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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~
welcome_home: (071)

[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-26 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, maybe... [ She still looks a little uncertain, but she glances up at him with a shy smile. ] What kind do you like?
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[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-26 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nanako glances down at Suou for a moment before inclining his head. ] A couple times, yeah. Although not with Suou just yet. I had another shinki who was a bow, though, so I used that, too. [ Although that statement is definitely in the past tense and she looks a little sad about it, although she forcibly makes herself brighten again afterwards. ] But Suou and I will figure it out. He's really good at keeping stuff away from me, we just have to figure out how to rend, too.
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[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-26 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nanako spots him right away and finally releases her grip on Chikusa's hand to bounce over and tackle Ken from behind, throwing her arms around his shoulders as she leans against his back and hugs him. ]

Ken! Hi!
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ahhhhh cutest

[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-26 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
We have two superheroes? [ She blinks up at him in hushed awe. ] Whoa! That's so cool!

[ You officially have a fangirl, sir. ]
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-26 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, there's the dog they've been looking for. It's pretty easy to let go of Chikusa's hand, and he just slides it back into his pocket to slouch distantly after her.]

[Ken looks like he could use a distraction from all of this anyway.]


Ken.... You like Nanako, right...?
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[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-26 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She blinks up at him. ]

Did you do that?
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[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-26 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It is a little weird, but Nanako giggles in delight as he pats her head with the end of the scarf. ]

Don't worry, I'll be careful. I won't do too much. But practicing is important, too! Are you getting tired, Suou?
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[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-26 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That doesn't mean the pelicans wouldn't try anyway. Size doesn't seem to be a concept they understand very well. ]

They try to eat people sometimes, but they stop if I scold them. Maybe they just like to look like they can? But they are very protective of the fish. but there's plenty of other food at my temple to eat, so as long as you leave the fish in the lake alone, it should be okay.
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[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-26 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I can do that!

[ Looking pleased at being given the chance to help, Nanako turns and scrambles under the bench, since it's an easy fit for someone her size, and starts gathering up the things left on the ground. ]

Here, Yoon! Can I have the bag?
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[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-26 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I think all shinki can remember their names when they come here, don't worry. [ She shifts her hand slightly so she can scratch behind his ears, seeing how much he enjoys this. He's like a big puppy! ] Sometimes they remember other things, too, but no one knows how that happens, or why. Sometimes it just does. Did you find your god yet?
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[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-03-26 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She blinks at him for a minute. ] What's a beorc?

[ His question gets a thoughtful hum, though, as she glances around. ] Weeeeell..... I like it here. But not everyone does. It's really different from home. But I like the other people here, they're nice, even if they do fight sometimes. Everyone tries really hard, though, to get stronger and to stop ayakashi from hurting anyone.
kokuyoyo: (I don't do stupid things anymore.)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-26 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[....Oh. One of those types. Chikusa heaves out a sigh as the phone comes into view.]

It's..... a portable communication device and library.... I guess is what you could call it.
kokuyoyo: (Yeah that doesn't involve enough)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-26 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
That's optimistic
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[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-26 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Being worn is certainly a novel experience. Roxas doesn't have anything to compare it with, and so he wouldn't know how to describe it if he were asked. But he thinks he doesn't mind it, and it seems that Add has a better idea of what his practical utility might be than he does, which comes as something of a relief.

Granted, he doesn't know what passive ability he could have, but it's better than thinking he has no practical use at all]


How do you test something like that?

[He inquires, because it's certainly relevant to his interests to find that out. And the sooner they know, the better in case they're dealing with threats, right?]
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[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-26 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
That should work.

[At least, he has to imagine there's more open air and less things to destroy]
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[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-26 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Roxas tips his head by the smallest of degrees, weighing that thought. Ain doesn't really need to; if anything, it seems easier for him to find something he favors.

But he's being kind, right? So he nods once]


Okay.

[Their first sidequest]
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[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-26 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Roxas nods once, a simple bob of his hooded head]

So far. I think it requires direction and focus.

[He at least has something of an eye for patterns, he's found. Nothing happens if he isn't both concentrating and pointing in a given direction, and the energy whatever it is always follows that direction. That's what he's observed so far at least.

Hopefully it holds true so he knows one thing about what he can do]
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[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-26 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Shy?

[Roxas looks down at himself, like such a survey will yield the answer to her question. Of course, it doesn't tell him any more than what he already knew. He's dressed head to toe in black and comfortable this way]

I don't know if I am or not.

[Does dressing this way say something like that about a person?]
cloak: (Default)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-26 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[And the shadows conceal him just as well even so close at hand]

Why wouldn't I have a face?
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[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-26 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[There may be something to that, although...

The idea that darkness is better suited rests oddly with him. Still, Ain is a good guy, he's sure of that]


Kairi? I don't think I know her...

[As of this thread]

What does she look like?
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[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-26 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[A pendant...well, that sounds smaller than what he turns into, and surely offers less coverage. If a vessel form like that can be useful, maybe it won't be so bad with him.

Although he doesn't know what sort of ability he even has, so it might be too early to judge that]


I wish I knew what I did. I'm just a coat, so far.

[Just like the one he's wearing]
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[personal profile] cloak 2018-03-26 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh...

[Well, it's all news to him.

In another time and place he just sank like a rock into a pool since he didn't need to breathe. Not that he remembers any of that, but it might well happen again]


How'd you end up in the water?
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[personal profile] futhark 2018-03-26 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Have a friendly pat on the back shorty- And a very encouraging words ]

Coat? That's great! It means your form offers full-body protection.

[ A shinki with weapon form doesn't get blighted when striking ayakashi. The vessels forms are only what is allowed to touch, and hurt this menace after all. So that means a shinki-coat might not protect the force of the hit from an ayakashi, but it will protect from getting blighted by contact much better than any clothing would.

And what kind of power he bestows? That only time can tell ]


There you go, status: incredibly useful.
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Observing)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-03-26 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ginia stops in the doorway, shooing the child shinki out ahead of her before closing the door and turning back around. She types as she walks back, playing her message the moment she stops back in front of Hibiki.]

Can I see the script?
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-03-26 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
It depends on what you want investigated... The only people to make any headway into the exact way we arrived... One of them exploded, and the other is dangerous.

[Chikusa feels he's not wrong on that front, considering everything.... After a moment, however, he shrugs.]

But.... There's been evidence of another group going against Heaven for reasons now one knows.... So some think by finding out more about them... We'll find out more about Heaven. Which could lead to other things... maybe.

There aren't a lot of leads.... but a lot of work.... so I doubt too many people get involved with it.