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Entry tags:
- !event,
- ace attorney: barok van zieks,
- ace attorney: mael stronghart,
- fate: miyamoto musashi,
- fate: okada izo,
- fate: sakamoto ryouma,
- final fantasy: aerith gainsborough,
- final fantasy: azem,
- fire emblem: felix hugo fraldarius,
- genshin impact: chongyun,
- genshin impact: xingqiu,
- granblue fantasy: nehan,
- granblue fantasy: six,
- identity v: emily dyer,
- iron widow: gao yizhi,
- legend of drizzt: kimmuriel oblodra,
- metal gear solid: laughing beauty,
- mo dao zu shi: lan wangji,
- mo dao zu shi: wei wuxian,
- natsume yuujinchou: matoba seiji,
- natsume yuujinchou: natori shuuichi,
- 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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(SKEPTICAL and yet...)
You can be something else?
(That seems to surprise Hizen considering he's used to saniwa just being saniwa where he's from. There's no time for other jobs when you're managing a war full time.)
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Haha, well. I suppose it depends on who you ask. It's certainly annoyed a good number of the exorcist community. [Even moreso than having a member of the Natori family return to the business in the first place.] But I manage my schedule somehow. With a little help from my shiki reminding me to care for myself after a double shift, of course.
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But yes, this checks out. He can imagine some of the official bodies being annoyed at a saniwa managing a second job, especially one that would make them known to everyone. It's one thing to be something boring like a writer or accountant on the side. It's something else entirely to be a celebrity. ANd really, it's that whole being known part that makes Hizen forget his food for a second and focus on just how weird of a concept this is to him,)
Won't spirits recognize you if you're famous?
(Isn't that dangerous?)
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[It's a simplified explantation; easier than getting into how many of them know him anyway, knew him for what he was before he'd ever met another human who could see them, based on the smell of his blood and the paper he carries. Easier than explaining that the reason the rest of the exorcists are annoyed isn't because of the difficulty balancing the two jobs, but because he's making a fool of himself in public as well as in their own community. Easier than explaining the door it opened for him to pursue what he wanted to do, even if it meant shining a spotlight.]
Honestly, other humans are a problem too. I guess some of them start to second guess things when they realize the exorcist they hired was also in Kirameki Revolution.
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(He won't really argue it but there are other disadvantages to being in the spotlight even without them seeing movies. If a vengeful spirit was to come after him, they'd be able to find him easily if they wanted to-- movies, rumors, all sorts of ways... Is Natori just... confident in his abilities? Is he......... strong.....?
... Hm. )
Never heard of it. (Kirameki Revolution that is and he follows up with,) How old is it?
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(That sure is 200 years in the past and Hizen stays quiet)
... Not like I like movies anyway.
(He won't comment on the age.)
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[The sad part is that he is not just trolling. He normally does carry tickets to his movies on him.]
Do you think the clan leaders confiscated them for themselves? Ah well. If any of my movies come here, I'll let you know so you can properly ignore it.
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(Why would the clean leaders take his lame tickets? And he's just going to take a drink now,)
... People lost a lot of things when they came here though.
(His strength, his ability to sense evil spirits, and so on........ it's a good thing he hasn't had to rely on those. Yet.)
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Haha, unfortunately. That seems to be pretty consistent for all of us, huh?
[He's most interested in how it's applying to everyone-- surely if it was something the leaders were actively doing, they would try to sneak in whatever abilities they could manage to give their clan the edge? He knocks his fist on the trunk of the cherry blossom trees again, as if idly dwelling on his unfortunate inability to make good on his threat to exorcise them.]
But besides that, it seems like some people have a way of getting things back. At least, that's the rumors I've heard.