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

physical training

[kokuyoyo]

[Honestly, Chikusa only came over this way because he thought that he'd get to see Hibiki being beaten up. Yet, like with so many other hopes and dreams.... He's been betrayed.]

[One yoyo thwack to send the aggressive practice dummy crumpling to the side, and Chikusa slouches over to investigate. How you holding up, fake?]

[priforprince]

[ The doll may have only had the metaphysical stuffing beat out of it, but it's still seen better days. The head is listing to the side, and some of the stuffing is clumping up on one cheek where it got pushed out of the way.

"Hibiki" has the doll equivalent of a black eye. She's lumpier than usual all over, even, and has a few strained seams. ]

[kokuyoyo]

[Sucks to be "Hibiki".]

[Chikusa glances over it for a moment longer, considering some things, before he starts to go through his usual bag that he tends to carry everywhere. Soon enough, he's pulling out a.... is that a marker?]

[Yep. And he's reaching down to slooooowly start a mustache in the middle of "Hibiki's" face.]

[priforprince]

[ The doll does not protest. It does, however, look rather forlorn.

Over by the refreshment tables, Hibiki shivers, sending ripples across the tea in her teacup. ]

Such a foreboding feeling...

[ She frowns at her tea, which has settled down. ] Was it nothing?

[kokuyoyo]

[Chikusa has done worse things to sadder looking people.]

[Right now, he just focuses on finishing the mustache, and gets up to his feet with the marker being capped definitively. To the side, the enchanted practice dummy is getting up, so it's time to make his escape.]

[Bye "Hibiki"]

[priforprince]

[ Bye "idiot".

Hibiki runs two fingertips over her lower lip, then smirks. ] Well, it's none of my concern.

[ She gets tea on that upper lip when she sips. ]