April Training

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone
What: Information and Training
When: November 6th
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 rear of 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 a much nicer room than the warehouse where the last set of new gods got their informational speech. It's a smaller meeting room, with tatami floors and a small dais at the front of the room where the speaker stands. 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.

Butterfly spirits are swarming the flower garden to one side of the dojo, fluttering across bright pink late-blooming cosmos. Shinki who want to practice more precise borderline aim can try using them to gently herd the butterflies one way or another, or, if their borderlines aren't quite that good yet, they can try to catch one with a net. Just be careful! It would be a shame to hurt them.

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.

The animated training dummies are missing this week, although the mundane ones are still intact on their stakes; the white-robed shinki who has previously been seen looking after them is wandering among the mundane training dummies, muttering, making notes to himself and swearing under his breath. Anyone who stares at him for too long, god or shinki, newcomer or established, is going to find him marching over and assigning them a task. Measure the air temperature in each square foot of the dojo, determine the exact height of each dummy and the location where it's most likely to be hit by opponents of different heights, hook an accelerometer to someone's sleeve while they smack a dummy around -- there seem to be hundreds of little, fiddly measurements he needs, and he's not taking no for an answer.

Rest and Refreshments

There are casks of fresh, cold water near the dojo to make sure no one gets dehydrated, and a fresh autumn-themed lunch will be served a little after noon. Rice with mushrooms, salt-grilled fish, roasted sweet potatoes and fresh fruit are on the menu; the shinki will try to accommodate any special dietary requests, and both the new arrivals and more experienced volunteers are welcome to partake.

One of the white-robed shinki has a whole pack of half-grown puppies that she seems to be trying to train. A few have mastered sitting, a few have figured out how to fetch, and all of them are young and excited enough that they're dashing off in all directions at the least provocation. Watch out! Dog incoming! Maybe she needs some help with that?

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
• Play with the dogs
• Spectate if you want
• Have fun~

Comments

[replicatedform]

► A. Physical Training... Or Not?
[He have planned on borrowing the animated dummies. But it seems like they're not available. And from the looks of the white robed shinki around, he figured he can leave them alone and find someone to spar with.

Well, that's his original plan before one of them came over and recruit him into helping out.

With a piece of paper on a clipboard in one hand, and a pen and an accelerometer in his other hand, he approach the closest person he can see.]

Hey. Are you going to use the dummies? [He holds up the accelerometer for them to see.] Can you wear this while hitting them?

► B. R&R: Puppy Problems
[It's break time and Yamanbagiri decides to sit down on the ground with his cup of water, sipping it. On the ground in front of him is a plate of food, filled with the autumn-themed food selection for lunch. All in all, a pretty typical view to see around here.

Until the puppies come over and start to sit, or lay, atop of the bottom part of his cloak spray out behind him. Yamanbagiri didn't really notice them at first.

Until they start playing around behind him, still on top of his cape.]

Eh—[He looks behind him.] ... What?

[He looks increasingly baffled by the puppies behind him, and looks like he's... stuck?

Deep down, he couldn't bring himself to remove them...]

► Wild Card
[Hit me up with your own scenarios! If you want to plot, there's my PMs and Sonica.]

A

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku has been trying to find people to help him out in measuring things himself. He has a tape measure and some paper and a pencil and is currently taking the dimensions of one of the dummies when he is approached.

If they all help each other this work is going to completed quicker.] Of course.

[A break from measuring to train a little was welcome.]

Re: A

[replicatedform]

[Yamanbagiri sees that this guy is also helping out with the measurements. Oh, this can work. They can help each other, and maybe share their results together.]

Thanks.

[He glance at the accelerometer and then back at Suzaku.]

I need to attached this to your sleeve.

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku nodded and looked at the accelerometer.] That's fine [He held out his arm so that it could be attached]

What do you need me to do?

[replicatedform]

[He attach it carefully. And gently try to move it, just to see how it holds onto the cloth. Pretty tightly, unless he loosens it.]

Just hit one of the dummies however you like. It should record your speed, and I write down the results afterwards.

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku shakes his arm, his own test to check it will stay on. But it has been designed to test movement and so it stays on well.] Okay

[It is not unlike the tests Suzaku had been helping with, speed instead if impact area. He faces the dummy and begins to punch, doing a basic practice drill. He's quite fast.]

[replicatedform]

[Yamanbagiri watches him carefully. While the device will measure the speed by itself, he's curious as a fellow fighter. Suzaku is fast.

And he's definitely look like he's experienced.]

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku finishes the series of moves he is practicing before stopping stepping back and bringing up his wrist to look at the readings and show them to the other man so he could write them down.] Do you want a few readings or will just the one do?

[replicatedform]

[Glancing at the results, Yamanbagiri quickly but neatly write it down on the paper.]

... They didn't say. But having a few more would help, I guess.

A

[ittenbari]

Huh?

[Sakon looks down at the device, then up at the guy holding it, then down at the device, then up again. His brow furrows and he scratches at his cheek like he's some little kid in a cartoon who's completely perplexed.]

But what is it?

Re: A

[replicatedform]

It's an... [What did they call it again?] ... "accelerometer". It measures how fast you're going.

[Or how he understands it after they explained it to him.]

So you'd wear it and it'll measure how fast you're... attacking.

[ittenbari]

Huh...

[It's an explanation, that's for sure, but he's not so sure how much it actually explains anything.]

But why?

[That's the part that's really escaping him here. He's only vaguely aware of the concept of speed limits, but he's pretty sure they don't have speed limits for people, so...]

[replicatedform]

[He pause and thinks for a moment. Before he shrugs.]

I don't know why. They said they want the measurements.

[How hard people are hitting the dummies? He can understand that. But how fast? He didn't get it yet.]

[ittenbari]

They?

[Sakon tips his head to the side in confusion, like a dog trying to understand human speech and failing miserably.]

They who? They didn't tell you why? Is it a secret?

[replicatedform]

[After a quick glance, he points towards the white-robed shinki with his pen. That very same shinki looks rather harried and probably dragging another unsuspecting person into helping out.]

That person. He said he want help collecting "data" for these dummies.

[ittenbari]

Data from us...for these...

[The wheels are turning, but not quickly or efficiently...]

Are they trying to make them move again?

[It's a surprisingly astute conclusion.]

They better not be...

[replicatedform]

[That's a pretty good conclusion.]

Probably? Either they're fixing them, or... make them better.

[Either of them seems plausible to him. He raise a brow at Sakon.]

You don't like that?

B

[abgrund]

[ there's someone dressed in a similar white cloak, though without a hood. ain sits some distance away, the fabric covering his broken body, though it doesn't quite hide his lower body. shadowy tendrils peek out from beneath the cloth, giving the impression of mist curling around where his feet should be.

..... maybe he should help. but he's not sure how, so he'll just stare until yaman notices him. if he does, he'll shrug and point towards the puppies. ]

Re: B

[replicatedform]

[... He sense someone's staring at him. That odd sensation of feeling someone's gaze. He looks around and blinks when he see Ain. And then the strange mist thing from under the other's cloak (... probably a god thing?).

And then follow his pointing to see the puppies.]

... Ah.

[Yamanbagiri looks more befuddled than anything. He looks at the puppies on his cloak, and then over at Ain. Looking confused and stuck.

The very embodiment of "?????".]

[abgrund]

[ the confusion is mutual, at least - he tilts his head, his hair tracing out the movement behind him with a quiet swish.

but, he supposes he should say something. ]

.................. are you tired?

[replicatedform]

[He's glad he didn't say something first. Because this is... a little embarrassing.

He shake his head.]

No, I'm not.

[A beat.]

But... I'm not sure about having these puppies on me.

[abgrund]

[ that's some sort of an answer, at least. ]

Do you want them on you?

[replicatedform]

[That's the question, isn't it?]

I don't mind, but I'd need to get up later.

[abgrund]

[ hmm, that's a different impression than he had, but... ]

Okay.

[ there's another silence, about a minute or two, before: ]

.... do you like them?

[replicatedform]

[A blink, and a brief pause. He nods.]

Yeah, I do. They're cute.

[It feels like two of them are play fighting with each other on his cloak...]