July 2022 IC Mingle

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1. ITADAKIMASU!

After the harrowing incidents involving the curse last month, unity is the theme for welcoming the new influx of Lost Souls. The factions are still busy with cleanup efforts and making sure their personnel are in fighting shape. What’s more, most of the usual spots that would play host to the factions’ parties are either closed until they’re repaired, or in no state to be hosting parties that big.

Thus, an agreement has been reached. All of the factions will hold their mingles together and host a food truck/yatai festival in the blocks surrounding Theater Square, in the Sutoku Alliance’s territory. This gets money into the hands of the local vendors, and allows the community to spend time together in relative peace. It’s still Jigokucho, there are punks prowling to start fights and steal wallets, like they always are, but it’s a breath of fresh air after everything that’s been happening lately. Just keep your wits about you and enjoy the food. Takoyaki is one of the most popular items and competition between the carts motivates chefs to make them flair and style!

Kushiten, yakitori, dango, croquettes, senbei, onigiri, yakisoba, taiyaki, you name it, it’s probably represented here in some form. There are even any number of your favorite treats from home, even if your home isn’t Earth. It might take a little poking around to find them, but isn’t that part of the delight of exploring a city’s food?

The falling Stardust has made its way into the food as well. You may notice that some vendors are grinding up the glowing stellar fragments and putting them into the food itself as a spice. Are… you supposed to eat that?! Oh well! When it’s time to party, you can’t go wrong with a little Stardust.

2. MUSIC GOT ME FEELIN SO FREE

In the center of Theater Square, surrounded on all sides by the many colorful food stalls, they’ve set up a stage for local artists to perform on. There are a great variety of acts who come and go to play a few songs. The music reaches all throughout the square and may be little more than background noise, until just the right tune catches your ear.

• Jenny⁣ – This all-girls story of hidden love should be hitting all the ladies in the crowd a certain kind of way. Have you been admiring a friend or coworker and just never taken the plunge? Now’s the time for that kiss, the music is playing.
  
• KONNANじゃないっ⁣⁣ – This sweet idol bop about striding bravely towards your best future fills you with inspiration and hope for the future. You may feel compelled to bring your hopes and dreams into every conversation. The future is bright!
  
• Running Up That Hill⁣⁣ – As the singer performs some kind of interpretive dance, she sings about her frustrations with never truly being able to see from another person’s perspective. What would you do to show your true self? Maybe it’s time to iron out that ongoing misunderstanding you’ve been circling.
  
• Love Warriors⁣⁣ – A simple act with a guitarist and singer, she sings a mellow piece about the true value of love. What a beautiful message. Your heart might begin to overflow with feelings of care and affection. Will you finally spill those all-important three words? I-love-you.
  
• One More Time⁣⁣ – The last act of the evening is lively, colored lights flashing out across the square. They begin to play an impossibly catchy beat that no one can resist dancing too. Dance like no one is watching and enjoy the sweet catharsis of a good dance session. You’ll feel better for it tomorrow.

(Players are more than welcome to use their own song and effect. 💖)

3. BIRD BOMBS

At some point during the festivities, the Daitengu takes the stage. They’re in exceptionally high spirits. They give a shout-out to Toraguma and Tenkohime for helping to make this happen. As usual, The Enma is not present. However, the Daitengu forgoes any snide remarks, although they do seem a bit let down. Hope springs eternal, one supposes.

Next they would like to announce that they have even more reasons to celebrate: a truce has been declared between the Shuten and Tamamo clans. The war for the Underground is over (for now) and new construction has started on a new casino and adult entertainment complex in the once-contested territory. They hope that this will lead to an ongoing era of financial cooperation between the three factions.

They thank Sakamoto Ryouma for making all of this happen and give him a shoutout in the crowd. Word has spread all over the Alliance about their deeds, and what they managed to pull off; a blessing and a curse. It becomes obvious that not every tribe within the Sutoku Alliance was okay with putting the Alliance itself up as collateral to make this happen. The Kasasagi Tengu Tribe, in particular, has decided to let their protest be known by storming the party in a flood of aggressive magpies. They vulture the food, they pick at jewelry, they’re an absolute menace.

Good luck shooing them away. The vibes are counting on you to deal with these feathered buzzkills.

Welcome to the IC mingle!

• If you have any questions about the mingle content, please ask them here!
• If you have questions about the game itself, please check out the premise, FAQ, and rules pages.
• For Rewards, given both the Stardust and Turf War prompts are involved in all three, threads in the Mingle log count for TWO (2) points!

Comments

[holeful]

[Cain: Further elaboration about the serial killing is not a pressing issue.

In any case, Fukuda's reactions are muted, but come easily, as if he's particularly sensitive to any touch. Which of course, he is due to how rare it is for him. He allows Cain to tease him for a bit, but soon enough, he's trying to tug Cain back up, and when he's able, his hands are moving down to Cain's belt.]

Cain, I want to make you feet good, too. Can I?

[himbosupreme]

[He had priorities right now, okay? Cain had 0 brain cells and 100 horny and he was making it work. Still, he laughed at the question after Fukuda tugged him back up.]

You don't have to ask. I'm the one who came onto you, right?

[So he was more than happy to let the taller man do what he wanted, and thankfully the belt he was wearing was already loosened from his attempts at ripping his shirt off.]

[holeful]

Haha, well, I just wanted to make sure!
[Consent is key, after all. But that's all he needed to prompt him to drop to his knees and finish getting Cain out of his pants.]

I half thought I was imagining it, but you really are already hard, Cain.
[Half teasing, half excited. All this for him? He really is lucky. Anyway, he may not have a lot of experience, but he's seen plenty of Internet Videos, and he opts to start slow, since someone has to keep this from lasting five seconds. He focuses on the tip, giving the shaft a few exploratory licks. Hopefully Cain was expecting this and not just a handjob.]

[himbosupreme]

[It is! And Fukuda is very much a gentleman about it, even if Cain as more than likely to let less nice things happen to him. But he was feeling very giddy at the moment and well..no one had actually done THIS to him before. Cain just sort of had to go with the flow right now.

He was certainly hard as Fukuda could see, and had been pretty much ever since he started pressing up on the taller man. Now that his erection was free, he almost could breathe a sigh of relief-only to give a suprised laugh when he felt Fukuda's tongue.]

Oh, that-that almost tickles.

[holeful]

[Fukuda pulls off for a moment, slightly concerned.]

Ah, in a good way, right?
[... Wait.]

Cain... you've done this before, haven't you?
[SURELY SOMEONE AS HANDSOME AND KIND AS CAIN HAS HAD HIS DICK SUCKED???]

[himbosupreme]

[Of course not??? Cain has been busy doing other things! He has at least kissed some of the other knights, maybe a handjob? But he never got this far.

And he's too high right now to think more coherently, instead just giving Fukuda a confused look. Why did he stop?]

It feels nice, I just didn't know...? Was I supposed to?

[Was that a requirement??? Somewhere in his single brain cell the logical thought was 'no' but this was an unprecendented situation.]

Oh, I suppose you were expecting me to have experience with things, huh?

[holeful]

I mean, I guess, just because you're handsome and nice... it's fine if you haven't!
[He's just surprised is all!! He gives Cain's hip a reassuring pat pat pat.]

Just tell me if you want to stop, right?
[And with that he's going to resume his Very Important Work of sucking Cain off.]