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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: (終わりに)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-24 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ Death not being permanent - somehow, it rings a chord within him, the impression of something wrong. ]

.... why?

[ A frown, or as much as he can frown ]
usedperishsong: (rather than looking up at the sky)

[personal profile] usedperishsong 2018-03-24 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Theeeeeen we're off!!

[ Mission accomplished, in that case. Kanade heads past the (invisible, one might even say "nonexistent") starting line with every bit as much gusto as before. When she hits her limit, she'll hit it hard, but until then - all engines are go. ]
usedperishsong: (an illusion? a dream?)

[personal profile] usedperishsong 2018-03-24 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ You are a big, impressive man who is totally showing that crab grass who's boss. Good for you.

Kanade settles down to help with the weeding, since if she's going to make smalltalk she may as well move her body in a useful way. ]
Depends on who you talk to, which ain't helpful. The big consensus tends t' focus on turnin' into weapons and fightin' monsters.

[ She shrugs. ] Somebody's gotta, I guess.
deniles: (Default)

[personal profile] deniles 2018-03-24 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
I think things like that could... and should be combined.

[He laughs a bit, moving in closer anyways. He's fine with the side eye. You don't scare him, butter man.]

Oh. You should ask about that.
pure_radiantics: (convo] agree 100%)

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2018-03-24 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Brothers... and an instructor. There's no mistake - he must be a god. It makes her think of Nanako too.]

Lucky, huh... Well, see, because I'm a shinki, the only learning I remember is from here at the Far Shore.

[Even if there was training for her before now, which she doubts based on recent memories.]

So I've been learning about five months now.
handle: (Untitled-17)

[personal profile] handle 2018-03-24 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
C'mon. I bet playing with them would make them happy.

[ And rally, there was no harm in humoring some kids - no matter how old they were. Though, if Hibiki was really that upset about this - Sorey wouldn't mind being the one to stay put and play with them.

They're both pretty trapped right now though, anyways. ]
pure_radiantics: (convo] unsure)

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2018-03-24 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Kairi nods.]

It's really weird to think about, I think... how I've only been here five months, but you'd think that was five years, as much as we've learned in so short a timespan... or even fifteen years with how much more information we have to pass around, like you were saying.

[She clutches her notebook a little tighter.]
risingdarkness: (neutral)

[personal profile] risingdarkness 2018-03-24 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[He crosses his arms, rooted to the spot for the moment.]

Why?

[Given how many things he's simultaneously being stubborn about, it occurs to him that he probably needs to clarify that question.]

Why bother cleaning this place for them?
iron59: (4)

[personal profile] iron59 2018-03-24 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't met anyone who even has nanites. Everyone has nanites.

[He pokes at the phone, frowning a little as he struggled with the stupid thing. Finally, he smirks and looks up.]

Okay. Got it...um. Can you spell your name, sir? Please?
iron59: (9)

[personal profile] iron59 2018-03-24 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Suzaku. I'll try to remember that!

[He starts sweeping again, slowly, focusing on what he's doing for a moment.]

I might go look at the training. I had an instructor for a while. Maybe I'll see something I know. How about you?
iron59: (1)

[personal profile] iron59 2018-03-24 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
OH. Uh.

[He swallows and looks at the floor.]

Um.

[He looks back up with a smile, glancing around and making sure he's not in anyone's way. Once he's confidant he has the room, he takes a stance not dissimilar to hers.]

Well, maybe we can practice a little together, then?
cloak: (thought)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-24 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Six and a half months.

Roxas doesn't know yet if that's a long or a short while to be a god, but he gets the feeling it's the latter rather than the fore. Still, it means they have more experience and knowledge than he does, and hopefully that means someone will know what he should do to get the results he ought to]


Then...I'll ask him, if I can't figure it out today.

[He's reluctant to show himself as incapable, after finding that his vessel form wasn't particularly useful for combat]
cloak: (thought)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-24 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Roxas' shoulders slump]

Maybe I should find somewhere that I won't damage anything important.
cloak: (Default)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-24 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
If you decide you like something, I'd want to know.

[And maybe this will better explain his thoughts...or just muddy them up further]

It might be nice to have something you like after a long day.
cloak: (thought)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-24 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Roxas weighs this new information]

So long as it won't hurt someone else...

[He doesn't know why this is important, only that it is. Causing some sort of collateral pain is concerning to him, although he doesn't understand what makes it such a prominent thought]

I could ask Ain. It's coming more easily to him.

[And since they're assigned to the same god, they'll be working together anyway, won't they?]
cloak: (thought)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-24 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
...Do you mean he forgot about it?

[He's trying to follow, but this is all new and strange to him]
cloak: (thought)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-24 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I see... So you'd want something lighter.

[That makes enough sense to him, he supposes.

Although he thinks he'll just stay out of the water to begin with. Hopefully]
cloak: (Default)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-24 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[He tips his hooded head in curious silence before lifting a hand to touch his uniform coat]

This...? [A thoughtful pause, and he shrugs] I don't know...
cloak: (thought)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-24 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Two can play the confused game, because as soon as Roxas turns to see who yelped, she's landed on some...orange thing. It looks puffy, but he doesn't quite connect it to a cloud, and only tips his hooded head curiously at this strange new object that seems to be floating under this girl.

But, at length, he pushes the matter of this unidentified floating object aside to ask a pertinent question]


Are you okay?
cloak: (thought)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-24 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Roxas supposes that if there's a general consensus on this matter, he doesn't really need to question it. As much as he doesn't particularly mind the idea of not being an equal, for whatever reason, it seems important to others that they're regarded as such.

Maybe it's part of how this system works]


I'm just not sure how useful I'm going to be.

[That concerns him more than Add's initial reaction. He does think the guy was being reasonably kind to him, in light of the circumstances, but the reaction was difficult for him to observe, though he doesn't know why]
swordofzero: (polite and friendly)

[personal profile] swordofzero 2018-03-24 08:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He continued to scrub, the floor was nearly clean but he wasn't going to stop before he was finished.]

My god hasn't found me yet. They said to wait so I guess that's what I'm doing. [Maybe he should try and find a place with more people once he was finished here]
swordofzero: (happy and with friends)

[personal profile] swordofzero 2018-03-24 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
[She had infinite energy it seems. Suzaku works quickly as well even if he is not quite as... enthusiastic as Kanade. He scrubs quickly though, edging towards the half way mark.]
swordofzero: (surprise)

[personal profile] swordofzero 2018-03-24 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
A conspiracy. [A young queen, advisers who want her power. This is a lot more complicated than Suzaku had thought it was. Someone was causing gods to disappear and perhaps drawing people in from other places either by accident or as a distraction]

That would need to be a very powerful advisor [Right? Surely you need a lot of power to do something like that. To make gods disappear]
subtract: you lose your mind (I-0110)

[personal profile] subtract 2018-03-24 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
[The answer gets a small smile out of him. It's a uselessly vague comment, but Roxas doesn't sound distressed at all... so, he'll take it as a good thing.]

Alright. I'll try you on, then. Tell me if it starts being uncomfortable for you. [He gives Roxas plenty of time to answer, letting the coat hang over an arm as he takes off his armoured jacket. Better to adjust to this now than wait until they're in the heat of battle.

When he does get the cloak on... it fits a lot better than he'd expect. Strangely roomy. He pulls up the hood for the full experience.]


... Hmm. I don't feel any different. Aside from not being able to see as well... a passive effect, perhaps? Most likely supportive in nature, but further testing may be needed...
abgrund: (溶カシテイク 深ク)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-03-24 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... okay, he has to give a concession for that. He's been told not to destroy the Meeting Hall, too ]

Outside here, then?