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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~
swordofzero: (determiny)

[personal profile] swordofzero 2018-03-20 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Suzaku frowned as well. Though the fact there were not a lot of attacks might be a good thing Ginia seemed not happy about it. He understands a little, if this is their duty and reason for being here then it must be frustrating to not be doing it.] Do you know why you haven't fought with your god yet?
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Observing)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-20 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Fighting is not in her nature. I do not judge her for it. Not everyone should fight.

[Even if Ginia was certain she could defend Nona--and she would do anything to defend her--it was probably for the best. Nona is gentle, her talents lay within understand the words of nature. Archer's words spring into her mind. Not all gods are fighters and truly she needs one that is. Just as equally, Nona needs a gentler shinki that suits her more than she currently does.

She regards Suzaku. He already shows promise with borderline, moves with the ease of someone who knows how to fight. But there is a difference between someone who can fight and someone who wants to fight.]


I hope you get along with your god.
disciprined: (pop step pri pri pri~)

[personal profile] disciprined 2018-03-20 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[... oh. Ohhh.

[Now the nod makes sense. The thing to do now, Mirei thinks, is nothing - whatever she might want to point out, this woman certainly already knows. Better continue with the conversation she hasn't had eight hundred times.]


Well, that's easily fixed, pri! You just have to make sure you listen to lots of things, and you'll have favorites in no time!
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Observing)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-20 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bless Mirei for having the foresight to not state the obvious. It's the sort of thing Ginia always braces for and when the topic about her inability to speak doesn't come up, she relaxes a little. She types swiftly, a new message up on her phone in no time.]

Do you have any suggestions on what to listen to? I'm always looking for new things.
disciprined: (Paprika Private Academy Rule #17)

[personal profile] disciprined 2018-03-20 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Now that is really not the attitude.]

Which is precisely why you value it. Anything that's worth having is worth working for.
clothes_make_the_man: (embarrassed)

[personal profile] clothes_make_the_man 2018-03-20 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Forrest stumbles back a step, but manages not to fall down.]

O-oh... yes, I'm...

[And then he gets a good look at who he's talking to and pauses for a moment.]

...I'm all right.
disciprined: (pri~)

[personal profile] disciprined 2018-03-20 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
You too, pri?

[This is extremely welcome news! A world without PriPara is a bitter enough pill to swallow, but one without idols would be unthinkable. Is it possible for someone as bubbly as Mirei to brighten? Because she is doing it.]

I'm an idol back home as well! Do you perform here at all, pri?
royaltyloyalty: (smile)

I almost used that, but it's Doku lol

[personal profile] royaltyloyalty 2018-03-20 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dokugakuji doesn't recognize Chikusa, but he recognizes a knife in hand.]

I'm always ready. If it's gonna be blades...

[He holds the practice sword out at his side.]
royaltyloyalty: (nice one)

[personal profile] royaltyloyalty 2018-03-20 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's not sure that he's spent as much time as he would like around someone with two weapons, one in each hand, but he squeezes the hilt with both hands and prepares to put his strength into each swing.

... Starting with a forward rush. Asking if he's ready meant that guy's ready, right? He keeps the weapon low, but still with both hands on it. He's preparing to swing it high and slam it down, maybe snap that spear in two if it's used for a block.]
all_seeing_eye: (Default)

[personal profile] all_seeing_eye 2018-03-20 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It's like you read my mind!

[And with a smile, she heads on over. She's curious about what's under the hood too, but candy is never a bad thing.]
royaltyloyalty: (confused)

Re: God Training

[personal profile] royaltyloyalty 2018-03-20 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's had his 'chat' with Sharak by now and met up with Lancer and Caster, but that still doesn't fully prepare him for Hakkai sounding concerned about him.]

Uh, yeah... I'm... Still not sure what to make of all of this yet.

[ But his two Soulless are on hand, so it might seem obvious he didn't reincarnate as a shinki. Yay? ]
kokuyoyo: (Apparently I kept telling people I was)

live a little doku

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-20 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
...It's what's worth practicing the most...

[Still, he'll start to lazily shuffle in a circle about the other fighter, sizing him up carefully and still constantly turning the knife.]
handsome_genius: (blank)

Re: rest and refreshments;

[personal profile] handsome_genius 2018-03-20 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not really the right person to ask.

[He says despite clearly cleaning up. He didn't ask, he simply barged his way in and starting picking up the slack.]

I'm not one of the shinki in charge or anything.
handsome_genius: (blank)

[personal profile] handsome_genius 2018-03-21 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing.

[That's his initial reaction. Except his shoulders are still tense and he's immediately distracted out the side of his eyes by some trash he missed on his last pass through this area and--

He stares back at Keith.

His shoulders slump.]


... Yona. She's been asleep for days.
handsome_genius: (smile of pride)

[personal profile] handsome_genius 2018-03-21 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Well I don't need any help since this isn't my job, but...

[ He grins at her while ducking down to rest on his heels. ]

They seem to need all the help they can get, so you can join me for a bit if you want?
handsome_genius: (LISTEN TO ME!)

1/2

[personal profile] handsome_genius 2018-03-21 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Yoon spins on his heels to verbally assault a perceived slight against either Yona or himself, maybe both.]

Of course I'm her shinki, just because I'm not back at her temple right now--
handsome_genius: (idiots everywhere.)

2/2

[personal profile] handsome_genius 2018-03-21 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
... You're not talking about Yona. Are you.

[He has to wonder now if Yona and Chikusa are even acquainted aside from him having crashed her party looking for food.]
kokuyoyo: (And the cops are back.)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-21 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Honestly, a good question no matter who he knows. Chikusa quirks up an eyebrow.]

....No.
iron59: (5)

[personal profile] iron59 2018-03-21 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Do you think we're all really here to fight?

[He glances over his shoulder, shifting his weight uncomfortably.]

No one's really said it, but...
irishfriskey: (pic#12149503)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-21 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
I believe he is. He has had nothing but respect for me and what I do. And I have nothing but respect for him.

[Lancer nods. He fully believes this.]
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-21 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
I would have done it smoother, I think.

[Nope. Ugh, you died once, don't create a slow death.]

For now, yes. I'll probably come back in an hour or so to train some more.
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Hopeful)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-21 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Ginia nods, smiles lightly. She can believe it. It must be nice.]

He must be a great god to serve. Is he looking for more shinki?

[It's easy playing off what she wants as a joke with someone who doesn't know her.]
pure_radiantics: (convo] huh?)

Re: Gamma

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2018-03-21 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Kairi looks down at the young man the way she would Goten - an older sister to a little brother. Not someone who absolutely positively knows better than the boy, just curious about what he's saying.]

Oh? You know a better way?

[She smiles back.]

I don't have any one instructor, so I've just picked up what I can from various people so far.

[Then she stops and extends a hand to shake with him.]

My name is Kairi. What's yours?
iron59: (10)

[personal profile] iron59 2018-03-21 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't think about what his handshake means about him, rubbing his hands together. He shrugs a little.]

What kind of fighting? They said something about those things. How tough are they?

[He glances over, for a moment, then looks back at the knives.]

Have you ever fought one?
iron59: (9)

[personal profile] iron59 2018-03-21 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Huh.

[He frowns a little.]

Do they have to be in use? Or just any dedicated temple works?

[The lecture was, sad to say, really boring...]