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 seemed like no one was surprised at the lack of a good explanation. That could get frustrating after a very short while in his case.]

All I was provided with was a pamphlet. I'm sure you can easily understand why that was a waste of resources. Handing me a half-eaten bag of potato crisps would have proven more useful.

[revolutionfalcon]

The pamphlets are usually an improvement on the no information at all shinki used to get when they came here, but there's always that problem for people who can't read them. I can at least answer any questions you have already, if you don't want to be walking around knowing nothing about this place.

[The offer might seem gracious from someone else, but Shun's tone is as blunt as ever in making it.]

[recipeh]

[The offer may have been blunt sounding, but it was an offer nonetheless and he was going to take it. He didn't want to be stuck left completely in the dark.]

What exactly was on the pamphlet?

[revolutionfalcon]

It's a general introduction to things shinki need to know. Things like the relationship with your god, who to go to if your god is malicious, where to learn spells and the fact that pursuing memories of your life turns you into an ayakashi. I'd need to read it myself to know the exact contents.

[He's skimmed over them before, but not enough to actually memorise the information in them. Other than the main important points that he feels are necessary to remember, the rest he feels can be let go.]

[recipeh]

[It's a good thing he kept it. As useless as it was to him, he wasn't one to throw away information. He dug into his coat pocket and pulled it out. He held it up so that the other man could see it for himself.]

This is the one, correct? Perhaps my god could read it out for me later.

[He didn't want the other man to have to go out of his way for him. It was frustrating, but he would handle it.]

[revolutionfalcon]

That's it. If that's how you're planning to do it, you'll have to hope your god cares enough to do that.

[They're a minority, but there are definitely gods around here who aren't that considerate. With no idea of who this guy's god is, he can't make a judgement call as to whether or not they'd be willing.]

It's a bit thoughtless, considering they were supposed to stop the need for shinki to rely on their god so heavily for information.