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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~
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-21 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah, yes. He does look different. Maybe he needs a new one. He has a person he can contact.]

What advice would you give Caster?
purr_ince: (Adrien | A friend)

[personal profile] purr_ince 2018-03-21 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Adrien considered the question.]

It's only happened to three people I know but if your first god vanishes you can be matched or assigned to another so you really don't need to worry too much and I think maybe two of them had the same good so...

If that does happened people at the Homeless Shinki Center will help you or you can find a new god on your own. You could even ask one to let you stay until you get reassigned or find someone new.

[He smiled.]

It may sound scary but it's really not too bad.
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-21 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Obviously it's not going to apply to yours.... They're entirely different people.

[As are their shinki. Finally, however, Chikusa sighs and looks up properly.]

...I've.... already had open talks with my god about issues that affect both of us. So.... There wasn't any reason to put anything but a small issue on mine...
disciprined: (pridonna smile)

[personal profile] disciprined 2018-03-21 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'm Mirei, pri! Nice to meet you, Adrien!

[Idols do not pronounce people's names wrong. The name - she's sure it's Prench - may be unfamiliar, but Mirei would not be Mirei if she was not entirely pripared for the unprixpected.]

It's so cool that you play the piano, pri~! I'm a singer. And a God too, I guess... doesn't that sound weird?
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-21 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, are you good with spears? You can borrow one of my mine.

[He'd fight against a gun. He has no issue with that.]
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-21 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
He might. You could ask him.

[He probably would too. He seems eager.]
nopixiedust: (insovereign) (He bought me an oreo ice cream)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-03-21 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Even as much as she fights against it, Wendy's mouth twists in a small pleased smile.]

I don't think I'm a proper one yet... I'm still practicing a lot of things. I can dance just fine, but singing at the same time is a lot trickier!

[Her lungs just aren't big enough yet! Not to mention the concentration.... But Wendy is determined to get it right. There's no point in stopping now, especially not when it's so fun.]

[What's not fun? Hearing that sentence and needing a second to process it, which Wendy takes after a few blinks. It seems a little off, but... the other girl doesn't sound unhappy, or is frowning. Is everything okay?]

[It'd probably be too intrusive to ask, and embarrassing if she's wrong, so Wendy shelves it for later. For the time being, she reaches out to grab her hand.]


You should show me what kind of dances you do! The only other real idol I know is too fancy for me!
purr_ince: (Adrien | You got this.)

[personal profile] purr_ince 2018-03-21 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
I guess I could see where a bit of revenge would be appealing.

[Adrien nods a bit giving a little laugh.]

I can agree with that. My first week or so was really confusing.

It's okay to be a bit skeptical but it's real. I've seen things that can't be explained any other way.
disciprined: (surprised?)

[1/3]

[personal profile] disciprined 2018-03-21 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Sophy, pri?

[Huh. Well, he isn't choking as far as Mirei can tell. Did some tea go down the wrong way?]
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-21 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
I would like to give an actual answer if I have something. I think he would appreciate that more.

[Yeah, he doesn't even know what bitcoin is.]

I would still like to give him something if possible... but if there's nothing, then there's really nothing.
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-21 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
I think so. You should come to Caster's temple if that's what you're looking for.

[He gives a nod.]

A man named Archer could more than help with your needs.
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Quiet)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-21 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[She would if it were that easy. Even with as unhappy as she is with her current current situation, Ginia is loyal enough to not want her god without a shinki.

Really, a pity more gods aren't receptive to nora.]


Maybe I will.

[She shrugs off the comment.]

By the way, I'm Ginia.
yousaytron: (It destroys your butt?)

[personal profile] yousaytron 2018-03-21 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
That... doesn't sound normal.

[Outside of being a kind of alarming circumstance under typical conditions, he'll go ahead and guess that it isn't something specific to Yona's particular god if it's keeping Yoon so preoccupied.]

Did something happen to her?
purr_ince: (Adrien | A friend)

[personal profile] purr_ince 2018-03-21 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Mirei.. That's a very pretty name!

[He's a bit curious what Pri is but maybe it isn't anything. Maybe it's a verbal tic. Either way he doesn't want to make her self-conscious of it so he'll not mention it.]

Do you play? Oh! You sing. That's awesome.

[Just get used to this warm sunny smile.]

Which god are you? [He shakes his head.] Not really? My goddess makes clothes and bakes. Besides that there are gods and goddesses for just about anything - including music.
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-21 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
I truly cannot. When I think of my master, I only think pleasant thoughts and how fortunate I am to be serving him.

[Plus he took care of the glaring issue of his outfits.]
disciprined: (pricentage points)

[2/3]

[personal profile] disciprined 2018-03-21 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[--wait. This guy knows Sophy?

[This guy knows she knows Sophy?

[One moment. Calculating.]
iron59: (12)

[personal profile] iron59 2018-03-21 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Revenge?

[He seems a little confused by that, but the moment passes quickly.]

How long have you been here, Adrien?
lightninglobster: (grumbling noises 3)

ey yo mr ronin do you accept groupon

[personal profile] lightninglobster 2018-03-21 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
It's just the amount of hair I happen to have. There are people with more.

[Just because Hak is next to bald when considered on the grand scale of luxurious manes doesn't mean that Ryoma is one step removed from some sort of mountain dwelling yeti-man. Judgement could always be rendered--but Ryoma was too polite to say anything. Usually.]

Yes, I've just arrived. The Heavens are more vibrant than I thought they'd be, on some level.

[... at least, that's what felt right when Ryoma was thinking about it, but not like, thinking about it too hard.]
irishfriskey: (Default)

[personal profile] irishfriskey 2018-03-21 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Ah... see, I have yet to have any issues with my own, so it's a challenge to think of... well... anything.

[He certainly does not seem pleased about that.]
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Stoic)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-21 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Ginia lets him go.

She wants to follow, stop him again, help him out, do something, but he read her signs, ignored them, moved past her and at that point doing more is pushing her luck and there hasn't been much of that in her life.

God or shinki? It's certainly the question of the day. If he's a god, then he'll have a shinki in his charge. If he's a shinki, his god will find him soon enough. Ultimately, none of her business. It still doesn't remove the feeling of unease and worry. The feeling she should do something more, try again. He's just a child, the youngest she's seen around.

She takes a step after him. He's a kid who knows how to handle a knife. The second attempt might end bloodier. Is it really worth it when he was the one who approached her and then left just as quickly?

Ginia lets him go.]
purr_ince: (Adrien | Are you sure?)

[personal profile] purr_ince 2018-03-21 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
You're the one that said you trip them.

[Now it's his turn to look confused.] Or does that mean something else?

[The blond takes up his phone flicking through it.] A month give or take a day or two.
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-21 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Then be petty.
lightninglobster: (anime love interest smile)

[personal profile] lightninglobster 2018-03-21 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think I've ever spent that much time brushing my hair.

[Maybe that is why his hair has chosen to do the Things that it is currently doing; Ryoma just sort of lets it do what it wants to do, and in return, he will be spared when the eventual apocalypse comes for all of mankind. Er, spiritkind?]

I don't, actually. I suppose I'm still waiting for... whatever it is that's going to happen and be completely obvious that it's happening. Has your god shown up yet?
disciprined: (yeah i'm prinix wright - kashikoma?)

[3/Pri]

[personal profile] disciprined 2018-03-21 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Knows of or about Sophy Hojo: Check.
[Knows she knows Sophy Hojo: Check.
[From her own world: Check.
[Looks like Parademy Award-Winner Hibiki Shikyoin: Check.
[Looks exactly like Parademy Award-Winner Hibiki Shikyoin: Check, check and check.

[Certainty of Actually Being Hibiki Shikyoin: 99.85%]


You're Hibiki Shikyoin, pri! Parademy-Award winning multiprillionaire Prench actor and grandson of the founder of Paprika Private School, pri!

[WHY HAVE THEY BROUGHT A MOVIE STAR HERE

[SURELY HE SHOULD BE MAKING AWARD-WINNING MOVIES]
lightninglobster: (s. red: this doesn't seem so bad)

[personal profile] lightninglobster 2018-03-21 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Ryoma studies the Improved Weeding Technique dutifully, watching Kanade's demonstration with all of the seriousness of a general trying anticipate his enemy's movement during a strategy meeting. He takes everything very, very seriously--and anything worth doing is worth doing well.

The whole dead thing is a bit troublesome, but the less Ryoma thinks about it, the better. He moves on to the next patch of weeds, mimicking Kanade's tactics and coming away much more successful in his efforts. He even manages to crack a small smile.]


That's a wise way of looking at things in general... and I can already see an improvement in my performance. Thank you for the help.

[He is entirely and utterly sincere, somber as a priest in the midst of a temple consecration.]