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Entry tags:
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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.
Laughing Beauty "LB" | Tamamo
[As one of the very much not Japanese Lost Souls to be brought here, it was a welcome relief from her own depressing thoughts to focus on learning the culture here to best figure out how to blend in as quickly as possible. Wanting to experience everything she possibly could in the process, she finds herself in barely anything at all and apparently chasing a cart for what she understood to be some sort of fortune? She figured it was likely something akin to horoscopes, which were largely useless, but yet even someone like her could find the entertainment in it.
At the very least, her nanomachines are largely useful in helping maintain her stamina, so she's been able to stay caught up with the crowd with little issue. However, as LB had been unable to catch any of the little sticks that were being thrown out and at this point, there likely weren't many left.
As much as she'd like to just be lucky enough to catch one, it was becoming clear that some kind of tactic needed to be put in play if she were to get any at all. Turning to the Lost Soul beside her, she keeps her voice down.]
I don't think we're going to get anything going at this pace - haha - I think we're going to have to play a little dirty. If you've got the energy, maybe we can trip the yokai in front of us and create a roadblock?
[That was the best idea she could come up with, on the spot.]
Unless you've got any ideas of your own?
2) SUMO
[Though LB was wise enough to know that she definitely didn't have the strength or even the knowledge to compete in sumo, it was a form of competition she only knew through osmosis. Nevertheless, LB was someone who appreciated strength, even if she was utterly lacking in it herself and wanted to see for herself just how strong everyone really was. And also maybe gawk at people's muscles. Not to mention, she was also trying to drum up some business for her faction later. But it was mostly to actually spectate the sport, honest!
She surprised how easily she gets swept up into the excitement of the crowd - being able to watch a sport like this with a cheering crowd was also something new to her and finds that it's something she'd like to do again, if given the chance. Even so, after one of the matches concludes, LB's able to break away from the crowd long enough to go buy a couple of water bottles from a stand and manages to make it back to a fellow Lost Soul making their way out of the arena - whether they lost or not - to hold out one of the bottles of her water.]
That was a really close match out there - heeheehee - the crowd got so pumped up over it that I had to take a break! But here... you can have this one, if you want it.
[For what it's worth, it's just a normal bottle of water - no tricks up her sleeve! Sure, maybe she'll put a word in for Tamamo, but she's not going to be overly forceful about it either. LB is actually just more interested in getting to know more people with fighting skills.]
3) HOT BATHS
[While some might scoff at the idea of working at a brothel, it actually provided one much needed benefit for LB - she now knew for certain that she wasn't able to accidentally harm anyone through touch after cautiously experimenting with a couple of people first. That much was a relief to know, as she had been a little anxious about the uncertainty of her power until then.
With that weight off her shoulders, LB is actually down to fill out her card, however there's one unpleasant yokai that's being an insufferable guest not only to her, but a couple of the other workers in the vicinity. After her and a couple of other people try talking him down, there's a moment when LB stares at her hands and wonders if she should just use her powers to make that particular customer not a problem anymore.
However, glancing at the other workers that were doing their best to appease the yokai, LB just walks out of the room to avoid giving them another problem to deal with. Entering the next room over with a heavy sigh, LB mutters under her breath about how much of an asshole that guy was. What she doesn't account for is that someone else is already inside.]
Oh! Eheheh... [Her eyes go wide for a moment before shifting her expression to a more pleasant one.] Sorry, I just needed a break from that room.
[LB glances around, making certain she wasn't interrupting anything before continuing.] Hey, you're not waiting for someone, are you? Hopefully you're better company than the last guy I talked to.
[Whether it was another Tamamo worker willing to go in to beat the customer's head in, someone to rant to if they weren't actually here for sex, or y'know someone to bone, LB was going to welcome the distraction anyway.]
4) COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE
[Once the manhole covers are blown off and the gunfire is heard not long after that, inside LB is freaking the fuck out. However, with gunfire close by, her nanomachines recognize it as some sort of battlefield and soon gets into gear by pumping the adrenaline and endorphins into her system.
Normally that much would be to prime her to going into the battle herself, however without a gun, LB knew that her hand-to-hand fighting skills were not going to be enough to allow her to join the action. Trying to hug a person to death likely wasn't wise either. Instead, all she could do was hide - having an eye for stealth approaches was doing her well as she's able to quickly find the least populated routes and best cover along the way.
The only problem was that her nanomachines were actually making her laugh even more than usual and she likely kind of looked like a lunatic in the process! But perhaps due to her moderate luck draw from the hadaka matsuri earlier, the loud screams and gunfire are actually enough to keep her hidden from the action.
Having a large motivation for her own self-preservation, she's intending on just getting the fuck out of there. However, as she sees another Lost Soul lost in the middle of the action, her giant guilt complex comes into the picture as well - she couldn't just leave another person out there in good conscious.
Knowing now that she couldn't harm someone accidentally through touch, she grabs them roughly by the arm, pulling them to hide with her in a nearby garbage dumpster. No matter how they react, LB will hold up a single finger in a gesture for them to shush - hostile figures were getting close by, after all - her nanomachines perhaps making her expression more gleeful than she intends. Soon after that, though, she hugs her legs to make herself seem smaller, pressing her forehead against her knees as the footsteps nearby can be heard.]
5) WILDCARD
[I'm down to do p much any of these prompts, either hit me up with a sick ass prompt or plot with me here! If it gets filthy, my kink list is over here.]
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It was just- he was hoping to be by himself for a moment.
Some baseline familiarity clicks on in his mind as he sees who it is. Her pleasant expression was met with one in return.]
Don't worry about! I get ya, go on ahead and make yourself comfy.
[He laughed before taking a sip of the coffee he procured. Something to help him stay awake and observant.]
It's mighty busy here, after all!
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Had your own fair share of assholes I take it, eheheh?
[She tilts her head with a curious raise of her brows, she takes a seat on a couch inside the room sinking her head back against the cushion. She eyes the coffee he's drinking, wondering if she should gets some of her own.]
After all the business, I think you've got the right idea in caffeinating it up - is it any good, though?
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[Another, slow sip of his coffee. At the very least he can get a brew here. A french press sat on a nearby table, about half-full.]
It's alright, ain't got any cream or sugar to go with it. But that's fine, just helps wake up.
[Bitter things could be delicious as well, as far as Billy was concerned. It was when something was too bland for him that it became unedible.]
Want a cup? Still nice and hot.
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[LB waves off Billy's answer, waiting until he was finished talking before interjecting.]
Oh, that's fine, I prefer my coffee black anyway. So, all the better for me if there's no issue otherwise.
[LB was on the exact opposite end of the spectrum as far as food went - some of her favorites could be on the bland side. As far as she was concerned, it was usually best to not mess with the natural flavor of ingredients. But seeing as the french press was half full, LB helps herself to a cup before plopping back down on the couch.]
Did you at least get a chance to join in the fun here, or have you been on security the entire time?
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[There was a nod of his head, watching her go to grab her drink before leaning back again. Sipping on his, enjoying the bitterness as it bit his tongue, and the irresistible aroma.]
Eh, here and there. Mostly just focusin' on security, folks have got me runnin' ragged. How 'bout yourself, darlin'?
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I suppose you're right! With the couple of difficult patrons here I've seen, they probably stand out more if they were polite, hmm?
[Once her laughter is settled, she takes a long whiff of her coffee, nodding at his response.]
At least you've had some time to relax then, that's good! [While she's not too shy of a person, LB still raises a hand to rub at her neck at the question being turned around to herself.] Unfortunately, I won't be much help at all in the security area until I'm able to at least acquire a gun - haha - but I suppose I have had a little fun between the couple of assholes here and there.
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[A gun though? Hm... he gives her another once over. Of course his eyes were never at rest to begin with. Right- no firearm here other than his own. Well he'll go ahead with another, more direct question.]
Oh? Ya know how to use a gun do ya? Yeah, havin' a firearm on ya would make for doin' security a touch easier. Imagine things 'round here probably get awful rowdy. 'Course things back home also got awful rowdy too!
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[Because even with nanomachines, LB would likely burn herself out eventually anyway with all the shit she was trying to tackle at once.]
But yes... that was part of my former job, even if I do kind of wish I was more well-rounded, like you.
[And even if there might be a bit of flattery attached to the comment, the sentiment was still true - without her Octopus suit, she really wasn't all that equipped for battle without a gun. Still, she smiles a little at Billy's response.]
Oh yeah? Did you run a lot of security back home too?
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[A shrug, relatively nonchalant in nature. He didn't think it was entirely far from the truth at least.]
Well rounded though might be stretchin' it! I'm mostly a one-trick pony myself. [Just a guy that's good with a gun and decent in a scrape, that's all. Absolutely no infamous outlaw here. Nope!]
Least things haven't gone too sideways yet.
3 because guess who got a tentacle regain
Not waiting for anybody in particular, no, [they're mostly accepting whoever takes a shine to them, particularly the Tamamo members looking to fulfill their card. Ydris is a good choice, after all, not having so many physical limitations as a normal person makes for great stamina! Not unlimited, though, they were also taking a moments pause]
... but also taking a break of sorts. Sit with me if you like. [a demonstrative pat to the small area to one side of their seat, slightly less crass than indicating their lap to sit on, though she'd probably need to sling her legs across them to really fit there. It's an invitation!]
👀
After the one post of theirs that she replied to, LB really can't find it within herself to be all too surprised to come face to face with them in a place like this. Nevertheless, she's relieved to hear that she wasn't intruding on any sort of plans - whether or not they were just an acquaintance she met over the network, they were a welcome distraction from the more unpleasant yokai the next room over.]
Oh, good. Heehee, I'm not about to ruin someone else's good time just to escape from a bad one.
[Though her brows raise a little at the invitation, if only because she notices that the space to sit beside them on the chair was really not all that spacious at all. She does figure that's the point, though, and actually makes a bit of an amused sound while approaching them.]
You do look rather cozy, so if you don't mind- [LB squeezes in beside Ydris, casually draping her legs over one of their own, since it really did seem like the only way she could fit in the space.] -that's not too much of a bother to you, is it?
[But ah, since she's in this position anyway, might as well properly greet them.]
Taking a break? Haha, I hope you've at least had some fun, "FIREDRAGON", to work up such a sweat.
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They lean back to allow her room to sit beside and across their lap, arms resting wide along the back of the lounge. Their smile quirks around the cigarette held between their lips still, talking without opening their mouth because, well, sometime they forget the mouth movement part of that.]
This is a fine event. Given my recent regain of certain abilities, I've been quite the popular attendee. [not really customer, when Tamamo isn't much charging for participation in all this. Ydris might be in this room because it's one of the ones with a large window looking in and there were shows to put on before they needed said break.
They gesture a hand and it'll draw attention to a wisp of smoke forming into an ethereal tentacle. It floats freeform in the air, semi-transparent and vibrant orange, slightly shimmery like fire might, but it's any warmer than skin. It reaches and takes the cigarette from their mouth, carrying it away to the ash tray on the table ahead of them. Very handy, such disembodied limbs, Ydris likes to show them off]
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[LB does look a little curious as they continue to speak without moving their lips, but also knew that they weren't human at all - maybe that was normal for whatever species they were? She's also about to ask what made them so popular today when the hand gesture gets her attention.
She thinks that perhaps she's hallucinating some octopus related shit again - even if LB really should have learned not to question anything out of the ordinary in Jigoku-cho by now - but the longer she stares, the more the fascination is reflected in her expression.]
You've got tentacles too?! Ahaha?![Now that LB knew that she wouldn't accidentally harm anyone by touching them, she has no hangups in just reaching out to grab the orange tentacle to inspect it. It certainly didn't seem mechanical like the ones she had on her original planet - they actually were warm to the touch, for one.] Or are you able to make anything?
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The tentacle she is reaching to touch curls around her hand loosely, as if offering a shake. The quality of the touch is warm and pliable, able to be more plush or more stony at Ydris' will. It's the former for now, much like a real tentacle might, but lacks any wetness. She's welcome to keep touching and inspecting it in further detail, Ydris will indulge]
These are the magic that allows me to interact with the world and feel. I can form them into most anything organic, yes. [they do give her a pointed look over, which isn't difficult given she's in their lap at the moment, curiously]
I had not taken you for some manner of mermaid. Where are your tentacles? [omg Ydris you cannot just ask someone where she keeps her tentacles-]
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No shit? Before coming to a place like this, I would have thought that you were full of it - eheheh - but based what I've seen from you so far, I've got no reason to doubt you.
[Still, she wonders:] I can see why you'd be so popular here now, but... do you get anything out of it? Like can you feel anything from the tentacle, or is it just an incredibly convenient power?
[Or both, she supposes, but either way she didn't see a downside to something like forming things like this.
As to her own question, she hums thoughtfully, wondering if she should tell them or not. However, it doesn't take long for her to decide that it wasn't like she was trying to hide her identity now - it wouldn't be a bother.]
I used to have a mechanical suit that resembled one - haha - I might not look like one now, but I was something of an octopus before.
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[it incentivizes them to Do A Good Job. They are curious, however-]
What do you mean mechanical suit? Like armor-?