jigokulogs | May 2022 IC Mingle

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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There was something almost supernatural about this storm, and if Oz were here Cain would feel inclined to ask if it was his fault. Cain had actually been trying to make his way back to the mediocre place he was haunting, but instead the weather had him running under the first awning he could see.

And right into Nishitani too-sorry, didn't see him there! "Ah-crap-I'm sorry! I didn't see you. Here-"

If Nishitani didn't recover himself, Cain would be reaching out to drag him back so he didn't fall into the rain or the doll.

Nishitani sees the figure running through the downpour just a second too late, the visiblity that fucking bad. They collide, Nishitani's cigarette falling to the floor and going out immediately. He steps back, bracing himself and manages to not fall on his ass-- though his other hand shoots out immediately, fisting the collar of the man who ran into him to yank him close. "That was a fucking mistake, wasn't it? I'm going to rip your tongue out of your fucking head!"

Nishitani is already swinging his fist at Cain's temple, unrelenting.

Cain's mind and body reacted both very similarly and miles apart as soon as he finally saw the man swinging to take a bite out of his face. His brain was frozen in 'what the hell???' as his military training immediately kicked in to grab the fist and use it to try and twist Nishitani into the ground.

"The hell?! Why are you attacking me??" Cain didn't even get a chance to say sorry!!!!

Nishitani's lip curls into a snarl, pulling his fist away and dodging out of the sweep that Cain uses, the heel of his shoe brushing the little Haniwa he'd been talking to just a few seconds earlier. Looking over his shoulder at the clay figure, he sighs. Creepy fucking thing. But unless he wants to get drenched, fighting will probably wind up breaking it. Nishitani isn't to keen on doing that, even if it means on missing out on a fight.

"Watch where you're going then, kid! Pack up and find a different awning!"

What was more odd than being attacked was how the man stopped in the first place. He really didn't seem like the reasonable type so Cain continued to be on guard now that he could see Nishitani.

"Jeez, sorry about that. I can't see people unless I touch them. But attacking me is a bit violent, you know?

"That's fucking weird." Nishitani mumbles, taking the information and shuffling it away as a pain and fucking useless. He taps out another cigarette, lighting it instantly and staring at the kid and looking for a lapel pin. "Who're you with? Shuten?" Nishitani guesses Shuten, because many of the rookies there are obnoxious on the same level this kid is proving.

Well, at least it seemed he wasn't going to get sucker punched anymore. Not that Cain was a stranger to fights, but this really wasn't a place he wanted to have one. "Shuten? No, the Enma department recruited me. Is it important right now?"

Was this some sort of turf war thing? He really hoped not.

"It's always important," Enma, the cops, or whatever passes for cops here in hell. Nishitani snarls, making no show that he's not exactly interested in sharing this awning with an Enma lacky. "Keep walking and your guts stay where they are. I'm feeling fucking generous."

Unfortunately, Cain was the type to want to get along with everyone and he really didn't want to go back out in the rain and get even more soaked than he already is. Without magic, his hair and clothes were a bitch to dry-and he could even get sick.

"Listen. I know you're not happy with the situation but I don't really have anywhere else to go. Surely we can stand together under an awning for a few minutes without stabbing each other?"

This kid really isn't going to give up. Nishitani stares at him for a solid second before rolling his eyes and letting out a noise that is incredibly disappointed and disgusted. "You can stand here for two minutes, then the knife comes out. And don't try to talk to me, I'm not in a chatty mood."

Cain didn't really look threatened by Nishitani's words, but it was a common occurance to be threatened with bodily harm at this rate.

He was however, not someone who could keep quiet for longer than a minute or too. Trying to squeeze the water out of his ponytail and uniform could only take him so far. "I'm not your enemy, you know. There's no real reason to attack me."

Nishitani looks over his shoulder at Cain, the febal attempt they're making at wringing themselves dry. Nishitani isn't particularly moved by the pathetic sight, but he does offer Cain a cigarette, if just to get him to be quiet while waiting out the rain. "I don't care if you're an enemy or not. I like fighting, buddy, the only reason we're not is that thing there." Nishitani nods at the haniwa, standing there unassuming.

Cain looked curiously at the cigarette, though his nose wrinkled slightly from the smell. Shylock used his pipe and he figured these little things were some form of that but well....it really wasn't his thing. "Ah, no thanks."

He did look curiously at the other man though. At least he was being straightforward about wanting to kick his ass? "I mean, I don't mind sparring either-I've been really slacking on a lot of my training since I got here but uh, well you can just ask next time instead of trying to deck me."

"The way you keep going on and on about it makes me think you're fucking begging for it, kid." Nishitani grumbles this out around his cigarette, taking back his offer and putting the deck back in his inner coat pocket. His lighter is in hand, instantly, and the bright ember at the end of the cigarette lights up bright. "If you're that horny for a fight, I'll fucking give it to you!"

Well that was a type of phrase Cain had never heard before. Whatever Nishitani was expecting, Cain just looked like he was seriously using his single brain cell to consider all the man was saying.

"I mean you're the one who said you didn't want to fight here. Unless you want to go somewhere else...and is that a thing? Being horny for fighting? I admit I do get excited when facing a strong opponent, but I never heard of someone talk about it like that before..."

Nishitani levels Cain with an irritated, unamused look. Is this kid for real? They're... not Shuten, Nishitani sees, which from what Nishitani can tell simply means less thuggish than most of the rookies he's seen around. Still-- there's things a man should know about, his dick being the foremost.

"Then you're talking to the wrong people. Fights are no fun if no one's getting wet from it."

Yes, he was always like this. Sorry Nishitani, he was incredibly dense at times.

"Well, if we're going on just using a sword, then I have a lot of the people where I'm from beat. And you're not the first person to try and attack me outta nowhere too. Do you know how to use a sword? Or well, I mean there's just fighting with our bodies instead."

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May 2022 IC Mingle

guess its my job to annoy all the yakuzas (It's Raining)

im so sorry for nishitani

he's had far worse

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whoops sorry meant to reply to this earlier

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