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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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Shikanoin Heizou ❖ Genshin Impact
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i. Muscling In
ii. The 100 Billion Yen Man
iii. Wildcard
ii
Sure, the report of a kidnapping is very concerning and alarming, even more so when they're a distinguished person. Still, Ayaka should be the last person invited to go on sleuthing; not that she's terrible at it, but there must be someone else who would be better at this than her, the mystery during the Irodori Festival aside. Which is why she hesitates for a moment despite recognizing the person asking her.
Wouldn't she just get in Heizou's way during his investigation, she thinks as she too takes a long sip of her drink? Plus the bounty doesn't really interest her ... ]
It would be an honor working with someone like you, [ she starts slowly, eyes flickering back up to the broadcast. ] But are you sure you'd want me as a partner?
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[Lady Kamisato. He knows of her of course - who doesn't - but the two of them are not so well acquainted as to be overly familiar with one another. Heizou abandons his drink and hops down from the bar stool he's been perched on, his entire demeanour shifted to one of eager restlessness at the thought of a new case to embark upon.]
I'm sure, or I wouldn't have wasted your time by asking. [Heizou gives the young woman a respectful - if slightly cheeky - little bow.]
But don't ask me to beg. I'd much rather you agreed to come along without too much supplication on my part.
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You're probably thinking of my brother.
[ Because asking people to beg is not her thing. Ayato, on the other hand, well ...
In any case, she too hops off of her seat, smoothing her skirt and folding her hands together. ] Well, then. Where shall we start our investigation, Detective?
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[Thinking of her brother, that is. He knows even less of the Yashiro Commissioner - outside of his role and the responsibilties it carries - than he does of Ayaka herself. She has always seemed to be more the face of the Commission than her sibling, while he goes about his dealings in the background. Both approaches have their place, Heizou supposes.
Ah, but where to start. Heizou's attention strays back to the television screen, his body poised and still as he watches several quotes from the press conference repeated over again.]
In order to begin our investigation, we should avail ourselves of the gear that businesses eager to get a cut of the bounty are likely already offering to anyone who shows willingness to make a deal. [And they should... get out of this bar, because he's going to need some space and a bit more quiet to get his mind going. He starts making his way towards the bar's exit.] Given that the reward itself is secondary for me, I'm sure I can offer a tempting percentage to any supplier and reimburse you sufficiently for your time as well.
wildcard!
.. Oi, what're you—
( Well, more accurately, it thinks that the wallet in her trouser pocket is the cat's meow, teeth sinking into the fabric as it yanks it from her and jumps off, making a dash for the nearest alleyway. )
You little—
( UGH. She's going after it, because fuck that very much. Sorry, random dude she is just gonna barrel past. Hope you weren't expecting to get through the day without a teenager elbowing you out of the way! )
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The young man is quick enough on his feet to bounce out of her way, but he doesn't stand on ceremony. He's on her heels immediately, then racing along at her side barely out of breath despite the speed they're moving at.]
Bridge up ahead. Keep going. I'll get ahead and cut it off. When it turns around to bolt, catch it!
[The bridge tunnel is key, of course. It provides the perfect spot where a creature known for jumping and climbing will be able to achieve little with either of those things.]
Ready?
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Aye.
( She looks ahead, sees the bridge and the tunnel and the plan clicks. Pincer it in the tunnel and snatch it up seems as good an idea as any. That's how she helped catch that dog the first month she was here. (Honestly, can animals in this city stop stealing wallets and skeleton ladies' legs???) )
Go.
( The cat is streaking along at quite a pace but they're both pretty fast and that bridge stretches quite some distnace. This should be doable, right? )
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Hah! Now you're cornered.
[As he predicted, the feline turns the other way as Heizou swiftly blocks its only exit. Hopefully his newly acquired partner can hold up her end of the bargain.]
Get ready, it's coming!
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She continues following the cat, careful to avoid breaking into a full sprint as she chases it down. As long as he makes it to the other side, she can follow instructions. Instructions are easy. Instructions mean she doesn't have to think, merely follow orders.
He appears at the other side of the tunnel just as Kate gets the creature herded beneath, and the sudden obstacle ahead of it makes it double back and try to get past her. )
No you don't—
( Teeth gritted, Kate dives towards it, hands outstretched in what she knows isn't going to be a successful capture but might just convince it to head back in the direction of her strange new ally. )
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ii
[ ryouma looks like his interest has been similarly piqued, but he's not rushing off to do something either. doesn't mean he doesn't want to, but it won't do him a lot of good in his position.
he has no judgements based on looks either, far more interested in whatever is that's drawn the attention of this stranger to the case. he could easily assume it's the billion yen, but ryouma wonders. ]
Ya sound pretty confident.
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I have every reason to be confident, but confidence alone doesn't solve a case even for the most determined of detectives.
[He hops down from his stool, cocking his head to one side and making a small gesture with one hand.]
A partner, though, particularly one more familiar with the area and background of a situation, can make or break an investigation. So can I count on you, or shall I look elsewhere?
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[ which might sound a little cold describing someone as a resource, but this is business at the end of the day and for ryouma, in particular, is a matter of life and death. he'll thank heizou later for the trouble. ]
If ya asked around 'bout me, sooner or later, you'd find out I'm the guy Iron Bear tried t' have killed at the same time Ringo-chan was gettin' kidnapped, but if that ain't enough for ya..~
[ as far as being familiar with things is concerned, ryouma's in the thick of it. ]
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Is that so, [He says, drawing closer to Ryouma with a curious glint in his eyes.] Then luck seems to have placed me right beside just the very person I could gain the most from meeting.
[Is that enough for him? That's more than enough. He gives a bow with a faint flourish, then looks up with a crooked smile.]
Shikanoin Heizou, detective, at your service.
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Sakamoto Ryouma. I'm one of the Sutoku Alliance's lieutenants.
[ he produces a business card because that really streamlines things. it has all his contact information on it, including where he keeps an office, for future reference. ]
I'm sure ya have questions, so how 'bout we find somewhere better to talk, and I'll tell ya what I can?
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