July 2022 Mini Event

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Tanabata is on the horizon, and the city seems to be recovering well from last month. But there's work to be done, and it's time to get to it...

1. SHUTEN CLAN - THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS

With construction wrapping up, the new Shuten Clan casino will be opening soon. The casino has a number of new staff positions opening. It is a golden opportunity for anyone looking for a cash rich position. The money promised upon assignment to the underground casino is bound to be life-changing. Given the potentials in clientele, Toraguma is expecting the very best. Shutens are to report to the above ground Celestial Phoenix casino for their training.

They will be taught all the traditional casino fare, both Japanese and abroad. This includes being taught how to cheat at these games as well. For example:

• Blackjack dealers will learn card count, and how to catch others doing the same.
  
• Roulette attendants will learn both how and when to discreetly adjust the wheel.
  
• Craps and Cee-lo dealers will learn how to feel for loaded dice and how to switch in the house's dice without notice.
  
• Cee-lo dealers are also taught a specific way to line the dice tray to cause more lost throws.
• Cho-Han dealers will learn how to distract players as they adjust the dice.

That's not all the Shutens will be learning. The clan needs skilled bouncers as well: people who can handle rowdy customers or haughty celestials. The more tenured Shutens will take up the roles of rude customers and challenge the trainees in how to handle them.

While not everyone will receive employment in the casino, they are all expected to participate in training. Shuten officers are expected to guide and oversee their juniors.

2. TAMAMO CLAN - CHARM SCHOOL

The Tamamo Clan also has preparations to make in anticipation of the underground's opening. The clan is opening their own brothel and cabaret, as well as providing food and drink services to the new Shuten casino.

All Tamamo Clan members must report for training at Mizukume. The lesson of the day is to use one's charisma to secure a huge payout. For example:

• Hosts and hostesses will learn the art of schmoozing away clients' money.
  
• Performers will learn more provocative means of soliciting large tips.
  
• Oiran are taught the erotic arts; the perfect balance to both please a client, and how to leave them begging (and paying) for more. There's no technique Tenkohime finds too shameful. Money is power, and power is freedom.
  
• Food service workers are provided master classes in mixology, plating, and how to serve high-profile clients without breaking a sweat.

Each role comes with its own set of pressures, but also the promise of great reward. Everyone is going to get rich, if everyone plays their part well.

Tenured Tamamo are asked to roleplay as clients for the benefit of those Lost Souls new to the work. While not everyone will be selected to work in the Underground, everyone is expected to train for it.

3. SUTOKU ALLIANCE - BLACK MARKETS AND BACK ALLEYS

After months of meetings, it's finally time for some real action. Sutoku Lieutenant Ryouma Sakamoto has made some pretty big commitments on the Alliance's behalf. His temerity comes from his earnest belief in the other Sutoku Lost Souls! No pressure, though!

To succeed, the Alliance must determine who is behind the current black market operation. Ryouma is relying on the Alliance's extensive information network and the hard work of the Lost Souls to make it happen.

This is the work that Ryouma mentioned when he welcomed the new arrivals recently.

This assignment is all about what you know. The Sutoku need to learn more about the competition, through any means necessary. The Alliance wants to know everything about what goods are moving around the city and who is moving it. Time to follow the money. You might even discover an unfulfilled niche in the market through your investigations.

The current influx of Stardust in the city is a great opportunity to investigate the existing dealers and supply lines. The Alliance is gathering Stardust just like everyone else, but it is becoming increasingly scarce as the factions vie for it. The value of this commodity is shooting up every day. Take some cash or other compelling bartering tools with you to grease the palms of a few shady dealers. Try to convince them to be more honest about their supply lines, beyond just the sparkly stuff. Stick the landing, and you might just be closing in on the heart of those shipping loopholes.

This is no easy undertaking. Creativity and tenacity will determine just how far you can go. Be careful not to be too obvious, the threat of unwanted attention will cause your sources to clam up.

4. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENMA - CRACK DOWNS

The Stardust's street presence has shifted naturally over the past few weeks: from an easy resource to simply scoop up in garbage bags overnight to a hot commodity. The street value of the material has increased considerably, and that means that the unaffiliated street gangs are greedy to get in on the action.

Enma officers are called upon to round up any black market dealers of Stardust and confiscate as much of their supply as they can find. This might just bring them into some direct conflict with the Sutoku Alliance members hoping to connect with market insiders. That's just how things boil out sometimes, though.

It is more important to the Department to get Stardust out of the hands of the black marketeers… and into their own lockers.

Officers are given permission to use any amount of force against individual actors, and members of the Law and Records Department are expected to draft up warrants (no matter how doctored) to obtain access to buildings they otherwise would never be allowed into; even Mizukume and the Arena. The Department's orders are clear: if it's not an approved market, shut it down.

This is in the name of maintaining Order, so get out there. Move at least in pairs, or you're likely to meet some serious resistance, and keep an eye out for the newbies.

5. ALL FACTIONS - LUNAR RABBIT RETURNS

It isn't just the factions, dealers, and petty gangs who are interested in the Stardust now that it's a premium item.

A familiar face has resurfaced: the mysterious gyokuto medicine woman and her army of white rabbits. While her little kin have managed to gather a healthy amount of Stardust for her "research", she still needs more. She is willing to pay a huge premium to those who retrieve more materials for her.

She understands that this will require you to either pilfer from one of the factions, or potentially someone even more dangerous. She will be providing samples of one of her drugs, which can grant temporary invisibility in moonlight. Use it for whatever hijinks you want, but she really would prefer if you brought her the goods in the end.

If invisibility doesn't cut if for you, she can provide another sample that provides 10 times your normal strength. While you can KO anyone who gets in your way, it wears off within 5 to 10 seconds. She is very clear that you should not take more than 3 doses of this, or you will very possibly die. Probably. Maybe? It will be unpleasant. So use it only when you need to.

The reward for getting her some Stardust, depending on the amount, can easily pay all a character's expenses for a month, if not longer. The temptation is great, but do you trust this strange rabbit woman?

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Comments

[bratherine]

but why not. that sounds more fun.

dragon deez............

[breweries]

right??? it's so hard to choose... but i feel like it'd be better if they start in a more easygoing situation. oiran duties are so hard from what i've researched so far 🙇🙇

[breweries]

i'll slide a toplevel over there, then!!

[getting_better]

Cool! Once I have a log or a TL set up I'll let you know! Any particular way you want the scene to go?

Re: nobara kugisaki | shuten

[getting_better]

If you're okay with OCs, I can offer my guy. He's a 1 star shuten liutenant who's willing to teach her how to fight and about card games and casino cheating

[parasaito]

I'll leave it to Sannan's good judgement to rein this murder-junkie in if things start getting out of hand, haha

... By any necessary means :3c

[swordofhisou]

Problem children unite!

We've got something with Majima going already, but how about Tenshi coming in to give her a difficult time by doing the most insanely convoluted special order? (The irony being that she's not doing this because she's ordered to, but because she's a Celestial and a punk?)

[enterthe]

Ydris would offer to help in this effort! Largely because they can do such long, boring hours while multitasking on their EMBER projects.

Which, if there's anything the tracking/analytics data can help with, they'd share with Kim in particular. Since that's limited to Lost Souls, it's probably not super useful in this case, but it's there in case. Kim could turn on his own tracking and know that Ydris could keep an eye on his progress. Might grant him sp,e level of security that if he went missing during his investigations, there would be some indication where.

Mostly, Ydris doesn't like being in the underground (too... wet...) so they're looking for a way to play birds eye view instead of being boots on the ground.

[virtua]

for aster, anything

even if she has to reckon with the image of him surviving off of cum

[kaientai]

OH PROBABLY LMAO.
Ryouma's opinion of the law is mostly whether or not he thinks it's useful.
>business law is good!
>stuff that says what he's doing is illegal not so much

[jigokumods]

Unless Heng Yue invites her there, she's reluctant to go there.

And if she does, Emily might find some of her familiars in the cabinets trying to pilfer ingredients.

[ryototsukai]

this is the part of the job she hates.

"can't we just have a duel and call it a day?" in her extremely early-edo-period-logic

[ganashara]

Lio doesn't get too far out of Shuten territory these days, if that helps narrow things down

[ryototsukai]

Musashi is definitely concerned with engendering trust in the newbies, at least with her. She'll do what she can, to be sure

[ganashara]

just wear some fireproof skin cream.

[ryototsukai]

honestly, yeah, they could certainly have a nsfw conversation but i don't see any actual acts happening. she can definitely teach him to convince people to spend money on him by being cute, though!

[ryototsukai]

okay mort, first lesson, are you paying attention?

do not challenge your client to prove themselves in the field of battle.

[dehallow]

Look, even van Zieks will concede that there are ridiculous laws, but the Sutoku investigations are getting close to invasions of privacy etc and he's obligated to do something about it

I'd honestly find it amusing to write out like... the third discussion they have about some individual case of espionage. They're both so tired already..

[dehallow]

They can have a duel, that's fine, but it's not going to SOLVE anything ok

Except maybe it'd be good for stress relief

[fullgauntlet]

HELLO! Izuku here is a Sutoku but he's going to be in and about undercover with the rest of the Sutokus trying to find the sources of the stardust. Maybe Izuku could run into her or maybe help her deal with a scuffle and almost blow his cover?

[fullgauntlet]

This is probably a silly question... But do we make our top levels in here or make our own logs? Does it matter which way we do it? dkgjdkfgdf

[jigokumods]

You can make top-levels here, yes. Or in your own catch-alls. Whichever you feel like doing.

[kaientai]

omg YES please like "not this shit again" and "why did i decide to be the one who has to handle this stuff" because it's ryouma's least favourite thing to deal with lmao

SO MUCH FUN IN HELL

[dehallow]

I could toss up a starter for us tomorrow, if you want! Does Ryouma have any kind of office / usual hang-out space where he can be reached for discussion?

[lemoncandy]

so in the shuten territory, ok! I can say shealtiel is scoping out the place from some leads and then makes the mistake. I will link you once I have a starter written up!