September 2022 Mingle!

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The influx of fresh Lost Souls means the factions need to have a little welcoming party for them. So some recreational activities are in order. All Lost Souls will receive a message from their respective faction leaders with orders to go have some fun.

Shuten - WEENIES ON PARADE

Shuten Clan newbies will be summoned to the Arena, which has been set up with a very different kind of fight than usual. The members of the Shuten Clan do nothing by half-measures. Partying, drinking, and eating are all encouraged to excess. This time they're inviting new recruits to test their mettle in various eating contests. You'll need nerves of steel and a stomach of iron to succeed. Hot dogs, marshmallows, pizza, lobster rolls, breakfast cereals, rice, and more are all on offer.

See how much you can eat and try not to get sick! Competitive eating is a messy, disgusting affair, regardless of the emergency buckets stationed strategically throughout the building.

If you're feeling especially ballsy, you can take on the biggest onis and other youkai by teaming up with your fellow Shutens. They're all confident enough to take that bet.

Glory, prize money, and antacids to the winners. Shame to the losers – they'll be run through town in weenie costumes.

Better eat up 🙂

Tamamo - ALL NIGHT LONG

The newest Tamamo recruits are summoned to a local gymnasium. Strangely, rather than sports equipment laid out on the court, there are a number of light futons, blankets, and pillows. Everyone will be sorted into one of two yukata patterns – one purple and one blue – and sent to their respective sides of the court to lie down in bed and pull up the covers.

It is then that the referee will explain the rules of competitive pillow fighting. When the whistle blows, jump up and grab one of the authorized pillows at the center of the court. It's a game much like dodgeball, but the goal is to hit the opposing team's king with a pillow from your half of the court. Team members use blankets and sometimes their bodies to protect their king.

There will be a few rounds, and you can rotate who is king at your discretion. Protect them with your life! Or whatever. Star players will receive a bonus and a coupon to one of the best Tamamo spas.

When the competitive stuff is done, the sleepover proper will begin. There will be liquor, sodas, and light snacks for everyone while movies are projected onto a screen late into the morning. The movies range from classic dramas and romances to outrageous yokai comedies.

Sutoku - GROSSERY GANG

The Alliance has found themselves in the possession of an entire truckload's worth of reject children's toys. Ever the opportunist, the Daitengu has assigned the project of inventorying and trashing the particularly offensive ones to the new guys.

Of course, you're expected to play with a few of them as well. Maybe one of them is decently fun, and they could sell the rest, you know? Many of these toys are gross out bathroom humor in nature, and spit water randomly at anyone who loses their round. The Daitengu has thoughtfully provided a selection of alcohol to make this game a little more adult friendly. Toys that lack the appropriate spitting mechanism can still be played over shots, really, go nuts.

While you 'work', there will be plenty of motivating music piped into the warehouse. The sound quality is not great, but they tried?

Everyone who sorts through a decent amount of toys will get a little extra pay, although who is really paying that much attention to who's doing what here?

Credit where it's due: We turned kids toys into drinking games

Enma - BREAKING THE ICE

Welcome to the Department of the Enma. New Lost Soul recruits will be summoned to a large conference room in Kaigo no Bou, which has been outfitted with a variety of buffet table offerings and tables which seat between 5 - 6 people comfortably. You are invited to fill your plates at your discretion, the craft services people are used to feeding bottomless yokai stomachs and the food will not run out.

Clipboards with a variety of icebreaker questions have been provided at each table. The pens have assuredly been firmly affixed to the clipboard. Please return them together.

Every 30 minutes Captain Shiki will blow her whistle to signal that you are to migrate to another table with fresh companions. You are, indeed, being forced to get to know your coworkers, lucky you. This isn't tedious at all.

Pick a few of the questions below to answer, and get chatting. Or Captain Shiki may come over to stare at you with intense disapproval. You can't get away with just zoning out to that sweet smooth jazz playing overhead!

1. If you had a time machine that would work only once, what point in the future or in history would you visit? 2. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? 3. If your house was burning down, what three objects would you try and save? 4. If you could talk to any one person now dead or alive, who would it be and why? 5. If you HAD to give up one of your senses (hearing, seeing, feeling, smelling, tasting) which would it be and why? 6. If you were an animal, what would you be and why? 7. Do you have a pet? If not, what sort of pet would you like? 8. Name a gift you will never forget? 9. Name one thing you really like about yourself. 10. What's your favorite thing to do in the summer? 11. Who's your favorite cartoon character, and why? 12. Does your name have a special meaning and/or were you named after someone special? 13. What is the hardest thing you have ever done? 14. If you are at a friend's or relative's house for dinner and you find a dead insect in your salad, what would you do? 15. What was the best thing that happened to you this past week? 16. If you had this week over again, what would you do differently? 17. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about 'God'? 18. What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten? 19. If you could change one problem in the world today, what would you like to change? 20. What book, movie or video have you seen/read recently you would recommend? Why?

All Factions - THE GIFT OF SONG

Did you all enjoy having some of your wishes granted? Well, so did a flock of those annoying magpie! They asked for the gift of music. These feathered nuisances, however, have fallen in love with an old school metal band. That is all they will be singing for the foreseeable future! Different members of the flock have taken up different instrumentals and vocals for the track, spread out across electrical wires and rooftops, singing their favorite rockin' tune to the skies!

Lost Souls have been asked to please catch them and get them to knock it off, they are truly annoying everyone, across all factions.

Should you catch these musical magpies, and not one of the other clans, they will tell you their sorry tale! They love this band, but the group broke up years ago. All the magpie want is for their favorite old dudes to be reunited to jam with them, one more time!

The old dudes are out there in the city, but who knows why they broke up and if they can even be convinced out of retirement. Good luck, if you succeed your boss will give you a favorable bonus, which would be a great boon to a newbie just getting settled.

In the meantime:

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James Moriarty (Ruler) | Enma

[divisors]

1. ENMA - BREAKING THE ICE

[Wow. This is so exciting. Clearly you can see how excited Moriarty is, with his perma-frown and clown makeup around the eyes. He's looking over the list with an unimpressed air, before it seems like a thought occurs to him, and a thin knife of a smile crosses over his face.]

[Clipboards at his table will have crossed-out questions and will instead have things like:]

What's your greatest fear?
Who would you rather see the ghost of a stranger or someone you love?
What made you cut off a friendship?
If you could ask the devil a question, what would it be?
If you came back as a ghost, whose life would you make a living hell?
If you met a vampire, would you rather it bite you and live an eternal life, or shove a stake in its heart?
What's the meanest thing you ever hoped would happen to someone?
What would you do if you found a dead body on the street?

[And so on and so forth, with all sorts of morbid questions. Truly wicked! You can assume that if you sit with Moriarty, he'll automatically be asking one of these (so choose the one you'd OOCly want him to ask)!]

2. ENMA - TAKING A BREATHER

[Much later during the event, one can find Moriarty in the corner, sipping gently from a glass of wine as he watches...whatever mess this Enma event has turned into. To whoever is nearby, he'll give a little sniff.]

I don't care for this. [And another sip.] Are you having a fun time, yourself? Learned anything of worth?

3. All - FACE THE MUSIC (NERD MODE)

[There's a lot of ruckus out here. The magpies, singing their tunes, are clearly having a blast with this young man, who looks...a little different from his usual strict look, what with his oversized coat and...giant ruler? Yeah, that's a giant ruler.]

[He's currently swinging at a bunch of magpies in clear annoyance with the giant ruler. Yay for math weapons? He's quite peeved, though, voice cracking a little as he yells at the chaotic choir.]

Oh, do shut up! Let me be! I really have no time for this-!!

[What is with this sassy lost child. (This is Moriarty without the criminal mastermind LARPing, if you want a taste of him like this, this is the prompt for it!) ]

4. WILDCARD

[gently pats my DMs at crystal#4450 and vampirize @ plurk THROW ANY PROMPT AT MEEEE]

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[reifies]

[ Just what is that fancy looking contraption? For now, it looks like a weapon, but not exactly... hm. (He doesn't know what a ruler is) ]

You don't like their music? But look how well they're doing! It's like an a capella.

[divisors]

It's an earsore, is what it is.

[The magpies titter, as if laughing at him.]

Ugh. I need to invest in earplugs.

[reifies]

What about the super cushy kind that gets bigger in your ear?

[ He's experienced that before, and thought it worked well enough. ]

But that won't make the birds stop though. Why don't you just have roast bird tonight?

[divisors]

There's really something like that?

[Honestly curious...]

Haha, there's an idea. But I'm sure its hard to catch them.

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[fatalism]

So far only you. [ listen, flattery will get anyone anywhere but the words are not entirely hollow. most people bore him, this man hasn't done so yet which is more than dostoevsky expects generally. ]

And yourself?

[divisors]

Ha. Well. I'll take that, alright. Something to sweeten the day for once.

[He offers a wide grin at that, momentarily, but his eyes are as dead as ever, makeup and all.]

Mm. There's much to learn. As much as the event itself is irksome, the people contain information worth sifting through.

[fatalism]

[ oh, that dead look. yup, this is a man dostoevsky likes; it is mirrored by his own. ]

That is true, though I have yet to find something here to do with my time.

[ jobs are hard for career terrorists. ]

[divisors]

Ah, nothing yet? A shame.

[Sometimes there's no opening for criminal masterminds!!!]

There do seem to be these small jobs here and there, like that kidnapping...but even to me, they seem like paltry matters.

2.

[saintclaire]

[There's a broad spectrum of personalities in the legal field; in and out of court and through two major law firms, Kim has worked with bright-eyed and enthusiastic newcomers, dangerously ambitious senior associates, burnt-out and exhausted partners, the list goes on.

She has never been in a place with so many shit-disturbers.]

What would I do if I found a dead body on the street? [She knows it's not a question on the list, but it has a point blank answer, so she gives it just the same:] Call the police. What kind of question is that?

[divisors]

You say that with some surprise. You are in hell, are you not? Therefore, an answer like yours is rather uncommon. I would surmise most would keep on walking, or look the corpse for valuables.

[He says, coolly, one leg crossed over the other as he placidly ignores whatever else is happening in this room. God knows its nonsense.]

What if it was the corpse of someone you wanted dead? Would you still put your feelings aside and call the police?

[saintclaire]

[The surprise flickers on her face; she doesn't like to think of herself as a bad person. The idea that she might be surrounded by them sits uneasily –– Hell taken too literally.

She sits up a little taller.]

Yes, I would. Regardless of my personal feelings about them, I wouldn't want their body mistreated, or disrespected.

[divisors]

Mm. I see.

[Its almost like he's treating this like an interview - but he nods at that, hands clasping in his lap.]

An indication of noble inclinations. Even more odd in a place like this. Or at least, you can put emotion aside to treat a situation logically. Both worthy of note.

3.

[chevaliered]

[ he’s using a ruler. he’s using a maths ruler to hit birds. man, this might be the best thing crow’s seen today, and he’s been watching magpies scream death metal. incredible. ]

…

[ a thing of beauty. ]

You more a classical piano kinda guy?

[divisors]

[Now he's glaring, eyebrows knitted together.]

Does that really matter?

[Answer: Yeah.]

[chevaliered]

[ touchy. ]

Yeah. I can tell you don't appreciate heavy metal.

[divisors]

Of course I don't, idiot! Ugh!

[SWIPING AT SOME MORE MAGPIES!!!]

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[empression]

Moriarty-san?

[ she's kind of watching this spectacle take place, as well as the giant ruler, and. Oh. Is that why he said she could call him Ruler? Because of his weapon? What an interesting choice to use such a thing as a weapon and a title.

Still, Haru steps closer, looking both sympathetic and concerned. ]

They aren't attacking you, are they?

[divisors]

N-No...

[He...kind of looks embarrassed, now, glancing away.]

No, I'm just sick of them.

[empression]

Ah... the birds from two months ago were a lot more aggressive. I may just be relieved that these ones only seem to be musically-inclined.

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[softshoes]

[Mikotoba's making an effort to avoid the magpies as much as he can-- only a few short weeks ago, two of them had swiped his hat and tie clip, and he's not so eager to repeat the experience. But giving the birds leeway is enough of a distraction from.... whatever the hell Moriarty is doing.... that he runs right into the younger man's path, nearly catching that giant ruler in the face in the process.]

I beg your pardon...!

[He does dodge it, though, stumbling backward and catching his balance again without missing a beat.]

Please do mind where you're swinging that-- er, that ruler?

[divisors]

Eh-?

[Oh, there's a guy, here. Some older Japanese guy. Moriarty freezes for a moment, before twirling the ruler and tucking it under an arm, his expression unimpressed (though deep down - that's some pretty good reaction time, he thinks).]

Maybe you should watch where you're going!

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[threateningly]

[Sannan finds this exercise absolutely idiotic in a way, but at least someone is asking one whole question that makes him think.]

...I would say it depends on whose body it is or their affiliation. If they're a random innocent civilian, I'd want to notify their family, for example.

[divisors]

Alright. But...with that clarification...

[He presses his hands together in his lap, fingertips tapping against each other.]

What if it was an enemy? Or someone from a different faction?

[threateningly]

[He looks absolutely nonchalant.]

That might depend upon the situation. In general, I'd leave their people to care for them, though I'd alert the proper authorities if needed. However, if it's a matter of war... I can't necessarily say I'd be that generous.