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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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( A little mean, but he can't help it. With his spear released, he holds it close to his own chest, defensive and cautious. He's not ready to fight after getting so sick like that. Not when his skin feels like it's burning so badly he wants to peel it right off... The lemon candy stays in his mouth even as he speaks. )
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They don’t do that, though. So he has no choice..
Akira closes his eyes and his physical appearance changes in a dazzle of light. He’s suddenly a few inches smaller and a lot more human looking than before. The lower half of his body remains covered in fur, properly censoring himself, and the tail remains. Waist up, he looks mostly human besides his sharp teeth. ]
… Is this better for you? Will you stop trying to hurt me now?
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The words bring him back to a certain statue in his memory, his own small hand closing over the claw of a demon's, wondering if it was hurting too—
He blinks out of the daze, clutching his spear even tighter. It's still held close to his chest, more like he's afraid of the demon grabbing at it again than anything else. He looks so serious. )
...That depends.
( Demons can always have a human form, and so it doesn't seem like too much of a surprise to Shealtiel, not realizing what it really is. )
Are you done pounding on walls and disturbing the locals?
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[ Akira gestures to the cracked wall in the convenient store.. and.. oh, that looks a lot worse than he had thought. Oops. Now he's starting to feel guilty. ]
So.. uh... yeah. I'm done, I think. You got a problem with demons though, angel? Like.. other than the fact we're supposed to be hereditary enemies. I don't think it's such a big deal, do you?
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( Still, the spear clutched in his hand fades away after that, and he crosses his arms instead. )
You must have just arrived here. Do you want to tell me how you accidentally thrash the wall of a store?
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Well.. I've never done that, but maybe that's because I'm only half demon. Anyway, don't worry. I'd never try to hurt you.
[ Then, his attention turns to the wall of the store again. Eek. ]
It's kind of embarrassing, but I think I just kind of threw a tantrum because..
[ He rubs the back of his neck. ]
If I died and ended up here.. that means I'm a failure..
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Half...?
( Shealtiel feels like his heart is racing at information like that. Half? Half? His expression softens for a moment before it grows more guarded, and he unfolds his arms, grabbing at his own left hand instead. )
Half demon, half what? That shouldn't be possible.
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[ Sure. His demon has influenced his personality in a way and given him more hellish instincts, but Amon’s spirit is dead. All that remains is the demonic body and powers that he left Akira. ]
The demon could not win against the goodness of my soul, and so, was snuffed out when he tried to possess me. What happened next is I was left with the body of a demon but the heart of a human. A Devilman.
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( There's an awkward sort of silence that follows. Shealtiel is staring hard at Akira without any verbal explanation as to why, simply continuing to suck on his lemon candy. He's busy thinking.
A human. That makes more sense than what he'd wondered. How silly of him, to jump to impossible conclusions. This might be why he seems relatively calm for a demon? Ignoring that Luci is just as calm... Will this Devilman have tantrums often? Is he going to have to worry about this? Why does it make his chest clench so tight when it's what any angel should do?
He grabs onto the stick of his candy. )
I'll spare you for now, but if I see you rampaging again, I won't go so easy on you.
( Be tough!! )
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[ What is with this guy!! He's so weird! ]
The way I understand it, angels are supposed to protect humans. Like guardians. Is the humanity I have left irrelevant to you? I don't want to fight you if I don't have to, it doesn't matter what species you are.
[ ...!! ]
Why are you eating candy like that?
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My lemon candy? I know it's weird to eat human food, but I got used to it. Human food has useful properties. For example, the lemon in this helps with my nausea, so I carry it around with me.
( He sticks it back in his mouth, after having just displayed it a little. )
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You should probably eat more of it considering you just horked all over my feet, but whatever.
[ His hands fold over his chest and his tips his head, his expression looking pretty fascinated. This guy was an angel? Really? Where were his twelve sparkling wings?
And unmatched beauty?]Hey.
You're really fucking weird, you know? There's nothing wrong with eating human food. Human food is the best..! What do you prefer to eat if you don't eat human food a lot?
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( Still, despite his grumpy demeanor, Shealtiel looks a lot more calmed down than he had been before. This guy is half human... so he doesn't have to be fully on edge about whether or not he should or shouldn't kill him, right? Or is he supposed to just assume that it's fake, and that a demon is a demon...
No. He doesn't want to think about that right now. )
I guess it makes sense that you don't know about it, since you were originally a human, but I'm only going to explain this once, so listen close. Angels and demons normally only feed on human souls, and find human food to be repulsive. I only happen to be used to it because I was around humans for a while before and found their occasional benefits useful.
( A pause. )
And since another human asked me this, let me answer: angels don't kill humans for their souls. We eat ones that we recover from demons or that come from natural causes of death.
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[ Nothing like he ever imagined an angel to be. As Shealtiel explains, Akira cocks his head to a shoulder. He thinks he understands, but.. ]
That's a little holier than thou, isn't it? Oh, we eat souls, but it's not problematic cause we don't directly kill humans.. You guys don't see something wrong with that concept?
[ Akira wrinkles his nose, then gives Shealtiel a hearty slap on the back. ]
It's probably cause you haven't tried the right human food! What about ramen? Wanna go find some?
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( Oh, he's so annoyed. Is he just on edge because he's a demon? Is it his annoying personality? Shealtiel really can't tell right now. The invitation to go out and eat catches him so off guard, though, that he has to blink a few times to register it properly.
And then his angry scowl turns into sort of a softer frown, instead. He squints suspiciously at Akira. )
I said that I like human food, so that's not the problem... But why do you want to go with me, anyway? Shouldn't you think of me as your enemy? How do I know you're not going to wait for me to turn my back and plunge a sword into me?
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[ Akira slides his hand from Shealtiel's back to the slope of his shoulder, giving him a squeeze. ]
I already told you.. I don't think it's a big deal! Yeah, you horked on me and tried to hurt me but you're not doing that now.
[ This guy can only have bleeding honesty, really. ]
Angels aren't enemies to me. Demons are actually enemies to me. That's why I harnessed the body of one.. to fight against demons and save mankind. You could say.. we're actually on the same team!
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( It's clearly something deep rooted in him that has him sounding like a broken record, right now. His fingers curl into his own fists before he shifts, gripping at the scarred back of his left hand with his right. It doesn't feel right. It doesn't feel normal.
So why does he want to say yes? To believe he can get along with him? )
I'll go with you, but don't think this makes us friends.
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