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Entry tags:
- !event,
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- fate: sakamoto ryouma,
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- no more heroes: kamui uehara,
- original: hazel lockwood,
- original: marianna "monts" medina,
- touken ranbu: hizen tadahiro
APRIL 2022 EVENT
MAIN NAVIGATION
1. HANAMI
The week of the Night Parade is marked by the traditional symbols of Spring in Japan. Somehow, several city blocks have been turned into cherry blossom groves as a show of goodwill by the Sutoku Alliance. These cherry trees don't feel normal. They are more like spectral manifestations. Rumor has it they grew so quickly because they're planted on top of a graveyard. That's just a rumor, though. Don't pay it any mind! Don't listen to any whispers you might hear if you walk through the rows of trees alone and certainly don't dig under them for proof of their provenance.
Accompanying the hanami are copious amounts of food and drink. Such as dango, specialized bento, sake, and festive drinks. They are all available to purchase from stalls near the spectral grove. The refreshments may have a little something special added to them:These effects are mild and only last as long as you're in the boundary of the grove. Eat, drink, and be merry with your fellow lost souls.
- Ingredients that promote peace (calming any angry or upset feelings)
- Ingredients that promote romance (gives soft, warm feelings towards the first person you see).
2. KANAMARA MATSURI (NSFW IMAGERY)
In addition to the simple joys of flower viewing and the cherry blossoms blooming, new festivals pop everywhere. They are inspired by various regional festivals from all over Japan. Some of these are benign and feature your normal festival fair. Others are a little more unusual, such as the Kanamara matsuri-inspired treats. You can thank the Tamamo Clan for this. Don't mind the giant phallus being carried down the street or the wooden phalluses you can ride on or the interesting mascots walking down the sidewalk, or the suggestive vegetable carvings.
Surprisingly, none of these foods are spiked, at least not more than the experimental recipes had been during the parade preparations. The spirit of the thing is more just the amusement of genital-based foods rather than anything meant to entice a sexy sort of good time. That will come as the parade rounds out onto the bath district...
3. HADAKA MATSURI
cw: nonsexual nudity
If that cheeky festival isn't your kind of fun, maybe the hadaka matsuri is more your speed. The Department of the Enma are probably the most stressed out faction in the entire city, so the Enma has allowed them to put on a festival to blow off some steam! It's a bit different from the traditional celebration: it's not contained to just men and it's not contained to a shrine.
This event is a mobile mob of nearly naked people and youkai running after a cart with a masked person throwing out small sticks. They represent good luck for the people who manage to nab them. There are far fewer sticks than there are people present and everyone will do a lot to get one of the coveted prizes. Try not to get in their way!
Or you can get caught up in it all and try to snag one yourself to see what your fortune holds. (No, the Enma isn't participating. Too dirty, for his tastes.)
4. FESTIVE FUN
A. SUMO
Some other festivities you might come across are miniature sumo tournaments put on by the Shuten Clan. Raised dirt circles with chalk rings on the outer perimeter pop up seemingly everywhere. Two people are allowed in the ring at one time and there are strict rules to be followed. If you disobey the rules, you may find yourself suddenly ejected from the ring with magical or physical means, and at the mercy of a Shuten enforcer.
Play by the rules to beat your opponent and victors will find themselves rewarded with a strong bottle of booze. The winners of each bout are handed out a commendation by Toraguma himself, which comes in the form of a commemorative sake gourd. This is probably the kind of prize you'd expect from an Oni at a festival like this.B. FOOD RUNNERS WANTED
If you're in the mood to pad your pockets, maybe you want to help the Tamamo Clan out by running food delivery. This opportunity is available to anyone regardless of affiliation. Runners will be fitted with a contraption to carry the food orders on their person and may proceed either on foot or on a small motorbike. Be careful and make sure not to drop anything! Any ruined or undelivered orders will come directly out of your pay.
It's harder than it looks not to drop the food with all the excitement going on and your delivery recipient may be similarly hard to locate.C. HOT BATHS (NSFW + cw: optional aphro)
The Tamamo Clan has set up a sanctioned orgy in one of their larger brothels. Rooms are available for whatever your heart desires, including one with exposed windows if you like being watched or if you want to watch in kind. Baths and pools are available for all your indulgent fantasies. Everything you could need is at your disposal: toys, restraints, costumes, lubricants, condoms, aphrodisiacs in many forms. It's a proper bacchanal celebration!
All that matters is your consent and enthusiasm.
5. NIGHT PARADE
One of the primary highlights of the Night Parade are the fantastical floats depicting scenes of legendary events. Keen-eyed observers may note that the humans are portrayed as the bad guys in most of them. While a few of these are mounted on motorized vehicles, most of them are carried by people. That means you'll probably be called on to help carry one along the parade route. It's a fun job, if exhausting.
If you're not the type to wear yourself out carrying a float, ride on one instead! There's plenty of things to toss out into the crowd along the street; candies and trinkets. Dress up in a fitting costume and walk around the float. Have fun scaring bystanders or just have fun hamming it up and celebrate the peaceful night.
5. FIREWORKS
The parade's central stop is the festival square in the heart of the city, just under the shadow of the Kaigo no Bou Tower. There is a stage set up here where the four faction leaders and their personal entourages have assembled. All of them are giving pretty typical speeches. The Enma has declined to give one, having no patience for unnecessary oration. Tenkohime gives praise to the unifying factors of love in the city, while Toraguma rallies the crowd like a sports hero; encouraging them to get stronger and do better in the coming year.
The Daitengu is the last to speak and they also seem to have the largest entourage. The entourage is quite conspicuous: White Wolf Tengu, each standing well-taller than the Daitengu themselves. They are carrying massive broadswords strapped to their backs and hunting about the area for anything suspicious with keen eyes that seem to see right through the crowd and the heat of night.
The Daitengu's speech is also pretty typical, although much more humble than their fellows. Mostly, they just wants to hurry up and get to the fireworks. Just as they finish speaking, the sky lights up.
There are a few peaceful moments beneath this spectacle as the crowd enjoys the display of unity and phantasmal wonder that this unique and strange world has created.
But the explosions aren't just in the sky. One particularly loud boom seems to rattle the very earth beneath the crowd. That is the only warning anyone gets before...
6. A NIGHT PARADE TO REMEMBER
Every manhole cover on the street bursts open, injuring anyone that was standing nearby. Far worse is the deluge of steam that rushes out from the underground. Pillars of hot, blinding steam spill into the air, quickly filling the streets. The luminescence of the festival lamps and city lights are diffused and blurred into singular blobs of color, obscuring all vision and making it impossible to see what's going on. The panicked cries of the crowd also make it impossible to hear. Everything happens so suddenly, so violently, that ascertaining what's going on takes time.
Too much time.
In the chaos, gunshots are heard. They seem to come from several directions. Fighting is breaking out. It's difficult to tell from where and who is in the brawl. Previously unseen figures in full-body black coverings appear from nowhere, rushing the stage. They zoom past any Lost Souls nearby, ignoring their presence. They are focused on a singular goal. The barking of the White Wolf Tengu further indicates the goal of the attack.
Struggle in the steam, help others get to safety, get caught up in fighting the other factions, try to protect the Faction leaders, or try to keep up with the black-suited youkai rushing the stage; do as much as you can.
When the steam finally begins to clear, however, there will at least be one thing that is certain: the Daitengu has been killed.
Welcome to the April event!
- If you have any questions about event content, please ask them here!
- We also have OOC top levels for Shuten Sumo Results, Tamamo Partner Cards, and Hadaka Luck Draws!
- If you have questions about the game itself, please check out the premise, FAQ, and rules pages.
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[Like this... he thinks he can occasionally see the faces of the tortured souls of the Sanzu in the wisps, just barely. He has to strain his eye to see it at all. Doing so sends another sharp pain through him. Let's stop doing that.]
[If only he had his full power... He thinks he would be able to see each and every twisted face clearly.]
Chongyun. [Matoba mutters in disorientation, blinking his bleary eye once, and then realizing why he was staring up. Oh.] ...I'm fine.
[He's not fine, but also this is horrifically embarrassing; he'll take death, first.] The assassins?
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Despite whatever personal wishes for death the elder exorcist may have, Chongyun's grip tightens around Matoba as he begins to move. Carefully, as not to jostle too much, making his way down the slanted roof toward its bottom-most point. Hopefully it'll be close enough to something like a crate, so he can get them both on solid ground again. ]
Gone. I think they didn't want to risk more attacks like that. [ so, even though it had failed as an attack, it had succeeded as a bluff. ] They vanished—I couldn't sense how.
[ But, to be fair, his attention hadn't been on them at that point. ]
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Wise, [He musters in reply to the assassins' retreat. Not that he thinks he actually could muster even the slightest spark after that.]
[But, the way they had vanished... Matoba had heard of something like that, of in the sewers. His brow furrows this time in concentration as he tries to recall the circumstances, and instead finds his head blaring.] I see.
... Chongyun-kun, please consider your shoulder. It isn't necessary to carry me any further. [Maybe this angle will end his suffering??]
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[ Good try buddy, but different angles don’t work on the earnestly straightforward type.
After seriously offering his credentials as to why Matoba is safe in his arms while hopping down from the rooftops, Chongyun’s heels meet the edge of the building. Sliding to a stop, he hops down off the ledge, keeping Matoba tight to his chest as he takes advantage of some stacked sake barrels. One, two, three, and they’re back onto street level. It looks like shit down here, with broken pieces of sidewalk and smears of rusting crimson smeared across concrete.
It’s only then that the young exorcist relaxes his arms, tipping his elder’s feet down toward the earth. Slowly... because he’s not sure Matoba’s exactly recovered… ]
Here.
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[Matoba sighs and resigns himself to this worst of fates, coddled further to the teen's chest as he makes the leaps down to the ground. On the rooftops, Matoba had still gotten the rise of the steam eventually, but on the ground the air was truly thick with it. He wonders if it isn't unhealthy to be breathing in vaporized souls.]
[He uses that thought to distract himself from the mortal terror of being bridal carried by his kouhai until at last he's being tipped down to his feet. Steeling himself to make as much effort as possible to show that he's fine, he plants his feet steadily and straightens his back, ignoring how his head swims again and remaining upright through sheer determination. The sounds of chaos are still all around them; howls sounding from the stage pull his attention.]
[Now that he's tilted upright, his nose is bleeding.]
...Thank you, [He manages to utter after a moment to regain his bearings and the shreds of his dignity, smearing the blood away in a careless, mannish gesture with his right hand. Moving his left sends searing pain through him and he isn't trying to look any more helpless than he has already.] I am going to make my way to the stage. That was the call of a white-wolf Tengu.... [He has a bad feeling about this, and thus far, Matoba's gut feelings have proven disastrous. Several youkai flee past them, shrieking something about the Daitengu.] Are you coming?
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... but it isn't Chongyun's place to say so. Not only is he junior in age, Matoba isn't someone who falls under the umbrella of the Tianheng—Chongyun's family. Asking him not to go or offering to protect him would end up sounding disrespectful. It's very frustrating, and the young exorcist's lips thin before he exhales slowly. ]
No. There are still people that need help the other way. [ he casts a glance at the rush of bodies that bob in and out of clouds of steam; some flee away from the platform, some run toward it, ] It's the lowest rungs that are most vulnerable right now.
[ The strong need to protect the weak, even though it does sound like something's happened to the Daitengu from those shrieks and cries. With the eyes of the Sutoku pointed toward their leader, Chongyun can't help but turn the other way to clean up the mess. It's instinctive, part of the job of an exorcist and heir both.
.... yet, he pauses on following the cries of those still fighting off black-clad assassins, finally unable to keep from lightly scolding— ]
Please don't do anything else so reckless. And please see a medic as soon as you can.
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[Even if Chongyun has shown no inclination towards the dark, political corners of that world, it's habit.]
[His impassive face shows none of his suffering. Matoba sets his sight on the stage and the clashing taking place there, and then glances back towards Chongyun.] I see. That suits you. [The corner of his mouth curls up in an unreadable way.] The problems of the Sutoku clan are none of your concern, and you have your own business to care for, yes? Then this is where we will part.
[He raises the fingers of his right hand before him in a parting prayer.] Please do see to yourself as well, Chongyun-kun. I, too, would hate for these circumstances to be our last meeting.
[Technically, he didn't really promise to do either of those things, but he's already swiftly darting his way through the crowd, and vanishing into the fog.]