godsoffortune: (sakura)
The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2018-02-16 06:51 pm

February Training

Who: Everyone
What: Information and Training
When: October 15th
Where: Meeting Hall, 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 the Meeting Hall, 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 traditional reception room within the Meeting Hall for an informational meeting covering the basics of proper god behavior. A minor deity is giving the speech, and none of the white-robed shinki enter. 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 in the white-and-gold of Amaterasu's hosuehold 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 explanation 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.

    A training game has been set up through a section of the Meeting Hall gardens, with little cut-outs of ayakashi hidden in the landscaping, tucked into bushes or taped under bridges. Prize ribbons are being offered for every ten "ayakashi" a shinki (or team) discovers.


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. Several magically animated straw-stuffed training dummies, many of which have been carefully mended and patched with neat black stitching, are set up on the lawn with a white-robed shinki hovering nearby to watch over them. They make good training partners, although anyone who comes too close risks being targeted for a sparring match whether they wanted one or not.

    The pond behind the dojo has had dozens wooden poles sunk in it, spaced a few feet apart, with a bunch of brightly colored ribbons tied around the pole in the very center. Some of the white-robed shinki are practicing scaling the poles and leaping from one to the next, until they get close enough that they can snatch a ribbon from the center pole, and several have fallen in and are being teased by their fellows.


Rest and Refreshments

    Instead of snacks being served at the training session, this week, white-robed shinki with little flags are conducting groups of newcomers and volunteers down to the Tokyo Daijingu shrine and into a street festival currently being held in Tokyo. Traditional dance troupes are performing on street corners, and vendors have every kind of fall street foods, from barbecue to takoyaki, chocolate-dipped bananas and red-bean pancakes. New arrivals will get a white-and-gold envelope with spending money for the fair, although gods and shinki who have had some time to settle in will have to handle their own lunch expenses.




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
  • Go to a festival
  • Spectate if you want
  • Have fun~
alchemists: (Did you really need to smash that)

[personal profile] alchemists 2018-03-08 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Elfnein ended up joining the kids in watching Hibiki's performance, even clapping at the fire works and other light show effects. ]

It's wonderful.
kokuyoyo: (Woke up with a squirrel in my bed.)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-08 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I said I keep everything...

[sulk sulk sulk]

[Anyway, enjoy your sweet treat, Davesprite. Children love them, which says something about the almost honey-flavored treat.]
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (You are the patron saint)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-03-08 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Underestimating, huh? Underestimating the loser who has a leaf in his hair.

[She reaches up towards that hair of his... but there is no leaf. Only her attempt to grab his ear for a good ol' twist.]
blizzardrock: (cybers)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2018-03-08 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Sometimes you won't have a choice, you know? [A laugh.] Not that I'm saying you have anything to fear from me.

But it must be someone who really angers you, to make you break your conviction like that.

[At the talk of gods and expectations, Fubuki looks away, himself.] ...It's better if you tell him you're doing it first, I think. There might be misunderstandings.
kokuyoyo: (I don't do stupid things anymore.)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-08 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[At least the yoyo stays still in his palm, still wound up tightly, and Chikusa lets out a slow breath. As long as he's not trapped, it's fine.]

....Why are you being so annoying... [Wait, maybe that's not clear.] What's it to you?
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (You are the patron saint)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-03-08 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not the same, and you know it.

[Is she going to have to teach him about this, too...]
nopixiedust: (insovereign) (Nope I went the fuck home like)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-03-08 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Fancy lady curls....

[Pausing in her dance practice, Wendy toys with her own hair that falls in front of her ears.]

Wow, you're right!
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Worried)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-08 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Unsure whether Hibiki ordered for the both of them or just herself, and not wanting to assume the drink was for her, Ginia quickly types up a message and holds it up.]

A glass of water as well? Thank you very much.

[The server blinks at the message, but writes down the order.

"I-I'll be right back with your drinks!"

Blushing and giggling, she hurries off.]
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (You are the patron saint)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-03-08 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I think just someone unhappy. It's dumb. Some people just can't talk about their problems, I guess.

[She shakes her head in exasperation.]
nopixiedust: (insovereign) (He bought me an oreo ice cream)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-03-08 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh boy, here they go for extravagant nonsense. Wendy won't object, however.]

When are you going to be done giving Maxie his exercise?
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Smiling)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-08 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hopefully. And if not, there's a place for shinki to shelter at, though mentioning that right now feels a bit too dire.]

If you do want something else, let me know. Or I'll return the favor some other way in the future.

[Nothing wrong with getting a free snack, but he's young and it's weird having for a teen pay for food. There's a balance, a favor for a favor.]

Want to find a place to sit?
blizzardrock: (return from the dark)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2018-03-09 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[He lets out a breath as he drops his arms. He's not fooling himself into thinking he's out of the woods yet... But taking those words back would make him seem insincere.]

...I don't know. If I let myself think about it...I can't. [Trying to analyze his own reactions to things makes him wonder too much, about who he is. Who he was. Plus it's exhausting having to be one guard against himself all the time, and there's a certain threshold past where he just has to let himself be.]

...I meant what I said. ...But maybe that's just something I try to convince myself of.
kokuyoyo: (I mean I don't even call it a hangover)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-09 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
....So you're using me to figure out your own issues.

[Reaching up, Chikusa bumps his glasses further up his nose with one of his knuckles. He's not let go of his yoyo yet.]
priforprince: (exciting)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-03-09 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hibiki shrugs. ] This level of delight is simple.

[ And it is. She barely even gets a headache for such illusions now. No, for that she needs to be sustaining a full temple's worth of delights.

Or trying to make things invisible. Invisibility always is a literal pain. ]
priforprince: (sewa)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-03-09 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hibiki considers this for exactly half a second. Then she flashes a smile and offers Wendy a hand. ]

Climb astride.

[ We're gonna ride a horse back to the temple. Like the celebrities we are. ]
priforprince: (throne)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-03-09 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hibiki nods, satisfied, and turns back to Ginia. ]

I'll send you the directions here once you've found your god. They'll have to escort you to the Near Shore, but serve them well and they should oblige.

[ She doesn't ask things like "send me your god's name". When you find your god, she will Know. The hills have eyes.

Tiny eyes. Attached to patrolling purple stuffed goat plushies.

Everyone needs a hobby. ]
royaltyloyalty: (considering)

[personal profile] royaltyloyalty 2018-03-09 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Hm.

[Dokugakuji stops a few paces away from Shinji, leaving some distance so that maybe the young man won't be too upset.]

Have you chosen a god yet, Shinji?

[The boy looks timid and Dokugakuji doesn't realize how he's coming off, apart from taking this seriously and not as capricious as some of the gods around here. There are those who just want to be friends. Meanwhile Dokugakuji sees his duty as much more that of a protector to shinki who are so lost without their memories.]
revolutionfalcon: (derisive)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2018-03-09 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
If you're talking about space to think, a crowded, noisy thing like a street festival isn't going to give them that either.

[Some people would probably enjoy it, but considering she's been going down the space to think line of argument for a while now, he figures picking on that makes more sense.]
usedperishsong: (rather than looking up at the sky)

[personal profile] usedperishsong 2018-03-09 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Kanade nods. ] Feed an' water yours and you'll be laughin' behind your hand in no time.

[ This kid is smol, but she has grace. ]
usedperishsong: (the invisible wings on your back.)

[personal profile] usedperishsong 2018-03-09 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I just hate long lessons...

[ This some kinda trap? Oh well, she'll spring it and see what happens. Kanade grits her teeth, trying to drill her line into his. Stupid piece of....

She's got this. She's got this, she's got this, she's got this.

She, who's lost her one shot at life, has to wipe out the stuff that threatens others'.

She's GOT THIS-- ]
letteropener: (adorable smile)

[personal profile] letteropener 2018-03-09 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Splendid! I'll get plenty, to allow for mistakes and improvements. [Celestia is just going to keep being delighted and excited, and never mind how enthused Chikusa resolutely refuses to be.]
badassfreakingoverlord: (could be having a better day)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-03-09 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[The Sacred Tome is surprisingly heavy, but never so heavy as to make carrying it a burden.]

[A long pause results from this.]


Look... I have no idea what will happen if I try to pull off a teleport while the only thought in my head is, "Don't smell the armpit", but it probably isn't good for either of us.
onehandsomeslickninja: (what?!)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2018-03-09 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, mission successful -- Edge, not anticipating an attack, doesn't think to defend until it's too late, and he's batting at her arm.] Ow! Hey! I have so many issues with this!
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-09 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright. Then.... call me when you're ready, I guess... .

[Oh, right.]

Ken will probably be around too.... [Just so that they don't lose track of one another.]
nopixiedust: (insovereign) (I'll always be here to give you)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-03-09 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I guess it can get pretty troublesome.... [Chewing a few more times, she shrugs.] But people ignore other people all the time.

At least we still know each other on the Far Shore.