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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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[So present was two from the west, one from Central, and two from the North. Matoba presumes that there must be a 'South' to go with the rest, but none had yet appeared...]
[That is as good a hint as any.] The last one is from the East. It is funny you should mention- unlike you and Shylock, no matter how I've teased, he doesn't say a thing. I wonder if he hoped I wouldn't realize it?
Well, after all, it's thanks to that Murr opening his mouth that I was able to learn all of the wizards here, so I suppose he may have gotten away with it for a little longer if that one wasn't such a troublesome beast.
[Matoba stops in front of the izakaya, eying its doorway like he was eying a problem. The reaction once they stepped inside would certainly be interesting...] I thought it was funny. The rest of you do not hide what you are at all.
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[ they're all solitary and reclusive. well, one of them isn't reclusive, but if that kid were here he'd immediately tell everyone his name and that he's a wizard, so it's probably not him.
he walks into the izakaya and looks around, then looks at matoba. ]
Is this the place?
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[Matoba hums, almost approaching a childish pout. What was the fun in being stuck with ayakashi if he couldn't even tease them?]
[Letting Bradley walk in first, he follows in after with a brush of the noren curtain aside, letting his eye adjust to the darkness of the dimly lit bar. The place was filled with the sounds of sizzling meat and the scent of charcoal grilling it, and while it wasn't too busy at this time of day, those who were present were all burly, suited Shuten oni.]
[When they take notice of Matoba, they don't look too happy. The one behind the bar crosses his arms, looking between Bradley and Matoba like he's considering whether to have them tossed or not.] Tch. You're that Alliance brat... Get the hell out.
So rude. I'm just a helpful samaritan, leading one of your own to feed from your businesses. Is that a problem? [With a bright smile that surely only irritated present company more, Matoba pops both of his hands unexpectedly onto Bradley's shoulders, giving him a helpful little push forward.] Of course, since I'm here, I might as well eat. No need to worry about cowardly poisons from a Shuten establishment, hm?
[No wonder they hate him.]
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the situation is easy enough to assess, and as a fellow shuten, he can tell they're all ready to fight if needed, but when it comes to food there are some exceptions that have to be made, probably also for oni. he waves a confident hand at them. ]
Hey, I'm new 'round these parts. Ah, don't worry, [ he points back at matoba with his thumb, ] I've got this guy under my control. You could say he's my slave or something. [ smirks. ]
We're just here to get some fried chicken, yeah? Apparently this place is the best in town.
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[Still, they weren't going to turn out one of their own, so after a grunt, the oni waves a hand at them and turns back to chopping meat, albeit perhaps a little more forcefully than before. Matoba invites himself up to the counter, pulling out a chair.]
Very convincing, [He prods, flipping over a menu that is practically thrown at them.] Not the sort to think on your feet, are you? Are you sure you're adept with magic?
Ah, I will have tea, [Matoba chimes up towards the chef, who glares daggers towards him.]
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[ he just wanted to see his face when he called him slave. matoba's too young to be so full of rage and evil on the inside. it's kind of hilarious to bradley who doesn't know just how nerfed he was when he stepped foot in this place.
he doesn't flip through the menu; he knows what he's here for and he hasn't changed his mind. ]
Fried chicken. And whatever liquor you've got.
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[Even though they had been allowed in, it didn't stop the seedy glares across the room from the Shuten oni off the clock. The muttering had already begun. What an annoyance.]
You are already making so many new friends. Well done. In any case, you have not yet guessed the final member of your ilk.
Will I have to give you another hint?
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Sure, go for it.
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[Matoba sips at his tea and considers the final hint as he hears the scratch of a chair behind them. Great. Better make it quick.]
Alright. Well, we could have gone to his restaurant instead, but I'm not certain he serves fried chicken--
OI, SKUNK-HEAD! YOU'RE FRESH MEAT, HUH!?
[An oni with a flashy purple suit and sunglasses heavily taps Bradley on the shoulder.] Maybe you're stupid, so I'll tell you straight- that guy yer drinking with's Sutoku Alliance. The enemy. You understand!?
[Matoba sips at his tea, glancing back with mild interest.]
i'm so sorry
Tch.
[ it seems calling matoba his slave wasn't heard by all the patrons, or perhaps it only worked with the cook, so he takes the only other approach he could think of (literally, there was no other way).
he abruptly wraps an arm around matoba's shoulders, pulling him close aggressively, glaring back at the oni. ]
Who, this guy? He's my date. Really good with his mouth, too. We're just here to eat 'cause I wanted to come here, we'll leavin' in a minute. Buzz off.
i love him 1/2
[And quite frankly, he's happy to simply sit there and vibe while the Shuten do their hazing. But Bradley seems to have other plans. He just barely manages not to make an indignant sound into his tea cup as he's grabbed by the wizard, pulled close enough that he can smell him. Eugh.]
[The oni erupts with laughter, a full belly-laugh that Matoba can feel from where he's being smothered by wizard. Internally, he's counting to five.] A Lieutenant, your date? Yeah, I'll bet a Sutoku's good with his mouth. They call them silver-tongued, but you know what I call it?--
Well you aren't wrong about one thing.
[Pushed up against Brad, Matoba turns towards the wizard with an unkind smile. He has two fingers raised of his free hand.]
Thy form does not change
Thou utters not a lowly name
Cleansed of shame, a hallowed light pierces through thee.
[Bradley gets about half a second of Matoba's coy grin at his shoulder before he and the oni both get blasted backwards by a wave of purification magic from Matoba's body.]
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[Hope Brad is ready for a tussle.]
Was that good enough?
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The hell, dude!? You got me, too!
[ he was trying to save you!! ]
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[Matoba smiles, and watches Bradley stumble back up to his feet. Unfortunately, the oni is also getting back to his feet, and the chef looks like he's had just about enough of Matoba's shit.]
[Sigh. Time to take this outside.]
Well, Scary-and-Cool-san, think you can take them? [Look at Matoba. You think he's getting in a fistfight? Not hardly.] Or shall we find somewhere else to fill that stomach of yours?