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

[moonlitknight]

[ He blocks the attack with a raised arm before grabbing the thing before it gets away and attacks someone else. ]

Be careful with them.

[ He tells him, as the thing struggles in his grasp, aiming to throw a kick his way even while behind held down. ]

[boneofsword]

[Archer blocks the kick easily, moving faster than a human. He shrugs.]

Thanks. [Archer notes that Zero has an acute awareness of his surroundings even during the fight.]

[moonlitknight]

[ That kind of speed... He takes note of it but says nothing as he drags the puppet away from him before it tries to kick him again. He moves across the field, dragging the thing behind him as it struggles to go after him again, but Zero's picking up a piece of rope heading for a tree to tie it down with. He slams the thing down against the tree while slapping a hand over its head and suddenly it drops down with a crash making a hole in the ground as its density is increased dramatically making each movement a struggle. Zero lets go of it then and casually ties it down while it's incapacitated. Only when he's done, does he return its density and suddenly it's struggling like a wild animal again but this time it's tied down to a tree, freeing the Hunter. ]

[boneofsword]

[All of it seems rather excessive for a simple training dummy. Archer narrows his eyes at the display of power, curious if it's innate power or a Far Shore one; not every shinki has his vessel name visible (his isn't) and he can't determine if one is god by sight.]

That's one way to take care of the problem. [he says with a raised brow once Zero is back.]

[moonlitknight]

It's faster.

[ He tells him as he starts picking up the training equipment and putting it away. ]