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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[ He makes a low sound in his throat. Bakugou doesn't like having Izuku say "it's nothing." ]

It's never nothing when you say shit like that.

[ But fine. He'll start to go to down on his meal. ]

[He tucks his chin down a little. Trying to fight back the embarrassed blush on his cheeks. He's just glad that Katsuki might be letting it go for now...

Izuku starts to eat too.]

It's been a long couple of days, it's nice to just eat a meal that's familiar.

Edited 2022-06-05 20:26 (UTC)

[ Izuku being something of a blusher when embarrassed is nothing new. Katsuki isn't surprised by it. Isn't alarmed. He'll let go of it.

For now. ]

I guess. This shit is starting to make my head hurt.

...

[He struggles with something else to say. But maybe he shouldn't really say anything more. The soup is warm and comforting, though. It's good.]

After this, you should head back. To... where are you staying?

Kicking me out of your territory already huh?

[ He snickers. Katsuki is going to be consuming more of that soup. In reality? He's not really sure that's prepared to let Deku out of his sight. Not quite yet? ]

Eh? It's not that- I just figured if you're getting a headache...

[He wouldn't mind sticking with Katsuki for longer. Actually, he prefers that. He just doesn't know how to say it.]

[ If he could reach across the table and smack this nerd... ]

Didn't mean an actual headache, you dweeb. The situation is mind boggling and it makes my fingers twitchy.

[ But that doesn't mean that he's backing out. Not at all. ]

[He looks back up at Katsuki and has a noodle or two sticking out of his mouth.]

Ah. Then do you want to keep looking around after this? Maybe it'll help clear your head and we could get our bearings about the area better.

[ What a fucking dumb look on this guy's face. Izuku's stuck in hell and he's still got this expression that just makes Katsuki want to blow up his face. Because it's so dumb. And it's so very Izuku that it has the blonde groaning and needing to look away.

Fucking - ]

In the rain?

[He swallows his bite at least!! Maybe he looks less dumb now-]

Once the rain dies down... I hope.

[He glances out the window.]

[ He continues to spoon at his own soup. Bakugou had been eating it slower than Izuku had been going at his. ]

If it dies down. Wondering if this shit is even natural.

[Izuku didn't realize how hungry he was. Having an appetite is probably an okay thing to have.

The rain is coming down fairly hard still. He frowns.]

Or we can stay here a while longer.

[ Katsuki kind of has the opposite going on. He sighs and slides the rest of it over to Izuku. The fucker did pay for it so the nerd better be prepared to eat it right? ]

How far is it to your place?

...? Kacchan, you should finish that...

[He bought it sure but Katsuki needs to eat.]

The Sutoku apartments are a few blocks north of here.

What? You afraid that you can't handle the heat?

[ Izuku is the hungry one here, right? So it stands to reason that he should eat some more? ]

Think if we book it, we can make it without getting drenched?

I'm not going to deny that, I can't eat spicy food like you can.

[Please, he can't do spicy noodles like Katsuki. He'll die?? Or at least start whining a lot.]

I guess we could run there, but- are you sure you want to go that way, Kacchan?

[ Well he'll slide the bowl back his way. Try to finish them off. ]

Yeah. Imma just crash with you tonight. Head back when the rain lets up.

[ Look at him. Not even asking permission. ]

[He blinks... Katsuki wants to stay with him? ... Oh no- panic goes up!]

Ah- Are you- Are you sure? I don't have an extra futon I'll have to figure something out?! I mean... it's fine! I'll... get something.

Would I be saying it if I wasn't sure?

[ C'mon Izuku. What do you take him for? ...Actually for a second, he's thinking that maybe he's not really welcomed. His ears turn a bit red, starting to have second thoughts.

But then Izuku starts his rambling about things that just. Don't matter. ]

A futon doesn't matter. I can sleep on the goddamn floor.

[Look, Izuku tends to overthink a lot of these sorts of things. Echoes his own questions out loud to make sure he's heard something right...]

No- I mean... I couldn't make you sleep on the floor...!

[Hello, it does matter??]

[ Katsuki rubs at the back of his neck. Slurps at the rest of the noodles. All that is left is broth. He'll get to that in a second. ]

Why not? It's not that big of a deal.

You can take my bed and I'll take the floor.

[Izuku???]

I will tie you to your goddamn bed if you even try.

[ Katsuki??? ]

Don't say something like that?!

[............]

Then don't be fucking dumb!?

[ Now they have people looking at them. Nervous. ]

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