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

[getting_better]

"If you do not enter the tigers cave; you will not catch its cub" or so I've been told.

[ He snickers, a fond image in his mind followed by pain. A lot of pain. ]

The Daitengu is dead, prime opportunity for any side, but whoever gets a hold of this is painting a big ass bullseye on their back and the first people that's going to get dragged along is us. And the thought of fighting someone else's fight out of sheer greed, doesn't appeal to me.

[ Though as a hitman, he is often paid to do just that. ]

Look, I know how risky it sounds - but I'm sure you and I both know this....whatever the fuck those two see this place as, isn't worth all this trouble or bloodshed. Especially not when there's a small small chance of changing that.

[ryototsukai]

I figure both of them assumed this would be a lot easier...

[ Musashi rolled her good arm, stretching her sides and wincing slightly when her shoulder pulled in a bad direction. ]

... Truth is, I don't think either of them think this place is worth a prolonged stalemate... So either one of them is going to stop kidding around and unleash way more force than necessary, or someone can convince them to sit at a negotiation table.

[ Whichever was more appealing to them, in the end. ]

[getting_better]

I agree.

[ Fact is, there's not much appeal to an underground casino or whatever the nasty fetish club Tenkohime had in mind. Especially not when it's in the sewers, filtration system or no. It just wasn't practical. ]

Finding a way to get them to skip all this fighting and get to the table is the problem.

[ He thinks, of all the possible things he could do and say. Lying is...not an option, surprisingly, which means that appealing to reason would be the better option. But Toraguma doesn't seem like the type to listen to reason, even if Tenkohime might. Though she is a fox, and deception is in their nature. "I haven't even taken the first step and the negotiation table logistics is already giving me a headache". ]

You okay?

[ He says eying her shoulder before meeting hers. If he was concerned, he hid it quite well. ]

[ryototsukai]

Not really... all this running around and doing skirmishes is definitely not what the doctor ordered.

[ She was far enough gone that she didn't have to worry about popping any sutures, but the muscle was still repairing. ]

My White Angel'd be really upset with me if she knew what I was doing down here...

[getting_better]

[ What'd she say? ]

W-White angel??? Sorry, what?

[ Of all the things he expected to hear from the lips of a legendary swordsaint, that wasn't even on the list. ]

[ryototsukai]

It's a term of endearment for a nurse or doctor, buddy.

[ Not a literal White Angel. She laughs, though, shaking her head. ]

[getting_better]

I know that! What I mean is -

[ He sighs. He realizes that it's pointless to try and have her repair the image he's had of the samurai he and his master admired. ]

Nevermind. If anything, I'm sure she'd be thrilled to find out you're female.

[ His imagination runs wild, the voice and image of his mentor - bright eyed and wound up ready to fight hounding Musashi for days on end, dragging him along, until she gets her duel. ]

Back to the matter at hand. How to get Toraguma and Tenkohime to sit at the discussion table? The immediate thought in my head is just make things here end in a stalemate, get some good amount of members to go back and feed them tailored information.

[ryototsukai]

[ She wasn't going to ask. That was his own thing to deal with, now, as far as she was concerned.

As for the other... ]

I don't think we have to make a stalemate at this point. That's already happening.

[getting_better]

Yeah, but only for now. All it takes is one break in the line to turn the tide, trust me.

[ He's done it multiple times, and he's been in even more stalemates that broke in a similar fashion. ]

What needs to happen is we keep the line from breaking. Feed our guys towards traps and against foes they can't quite beat. Do you have any ideas?

[ryototsukai]

[ Musashi immediately shook her head. ]

No. Not that. Whether you agree with or not, I have a responsibility here to my comrades. I'm not going to intentionally lead them into danger, or put them in situations where they could get hurt, or worse, on purpose.

[getting_better]

That's true.

[ He doesn't like the idea either. He's capable of doing it, but the after taste is just beyond bitter. ]

....How are the Tamamo with gossip?

[ryototsukai]

[ Musashi chuckled slightly. ]

I'm guessing you haven't seen those flyers, have you?

[ You know. Those flyers. ]

[getting_better]

[ There's a pause and a raised brow at her words, then the image popped into his head and he sighed. ]

Ah...so you guys were responsible.

[ That may make things difficult. The yakuza are all about appearances after all. ]

Hopefully that can be swept under the rug if things get to negotiations. Man, you guys are mean, attacking a mans pride like that.

[ Not that he's sincere with his reproaching. ]