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thenearshore2018-12-17 12:27 am
godsoffortune) wrote in thenearshore2018-12-17 12:27 am
Entry tags:
- !intro log,
- chikusa kakimoto | katekyo hitman reborn,
- chris yukine | senki zesshou symphogear,
- ebisu | noragami,
- garry | ib,
- ginia | original character,
- hibiki shikyoin | pripara,
- joscelin fitzthomas | oc,
- keith | voltron,
- minako aino | sailor moon,
- noctis lucis caelum | final fantasy xv,
- rita mordio | tales of vesperia,
- takashi shirogane | voltron,
- tsubasa kazanari | senki zesshou symphog,
- wei shen | guardian,
- wendy | kuroshitsuji,
- ω emizel | disgaea 4,
- ω hat kid | a hat in time,
- ω hong zhu | guardian,
- ω jen scotts | power rangers time force,
- ω pidge gunderson | voltron,
- ω roxas | kingdom hearts,
- ω ruler (jeanne d'arc) | fgo,
- ω yunlan zhao | guardian,
- ω yusaku fujiki | yu-gi-oh! vrains
December Training
Who: Everyone
What: Information and Training
When: March 8, 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 midafternoon, once 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: March 8, 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 midafternoon, once 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, which are spreading out even further with the onset of Spring. Strangely, there are many fewer flowering trees than might be expected.
Shinki Training
- A well-appointed dojo has been prepared for newcomers to practice the 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 what look like old clothes and sheets rescued from the rag pile and hung from trees or stuffed with straw to serve as targets. Some of the children are trapping their straw-stuffed targets by dancing in circles around them, hands held as they sing the Kagome song; others are using cutting borderlines to bring sheets fluttering down.
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 interact with one of them or if you have any questions about handwaving an interaction.
Physical Training
- The cherry blossoms that had begun to bloom across the Meeting Hall grounds seem to have experienced a mysterious mishap. Buds and half-opened blossoms alike have rained down from the branches, carpeting the fresh spring grass below with soggy brown and black rot. Several gardener shinki, with their sleeves tied back and sensible heavy aprons to protect their white uniforms, are raking up the fallen blossoms and trying to coax the trees back to health with powders and straw wraps to protect the trees' trunks from nightly chill. They need help: climb the trees and sprinkle the knots along the branches with invigorating powders to encourage fresh buds, or help the gardeners hold the straw in place around the tree trunks while it's wrapped with cloth, or just help rake up the dead flowers.
Besides the cherry problems, the gardens are beautiful and just beginning to burst into spring bloom. Tulips, crocuses and daffodils are sprouting everywhere, and once the borderline game is done, the child shinki are quickly organizing a garden-wide game of hide-and-go-seek. Find the best hiding spot you can, and make a break for home base as soon as you're sure the seeker is too far away to catch you! But don't run into anyone on the way.
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. A fresh springtime menu is available: lightly flower-scented teas, plum wine, and a variety of little savory or sweet snacks to nibble on while waiting for dinner. Dinner turns out to be okonomiyaki: bowls with mixed batter and a plate full of tasty add-ins are brought out, and griddles at the center of the table heated to let every guest set out their own favorite add-ins, pour batter over, and make a savory pancake. It's a little tricky to flip with the tiny spatulas provided, but it should only take a few pancake disasters to get the hang of it, probably!
After eating, a few doves will flutter into the room, dropping off scrolls to certain people, and the frazzled-looking adult shinki from the earlier training session dashes to the front of the room to try to keep everyone occupied. He's reading from a handful of printouts with corporate icebreaker ideas: pin a secret card to the back of everyone's shirt and ask whoever you meet for clues to figure out what it says! Fill out a bingo card with different skills or experiences your fellow gods and shinki have! Figure out how to stack every piece of furniture in the room onto just one table... play a game where you're only allowed to reply with questions... switch tables every five minutes and see how well you can get to know the other person there before your five minutes are up. Wait, isn't that speed dating? He seems to be running out of ideas.
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 some icebreakers
- Have fun~
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We are supposed to see how well we can get to know one another within five minutes before swapping elsewhere.
[A shrug. Even she's aware this is possibly a problem when shinki are involved. That just makes this whole thing seem even more haphazard and like the shinki in charge is just throwing darts at a wall.]
For what it's worth, my name is Kazanari Tsubasa. Or for the name that has been foisted upon me here, Susanoo.
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[So, what exactly is the point of this exercise…? But anyway, she introduced herself, so he supposes he can follow suit.]
Fujiki Yusaku… or so I was told anyway.
[Whether that really is his name… well that's hard to say without any memory of it.]
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So you are a shinki.
[Which from what she's learned, is really about all he could tell her. She brings a hand to her forehead.]
The one in charge clearly did not think this activity through... Well, no matter. Have you found a god, at least?
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[Yusaku is honestly not sure of anything right now… can the people here be trusted for sure? They certainly seem to be trying to do right by him at least… but well. It's not like he can really tell her anything about himself.
As for his god, he shakes his head.]
The temple that I was supposed to find them at was deserted.
[By which he means there was no temple at all… but well, for all he knows the empty field could have been a temple.]
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She is a bit surprised at that revelation, however.]
So gods can simply... vanish?
[She asks it into the air, knowing that neither of them can really answer it.] Two friends of mine here - Yukine Chris and Elfnein - have had experiences of "returning" to our world and moving forward in time until arriving back here, but that sounds a lot more... definitive.
[She frowns.]
Do you... have any idea what you will be doing, then?
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Seems like they can, at least. If you want to know for sure, you should ask someone who's been here longer though.
[Because the five hot minutes that Yusaku has spent here so far are certainly not enough to be able to tell her anything.
As for what he'll be doing… he shrugs again.]
I'll try to find another god, I guess?
[Though how… he has no idea, really. Truthfully, he is a little lost here.]
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[Her brow furrows in thought.] Still, that is not right... Does an unnamed shinki even have somewhere to stay?
[She shakes her head.] That would not do. I am certain my temple would have enough room, if you want somewhere to stay. At the very least.
I do not mean to be further presumptuous than that, mind you - but I would hate to see someone have nowhere to go.
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[Probably. Somehow. Yusaku is fairly confident in his survival skills, even if he can't be certain he has any in first place.]
I don't want to cause any trouble for anyone.
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[She shakes her head.] It is not exactly as if my temple is very crowded. It would hardly be trouble.
[Honestly, it might be more trouble for Yusaku than her, as much of a slob as she is. Not what one expects from a seemingly high class idol, really.]
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Finally he makes a decision.]
All right… if you are sure that I won't trouble you.
[Better to stay with someone else until he has at least some grasp of what he can or can't do. And how to defend himself against those ayakashi things.]
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Not at all. It would bother me a lot more if I knew someone didn't have somewhere to go, right away.
If only for a little while - I will let you decide what you want to do from there. But, the offer is there, all the same.
[Tsubasa knows it may seem like a sudden offer, but it feels natural to her. Or maybe she's just so used to her organization taking in wayward people that it comes naturally.
She smiles lightly.] At the very least, I'd like to make sure you can do what you wish, as far as this place will let us.
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…You are a pretty good person, aren't you?
[And that's what helps him make his decision for good.]
Thank you. I accept your offer.
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[She smiles a bit wider.] But! Good.
Perhaps we will be able to find you a god that suits you in the process, as well.
[Because she's not presumptuous enough to just throw that offer out there.
The heavens may have sent Rita Mordio to her, but she still wasn't about to commit to it until it was Rita's choice.
She'd have a hard time approaching such things any other way.]
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[Which only makes Yusaku so much more sure in his assessment. Tsubasa is someone that he can stay with for the time's being.]
Maybe. I would hope so, at least. Though, it might take a while until I'm of use to anyone else.
[Considering that he has no combat skills at all…]
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[She gives a small shrug.] Even if you can't remember, you could also always be taught, yes?
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[On top of that, he needs to learn the spells… and a little fighting, probably.]
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[Her head tilts to one side.] I don't know as much about things here, but you aren't the only one learning.
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…Well, I do have these weird calluses.
[He shows her the tips of his fingers… he really can't say why anyone would have calluses like that… they definitely don't seem to be from writing anything, at least, so he probably wasn't a writer before his loss of memory.]
And I was doing pretty well with the throwing stars that Chris had me try earlier.
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See? That is something. Your memory might not be there, but perhaps intuition and instinct could still remain? That's perhaps one way of considering it.
[She muses.] There are a couple of things that could lead to. Music, combat... There are various avenues you could pursue there.
[certainly not vigorous card gaming]