[open] shuten clan mingling

[no_kyouken]

Who ⬤ The Shuten Clan Lost Souls
What ⬤ Post-event drinking meeting
When ⬤ After some Kappa punching, I assume
Where ⬤ The White Koi, Shuten Clan bar
Content Warnings ⬤ Dranking, Shutens

un: majima Get yer asses up an' come to th'White Koi by 7. It's on Shuten turf, corner of Bunyudomachi. We're meetin'. [ The bar is almost exclusively Shuten members, most of them wearied with nightly patrols and clashes. There's plenty of muttering and chatter about the recent assassination, with the common complaint being 'fuck I have to get my funeral suit out of storage'. Majima points lost souls into a slightly more secluded room done up in the titular white koi pattern. ] Siddown, who's heard what. [ He is also weary and bruised from some fights, leaning back against the wall with a cigarette and a drink. ] 🐍 This is a mingle, sure they got together to talk info but they're Shutens so it's assumed they're going to get drunk, yell, and throw hands. 🐍 Lordy please do whatever you want, I'm not the cops. 🐍 OOC info collection 🐍 Toraguma's orders

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[demonrebel]

[Dante is a little less drunk than before judging from how quiet he seems now. It's one of the rare times that he's silent, especially since he's known for his larger than life persona. Then again, this idiot just has a headache.]

A legendary metal that conducts soul energy in the hands of mere assassins? Yeah, no. It sounds like our mysterious ninja buddies have a wealthy benefactor.

[If Hihi'irokane is that rare of a metal, then clearly these guys have someone backing them but who? Of course, Dante has a few suspects on the list but without any clear evidence--this is nothing but speculation on his part.]

The only group I think would have access to this kind of weaponry would be the Enma.

[metafictions]

The Enma would make sense, yes.

[He folds his arms and sighs softly as he settles back into a seat. Sheliak and Majima's observations are beginning to sound more and more accurate the more that this situation unfolds.]

If anyone has a stake in both undermining the clans, and the ability to find materials so rare, it's the government.

[demonrebel]

If the government itself is trying to get rid of the yakuza clans, then we're in some serious trouble.

[While that goes without saying, what exactly is going to happen to the kappa clans here in Jigoku-cho? Are they being used as scapegoats here? He certainly hopes not.]

Does this mean we're going to have to bail our sea turtle friends out of prison soon?

[no_kyouken]

They don't wanna get rid of 'em, just wanna take 'em down a peg.

[ As he gets a round of the Dante brigade for speaking up, Majima makes a face and pushes him off. ]

Just like none'a th'yakuza wanna run th'whole town, th'cops don't really wanna handle th'day-to-day management for th'neighborhoods.

[demonrebel]

Hey, hey! Be nice!

[Goromi-chan!? Why so cold towards him? Let Dante love you as he should! No wait, maybe he shouldn't do that in public. Nevertheless, Dante is still going to try to cling to him like a drunk frat boy.]

That's because all cops are lazy~~! [He all but sings while trying to rest his head on Majima's shoulder.] I know that from first-hand experience when the demonic tree attacked Redgrave City.

[As absurd as that sounds, Dante isn't lying.]

[metafictions]

You really should get off Majima-san, already...

[Dante, please.]

Anyway, moreso than laziness is separate agencies becoming siloed and even working against each other. That was true of the Wards in my own Tokyo, and I expect the Department of the Enma isn't much different. They can barely run themselves... they probably wouldn't want to run the entire town, right?

But at the same time, they need to keep the criminal organizations in check. As they say, what the Enma values is strict order.

[no_kyouken]

Cops can't run th'whole town, never gonna be enough of 'em to keep everythin' in order. That's what the yakuza's for... sometimes. Givin' some order t'the nastier parts'a town th'cops don't wanna deal with.

[ He is not proselytizing for the yakuza, fuck, he's just saying. He smushes a hand into Dante's face as he talks, keeping him off with a grim look. ]

An' th'law ain't never fair t'everyone, sometimes it's about keepin' the cops off a neighborhood's back. Sometimes we're thugs, sometimes we're protectin' th'neighborhood. Depends.

[ Mostly on the example that Toraguma sets. ]