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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~
appealingdame: (Goodness!)

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[personal profile] appealingdame 2018-03-18 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Damn, son. Charlotte watches Ryoma do his thing with both a critical and appreciative eye. A strong man may not be as attractive as a rich one, but she's not blind. As a woman and as a fighter, she can enjoy the view. And it's interesting to see another new shinki take to fighting so quickly. Looks like she wasn't the only one there.]

Oh, wow! [Charlotte gasps and smiles when Ryoma cuts down his dummy opponent finally. She giggles and presses her hands to her cheeks, just another young maiden in awe of a dashing samurai.] That was so amazing! You must be incredibly strong, sir!

[She would have just gone for his knees and knocked him over rather than bothering to block his sword, she thinks, but hey. They're called dummys for a reason.]
Edited 2018-03-18 14:03 (UTC)
lightninglobster: (me an' my stabbin pal)

[personal profile] lightninglobster 2018-03-18 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[One does not have to buy the fish market to enjoy the bounty of seafood on display there. Charlotte is free to enjoy the lobster all she wants and take a much richer fish home at the end of the day--or... wherever this metaphor was meant to go. Ryoma is getting back into his starting position for a new strike when Charlotte turns on her charms, and to her credit, it catches his attention handily--and for the first time, that stoic face is instead set to 'bewildered', blinking at Charlotte.]

I... thank you? It feels natural enough, I suppose. I wouldn't say this is a good gauge of my abilities--it's just a stuffed doll, after all.

[The purpose of the dummy was not to trick the dummy! It was to beat the stuffing out of the dummy! Or... something like that? Why was Ryoma here again?]

appealingdame: (Fairytale come true)

[personal profile] appealingdame 2018-03-20 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hey, she could live off lobster and caviar.]

Yeah, these things are really only good for figuring out what you like hitting stuff with. [Charlotte's been finding that her hands work well enough for her. Swords seem like such a hassle.] Oh, but you're definitely a natural! And when you've only just arrived too!

... You have just arrived, right? I'm sure I would have noticed someone like you before. [Giggles.]
lightninglobster: (slightly more dead inside we're still ok)

[personal profile] lightninglobster 2018-03-30 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
This is my first day here, as far as I'm aware.

[To be fair, it's not hard to notice Ryoma. He has eighteen feet of hair and is dressed exactly like one of your 'we're going with a vaguely historical theme except the warlord definitely has a motorcyle horse and can also summon actual gods' anime protagonists. The whole 'not really remembering what was going on thing' was also a fun and exciting prospect, in that it wasn't fun at all, but Ryoma was trying very hard to not think about it.

Swords were much easier--muscle memory, combined with the feeling of doing something with an old, pointy friend.]


Have you been here long, miss?