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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I like the way you think! And I bet we could even convince others to do the same! We could even have our own little subsection of stories ourselves!

[Was this the start of something new? She wasn't sure but as she kept looking at the audience around her and then back at the screen, she was certainly entertaining herself. Who knew she would befriend people so easily here?

Still, the moment she heard of someone within the clan and likes stories? Was he possibility talking about someone who she thought he was talking about?]

Is he? Who might you be talking about? Perhaps I can talk to them and see if they would be interested in writing this story of ours.

Wouldn't that be nice? [This is awful. Natori is going to hate this.] Like a writing club. There could even be contests.

[Oh, the movie was moving along into a juicy part- it seems the detective has discovered something hidden within the clues...!] Hm? Oh...

[Matoba gives another glance around. If he isn't here, it's probably fine to just mention him, right? He won't know that Matoba was talking about him....] Xingqiu is his name. I do not see him present tonight, but I have ...some idea of where he may be found. [Or with whom.]

Or better yet, we could probably make a story using poetry!

[You see that? Despite trying to keep her attention to the movie and how intense the scene was, her mind was already plotting out what to write. If it was going to be an amazing story out of this movie, she just had to get started!

Although, her thoughts were cut short the moment she heard a familiar name. With that, a grin appeared on her face! She could tell where this was going.]

Ah, I'm not surprised. He's someone I know but I'm sure he'll definitely be on board. That and we still have yet to write a story together anyway!

Like an epic? [Matoba's eyes glue to the screen as the climax of the movie plays out, the brilliant detective making his deduction as to the murderer. Sigh, it was all so fake.... But it really was interesting to watch.]

Oh? You are acquainted? [Hmm. From here, or...?] All the better, then. Why don't you convince him to help us out?

[They. get along okay. sometimes.]

More or less! Only except with detectives and how his love will never be returned!

[Why no, she's totally not making plans about future installments of his life. What are you talking about? But as she stared at the height of the action, she couldn't help but stare in awe!

While she knew it was all acting and it was nothing to be surprised about, it was still enough to impress her!]

But yes, he is a friend of mine back home! And if I get Chongyun involved, it'll be all the better! He can judge our writing and see which stories are the best!

[And so the movie ends with the beautiful heiress and her fiancé happily marrying, the murders resolved, and Akeboshi Kotarou off to his next big case... The film ends on a bit of a teaser, implying the possibility of a third installment!?]

[(Matoba knows there's a third, because Natori has mentioned it. But that was no reason not to have some fun in between!)]

That sounds delightful. I'm sure Chongyun-kun would also be pleased to help. [Yes, good. Rope him in too.]

I'm afraid I'm not very good with all of this technology, but I've heard there are places on the internet where you can post and share such writing. Something like... hm, circles? Rings? Whatever those are.... [He's from 2005 please let his geocities ass live]

[As the black screen appeared, all Hu Tao could do was sigh. Now that the movie was over, it seemed that she would need to find something else to fill her boredom. Now that she minds as she was already trying to come up with various theories of what a third installment would be like!

Leaning back against her chair, she looked upward before raising an eyebrow at him.]

I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with all the technology myself! Where I'm from, I never even heard of a phone or what a car is. [Pause] I'm not sure what the internet is!

Oh? I see...

[He had gotten some impression that technology was not quite modern where they came from... Not that Matoba was too familiar with this modern form of the internet, himself. He takes out his phone and taps at its screen.] These devices we were given, they are 'touch phones'. [Can you hear the old man in his voice] You use the screen with touch to manipulate them... And the, ah, system which it uses to contact others- that is called the 'internet'.

[Hu Tao please find someone better than this 22 year old mountain hermit to explain this to you.] Chongyun-kun actually showed me many things about this. Perhaps he may be able to assist you? Ah, he can also show you these 'stickers'. They are very cute!

[Leaning a little closer, she raised an eyebrow at his descriptions of said 'touch phone'. Taking her phone out, she looked back at him and then back at her phone. Was it just her imagination or does it feel like a certain grandpa whom she knew was explaining this to her?

I see, I suppose that makes sense as to how we're able to talk to one another. And here, I thought it was magic or some other power source that allowed us to communicate faster! The technology here is really impressive!

[With that, she gave a chuckle before leaning closer once more.]

But I think you can show me these 'stickers'! I really do wish to see them!

Haha, I suppose that modern technology might seem like magic, if you're not used to it, [Matoba nods, somewhat used to the idea of archaic beings unfamiliar with human technology- but explaining it dismissively to what he considered lesser beings was different from a human from what he had sufficiently determined to be "the past", at least from his perspective on Liyue. He was going to be much nicer about it.]

Ah yes, as for those.

[Matoba opens the chat application that Chongyun had installed for him, and scrolls through the different tabs of stickers that had been installed for him.] Aren't they cute~? There are quite a lot of different cats available. I must admit it's been difficult to resist purchasing a few more.

[He's a grown ass man, he loves cats, let him live.]

[As Hu Tao looked at them, her eyes immediately lit up. She didn't mean to but she gave a small squeal of delight as gave a nod.]

Yes, they are! How come Chongyun didn't tell me about them? Doesn't he know that it's rude to keep secrets from friends?

[Granted, she like to think that he thought of her as a friend but given her status in Liyue? She wasn't sure. But she didn't allow herself to think that way for long. Instead?]

Although, I have to admit, I wasn't aware that you liked cats that much.

May 2022 IC Mingle

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Sorry for the late! Life sucks ass

np!

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