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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: (散りゆく祈りと光)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-17 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ There is a difference between focusing and guiding, definitely. He thinks back to how he had drawn on the void to release the energy of his own creations; there had been a purpose to it. ]

What are you.... focusing on?

[ It had been so easy to key a gate into his core and let the power flood out. ]

Think of the effect... that you want; to make your thoughts real.
cloak: (Default)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-17 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
No, not really.

[He doesn't think he'd have any idea how to do something like that]

There's a lot we don't know though. Is it strange to wonder about it?

[Ain, set the standard of normalcy here]
cloak: (say)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-17 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
There's none of those ayakashi things, around here.

[And probably for the better. They sound like trouble, and there's something uncomfortably familiar about how they're described, too]

But it seems like the point's stopping them.

[Destroying them, rather]
abgrund: (燃えおちる影を)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-17 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ What is normalcy to a void horror and a boy of code? ]

No....

[ It seems a very human thing to do, though acknowledging this means he is implicitly separating himself from them. ]

You can ask those who made it....?
abgrund: (溶カシテイク 深ク)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-17 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's quiet for a few moments, trying to sieve out words from the murky mess that is his thoughts. How to convey this to someone who did not hear the song of the void in his mind....? ]

You have to.... focus on your intent.

[ Ain holds out a (visually disembodied) hand, willing a borderline to fall. It flares into existence a little shakily, but it's there. ]

Think less of lightning.
cloak: (thought)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-17 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Very human, for a boy who isn't and never was.

...And doesn't know what he is, except a shinki for some god, apparently]


I guess I could, if I can find the right people.

[He's guessing the ones who handed these things out didn't make them, just as Ain hadn't]
cloak: (Default)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-17 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
[He thinks the word here is Thunder, but that's besides the point]

That's the thing, I didn't think about it.

[Puffing out a breath, he drops his hand and glances back up at the taller fellow]

What kind of...intent...do you think of?
abgrund: (か細い指先は)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-17 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ He tilts his head in thought, his hair echoing the movement in a fluid waterfall of grey and green. ]

Ask a human...? Humans make these.

[ And they would have less inhibition in talking to them, unlike Heaven. Heaven felt very.... faraway, to him. ]
cloak: (thought)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-17 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
I'll try that, whenever I see one.

[Hopefully they actually see and notice him. He wonders if they will, but there's probably not much use speculating that kind of thing.

Still, it's something to pursue later]


Have you tried any of the other stuff?
revolutionfalcon: (look twice)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2018-03-17 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shun keeps an eye on her as she sits, in part because he still isn't that adjusted to her presence and partially because of the birds, but doesn't seem to have all that much of a problem with how she handles herself.

A few of the birds closer to the back look like they're interested in that pear, but Shun whistles quickly and flicks out a few more bits of fruit to draw them closer towards him so they won't go for Ginia's food instead. It seems like he's familiar with handling them, if nothing else.

He turns his attention to read her signs when she makes them, though his brow furrows a bit in confusion at the comment.]


Are they? [Like it's something he doesn't notice. He turns his attention down to the little gathering, studying it with an unnecessary sort of intensity for a moment, before shrugging slightly.] I suppose some people would say that.

[He starts cutting a different kind of fruit to the one he's been using so far.] Why did you come over here, anyway?
priforprince: (master)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-03-17 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I am. [ Hibiki lowers the script, smirking. For you to phrase it that way.... ] You looked into the first one?

[ On the one hand, of course you would. But given that the general reception to that film is - baffling - and the director is making the second only because his daughter became Hibiki's fan (no one else on set, even said director, can seem to remember Hibiki's name), this is a pleasant conversation to be having. ]
lightninglobster: (extreme chin angles)

[personal profile] lightninglobster 2018-03-17 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[One minute, Ryoma was minding his own business--and the next he was acutely aware of someone zipping on up to him. He jerks, surprised, staring at Kaden as if he's grown a second head--only instead of another head, he has a pair of fluffy ears and a tail, which is the strangest thing Ryoma has seen in the past twenty minutes.]

I've got what on me?

[Part of him wanted to bat the stranger away and attend to his 'something' himself, but the rest of him at least tried to be polite in most situations, so befuddled, he sat still under Kaden's most noble of intentions.

His hair was looking a bit wilder than usual, if that could be believed considering its usual state. Chore team was not shy about claiming its pound of sweat, as Kaden likely also knew.]
seasung: (09)

God Training

[personal profile] seasung 2018-03-17 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
There, there....

[Kanata, who has been sitting in the chair next to hers, gives Aqua a gentle pat on the back. To a lesser extent, he's in the same boat as her. Though he personally doesn't morn the loss of his household's followers.]

Fresh starts are a "good thing". Why not think of this as an opportunity to "reinvent" yourself?
priforprince: (FRIENDS)

collateral damage prieally is the supririor optprion

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-03-17 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Mirei wasn't asking Hibiki this. Mirei was asking a shinki helping with the tea. But that does not keep every muscle from Hibiki's body from seizing up, her teacup from falling out of her grip, and her mouthful of tea from spittaking out. ]

Hrk!

[ "Pri"? Here?! On the Far Shore?!?!?!

"Pri"???????????

Smash! goes the teacup. ]
priforprince: (gum)

3, and 1/2 why hibiki

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-03-17 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Agh....!

[ Spittle. Hibiki flinches back, but that doesn't stop some of that food from landing on her cheek and shoulder. ]
priforprince: (yume)

2/2

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-03-17 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A bird spirit flutters over and begins picking off (and swallowing) the crumbs, one piece at a time. Hibiki ignores these ministrations, calming herself down. She's. She's fine.

Just disgruntled. ]


Only that the system's taste in divinity continues to worsen.
abgrund: (沈メ 底へ 暗ク 深ク)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-17 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
.... separation.

[ The former angel closes his eye for a moment, dispelling the boundary line. ]

They said the intent should be to keep you separate from... something else. [ Ayakashi, perhaps. ] A.... boundary.

[ It comes naturally to him, though that may be because his mind interprets it as a cutting tool. ]
abgrund: (何を掴もうと伸ばす)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-17 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Maybe if Roxas makes enough noise, he might be noticed. Or they could just stand at the window and watch... ]

?

[ Ain hums a little in answer, blinking. ]

Not yet...
skybluelaguz: (Heh)

[personal profile] skybluelaguz 2018-03-17 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ranulf stops his walk as someone talks to him. He perks up right away, seeing the ears and bushy tail behind him. A laguz brother! He wasn't alone. ]

They are quite eager to try and get us to train and fight.

[ Hang on...

He pauses as he realizes that...while he was a laguz, he wasn't a wolf was he? Did other worlds have different laguz, or was he across the Death desert like the Hatari clan? ]


I'm sorry, at first I thought you were a wolf laguz, but it seems you are one I haven't seen before. A fox, perhaps?
boneofsword: (not what I agreed to)

sparring

[personal profile] boneofsword 2018-03-17 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Archer feels the energy first; it reminds him of the Henir's core and is not something he'd expect in the Meeting Hall. He follows the presence, finally coming to training yard.

That's certainly intriguing. A person from Add's world, if he has to judge by the energy alone,and most likely a shinki. Archer watches him for awhile, noting the ease with which he uses his powers. In whole, the new arrival doesn't seem hostile towards anyone.

He catches the cloak before it lands on his face, and definitely is not ready for the sight of Ain's chest. Yet the only show of surprise is the slight widening of his eyes.]
welcome_home: (006)

[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-17 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Physical Training
    [ It's been a few weeks since Nanako's poked her head out of her temple and made an attempt to be social. The loss of her brother and Homura had hit her hard, enough that the little girl had almost entirely vanished from her typical haunts, despite her wish not to worry her friends too much. That wish still persists, which is why she'd ventured out today, but her manner is still on the unusually shy and quiet side, as if suddenly finding herself here in the Heavens alone has shaken some of the easy cheerfulness she'd had since arriving so many months ago.

    But her expression is determined too as she slips into the Training Dojo and looks around. It's not often she's in here - she usually comes to Training Day to practice her archery, but today she has something different in mind, even if she looks a little uncertain about how to proceed. And she might also get distracted from it if she spots a familiar face nearby and chooses to approach them, instead. Besides, she can't do much here until her shinki joins her.

    Although once he does... Nanako can be found off to the side of the dojo, an unusual scarf around her neck as she works with Suou to try and figure out how to become a master.... scarf wielder? Hush, that's totally gonna be a thing. ]

Rest and Refreshments
    [ Once her training session with Suou is finished, Nanako can be found out by the refreshment tables, gripping a cup of fresh water and eyeing the tables of sweets as if she doesn't know where to start.

    ....Someone might want to intervene here. That's a lot of sugar right there. ]

Edited 2018-03-17 14:58 (UTC)
skybluelaguz: (Smile)

[personal profile] skybluelaguz 2018-03-17 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never had something that sweet before. I don't think I want to try the rest.

[ His mouth still felt coated in the sweet. He hands them over to the other, offering them to him. ]

Would you like to take these off of my hands?
welcome_home: (018)

B-2 >.>

[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-17 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nanako had actually been sneaking over to say hello to Shun, having spotted him immediately upon entering the dojo (at least his hair makes him really recognizable, no matter the distance). But she hadn't expected Shun to turn around and dangle his spear out in front of him when she was close and her eyes are wide as she blinks up at him first and then at... ]

....What is it?
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Watching 3)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-17 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[As he looks up at her, Ginia offers a wave in acknowledgement, smiling lightly as he sets up a new barrier. Good reaction. She would have stopped if he was upset, but this is promising. She waits until his barrier is up before her hand slices through the air again. She's silent when she casts the spell, but her other hand moves slightly.

Another line slashes its way toward him, but before it even hits, Ginia sends a second attack directly behind the first.]
welcome_home: (006)

i!

[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-17 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There is a little girl peeking around the corner of a wall, eyes wide as she watches the unfamiliar figure sweeping off a walkway.

Or, more pointedly, watching the mesmerizing sway of the large fluffy tail behind him. She knows it's rude to stare, but...

It's so fluffy looking. ]