thenearshore | May Training

[Honestly, Leo can be found pretty much everywhere today. It is his temple, after all.]

Pair Ups

[Leo honestly has no interest in staying outside if he can help it (the sun's getting to that point where he's worried he's going to start getting a sunburn) but he's hosting so he'll deal. He just may chose to deal by camping out in one of his lawn chairs with a parasol up. Just in case.

Of course, he's only there if he doesn't see anyone who might need his help. Otherwise he walks around the training grounds, keeping an eye out for anyone who looks like they may be struggling. You're free to approach him directly, of course!

Or maybe he spots you and comes over.]

If you want something a little more solid and random, you could spar against my magic.

Tactics

[Yeah, Leo's not gonna lie: he set this bit up entirely as a self-indulgent something. There is more to fighting well together than just beating people up, after all, and he's always been more a fan of magic and tactics than brute force.

So come and play him at chess! Or have him resist the urge to smirk at your failure to beat his battles. Or beat his battles and have him go up to the screen all confused because how?

Or laugh at him as he fails the damn cooking game time after time. Take your pick.]

Wildcard

[Ask Leo questions! Harass him about introducing himself as a de Borel! Get into trouble going places he told you not to, dammit!]

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Basic/Shinki Information

[ If you want to grab Kairi for a question between Leo's introduction and Kairi's speech, while they're moving through the temple, after Kairi's speech, or as they're heading out to the temple yard, by all means! It's her new home, so she's definitely capable of walking and talking at the same time. ]

Physical Training

[ Kairi assumes that she's taking the lead on this bit. Leo's offer to watch people practice is a great one, but for the more individualized portions, well... that's not really going to be their temple's priority, but it doesn't mean she wants to completely ignore it as an option either. ]

Anyone want to jog around the temple together? Or - raise your hand if you're looking for a sparring partner! I'll help you pair up before we go jogging!

Pair Ups

[ As she said earlier, she's open for being approached by any shinki who would like advice on how to get along better with their god, or who might need a new partner entirely - god or shinki.

In particular, she'll be looking for any gods who don't have shinki at all right now. Her bro needs a good, solid recommendation for a new god after all! She loves Raichi to bits, but boy does he have terrible luck. ]

Battle Tactics

[ She hovers around those playing the games... because she really does want to play them. But she already did, after all! Enough to test them out before recommending them to Leo. Her first temple loved video games, so she'd got her start back then. While Leo focuses on the Tactical side of things, Kairi's just trying to focus on everyone enjoying themselves - or at least getting a solid start! ]

Hey there! Do you need any tips or instructions on how this game is played?

[ Maybe you're someone who she knows isn't even familiar with video games at all! ]

... Maybe I can play a practice round with you, if you'd like? To get the button patterns down?

[ hifumi is so much more into shogi, but chess is quite similar, and it's not like she hasn't played it before. when she sees leo near one of the chess sets, hifumi approaches and gives him a small smile.

unassuming, right? ]

Hello. [ a small bow. ] Um...would you care for a match?

[Leo looks up from his e-reader and smiles, setting the tablet aside.]

Why not? Have you played before?

Basic Information

Nesir stands silently during the introduction, still taking everything in. It's been a very strange hour, waking up dead in this strange place and being brought to this temple. The man on the dias in front of them doesn't look very godly, but nothing actually comes to mind about what 'godly' looks like.

She pays attention during the lecture though the frown remains on her face. Gods, shinki, ayakashi, sleeping sickness. Information happens quickly and Nesir takes it all in as best she can, discipline ingrained in her forcing her focus rather than her eyes and mind wandering.

She was dressed in leather armour, the dagger she had arrived holding was in her belt now. Her hair was technically in a braid, though it was such a mess the ribbon was merely a formality at this point, not holding her hair in check at all. Her right hand, which her eyes did go back to every so often, was missing to of it's fingers.

Nesir has no idea what any of that means about herself. Everything is blank except her names.

Shinki Information

She listens to the, far too cheerful, girl as she spoke of bonds and friendship. She fought the urge to roll her eyes but took a pamphlet when one was offered and found a space away from the crowd to read it, back against a wall.

It's a lot of information, she's a weapon. That's... Fine. She can cast spells and do something called a borderline. She assumes a phone is the weird thing she was handed on arrival.

She gets that out now and studies it, turning it every which way, trying to see if it will pry open. She startles slightly as the screen switches on but quickly recovers. What? What is it?

Physical Training

Physical training was definitely more familiar ground than weird light slabs it turns out. She finds one of the training dummies and begins. She quickly figures out that she knows what she is doing. Fighting comes naturally to her, even if she has no idea how or why she knows such things.

Dummies are one thing but a true test of skill is against others so she approaches the sparing ring, watching the others for a moment, judging their threat.

Eventually she might approach someone. "Looking for a partner?"

Battle Tactics

Chess she understands. At least she gets the basic gist after watching a game. You move the pieces, kill your opponents pieces and try and capture their queen. A game of tactics. She watches for a while and though she doesn't volunteer herself for a game, she wouldn't be averse to trying if anyone asked her to play.

The video games however are a whole different thing. What? Moving images on glass, people controlling figures using other boxes with buttons. The figures are moving fast and she spends a moment just staring at the screen in confusion.

Shinki Training

This was really fun! Romeo had been excited to hear that the training this week was somewhere different! It was nice of mister Leo to let everyone come to his temple to learn things! He listened to Kairi's speech and though he had heard very similar things before it was nice to see Kairi talking to everyone and helping them!

He bounces around looking for anyone who seems new, confused or he just doesn't know. He has some bags that he and Garry had made, to help new people and make them feel welcome!

He's also looking for people to practice with. "Hi! Do you know spells? Can I practice bind on you?"

If he knows someone and their shinki names and is absolutely certain they won't get mad they might get a sneak attack Bind spell coming at them from this tiny shinki.

Physical Training

Romeo is practising with his spear again. He is getting better and he is specifically working on keeping his attention on all his surroundings so he can't be attacked from behind!

When he gets tired of practicing on the dummy he goes to watch the sparing. He's not sure he will be able to fight against all the grown ups yet, but he definitely wants to try.

Battle Tactics

Oh this looks really fun! Romeo is sat at an empty chess board poking the pieces around. He has no idea how to play but it looks like a really good game. He looks around for a friendly face, or just a face really and waves excitedly. "Do you want to play?"

He can also be found at the video games, all of these look tricky but fun and are a good way to practice team work!

Suzaku hadn't known Leo was a prince, it seems the heavens are full of gods who were once royalty, worrying perhaps for the lands they left behind that would no be without their rulers.

Suzaku had come to training as he often did. Leo and Kairi had done a good job of setting all of this. Suzaku was practicing against of the training dummies when Leo asked if he would like to spar.

"That would be interesting sir."

A spar against magic.

Kairi's whole... Everything annoyed Nesir. Her cheer, her friendliness her speech on friendship. But it seemed she was in charge here, at least of the shinki, she seemed to know a lot and was the one who wrote the pamphlet. Probably a good person to know.

"I'll jog with you."

People with information were worth knowing. People in posotions of power were worth getting to know. Information was key. All these things came to her though how she knew it and why was beyond her.

Spar against your magic, huh?

[Edge isn't quite certain how one can do that -- especially since holding back magic from doing harm is a lot harder than stopping a sword. Flames and lightning don't have flats to strike with, after all! But he's curious, and has Borderlines to stop the worst from getting through...]

Sure, I'm in! How's this work?

[Kairi gets a real smile as she approaches. That little part in her speech had been nice, and helped put away the sting of 'working with your god' and all those things he'd never done in... almost a year now. But at her question, his smile turns a bit impish.]

No offense, but I'll destroy you if you try to play against me.

Leo nods, pulling out his tome. "We can do this one of two ways. I can simply attack you with magic, or you can attempt to hit Brynhildr's trees before the vanish."

Two ways: I can just attack you with Brynhildr's magic or you try to get hits on the trees it summons before they vanish.

If Nesir thinks that Leo doesn't look much like a god should look, then she might not find her own god very 'godly' either. If she doesn't, it's more than fine with him, since he doesn't look much like royalty either much of the time, and doesn't really like being a god.

As it is, he's wandered in to this training session looking like he might be ready for combat--at least from the waist down, with cargo shorts, boots...and a bright green t-shirt. He's not a mingle-type person usually, so he makes a beeline for Nesir as soon as he spots her. He doesn't know who she is, but he's seen her death and knows pretty well what that means by now.

"Never seen a phone before?"

His tone is more teasing than mocking, but he's definitely poking fun at her in some fashion.

Battle Tactics

[Little surprise, of course, that Dust can be found here. For the moment, he trains on his own. Time in the Far Shore and lots of practice have given him a good knack for using a staff as a weapon, and observers need a keen eye or experience to see the hitches and flaws in his technique as he spins it around, thrusts and parries, then twists to quickly reposition himself.]

[He'd all up for sparring, though, and keeps an eye out for people looking for a chance.]

Tactics Ogre

[Perhaps more surprising is Dust taking up position behind the controller of a video game. The tactics one, of course; he doesn't know the first thing about running a restaurant. While he waits for an opponent, he spends his time taking careful note of the units and actions available to him, moving through menus with a fluency that speaks of SOMEONE having thoroughly introduced him to the medium before...]

VIDYA GAMES

'Turn it this way!' 'Number 66!' 'Don't touch the red wire!'

[A gaggle of minions read instructions furiously off their screen, while another one desperately struggles to bop it, twist it, shake it, anything that will keep the bomb from exploding. The timer is ticking down, though, pushing them all to frantic mistakes -- and then a sharp buzz as the manipulating minion touches the wrong button, and sets off the alarm.]

[A moment later, the minions all explode as well, leaving behind charred and ashen silhouettes of themselves. Hey, Zetta figures that only real pain will inspire them to learn!]

[But a moment later, they shake it off, then dive back into another game. Whatever they're learning, operant conditioning is clearly not the force teaching them.]

[Nearby, three Prinnies have pooled their creativity and willpower to fire up a restaurant. It isn't doing so well, mostly because said Prinnies cook fishes dishes for every order no matter what the ticket says. But though they grumble about a lack of realism, they press on nonetheless!]

[And at the third game station sits the Overlord himself, a minion at the controls and following his orders. The smug book looks at those who approach, practically daring anyone to take him. Despite his ego, well... he IS an Overlord...]

Nesir looked up eyes suspicious as she took in the man who had approached her. He was wearing strange clothes but then again all the clothes here were strange. It's not like she has anything to compare it to past the tunic and armour she is wearing. She frowns at the teasing but answers honestly.

"No. Unless that's another memory they decided to steal from me."

Who 'they' are she has no idea. But she knows she doesn't like the idea of anything being taken from her even if she can't remember it. And she doesn't like being mocked for ignorence that might not be her fault to begin with.

Hitting things is too easy. [Ninjutsu has a virtue of being swift and broad in its effects, after all. He's confident no target can escape him easily. But the other prospect...]

[Edge spins his swords in his hands to sheath them.] I could use some practice on defense though!

Everyone says that, and everyone is always proven wrong...but alright. Magic. Think fast.

[Yeah, he's just goinig to chuck a small ball of smoky gravity magic at you without much warning.]

Choices, Suzaku had seen Leo's magic in action in Hell, he was powerful. So we're the gods of the cult, in the compound Suzaku had been incapacitated quickly because of magic. He needs to learn how to fight against it better.

"Against your magic, if that is alright with you, sir."

The god hosting training exercises today had been an ally of Ayumu's commander. When she'd heard that he was to be hosting, she'd come to pay her respects. Of course, she'd also been curious to see who might show up.

Sure enough, she spots a woman she's never seen. Despite that there's a familiar look to her, it's clear from her armor and the dagger tucked into her belt that she's a fighter of some sort. When a person has lived in close proximity with warriors as long as Ayumu as, the differences between them

But even more familiar than that, in a much more personal way, is her obvious bewilderment at the video games being played. Ayumu has certainly come a long way since the first time she set eyes on a holographic display at Sheryl's temple and wondered if it was magic. So she approaches the woman, speaking in a casual, friendly tone.

"Somehow the screen reads the information they're putting in with those." She pauses, pointing to one of the controllers. "I've never been able to understand how it works either."

Perhaps this might come as a surprise, considering Ayumu's wearing the same modern clothes as everyone else. Right now, she's dressed in a pair of denim jeans, a short-sleeved tee, athletic shoes, with her hair pulled back into a ponytail.

[As interesting as all of this, Ayumu's mostly here to pay respects to the host. He'd been a valuably ally to her commander once, after all. She'd always meant to get to know Leo better but something just seemed to always come up. Now that she has another chance, Ayumu intends to do just that.

She approaches him in the section devoted to tactical games, watching all of the proceedings with great interest. Ayumu had played go matches against Hijikata on occasion, enjoying the opportunity to test her wits against one of the best tactical minds she's ever own. As for how she fared - well, that's a secret between the kunoichi and her commander.

Ayumu looks cheerful and relaxed enough, giving Leo the same friendly smile she used to give the fighting men back home.]

Hello. This is a lovely gathering you've put together. I'm sorry to hear about your husband. Hopefully, he'll be back on his feet before long.

[She glances curiously to whatever game Leo happens to be seated at. After all, she's not familiar with either chess or any of the video games being played.]

What's this game called? How's it played?

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"The screen? That's the word for the picture glass?" Nesir had turned the moment she was approached, taking in the woman with a quick look. She was dressed l ike most people though that T Shirt... A painting on clothing? Who would wear such a thing? Surely someone who didn't expect to get their clothes dirty or torn.

"Did you forget everything too?" Another one of those... Shinki. Nesir isn't sure why she understands some things, she can name every weapon in the training area. But other things like these screens were alien and strange.

"How can glass read? Is it a form of magic?" A realm of gods. It should maybe not be so surprising that it held such wonders.

[Tamaki is definitely interested in the exciting new things offered up at today's training, and while chess doesn't interest him, like... at all, the video games sure do. And with all of them being co-op games, he'll need to find someone to play with...

A kid hanging around the area should do just fine for a partner.]

Did you want to try one of these?

That's a fair enough response. He's not going to keep up the teasing, because the answer is clearly 'yes' and he's not the kind of person to antagonize someone he's supposed to get to know and work with.

"Doubt it. You'd know how to use a phone if you've seen one before."

From what he could tell, memories of who the shinki were, what their pasts were like, those were the memories taken. He's not going to say that, of course, but instead steer the subject away from not remembering things.

"Has anyone told you what god you've been assigned to yet?"

"Of course."

That's the only warning Suzaku will get before Leo flings a ball of dark gravity magic at him. It won't hurt him or anything, should it hit, but it will be annoying.

May Training

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Kairi | OTA | Co-Host

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