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

[freezetheheavens]

[He can feel it. It's not the same as reiatsu being gathered, the particles of spiritual energy being used, but at the same time, it was. It's why his eyes narrows briefly, sensing the two sources of energy that Judar has access to. He's not sure what the second source is, but it does make him a bit on edge.

When the magic fails, however, he blinks once.]

Ice magic is one thing you can try. [Toushirou, stop.

He holds out his hand, gathering reiatsu - something Judar can probably sense even though it's not the same - in his palm to form a smaller and weaker version of shakoho.] But it's a shame you can't figure out everything yet.

[kuroi_taiyo]

[ Oh, he's definitely watching and seeing how that's happening and is paying attention. ]

Ice, huh?

[ Give him a bit, he's sorting through things. It's sort of like someone tossing through several books to find the right one in his head, and he's trying to trace it all down properly. So that'd be water magic, collecting it all and...

Ah. Thalk Al-Salos would be easy enough.

As he's recalling the order of commands, he's channeling it through the same smaller source of energy, and starts to form a spear of ice in the air. Except, given the small pool he's pulling from, this spear is about the size of a dog instead of a small house.

Until it shatters and everything disperses once again. His body isn't strong enough for what he's trying, because of course it's his nature to try and go big. ]

Man, how lame. Better than the heat magic, at least.

[freezetheheavens]

You might want to try small before you aim big. Your mind may be full of it, but your body doesn't seem ready to handle it yet.

[And ah--

This would be his luck, though, to have another ice user in the form of this guy. In any case, the kidou disappears from his hand, dispersing back into nothingness and he drops his hand back down to his side.]

It'd be interesting to see how much you can actually do with that.

[kuroi_taiyo]

Well, I also just woke up after dying. I'm pretty spent.

[ Which just makes it all the more clear that he doesn't know how to access that larger power just yet. It's just a matter of time, though. For now he's going to pocket away that wand. Man, he's hungry now. ]

Maybe another time after I've had real food, instead of the crap they're offering.

[freezetheheavens]

Not really an excuse.

[He's technically dead. And a ghost. He's fine.

Toushirou shrugs, though.]

Good luck finding somewhere to eat. Usually they have better food than this.

[kuroi_taiyo]

Sure it is.

[ Not that he really knows anything more than that he died. Eating is a great way of getting energy back, but aside from that whole thing, he's also not even tapping into his much larger source of energy.

In the end, this is ultimately because Judar's body is weak right now. ]

You saw too, right? Man, the food sucked and they were trying to peddle these weird tonics as actual drinks. Who'd even fall for that?

[freezetheheavens]

You could be just weak in general.

[Not that...that's helping.

Oh well.

Toushirou crosses his arms.]

Many people, really. Or those who actually believe in those sort of things.

[kuroi_taiyo]

Oh come on, no way.

[ Look at his muscles, chibi. Is that the look of a weak person? Well, you've got the lowest strength score in the Ren household and you're slow as shit on foot. One day he'll show you just how strong he really is.

Judar just doesn't know how long it'll be until that day. ]

Yeah, well the people who believe in that are being taken for a scam.

[freezetheheavens]

[He raises an eyebrow.]

Wanna test that out?

[Chances are, this tiny god is stronger than you, Judar.

A shrug.]

Not my problem. They're gullible that way.

[kuroi_taiyo]

... Maybe after I've had something to eat.

[ It'd make sense that he was hungry. He probably died with a lot of energy having been used up and pretty hungry. Not that he's thinking of that. Just that he'd rather not fight people on an empty stomach.

Also, he could just step over you- how's he supposed to fight someone so small? ]

It's not mine either. The important part is that I'm not fooled by that. Hey, what kind of good food is there, anyway?

[freezetheheavens]

Fair enough.

[It's not really surprising, so he's a little amiable in that regard.

And don't underestimate him. He's fought people bigger than you.]

There's a restaurant owned by Neptune around here, or a bar known as Double Cross. One of those can provide you food; it's better than what's offered here.

[kuroi_taiyo]

[ It's not about underestimating. He really has no clue how he'd fight someone that small right now. Give him a while and he'll go right at it. ]

Huh... Some restaurant or a bar. Guess I'll make my god take me to one of those, or have him make me something.

[freezetheheavens]

Have fun with that then.

[He's looking forward to Judar fighting him. At some point.]

[kuroi_taiyo]

If that's sarcasm, then fuck you cuz I will.

[ Judar might even have a chance in that fight, if he strengthens that smaller energy source or learns to use the massive one. ]

[freezetheheavens]

I hardly do sarcasm.

[This...is the truth. He'd rather be blunt about a lot of things.]

[kuroi_taiyo]

Oh. Huh.

[ Well, if that somehow wasn't sarcasm, then he doesn't know what to do. Uh... ]

Thanks, then?

[freezetheheavens]

[A small dip of the head before he disappears.]