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thenearshore2018-10-16 08:15 pm
godsoffortune) wrote in thenearshore2018-10-16 08:15 pm
Entry tags:
- !intro log,
- aymeric de borel | final fantasy xiv,
- chikusa kakimoto | katekyo hitman reborn,
- d2 | alive,
- ebisu | noragami,
- garry | ib,
- ginia | original character,
- hibiki shikyoin | pripara,
- izuku midoriya | my hero academia,
- katsuki bakugou | my hero academia,
- keith | voltron,
- lance | voltron,
- minako aino | sailor moon,
- obi | akagami no shirayukihime,
- romeo | romeo's blue skies,
- suzaku kururugi | code geass,
- takashi shirogane | voltron,
- wei shen | guardian,
- wendy | kuroshitsuji,
- ω agrias oaks | final fantasy tactics,
- ω data-roxas | kingdom hearts,
- ω emperor lotor | voltron,
- ω hat kid | a hat in time,
- ω hunk | voltron,
- ω ovelia atkascha |final fantasy tactics,
- ω rasu | countdown 7 days,
- ω roxas | kingdom hearts,
- ω stanley pines | gravity falls,
- ω the snatcher | a hat in time
October Training
Who: Everyone
What: Information and Training
When: February 6th, 2017
Where: Outside the Meeting Hall, the Far Shore (and optionally, the slopes of a recently erupting volcano)
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 more experienced god and shinki volunteers.
Meeting Hall
God Training
Shinki Training
Physical Training
Rest and Refreshments
In Summary:
What: Information and Training
When: February 6th, 2017
Where: Outside the Meeting Hall, the Far Shore (and optionally, the slopes of a recently erupting volcano)
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 more experienced god and shinki volunteers.
God Training
- Newly arrived gods are escorted into a small meeting room, with tatami floors and a stage 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. Paper and pens are provided to all the attendees as an unsubtle suggestion to take notes on the information they're given.
The speaker delivers her welcome speech in the monotone of someone who's practiced it far too often. Hopefully no one's feeling sleepy! She adds that gods should be cautious of anyone on the Near Shore who might ask to use their shrines to visit the Heavens, and should instruct their shinki to be cautious as well. There is at least one unrecognized god who the Heavens believe to be attacking them, and another recent incursion by an unrecognized god ended in his defeat and the extinguishing of the volcano he had caused to erupt. 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
- There are stacks of informational pamphlets sitting out on tables around the dojo. There are five or six white-robed shinki present, who will willingly answer any questions or instruct newcomers in the use of the borderline. They accompany their answers, or their 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. Each of the shinki is wearing a brightly-colored sticky name tag reading HELLO, MY NAME IS ________, and all of their names appear to end with the syllable "mei."
A variety of weapons are available in the dojo for shinki and their gods to practice with, and a row of straw targets are set up along one wall. Both Sabimei and his animated straw training dummies are absent from this training session, but standard, inanimate straw targets have been lined up outside, and a few rings are laid out on the frozen ground for friendly sparring matches. (Shinki characters who are interested in learning more about the borderlines or want to learn new shinki spells or songs may approach any of the training shinki for advice or instruction. Please remember to comment on the Shinki Spells page when your character begins to learn a new spell, excluding the borderline.)
Physical Training
- There is still clean-up left to work on from the volcano's eruption. Two tengu (one of whom characters might recognize as the hot springs' proprietor) have volunteered to help transport any gods or shinki who are willing to help clear trees, dig or wash away ash on roads and roofs, and repair damage to occupied temples. The abandoned temples that were damaged by the earthquake and volcano are being left to decay, although anyone who's curious about them could take the offer of a free ride to explore some of those abandoned and damaged buildings as well. Some might contain old books or mementos of the long-vanished owners; others have nothing left inside but dust, mold, and curious spirits.
Back at the training ground, characters who aren't helping clean up the Western district have the option of playing sparring games to test their reflexes. The white-robed shinki are organizing them into pairs in the marked circles and explaining the rules: each participant is given 10 seconds on offense to score a hit with any weapon of their choice, from bare hands to sparring weaponry to shinki magic, while their partner is only allowed to dodge or defend. After five rounds, the person with more points gets to declare a penalty for their partner: drawing on their face with a marker, ordering them to do something silly or embarrassing, making them fetch tea... it's up to the winner!
Rest and Refreshments
- After the gods' training lecture is finished, a few of the white-robed shinki bustle back in to set up craft tables and a buffet area. This time, the theme seems to be a sweet English tea: little cakes, scones, jams, cookies, tiny finger sandwiches and a vast array of chocolates are available, as well as many different teapots, with hot water dispensers and loose tea available to let everyone brew to their own tastes as they venture in to rest or talk to their new partners.
Over on the craft tables, there's all kinds of art and craft supplies available, from construction paper to calligraphy brushes, glitter to gouache. Signs on the tables encourage gods and shinki to show their appreciation for each other with a
In Summary:
- Get all the information you can handle
- Veteran new gods and shinki are welcome to volunteer showing the ropes
- Explore damaged temples or practice sparring
- Enjoy a tea and make some valentines
- Have fun~
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[ It definitely is fun, and this has been put off for long enough. They could use some time off from time to time. ]
Make sure you do. [ Nice clothes are more for wine than beer. ] That is true. She's young and impressionable but perhaps not impressionable enough to mellow her out.
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[It would have to be a work of true art to get Hibiki to pay any attention to it, let alone have the message sink in. Well, whatever. A night out won't kill Hibiki.]
Should I bring anything in particular, do you think?
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[ Or just drag Hibiki into any movie that seems good and look at her with big, pleading puppy eyes. It might work for Wendy. ]
If you have any travel games you like, you could bring those.
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[That's just begging for stuff to end up in the lost and found, at the very best end of the spectrum. Weird stuff can happen when people get drunk.]
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[What do you mean that's not how it works and would be a clusterfuck... Listen. She's never studied geography. Or history.]
And I hope it wouldn't be that complicated. I don't think the dead exactly have paperwork.
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[ How about she starts to study a few basic school subjects? Everybody could learn from some history and geography and other stuff. ]
We could get hold of fake documents to a degree, but they'll easily overlook us if we're not in a car so we won't have to deal with travel papers.
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Huh. I see. So, know how to forge papers?
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[ His past as a special operations agent has been..slightly dubious. But yes, he can fix that. ]
How old do you want yours to say you are?
[ He knows his actual age, but he's not sure she does. But even if she is as young as she looks (which he doubts, she's got the capabilities to be way more mature than that) they're dead and all that jazz. ]
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[Now she just has to figure out her own details... Wendy crosses her arms after getting another malasada. How old would she want to be? Frankly, she doesn't even know what the drinking age in Japan is, let alone the entire world. Maybe she should just go as high as she can get away with...]
Think I could lie about 30?
[She knows she can't, but, still. Maybe if she has a large hat and they don't look too close, or something.]
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Possibly; there are plenty of adults who look really young. You'll have to memorize a birthdate though, including year, and it'll probably be annoying to have people think your ID's fake. Not that it wouldn't be but still. It's not like we can get real IDs.
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[Honestly, dying young really has its drawbacks in the afterlife... And real life too, but that's behind her. All Wendy can do is focus on the present and, in the present, she's guaranteed to just stay looking like a child forever no matter how many decades pass. It's a frustrating idea, she has to say.]
I don't suppose I could just hide away somewhere, huh... Like in a bag or something.
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[ But how young. D2 is still not convinced she's an actual child. There are people who look like kids and act like it. Wendy is different from those kids. Fabry Disease or some other disease might only make her look it and he's more likely to believe that the longer he knows her. (But he knows very little about medicine and such things.) ]
Well it's not that I don't think you could but that might make drinking a bit difficult.
[ That's really the primary issue with the ID/age matter. ]
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[As long as she can get inside, then things should be fine... probably.]
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[ But he's blabbing. ]
Anyway yeah that would probably work. Still gonna get you that ID- which means we have to get a good picture of you for it, you got some time for that tomorrow?
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[Which there are a lot of. Wendy likes to expand her repertoire as much as she can when it comes to that. It's a fun thing to do, so it's not as if she minds.]
I'll dig through my closet to see what clothes I can pull out to make me look as mature as possible. It won't fool anyone, but maybe if we just obscure my face a little when showing the ID off, no one will notice.
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[ And hmm, yeah they could try that. ]
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So I'll see you later, alright? [She has to go bug the robogoats about this now.]
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Sure, have fun with your wardrobe, Wendy.