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

[recipeh]

It's fine.

[He takes the bottle and makes sure that it is what he's said it is before taking a good drink from it.]

As it stands, I haven't seen anything before.

But yes, it is my first time in.

[diehardreaper]

Yeah, wager'd so.

[ He can't help but grin though. ]

Right, well... you're prolly about to see everything after this point. Heaven's really not what anyone expects it to be.

[ Ron, stop. ]

God or shinki, by the by?

[recipeh]

[Ignis can appreciate the witty banter.]

I can't say I'm impressed or disappointed at this point. We'll wait and see.

I'm a shinki. And yourself?

[diehardreaper]

[ Hey, it keeps things interesting! ]

Yeah, s'just your first day in, anyroad. Still plenty of time to formulate an opinion. I'm a god though.

[ He really shouldn't say that so casually... ]

Ronald Knox. Taking the position of Baron Samedi. What's your name, then?

[recipeh]

Ignis Scientia.

"Baron Samedi"? And what are you representative of?

[These gods that he's meeting don't seem so...godlike to him.]

[diehardreaper]

Death, among other things.

[ No need to mention the sex part, he figures. ]

S'not a stretch from what I used to do back home, really. Bit of a surprise promotion, really. Any idea which god you're looking out for, by the by?

[recipeh]

I don't have much of an inkling, no. They just said that they will find me in time. The explanations were a bit...

[Ignis presses his lips together in an expression that spoke for itself. He was quite irritated by the lack of information given.]

[diehardreaper]

Ah, blimey they haven't gotten any better at that bit either.

[ There's a sigh there as he ruffles the back of his hair. It's pretty frustrating for him, too. ]

Tell you what. While I take a dekko about, if I find anyone looking about for an... Ignis, right... I'll point them in your direction.

[recipeh]

You would think that a place with the capability of infinite knowledge would take the time to relay even a fraction of it more efficiently.

[He nods at that.]

You have my thanks for that.

[diehardreaper]

Go figure, eh? You'd think they'd know a thing or two about our circumstance.

[ There's a sigh there as he settles on a bench, crossing his legs. ]

Not a problem, mate. They're a vague lot. Only fancy helping out any newcomers as we were instructed to.

[recipeh]

[He remains standing there, noting the slight change in the height of his voice.]

Ah. So they encourage others to pick up the slack.

[diehardreaper]

You could say that... but you'd think it wouldn't help to give us a hand more often when it comes to finding the poor sod we're meant to work with, eh?

[ Oh hey, he made a hand pun... ]

S'that what you've been doing around here? Waiting?

[recipeh]

That would have been far more useful.

[He doesn't even know he's missing an arm.]

Gathering as much information as I can about my current situation, trying to find my god, and yes, waiting.

[diehardreaper]

[ Shhh hand pun. ]

Fair bit of waiting going on around here, really...

[ Well... mostly from him. He can't say for anyone else. ]

Listen, if you've anything else you want to ask about the situation, now's as good a time as any! I've been here a while so I could tell you everything I know so far.