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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~
revolutionfalcon: (about time)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2018-04-25 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
It depends on the spirits. I'd say it's more that ayakashi can't be benign, while spirits can. But that doesn't mean there aren't dangerous spirits.

[He remembers a few particularly nasty non-ayakashi spirits among the Obon crowd, for one thing. It had been a bit of a mixed bag there between opportunistic spirits and empowered ayakashi, and neither was much better than the other.]

Shinki are supposed to be wandering spirits given a name, but I've never seen it done by a newcomer god that way.
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (You are the patron saint)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-04-25 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
....So you know about as much as me, then.

[Goddammit, Shun.]
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (He signed me a blank check)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-04-25 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[At least it's just in her mind, this time! Wendy isn't nearly as bothered, just skipping out of the circle and into the middle.]

Mm, it's fine, Hibiki. I'm really good at this because I've been playing with them for a while now!

[As in, months and months. Sometimes a girl just has to waste time!]

Are you sure you don't want to play on the other end?
revolutionfalcon: (about time)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2018-04-26 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
It's Chinatsu's issue. I'm not going to force her to talk to me about it if she wants to keep it to herself.

[And it seems like she does, so he's been leaving it as is. He's also not exactly motivated to push anyone back towards Hibiki.]
priforprince: (unneeded)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-04-26 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hibiki snorts. ] Spare me from juvenile pursuits.

[ The kids seem okay with this, as God Apollo hasn't been much fun to play with, anyway.

Okay, Wendy, they're ready when you are! ]
handsome_genius: (idiot.)

[personal profile] handsome_genius 2018-04-26 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
I can clean the place up without making them look bad and still look good, can't I?

[ That doesn't make any sense to him. ]

Unless you mean that I'm "like this" - whatever that means - and that's why.
handsome_genius: (that's my line)

[personal profile] handsome_genius 2018-04-26 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I am. Shizuo and I are switching off and this is his shift to look after her, so I'll need to go back and let him do anything he needs to do for awhile.

[ Which Yoon doesn't mind. He's much more of a homebody than Shizuo is. ]
junkyarddog: (But I never lose hope)

[personal profile] junkyarddog 2018-04-26 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Ken nods.] Do Kakipi first, byon. Kakipi's always been named first. [Apparently Ken either feels no need to change this, or he actually think that because this is the way it's always happened before, it's the way it always needs to happen.]
cloak: (Default)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-04-26 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Roxas nods, a simple bob of his hooded head]

I'll get to work then. [And, after a brief pause for consideration] Thanks.

[Information is a valuable thing. This much he's sure of already]
cloak: (Default)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-04-26 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
...Sharp?

[He repeats the word dubiously, for it isn't one he finds himself associating with hair.

It must be distinctive in its appearance, for it to be sharp]
cloak: (thought)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-04-26 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Slowly, hesitantly, because he's uncertain if it's what she wants...

He lifts a hand and wiggles his fingers back at her]


Like that?
cloak: (say)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-04-26 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think I am.

[But he leans away from that finger, because it's a smidgen close to him]
revolutionfalcon: (about time)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2018-04-26 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Shun gives a somewhat dismissive shrug, starting to turn away.] It's nothing you wouldn't have gotten to anyway.

[This just saves time and Shun potentially having to clean up something else later.]
cloak: (Default)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-04-26 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
You're still the one who told me.

[And so that still matters, at least in Roxas' mind.

But as the fellow is leaving, he turns and approaches the dummies for further inspection. He needs to work on this, after all]
yousaytron: (Who the fuck invented Facebook)

[personal profile] yousaytron 2018-04-26 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds like it'll be kind of lonely, honestly.

[Not to put it tactfully or anything. Either way, he gets the feeling that trying to convince Yoon to take a little extra time to himself if it's possible would fall flat, so maybe a different direction would be better...?]

If you want an extra person around to help you out with anything, I'm usually not very busy.

[Not with anything that can't easily be put on hold, anyway.]
kokuyoyo: (I mean I don't even call it a hangover)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-04-26 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Chikusa doesn't break (what is is presumably) eye contact.]

Sharp.
welcome_home: (072)

[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-04-26 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Kakipi? [ Nanako giggles at this nickname, glancing up at Chikusa in amusement. She's heard Ken call him this a couple times now, but it still amuses her. ] Okay, I will start with Chikusa. Umm... what were the words again...?

[ She closes her eyes a moment to focus on the spell she'd learned, carefully reciting the words Souji had taught her all those months ago. She's said them several times now, but they're still a little tricky for the little girl to get right, especially when she's so focused on doing it well. ]

My name is Nanako. Grasping thy true name, I bind thee here. With borrowed name, I dub thee my servant. The name answers, the vessel to sound. I call thee as my divine instrument. The name, Chikusa. The vessel, In. Come, Inki!
kokuyoyo: (Can't believe I ate straight coffee)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-04-26 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's not like they're going anywhere; Chikusa waits patiently while Nanako recalls the words. They're a familiar cadence when she says them, a strange weight that curls tight into his being, and he's familiar with the pull that dissolves his body, whisking it away...]

[The purple cat-eared hat which settles on Nanako's head seems to bring with it a dark memory that is thankfully short.]
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-04-26 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
....Yeah.... But some people are petty. Or malicious.

[You know, assholes.]
foxrightsactivist: (I don't even know where quiznos is)

[personal profile] foxrightsactivist 2018-04-27 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I don't really remember getting any magic powers, so it's hard to say.

[But it's said with a good-natured laugh - as distressing as not remembering anything can be, he's at least making light of it.]

Oh, not yet. I think I heard something about that from that shinki in the white robe... He gave me a folded piece of paper, but I can't really understand what it says.

[Like, at all. It's gibberish.]
abgrund: (帝國交響楽団 - 燃え落ちる誇り -Counter raid Another D- ) (Default)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-04-27 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ ain listens without much comment. ]

I see....

[ interesting. he'll have to file this away, for later thought. ]
cloak: (Default)

[personal profile] cloak 2018-04-28 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds...unique.

[Sharp hair. What does such a thing even look like?]
redstray: (Shy)

[personal profile] redstray 2018-04-29 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Eric's glad that Nanako seemed happy again and started when she asked for his help. ]

Ah sure...uhm...

[ He looked over the options, fiddling with one of his sleeves as he glanced them over. He pointed to a couple. ]

These ones are strawberry...we could get one of that flavour...and maybe a mango one? Ah well, what fruit do you like?

[ He didn't like making decisions for himself let alone for someone else. ]
welcome_home: (064)

[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-04-30 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nanako had braced herself for the memory - the worst part about giving shinki a name, in her opinion. Having to see those last few moments without being able to do anything about them. It's always too sad, too scary, and her eyes are clenched tightly shut as Chikusa's new name etches itself on his being and his last moments flash before her eyes.

Seeing Ken there in the memory with him, his face hovering over Chikusa's at the last.... that made it even harder.

Fingers curl into tight fists as she presses them against her eyes, giving a soft sniffle as she tries not to cry. Thankfully short or not, Chikusa is still an important person to her, and to see that still hurts deeply.

But she still manages to reach up a moment later to pat a hand against the sudden new weight atop her head. A.... hat?

Of course he would be a hat. She can't even be that surprised. ]


Chikusa? Are you okay?
kokuyoyo: (I don't even know how to be here.)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-04-30 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nanako's crying.]

[A sliver of confusion goes through their new connection. Chikusa can't exactly see down onto her face like this, but the sound is easily recognizable. As far as he knows, all he did was turn into a hat, right, so why....?]


...I'm not the one crying...

[Ken is going to leap onto this any second, he can tell.]