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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2018-06-16 07:17 pm

June Training

Who: Everyone
What: Information and Training
When: December 7th
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.

Once they've had a chance to have things explained, they'll have the chance to relax and enjoy an afternoon party.




Meeting Hall


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.

    The speaker delivers her welcome speech with the intonation of someone who's practiced it many times. Newly arrived gods 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. They are allowed to remain in the room as long as they wish, should they want to discuss questions with each other or with more experienced gods who are here to help out.


Shinki Training

    Various shinki in the white-and-gold of Amaterasu's hosuehold are stationed around the dojo, passing out informational pamphlets that have been freshly printed. They will be happy to answer any questions or instruct the newcomers in the use of the borderline. They also accompany their answers, or lessons, with 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.

    The dojo is back to its old, fully functional self; a set of motionless straw targets line one wall, to be used by people practicing with any of the weapons spread out on tables or hanging in racks on the walls. Outside, six animated straw targets wait in an area marked off with red ribbons and warning signs. Anyone entering the marked area may find themselves in combat with one (or more) of the magical training dummies. Those who leave the marked area, though, won't be chased.


Physical Training

    Beyond the dojo, a scavenger hunt has been set up throughout the grounds of the Meeting Hall. Brightly colored plastic balls are hidden in shrubbery, tucked into support beams, floating among reeds in the ponds, and lurking in even cleverer hiding places. When a god or shinki gets their hand on one of them, they will burst open to reveal a hidden prize, such as candy, small toys, or accessories. How many can you find?

    As well as the scavenger hunt, the white-robed shinki are engaging in more serious physical training and will be happy to let new gods or shinki join them. Sparring matches with practice weapons from the dojo, jogging laps around the hall, sit-ups, push-ups... or, for the younger shinki, competing to see who's the fastest to climb a tree.


Rest and Refreshments

    Midafternoon, once the last of the scavenger-hunt prizes have been found, the white-robed shinki will turn their hands to clearing away the training equipment and laying out a lovely buffet table. Bright lanterns are hung from the trees, and a few shinki even take up a station on one side of the training area and begin playing shamisen, koto, wooden flute and drum. Although their instruments are traditional, their music selection ranges from some very classic Japanese tunes to others that sound surprisingly modern. The koto player can really rock!

    Old and new gods and shinki alike are welcome to circulate, socialize with their friends, partake of the buffet food and enjoy the music. There's even room for those who feel inspired to dance, and plenty of privacy offered by the extensive garden for those who would rather retreat with their new partners to have a serious conversation.




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
  • Relax at a party
  • Have fun~
myblueskies: (soo happy)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2018-06-19 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
I did! It's really shiny! [Romeo turns and grins brightly. This was so exciting!] Have you found anything yet?

[He hopes so! Finding treasure was really fun and he wants everyone to enjoy themselves!]
purr_ince: (Adrien | Are you sure?)

[personal profile] purr_ince 2018-06-19 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
Well as long as you listened to the lecture and I'll get you one of the booklets to read you know just about everything I can tell you honestly. Becoming my Shinki means you come to live with me and I'll take care of your and you'll help me fight Ayakashi. That's pretty much the long and short of it all.

[Adrien moved and he's reaching out placing a hand against Shin's neck.] Here might be a good placement for your name. Is this okay with you?
myblueskies: (ALFREDO!!!!!!)

Physical Training

[personal profile] myblueskies 2018-06-19 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
I bet they did!

[He hasn't checked the trees yet! He grins at the girl with pretty pink hair.] We should go and check!
reloves: (♥ painfully these frustrating feelings)

[personal profile] reloves 2018-06-19 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Minako only really realises what happened just now from those words - she was really into the dance, okay, who notices a toe or two then! - but as she turns around to look at who she did it to...

.. Wait, is she being insulted by a toddler?! (As if Minako is still not just a teenager herself, but sssh.) ]


Hey, is that any way to talk to your elders?!
reloves: (♥ over my shoulder)

[personal profile] reloves 2018-06-19 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ It really is only when she gets up and close with him that she manages to actually look under the hood, and.. well, she sure likes what she's seeing there. Minako freezes up for a moment, completely awestruck, and then moves the pamphlet down so quickly that the movement is almost robotical. ]

O-Of course!

[ Anything for this guy. Already. ]

Are you.. maybe an angel? [ It's hard to tell whether she's serious or that's just supposed to be a flirty line. Maybe both. ]
revolutionfalcon: (about time)

sure!

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2018-06-19 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shun is likewise taking on a few of the training dummies, though he's confident enough in his hand-to-hand and does it regularly enough that it's not what he's choosing to practice right now. Instead, he's using a naginata, taking particular advantage of the reach the weapon has that's uncharacteristic of most of the ones he chooses to use.

He runs one of the training dummies through and uses it, still stabbed on the end of the naginata, to club aside the other two before he speaks.]


You're too invested in small talk. [To Shun, the middle of training isn't really the time for greetings.]
revolutionfalcon: (you have five seconds)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2018-06-19 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not my fault you weren't paying attention. [Shun puts that very bluntly, though he also walks quietly as a matter of course, so it's not exactly easy to spot him approaching even if someone is paying attention.

At least her answer does give him one regarding why exactly she was hiding out behind the stage like that, though, and he eyes the instrument in her hands. It's not one that's particularly familiar to him - he's seen it before, but his city wasn't enormously steeped in tradition, and he's never had any specific interest in music.]


But you're obviously familiar with stringed instruments. [Shun doesn't get too specific considering he's already suspecting she might be a shinki, but stating the obvious doesn't really touch on someone's past. If she could pick it up and play it, she's familiar with the class of instrument.]
revolutionfalcon: (derisive)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2018-06-19 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shun's gaze flicks to the man speaking as he moves to pull the knives from the fallen dummies, stepping on the hand of one of them as it flails a bit. It's pretty clear Edge's praise is somewhat misguided here, since all he's getting in return is extremely open wariness from Shun.]

Why do you want to know? [He's tested it already, considering he prefers to stay moving when he fights anyway, but it's not necessarily information he's going to let slip immediately. Just because he's training in public doesn't mean he isn't going to make people do some work if they want to learn anything more about him than what he's willing to allow passing on directly.]
replicatedform: (Neutral - I am Kunihiro's masterpiece)

II

[personal profile] replicatedform 2018-06-19 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yamanbagiri is staring at Hibiki. Really staring. There's a lot, yet so few at the same time, he would say to 'her'.

Slowly, he walks over towards Hibiki. In plain sight, so she would see him and probably say something. Right? He glance at the paper trail, and then back at 'her'.
]

... Did you leave that mess?
swordofzero: <user name="evildoers"> (sweet and attentive)

[personal profile] swordofzero 2018-06-19 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Suzaku didn't stop running completely but he did slow down when he was spoken to and smiled at the young boy sorting through prizes. It seemed like he had quite a haul.

"No, I didn't." Running laps much better suited his mood today than colourful bursting prizes. Nevertheless he keeps his tone bright, not about to being down a child's mood. "It looks like you were good at it though."
swordofzero: (slight smile)

[personal profile] swordofzero 2018-06-19 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
When Suzaku had arrived a month ago it had been in a skin tight flight suit holding a loaded gun and so the only reaction the boys appearance gets is the understanding that he is probably new. He understands the clothes as some kind of prison uniform but he also thinks he saw the boy earlier during the shinki training and he's not about to pass judgement on someone for an unremembered past.

"I'm nowhere near exhaustion." He smiles politely, the sympathy is strange coming from someone he doesn't know but he takes the candy. He doesn't want to be rude by refusing.

"Have you just arrived today?"
swordofzero: (slight smile)

[personal profile] swordofzero 2018-06-19 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad, I was worried when I didn't see you earlier. [The training isn't mandatory at all but when Adrien hadn't been at the shinki training he had assumed it was because his friend had still not woken up.

He shook his head at the question.]
No one has approached me yet, but I've been told that new assignments happen around the same time new people arrive. So hopefully I have been reassigned and my new god will find me soon. [It had taken Lady Grell a little bit of time to find him after all, when he had first arrived.]
Edited 2018-06-19 13:01 (UTC)
swordofzero: (not impressed)

[personal profile] swordofzero 2018-06-19 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
My apologies. [He could be polite and train at the same time. It wasn't something he found difficult. Still, after apologising he went back to fighting silently turning to kick one of the dummies in the chest, ducking under the second one's attack and coming up to punch it in the jaw, knocking it backwards.

He's aware of Shun fighting nearby and can appreciate his effectiveness.
swordofzero: (not impressed)

Physical Training

[personal profile] swordofzero 2018-06-19 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Edge. [A pleasent greeting. Suzaku has been watching him fight. He fights differently than Suzaku, as they had discovered the first time they had sparred and it is interesting to watch, to see how he moved.]

We can spar if you wish, or I can show you how to get out of some of those holds.

[Suzaku also has energy to work off, he is still feeling strange and out of place and as far as he understands when new people arrive any shinki who no longer have gods are reassigned. Nervousness is a little too trivial to describe what he is feeling, but whatever it is he wants to be distracted from it.]
yoshinocherry: (In spite of)

[personal profile] yoshinocherry 2018-06-19 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
So far, I found this, [and here, she holds up a small, brightly colored whistle attached to a long rope that she's put around her neck for safe keeping,] and a couple of sweets [Presumably already enjoyed].

I want to try and find something my shinki might enjoy, would you like to look together? I bet the two of us can find all sorts of good treasures.
replicatedform: (Smile - Pleasant)

R&R

[personal profile] replicatedform 2018-06-19 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's the sound of someone's clapping, if only for a moment. Where did it come from?

From a swordsman in a cloak, who just lower his hands. Yamanbagiri had retreat to the side from the crowd, since he's not much of a social butterfly. But this is a pleasant surprise, at least.
]

That sounds nice.
thevanguard: attitude (089)

Shinki Training

[personal profile] thevanguard 2018-06-19 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There comes a cough that is definitely an attempt to muffle laughter from somewhere behind Joss. A moment later, a redheaded shinki in a dark beanie steps forward, subtly nudging Joss away from the shinki instructor. That's not gonna go well for anyone. ]

Don't mind him, they're all insufferable. This goes better if you just picture his face on one of the dummies and destroy that instead.

[ Speaking from experience? Definitely. ]
priforprince: (thumb)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-06-19 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yes, thanks. She never would have known.

Still, he's never been deliberately obnoxious to Hibiki, so she shan't take him to task. ]


Your greeting methods are....unique.

[ Much. ]
priforprince: (dollbiki)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-06-19 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ If Hibiki did, she won't admit to it. This must prove her innocence!

Or perhaps she has clammed up in a panic due to an overwhelming sense of guilt. Either way, she sits comfortably in her chair and stares blankly at Yamanbagiri, declining to respond. ]
darkestbefore: color happy (029)

Physical Challenge

[personal profile] darkestbefore 2018-06-19 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Look out!

[ It's the falling object that had caught Yona's attention more than the action that had caused it, and it's sheer instinct that has her reaching out as she does. A rush of determination and Nia might feel the faintest rumble under her feet before...

Nothing. No crashing ball. No cry of injury.

....Mostly because now there is large fist made out of what looks to be rock hovering in midair, having caught the ball before it could crash into anyone.

The red-headed goddess still hurries in that direction to make sure she'd gotten there in time. ]


Are you alright? You're not hurt, are you?
sassywelshcatgirl: (snarl)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-06-19 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
That was my fault for not being prepared... I'm stronger than this, y'know. Much, much stronger.

[No more joking around. Nia slashes a line in front of her, bringing up another solid wall. This time, though, she adopts an odd posture -- bringing one hand up, fingers spread, with the other behind it like support, as if she's going to push back against whatever assault comes her way.]

Again. All-out. I'm not going to let it go so easily this time.
welcome_home: (045)

B

[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-06-19 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nanako's been hovering near the edge of the area where the shinki are playing music, listening avidly. There are several people who have slipped out to dance, not just Minako, but she has noticed the girl has stepped on a few toes already. And it looks like she might be caught up in the music again and maybe about to do it once more.

Which is why small fingers reach out to tug lightly on her skirt as the little girl giggles, drawing her attention back to the present before another calamity could occur. ]


The music's really pretty, isn't it?
deathmetalist: (Come at me if you think you're so tough)

[personal profile] deathmetalist 2018-06-19 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
You want to challenge me!?

[She doesn't look that much older than Yui herself.]

Just so you know, I'll be super-duper tough!! [She punches the air in a demonstration a couple times...!!]
welcome_home: (045)

Tree Climbing

[personal profile] welcome_home 2018-06-19 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nanako hadn't taken part in the race to climb the trees, because she wasn't very good at that when she couldn't reach most of the branches.

But nonetheless, she somehow is hovering in the high branches of the tree when Romeo finally reaches the top, grinning at him with a happy giggle. ]


Did you win?
replicatedform: (Surprise - You're too close)

[personal profile] replicatedform 2018-06-19 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[For a moment, he wonders why she froze. Just as he's about to ask her, he blinks. And again.]

What? An angel...?

[After blinking for a moment, he feels his cheeks growing warm and he instinctively raise a hand to his hood.]

No—I'm not an angel! What makes you think that?

[He doesn't have wings? Or... wear fancy robes?]