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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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not walking around picking on poor hyungs in the desert. ]
I never said that! I just asked about your guardian... It's dangerous to travel alone out here.
[ His bodyguard back home is a 14yo girl ok.......he knows that sometimes, teenagers awaken as S-Class disasters and can snap u like a twig. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't have someone looking after them!! ]
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Bullying poor schlubs in the desert is its own reward okShe narrows her eyes at him, but seems to be mollified by the cowering, if nothing else. She sighs and passes back the water.]
I've never had a 'guardian,' nor particularly seen the need for one.
[...That came out more bitter than she'd meant it to. Well done, Azula. She stands up again and holds out her hand.]
I assume you'll need help standing based on your performance thus far.
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[ but if she's going to be pushy about it fine. Yoojin takes the water bottle with appreciation, downing several more gulps--at least, until he hears that she's never had a guardian.
He's reminded of Bak Yerim back home; his precious, S-Class ward
and 14yo bodyguard. It hits a little close to home? So there's something a little pitying in his gaze when he looks at Azula. ]Do you not have anyone here...?
[ IS NO ONE LOOKING AFTER THIS POOR CHILD ]
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Right now, what I have is a useless fool who nearly killed himself doing something stupid, and is wasting my time with irrelevant questions when I'm trying to save his worthless hide.
[... She catches herself after the outburst and forces the smile back onto her face, the smug sarcasm coming back as if it had never left.]
But I appreciate the concern. Really. It's... touching.
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he might have stepped on a bit of a landmine and blown off all his limbs with that one. ]
......
This hyung will reflect properly on his actions once he has returned to civilization without complaint.
[ something tells him that she doesn't actually think that was touching. ]
I wish to reiterate my prior apology she is the w o r s t
She huffs irritably and glances around them, as much due to the discomfort as any actual desire to look for possible threats. Finally she glances back at him.]
Well, you've had more time to recover, can we move now?
I love her and yoojin already wants to raise her
and when you are the weakest person in canonYoojin takes a few more gulps to make sure he's taken in as much water as he can for the moment, but...yeah. Getting out of the desert is a good idea. He'll have to see if he can find any cooling patches back in town.and if he can treat azula to a meal to make up for it
so he can be sure she's eating properly]Yes...sorry. Just give me a moment.
[ HEFTING HIMSELF UP... He still before far too hot and a little woozy, but that water's definitely done some sort of trick. ]
I think I'm okay to go.
Azula will violently hate that, so I of course strongly encourage it.
Good. The longer we wait around here, the more likely wild youkai are to show up, and I don't feel like fighting them on a bad arm.
[She gestures to his new survival gear.]
And leave that worthless trash behind, that's almost certainly what slowed you down in the first place.
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[ And considering how strapped for cash he is as a recent arrival, the idea of tossing it all hurts him on a spiritual level
have a heart Azula
sure didn't type that with a straight face lmao]--Wait. Yokai?
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[She raises a skeptical eyebrow at him.]
But if the money you overpaid for that stuff is really worth risking your life for, by all means, bring it. I'm sure it won't weigh you down until you collapse a second time.
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[ She makes sense ans he doesn't like it B( if only he could use his inventory here...stupid afterlife based off of only one country, how is that fair huh what about the Korean afterlife???? HUH. ]
It just feels like such a waste.
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She didn't even know what Japan and Korea were before she got here, suck it up.Her eyes pivot to the various assorted items he's carrying on his person, then back to his face, clearly unmoved.]
Your so-called survival gear nearly got you killed. I'd say it was already a waste.
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continues to be buttmad FOREVERYoojin slumps. He doesn't want to leave any of this here...but it's definitely weighing him down. He's too heat-exhausted to carry it back, he he doesn't want to try and impose on Azula; she's already done more for him than she needed to. ]
I suppose you're right...
[ With a grunt and a hiss, he'll undo some of the buckles and latches around his torso and let the hiking backpack fall off. A weight has been lifted both literally and figuratively!
He can't see it, but he definitely feels the redness over his clavicle and shoulder from wearing the pack; it's gonna linger for days ]
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If you have any food in there, bring it. But don't take forever about it.
[...Look, she gets not being able to afford food when you first show up, if nothing else. Never let it be said Azula isn't understanding.
She's not, but never let it be said anyway.]no subject
[ It's clumsy work, but Yoojin does his best not to take too long. He's still feeling fairly woozy if he moves his head too quick and being under the hot sun is murder, but lucky for him he's quite good at packing things in an efficient manner. Food and snacks are near the top of his pack, so it's easy to tug those out and dump everything he doesn't need.
Because he is keeping that backpack. ]
I think that's about it... Was there anything here you wanted?
[ waste not, and all that... ]
Don't mind me, just heaping some more scorn on this poor guy based on your other prompt.
She casts a critical eye at the contents of the bag that have been dumped on the ground. Tactical knife, cheap and shoddy. Rope, flimsy. The backpack and the food are probably the only things of use at all. Oh, and the camp lighter is probably functional, she supposes, but she's... got that covered.]
I'll... decline the generous offer. Maybe some other fools will get some use out of it, before they faint too far out for me to bother.
[And with that, she's walking back toward the city, none too slowly. Better hurry if you want to keep up, Yoojin.]
lmsdfgjks i'd say rude, but he deserves it...
[ Yoojin feels old. Older than the thirty he is at heart, rather than the twenty-five he looks in body i mean. Even his joints hurt as he watches her go and decides it's time to push himself up with a sigh.
Tomorrow is going to hurt so bad. Yoojin gives one last look to his poor camping equipment...and then starts to trudge along after Azula with a weary look.
The first thing he is doing back home is
making sure Azula makes it home safely like a good ahjussitaking a bath. ]