jigokufever | AUGUST 2022 TEST DRIVE

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AUGUST 2022 TEST DRIVE

1. SHUTEN TERRITORY - Muscling In

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In the aftermath of the curse crisis, the Shuten Clan forgave a bunch of protection payments in the region, and helped cover the costs for rebuilding. Unfortunately, some of the street gangs in the area are much less civically minded. They have used the Shuten's relaxed policies as an opportunity to turn their own screws on the local business owners. These unaffiliated youth gangs have been much rougher with the locals, and have been asking for even larger collection fees. This has pissed off the folks who are just trying to get their lives and businesses back on track!

Unfortunately, the opening of Sai no Kawara in the underground drew so much of the clan's focus and manpower, that the issues up top just slipped through the cracks. Until now! Toraguma is in a bad mood and is looking for people to take it out on: the youth gangs will do just fine.

Volunteers are being solicited to join the regular Shuten enforcers in driving these interlopers out of Shuten territory. The gangs are wise to the usual Shuten tactics, though, and they're prepared for a fight. They are also appealing to the influx of Lost Souls: they act as though they're the victims of the factions' power struggles! They propose that taking up arms against the Shuten Clan will win them favor with the other groups in the city. (It will look less good with the Shuten Clan, should you be assigned to them.)

Fight with the Shutens, or with the gangs. Either way, a fight is coming.

2. TAMAMO TERRITORY - Throat Goat (NSFW)

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This prompt is overtly sexual in nature. Please use the proper NSFW labelling in your top levels and threads.

While the Palace of Sai in the underground is doing well, that doesn't mean the other businesses in the Tamamo Clan's collection have been slacking. One of the least "classy" soaplands has decided they're going to hold a contest to drive up business for themselves! They are partnering with some of the other sex clubs in the area for the sleaziest of events.

The Hyottoko Cup is looking for volunteer participants! The competition is pretty straightforward: a ruler is drawn on the throat of each participant and an array of members is presented to swallow. Whichever contestant can take the guests deepest and longest will take home the "coveted" Hyottoko Cup! Ok, there's a little judge favoritism involved too, so put on a show.

The guests have likewise been pulled in as volunteers, with instructions that they don't have to make this easy on the participants. Guests are provided with special seals that they can use for the length of the competition to enhance their natural assets. For those lacking the equipment entirely, there's a seal for that too.

Have fun and play nice.

3. TAMAMO TERRITORY - Strike a Poise (GEN)

Other businesses looking to jump start this month's earnings are also getting in on the spirit of competition! Businesses less oriented towards sexual service have come together as a means to draw in the high dollar clients, and one local club has proposed something old school.

Sign up for the Poise Contest, where contestants are placed into more and more ridiculous geta while tasked with serving drinks to the guest. Spills are expected, and the guests are cheerfully kitted out with cheap club-branded ponchos to protect their clothes. (Marketing, am I right?) While spills are expected, the contestant will lose points for each of the spilled drinks. Try to keep your balance as you attend to increasingly absurd drink orders. The intensity of the traditional footwear will only make your job that much harder.

Do you have what it takes to pour a champagne fountain while wearing teetering tengu geta? Prove your balance and dexterity is the best and the take home prize is some sweet cash. For Lost Souls freshly in the city, the chance to win some extra money can't really be passed up, huh…

4. SUTOKU TERRITORY - Jigokucho's Got Talent

Ever since Moonday's beloved singer – Ringo-chan – was kidnapped at the Tanabata festival, the band has had to cancel all of their scheduled gigs. Unfortunately, they were a hugely popular act, booked solid in most of the Sutoku Alliance's various nightclubs. This has left a ton of empty spots that need to be filled quickly, before the crowds get upset and demand… refunds.

That's where you come in, Lost Souls! Desperate promoters and talent bookers are literally grabbing Lost Souls off the street and begging, pleading, with them to perform a set for the night. They just need to have something to fill the space Moonday would have otherwise occupied. At least give the crowd something to see!

Acts do not need to be of the musical variety. Any performing talent is accepted, no matter how esoteric or bizarre! If it can fill out a 15-30 minute set, the club owners will be happy and the customers will at least see something interesting; even if it's a bad kind of interesting. So get on stage and show this city what you've got!

( Help us fill our time slots, please! We're desperate! 😩)

5. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENMA - Sticky Paws II: Outta the Bag

The Enma Department is busy: they have a kidnapping to investigate, a primordial god to pin down, and the crisis of their ever-shifting public image to manage. However, crime never sleeps and is always there to add to the troubled Department's workload. Worse still, we thought this little crime spree was over six months ago! But here it is again, much to the Enma's chagrin.

Cat cafés are a popular tourist attraction all across Jigokucho. About six months ago, a gang of bakeneko infiltrated several of the cafés to rob customers occupied with kitty bliss. Wallets, jewelry, and anything else those sticky paws could snatch away were being picked in droves. The cat capers are afoot once more!

Are you a hapless victim of these furry thieves, or are you helping the Department of the Enma track down these cat burglars? Unfortunately, the bakeneko are exceptionally clever and are using a seal to disguise their secondary tails. This makes them look just about like any normal cat. Better make sure your lead is good, or you'll be chasing down an ordinary Felis Catus. Soft to pet, but not going to return your pilfered cash.

Of course, the café staff might be in on this caper too… It's never easy to tell who's getting a cut of the profits. Be careful who you trust out there.

6. ALL OVER - The 100 Billion Yen Man (PLOT RELEVANT)

The local TV news has been announcing that Kaberou Kannazaki – the legendary finance wolf and the father of kidnapping victim, Ringo-chan – will be making an announcement this week. People have flocked to television sets throughout the city; at the squares, around TVs in bars, electronic stores, each other's phones, and any other venue with a connection. The kidnapping has been a highly public ordeal and the talk of the town. Many of the locals were present at the festival and witnessed the crime. They want to hear what the word is!

The public doesn't have to wait long. Wolf-eared Kaberou sits at a press desk, surrounded by microphones, and dazzled with flashbulbs. He clears his throat and, as he begins to speak, he is direct and to the point; not unlike a wolf lunging for the throat.

"As of today, I am issuing a bounty on the man known as the Iron Bear, who has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of my daughter, Ringo Kannazaki. The payout to the party responsible for bringing me Iron Bear, dead or alive, is 100 Billion Yen. Individuals or groups, I don't care. Just bring my daughter back to me, and the money is yours."

Well! The Department of the Enma's hopes of an orderly investigation have been dashed, but this is certainly an opportunity for anyone brave enough – or, more accurately, stupid enough – to traverse the Wasteland. Maybe one of you out there will find the legendary Iron Bear and bring him to some form of justice.

Local businesses are quick to leap at this opportunity, too. They begin to aggressively push sponsorships at would-be bounty hunters. Weapons? Armor? Survival gear? All at discount prices! Each faction has their interest in collecting the massive bounty as well. They will all be putting a lot of pressure on recruits to get ready to head out to the Wastes.

If you just got here? Well, it would definitely be in your interest to start finding gear, and finding people willing to collect that bounty with you. It could mean a big step forward toward your eventual contract, after all.

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pe[a]nut gallery
[throat goat]
NSFW (sexual content, though none with nazuna)

[ to the unfortunate person reading this: congratulations! there's a petite blonde next to you. she's pretty and she's youthful - can't be much past her early twenties. she's got a slightly pale complexion and striking blue eyes.

and perhaps most importantly, she's just thrown an arm around you, pulled you closer, and pointed unceremoniously at one of the "members" on display. ]

Dude. Are you seeing this? [ she sounds like she's in total awe. like she still hasn't processed what she's seeing. ] That one's as big as my arm! Aren't you supposed to have a license to walk around with live steel?!

[ this is possibly the least appropriate icebreaker imaginable. not that that's going to stop her. ]

walk walk fashion [b]aby
[strike a poise]

[ the hyottoko cup might not have been in nazuna's sights. she'd have won, of course, but... well, it's a little forward, you know? she's gotta make a good impression on her first week out. something like that. but the poise contest - now, that's something she can do. she hasn't spent her entire life perched on windowsills and balcony rails and lightposts for nothing, after all.

yeah, she's going all out for this one. the vampire's shed her coat, leaving her in thigh-highs, shorts and a top that looks more like underwear than something decent. she's wearing an absolutely absurd pair of geta, easily a foot and a half tall each. and when she walks, there's not even a moment's hesitation.

she's refused to even wear a poncho. show-off. ]

Yo. [ whether you're a guest she's serving or another temporary staff member just passing by, she addresses you all the same. ] Hey, hey... This is fun and all, but when do you think they'll get us to the real shoes?

[ even boasting, she's got perfect poise - squatting down without buckling once, pouring into the champagne flute without a hint of...

sorry. is that beer she's dumping in? ]

[c]atnapping
[sticky paws ii]

[ nazuna's a sharp gal. she knows you're not gonna outchase a cat, after all - especially not as weak as she's been since she showed up. but she also knows there's more than one way to skin a cat, and honey catches more... cats? than vinegar?

this fell apart quick. look, what all this means is that she's sitting in a cat cafe right now, acting as hapless as can be as she coos to the cats all around her. ]

Oooh, coochie coochie coo~! Look at you, little cuties! Come on, come on, Momma Nazuna's gonna give you smoochies~!

[ she grabs one of the cats, a ragdoll, under the arms. it gives a plaintive and pathetic little cry - eeeh, the sound of a stupid baby that has no defense mechanism left. nazuna's eyes sparkle; she practically wiggles in delight.

...she is looking for the thieves, right? ]

jokers wil[d]
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Edited 2022-08-25 23:54 (UTC)

[ Totoko here is participating in this so far as the offer being on the table (evidenced by the ruler drawn on her throat) and just getting to look at all of these "members" through her hands, face blushing hard once she's actually here. Sure, she can do it, but a little modesty...!

Before she even sees what Nazuna's pointing at, she's already scoffing. ]

Hey, hands off-- sheesh, don't be duuuUUUUUUWHAT?!

[ Once her eyes scan to where Nazuna's gesturing, a look of sheer terror on her face. ]

How?! That thing should be illegal!

Right?! Right?! [ she laughs. it's somewhere healthily between "delight" and "mortal terror." ] That's what I'm sayin'!

[ nazuna... appears to be sitting this competition out, judging by her unmarked throat. don't get her wrong - she'd definitely win if she took part! she is the best at blowjobs. she knows this is true despite her lack of any relevant experience whatsoever. (fun fact: this is her first time seeing a penis that wasn't on a tv screen.) this is just to give people a fighting chance, and also because it's kind of a bit forward to do all this on her first day here, right???

she looks over to totoko. she glances down at her marked neck. and then she gives the most unladylike guffaw imaginable, elbowing the other girl gently (or at least as gently as she can manage). ]

Hey, what notch do you think that one would hit? [ she points... about four inches below totoko's collar. ] It's gotta be there at least, riiiight?

[ What the hell's she doing there?! Is she just there to laugh? Who the hell would just show up to laugh at a bunch of penises?! Totoko huffs a bit, before she feels on her own throat, trying to measure by eyesight before realizing how far down Nazuna had gone--

No goddamn way! ]

What do I even look like, a sword swallower?! That thing'd freakin' kill me! Ugh, unfair!

nazuna nanakusa | call of the night | ota

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pe[a]nut gallery (nsfw mentions)

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if i'm wrong about ninja turtle biology please correct me

it's funnier if I don't

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strike a poise

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