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]

[ Musashi shook her head, settling to make herself a little more comfortable. ]

A place called "Russia", but one that was doomed to die out. And yet, there was so much strength in the people there...

The woman was a princess, no an Emperess, named Anastasia. That time, she was my enemy. She and the despot Ivan the Terrible. Both were way stronger than I could ever have imagined... I'm a little sad I didn't get to see the end of that battle. By the time I'd finally struck down the mastadon that Ivan used as a mount, I slipped off to the next world, the next step on my journey.

[cutcloud]

I see...

[ He's never heard of Russia or any of those names... but it's interesting. Even more so when she mentions slipping off to the next world. He hasn't considered the fact that there were those used to passing through realms. It does help put new perspective on their situation here. ]

How do you know they were doomed to die out, if you had moved on?

[ryototsukai]

It's hard to explain, really... but it was just the nature of that world. It was a place barely clinging to its own survival. A Lost Belt, is the term for it. Honestly, I barely know enough to explain any of it, I just know they're worlds that aren't "supposed" to exist.

[ She took a drink from her canteen. A long one. Her next words came after a long, silent pause. ]

The world I was born in was one of them. It's gone now.

[cutcloud]

[ He ponders on that while she tags a good swig from her canteen. There had been mention in the family tomes of realms, of different worlds, just as there had been about their world of the past. Worlds that aren't supposed to exist, though ... an interesting prospect.

Then she says that. From a place that's gone. How must that feel? ]

I'm sorry.

[ryototsukai]

[ Musashi shook her head, managing a smile. ]

Don't be. I have a place to belong... a place to return to, when I'm done here.

[cutcloud]

I’m glad that you do. [ he nods toward their artwork, ] Let us continue laying traps. If we’re lucky, the Shuten won’t be able to get close to anyone else for a while.

[ It would be too optimistic to think that patches of ice would keep them down for long, but as long as they can assuage some of the assault—all the better for their fellow Tamamo. Especially the ones much less offensively inclined. ]