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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 riot


This 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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frogmarched: (pic#15799037)

[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-08 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
[If she wanted to strike fear int he hearts of men with a cold, terrifying look in her eyes........ well Eiichi didn't really care. His own eyes contain a depth of ice and utter disinterest, as he watches her attempt to collect herself with a tilt of his head.

Meaning, he's completely unperturbed when she tries to throw it back at him. Actually, it's pretty funny.]


Don't be so full of yourself-- I don't have any interest in seeing what a dirty hag like you looks like underneath. [His cigarette is still in one hand, and he brings up the other to point to one of the cats.] I meant them. They're the ones who have eagerly accepted your charity, after all.
crimsonhorizon: (Oh why can I not conquer love?)

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-08 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Your obvious lack of taste aside, even a bakeneko is still a cat, what interest would they have in any human body? I know it must be difficult for you, but use your brain.

[So, one, she is apparently completely aware they've been stealing her shit and she's??? fine??? with that? Two, she is staring at him and kind of puffing up a little.]

Don't smoke that disgusting-smelling thing on the street.

[DON'T SMOKE NEAR KITTIES!]
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[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-08 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Haah...? I guess if you want everyone to laugh at you for getting fleeced so easily. [Did she actually know, or was she just covering up for her own stupidity? He didn't actually know, but the result was still the same.

The cigarette has made its way back up to his mouth, though he simply holds it there for a moment, quirking a suspicious eyebrow at her like he might actually listen.

...And then he takes back a long drag off the end of it, lowering his hand and blowing the cloud of smoke right in the middle of the street.]
crimsonhorizon: (I'm still fighting for peace)

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-08 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Tsubaki is still for a long moment. She uses that to inhale deeply, and then slowly, calmly exhale. Just a shitty kid. Just a bratty child. No use losing her cool, no use getting angry, don't take the bait, don't--

She just summoned a lightning sprite and hucked it at him like a baseball. It won't really hurt more than a bad case of static, but that's not even the point. Her throwing arm sucks but her aim is dead-on. Think fast.]
frogmarched: (pic#15678474)

[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-08 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
[She may have great aim, but he at least has some awareness to dodge things quickly... Though it's not like he's anything special. He at least moves quick enough that the little-- electric creature?-- only hits his arm. But, it is the arm that was holding is cigarette, so it drops to ground, and Eiichi recovers with a very grumpy look on his face.]

Tch... You know if you don't want any smoke around, you shouldn't be hurling your weird lightning around.

[ >:| ]
crimsonhorizon: (I might have thought)

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-08 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
I don't want any smoke near the cats, which is why I threw it towards you and away from them.

[The sprite is kind of skittering about on the ground at his feet and may be attempting to snuff the cigarette but it is a mote of electricity and not particularly in possession of thumbs, so it's not getting far. Tsubaki is exceedingly smug about this incredibly petty result.]
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[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-08 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks down at the little creature busy at his feet, trying to snuff out the remaining embers. He doesn't... really care, so he lets it be, but he does nudge it annoyingly with his foot.]

Seems pointless, in an open street like this. [Second-hand smoke was still second-hand smoke!

...but he also dully pulls out his lighter and another cigarette, sticking it in his mouth as he lights up, without breaking eye contact.]

crimsonhorizon: (Oh why can I not conquer love?)

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-08 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
[IT MADE ANGRY STATIC NOISES AT HIM.

Also she's marching her ass across the street to try to take that right out of his mouth. This would probably work better if she was taller but give the girl points for tenacity. Petty, petty tenacity.]


So's a cigarette in hell, isn't it?
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[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-08 11:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Short though she may be, Eiichi simply lets her pull the cigarette away without much resistance, but it's just replaced by the usually sharp smirk that were behind it. Admittedly he didn't want to waste any, but when you converted the values, they were at least much cheaper in Jigoku than back home.]

You think? But if I'm already in Hell, then there's no reason to worry about the smoke inhalation, is there?

[If he was already dead then might as well just go 'fuck it' amirite]
crimsonhorizon: (Oh why can I not conquer love?)

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-08 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
It still smells bad. Can't you afford a less obnoxious vice with all this free time you clearly have?

[It's not the nicotine that bothers her, lung cancer just isn't on the radar of concerns in Creation, but it smells nasty, Eichi.]
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[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-08 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah... but that kind of makes it even funnier how annoyed she is about it? It certainly doesn't do anything to dent his amusement.]

How pushy... harassing people on the street just because their habits are annoying you. Maybe that's why only the cats can tolerate you...?

[Translation: no he will not stop smoking and you can kill him before he'll try.]
crimsonhorizon: (but as long as you are with me)

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-08 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
Bold words from a man who just decided to catcall someone on the street?

[The pun is 500% deliberate and she will never apologize. But she's just crushing the cigarette and letting that poor sprite climb back up to her shoulder. It is making more angry static noises at him.]

Cats are both better company and better literary critics than most humans. They're vastly preferable company.
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[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-11 10:27 am (UTC)(link)
What, you have shit in your ears? Hard of hearing? I already said I had no interest...

[Bereft of his bad habit (and not wanting to waste more cigarettes), he tucks one hand into his pocket, the other handing limply as he tilted his head.]

Are you the one who's desperate? You'd have a better chance with the alley cats. Hopefully the bakeneko at least have better standards.
crimsonhorizon: (It might be too sharp)

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-11 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
[She goes from angry to genuinely, truly horrified and digusted. The worst insults are the ones that aren't even meant that way, just the reaction truly deep in their heart.]

But you're tiny.

[WHO THE FUCK IS SHE COMPARING HIM TO THAT HE'S SMALL?!

Also when she raised her hand in shock the wedding band on it is visible but it's Eiichi he doesn't care.]
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[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-13 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
Eh...?

[Well, it's not the reaction he was expecting, but it certainly was one. He does indeed notice the wedding band, but yeah he doesn't care. Being married certainly didn't stop anyone from chasing their perversions.]

Are you going senile? [Because he has no idea what this has to do with anything.]
crimsonhorizon: (but as long as you are with me)

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-13 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
Look at you? You're like a cooked ramen noodle. How many meals have you skipped in the last week, anyway? I think chicken legs have more meat on them.

[SHe's right but maybe she should not have said it while gesturing to him.]

You're only, what, a head taller than me? Head and a half? That's just average height, that's no achievement.
frogmarched: (pic#15799096)

[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-14 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't say it was an achievement.

[Seriously. This was just getting stupid, and one of the most irritating things was some idiot who couldn't carry a human conversation.]

Besides, you're small enough to to give the kappa a run for their money. Though you'd have to cover up to not bring down their image... But then again, maybe it would raise their morale if they were among something dragged out of the sewers.

[In the end, he took out another cigarette and flicked on the lighter, with blatant disregard for her earlier holier-than-thou nonsense.]
crimsonhorizon: (But I'll make it)

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-14 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
...Oh, it's like that.

[She not really offended, really. She knows she's beautiful, but also that the breadth of human sexuality is vast. That's fine. Also, she's notied something else, from where she's standing.]

Cosmetics, masks and illusions have existed for the insecure and unfortunate for centuries...there are solutions for me. But there's nothing that's going to fix your personality...I think I got the better deal.

[A pause.]

Well, me and the bakeneko who's just took off with your wallet.
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[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-14 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
Hm?

[He puts his lighter away as he breathes deep through the cigarette. Well, he was more tired and annoyed than angry, at least, though he was much more interested in getting a smoke off than checking his pockets.]

It must be fortunate for me, that I have no interest in being fixed. I already took my yen out after they stole it earlier. But it only had a few in it in the first place... if they really want it they're free to keep it.

[Sometimes being paranoid was very helpful. He would gladly give up the wallet even with the money if he could get the charm back.]
crimsonhorizon: (My heart continues to beat)

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-14 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[That gives her pause. Partly because a cat just climbed up her back for the hair ribbon--bakeneko are still cats--but his reaction...

She doesn't like him and knows she should leave well enough alone. But curiosity is stronger than her contempt.]


You knew that much and still came out to this street? That's foolish or desperate, I can't tell which.
frogmarched: (pic#15770778)

[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-15 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
It's called thinking ahead. [Actually it's called paranoia! He knows all too well not to carry that much money on your person-- at least not in your wallet.]

They took something else of mine that I'm still looking for. Otherwise I would be glad to leave them to scam whoever else they want.
crimsonhorizon: (Know with all of your heart)

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-15 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
...Something else of yours?

[It has to be something important. No one would go through the trouble otherwise.]

You'll do better to barter, then. Whatever else they are, they are still cats. Fish, string, or entertainment.

[Which is why she's surreptitiously handing the one on her shoulder one of her earrings, but he doesn't need to know what that's about.]
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[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-17 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
[It was totally not important. Shut up. (It was).]

Ah, is that why you keep letting them steal everything you own?

[This is what you get for turning the conversation to be about him?]
crimsonhorizon: (but as long as you are with me)

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-17 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing I have is worth worrying about to begin with. And they haven't tried for the one thing that would be.

[Wiggling her fingers a bit with the ring.]

They're just things. Neither money nor store-bought clothing have any actual value.
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[personal profile] frogmarched 2022-09-18 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
How ascetic. I wouldn't have taken someone as flashy as you for a monk.

[He takes a drag on his cigarette. He wasn't really that materialistic either, so he couldn't really fault her for that. Though that was probably more to having so few possessions, instead of any actual values. He was no Minikami, okay.]

Seems to me like your ring is just as gaudy as the rest of them. [Sorry Tsubaki he has no idea what a wedding ring is it's the 1920s]

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