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

[sageprincess]

[Zelda blinks as a voice from above her chimes out, though fortunately any embarrassment she might have felt at her failure being witnessed is assuaged by the lack of judgement in it.]

I am well aware of the importance of practice, but... thank you for the kind words regardless.

[Something else about him has caught her interest now, however.]

That is quite the transformation you possess, if you do not mind me saying.

[purr_ince]

You just looked kind of discouraged is all.

[Adrien smiles and slips his hand into the pocket of his jeans, there's Plagg hovering at his shoulder.]

I can't take full credit for it but I certainly don't mind you saying so. Have you met many people with magic like that then?

[sageprincess]

... Perhaps I was, a little. I did know someone once who could pick up various kinds of weaponry very quickly.

[But that's all she's going to say about that, and she shakes her head as if to clear it of foolish thoughts. Her eyes drift to Plagg briefly, assuming the tiny creature must have something to do with the transformation, if Adrien "can't take full credit for it."]

The Shadow Folk of my country are said to possess powerful illusion magic-- the strongest of them able to render an entire room invisible unless one possesses an object that can counter it. But more pertinently, it is said that some of them can change their appearance in the blink of an eye if they so wish it.

[She's not willing to reveal she knows of that magic as well just yet, either, but speaking of it as though she is a third party shouldn't do any harm, she thinks. Especially if this boy is truly as kind as his first impression implies.]

[purr_ince]

Ah. I could see where you might get annoyed. Especially if you're comparing yourself to someone else. It's not wise to do that though...

[Plagg to his credit is just peering back at her before settling on Adrien's shoulder. He's not going to interrupt their conversation but he's curious about this woman. There's something about her that's stronger than the average mortal.]

Really? [Adrien murmurs in an awed tone.] That's awesome! I can't be invisible or anything like that. I just turn into Chat like you saw there. I can see where those kinds of things can be useful. Especially for protection and stuff like that.