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jigokumods ([personal profile] jigokumods) wrote in [community profile] jigokulogs2022-07-18 05:43 pm

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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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.
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[personal profile] psionicmolotov 2022-07-20 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
'very long boring stakeout where they're doing various things/listening to the radio/etc to pass the time while keeping watch' sounds like fun tbh. god knows kimmuriel has like more than enough patience to make it work
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[personal profile] aceslow 2022-07-21 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, this sounds good to me too!! I feel like Kim^2 are an ideal combo for this -- they've both got patience to spare, and I feel like would probably have a good enough time playing stupid little games as they wait for something interesting to happen. And regular trips to the konbini for more prepackaged food...
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[personal profile] enterthe 2022-07-20 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] aceslow 2022-07-21 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
I love that Ydris and Kim have turned into the pragmatic dream team tbh!! Kim would be glad for the company and to have someone with similarly nonviolent inclinations when it comes to stuff like this. He'd also decide to trust Ydris w being able to track his location for the iffier things he takes on, i.e. going directly eavesdropping and having close encounters with some pretty dangerous people
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[personal profile] enterthe 2022-07-21 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Ydris is a strange one for MANY reasons, but being dedicatedly nonviolent is among them. They really try not to be, though it's basically their "purpose" to burn things down. A systematic approach is better! They don't need to be direct and explosive... unless it's over someone they personally care about.

They'll keep an eye on Kim to be sure he's on track and presumably safe. If anything happens to him, though, it might be time to Burn Some Shit Down.
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[personal profile] aceslow 2022-07-23 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
He appreciates it, Ydris!! And tbh Kim is very much the same, he's just got an itchier trigger finger out of a fear-based impulse he really wishes he didn't have. Anyway, I'm down to either play this out or handwave it, whatever you'd like to do!!
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[personal profile] enterthe 2022-07-24 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm trying to chew over an interesting way to play this out! It might be best to handwave, but then I just see that as a challenge not to... Hmm.

Maybe something like Kim having a wireless earbud he can communicate remotely with Ydris through? And relay information of what he's scoping out in the underground up to them to take full record of-? Ydris could be on hand to advise him with navigation info he needs to tail someone or... escape from someone who spots him spying!
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[personal profile] aceslow 2022-07-30 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Having to make a thrilling escape sounds good to me! I know one of my scenarios is having him eavesdrop/hang around under the guise of being a 7/11 worker by one of the businesses involved, and he could get caught by a nefarious crew that way and need help finding his way out? Whether that's through Ydris feeding him blackmail, personally intervening, or just telling him where to run would all be fine by me!
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[personal profile] enterthe 2022-07-30 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my gosh... the idea of Ydris feeding embarrassing personal details they like... live jigoogle searched up on some random Yokai harassing Kim is so hilarious. And also maybe wouldn't even work great because Ydris' sense of what is scandalous is probably pretty dull. Navigating him an escape plan will probably be necessary LOL
peacewithouttyranny: (I hear something)

[personal profile] peacewithouttyranny 2022-07-21 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
hey, if you would take a newbie who's also a giant alien robot, i can toss Soundwave here. long hours of keeping watch and waiting for something to happen is practically what he does back home, anyway. Or boring groundwork detective stuff. He's still attentive even without his magical superhearing powers.
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[personal profile] aceslow 2022-07-23 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
If you'll forgive Kim momentarily freaking out about the giant robot - he's a big techhead and will think Soundwave is the coolest thing he's ever seen LMAO - I'd be thrilled for them to team up! Is this something you'd like to play out/if so would you want to do it at first meeting or start it off in media res while they're still on the look out?
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[personal profile] peacewithouttyranny 2022-07-26 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
sorry for the late response, but YES! i love it whenever people freaked out over him being a giant robot. meanwhile he'll be confused because organics don't typically like his kind for understandable reasons lmao

i think a first meeting would work best here, just to see Kim freak out over him before getting to the mission and stuff!
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[personal profile] aceslow 2022-07-30 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
And sorry right back at you! That sounds great -- I whipped up a starter, so please let me know if that works!