Shinki Training

[Lann is once agin working on his borderlines. His problem isn't getting the lines- his lines are actually quite strong- but rather control. Not only are they larger than necessary, but also badly aimed. He keeps tearing through the next training dummy over. He's starting to get a little frustrated.

Which is actually not helping his control issue. And there goes another dummy. And also a nearby bush.]

Oh, come on! That bush was totally not there a second ago!

[Yes it was.]


Rest and Refreshment

[Lann is looking at the table of refreshments skeptically.]

Is it just me, or does the food kind of... suck this time?

Shinki Training

[batteredog]

[ Near that bush is another shinki carrying a katana. He looks over at the demolished shrub before tilting his head to the side as he eyes the other shinki wondering if that was on purpose or not. He hasn't been paying attention to their progress so he can't be sure and without reading her lips, the deaf boy hasn't caught any of her words. Still, he'll move four paces away from that bush... just in case. ]

Re: Shinki Training

[trapperkeeper]

Oh, uh...

[crap. He's really gotta start paying more attention. At least he has the grace to look apologetic.]

Sorry! Totally my bad...

[batteredog]

[ Once he draws closer, he can see his mouth and read the words. He nods in acknowledgement, accepting the apology but he's not moving any closer. ]

[trapperkeeper]

[Good. No harm done. Lann relaxes and smiles.]

I almost had it that time.

[No. No he didn't.]

These line things are tough, huh?

r&r

[alchemists]

The food that's out this time is better suited for energy intake needed for physical activity.

Re: r&r

[trapperkeeper]

In...take? No way. Nobody's gonna wanna take any of this stuff, even if they do bring it inside.

[He may not know what the word intake means.]

[alchemists]

I meant that eating it gives you the right amount of energy needed. I don't think being inside or outside relates to it?

[trapperkeeper]

Then why did you say we should take it inside?

[alchemists]

I think this is turning into a misunderstanding.

[trapperkeeper]

No kidding...

[He frowns, and then continues slowly.]

So.... I don't really get it, but... basically you're just saying you like this stuff?

[alchemists]

I don't really like it, but given that it's provided for training it's clearly important to eat it.

Shinki Training

[frankensteins_moe]

[In between demolishing training dummies herself, Berserker has been watching Lann's practice. And after a few misfires, she silently walks over, picks him up, and moves him about half a foot to the left.]

Re: Shinki Training

[trapperkeeper]

Huh? Wha?? Hey!

[Yeah he was not expecting that.]

Ber? What the heck?

[He didn't stop her from moving him, but he really doesn't understand why.]

Re: Shinki Training

[frankensteins_moe]

[Berserker shakes her head, gesturing back toward the dummy as if to say 'try it again.']

Re: Shinki Training

[trapperkeeper]

Oh...

[He turns back to the dummies and raises a hand.]

Line!

[This time it destroys the dummy he'd been originally trying to block with his line.]

Hey! It worked! Alright!

[Sure, in a 'this is not what you were trying to do in the first place' kind of way. But he's happy. That's what counts.

Also he has his hand raised for a high five.]

Re: Shinki Training

[frankensteins_moe]

[Berserker gives an approving nod punctuated by a happy little humming noise, staring at Lann's hand for a moment before slowly raising her own in the same way.]

Re: Shinki Training

[trapperkeeper]

Yeah!

[High five!!]

Thanks, Ber. So are you practicing borderlines too?

Re: Shinki Training

[frankensteins_moe]

[She tilts her head.

What is a borderline.

Can you eat it.]

Rest

[kokuyoyo]

....So you don't want it.

[Chikusa is blatantly ignoring the man nearby trying to extol the virtues of all this stuff, instead just picking at things as he pleases.]

Re: Rest

[trapperkeeper]

And you do?

[Gesturing at the energy bars.]

Dude, this stuff looks like cardboard!

[kokuyoyo]

So? Food is still food....

[Garbage or not.]

[trapperkeeper]

But last time they had better food. Why would they change it?

[kokuyoyo]

[All Chikusa does is turn his head to stare pointedly at the nearby shinki chattering excitedly away on health benefits.]

[trapperkeeper]

[Lann follows his gaze long enough to glare at the health nut currently raining on his picnic.]

So that guy's to blame? What a jerk. What the honk is his problem anyway?