jigokulogs | May 2022 IC Mingle

1. WELCOMING COMMITTEE

The influx of fresh Lost Souls means the factions need to have a little welcoming party for them. The leaders realize things have been chaotic in the city. So some recreational activities are in order. All Lost Souls will receive a message from their respective faction leaders with orders to go have some fun.

The Shuten Clan are given an advance on their first paycheck and told to go to the Celestial Phoenix Casino. A big sign on the half boarded up door proudly proclaims UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. What happened to the old management? It doesn't matter and stop asking questions! The important part is that all games and machines are half-price and there are special prizes available in exchange for your chips and tokens. Games range from the traditional Western style (poker, roulette, slots) to Japanese favorites (cee-lo, koi koi, cho-han).

As for prizes, they have a selection of designer goods, including some particularly nice bracelets, necklaces, and watches!

The Tamamo Clan are given a considerable number of drink vouchers for Crimson Moon Karaoke, where they can sing their hearts out and while absolutely smashed. Private rooms are cheap to rent and they even offer a special discount for groups of two or more. The karaoke machines have any songs you could possibly want, which is a little suspicious, but don't question it! Just get drunk and have fun. By all means, extend your time as you wish and drink up to get in the proper mood. This is an important bonding opportunity.

Oh yeah, as an important note: the rooms are soundproof. You can get as loud as you like, be it with singing or... something else. Don’t do anything Tenko-hime wouldn’t do!

Members of The Sutoku Alliance are given tickets to Fiance of the Funeral Procession at the Pluto Theatre and Cafe. The tickets include free food at the cafe, including beer. Sure, the star may not be a Sutoku member but that doesn't matter too much: getting butts into seats at Sutoku-owned theaters is what’s important. The Daitengu rented the theater out for the day, so there is plenty of time to mill around both before and after the show.

Make a day, or night, of it!

A funeral-based romantic comedy melodrama as the viewing fare is probably a tasteless joke on the Daitengu's part. But hey, y'all aren't still mad that they crashed their own funeral and then took off laughing, right?

Right?

The Department of the Enma members are told that they're going to be doing a team-building exercise. What exactly does that mean? That's right, it's community cleanup time! You get to clean up cans and trash in the street! You get the honor of using a department-issued bike with an attached cart to wheel around the city and pick up trash! How exciting! Teamwork is encouraged, of course. Teams that collect enough garbage will get one (1) voucher for mini-golf.

Please be aware of the local homeless population as you work, they won’t be happy to see you. They normally collect the cans in the mornings as a meager source of income that you’ll be dipping into. They're probably just not happy with Enma officials in general though. Sorry!

2. IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING...

By the time you're done with your faction-sponsored fun, the sky has decided to open up. Hope you brought your umbrella! The rain is bad enough that walking home might not be an option right now. So take refuge in one of the many nearby nightlife spots.

Not in your faction's home territory? Doesn't matter! Make some friends outside your group or maybe get into a fight and cause some trouble. There's always the third option of ignoring everyone and drinking yourself silly instead! The rain has to let up eventually… right?

Hopefully you aren't caught near one of the cursed Haniwa figures that have been popping up around town. Their aura really dampens the mood and may even start to cause some dramatic and frightening hallucinations if you and your rain-stranded friends stay near them for too long. But remember! Do not break the figurine. Just try to move it somewhere else? And hopefully not get drenched in the process.

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[she shrugs, pocketing the papers again after having made her point.]

We're gonna be here until fucking doomsday if I try to drink until I'm shitfaced. Not everybody's trying to copy the fucking oni you see stumbling around all the time.

[were the people from Shuten basically having a gatorade cooler of alcohol dumped on them at this exact same moment? she couldn't help but wonder. sometimes it really did feel as if Tamamo was trying to win that title away from those guys.]

Well, clearly they want us to try. Not that I agree with the endeavor.

[ said with 0 enthusiasm. if there could be any less enthusiasm, they would. ]

What if we sold the remaining ones? There must be oni out there who would want this.

[she shakes her head in the sort of resigned manner of someone who has...already tried this..? Hazel, pls.]

They're stamped with the Tamamo logo...even the dumbass Shuten thugs have seen it enough to know they can't cash them in.

[she shrugs, mildly theatric.]

I'm just gonna try and see if I can give somebody alcohol poisoning and call it a night.

...

[ did they hear that right??? ]

That's sarcasm.

[ right? ]

You sure about that?

[hmmmm]

Please tell me that's sarcasm.

[ they have no hope. ]

Pretty sure you're not supposed to lie to people you just met, buuut I guess it's fine since you said please.

[something something false hope, right? she grins awfully.]

That was definitely fucking sarcasm.

[ ...

it really takes everything in jack's power to not roll their eyes. whatever, so this stranger wants to give alcohol poisoning. what else should they expect from hell? ]

And you believed that I would be foolish enough to fall for it, then?

[ like, no, it's not the most insulting part of this entire exchange, but it sure is close! ]

[oh, go on, roll your eyes. Hazel does love to know that she's being a pain in the ass on even the most minor of scales.]

Definitely felt like I had a chance, considering the questions you were asking. You really gotta mask the inexperience a little, dude.

[what did they expect, really, asking that kind of shit? people were bound to try and take advantage of them, many in ways far crueler than the stupidity Hazel was trying to pull. she's not self-righteous enough to say that she's trying to teach this stranger a lesson, but...it wouldn't be terrible if they were a little more careful going forward.]

[ well, they can't correct her there. perhaps it was foolish to be asking those questions, but it was genuine curiosity! if their master had been there--

hm. never mind. ]

I may not be well-versed when it comes to gatherings like this, but that doesn't mean that I'm not aware when someone is attempting to trick me. Especially in a manner as obvious as yours.

You'd be surprised how many people I could get with that here.

[the people in this place may see the Lost Souls as a potentially valuable resource, but it sure as fuck isn't for their brains in most cases. not to mention some of the simpler demons...

Jigoku's an interesting place, to say the least.]

Like, if you don't believe me then go hit up some of the Shuten casinos after you're done dicking around here. It's hell for a reason.

Then you've been dealing with chumps.

[ which is fair. there's a good amount of losers and weak-willed demons out there, just like there's weak-willed humans in the mortal world. in other words, those would be prey, ready to be consumed by anyone with more will and cunning-- the predators.

yes, this truly is a place fitting of the name "hell". ]

What purpose is there for you to fool them like that? For fun?

[she snorts at their comment. of course they're fucking chumps. having had to lie throughout the course of her second life hadn't made Hazel any better at it than when she'd been human; she knows all too well that anyone who actually falls for her shit is in a pretty vulnerable position.]

You're supposed to fuck people if you're part of Tamamo, right? I keep my pants on but that doesn't mean I can't do my part.

[she shrugs, grin settling a little as she answers more seriously.]

Besides, it's good to know who's halfway fucking competent and who isn't.

I'm not sure whether or not I'm supposed to take "halfway fucking competent" as a compliment or an insult.

[ like, hello? they get what you mean, but they have more pride than that! at the very least, they are fully competent!

nevertheless, jack doesn't think it's necessary to make a big point of it. ]

Whatever. If we must spend some of these to show appreciation for the good graces of this clan, then we might as well. Ordering does not mean that we must drink it.

[why not both, Jack? it's halfway for a reason, after all.

however, at the mention of blowing the vouchers just for the sake of using them Hazel's face lights up. since they're mentioning dumb shit and all...]

Yeah? Wanna go halfsies with me on a champagne tower, then?

[why? why not, more like. Hazel's hoping she can potentially charge people to either try and carefully dismantle it jenga-style or play pong into its impressive display.]

[ you know what.

...

... ]

Yeah. Why not. We can sell it at a premium, or something.

[ might as well do some scamming as a nice bonding activity. ]

[fuck yes.]

All you've gotta do is get a dumbass game going attached to it and imply nobody can beat it. Easy as shit every time.

[she extends her hands for Jack's vouchers, inclining her head back towards the bar.]

Here, I'll cash us in.

[ while aware that this could somehow be another scam for her to get away from the money, jack honestly couldn't care less. they'll give her most of them, though they do keep just two on their other hand. ]

Just to appear a little more natural.

[ they shrug. ]

By the way, you've yet to give me your name. You may call me Jack.

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