March Training

[godsoffortune]

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~

Comments

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[kokuyoyo]

...Oh, you're one of those kinds.

[Sorry, Roxas, were you trying to avoid people? Chikusa is also generally trying to avoid people, although it's more to watch on his own as well. Lurking is a tried and true activity.]

[Either way, there's a lanky teenager slipping out from behind somewhere, head cocked curiously.]

[cloak]

[Roxas glances in the guy's direction when he speaks up, though with no sign of surprise. A natural lurker isn't too startled by another.

Only by weird abilities he doesn't know anything about, yet can apparently use]

Those kind?

[He echoes the words, unsure what to make of them]

[kokuyoyo]

Mm. There was a guy.... who was trying to draw a borderline... but he set his entire arm on fire instead.

[A beat.]

It was fine.

[Just mildly alarming at the time. Mostly for Yata.]

[cloak]

[Roxas is silent for a good, long moment]

I haven't done that yet.

[Although with that phrasing, he acknowledges the possibility, since he has no idea how he did what he did]

[kokuyoyo]

...Electricity would be more lethal if it rebounded on you instead of fire...

[Not that Chikusa is discouraging him from still trying.]

[cloak]

Would it?

[An honest question, punctuated with a tilt of his hooded head]

[kokuyoyo]

Fire can be extinguished... If electricity is powerful enough, it can stop important bodily functions... like the heart...

[cloak]

[Roxas plants a hand over his chest.

He'd noticed the silence by now, although he doesn't have a hole in his chest like Ain]

I don't know if that's a problem for me.

[kokuyoyo]

....Well. That's a biological mystery, I guess.... but it still doesn't take awy the fact that you'd probably die...

Unless you want to electrocute yourself and find out for certain.

[cloak]

Can you die when you're already dead?

[He'd know the answer to that, if only he remembered Monad]

[kokuyoyo]

Yes.

[Welp, that's an immediate answer with no hesitation.]

...Worse than that, sometimes.

[cloak]

Worse than that...

[Roxas tries to imagine that, but he lacks the appropriate memories for it]

What happens if you die twice?

[kokuyoyo]

....It depends... But you can become an ayakashi if you blight yourself to death...

...And sometimes people come back. But they don't remember anything of their life here.

[He lets out a slow, quiet breath.]

[cloak]

Sounds like that'd be hard for people they knew.

[That's the impression he gets, anyway]

[kokuyoyo]

...The person I knew it happen to had his exemplar try to break his nose and ribs for being an idiot.

So.... Yeah, I guess.

[Don't go down the Cho Hakkai school of death, Roxas.]

[cloak]

What was the point of punching him?

[This doesn't add up...

To something like him anyway]

[kokuyoyo]

Ah..... I guess it made her feel better....

[Or something like that. Chikusa threw a wooden spoon coated in cookie dough at him too, so he can't really judge.]

And even if one forgets their life.... that doesn't erase the actions in it.

[cloak]

...Do you mean he forgot about it?

[He's trying to follow, but this is all new and strange to him]

[kokuyoyo]

....Ah. Right. When people die here, if they come back at all.... They forget about the life they've lived here.

...Unless they're a shinki. In which case they're back to square one.

[cloak]

I see... Being forgotten would hurt.

[Not quite what he meant there, Roxas.

But he can understand something like that. The thought clicks into place a little too easily, which makes him wonder what his own personal experiences were.

But he doesn't know, so there isn't much point in dwelling]

[kokuyoyo]

[Faintly, he thinks of Ayumu breaking into quiet tears, after all had been said and done.]

Yeah.... It's.... frustrating.

Besides, it leaves you vulnerable... Not knowing anything about people again even though they know you.

[cloak]

I can see that being a problem, especially if you had enemies.

[Because they could take advantage of something like that.

Rather, of someone like that]

Or even needing to be reminded about things you should know.

[kokuyoyo]

Yeah.... Especially if another serial killer shows up...

[But then again, that case was a little different, he supposes.]

Anyway.... that's how it is here.

[cloak]

A serial killer?

[That sounds pretty troubling.

Not that he can do much about it. His vessel form's just a coat like the one he's wearing]

This system seems...a little inefficient.

[At least from his perspective]

[kokuyoyo]

Mmm. Welcome to the Far Shore.

[In case it wasn't obvious that his opinions on the whole affair are.... low.]

Then again... Apparently for older gods, it's a little different.