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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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reigen arataka | mp100
[Reigen Arataka, psychic extraordinaire and water cooler salesman of the year 20xx, is having a slow motion mental breakdown. In his defense, who wouldn't given the circumstances? It's not that he had never entertained the thought that he might not be destined for the Pearly Gates so much as he didn't expect to be let down (literally?) quite so suddenly. But here he is, stuck in hell and not even wearing his nicest suit.
Oh, and he somehow got roped into a talent show? Honestly, the part of his night where he signed up is a blur, lost in the panic of his apparent passing, but he must have done it because he's sitting in a greenroom. As much as he likes to think that he looks completely relaxed, he's not fooling anyone. His blank expression is comically out of place with his pale, sweaty face and the tension radiating throughout the rest of body. He's clutching his water bottle so hard it's actually crunching.
What is even happening? Is it actually happening at all? Why are these onigiri kind of amazing when he's supposed to be in hell?
Reigen nearly jumps through the ceiling when the door opens. He has to fight to regain his composure, particularly when he realises that he's staring at another performer. Contestant.
Right- this is a competition, isn't it? For some reason, that's the thought that grounds him. It's a competition, which means it's something he can win and therefore claw back some kind of control and dignity in this very undignified situation. Maybe he might even make a name for himself. Okay. Good. He can work with this. Win now, freak out later.]
You could have knocked, you know. Geeze.
[ignore the way his sentence started like an octave higher than it ended you didnt hear anything]
ii. the 100 billion yen man
[Seems like the old wolf really shelled out for broadcasting because his conference is even playing on the tiny CRT TV set up in the corner of a ramen stand usually dedicated to dramas. But while the owner doesn't do much more than click her forked tongue in sympathy, the number of zeroes at the end of the reward has a certain patron choking on his broth. One hundred billion? Either the economy in hell is in dire straits or that's a absurd amount of money and, judging from the way the screens lights up like a christmas tree of camera flashes, Reigen is guessing it's the latter.
And, for a moment, he considers it. Okay, he's only been here for five minutes, has no money, no resources and no Mob, but there are some transferable skills between paranormal consultant and hostage negotiator, right? It wouldn't be the weirdest thing he's ever...
... yeah, no.
Perhaps his neighbour isn't so easily dissuaded, though. Should they show any interest, he'll cut in, totally unbothered that Literally No One Asked.]
Don't tell me you're actually thinking about it? [He waves his chopsticks dismissively.] Leave it to the police.
iii. wildcard
1/
Ritsu is talking to someone else outside the door, but when he turns and sees exactly who is across from him-)
2
no subject
Still spluttering, he scrambles to his feet and wrenches the door open. This kid-]
Ritsu- [Okay, let him try that again without wheezing.] Ritsu, get back here-!
tw for ritsu yelling false claims. THOSE claims.
humiliate and spite him? sure, second nature. so it's with that nature that ritsu decides what to say next.)
Pervert!
teenage boy bullies grown man in public
You little- you can't just- [It's a wonder there isn't steam pouring off of him with how red he is but he just about manages to grab hold of Ritsu's collar and yank him back.] What is your problem?! Take that back right now!
no subject
[ He opens his mouth to continue yelling. Your choice. ]
1/2
is he getting blackmailed by a middle schooler]
2/2
And of course it's Ritsu. Of course.]
no subject
[ Even for effect, he'll call up some tears, welling at the corner of his eyes that he scrapes away roughly. ] Sorry-- this is all a lot to take in. I'm sorry, everyone.
[ Ritsu is the very picture of a distraught 12 year old boy. Only Reigen knows the truth. ]
no subject
He bares his teeth in an attempt at a contrite smile- and the second she's turned away, yanks Ritsu back into the greenroom.]
I know you hate me but really?!
no subject
1 🥲 I love him
It seems for a moment as if he might leave it at that, but at the last second he steps through the door, closing it behind him. Jesus, this guy looks like he's about to melt into a sweat puddle. ] I told them I'd MC for a while, so if you want an intro... [ Or like, some smelling salts? Finally he caves and asks the question, features pressing into a frown: ] Are you doing okay?
oh my god this is such a chaotic duo jgk isnt ready
One thing that's abundantly clear to him, however, is that he must look as awful as he feels and that's no good. The curtain might have risen a little earlier than he expected but he's nothing if not a showman and, mentally sucking in a breath, he snaps to attention like nothing is wrong. Several things happen at the same time: he springs to his feet, snatches up a bottle of water and turns to Jimmy with the kind of smile that should come with an exaggerated sound effect.]
Haha, me? I'm great! [To prove just how great he's doing, he uncaps the bottle with a flick. Like a cool guy would.] But you should really do something about the air conditioning- it's August, are you trying to cook your talent alive?
100 billion yen man
Protocol would demand respectful behaviour. Even with his conflicted feelings, he can use it as a guide until he tires of it. Besides...]
The police, sir?
[Did any of their old world records mention this 'police'? He hesitates on making his lack of knowledge known to a human, but...]
Why the police?
II | REIGEN... heart eyes
When the stranger at the bar speaks to her, she tears her gaze from the screen and focuses on her ramen bowl, which she pushes away from her, laying the chopsticks across the top.]
No, no–– I work in the legal system. [Why does that feel like a confession? There's a twinge of hesitation.] Someone with that much money is going to be running circles around the justice system in seconds.
no subject
[Though he's as blessed with wealth as he is with spiritual abilities- that is to say REDACTED- Reigen is well aware that it can be a superpower in its own right. What's surprising is that it still has so much influence in literal hell.
... actually it's not surprising at all now he thinks about it. Talk about on the nose.]
I don't envy you having to untangle that mess of a case if it ever gets to court, though.
no subject
[She's sure of that. Her own role to play remains to be seen, but even if she's on the sidelines on it, it's going to be ugly to watch. Small-time dealers reliably make the local evening news when they get busted. But big ones...]
If he'd played by the rules, he could do whatever he wanted. But throwing around his money, making fools out of the Enma? [She shakes her head.] They're going to find everything and anything they could go after him with, and he's going to spend a lot of money getting out of it. It'll drag on for years.
ii
Buddy, trust me, there's no way the local cops are gonna be competent enough to catch this guy themselves even if this is hell's police. They'll be choking on their own red tape for days when every minute counts when it comes to rescuing a kidnapped person.
[She dipped the gyoza in the little dish of vinegar and soy sauce before eating it in one bite. As a newbie to hell, honestly any yen is better than no yen at all. Of course, Elle was interested in getting on the bounty hunting but she needed a moment to think up a strategy.]
I mean, that announcement alone should make it clear what's his stance on the police. I honestly don't blame the guy really since it's his daughter after all.