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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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no subject
It's good to help out. But you should be careful, there's plenty of tricksters and unsavoury folks around here, young Otegine.
[Youkai varies heavily in personalities, from gentle souls to the most manipulative. Norimune examine the ruler in one hand, before his eyes look back at Otegine.]
It might be. Or it might turn out more entertaining than you think. That's why I decided to watch.
[It's a perfectly normal, regular ruler. But his other hand move to touch it, as if he's holding his fan. He's smiling.]
I think I know why they give this to me. Do you?
[sorry, otegine, this old man is prompting you to THINK]
no subject
[Anyway time to look back at that ruler.
/jeopardy music/
DON'T MAKE HIM USE HIS BRAIN... okay but no, let him re-think this. He knows Norminue isn't a participant, knows the ruler came from the staff, knows with observation that those with the ruler markings on their necks are the ones usually down on their knees putting genitalia into their throat. The staff didn't give Norimune a marker or anything, but it's not out of the question, so...]
...Ah. Assessment, maybe?
[Of what part of him, he doesn't know, but there's only really two parts to chose from.]
no subject
[Greedy for what? He'll let Otegine ponder that for himself. But for now, they have this situation to deal with.
He knows Otegine is looking at the ruler, and he thinks he can help with a little hint. Norimune's eyes are on Otegine, while trailing along the ruler with one finger. From one end to the other.]
You're right about that. Now let's think... what are we assessing here, in this environment?
[In a club that's hosting a certain contest...]
nsfw
Well. Uh. [He clears his throat.] Stuffing a penis in someone's mouth.
And I don't have the marks on my neck, so... unless you've got a pen attached to that thing, I'm... guessing it's not meant for my mouth.
[He squirms a bit. Cool. Narrowed it down. Is Norimune gonna just stick the ruler down his pants or what... he hopes not.]
Are you really fine with that?
nsfw let it out, ote
That's right. Well, I don't mind doing this, it's whether or not you'll go along with this.
[Norimune could force Otegine, but the impact on the yari's morale is something to consider. This situation is nothing like their usual missions: it's not a battle where they use their real forms to wield.
... Also, it's just a penis. The Citadel is full of Touken Danshi in their human forms, sharing the same living spaces.]
As I see it, the sooner we get this done, the sooner we can go on our way.
nsfw rightarooni mr captain
[Granted, he's clearly uncomfortable. But the business-like manner the other maybe!Touken maintains at least keeps the topic easier to swallow. It's just a job. Maybe he can just get it over and done with and then never speak of this again.
He mutters a little to himself, but from how his shoulders are still drawn up it's clearly all nerves, eventually moving his hands down to fumble with the waistline of his pants.]
It's not like I'm the type to just show it off, you know. [That's Sengo's job.] So... don't expect anything impressive.
nsfw you'll be captain later dun dun dun
I'm aware. You never struck me as the type to be flashy. But it is a part of you, I don't see why you're concerned.
[The Citadel's Touken all live and (mostly) bathe together. Seeing each other's bare bodies likely is nothing new, save for the most private and shy of Touken.]
Whenever you're ready.
nsfw
It's just not a comparison I'm used to making, especially not for something like all this...!
[read: his self esteem is pretty garbage, all he can trust is Stabbing. What if he is no good at this, too? What if how he is just is too much again? He doesn't have to worry at home, sure, but home didn't require him to think about his individual body parts an awful lot, and any comparison to others in curiosity was left as just that. It wasn't what was useful about them.
Unlike now.
He's momentarily flustered, but still blows out a frustrated exhale as he frees his length to open air. There's definitely a lot to work with, but either the nerves or the general talk at hand doesn't quite have him at full mast yet. His frustrated expression deepens with embarrassment, even as he jostles his grip to try and bring himself back to attention a little bit. Come on, not in front of assessment, get it together.
What glances he gives to Norimune are quickly ripped away. There is no confidence in this one. Only a constantly building self-beratement.]