[open] shuten clan mingling

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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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If you just want to list info and not necessarily fully play out the share, here you go.

Majima | I mean he's here... | Open

[no_kyouken]

[ He doesn't want to be in charge, it makes him uncomfortable. Not that he wasn't a captain before everything went to shit. But that was a long time ago now and he's uneasy back in the fold. It was honestly easier being Goromi, but the fun is over now; time to come back down to Hell.

He sent out the message because no one else had done it yet, but now he just wants to drink and smoke to the side while he watches everyone else. If shit gets out of hand, he supposes he'll do something about it but he would really rather not. ]

kamui | ota, threadjack/wildcard away!

[metafictions]

[Evidently, making a statement on the network comes easier to Kamui than speaking up in person. Though he's one of the first to arrive at the White Koi, he's not eager to be the center of attention, either, so he quickly edges his way over to a less noticeable corner of the room. (Minus a trip back to the bar for that drink he promised Hizen, anyways.)

For the majority of the impromptu meeting, Kamui nurses a trinity in a cocktail glass, watching-- and listening-- quietly. When he does finally chime in, it's in a soft, polite voice that definitely doesn't befit a boisterous Shuten meeting. But hey, he's trying his best.]

Good evening, everyone. If we haven't met yet, I'm Kamui Uehara: I was gathering information on the network last month. I heard some gossip about a threat to the festival, but... not an assassination. Dante and I took a look around the area in the aftermath, but there weren't any bullet casings left by the youkai in black-- almost as if their guns didn't leave them in the first place. It's very strange.

[He pauses, taking another sip of gin and vermouth.]

Was anyone able to get a good look at that underground machine before the festival, by the way?

Sheliak | open, feel free to threadjack/wildcard

[sleepinglyra]

[Sheliak was a bit surprised when he received Majima's summoning. If it wasn't his clan, he would say Shuten using their heads was inconceivable. But he couldn't think like that, even if there was plenty of evidence to prove that thought he did not have.

Sheliak was among the first to arrive at the White Koi. He didn't grab anything to drink, someone had to stay sober during this meeting, and he chose a seat at the center. So far no one seemed comfortable in the leadership role so he took it for himself. He had a few nagging doubts that these people would listen to a "pretty face" like him. Hopefully his two wins at the sumo competition earned him some respect. At the very least he stood out and he could easily use that to his advantage. He quietly listened to what everyone else had to say first before adding in his own thoughts. Despite his fragile appearance, his voice easily carried across the room with an air of authority. This was his specialty.]

I've heard enough to conclude that this was carefully planned. The timing of the Night Parade and the Kappa were essential for the assassination to work. Thanks to the importance of the Night Parade all of the clans' hands were effectively tied. Shuten and Tamamo couldn't do anything without risking the spirit of peace and by choosing the Kappa as their pawns, the Daitengu was forced to play along. Opinions on the Alliance are already tense without their own leader questioning their motives.

I believe the kappa are just pawns, during the Parade none of them seemed nervous and when the assassination took place they genuinely seemed as shocked as everyone else. Although their extreme carelessness caused irreversible harm, in that way they are just as guilty as the assassins for the fallout. Without any leads, the Alliance will likely tear itself apart while the real assassins are left unchecked. I doubt the Alliance was their only target. The chaos left behind is the perfect smokescreen and our opponents have already shown that they understand this gameboard incredibly well, too well not to take advantage of this.

hizen tadahiro | ota

[harimaya]

(Hizen walks in with a drink and a handful of rice crackers from the bar. His gait is a little stiff and he's sporting a couple of new bandages besides the one he usually has around his neck but he looks back at the main bar and then at the crew gathered in the meeting room before asking,)

... We need a suit...?

(This is news to him.

Hizen will also talk about some things as they come up in the conversation so feel free to wildcard and chat him up about anything if you're interested.)

Dante | Open~

[demonrebel]

[Guess who is completely sloshed right now and grinning like an idiot? This guy right here. Dante had one too many glasses of whisky this evening and he's feeling a bit frisky. So forgive him if he's getting a bit too friendly this evening. He's the touchy-feely sort while wasted. Thankfully, he seems only to gravitate towards those he knows and likes. That means only a handful of Shutens have anything to fear from this pesky bastard.]

Heeeeeeeey~! [He smiles happily after draping his arms around the poor sod sitting beside him.] Do I know you from somewhere? Cause like you seem awfully familiar.

[He lets out a quiet chuckle before glancing at the rest of the dudes in attendance.]

This is a real sausage fest, huh? Whatever happened to all the ladies? This is supposed to be a party, right?

[On that note, where's all the pizza too? This party sucks already.]

Sha Gojyo | OTA

[pervy_kappa]

[Really, Gojyo had mainly shown up due to contractual obligation and the promise of free drinks. He probably would have avoided the situation if things were up to him.

He never was one to get himself willingly caught up in political bullshit. He had seen enough of these sorts of things go down that he understood how actively sticking your neck out for it was a one-way street to ending up either arrested, killed, or killing when you don't have to.

Besides, sometimes a guy gets a little tired of trying to save the world, you know?

And so he stuck to the back walls of the party, downing his third glass of beer with a hefty sigh as he watched everyone else go around gossiping.]

They're all issues with another clan. I know we're supposed to 'play nice with everyone during this. But is it any of our damn business?

[What a pain in the ass.]

We should leave it to the cops and the Sutoku, shouldn't we?

LATER, still open

[metafictions]

[At some point during the evening, Kamui leaves for a slightly more structured meeting with a certain Shuten weapons expert. He slips back into the meeting as quietly as he'd departed, but it seems that word's already gone up to Toraguma-- and the rest of the clan, by extension.

Looking down at his phone as Toraguma's message rolls out...]

Well. I guess that saves me an announcement. [He scans the room of his clanmates.] For those who don't know-- like I didn't-- Hihi'irokane is supposedly legendary. It conducts soul energy, and was used to forge ancient weaponry.

[He's helpfully taken notes on everything he's learned from Jiro, and he sets them on a table in the middle of the room for whoever wants to check 'em out-- please don't spill anything on his notebook, thanks.]