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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2018-03-16 07:00 pm

March Training

Who: Everyone
What: Information and Training
When: October 25th
Where: Outside the 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 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 what looks like an old, large warehouse behind the Meeting Hall for an informational meeting covering the basics of proper god behavior. Several chairs have been moved in, but they're squeezed together between packed shelves and boxes of old ritual clothing, scrolls and rusty or chipped household goods. 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.

    Back copies of the "From Ama" magazine, including puff pieces about new or rising gods or successful shinki, advice columns for resolving problems between gods and shinki, temple photographs and other articles of interest to gods and shinki, have been brought out in boxes and piled up next to a table holding a few remaining copies of the shinki questionnaire for any new shinki who want to keep one around until they can answer the included questions.

      What is your name?

      What is your god's name?

      How do you see your duties as a shinki?

      What is your favorite part of life with your god?

      What is your least favorite part of life with your god?

      What advice would you like to give your god?

      Do you wish to be assigned to a different god? []Y []N


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 white-robed shinki are still busy cleaning and preparing the Meeting Hall for the big annual meeting of the gods. They'll recruit anyone who looks as though they're not too busy in order to help scrub floors, weed, sweep paths and walkways, and shoo away any unwelcome little spirits that are hiding away in dark corners of the hall. Heavy lifting is good exercise... right?


Rest and Refreshments

    There are casks of fresh, cold water near the dojo to make sure no one gets dehydrated, but for those who've finished working, hot tea and enough seasonal treats are available to make it look as though the Heavens bought out an entire sweet shop. They're being distributed by a few shinki in indigo-blue and plain brown robes with the sleeves tied back, who aren't above teasing the newcomers a bit.

    Young shinki are playing in the nicely manicured garden, trying to catch crayfish at the lake edge, dashing around playing tag and hide-and-seek. Just be careful you don't get caught in the middle of a game of "Kagome"! If you do, you'll really be stuck until you guess someone's name.




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
  • Enjoy a traditional tea
  • Spectate if you want
  • Have fun~
abgrund: (あの日望んだ全てが )

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-18 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He nods to Roxas as acknowledgement of his words before looking for the attendant of the table. Finding none, he supposes these are free for the taking.

A moment's recollection tells him that sweets are meant to be on skewers, but he doesn't see any. Instead of looking for one, he merely projects something similar from his hand, pinning a green piece of mochi to the miniature spear. ]


... how is it green?

[ Curious. Do sweets come in all colours? ]
festal: (❀ Bifrost)

[personal profile] festal 2018-03-18 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Add?!

( Well, there's a name she certainly knows and she has to look over Ain all over again. So he was a new shinki of Add's? Would he be okay? Would Add be okay? )

I mean... good! Y-you've already met him. Have you met Rin-san too?
lightninglobster: (extreme chin angles)

[personal profile] lightninglobster 2018-03-18 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Most days. I think.

[Not that Ryoma fully remembers, but he... seems? like a reasonable person, albeit one with a stern face. He does, however, have the humility to give a chagrined little nod of his head--and look, in his super secret backstory, he's a warrior prince. He weeds the enemy, not plants.

... even if plants are the enemy and--look, don't call the metaphor out, it is what it is.]


If you have any tips to offer, I'd be very grateful.
abgrund: (空紅く滲んでく)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-18 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her outburst gets a slow blink from him, his curiosity piqued. ]

Not yet...

[ He can ask, right? ]

What about Add?
festal: <user name="ostian"> (❀ Astral Blessing)

[personal profile] festal 2018-03-18 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah... Rin-kun is his other shinki. He's a good person s-so please count on him. I'm sure he'll help you.

( Really. As for Add himself? )

We're friends. ( Of course. She can say that much without hesitation. ) We've spent time together recently.

( A rather nice way to say "he hecked up and had to stay at my temple for a bit while he recovered." )
lightninglobster: (seriously what his his hair doing)

[personal profile] lightninglobster 2018-03-18 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[And in this moment, no eye is more unfamiliar to Sakura than Ryoma's. There's a moment of confusion as he looks from one little shinki to the next, brow furrowing as he tries to figure out what she was talking about. He spots the woman in the cluster of children, turned away with her head dipped low and a sense of worry pings in his belly. He frowns, though there's no anger in the expression--he's. Sorry? He can't help his face, okay.

He could help his face, but that'll have to be explored later. The default settings are strong on this one.]


I apologize, Sakura. I'll find somewhere else to sit.

[As simple as that, he rises with his water in hand, too honorable to a point and so very ready to make amends for the perceived slight.]
cloak: (thought)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-18 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not what I meant to do, but I guess so.

[Hopefully he can figure out how to do it voluntarily, like this guy can]

Defense doesn't seem like my thing.
cloak: (say)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-18 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Roxas hums thoughtfully, folding his arms across his chest as he peers at the sweets]

Maybe it's made with something green?

[Although mochi seems to come in various colors, so would that mean they're made with something of a different color? And what would they use? Confections are mysterious things]
boneofsword: (old regrets are heavy)

[personal profile] boneofsword 2018-03-18 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Just making sure. [Archer shrugs.] You look a bit like ayakashi, even if you don't seem hostile, and someone could attack you thinking you may be one.

[After all, that while Add business wasn't that long ago, and with this aura and looks similar to Henir-corrupted ayakashi this shinki may be an easy target. It's only fair to warn him, Archer thinks.]
tacomeme: (Possessed- Headache)

[personal profile] tacomeme 2018-03-18 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[That look of curious disinterest was like a punch to his chest, and Takumi looked away to try and gather himself. He knew this was a possibility, someday. He also knew that it meant, in some time and place, Ryoma had died. Who? Who could possibly defeat Hoshido's greatest warrior? What had happened to that world's Takumi? Were they all dead, or was that Takumi now the Crown Prince? The possibilities rushed around his head and made it hard to breath. He recognized the feeling as building panic, and gripped his practice sword so tightly his knuckled creaked and turned white.

He was so worked up, that what happened next had very little to do with his head at all, and everything to do with the mounting pain in his chest.]


Hey, you! You're a good swordsman, right? Spar with me.

[ What?]
Edited 2018-03-18 17:25 (UTC)
sing_for_me: (sure thing)

[personal profile] sing_for_me 2018-03-18 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[His words were reassuring, and his demeanor comforting. Alex couldn’t help but smile a little.]

Then..is there a name you’d like?

[Names were important things, and she’d hate to pick one he didn’t like. She could probably come up with a few ideas based on their brief interaction, but she wanted to ask.]
futhark: (hood; grin)

[personal profile] futhark 2018-03-18 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hoods unite. There is that tall guy, dressed in blue, and he's wearing a hood too. It's trimmed with fluffy fur, and doesn't even hide his face that much. The casting shadow bit is nothing in comparison with the blackness of Data-Roxas' hood. ]

Why do you think it wouldn't matter? [ He asks pretty casually for someone who tends to just appear out of nowhere. ] The question wouldn't be asked if it was of no importance.

[ Gotta poke the weird new kid. ]
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Working)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-18 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ginia smiles as his borderline absorbs her attack. Good. He's learning fast and will only get better. At his first attack, Ginia throws up a barrier in front of her, just long enough to absorb the attack and protect herself before she drops the barrier and closes in on him, throwing three fast attacks all from different angles.

One wall at a time, a max of three attacks at once. These are the limitations everyone is held to. The moment an attack hits his barrier and is absorbed, Ginia sends out another attack, keeping up a salvo of blows.]
futhark: (90)

wildcards you

[personal profile] futhark 2018-03-18 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ They can, and do train often, so Caster understands that the reason Lancer is here, is to test himself against others. He does watch from the distance from time to time, and after what looked like a particularly long fight he appears with a bottle of water nearby. ]

Pardon me for playing the audience- but that was a hell of a good fight.

[ He hands him that bottle, because boy, don't get dehydrated ]
lightninglobster: (s. tan: this isn't so bad)

[personal profile] lightninglobster 2018-03-18 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[All good questions--and not a single one of them had answers that Ryoma could provide. He was ready to dismiss the staring as a moment of curiosity over his form, or his dress... but then the man broke the relative quiet and Ryoma looked over his shoulder, straightening up from the last part of a spinning strike with a curious little quirk of his head.]

I suppose so--but I would be honored to practice further with you.

[You can't beat all of your problems to a pulp, Takumi. Especially if your problems don't know why they're problems.]
futhark: (62)

God Training

[personal profile] futhark 2018-03-18 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Caster is generally lurking around the training grounds but then he notices a familiar face he hasn't seen for a while. That one guy who tried to catch Zelda- then him because of his magic trick.

Once Dokugakuji it's out of the hall he drops from the roof or tree, or other high perch that happens to be around. ]


Hey! Long time no see. Anything interesting happened during that lecture?

[ Let's start it casual, to see how it goes. ]
lightninglobster: (hmm)

[personal profile] lightninglobster 2018-03-18 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ryoma, in testament to the years of practice that's gone into his technique, glances to Shun when the man approaches but does not break his form, finishing his strike and then backing up a safe distance so that he could properly address the man. He lowers the sword, giving a polite nod of his head as he turns to face him.]

I would be honored to practice with you. Would you prefer to use steel or wooden swords?

[Practice, after all, was meant so that both combatants would be able to heal any bruises and take the lessons they impart to heart... being grievously wounded was, perhaps, a bit detrimental to the overall process.]
tadaishi: (eheh...what?)

[personal profile] tadaishi 2018-03-18 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
That's good. I don't think my input would be very useful, since it would just be my name. I haven't been...assigned...to anyone yet, let alone lived with anyone long enough to rate them.

[He can rate ayakashi if you want him to? Most of his opinion on them so far is 'why do they harass me?']
kuroi_taiyo: (68)

[personal profile] kuroi_taiyo 2018-03-18 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Keep tilting your head back and you're going to bump into that braid of his. ]

I might. Even if I don't, other people will come and get it. Action is what gets you stuff. Barely anything will be spared for those that just watch and wait, or there won't be anything that you want.
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Uncertain 2)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-18 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Favorite song? That's a bit much to ask. Ginia falters at the question, quickly pulling her phone out of her pocket. At least the second question is easier to answer and Ginia quickly types up a message, holding up the screen for Mirei to read.]

I'm Ginia. I like music, but I don't have a favorite song.
cloak: (say)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-18 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Roxas hardly minds being towered over. For that matter, it isn't the first time he's crossed paths with someone taller than himself today. If anything, he gets the impression he must be a bit on the small side]

I don't see what difference it would make. If my purpose is to help a god, then whether I like it or not doesn't matter.

[A purpose, it seems to him, supersedes personal opinion. It's why he's here at all, isn't it?]
foxrightsactivist: (hmm...)

[personal profile] foxrightsactivist 2018-03-18 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh? A name?

[Oh. Right. That robed shinki that had talked to him earlier mentioned two different names. He already had his name, but his god had to give him a name, too...]

I don't know. Maybe something to do with foxes? Since I'm a fox and all. But if you can't think of something, I'll take anything!
futhark: (hood; neutral)

[personal profile] futhark 2018-03-18 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ah, so that kid has an understanding of duty that runs a lot deeper than usual. While the system here does give some leeway, with the ability to transfer in place, the purpose they all have never really changed. ]

Perhaps. [ Yep, not going to deny the logic behind that statement ] But if you can find something you enjoy in it, you'll do your job much better.

[ Speaking from experience, working under master one does not like makes everything feel like a pointless drivel ]

Besides, no one ever said that duties can't be fun.
swordofzero: (in action)

[personal profile] swordofzero 2018-03-18 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[The attack worked. Alright it hit her barrier and got absorbed but he had successfully thrown an attack, it seemed he was getting the hang of it.

Again his barrier shattered after the second attack and he had to react quickly to jump out of the way and throw up a new barrier against the third attack]
Line!

[The attacks keep coming and for a good while Suzaku is on the defense, throwing up a barrier and being ready to throw up another when they shattered concentrating on defending himself, getting out of the way and creating borderlines.

But gradually he threw out more attacks. Drop a barrier, throw an attack, remake a barrier.]
foxrightsactivist: (you know this boy's got his free taco!)

[personal profile] foxrightsactivist 2018-03-18 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure are! The softest ears around!

[And he looks very proud of this fact. Believe him, he felt them first thing once he realized they were there.]

I'm Kaden, by the way! What's your name?