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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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Makoto Naegi | Danganronpa (Spoilers)
1. Why can't we be friends (Muscling In) (Danganronpa spoilers)
[Makoto was having a bad day. First, he woke up from his (for once) restful sleep to find himself surrounded by all kinds of yokai. They were ranging from the well-known yokai like Kitsune and Oni to the lesser-known Tsuchigumo and Uwabami. Even the obscure ones that were only sometimes mentioned in video games he used to play.
Second, he found out he was in Hell. That was certainly a surprise. He didn't think his actions would warrant this but apparently, he was wrong. And if that wasn't enough, he found out Hell was...interesting. He didn't know what he expected but it wasn't this.
Third, after waiting and finally having his numbered called, he found himself being dragged into helping out the crime groups of the city. This wasn't his first time working with criminals (the end of the world made it difficult to be picky with your allies) and it certainly wasn't the first time he had helped out people like them but this...he was screwed.
Saying he wasn't a fighter would be an understatement. In fact, he was so much of a pacifist (and pushover) that it took a lot for him to even think about fighting back, especially physically. Even after his training in the Future Foundation, he only fought back physically when absolutely necessary. And rarely violently.
So why was he stuck in a gang battle between the Shuten Clan and some smaller gangs? Because life likes to put him in uncomfortable situations and frankly, he was used to it by now.]
Prompt 1A:
[Makoto gritted his teeth as he held his injured arm, narrowly avoiding another hit from a spiked bat by twisting to the side. If there was anything he was good at (other than being optimistic), it was surviving. And thanks to that training, he had gotten quite proficient with evading. Ducking to avoid a punch, he wasn't fast enough to dodge the kick that came after. Reeling from it, he slammed into a wall, gasping but quickly recovering just in time to avoid another hit.
And if that failed, he had learned to take a hit. No more days of being knocked out with only one strong punch.]
Cou-cough-Could we talk about this? There's no need to-!
[But his opponent evidently wasn't much of a talker. His attacker growled and struck at him again, grazing Makoto's hurt arm as Makoto moved to the side. Letting out a small cry of pain, Makoto closed his eyes in pain for a moment before using his leg to sweep at the man's legs. The attacker temporarily lost balance and Makoto quickly jumped to his feet and out of the way just in time for an Oni to swing a giant spiked club at his attacker, sending the other flying.
Makoto looked in horror at the splatter of blood from such a hit before rushing behind a wall just in time to avoid some bullets. He heard howls of rage behind him and more gunshots as he tried to catch his breath. This was insane! He had seen and been in these kinds of battles before but seeing this was new. Home didn't have Oni that could carry a weapon the size of him and use it to beat their enemies into submission.
Was he going to die here? Again? He had to die to even get to hell, right? Was this going to be his second time dying?!
...You might want to help him out.]
Prompt 1B:
[Letting out a sigh, he looked at some of the casualties on both sides. While this was mostly just a demonstration of power, there were some casualites. He was saddened to see that most of the injured were supposed to tend to themselves.
He rubbed his sore cheek sullenly as he remembered when he tried to help some of the injured, only to be greeted by scorn and aggression. It didn't help that he had helped someone from the other group get to his comrades despite working with the Shuten. He had a broken leg! Of course he would need assistance to get back to his group!]
...I suppose some things never change.
[He ignored his own injuries, letting his bleeding arm dangle to his side as he wallowed in bad memories waiting for a continuation or end to this battle.]
3. Standing on the edge ...with shoes (Strike a Poise)
[Makoto wasn't sure this was a good idea. Sure, it was a lot of money but he's...not graceful. Like, at all. The way he was prone to bad luck made that impossible. And adding to it, he was still recovering from that battle for Shuten Clan...This was a really bad idea honestly.
But he needed the money. Even with his assigned apartment, it wasn't much. He needed some money to get some essentials before it became a problem. He was also broke still. He didn't get much money from his performance with the Shuten Clan, especially after helping someone from the other side. He wasn't surprised at all, but it made things harder for him.
So against all his worries, he decided to sign up for this job. He was trying very hard to stay upright while he tried to adjust to these geta on him. While he was forced to change his clothes and had already dealt with some rowdy guests, it was mostly the large geta on his feet that were making his life difficult. But to be honest...]
I hope you enjoy your drinks!
[He bowed to a guest with a bright smile before walking towards his next customer. This was going okay! He was doing better than he expected! Usually, things like this never worked well and he always made a fool of himself. Sure, he had spilled quite a bit of liquid at the beginning but now he was doing pretty good! He didn't think he was going to win the big prize with his performance but perhaps he was going to get some money from this after all!
He carefully walked toward the next guest when someone bumped into him and made him lose balance.]
WOAH!
[Trying to regain his balance, he instinctually grabbed for something to hold and unfortunately dragged a person down with him with a yelp.
...So much for a prize.]
? Wildcard?
(((OOC: Wildcards are welcome! If you want to talk, I'm available at
1B
Excuse me. Yes, you.
[A young woman with a demonic mask is approaching Makoto. She glance at his arm, before looking back at him.]
You need to tend to your arm. If you don't know how, allow me to help.
HELLO!
M-Me?
[When she pointedly looked at his bleeding arm, he blinked in surprise before trying to reassure her.]
A-Ah this? I-I'm fine! There's no need to worry.
[He attempted to move his injured arm to show her but stopped with a wince.]
...Please do.
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I don't have my usual ointments, so we'll just need to clean this and wrap it up. [She wonders if they even have the same medicinal plants she knows here...] I advise against strenuous activities until it heals up.
[Shinobu say, as she bring out some bandage wraps.]