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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?



Welcome to the mini event!
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  • FOR THE PURPOSES OF REWARDS, since all of these prompts tie into the main plot in some way, we will count all qualified threads in this post as 2 point threads!
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disagree: (pic#15667045)

[personal profile] disagree 2022-07-19 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
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[personal profile] retroductions 2022-07-19 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
aaaa oh no… well what is a detective but a person pursuing TERRIBLY DANGEROUS LEADS surely this is fine.

Thank you mods!
enbashira: (ᴏɴᴇʜᴜɴᴅʀᴇᴅ)

rengoku kyojuro / enma

[personal profile] enbashira 2022-07-19 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
this guy is going to go about everything as honestly, straight-forwardly, and lawfully as possible, so if you're looking for a very straight-laced, determined, and incredibly competent partner, look no further! he's also very used to taking orders so there won't be much kickback unless you're trying to get him to do something that isn't in the best interests of the people/situation. granted, he's--a little strange, a little powerful, and will have no trouble resorting to some force if necessary, but he'll get things done.

(i'm also happy to have him thrown into some conflict with members from any other factions--sutoku for the obvious, but there could also be kickback for investigating tamamo or shuten as well, or maybe trying to work with those in other factions for a little undercover info? whatever works.)

i'd love to get 2-3 threads going and am happy to do the starters once we work out what we wanna do, so any partners are welcome!
lemoncandy: (115)

[personal profile] lemoncandy 2022-07-19 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
WKOEWKFKO HELP

you're right here they are
lemoncandy: (46)

[personal profile] lemoncandy 2022-07-19 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
here! let me know if I should change anything!
socute: (Default)

[personal profile] socute 2022-07-19 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
if a third is okay, would totoko be alright? it may look a bit suspicious but it's okay, just a cute girl and a gentleman living it up!
virtua: (12)

mima | tamamo

[personal profile] virtua 2022-07-19 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
well, the good news is she's got a bit of a head start on hostess work, since she and aster both already work as bottom-rung hostesses at another club. however, she's mostly getting by right now on charm alone! she hasn't really mastered actively grifting customers beyond the social advantages that come naturally to her, and while that's getting her by, she would be into learning more for sure! 2-3 partners to teach her the ropes and do some client roleplay would be great!

as for the rest......she will probably want to learn some tips and tricks for food service for when she's picking up extra money, and she would take to performer's training like a fish to water! and though she wouldn't want to, i could see her reluctantly going along with oiran training in order to let her sink a little more comfortably into her hostess work, but she would probably need some encouragement.
shrieking_violet: (excite)

Chris | Shuten

[personal profile] shrieking_violet 2022-07-19 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd like to find someone willing to teach Chris, either running the games or as a bouncer - whichever anyone would like to try. She's probably more likely to be not-bad at the latter!
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[personal profile] parasaito 2022-07-19 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm, extra crispy violence with bloody sauce sounds just about right! (that said, it doesn't have to come to this, but he'll certainly try to make it happen?)
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[personal profile] disagree 2022-07-19 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
IM HOWLING this made my day already. ok lemme tag into our thing now
appleforyou: (Cold-blooded hunter)

[personal profile] appleforyou 2022-07-20 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Okay but consider: what if instead of reining it in, we just created a violence echo chamber
empression: (We'll always have Mementos)

[personal profile] empression 2022-07-20 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
make her mad :)
peacewithouttyranny: (Default)

[personal profile] peacewithouttyranny 2022-07-20 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
if a third is okay, would this newbie be alright? Soundwave naturally has that intimidation factor going just by being a 10 foot tall robot, plus he has superhearing (still heavily depowered but better than human hearing?) and is the attentive sort. he can spot if there's something suspicious or weird going on during the negotiation with the black market locals.

as far as behavior goes, he can behave. the worst Soundwave will do is lean over and stare someone down to look more intimidating if need be!
hellborne: ((flat) 11)

[personal profile] hellborne 2022-07-20 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
jack would honestly not mind a couple pointers about charm and charisma. while they are able to act a bit, they wouldn't mind some pointers from musashi if she's willing to provide them

also as for nsfw, i'd prefer it to not get too spicy, but i wouldnt mind them talking about it!!
peacewithouttyranny: (And it is our duty to correct it.)

[personal profile] peacewithouttyranny 2022-07-20 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
i can throw Soundwave at him! believe it or not, this ten foot robot is a master spy and can do stealth. but should things failed, he can also be the getaway driver since he can transform into this vehicle.... granted, he will be the size of a power wheeler so Yuri will have ride on top of him.
hellborne: ((flat) 22)

[personal profile] hellborne 2022-07-20 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
if you're still capable of taking another thread, i wouldn't mind having sholmes teach jack the art of pickpocketing, because i think this would be hilarious.
aceslow: (RHETORIC [easy: success])

[personal profile] aceslow 2022-07-20 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Kim here is going to be doing some detective work as well, hoping to leverage some of the connections he has already made! I'm not sure if he'll find anything that others haven't already, but checking in anyhow. His tactics will largely be covered by good old fashioned detective work and asking around, focusing on people who are lower in the pecking order, and trying to hop from insubstantial lead to insubstantial lead. Some contacts/methods he'll be focused on are:

- Leveraging the fact that he assisted in providing yokai with goods during the blood rain, reasoning that one good turn deserves another
- Contacting some of the delinquents he saved from Officer Andy's wrath and point out that if they don't share intel with him, he would be more than happy to hand them over to her (sorry, Andy)
- General blackmail -- if he notices they've been cooking the books or are a cover for something else, he's fine with saying that he won't turn them over if they provide him with intel
- Eavesdropping using the fact that he's very inconspicuous looking, both at shady bars and using his status as a working-class employee at the konbini, i.e. loitering by places of interest in-uniform underneath the guise of being told by his employer to off-load their abundance of trash to other businesses
- Keeping an eye out for money laundering in businesses; he'll be keeping an eye on if the success of their businesses adds up to the owners' personal affluence, if they keep odd hours, if they have clandestine meetings with persons of interest, etc. etc. He's generally good at keeping watch for hours, if not days, at a time to hunt down the next thread

tl;dr he's just a detail-oriented, old-school detective sniffing about!
psionicmolotov: (15)

[personal profile] psionicmolotov 2022-07-20 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent! He's an old hand at doing just that, so he can definitely keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour while Emily's handling the more diplomatic side of things.
aceslow: (Default)

kim k | sutoku

[personal profile] aceslow 2022-07-20 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Kim here isn't cool with the more underhanded techniques -- just medium underhandedness!! I have a list of what he'll be up to in this comment, but the teamwork portions would be long, boring hours keeping watch on persons of interest/businesses, team-up for eavesdropping and gathering intel (someone else can be the distraction), and otherwise just going around and doing the boring groundwork to chase down leads.
brokebitchmountain: (Moonstone)

[personal profile] brokebitchmountain 2022-07-20 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Time to reign in the crazy youngsters!!!
wingclip: (pill bug)

[personal profile] wingclip 2022-07-20 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
ohh could we do discord? You can add me at kristen#7417 !
threateningly: (Default)

[personal profile] threateningly 2022-07-20 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Sent from Orion#8270!!
threateningly: (Default)

[personal profile] threateningly 2022-07-20 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
WELL it sure depends on if they deserve it but Sannan isn't NOT down for violence if it calls for it.

...Gotta watch the blood though.
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[personal profile] threateningly 2022-07-20 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
crack that whip gramps

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