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AUGUST 2022 TEST DRIVE
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1. SHUTEN TERRITORY - Muscling In
art by tohdraws
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)
at by akai riotThis 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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[ That's. Well. It's true, in a sense. Either way, he has absolutely 0 combat ability. ]
But I'll do my best! It sounds fun.
[ Besides, he got to watch a swordsman in action all the time, so he thinks he can pull it off. If he can't, that's fine. The experience is what matters. ]
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[Two pieces of stray wood laying backstage? Now their weapons. Rui picks them up (finally releasing Sen from his death grip), and brandishes one.]
Just don't aim for the head, or hit too hard anywhere in the middle. We can make it work, if you trust me~
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Sen also thinks slapstick means dramatical stick fighting and that should be a cinch! He just has to remember what his traveling partner used to do whenever he brandished a sword— ]
I don't think it would hurt anywhere even if I tried my best.
[ He's weak. ]
Do we go up on the stage now? I'm ready!
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Kamishiro. Please take care of me~
[Just as he holds his free hand out, a flustered stage-hand beckons them both with an irritated grunt. ...Yeah, okay, no time for the heart-warming introductions, looks like they're out of time.
At least Rui's content to take the lead, swanning out onstage instead (despite being in a bright hoodie and Big Pants) and bowing deeply to the audience. As soon as Sen's treading the boards as well, he brandishes his 'sword' and laughs, deep and booming. Surprising, coming from someone who'd been talking in a melodic mid-tone moments prior.]
You'll regret trying to steal my spotlight, fiend! Have at you!
[oh fuck it's starting here he comes]
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[ Now that their short introductions are over, it's time. The way Rui's voice changes along with the demeanor impresses Sen. If he's going to fuck it up, he'd at least want to do that while he gives it his best.
So.
He draws out the wooden stick from its imaginary sheath at his side. It actually seems decent. Watching his travel partner draw out his sword so many times has finally paid off somehow. Amazing. ]
Your spotlight? It was rightfully mine until you came along!
[ He starts running (at a jogging speed) at Rui and horizontally swings the stick as if it's a baseball bat to his side. He makes his moves exaggerated for drama, but also for Rui to easily parry his very bad attacks. ]
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bends back double to avoid Sen's blow.
Look, that's theatre babey! As they continue to fight, Rui lets himself take some blows here and there, but whenever there's the opening for contortionism or slapstick, he takes it gladly. It's when they're locking 'blades' that he whispers something other than ham dialogue.]
How are you at dancing? Ballroom, ideally!
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[ While not very helpful, he keeps a smile on his face. If Rui is the analytical type, he'll see that the sword actions from a theatrical standpoint isn't all that bad and that Sen has been quick to copy whatever Rui does. It seems that he's good at following the lead and copying whatever he needs to do at the moment. ]
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[...He's so excited by the prospect of terrible dancing that he actually says that out loud, and not even in the correct voice...what is wrong with this man. Never mind; he's quick to recover from his flub, voice deepening once more as he leaps backward and points his wooden sword at Sen.]
Such a challenge for the audience's attention...My voice cracked, changing to what it was in my youth! Such passion! And yet, I won't yield!
[Forward he charges, careful to aim his blows so that they're easily parried in return. Another whisper when they close the distance once more, eyes shining with genuine joy.]
I'm going to loosen my grip in a few seconds. Use it to strike up and fling my sword out of my hands. I'll grab you, and we can start to dance. It doesn't matter if it's bad; that just adds to the charm! A grand ending~
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He's good at this. Clearly. ]
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The audience is, of course, eating it up. Whether it's on purpose or not, who cares? This shit is funny as hell. And to tell the truth, Rui's trying not to laugh too, just...To better effect. Sen's doing really well, all things considered, and he doesn't want to dishearten him on the final stretch.
Now that they're both weaponless, he turns his smile into a fiendish smirk, posture now squared. Absolute power stance. Ready to charge.]
You thought that'd be enough to stop me? You thought I'd let you make a fool out of me? Oh, oh no. I'll win their hearts, by hook or by crook!
[Then he swoops in, and--
yeah, they're about to start waltzing. He even makes a show of kicking Sen's feet apart to match his own stance before they start, humming loudly in between maniacal chortles.] Perhaps I'll win yours, while I'm at it! Hohoho~
[wink wink. You did great, buddy.]
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Well. Here goes! ]
Oh, Lord Kamishiro, you're soooo cool! I might have been wrong about you after all! Your fantastic dancing has me swooning~
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[He looks at Sen stupidly.
Whilst waltzing poorly away, of course. Not a step missed, even if his hummed beat keeps getting fucked up by the need to talk.
Then at the audience.
Back at Sen. You get the picture.] Am I going to have a bride and the adoration of the masses by the end of this? Is this some power I'm unaware of...? Well, let no one say that I'm late to the party! If wooed you are, then wed we'll be!
[oh god he's going in for a dip right as the crowd starts howling their loudest. A perfect climax, even if fucked up!]