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

[lookingforhead]

[She shrugs.]

Most everyone around here is a good person and just trying to do their best. Even the gods here aren't the originals but people trying to help fill in. I don't know the whole of it but I know we're all trying not to take this lightly.

Well most of us.

Is there something bothering you? I guess I should have asked that first.

I'm Celty, by the way.

[shiitan]

[It wasn't hard to figure out what she was trying to do, but even if most people were good people doing their best, that still left others in the lurch, didn't it?

He wasn't sure he could just leave it at that.]

...Ross. Either way, me being bothered isn't the important thing here.

[lookingforhead]

[Her helmet shifts a bit. She's curious now. Perhaps she had the wrong impression of him.]

What is, then?

[shiitan]

The shinki who got named by the gods who aren't such good people.

[There was more to it than that, but any more would require him to turn the topic back to himself instead of the bigger picture.]

[lookingforhead]

[Ah. She supposes that makes sense for some thoughts on the afterlife.]

Nobody is perfect. I don't know how they pick people to be Shinki but there must be something to it. At least maybe it's a way to give certain people a second chance. Or maybe it's to make up for their lives being cut off.

[shiitan]

Or it's a way to make sure gods have a big enough supply to fight ayakashi with. The gods need us more than we need them.

[He had mentioned those same words to another god before, but the sentiment seemed worth repeating.]

[lookingforhead]

[This has occurred to Celty too, but her mindset lies elsewhere.]

Maybe. But other people need us in turn.

If it turns out they're killing us on purpose though, I suppose that would be something worth fighting back over. But I don't know that this is true.

[Even with the memory loss it's simply not an impression she's gotten.]

[shiitan]

It's not something we can easily prove or disprove. [Come to think of it, he had never thought about why shinki lost their memories.]

I know the people on the Near Shore need us. That's why I'll find out while fighting ayakashi.

[lookingforhead]

[That's a reason she can get behind. It's simple and its his own and it doesn't hurt anyone, ideally.]

I feel the same way.

[She pauses, about ready to leave him to his own business again, but then type up something quick to add.]

If you need help feel free to get in touch.

[shiitan]

[He stared at the screen. She was offering her help? Really? That wasn't very high on the list of things he expected to hear. Too bad his track record on asking for help or even remembering to ask for help wasn't very good.]

...Alright.

[Aaaawkward.]