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

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.]

Re: Shinki Training

[trapperkeeper]

You don't know? It's that thing I was just practicing. You hold your fingers like this...

[He demonstrates.]

And imagine a line. It's supposed to keep ayakashi away.

Re: Shinki Training

[frankensteins_moe]

[Berserker blinks, mimicking his hand gesture and flicking her hand out. She doesn't have a lot of control, though, and the line sweeps across several of the training dummies instead, slicing them in half.]

...Ah!

Re: Shinki Training

[trapperkeeper]

Wow! You got, like, three at once! Great job!

[Except no.]

Re: Shinki Training

[frankensteins_moe]

Re: Shinki Training

[trapperkeeper]

I bet the ayakashi are shaking in their boots!


.... Do they wear boots?

Re: Shinki Training

[frankensteins_moe]

[A small shrug. But she nods and smiles all the same.]

Re: Shinki Training

[trapperkeeper]

You know, I actually haven't fought any ayakashi yet. You?

Re: Shinki Training

[frankensteins_moe]

Mm, mm!

[Berserker nods happily. Apparently the fight went well, too, given how excited she is.]

Re: Shinki Training

[trapperkeeper]

Aw, seriously? Lucky! I haven't gotten to do any shinki stuff yet...

Re: Shinki Training

[frankensteins_moe]

[Have a pat on the shoulder, Lann. You'll get there.]

Re: Shinki Training

[trapperkeeper]

So what was it like? The ayakashi I mean. Was it big?

Re: Shinki Training

[frankensteins_moe]

[Berserker shakes her head and then takes out her phone, typing an answer back.]

More like lots of smaller ones. They all looked like cats.

Re: Shinki Training

[trapperkeeper]

Oh, wait! Those cat things? Those were ayakashi?

[A dismissive little snort.]

They didn't look so tough.

Re: Shinki Training

[frankensteins_moe]

Mm, mm.

[She nods, and then flexes an arm proudly, patting the muscle with the other hand. Apparently they were as weak as he thought.]

Re: Shinki Training

[trapperkeeper]

Man, I could totally kick their butts then! What the honk have I been waiting for?

[Lann no...]

Re: Shinki Training

[frankensteins_moe]

[Berserker gives another nod, taking a step forward and patting Lann on the shoulder. Go for it, you crazy kid.]

[trapperkeeper]

[He'sglad for the encouragement.]

Heh, thanks Ber! Once I bag a big one I'll tell you the whole story!

[It will of course be a delightfully exciting story.]