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

[chibisu]

Well, before, you would have taken the time to connect with other gods at the God Meeting... But, now we have these!

[Going through his pocket, he pulls out a phone to hold up.]

I can't say for certain how many other gods of the previous generation use this, but since you have so many varied gods in this new generation, I'm sure you would be able to find someone.

[disciprined]

And I certainly wouldn't want to trouble the old Gods if I could help it. I'm sure we have plenty of resources without that.

[First the library, then your study group, then the teacher's lounge.]

Thank you, you've been extremely helpful. Oh - may I ask your name? I'm Minami. Which I admit I prefer to Nemesis.

[chibisu]

Minami-sama, it's a pleasure to meet you.

[Yeah, that honorific is... apparently just there now.]

My name is Ebisu, God of Fortune for commerce and fishing.

[disciprined]

Just Minami, please!

[I am not a God I am Head Disciplinarian

[As if the honorific wasn't enough to get her flustered, that the child she is talking to is apparently A Pretty Big Deal Around These Parts would have more than done it. Has she perhaps been insufficiently respectful?]

God of Fortune? My apologies - I didn't mean to trouble you! Please, pay no mind to my complaints.

[chibisu]

Minami... chan?

[He is trying to be a polite boy, Minami, please! At her own sudden change of attitude, however, he blinks a few times. It's not that he's unused to his station being recognized, but...]

Wasn't I the one to approach you first?

[disciprined]

Minami-kun will be fine.

[Ground, please swallow me up. And if you could spit me back out back home, so much to the better.]

Even so, I was thoughtless. I should have addressed my concerns more formally, rather than troubling you. For that I must apologize.

[chibisu]

You admitted that you didn't know where to go, so I'll accept your apology, Minami-kun.

[His legs start to swing again.]

You haven't met many other gods of my generation, have you?

[disciprined]

None at all, I'm afraid, at least not to speak to. You would be the first.

[And hardly in a form that she had been expecting - but Mirei should know better than anybody that appearances can be entirely deceptive.]

I must thank you for your assistance, too. It's a pleasure to speak to someone who truly understands how things should work. Far too many of us are relying on educated guesswork, and that is far from reliable.

[chibisu]

Then I'm glad to have made a good first impression.

[Especially since he knows what his reputation in the rest of Heaven must be like... It's been hard for him to completely ignore.]

As a God of Fortune, I have a lot of shinki, and commerce relies on good organization. I suppose that means I'm naturally inclined to it! [Which he's never really thought of before, but he supposes it makes sense.]