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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~
festal: (❀ Wane rod)

[personal profile] festal 2018-03-19 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
(It's impossible for her to not be pleased when he accepts her invitation. Even the shinki children around her seem excited at the prospect of a new player-- even more, a player who would surely never guess who they were (what mischievous little brats).)

Oh.... it's easy. Everyone will get in a circle with one person in the middle.

(In the very same position she was in before she saw Ryoma.)

You close your eyes a-and you have to guess who's behind you at the end of the rhyme. If you win, the two of you switch places.

(Easy! But then... if names are important with this game, she supposes introductions are in order, right?)

I'm Sakura. (Like the children have mentioned before.) I-I haven't been here for very long but my other name here is... Konohanasakuya-hime. Goddess of life and cherry blossoms.

(It's a fitting role for a girl named Sakura and even more so for one like her but she supposes Ryoma will just have to find out for himself.)

... And.... And you are?
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-19 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry. I'm trying to answer this question.

[He has written a lot of praising information about his god Caster, but the question he's pointing to is

"What advice would you give your god?"]


But I can't think of anything. Did you fill this out yet?
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-19 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
What kind of food do you like to eat? Maybe I can find you something?

[He looks a little bit concerned about this.]
abgrund: (帝國交響楽団 - 燃え落ちる誇り -Counter raid Another D- ) (Default)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-19 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ 'Friends'. The word tinkles through his perception somehow. ]

He looks.... unsettled. I do not know why....

[ This should be relevant to her, so he'll mention it. ]
abgrund: (油にまみれた骸)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-19 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh. Right, that was possible. But it doesn't matter, he can defend himself, or just run away. ]

I see...

[ Even if his aura is disturbing, it's just how he is. He doesn't know how to change it, or see the need to. ]

I can fight.
abgrund: (燃えて崩れる希望と共に)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-19 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Given how small Roxas' frame is, it doesn't seem suggestive that he can be defensive. Unless he learns to project a shield, that is. ]

Offense, then?

[ Nothing wrong with that. ]
abgrund: (油にまみれた骸)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-19 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ That sounds logical. Maybe leaves, or some tea (though he doesn't know about the existence of tea just yet). ]

Looks like it...

[ Ain takes a bite, noting how its sweetness is muted compared to the pink ones. ]

... tastes different, too.
abgrund: (か細い指先は)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-19 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's easy to answer, so his reply comes without much of his characteristic hesitation: ]

Add. [ Pause. ] ... Henir.

[ Which name does this man want? He doesn't know, so he'll supply both. He definitely has no recollection of Add, but Henir strikes a certain chord in him - a familiarity that was engraved into his body instead of his memory. ]
kokuyoyo: (At which point did I decide that it)

rnr

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-19 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[...]

What.

[Aqua, he understood exactly nothing from what you just said. Or tried to say.]
lightninglobster: (lobsters can be genki boys too)

[personal profile] lightninglobster 2018-03-19 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Ryoma's arms fold across his chest out of ingrained habit as he listens to Sakura's explanation with all the gravity and attention he'd pay to a war report, nodding along. A guessing game with a rhyme and a mystery element... it was a cute idea.

Ryoma was doomed, but let it be known that he was not one to shy away from a challenge... no matter how unfairly stacked the odds were against him. At least names were being given, now.]


Sakura... that's a pretty name. I like it.

[It seemed like a fitting name for the little goddess as well, but Ryoma couldn't quite put his finger on why. Just a hunch, perhaps. He cleared his throat, trying to relax his posture--they were playing after all. Maybe he shouldn't take it so seriously.]

I'm Ryoma--and what are your names, little troublemakers?

[Ryoma took a knee to be closer to the children, focusing on relaxing--on having a kinder, more inviting demeanor, one that didn't scare random young women and set children into a tizzy of defending her.]
kokuyoyo: (Apparently I kept telling people I was)

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[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-19 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
....What are you doing?

[Chikusa might not have been particularly friendly with Izuku, but he has been watching Kairi for a little while now as she wanders around with her notepad. He can understand taking notes on new people.... but he hadn't figured she was the same kind of person.]
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

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[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-19 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[As Ryoma starts to move away from the training dummies due to the glaring eyes of a certain shinki, another voice calls from nearby.]

Don't let him discourage you from tearing them apart...
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[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-19 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He smiles to her, tilting his head to the side.]

Sorry to bother you about this. But I'm having some trouble.

[After a long list of praising answers about his god named Caster (and that's the only name he has for him), he seems to be stuck on the question about advice for his god.]

...Did you fill this out? I'm having trouble thinking of an answer.
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-19 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Mister Caster!

[He blinks for a moment. He's a bit surprised that Caster is watching, but maybe he shouldn't be. Caster is fond of watching him.]

Thank you... if I knew you were watching, I would have put in some more effort.
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Hopeful)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-19 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Ginia returns the smile and closes up her magazine, rolling it and the survey up and tucking it under her arm. She leans over to look at the unanswered survey question, her eyes panning over the name of his god. Ah, Caster.

Instead of a verbal response, Ginia pulls out her phone and quickly types up a message, a slightly stilted feminine voice reading the message out loud for her.]


I had trouble with that question too, but mostly because I haven't been here long and I don't know my god that well.

Is there anything you dislike about Caster?
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-19 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh! He's familiar with this. At least this one reads it out for him. He smiles and shakes his head.]

I'm very happy with what my god is doing for me. My only advice would be for myself.

[For he wants to continue improving himself.]
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-19 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry.

[He wasn't prepared for someone to question his number of his questions.]

Were you able to answer the advice for your god question?

[Because he can't figure it out.]
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Attentive)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-19 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[She's met Caster and Archer. Archer definitely speaks highly of the god, and from the brief time she's spent with Caster, she can see why. It's nice to know Lancer feels the same.]

Is there something you'd like him to continue doing for you? You could give positive feedback.
royaltyloyalty: (neutral)

Re: Physical Training

[personal profile] royaltyloyalty 2018-03-19 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[He puts a smile on. Focus on the task at hand.]

Always.

[He spins a practice sword in response.]

Since it's training, I'll stick to this one.

[Unless the other man insists.]
handsome_genius: (eh...)

Re: R&R

[personal profile] handsome_genius 2018-03-19 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, Nanako!

[ He pauses what he's doing and smiles over at her, bowing his head in greeting since he can't let go of what he's holding in both hands. ]

I'm just picking up some of their slack is all.

[ And he doesn't seem to notice or care that some of the other white-robed shinki might be able to hear him. ]
irishfriskey: (pic#12149503)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-19 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, no. I only wish to continue to serve him and be given the opportunity to give him my all.

[It's a simple wish.]

I want to live and die in a honorable way. Even now.
handsome_genius: (neutral)

Re: R&R

[personal profile] handsome_genius 2018-03-19 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Yoon is barely paying attention to other people talking to him, since he's mostly been focusing on the cleaning. It's several words into what Keith is saying before he notices that Keith isn't talking to someone else, literally anyone who is doing normal shinki stuff by comparison to himself.]

Hm? What?

[Oh, Keith-]

Did you need something?
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Watching)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-19 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe you don't need to give him an advice. Maybe just your thanks.

[Caster must be a good god to inspire such loyalty in his shinki. Her smile fades briefly and she looks away, a brief flicker of jealousy that flares and passes just as quickly. His second statement is slightly more troubling anyway.]

Living honorably is good, but is the dying part necessary?
Edited 2018-03-19 04:21 (UTC)
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-19 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[He smiled and spun one of the spears that he was holding before bowing his head.]

So long as you are willing to fight, I will not be let down! Do you need a weapon?
subtract: you lose your mind (I-0036)

[personal profile] subtract 2018-03-19 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Add waits as well, expecting Ain to maybe say something else... but, no, he's just staring. The awkward silence stretches on for several uncomfortable seconds before Add finally clears his throat.]

Yes. Well. That much is obvious...

I'm sure you must have a lot of questions.