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 have much experience with demons. [ That experience makes him antsy here, where he's surrounded by them. ] Summoning them is unfortunately a regular pasttime for my home city, and we are taught the names and natures of the most common.

[ Even in his homeschooling, they'd covered demons. It was just something you had to live with. ] They are all universally terrible. [ His voice is VERY sour. ] The ones here are less vicious than I am used to, at least. That makes them somewhat more tolerable.

...I know what you mean. I haven't fought demons but I have fought... monsters. A lot of them are no smarter than your average wild animal, but some of them... well, some of them were. Never had to deal with a demon summoning, thought.

[He taps at his arm, curiously.]

...In my line of work, getting rid of monsters and other dangerous gigs was my business. Easy money, if you knew how to fight - keep the streets clean for people, and they generally worked to keep you paid.

Things are definitely different here, compared to that.

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[ He simply nods at the mention of monsters, as if to say he knows how it is. Which, well, he kind of does, Faerun being Faerun. ]

Ah, you were also a mercenary. It seems we have similar backgrounds in that regard. [ Even though he doesn't look like much of one, given his diminutive stature and his tendency to be overlooked. Anyone would be forgiven for assuming that he had a more clerical role, if he was even being honest at all.

His implacable tone has eased just a little. ]

Yes, it is all different here. Much more chaotic, and we start with little reputation. [ He frowns a little, just for a moment. ] But similar busywork, I suppose.

[Cloud wasn't going to comment about Kimmuriel's diminutiveness - he already knows the man has powers that would go overlooked. And the way he'd been looking at knives in the black market was enough to know he was a professional.]

Jobs get you rep, rep gets you connections, connections get you better jobs. Round and round the cycle goes. [Cloud gives a sort of half-shrug, as if to say 'it's a living'.]

That's not to say I don't agree - we landed in a mess, from everything I've seen. Turf wars, mysterious statues...

It is a bothersome loop, but a necessary one. All too necessary now, given the circumstances we find ourselves in. [ He pauses in his conversation to ask a few questions of another vendor - materials-related, mostly. The vendor is cagey about some and all too happy to extol the virtues of others. ]

I find myself wondering why someone would go to such extent to place statues here. This being hell, I am sure there are those with long-lasting grudges, but it seems like such effort for very little practical gain.

Could be someone trying to send a message. [Cloud is throwing darts at dart-board here, metaphorically speaking. And the way he throws that out implies he doesn't really have a clue of the greater scope.]

If this person wanted to cause chaos in the city indiscriminately, they're doing a good job of it with these statues - and they don't seem to be stopping anytime soon.

[He shrugs.] Who that is though, it's not like I'd have any idea.

It is very disorganized. [ He sounds faintly disapproving. ] And being in the middle of it, with very little way of knowing or understanding the greater movement, is like being caught in a trap meant for another.

[ He sighs a bit. There's nothing he can do about it, so it's mostly just complaining pointlessly...which he also dislikes. ] From my experience...it is likely to be a rival of some kind. Someone who opposes the powers already here in this city. Such struggles are all too common already in the mortal plane; I expect no less from a place like this.

I suppose we will just have to keep ourselves informed. No matter what clan has bound us. [ He doesn't know for sure that Cloud is part of his faction, after all! But he still feels more commonality with his fellow Lost Souls than with any particular faction. ]

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