jigokulogs | May 2022 Mini Event

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As the Haniwa continue to pop up in the city and the turf war rages on, life goes on in the city.

1. SHUTEN CLAN

Remember the Isonade? Yeah, those guys. The surly shark-dudes who were no doubt involved in some black market smuggling along the banks of the Sanzu. They were too tough to fight off in order to figure out what they were up to, last time.

Well, Toraguma has caught wind of them now. Despite the ongoing turf war, he’s not about to lose out on an opportunity here! He wants his Shuten Clan operatives to scour the river looking for these guys. They will be a lot harder to find without the rabbits’ help, though. If you find them, you are to “inform them” that the Shuten Clan will be taking over their operation. If they have problems with that, well… you know what to do.

Don’t forget that they’re quite strong and that they aren’t too keen on giving up the information on their supply line without a fight. You’ll need to use teamwork to get what you need out of them.

Should you manage your way to their warehouse, you’ll find a fresh shipment of their products: specialized herbs, mineral-rich clay, and rarefied ore. None of these products can be found in the city naturally. The Isonade won’t dare name their primary buyer but they will let slip that all of this is being smuggled into the city from the outer Wastelands.

The Shuten Clan will demand their cut out of this operation, but you may get the impression that this is only one small piece of a much larger shadow creeping over the city…

Art by Alejandro Gonzalez Agudelo

2. SUTOKU ALLIANCE

The death and subsequent “rebirth” of the Daitengu has caused a considerable amount of chaos. Many of the subsidiary tribes have struggled under the weight of uncertainty during this debacle. The Daitengu has decided that an apology tour is owed. It’s good for the sake of the Alliance, after all.

Oh, but they’re not going to be doing it themselves. You, the Sutoku Lost Souls, will be fully responsible for it. ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა

Sutoku Souls are tasked with going to various businesses and tribe centers with an offering of gifts and deference to any and every group within the Alliance who will agree to meet with you. The gifts have been provided by the Daitengu, and are mainly snacks and coupons. Which will not be enough to please everyone. Some clans will demand more and some, in their rage, will try to take their anger out on you. You are an (lowly) ambassador right now, better to turn the other cheek.

This all boils down to be less of an apology tour and more of a bribe tour. What the Daitengu has provided won’t cover everything and you’re going to have to go out of pocket to truly placate the other clans. If you don’t have enough cash on hand, you may be asked to do various unpaid tasks and labors: washing dishes, scrubbing floors, cleaning windows, taking out the trash, serving kids’ birthday parties; any amount of the lowest work you can imagine.

It’s rough! But somebody’s gotta do it

3. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENMA

The chaos of the Night Parade has caused a resurgence of unaffiliated gangs popping up around Jigokucho. They can usually be found identifying themselves through the use of basic colors and mascots. They are made up almost entirely of violent youths with uncertain futures, who are lashing out at an uncaring world. The antics of the Daitengu, the accusations against the Enma, and the squabbling between Shuten and Tamamo is not inspiring their confidence nor loyalty.

In addition to this problem, the retrieval of the Haniwa is going poorly. Most residents are too uncomfortable to even touch the statues and their appearances don’t seem to be slowing down. There are too many for the Department to collect.

With an abundance of cursed objects in town, the petty gangs have decided this is an ample resource for them. They are using the Haniwa to harass the general public and against one another. They have weaponized the excess Haniwa and are using them as “curse bombs”, hurling them at both each other and the residents they want to intimidate. It’s getting nasty.

It’s the Department’s job to keep the Haniwa figures from falling into the wrong hands and to keep some semblance of order. The official orders from the Office of the Enma are directing all hands to converge against the youth gangs. Use any force necessary and retrieve those figurines.

4. TAMAMO CLAN

How inconvenient! In addition to the complications of the turf war, an extremely important time of the year has arrived for the Tamamo Clan.

It is time for the yearly visit of one of the clan’s greatest benefactors: the Tennin. These Celestial Immortals descend from the Heavenly Realms to spend time (and incredible amounts of money) in Hell’s Playground, Jigokucho. Hell simply offers the sort of delights you just can’t get in Heaven. Due to Tenkohime’s connections with them, the Celestials have had her host them for several years in a row now. She emphasizes how incredibly important it is to keep them happy.

The Celestials want entertainment and delights of every variety. It’s up to the Tamamo Clan’s Lost Souls to entertain them. Your entertainments can take many forms: keeping the Celestials company, putting on a performance, showing off your cooking and skills, tea ceremonies, and other exhibitions. Should you choose the carnal and kinky route for entertainments, know that you won’t be laying down with any Celestials themselves. Oh, no no no, they’re Heavenly, after all! This is still performance, so you may need a partner to help you out.

Keep in mind that the legends are true! The Celestials are deeply deeply fond of peaches. Both literal and metaphorical. 🍑

The Celestials love to chat and gossip, so keeping them entertained is also an excellent way to hear some interesting information. Tamamo artisans will likely learn that many Celestials openly trade with Tenkohime. In fact, the aphrodisiac goods that the Tamamos so famously deal in come, in large part, from the Celestials. Tamamo isn’t the only clan they do business with either. They also have connections within the Sutoku Alliance and are the land owners of several Alliance properties. They are considered one of the primary sources of capital in the real estate market.

Why would the Celestials want properties in a world they literally can’t live in? Doesn’t that just reek of capitalism.

5. TURF WAR (ALL FACTIONS)

The turf war between the Shuten and Tamamo clans is at a simmer right now. Which doesn’t mean that it’s over – not even close. Minor magical traps, similar to those found in the sewer, have been found in Shuten territory. Frustrated Shuten enforcers have been taking out their anger on anyone that so much as looks at them funny. Bars in both districts are regularly getting smashed up. Knife fights are breaking out in the streets. Cars known to belong to members of both clans turn up with slashed tires. There’s even rumors of hits being taken out on higher ranking members.

Watch your step if you’re out and about in either territory. Faction affiliation doesn’t matter when tensions are running high. What’s more, rumors are flying all over about which of the two warring clans is going to be the one to escalate the violence further.

Will tensions boil over at any moment? At what point does the Department of the Enma have to step in? Why haven’t they already?

It’s all getting too much to handle…

6. CURSED OBJECTS (ALL FACTIONS)

The presence of the Haniwa is having increasingly frightening effects. There are whispers about blood coming out of the walls and the floors in apartments, about black ooze pouring from faucets and coming up from storm drains. There are even whispers of terrible household hauntings.

These aren’t just rumors though. Bars are having to close early due to the presence of wailing ghosts inhabiting the toilet or blood pouring from the taps. People run screaming out of alleyways pursued by ghostly hands.

These curses and hauntings seem to be fairly localized; kept to one building or one block at a time. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be much rhyme or reason as to when these accursed sightings will take effect.

Be careful out there! Who knows what could happen with so much terrible energy running rampant.

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H-Hey, wait!

[ what's going on, now? first they were trying not to escalate the dispute, and now musashi's dragging her by the hand towards the entertainment district? for a split second she's reminded of how amber used to tug her along to help her get closer to the townspeople, but then she shakes her head before pulling her hand back.

hold on, let her catch her breath. jeez. ]

You have a lot of nerve, pulling me along with your whims. I won't let you get away with this.

[ ...she's happy, but. you know. ]

You can punish me later, for now, we're gonna sing our hearts out!

[ Nevermind the context of the word "punishment" there, it wasn't important. The kareoke place was a quick find, just a block or two away when Musashi rushed in to book them both a room. And of course start a tab for some drinks! ]

Come on, come on, you'll love it, I promise!

W-Wait, sing?!

[ but nope, too late, she's stuck here in a soundproof booth with the girl. she's been handed the microphone and she keeps flipping the switch on and off as if that does anything. ]

I don't even know what to sing about! How do you even use this...?!

[ Musashi handed a binder to Eula while she went about ordering drinks. ]

Look up a song you know, or at least kind of know, find it's ID number, and then enter it into the keypad on the table. The machine does the rest of the work!

[ Surprisingly, there would actually be songs she recognized within the catalog... ]

[ eula at the binder on her lap, leafing through a couple of pages. so many songs in different languages, presumably from different worlds... odd that hell truly has it all. ]

Why don't you go first? It's going to take me a while to choose which one to go for.

[ she's more of a dancer than a singer, okay. time to look up which of venti's songs she feels like singing... ]

[ Everyone gets nervous their first time. Musashi said, so casually as to almost miss the inherent innuendo therein. She moved past it just as casually, taking up the catalog and looking through it while her other hand put in the drink order. ]

So when I sing, you take up one of those tamborines or other hand instruments and keep the beat and cheer on while I perform!

[ it's not that she's nervous, she just has no idea how this whole thing works... ]

...I can do that much.

[ she reaches for a tamborine, gives it a few shakes. okay, it doesn't seem to be defective so!! take it away, musashi. ]

[ The thing about Jigokucho having such an access to the culture of other places so that they could find familiar songs to sing kareoke to means this player doesn't have to explain any of the how or why of Musashi's song selection, just that even if her singing wasn't perfect, she was having way too much fun to not exude something of cutting charisma from her time in front of the microphone. ]

[ even if musashi isn't the next superstar in the making, she makes up for it with enthusiasm, and in the end that's what's more important. eula manages to keep up to the beat with the tamborine, though the more this goes on the more she realizes how utterly stupid she must look. is this girl trying to embarrass her...?!

no... no, she couldn't have. musashi has been nothing but nice to her, after all. ]

Hm. Not bad, I suppose.

[ is she even asking for critique? nope. but eula will put in her cheap two cent anyway. ]

You didn't do so bad yourself! You got a good sense of rhythm!

[ Musashi plopped herself down, taking up one of the drinks that had arrived mid-song, and helping herself to a long sip of whatever fruity, sweet cocktail she'd picked at random. Delicious~ ]

But now it's your turn, right?

[ she sighs in defeat. yes, musashi, it's her freaking turn, but she's not about to do it sober. she yoinks one of the flavored beer bottles that came in with their order and takes one large swig from it.

okay! so! what song will she be choosing? well for now she's playing it safe, so here's a soft ballad that suits her voice quite fine. ballads in general are a mondstadt staple anyway, thanks to that spoony bard. ]

[ Playing it safe, perhaps, but as the song went on, Musashi's gentle tapping of the tambourine and sips of her drink fell away and she honestly just found herself sitting there, enraptured by the mood of the song; even if only a bit. Eula's voice may not have been perfect, but it carried the softness of the words...

Musashi was just looking on, by the end, just admiring the other woman by the end. It took her a moment to even realize she was lost in that reverie, shaking her head and blushing slightly. ]

Wow, that... was a really pretty song...

[ she can only shake her head, but there's no hiding the slight flush forming on her cheeks at the compliment. ]

I am more than a dancer than a singer anyway, to be honest.

[ it's really no big deal! ugh, she's just going to drain her entire cocktail at this rate. ]

Is that all? Or do you really plan on staying here all day with me?

Tapping out at two songs? We've got an hour in here, yanno...

[ Come on, Eula, enjoy the date you only barely agreed to go on!

Musashi helped herself to more of her own drink, getting a head full of buzz before flipping through the song book once more. ]

I mean I won't hold you here if you really want to go...

[ jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

hold on, let her think about it. it's not like she's got much to do outside while the turf war's going on, and to be honest, she is kind of having fun right now despite the fact that singing is a little outside her wheelhouse. but does she really deserve such a luxury...?

after a while, she sighs. ]

An hour, then we'll go our separate ways like this never happened. Okay?

[ a lie. she'd remember this for a long while. ]

Come on, you can't ask me to promise to never hit you up for a good time again, right?

[ Not while Eula was still entertaining her company at all, at any rate. She takes another long sip before plugging in a code for her next song. She'd done something up-beat and party-like before, but now it was her time to try her hand at something more slightly more edge to it! ]

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