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November Training
Who: Everyone
What: Information and Training
When: February 21st, 2017
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 brought into small one-on-one meeting rooms as they appear, with a white-robed shinki offering them an explanation of their current role, the name of the god they will represent or the god they will serve, and directions to the temple that will be their new home.
They are cordially invited to a training session beginning in early afternoon, after they've had the chance to return to their homes, meet their new partners, and have their questions answered.
Morning/On the Road
Shinki Training
Physical Training
Rest and Refreshments
In Summary:
What: Information and Training
When: February 21st, 2017
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 brought into small one-on-one meeting rooms as they appear, with a white-robed shinki offering them an explanation of their current role, the name of the god they will represent or the god they will serve, and directions to the temple that will be their new home.
They are cordially invited to a training session beginning in early afternoon, after they've had the chance to return to their homes, meet their new partners, and have their questions answered.
Morning/On the Road
- New gods and shinki are being packed off to their new temples for the morning to settle in and meet their partners -- this is also a good time to visit with new neighbors or explore the area! What does your new temple look like? Are you headed straight there, or taking the scenic route to get a better sense of your new surroundings? The Western District is still scarred from the aftereffects of a recent volcanic eruption and earthquake, with fissures in some of the roads and burn scars in the wild landscape. The volcanic ash, though, seems to be serving as fertilizer for vast swaths of unfamiliar and colorful wildflowers that line the roads despite the fact that the weather is late-February chilly.
Shinki Training
- A well-appointed dojo has been prepared for newcomers to practice their physical or magical arts. Outside, there are two impromptu target practice areas: one is for long-range weapons, with targets set up against hay bales at the other side of a wide, grassy area and a line drawn for the weapons' wielders to stand behind. The other is for borderlines, and a number of young children wearing short coats marked with Amaterasu's golden chrysanthemum on white are dashing around practicing their own borderlines against scary paper masks tied onto bushes or other haybales. The game seems to require a cutting borderline that will cut the mask without damaging the gardeners' hard work on the bushes.
Inside the dojo, there's room for several pairs to spar, and weapons are set up all along one wall, everything from polearms to rifles, chakrams to broadswords. They're all meant for practice, with edges dulled or padded to avoid any accidental deaths, but sparring partners will still have to be careful to avoid injury. Although there are many fewer white-robed shinki here than usual, except for the children, there is one adult shinki keeping an eye on things inside the dojo and one keeping an eye on things in the yard. They are willing to answer questions, help with borderlines or teach shinki new spells on request. Comment to the NPC REQUEST form to request a thread with one of them or if you have questions about handwaving an interaction.
Physical Training
- The last vestiges of winter have melted away from most of the Heavens, but one section of the Meeting Hall grounds appears not to have gotten the message. Snow is piled waist or even shoulder high, the trees and bushes show no sign of fresh leaves, and an ornamental pool is frozen as hard as a rock, with the drifting shadows of koi barely visible under the thick ice. It's the perfect opportunity to play in the snow, and many of the shinki children are already taking advantage of it, sliding on the ice or throwing snowballs.
For those who brave the heavy snow, they may discover an an old woman in the center of the frozen area. She's wearing heavy white makeup and a straw coat, and humming cheerfully as she pounds rice into mochi. Anyone who finds her will be offered freshly made mochi and a cup of warm sake to fortify them for the snowball fights!
Rest and Refreshments
- Gods and shinki who are finished with their training can step into a large room in the Meeting Hall that has been set up with comfortable cushions and low tables. Tea, liquor and a wide variety of savory dishes are available, with the drinks already set out on the tables and the savory dishes set up in chafing dishes on a buffet table along one wall. Guests can help themselves, settle in, chat, and make new friends. There's even a dessert table, well-stocked with plenty of chocolate, most of which seems to be mysteriously heart-shaped.
After eating, there are a variety of board and card games available for guests to play. From classic games like shogi, go and mahjong to more modern ones like Trivial Pursuit or Pictionary -- or Cards Against Humanity -- there's something for everyone.
In Summary:
- Get all the information you can handle
- Veteran new gods and shinki are welcome to volunteer showing the ropes
- Practice sparring or shinki magic
- Enjoy a buffet dinner and party games
- Have fun~
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Cats were much better than snakes or tortoises. Definitely better than dogs. Da Qing was happy to be named such. He was even more sure that his vessel form would be a great one, very capable of destroying ayakashi.
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"Do you want me to test out the name and see what your vessel is like?"
There was no ayakashi around, so there was no immediate need to test it out, unlike the moment with Yunlan. Still Shen Wei wondered. He may end up with a whole arsenal of weapon-type shinki at this rate.
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"How does it work? Do I have to do anything?"
Hopefully nothing too strenuous. Once was alright, for fun, but if this was to be a frequent thing... Da Qing would rather it not be too tiring.
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And he would have to prepare himself. Shen Wei knew that his decision to take down Ye Zun may end up with a few other casualties, but he didn't expect that he would end up with them here. Naming Zhao Yunlan had him seeing and feeling his death, and he now knew that the same will happen when he named Da Qing. It was a death he knew about, which would make this so much harder to face. At least with Yunlan he had a faint hope that he died an old man.
"My name is Xuanwu. Grasping thy true name, I bind thee here. With borrowed name, I dub thee my servant. The name answers, the vessel to sound. I call thee as my divine instrument. The name, Da Qing. The vessel, Neko. Come, Miyouki!
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It's a batle that technically Shen Wei had been part of, but never witnessed. Zhao is on the floor, as is Guo. Hong, Chu and Da Qing are fighting Ye Zun. Da Qing dives on top of Zhao as energy is flung towards him, shielding him. The moment Ye Zun is distracted, fighting with Hong and Chu once more, Da Qing moves and cradles Yunlan in his arms.
"Old Zhao..." The battle is fierce. Zhao opens his eyes.
"What's happening?" Da Qing looks towards the fight, it is clear that Hong and Chu are losing. Ye Zun is too powerful. Da Qing is frowning but then looks resolved. He reaches into his pocket to draw out a needle. As he is moving to use it Zhao wrestles it off him, overpowering him easily and stabs it into his chest.
"Old Zhao!" Da Qing sounds horrified, "You will die!"
Zhao just looks grimly determined. "Maybe I've been waiting for today." His eyes close and there are shouts from the battle as both Hong and Chu are flung across the room. Da Qing's mouth twists into a snarl, he lays Zhao down and launches himself at Ye Zun. The fight is brief, Da Qing fighting with claws, Ye Zun grabbing his arm and twisting it before tossing him aside. He flies into one of the many statues in the palace with a sickening thud and crumples to the ground, still.
When Shen Wei comes back to awareness it is to a tiger claw on his hand and Da Qing's voice in his head. "Miyouki? That doesn't found very fitting.
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Was it worth it? To stop Ye Zun and restore light to the Dixing realm?
He couldn't apologize to Da Qing or Zhao Yunlan. All he could do is make sure that they were safe.
"It's a formal name for cat," he said, loosening his fingers and examined the weapons now on his hands. A ghost of a smile appeared and he quickly shifted to his full Black-Cloaked Envoy form and then back.
"Which seems like a fitting name."
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"A formal name for a cat? That's fitting for claws." He liked them, they would be a good weapon. "I can feel your hand. It feels strange."
Very strange to be a object. His god changed forms again, he could change clothes at will it seemed, which was useful. Da Qing supposed.
"Do you like it?"
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He flexed his hands again, feeling the weapons and their weight and wondering for a moment if he could fight like this. He never had any before; usually he had his dao or he went bare fist, but he was sure he could adapt. That was one of his specialties after all.
"It's a useful form, yes." And he smiles to himself about how much Da Qing seems to enjoy the way he's been treated so far.
We'll train with this later on. Right now, it's easier to talk with you in your human form. So Da Qing, return."
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"So when we fight ayakashi you call me into that form and then the weapon can defeat them. But ordinary weapons don't work?" He will get through the rest of the pamphlet eventually, there's a lot to take in.
"Do these ayakashi show up a lot?"
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He let go of the warrior clothing and was back in his Professor persona as he took a seat on the couch. He wasn't sure what else he should be telling Da Qing or anything, though he was sure that Da Qing would soon get a feel for the place and be all over just like the cat that he was.
"You'll be my main shinki. Yeye can handle taking care of the building and gathering together matters we need addressing, but he is otherwise not complete enough to work with me. Then there's my boyfriend. He's a little special."
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It was only right and proper that he was Shen Wei's main shinki and so he nodded, satisfied.
"I imagine he is for you to have chosen him. Have you been together for a long time?"
Da Qing had only just arrived but he had no idea how long his god had been here, never mind his boyfriend of his.
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The pamphlets only went so far in explaining the various magics that the shinki and the gods can be exposed to. There were a ton of books on the subjects in the library, but books didn't cover some of the more practical pointers a person could get from others.
"Have we?"
Shen Wei paused as he felt that tightness in his chest, remembering the long wait for Zhao Yunlan followed by the short time of them together before everything else happened. He reached up to grasp the pendant before remembering that it was gone.
"No. I met him shortly after I came here so it's only been about a month."
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A new relationship then. Da Qing smiled. "You haven't been here too long then? You must like him a lot to be so close so quickly."
Shem Wei seems kind, has made him welcome and gave him fish. But he also seems stern and Da Qing tries to imagine the sort of person he would like.
Probably disciplined, perhaps scholarly. Quiet.
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Shen Wei nodded and finish his snack before tidying up the tea things.
"I'm not sure why I like him sometimes. He is such a flirt and can be reckless, but I do like the way his eyes light up when I start talking about science to him."
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"Are you a god of science as well as magic then?"
It seemed a slightly odd combination. Da Qing stood up and began helping clear up the tea things, stacking everything carefully.
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"Me? Oh no, when I was living I taught Bio-engineering at Dragon City University."
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