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Entry tags:
- !event,
- !mod: event related,
- !mod: ooc plotting,
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- persona: haru okumura,
- yakuza: majima goro
July 2022 Mini Event
MAIN NAVIGATION
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: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.
- 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.
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: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.
- 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.
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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- If you have questions about the game itself, please check out the premise, FAQ, and rules pages.
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But Dosei's attempt at getting out of being the starter guinea pig isn't going to go that easily, sorry. )
That means I'm th' senior. So — ( what is it Musashi always calls her? ) — my cute kohai should go first.
( That is one hell of a phrase to say deadpan. )
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his face falls as flat as kate's tone at the weird nickname, before a light shiver rolls up his spine. oh, jesus, what the fuck was that. ]
i dont know what the fuck that means
but dont call me that ever again
[ cute, can you imagine. he's a man, thank you. ]
shouldnt you put out a good example for your juniors or some shit
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(Yes, she would say the same in his shoes, but that's besides the point.) )
I'm doin' that by giving you first go. Kindness or whatever.
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he opts to lean back in his chair, crossing both his legs and his arms, quirking an eyebrow at that before giving a snort. he is not buying that, by the way. ]
you couldnt be bullshitting any harder if you tried
why dont you show me what you learned first, senior suckup
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Her head turns to them, squirrelled away in a corner, and Kate sighs. She isn't getting out of this, is she? There's a long, considered moment where Kate regards Dosei, head tilted as though he's a maths puzzle she's having to figure out.
What did Shin tell her, again? ...Oh, right. )
The trick's to figure out what someone else needs you to be. ( Honestly, Dosei seems like the kind of person who would probably prefer her to be her usual, abrasive self. So... ) 'Course, you would need summat like that explaining to you, right?
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but dosei can, unfortunately, feel that gaze they're both getting saddled with, and he diverts his own with a near hissing noise made in the back of his throat. it sounds...a little off. off like the way kate is currently staring at him, in a way that makes his eye twitch in obvious displeasure.
the explanation gets a blank stare for a few moments, before the last bit snaps him out of it. he clearly doesn't appreciate the fact she's suggesting he's less-than-bright, tapping out a message far faster than usual. ]
i aint that stupid
i just never cared about what people wanted of me anyway
so i dont pay attention
[ something flashes in his eyes for a brief moment before it disappears. well, can't really compare putting on an act for people who want specific kinds of company to whatever the hell that was back home...so he lets out a sharp breath and finally looks back at her. alright, enlighten him. ]
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Tamamo life is an uphill battle sometimes. Okay, most of the time. The freedom seeking stuff is all well and good but that's about the only thing Kate really understands. She's not charming, and playing up to people this way just feels ridiculous. Which is clearly exemplified by the fact that Dosei's reaction to her attempt doesn't exactly scream yes, I am charmed by this attempt at banter.
The only reason she isn't groaning aloud is because she refuses to make her displeasure known to him and the tutor whose eyes are boring into the back of her neck. Instead, she reaches for the jug of water and hesitates before pouring him a glass. )
... Can you drink?
( Does she need to get him a straw or something? )
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in kate's defense, he's never been charmed...ever...his brain has to catch up to that. it's too full of rage and petty aggression. he is notably avoiding looking at the instructor boring holes into them both, absentmindedly fixing the collar of his dress as he resists the urge to hiss. can they hurry up and go stare at someone else, he's sure they're not the only pair struggling....
his gaze flickers down as she goes for a drink, quirking an eye at the question. his shoulders heave in what is probably a silent snicker ( it absolutely is ), before he digs in his little maid pockets and pulls one out himself....emergency straw.
....when you have problems like he does, you come prepared, ok. don't say anything. ]
ya
dont need to but ill do it anyway
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Don't 'need' to?
( Isn't that a basic function of, y'know, existing? )
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he gladly returns that look with a smirk that tugs at the strings woven through his lips, taking a sip of his own drink as kate pours her own. you bet the fuck he is, and you can't do anything to stop him.
ah, right. maybe he forgot to address some things here. ]
you know im not human
right
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But, since he apparently isn't among them... )
What are you?
( With the instructor passing by and moving on to surveying another table, Kate takes the chance to pull off her fuckin' bunny ear headband and look less like an idiot, crossing one leg over the other and leaning her elbows on her thigh, curious. )
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the question seems to take him a minute, and he stares at his phone screen for a second like he's debating the answer. which is probably kind of worrying, because most people tend to know what they are? ]
fuck if i know
[ at least he's being honest about it. features scrunch as he searches his brain, sifting through conversations he'd generally tuned out- ezra never shuts up, even if he isn't listening. ]
what are those things in books
yknow the ones that people make in a lab
[ the name escapes him, and he eventually shrugs. ]
i wasnt made in one btw but its kinda close enough
not quite the same tho
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( Made in a lab? Kate pauses, the only name that's coming to mind surely has to be wrong, but— )
... Frankenstein?
( It's close enough, right? )
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dosei's expression flickers into flat and unimpressed territory, boring holes through the taller girl as he smushes his fist into his cheek. luckily, he can type one handed pretty fast now. ]
hell no
where did you even pull that shit from
[ ugh, now he has to think. he's obviously struggling, gaze flickering this way and that as his nose wrinkles in thought, bouncing his knee up and down in the process. starts with an h...hom... ]
homunculus
christ
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... Never heard of it.
( It does sound like the kind of shit that'd be in Marc's nerdy ass books or comics or whatever. But that makes it precisely the kind of thing Kate probably tuned out. )
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dosei stares back just as blankly, the silence ticking by for a few seconds before she confirms- which earns a few more seconds before a snort escapes him. for real? ]
i don't even read books or shit like that
super embarrassin lol
[ kind of cringe, kate. his water has been abandoned, in favor of poking fun. ]