Underground Turf War Catch-all! [OTA! Come toplevel!!!]

[baofeng]

Who ⬤ Open to all!
What ⬤ Catch-all log for the Underground Turf War
When ⬤ Throughout April: Dates within
Where ⬤ The Underground
Content Warnings ⬤ Please tag any cws in individual toplevels / threads!




This is a post to facilitate shenanigans regarding the Underground turf war! Feel free to park your toplevels below and tag around!

Summary of what’s going on:
The Underground is the network of subterranean utility / sewer tunnels under the city, previously held by the Kappa tribe. After the April 2022 Event, the Underground has been cleared out by the Department of the Enma and is now mostly unattended.

The Tamamo Clan and Shuten Clan have received orders from their leaders to take over the Underground. Unfortunately, there's two of them and only one Underground, so the two clans are fighting over it. (Tamamo Meeting Log) (Shuten Meeting Log)

The Sutoku Alliance is not willing to fight for the territory, but are intending to work out a deal with whoever wins the turf war to get the kappa back to work. The Department of the Enma is also more interested in investigating the Daitengu’s assassination than the turf war, but that means their Lost Souls can bring popcorn and watch the show. (more info here.)

Comments

[ryototsukai]

[ Glug glug glug. ]

Do you know much about Oni?

[ The guy seemed Chinese, but she knew better than to make assumptions when folks appeared to be from worlds completely unlike the one she knew. And even then, the word "Oni" might not mean anything to him... ]

[taintedpeony]

[He watched over the tunnels thinking the questions over.]

Most of what I know about Oni is from where I was before here, in Hakagemachi. The creatures are Dongying or Japanese yaoguài... We do have monsters like them in my homeworld, but it is different as well.

From what I know they are supposed to be strong and rough. A bit more hot-tempered and angry.

[The black fox mask he wore at his waist slipped up to his face. His eyes glowed gold and a woman's voice came from his lips.]

Most of the ones I've met are notoriously stupid. Kekeke!

[It seemed like Koemi had something to say. Or was trying to help in her own way. Hello there Musashi.]

[ryototsukai]

[ Honestly, if she hadn't already seen this happen twice now, she'd be a little more unsettled. But when he mentioned Hakagemichi, she'd basically felt it was coming. So he was one of them, too... ]

And who do I have the honor of speaking to, now?

[taintedpeony]

[He was one of a few who had arrived from that strange place. And the direct conversation made Koemi's ears twitch in amusement.]

You may call me Koemi young kit. How polite! It does seems like you are used to this type of thing already.

We have some time. We can chat if you like. Yao-kun is welcome to take a little nap. The boy does not sleep adequately. Always fretting, twitching, moving, fussing.

[ryototsukai]

I've met a Tengu that possessed a friend of mine, just as you are now with Yao-kun. Through a mask.

[ Though Izo hadn't needed to wear the mask itself... But his possession seemed more advanced, somehow. Maybe because of Izo's self-destructive behavior, she had to imagine. ]

So you're from that world that was collapsing, right? I can't seem to recall the name...

[taintedpeony]

I see. Yes, these masks anchor us to them. However, I believe that in this place he and I are one and the same. Two souls sharing one form now. kekeke! I suppose we'll just be stuck like this, it is not so bad.

[Her movements were fluid as she moved her hands out to stretch her back, the various tails stretching out as well.]

Ah, yes, Hakagemachi. Our home... We certainly did fail at that task. We were unable to calm all the spirits. Who knows what happened to it.

Life is like that sometimes, even when you do try.

[She had a hint of sadness reflected in her expression, the loss running further deep than she would ever have enjoyed admitting. She waved it off airily with a hand.]

Do you think a brothel in this muck would be successful? I will have a hard time getting the muck from my fur...Perhaps I should have gotten Yao-kun to buy some shower caps for our tails.

[ryototsukai]

[ She didn't miss that hint of sadness. Even if that place had sounded hellish, a truly dying world... it was still where she was born, wasn't it? She got it... ]

I lost the world where I was born, too. It's gone, forever trimmed from the great tree of existence, a branch that was never meant to grow in the first place...

[ Or so that seemed to be part of the explanation. She never really understood it, how it was all supposed to work. Least of all she never understood why she'd managed to survive, why she was crossing between worlds... ]

But I found a place to belong...

[ With her Master. With Ritsuka. ]

[taintedpeony]

[It was where she was born and whelped and lost her own kits. Home may have been painful but it was hers. And the loss was palpable.]

I am truly sad to hear that. It is always painful, endings like that...

[She stretched her fingers out and then back, flexing them one at a time.]

It is good that you found such a place. I take that it is not quite here either?

[ryototsukai]

Nope! [ Musashi stretched her arm out, splaying her fingers back and forth. ]

It's not really a place, either, but more... a person. Where they go, I'm going to follow.

[taintedpeony]

A person is it?

[She hummed softly in contemplation. Foxes were monogamous and she once had someone she loved so very deeply as well. They had whelped many kits together and expanded their clan. That was long ago and barely anyone could remember him save her...It was a feeling that she had not faced herself since long ago. Her den was with him.

She smiled.]

I hope you find you're person again. It is lonely to be away.

[ryototsukai]

I appreciate the hopes, but for me, it's inevitable! No matter how much time we spend apart, we always seem to find each other again. I have no doubts that the end of my journey is going to put me right at their side. This is just another step in that direction, even if they're not here with me now.

[ Musashi smiled, almost too casually for what she was saying, but every word was firmly slotted into a deep sincerity that could only come from an unshakeable faith in this person... her Master, Ritsuka Fujimaru. ]

[taintedpeony]

What a good feeling to have! That certainty that you will meet again. That is what they call should connections yes? The red string of fate? kekeke! I like you girl. You have spunk.

[The youkai chortled. She certainly could see why this girl ended up in this clan and she felt better-having allies that she felt she could trust.]

Whatever happens here on out until then, Yao-kun and I will be at your aid. I'll wake him in a bit when the excitement starts. Wouldn't it be fun?"