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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Oh, what's this?

[Norimune purposely speak up, hoping to draw the young man's attention. While he's not interested in cleaning up, checking on the homeless population is his main reason for being here. Which lead to him seeing one of the newer members' hands... sparking up?]

I see your hands, boy. What's all the sparkling for?

[Sparking, actually. But despite casual, friendly question, his eyes are watching Bakugo carefully.]

[ His immediate response is to just yell "mind your own damn business" because who the hell thinks to just walk up to him and proceed to interfere?

But he bites his tongue. Figuratively. Because he knows better than to approach it like that. ]

What's it look like? This bastard hit me for no fucking reason.

[ Oh yeah. That is MUCH better. ]

[His fan is open, lightly fanning himself as he smiles.]

And you think it's fine to strike back? I wouldn't advise it, boy.

[He could let Bakugo go ahead and see if there's any consequences. That's usually a good way of letting the youngsters learn. Or he can be responsible as a senior around here.]

Or do I have to remind you of our task, and who we are?

[Please remember, and tell Norimune you're actually not dumb.]

[ Bakugou is just going to stare at him like the guy has a second head. ]

If the asshole didn't want to start shit, then he shouldn't come at me for no damn reason.

[ And this is true of anyone, really. It doesn't matter to Bakugou if they are civilians or not. Don't start something you're not ready to finish. ]

And I know what you guys are doing here. Doesn't mean I have to waste my time.

[He doesn't seem bothered by the look. He just laughs, instead.]

Uhahaha! That's his decision. You can hit him and start building up your reputation that way.

[New to the department, and likely get seen as "anti-homeless" or something. Not like the department seems to care, as long they do their jobs...]

Well, it's your choice if you want to continue. But you'll have to work harder elsewhere if you want to get noticed.

WHY ARE YOU ASSUMING THAT IMMA HIT HIM!?

[ What the fuck? Why would anyone think that Bakugou would actually beat up some homeless person!? ]

The hell is wrong with you people!?

[ ...Okay so Katsuki would have just intimidated him. That's all. ]

[He laughs. Oh, he's slowly getting an idea of this new guy.]

Uhahaha, so you won't? Your hands sure give the wrong idea!

[He turns to the homeless person, assuming they're still somehow here.]

You may go ahead and leave. Unless you wish to stay around and watch.

[ Well yeah he's... Trying to give them the wrong impression. That he might actually do something that he's actually not going to do? Because then people might stop acting stupid? ]

Stay around and watch what!?

[ What's this asshole planning now??? ]

[The homeless man looks between them both, confused and warily. Norimune looks over at Bakugo with a blink.]

Watching us do our tasks. Whether they believe in us afterwards is up to them. It might be nice if they can trust us, you know?

[For his part, Norimune sees the homeless population as another potential source of information. Although, they are intruding on their income method. He picks up a piece of garbage and offer it to the homeless person.]

Why the hell watch when they could just easily do some shit themselves. If it's so damn important that they're gonna come after me then maybe they should be doing something.

[ All of this seems so counterproductive to Katsuki. If these homeless people want to make ends meet by getting certain bits of garbage, why aren't they making more of an effort? ]

Why indeed. You can either ask them yourself, or leave it be. As I see it... only those who are motivated can go quite far.

[As he say that, he goes back to collecting some garbage. How much should he say, and how to hint at things to encourage the new member to draw his own conclusions?]

And plenty of factors can affect their motivations. Can you think of what they are?

[If that homeless person is simply watching, without doing anything... What does that say about them? Norimune only wants to see what people can do, if only to avoid boredom on this dreary task.]

[ Oh he gets it. Put in the effort, no matter what the task is. Bakugou understands that much quite plainly. He can't just pick and choose what things he should do. Doesn't mean that he's going to suddenly pick up a bag. ]

Wouldn't know. Dynamics here seem pretty fucked up.

[ And he doesn't really know the background and the context of all of this shit. ]

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