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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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no_kyouken: (Default)

MAJIMA | SHUTEN

[personal profile] no_kyouken 2022-07-18 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Well. Uh. Majima lived this life for several years, and was kinda famous. So he has tips on how to do it and also can sure... show you what a nasty customer is like.

cw: groping/assault
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fkggnow9W0

Let's say I can take like 2-3 people?
mahoraga: (Default)

[personal profile] mahoraga 2022-07-18 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
How will the black market folk respond to ... stealing of stardust?
mahoraga: (219)

[personal profile] mahoraga 2022-07-18 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
He is a sneaky shadow boy so, probably not ...

But I'm always open to bad things happening. What happens if he gets caught?
empression: (We'll always have Mementos)

[personal profile] empression 2022-07-18 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
senpai
medicative: (evaluate.)

[personal profile] medicative 2022-07-18 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
are we allowed to assume that our characters can get some leads, provided they're persistent enough? specifically, emily's plan of attack is to lean into those that supply her with harder to get materials for making medicine, since she has a pre-existing relationship, and would start probing with a mix of cash, charm, and arranging favors for people, and working with other sutokus to see how far they can really get. group efforts!

while keeping an eye out for the cops, naturally, those guys get nothing.
medicative: (silver.)

emily | sutoku

[personal profile] medicative 2022-07-18 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Emily will be looking for a group to link up of 2 people, potentially 3 to start going after the black market leads under her direction, starting from her personal links to herbalism materials and fanning out. They're going to have some success, but she holds as a requirement that whoever works with her has to behave. This is non-negotiable, bring your manners.
powerofthemoon: (pic#15788685)

[personal profile] powerofthemoon 2022-07-18 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Heng Yue will go schmooze some stardust out of anyone stupid enough to fall for her pretty face. But then it's time to step on press that gyokuto: what are you researching, madame?
dehallow: (⚔ from above)

[personal profile] dehallow 2022-07-18 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there going to be consequences to refusing to falsely manipulate documents for the Department?

Van Zieks is definitely going to be on top of things when there is any legitimate evidence he can draw on (and he's going to work with officers to secure that evidence). After all, he's very fine with cracking down on black markets as a base idea. But he's not going to manipulate the truth and will tell Captain Shiki to her face if confronted...
karumic: (pic#15816743)

[personal profile] karumic 2022-07-18 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello I desire Majima CR and also for Kazuma to learn the way of the bouncer 👈👈
mahoraga: (86)

[personal profile] mahoraga 2022-07-18 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Alas, it is the consequences of his actions u_u

Thank you mods!
threateningly: (icon4)

Sannan | Enma

[personal profile] threateningly 2022-07-18 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Well guess who was basically an enforcer for... a long time. This guy! But wait, there's a twist! If anyone from Sutoku explains their deal when he's nearby, he'll probably help them in the thick of it. That's right, he thinks tracking down who's causing what is a noble cause! He'll just also have to take that Stardust from them after, sorry!

Looking for 2-4 Enma partners for general enforcing and potentially 2 Sutoku folks to bargain/work with on that end. Caveat: all parties better be able to keep their mouth shut about the shady dealings!
Edited 2022-07-18 23:41 (UTC)
notched: ty mira (pic#15765945)

ANNA | TAMAMO

[personal profile] notched 2022-07-18 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Sending Anna to food service. I am looking for things like:

* Something to make it fun/funny.
* People who want to just take some of the sample food and fuck off :)

(Perpetually the Tamamo problem child....)
muitenpen: (14924549)

Re: QUESTIONS!

[personal profile] muitenpen 2022-07-18 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
So, Mahito's able to leave a residual cursed energy on things he's touched (think less a power, more like an animal knowing its own scent, etc), and even a major plot point in his series was doing this to track an item after his enemies got it. Would he be able to do something like this with stardust that he's found but not confiscated, to see where it leads to? Or after Jigoku's own cursed energy disasters, would people be too attuned to that sort of thing and catch on?

I was guessing they're completely different types of energies that just have the same name, but figured it can't hurt to check.
itstillhurt: (pic#15818548)

[personal profile] itstillhurt 2022-07-18 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Heeeeyyyyyy buddy....
dehallow: (⚔ post-crush)

[personal profile] dehallow 2022-07-18 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, those paralegals will have to simply suck it up, sorry guys.

Thanks for the reply, I can work with this nicely!
bratherine: (o8.)

kate / tamamo

[personal profile] bratherine 2022-07-18 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, she's been leaning the occasional bit of mixology from Shylock and working as FOH staff for a high class restaurant for the last few months, so while I'm hesitant to offer her as someone who can do the training side of things, she can at least give newbies a few pointers on the basics, maybe?

Aside from that, please give me horrible hostess school shenanigans. She will not be on board for it but I like to make her suffer. Teach her the art of better flert, or just be a feral jerk with her.
itstillhurt: (pic#15817827)

Re: QUESTIONS!

[personal profile] itstillhurt 2022-07-18 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, so I'm assuming trying to steal stardust from the moon bunny is a bad idea

But if you had to put it on, like, a scale of one to ten...?

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