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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gone hunting ♥

[pitfight]

[ The world missed out on Nishitani and Majima fighting together-- something Nishitani laments, sometimes, not being able to take on the Nikkyo Consortium with Majima, side by side, fighting some of the best the Tojo Clan could throw at them. It would have been perfect, it would have been-- ]

[ Confirmation, maybe, that Nishitani just likes being around Majima, sees himself in the other man, sees what could have been, what might have been, and a path forward together. ]

[ Like this, though, Nishitani thinks the points been made already. They're tearing down a Tamamo Love Hotel-- the small hallways make for a constrained field that makes fighting side by side difficult, hard, and fucking fun; not even mentioning the endless spiral of rooms that any number of rookies could be hiding out in. Nishitani would rate this task as only moderately dangerous, which just means it's time to have fun with Majima. ]

Even this shitty fuckshack has better couches than yours, Majima-kun!

[no_kyouken]

Leave my couch outta this, Nishitani.

[ Why the hell would he bring that up now, aren't they busy or something? Majima makes a face at him, hissing faintly. It's the briefest distraction before he's grabbed someone by the back of the head and smashed their face into the gaudy, wallpapered hallway a few times. They drop, nose broken and bloodied.

He steps over their moaning form, listening to what he can of the vibrations in the nearby rooms. It's actually fairly easy for him to tell which are the rhythmic shifting of actual customers and which is the nervous shuffling feet of Tamamo in hiding. He gestures with his knife, ]

This one.

[pitfight]

[ Never one to back down: Nishitani hisses back-- though with his baritone, it's more of a growl, deep in his throat, vibrating his entire chest as he goes. ]

[ However Majima is sussing out Tamamo grunts, he's doing a good job. Nishitani's kicked in a few of the doors they've skipped to find them empty or occupied, just not in the way they're looking for. After the first floor, Nishitani just lets Majima point and he goes in after. ]

[ They're an effective team, both focused on speed, but with Majima he has the ability to take stance and occupy, removing escape routes and creating fear where he stands. It's usually then Nishitani stabs them from behind, punishment for forgetting there wasn't just one lion free from their pen, but two. ]

[ Majima points at another door, and Nishitani yawns, saunters up to the door and: ] Room service! Got one extra large dick and plenty of lube!

[ And with a well placed kick, the door cracks open, splinters in the air and dust raining down on them. ]

[no_kyouken]

[ Majima lingers in the hallway, just long enough to let the enemy focus on Nishitani and think that he's the only one coming. Then he follows along, he comes after whichever one of them is nearest to the door. He loops his arm up under their throat before they realize he's there and he just squeezes until they go limp. He uses their helpless, kicking form as a shield for those few moments, tossing him into his buddies and lashing out at anyone who comes after. ]

Where's yer captain, kids? Gettin' real bored lookin' for this coward.

[ Either a coward or a spell caster who needs the time to set up his gambit. The latter entirely possible when dealing with the Tamamo. It'd be nice to have that intel before they find him. ]

[pitfight]

[ Chaos is easy to control, because humans don't want chaos, and yokai don't either-- not when so low ranked, at least. Let it be said, Nishitani knows how to use the environment around them to his advantage, too. By the time Majima wrestles the location of the captain, Nishitani's got one fox stabbed and the other with their arm twisted at an unfortunate angle. ]

[ Tipping his head to listen, Nishitani retrieves his to grab onto the fox that Majima sends his way. Like this, Nishitani brings the tanto up to the punks neck, as sure as Majima's arm had been before. From one lock, to another. ]

Well, kid? I want an answer, and it better be good.

[no_kyouken]

[ Yakuza is just one of Majima's many personas and he slips into it the most ease. He knows how to mime a sleazy thug. When they don't get an answer in a timely manner, his good eye narrows and he sends his fist up under the yokai's ribs. He waits through the gasped breath and coughing. ]

Well?

[ He repeats at a low growl. Something is horked up about the third floor and something about a poisonous star orb spell. Majima slaps the fox's cheek roughly before punching them again and shaking out his fist disdainfully. He invites his own yokai's information to be provided out loud, ]

Joku?

A crystal projectile that when broken releases a toxic miasma. Kistune magic.

[ He glances to Nishitani, for his opinion on that problem. ]

[pitfight]

[ Nishitani chokes the fox out in his arms once the information they've gotten is sufficient. He's thinking-- basically, the bitch they're after has a plan to deal with them if either Majima or Nishitani get close. ]

[ Well, if that's how they're going to play... ]

How's your pitching arm, Majima-kun?

[no_kyouken]

Not bad, why?

[ He had to do a lot of work to be 'not bad' with his baseball skills. Losing an eye makes that all one step more complicated. ]

[pitfight]

[ Nishitani opens his jacket, rooting around before pulling out-- ]

[ A grenade. Of course he has a supply of grenades now. ]

Batter up.

[no_kyouken]

[ Of course he does. They do get access to that armory as they rank, why would he even be surprised. He is also not surprised that badly damaging this building isn't on Nishitani's list of priorities either. He shrugs. ]

Yeah, all right.

[ Majima turns his gaze upwards. ]

Bet I can figure out what room they're in from down here.

[ He moves to press his hand into the wall. Any part of his body touching to get the vibration works but the closer it is to his head, the clearer it sounds. ]

[pitfight]

[ Nishitani sits down on the bed while Majima presses on the walls, tapping out a cigarette and lighting it, simply keeping track of Majima and the door, just in case any foxes decide to stick their nose in. ]

Before we blow this joint, let's try out these beds, baby. Red's your colour.

[no_kyouken]

Oh yeah? [ He asks mildly. ] These guys are just gonna lie there politely while we do that?

[ He presses his cheek to the wall, good eye closing. Listens for the thump of feet, anxious shuffling and pacing, toes tapping boredly in a chair. ]

[pitfight]

Toss enough money at any exhausted manager and they'll bend over back for you. [ Nishitani ashes his cigarette on the carpet. Woops. Just bill him the cost. ]

[no_kyouken]

Whose money?

[ Cuz Majima's not paying shit inside a hotel he's about to throw a grenade into. He slips out the door to look upwards from the vantage of the hallway, counting back a few doors to determine how far from the stairwell they are. ]

Four or five rooms back, sounds like.

[pitfight]

Windows? [ Nishitani lets Majima leaves before going over to a window himself. They're all locked privacy windows, of course, but when Nishitani breaks one with his elbow, privacy doesn't really matter at that point. He looks out and up at the building, mentally pacing out the location Majima's pinned. ]

[no_kyouken]

[ For just a moment, he is actually charmed. It's been a while since he just got to enjoy being a fucking yakuza. It hits him hot in the chest, adrenaline and joy. ]

Be easy droppin' from above.

[ The windows have big cutesy pink window boxes on the exterior, a very easy place to get a foothold. ]

[pitfight]

Works for me. [ Nishitani cleans out the window a bit, using his jacket to protect his arm as he busts out the worst of the glass shards which hadn't fallen when he initially broke the window. ]

[ When finished, he kneels, threading his fingers together for Majima to step into, a boost. ] Let's give them something to remember!