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

[unlucky7]

[On the other hand, you're as easy to read as book.

Oops, hiding snark is so much harder around a telepath. Her bad.]

I'll keep those suggestions in mind, thanks. What are you into?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

[Zetta will just ignore that comment! He's a straightforward guy and makes no apologies about it. Hidden depths and well-rounded personalities are for lesser demons!]

Coincidentally, stuff like I just suggested. Plus there's this one game...

[Zetta trails off.]

This is going to sound crazy, but it's all about rolling up stuff into a ball.

[unlucky7]

[It's not that it sounds crazy, but rolling stuff into a ball sounds a bit lacking.]

That's it? Just rolling stuff up? What kind of stuff?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Literally everything. You start out with thumbtacks and stuff and end up scooping up buildings and major landmarks. Also, it's thoroughly insane and ridiculous, and I say this as a book with talking, exploding penguin minions.

[unlucky7]

[It sounds fairly ridiclous, but also oddly fun. However, there's something a bit more interesting at the moment.]

The game sounds great, but hold on, exploding penguin minions?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

That's the real short version of Prinnies. They're the souls of sinners and those who led worthless lives stuffed in penguin body... suit... things. And they explode when thrown.

[unlucky7]

Define sinner. Are we talking about petty sins or serious sins?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Uh, define 'petty', but I think you'd call it mostly the latter? I mean, everyone does petty evil, but they don't necessarily end up as Prinnies.

[unlucky7]

Stealing something to prevent starving to death? Or stabbing someone because they tried to stab you first.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Nothing that would make them sympathetic, I can promise you that much! Their torment wouldn't be hilarious if it had weird moral overtones!

[unlucky7]

How about your other minions? Anything special about them or are they just constructs or run-of-the-mill damned?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Uh, they're ambient souls or at least spiritual remnants confined to objects by my mana power. It's -- it's not how we Overlords usually do these things, but we Overlords are also usually not tomes.

[Zetta sounds downright sheepish over this. Normally all bluster and bravado, answering a direct question like this makes the straits he's been reduced to in his current state feel all the more awkward.]

[unlucky7]

[Awww, Zetta. Ginia feels a small twinge of pity.]

You're not so shabby even as a book. Still blast that ayakashi in the city near out of existence. That's pretty awesome.

[Beat. Type type.]

Don't worry, I'm sure this is just a short chapter in your life.

[A small twinge of pity does not mean he's free from teasing.]

[badassfreakingoverlord]

D-damn straight! [His confident reply gets a bit thrown off by her zing, but he soldiers on through.] I'm still the most badass freaking Overlord in the entire cosmos! Book or no! A lot of people would do well to remember that!