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

[sing_for_me]

[He didn’t have to say anything. She’d gotten quite used to reading body language.]

It’s..um..it’s nice to see you again.

[lionhearrt]

Call, next time.

[sing_for_me]

O..okay.

[He was..pretty adamant about this. Was it really that bad?]

[lionhearrt]

[ With a nod, he starts heading out. ]

[sing_for_me]

Ah—

[Alex follows quietly behind him, keeping a short distance between them.]

[lionhearrt]

[ He keeps walking in silence. ]

[sing_for_me]

[She’ll keep trailing behind him. He would still hear her if she spoke up, unlike with Nic where he’d actually need to read her lips, but Alex wasn’t sure what to talk about.]

I..saw that Izumo is back.

[lionhearrt]

[ There's a stiffness in his posture, but it's gone fairly quickly as he keeps walking. ]

Is that so.

[ A non-commital answer. ]

[sing_for_me]

[ She notices the way his shoulders tense. Alex figures he knows already—but now she wonders why he was still..well..]

Mikoto..are you still going to stay away?

[lionhearrt]

[ No answer. ]

[sing_for_me]

[Right..

She quickens her pace till she’s a little closer, but still behind him, continuing to follow the man.]

[lionhearrt]

[ He doesn't tell her to leave but he also doesn't initiate further conversation. Izumo isn't a topic he wants to discuss now or ever. ]

[sing_for_me]

[The atmosphere was getting a little too heavy for her.]

Um..the finches laid some eggs. By the kitchen.

[lionhearrt]

That place is a breeding ground.

[ He knows, he was their favorite nesting spot with how much heat he put out once the nights started getting cold. ]

[sing_for_me]

Looks like there’s gonna be a lot more of them soon.

[She pauses for moment.]

Won’t you come see them when they hatch?

[lionhearrt]

[ He says nothing at first, his steps echoing the silence that follows those words until a full minute later- ]

Text me.

[ He'll come. ]

[sing_for_me]

[Alex could hear even her own footsteps, though they were not in time with his. She had to take more steps to keep up. When he replies, she looks up agaib. Texting him hadn’t even occurred to her since they’d been exchanging those notes.

She definitely didn’t think it’d be enough of a reason for him to visit. Though it did kind of suck knowing seeing baby birds trumped eating with her and Tem...]

I will!

[lionhearrt]

[ He grunts in response. ]

[sing_for_me]

[She was fine with this. She moves up a little more in line with him.]

What have you been up out here?

[lionhearrt]

[ He pulls out a cigarette and slips it into his mouth. ]

Needed another pack.

[sing_for_me]

Ahh...Guess I got lucky then,

[She chuckles wryly.]

Did you um..see the games and stuff?

[lionhearrt]

What games?

[ He hasn't been paying attention to much lately. ]

[sing_for_me]

There was..

[She tried to remember the names, listing them out and counting them on her fingers.]

Jenga, Twister...and one more but I can't really recall..it looked like you needed teams for that one though.

[lionhearrt]

[ He knows them. He as recruited a few times by Anna and Totsuka to play. He lost a lot. ]

Hn.

[sing_for_me]

...Haaave you played them before?