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(OVERFLOW) 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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muscling in
What do you think you're... -- hey!
[He turns to yell after the stranger as they flee, turning to give chase, when one of the gangsters lunges and throws a punch, apparently intending to take out this stronger opponent while his head's turned. The fist connects with his cheek... but it's the gangster who yelps in pain, shaking his hand.]
Hmph. I don't have time to play around with all of you!
[He grabs the young man who just threw the punch -- one hand on his collar, the other grabbing his belt, and in a feat of strength, throws him into his buddies, knocking two of them down like bowling pins.
And then he's immediately looking for the stranger who thrust him into this stupid fight, indignant anger flaring in his one visible eye.]
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The oni they're using as a shield also isn't happy, brushing them off and pushing them away as he tries to get away from the Lost Souls drama.]
That was pretty impressive!
[Backing up... backing up... Looking for an opening in the crowds...]
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[He'll lunge forward and try to grab the stranger by the front of their shirt. Now that he's facing them, they might get a glimpse of the dark rock around his eye and the unnaturally metallic shine of his hair.]
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[They’re grabbed, but they’re still trying to lean back as far possible. It’s kind of ended up with them dangling there, hands up, relying on the strength of their shirt to hold them up.]
Ya handled it pretty well, though! I woulda gotten killed if I fought those guys, an’ that woulda been a tragedy, right? But yer strong. I could sense that with just a glance!
[Mhmm. Yep. Definitely.]
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Then he lets go.]
Tch... If I'm going to take a hit for someone, I'd rather at least get paid for it.
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Usually, I'd be more 'n happy to give ya somethin' for the service ya just did for me, but I don't got any money on me.
[What little they had was taken by some feisty cats, unfortunately.]
But, y'know, we're friends an' all here, us Lost Souls who ain't s'posed to be here, so maybe you could forgive me for it just this one time?
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"Friends"... right. So you're another one who happened to find your way into Hell by sheer accident.
[How many of them could there be? Turns out, probably a lot, actually.]
So what, you've come from one of the worlds of the living? Are you human?
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[A lot more people than Hyacinth would have anticipated, certainly.]
An’ I’m human as far as I know, too. Ain’t much else I could be, not right now.
[Normal things to say, surely.]
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So we aren't even supposed to be here, and now we're being made to wait for some other entity to contact us... as if we don't have better things to do.
[Well, Zelgadis does. He doesn't know about this person.]
You seem to be taking it well, all things considered.
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[They shrug.]
That’s just how I see it, o’ course, and I’m sure it ain’t how everyone’s gonna look at it. Most people probably ain’t too used to things bein’ outta their control an’ would want things to work out for ‘em, but that’s not my style so much.
[Life just be that way, y’know?]
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Might as well, huh...
Not sure I can be that easygoing about it, myself.
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…
Well, they’re not entirely unsympathetic, it’s just not a mindset they can grasp themself.]
Y’reckon? That’s fair, I think… Most folks probably don’t want to sit an’ accept whatever’s comin’ up without takin’ some sorta action, big or small.
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[It's almost weird to meet people who take things calmly. He's not sure if he should consider it suspicious, or if he should instead consider whether his own experiences have skewed his perspective on what is and isn't normal behavior for people.]
... I don't suppose you've seen any place around here that seems like a good spot to lay low?
[He's not sure he should get his hopes up, considering this encounter happened because they both failed to avoid trouble with the city's gangs.]
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[Things will happen as they may, so might as well roll with them. Can’t change the future!
Or at least how it goes for Hyacinth. It might not actually be that normal of a view on things.]
Reckon ya might have better luck in any neighborhood ‘sides this one… Seems this is where a lotta this fightin’ is, on accounta it seems to be about territory? But I ain’t sure where the lines’re drawn jus’ yet.
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[He tilts his head upward, looking thoughtfully at the towering buildings.]
Maybe I'll start by finding a place with a better view of the area.