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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~
pure_radiantics: (convo] bright laughter)

III

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2018-03-23 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Tadashi!

[ Without a care in the world, Kairi walks up to him and gives him a hug from behind. ]

I haven't seen you in awhile! How are you?

[ She can't see his shinki name on the bottom of his foot, so she can't know what's become of him. ]
pure_radiantics: (convo] uhhh ohhh...)

rest and refreshments

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2018-03-23 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my gosh, you're...

[ Kairi laughs - amused and entertained by this person who she can only compare to Wendy in the cute lithe girl department. ]

A little over-dressed for training, aren't you?
abgrund: (帝國交響楽団 - 燃え落ちる誇り -Counter raid Another D- ) (Default)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-23 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ain is probably too tired to care too much about semantics, so he'll answer Archer's questions (albeit slowly). ]

.... Add. Henir.

[ Which should explain everything. ]
abgrund: (帝國交響楽団 - 燃え落ちる誇り -Counter raid Another D- ) (Default)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-23 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's a question that is posed to him, even if the question is a prompt for more questions. He has a couple, but articulating them might take a few moments. ]

... is this the real world?

[ The physical realm, reality, stuff like that. It's not the void, that he can be sure. ]
priforprince: (grit)

1/2

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-03-23 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
What unpleasant coercion....

[ It gives her a sick feeling in her mouth. Hibiki lowers her head, thinking over what Wendy has said. Stuck until...

Until she... ]
sweetdeath: (friendship and flowers)

[personal profile] sweetdeath 2018-03-23 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
That part, down there. See, where it says "Contacts"? With a head silhouette?

[He points, sympathetically. The idea of a touch screen had confused him for a while too. Not to mention how tiny the cell phones were. For some reason, he'd expected them to be more shoe-sized.]

Touch the head, then it'll show you the whole list. You'll spot my name about a quarter of the way down.
priforprince: (bangflip)

2/2

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-03-23 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
--But, victory in literal child's play shall come instantly.

[ TWINKLE

Let's get this over with! ]
priforprince: (pitch)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-03-23 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ At this juncture, a bizarre thing occurs. This dapper, bright-seeming, all-around-upstanding example of the Perfect Gentleman wobbles in place. His eyes roll up in their sockets, and he nearly faints.

When he steadies himself, he sounds haggard. As if he's belatedly remembered something important and suffered dearly for the wait. ]


....Stop using sentence enders.
reformedsinner: (closer look)

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2018-03-23 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think they mean harm. I think they have their own interests, and we shouldn't trust that theirs are the same as ours.

[He shakes his head, gaze distant.]

Nor are they always very careful with us. We're newcomers and we disappear easily, which makes us expendable.
pure_radiantics: (rom] shock)

sparring-ish

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2018-03-23 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kairi saw him from across the training area and was interested in coming over to say hello to someone she was pretty sure she'd remember if she'd seen him before. However, the closer she gets, the more she feels her stomach drop into a knot like when she approached powerful ayakashi in the past. That worries her and it probably shows on her face.

However, she comes to stop near him as he finishes taking care of a dummy. ]


Ah... hello there. That scythe... is it your shinki?

[ Best thing she could think of to ask at the start. ]
pure_radiantics: (convo] uhhh ohhh...)

II. Flying Solo

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2018-03-23 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kairi was distracted today with her notepad, writing down things as she walked in a way she wasn't used to, so her head snaps up too late when he jumps backwards, nearly bowling right into her. She was about to fall on her butt very ungracefully with a slight shout of surprise, when a yellow-orange cloud zooms in and cushions her fall. She bounces a little on it, then looks up at the person, not angry just really confused what just happened. ]
kuroi_taiyo: (13)

[personal profile] kuroi_taiyo 2018-03-23 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
So? Not as little doesn't change the fact that you're still a little kid. If you want to be seen as 'bigger' or whatever, then straighten your posture and be less indecisive.

[ Judar, you're really not equipped to give other people advice. ]
reformedsinner: (as a matter of fact!)

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2018-03-23 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
That's a surprisingly challenging question. It's the Heavens, but not the mortal world.

Nor does it seem to be the world many of us come from.

[He glances at Ain, and raises an eyebrow.] My species isn't known here, for example.
pure_radiantics: (convo] all smiles)

God Training (to start, but ideally Training after~)

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2018-03-23 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kairi smiles back when she's approached - she was hovering near the God's area anyway, trying to catch a glimpse of who had 'arrived' to that part of Training and thus might be newer to the Far Shore... perhaps people she'd recognize. Instead, she gets a cheerful person coming up to her and she's happy to respond. ]

Oh, yes, what's up?

[ And given another few moments, she notices his ears and tail and her smile brightens. Gosh! ]
royaltyloyalty: (confused)

wildcard (Void Survivor)

[personal profile] royaltyloyalty 2018-03-23 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Dokugakuji saw Ain floating around earlier, but so many things in this place are strange to him that at first it just didn't seem like any more unusual a person to be hanging around than any others.

However, an hour or so later, when he sees Ain again after having spoken to Sharak and Hakkai, that nagging feeling that he had towards Ain got stronger. He found himself staring, then walking closer to get a better look at what made up his form. Only as he got closer did he start to feel what it was - he had a single memory of his prior time in the Far Shore. That was fighting the Noise-Ayakashi outside of Add's Henir temple as the Void's power swirled around him and his brother as they argued. It was such a strong reminder of the Minus Wave that of course he remembered it quite well. Ain evoked that same feeling.

So there's Dokugakuji staring for now, trying to decide if he dares to get closer. He doesn't have Add's black sclera or anything like that, but there's a new scar on his arms that he knew wasn't part of his clan symbols on his face. He'd assumed it was part of being the god Ksitigarbha, but now he's not sure anymore. It swirls in ways that he didn't think youkai markings did... but evoked more of this guy's look instead. ]
handle: (Untitled-24 (2))

[personal profile] handle 2018-03-23 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ah, before he realizes it, they're both in the circle... Sorey laughs a little, rubbing the back of his head. Hibiki looks pretty annoyed, but all of this is harmless, isn't it? ]

Come on, it's just a game, isn't it? Let's just play along with them for a little while.
priforprince: (fist)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-03-23 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Don't drag a high-schooler into preschool games!

[ A high-schooler who doesn't even attend school due to her jet-setting celebrity life, at that!! Who takes over the school instead! Whose whole life is a recess in which she is Prince of the playground!

And yet. She is ringed by children now. Hibiki's shoulders begin to lift, tense. Her escape routes have been snipped, figuratively and literally. ]
unlucky7: (STATUS :: You sure?)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-23 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[There may be an exception for present company, but Ginia interprets Hibiki's words as a dismissal.]

Sorry for bothering you.

[She'll also gently shoo the child shinki out as she heads toward the door.]
tadaishi: (uh what?)

[personal profile] tadaishi 2018-03-23 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
That's...not very helpful.

[Why are you like this, Hakkai.

Either way, he'll just keep jabbing his current straw opponent away from him until the method stops working.]
tadaishi: (:))

[personal profile] tadaishi 2018-03-23 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
A month counts. It's 30 days longer than me, so it counts.

[He waves the pamphlet he was handed when he arrived, by one of the uniformed shinki.]

I've read a little bit, but I have yet to put anything into practice.

[Like borderlines. They seem easy enough, he just hasn't tried to make one yet.]

Do you know if there's a good way to figure out which god is mine? [Or which people are gods? Most everyone looks like a normal person.] Or just play the waiting game for a while?
tadaishi: (egh...)

[personal profile] tadaishi 2018-03-23 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
[He's not averse to hugs, but he's startled by a sudden pair of arms around his torso and a familiar voice behind him. Unfortunately, while the voice is familiar --don't ask him why, he's not sure--he can put a face to it, but not a name.]

Hi! Um...I'm [confused? feeling somewhat guilty? slightly surprised?] I'm...here?

[Nailed it.]
abgrund: (矧げ 撃ち放て)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-23 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ain had not been expecting to find anyone with a similar aura as he did, so Dokugakuji's presence was definitely noted - but given how passive he is, he had chosen to not act on it. Only when approached does he appear to notice the other man - his singular gaze falls on the wisp of darkness branded on Dokugakuji's arm, only a weak whisper compared to the song of the void that runs through Ain's soul.

He turns, tilting his head. His hair mirrors the movement, a fluid waterfall of grey and green ]


Who are you?

[ Motivated more by curiosity; his voice is clearer and lacks the halting quality of his usual speech. ]
Edited 2018-03-23 04:20 (UTC)
abgrund: (沈メ 底へ 沈メ 深ク)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-23 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ain nods, though the way his single eye glazes over indicates that he needs a bit of time to process this. Those names, Heaven, Far Shore, they meant nothing to him - save for the an undercurrent of belief that has pricked at his skin since his memory here began.

But, how to give voice to it? ]


... I don't belong here.

[ He holds out a hand before his face, looking at his palm. Wisps of darkness peel off from his blackened skin, rising a few inches into the air before dissipating.

He's not one of the proper world, that much he knows ]
abgrund: (蒼く輝く)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-23 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ No one has talked to him much since he's come here, and for a good reason, too - he understands why, which makes her approach a little surprising.

Not that he shows it, though. He holds the scythe closer to him when she speaks, as to not disturb her excessively with its aura ]


.... no, it's mine.

[ He closes his fingers over the handle completely, and it vanishes in a spray of black sparks. ]
risingdarkness: (thinky)

[personal profile] risingdarkness 2018-03-23 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
It wouldn't be any different outside.

[Or, at least, he's pretty sure it wouldn't. To tell the truth, he's very confused by his flames and how they're supposed to work. As far as he can tell, other shinki who had some sort of magic power in their past life seem to remember what the hell it's supposed to do.]

It's not like I care what happens to the building, anyway.

[But of course, why should he ask questions that might help him figure out the problem when he can try to sound too cool for all of this?]