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

[cloak]

[Roxas peers at the information, and he finds that numbers are surprisingly easy.

What's less intuitive is taking his own phone out. It doesn't even occur to him]

...If you think it's a good idea. Add said we're partners, so I don't want to let him down.

[He doesn't want to be useless, rather]

[pure_radiantics]

Oh, Add! I know him a little.

[ Not well but she knows he was a shinki who came back as a god. ]

I don't mind practicing with you either. I think it's great that you don't want to let your god down! What name should I give to Izumo when he asks who's going to contact him?

[ Since... shinki and all. She wants to let him have a choice what name she gives. Some people have really taken to their vessel name or god name, after all. ]

[cloak]

That's how partners work, isn't it?

[And in that case, he's doing what he ought to do. So he thinks, at least, though he doesn't know much about how everything works just yet]

My name's Roxas.

[Which does and doesn't feel right, in a way he can't quite understand, much like the sight of his own face]

lmao I genuinely wasn't sure he'd tell her

[pure_radiantics]

[ Kairi's jaw drops.

But he's a shinki. So she does know better than to keep talking about anything significant now. The mere fact that he's got the outfit buttoned up so tight strikes her as odd, and something that she's sure he won't be able to explain either. Because again, shinki. ]

That's an interesting name. There's not many of us with only one name that we can remember.

[ She fidgets a bit, scrolling until she can find his name in the listing of phones that can be contacted through the Far Shore's phones. Sure enough, there's a Roxas. ]

And you're right - that's how partners work. Maybe one day our gods will even team up on a prayer and we can be partners of a sort too.

[ That's how she tries to transition it and force a smile. Because right now she needs to leave for fear of saying more. The magic, for one thing, makes a lot more sense now. ]

monad's system always called him roxas, and he was the only kh...so he's always gone by the name

[cloak]

Really? Ain and Add just have one name, too...

[He thinks. He's pretty sure, although it didn't occur to him to ask if people had more than one name. Other than vessel names, anyway. Surely that isn't what she's referring to, or she would have called it that]

But if gods do that, I guess they might.

[He has no idea whether Add tends to work with other gods or not]

Makes sense

[pure_radiantics]

[ She chuckles a little, embarrassed that he called her out so easily, but uses that to cover as best she can too. ]

Ah... you know, you're right! That's a funny coincidence. When I arrived here, maybe it was different than it is now.

[ She rubs at one shoulder then, considering what she can say or do... but realizes she may have to just spend more time away from him to think about it. ]

It's true, gods can do that no problem. I'll make sure to mention it to Hajime. Is... Is there anything else I can help you out with today? I should probably go check in with Hajime and meet other new shinki is all.