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

[purr_ince]

Are you saying you doubt my skills? [There's an annoyed twitch of his brow.] I'm a little rusty but that's no reason to be so unpleasant.

[You might be dressed like a prince but you don't act very princely. He's shaking his head at her.]

We can't all be perfect. Besides - [He's leaning on his weapon, he'd come over here to be nice and apologetic but well... Maybe he's not so much anymore.]

I was fighting two at a time. It might have been a bit much for my first day.

[priforprince]

Hm.

[ Despite the boy growing more upset, Hibiki is calming down. She is above this now. She is lofty. Elite. ]

Those who are perfect don't concern themselves with the others.

[purr_ince]

[He's just watching her. He's a bit annoyed but not upset. He doesn't ever let it go that far at least he doesn't think so.]

I'd say it's the mark of a good person to care and be concerned for others.

[Then again that's just a gut feeling and not everyone has the same standards that he does. Dang it.]

[priforprince]

[ Hibiki waves a hand. ] Don't let it happen again.

[ This is the part where she gracefully takes her leave, is it not? Surely there will be no issue with her leaving the dearly departed teacup on the floor.

The air around this area grows cold. ]

[purr_ince]

[Rude. Just rude. A bit like Chloe without the clinging - thank heavens for that.]

I'll do my best. [Not because you say so thought but because.. because he just has to okay?]

Aren't you going to clean up your mess? [Surely she doesn't expect him to?]

[priforprince]

[ Hibiki pauses. She's less offended than she is honestly confused.

Why would she do that? ] ...There are staff.

[ The broken teacup pieces twitch, rattling a little. ]

[purr_ince]

That doesn't mean it's their job to clean up after you. There's so many people here that if everyone thought like that there's be twice as many messes and no one doing any cleaning.

[He might be scolding but he's doing his best to keep his tone in check.]

Besides this is china I'm guessing? It's shatters and splintered into thin little slivers; anyone that tries to clean it up is likely to get at least cut or two. Would you really let someone -

[And his words trail off, his focus drawn to the moving pieces, the rattling. What on earth? Curious, he's kneeling down to gently nudge one of the larger bits with finger.]

Why is it moving? Do your tea cups always move?

[priforprince]

[ Hibiki goes a little grey around the edges as she watches the pieces slowly jerk themselves along the ground, something dragging them towards her. ] Don't humor it.

[ Whatever's behind this will be careful not to cut Adrien, though. ]

[purr_ince]

[Adrien is drawing his hand away, green eyes widening.] Humor it? What is it?

Why is it moving? [There's alarm in his voice. He's pretty sure he's never seen anything like this before.]

[priforprince]

This primension's system is buggy.

[ The pieces of teacup move towards Hibiki and then rearrange themselves as an angry, frowny face. ] It's been called a "polteageist."

[ She hates that she's perpetuating that name, but at the same time, it's so catchy. Her soul, so easily swayed by inspiration, cannot drop it.

Curses. ]

[purr_ince]

[He's just going to stare at her.]

Why do I have a feeling you're the cause of this?

[And a lot of your problems?]

Have you ever tried I don't know apologizing for the careless abandonment of a slaughtered teacup?

[File that under things he's pretty sure he's never had to say before.]

[priforprince]

That invisible ingrate refuses to be satisfied.

[ This is a bit of a touchy subject. The frowny face adds a tongue sticking out. ]

Anyway, I'll leave you to it.

[ Hibiki is running away from the problem.

Except not literally. Not her style. Hibiki is Nobly Walking Away From The Problem. ]

[purr_ince]

Ingrate?

[Do you see the look on his face? It's annoyed and there's a bit of judgement there.]

Of course, you will how generous.

[Adrien is sighing watching her turn tail before kneeling down to start carefully picking up the pieces of the shattered cup.]

Look, tea-ghost? cup-ghost thing, I know she's a pain in the butt but I'm thinking you're fighting a lost cause here.

[priforprince]

[ Hibiki continues to take her leave.

The pieces of teacup in Adrien's hand, however, rattle a bit. One flies up to try to smack him in the shoulder at the suggestion that it abandon its pursuit, but the piece will (unless intercepted) settle back into his hand afterwards without breaking any further. ]

[purr_ince]

[Adrien chuckles softly at that smack. If one could call it a smack.]

I know, I know. You think she needs to learn a lesson or something but -

[He shakes his head.]

Some people won't understand no matter what effort you put in. She strikes me as that kind of person.

[priforprince]

[ Around Adrien, the air heats up. There is the faint sound of something sniggering.

Teaching a lesson would be optimal, of course, so no more brethren have to perish. But that is not the primary reason this particular polteageist has resisted exorcism.

No, Shikyoin Hibiki must suffer. ]

[purr_ince]

[Adrien doesn't know what to make of the sudden warmth. Didn't ghost cause cold spots? Or was that something else? What even made him think that?]

Look, little tea ghost, I can't say I blame you but today isn't that day, alright? I might not like her attitude but I'm not going to let you just go around causing trouble.

[He's making his way to the bin. When he speaks again his voice is solemn.]

Rest in peace, Monsieur Teacup.

[Then he's discarding the shattered remains into it.]

Huh... Or should it have been pieces? [He muses to himself before shrugging his shoulders.]

[priforprince]

[ The respect Adrien pays the fallen teacup gets the temperature back to normal. (A polteageist can, of course, make the temperature drop - such is its ghostly nature. But it can also heat the air - it is the ghost of a cup for hot tea. Of course.)

All seems well. Unless Adrien looks in the direction Hibiki headed, in which case he might see a trail of faint water droplets on the ground where...no one has spilled water.

Even if it doesn't strike yet, it has to keep an eye on the foe. ]

[purr_ince]

[Adrien is glancing over to watch Hibiki go. Yes, he's making note of those little droplets, a brow arching slightly.

Technically, she brought it on herself. But he's going to have to keep an eye one her.]

She seems to be the kind to attract trouble. Why do I have a feeling I'm going to have to help her out?

[That or he's going to want to seriously smack his head on a table when she's around. One or the two. Maybe both. Who is Adrien kidding? It's gonna be both.]

[priforprince]

[ This is a dangerous proposition, Adrien. Hibiki only allows high-quality tables in her presence. They are all made of extremely hard woods.

The kind to attract trouble, however, just sneezes and frowns. A cold? It'll be an outrage if gods can get sick. ]