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

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[redstray]

[ Eric heard something approaching and quickly and it took a moment for him to see a straw dummy coming straight for him. He's quick to react at least, drawing one hand up to block, just in case while the other grabs the knife that was hidden under his sweater. If he could slice the stick away...

Before he has the chance though, it was already disabled. He glanced over to see Shun with some kind of spear weapon. ]

I'll...keep that in mind.

[ He lowers his arms as he begins to put his knife back, noting to himself to stay away from the practice area here. ]

[revolutionfalcon]

[Shun hums slightly in acceptance of that answer, before spinning the naginata to properly whack the straw dummy back the way it came. The effigy soars a short distance, manages to land on its feet, but then overbalances and falls onto its back anyway.

Shun only observes it long enough to make sure it's gone before turning back to Eric.]

I don't see you at these things often. [He knows Ren doesn't often come to them either, or at least not to train, so that might have something to do with it.]

[redstray]

[ Eric watches as the dummy collapses almost snorting at it's antics. His attention goes back to Shun as he begins to speak and he can only shrug at the response. ]

If I come, it's to practice my shinki abilities or my aura.

[ Although he's sort of stopped those practices recently, there didn't seem to be much use for them. Or he had hit a wall and wasn't exactly sure where to go from there. ]

You use spears?

[revolutionfalcon]

Right, the fire thing. [He's met more than enough of Mikoto's lot (and Reisi's lot, for that matter) by this point to know what Eric means by the aura, though there's a faintly exasperated note to his tone. He's met plenty of fire users here even outside of them, and even his own most recent shinki grants him fire abilities of a sort.

At the question, Shun spins the weapon in his hand. It's smooth, but there's something careful about the motion - it's not quite natural for him yet.] It's a naginata. Lavi taught me how to use a polearm a few weeks ago, and because I've already been learning how to use swords, I figured something like this with a mostly straight blade would be best to practice with until I got better with them.