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Stance and Balance Practice
✿ This is generally practiced by children and soquili who are new to the group.
✿ This is the starting point for both Dance and Combat.
Basic Distraction
Distraction is classified by acting and non-acting distractions.
✿ Acting: A distraction or diversion which requires a soquili to put on a
persona, act or dance is classed as an acting distraction.
✿ Non-acting: Non-acting distraction skills are done by the use of sounds,
movement or simply kicking sand in someone's eyes (this move is obviously
a last resort).
Basic Numerical
This is used for trading and bartering when it comes to discussing a job with
a client. They have to be able to count so they can know that they're not
getting ripped off.
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Dance is used as a means of exercise, entertainment and tradition. Dances
of importance and techniques are listed below:
Kodomo Dance
✿ One of the first dances a child will learn, it's simple but it is good for
practicing balance and strengthening the legs.
Coming of Age Dance
Only performed once or twice in a lifetime of a soquili.
✿ Performed by a child and their mother ( sometimes they can perform with
their siblings, often they will start one by one, in order of which was birthed
first ).
✿ If a child is without a mother then the leader of the group (or the highest
ranking soquili present) will dance with them in place of the mother.
✿ The dance starts with the mother and ends with the child.
✿ The dance is done to show strength and coordination, there are set moves
that a soquili must learn to show that they are fully in control, there is also a
moment of freestyle if the soquili wants to impress.
✿ Without completing this a member of the herd is not considered an adult.
✿ This must be witnessed by atleast 2 soquili in the group (who are not
dancing) but is usually done in the evening before a feast.
✿ At this feast the new adult is congratulated and they are now allowed to
take on jobs.
Kabuki
Only males can perform Kabuki as it is tradition.
✿ Often they perform Kabuki to other herds or small groups of soquili for a
trade of some sort.
✿ Kabuki shows are often about folklore.
Notes on Dance Role-Plays
Dance lesson RPs are done with a random number generator (only the
student uses this, not the teacher) unless it's agreed upon that your soquili
is perfect and doesn't make mistakes.
Mistakes are okay, it's how we all learn.
These dances can be easier to plot if you cannot get all the participants you
need that's completely fine, RNG will be used for this, but it will only be
rolled once.
(Roll an even number and it's a pass. Roll and odd number and it's a fail.)
If you do want to RP then it must be by random number generator. Some
soquili will be lucky and they will pass first time, some will not be so lucky
and will have to try again, a soquili is allowed 3 attempts at this dance. If
they don't get it right they will be told to practice for another month or so
before trying again.
( 3 attempts per RP. Roll and even number it's a pass, they have completed
all the moves correctly. Roll an odd number and it's a fail, they may have
stumbled or had odd placement of the legs.)
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Character and Emotive Acting
Not all but most soquili on the job might end up being in a position where
they have to act or take on a persona which is not them so they don't get
caught or suspected, it can also be used to get close to the target or the
target's family.
Character acting involves being able to keep a story together, once you tell
your white lie you must remember it.
Foals from the herd will sometimes practice this on other foals they meet,
they may give a false name. If an adult soquili is around it's essential to not
mess up.
Soquili may also be required to observe other soquili, the way they talk, the
way they walk, their personality. Are they chatty? Are they reserved? This is
also another key to how they work.
Persuasion
All soquili in the group are taught techniques to persuade people into doing
things, this is usually used for no more than bartering and trading though.
They are also taught to recognize when someone is trying to do the same
thing or pull a "fast one" on them.
Notes on RP
You can self RP or ask the owner of another soquili if they can have their
soquili observed. You can observe up close by talking to them or from afar by
stalking them. Be creative with this, learn other soquili's story so your own
can add it to their library of personalities.
Make sure your soquili gets practice of this skill when meeting soquili they
probably won't see again. Practicing this skill ensures that your soquili can
recover from mistakes at more crucial moments.
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All soquili born into the herd or apprentice foxes (a.k.a the others) are taught
combat once they have completed basic stance and balance training.
Type of combat is broken down into the attributes of a soquili
✿ Whether they have horns / antlers / spikes or not (how to use them)
✿ Tail type and how to use them (not often used because they are not as
strong as the legs)
✿ Wing / Appendage coordination
Types of Training
✿ Close combat (close up combat techniques)
✿ Ranged combat (this is normally throwing things or using projectiles in a
strategic way and occasionally jabbing people with a pointy stick)
✿ Defense techniques
✿ Modified techniques for different soquili (taller soq, short soq, slow soq,
faster soq, etc.)
✿ Stamina / Endurance practice
✿ Agility practice
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