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

[appealingdame]

[In Charlotte's world, they worship dragons. Then they kill the dragons. A religious life is rough in Fire Emblem. Not that she remembers that at the moment.]

Oh... So modest! [Who cares about being worthy?] Well, if you don't mind me asking, what do you expect from your own shinki? What sort of treatment do they get?

[declamando]

[That's definitely a question she's heard a few times, or at least similar ones, and she takes another drink as she thinks on it.] It's different for any god, but I mostly just expect to be able to rely on them if I need them in a fight. Otherwise, they just live their own lives. I provide food and things like that for them, and if they're having trouble finding work or anything then I'll get them other things they need, but I try not to interfere too much.

[Maria believes fairly strongly in the god and shinki connection being something mutual, even if she's a bit more motherly towards them than she's likely to admit.]

[appealingdame]

So... You look after them.

[That sounds nice. Help out in a fight every now and then and you don't have to worry about anything else? That's practically luxury!]

Hey, what's your temple like? Is it nice? A goddess should live in a fancy palace, right?

[declamando]

[Maria laughs a little at that, because it's a remark she's heard before in similar terms.] It is nice, but it's not quite what I was expecting. It's a very big and beautiful treehouse in a cavern. Everything around the tree still gets sun, since that part of the cave roof is missing.

[And thankfully, there's not really any rain here to make living in a tree frustrating.]

[appealingdame]

[She lives in a cave. Charlotte cringes and immediately drops any tentative ideas she had into seducing this lady into naming her. Sure, she's nice and she sounds like a nice goddess, but a fucking tree in a cave.]

What the hell? You're a goddess and they make you live in a cave with no roof? Your shinki have to live there too?

[declamando]

[That's a rather sudden turnabout in attitude, and Maria frowns a little, in part because she's gotten rather fond of the temple in the time she's been here, and also because the turn doesn't seem for the better. On the other hand, she supposes there's a certain level of offense on her behalf to it, so it can't be entirely ill-intentioned.]

Considering the tree grows out of that hole, I'd be in a lot more trouble if I was living in a cave with one. But I think you're getting the wrong idea from me saying "cave" instead of grotto or something else.

[appealingdame]

Oh! Well, I mean, I guess that's-

[Still a treehouse. Like a little kid. But Charlotte notices that frown and realises her mistake- she slipped up, and now the first real goddess she's properly met is going to think she's some rude thug.]

... That's kind of adorable, huh? A real treehouse! I mean, when you think about it... How sweet!

[All smiles and unassuming posture again. Please ignore her little outburst.]

[declamando]

[It's not a particularly convincing save, but Maria recognises that she's at least making the attempt. Though she doesn't start smiling again just yet, she at least lets up on the frowning.]

It's not a child's treehouse either, if that's what you're thinking. The tree itself is extremely big, so there's full rooms on the boughs and things like the kitchen and library are in bigger ones curved around the tree trunk. It's something I'd be surprised if it was possible to build and maintain somewhere outside of the Heavens.