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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i can't believe she's dead already

[nmc0204]

[ Honestly, Ryoko's an easy target. She's gotten way too into this and she's taking this way too seriously but that doesn't mean she's built for this in any way whatsoever. Kaiju are one thing but the light hearted chaos of a sleepover pillow fight? Completely out of her depth. Which is really all just preamble to the fact that when Dosei snipes her from above, she's completely unprepared. She staggers, slips on a displaced futon and her feet go completely out from under her. Thump. Wasted.

She tries to scrabble back up, eyes darting all around for just where the hell that came from. ]

Wh–what– who–?!

tamamo brand hazing

[aphonik]

[ no hard feelings, ryoko- he thinks you're alright, actually. kind of. there are definitely worse people around, and way more annoying newbies, so you're higher up on the list than some people around here!

unfortunately, he also knows she's not the greatest at combat(tm), so she's easy pickings. most nice people would probably not go for the easy targets off the bat, but dosei is Not A Nice People. which is why his grin just gets wider when he smacks her dead center, and while you can't hear it, you can certainly see the way he's laughing by the shake of his shoulders.

he's already back sticking to the wall, second pillow armed and ready, but since she's looking...he raises a hand and gives a sarcastic little wave from his position. git gud, scrub. ]

[nmc0204]

[ Ryoko looks... less than dignified, let's say, as she leaps up. Some of her hair has come loose from the ponytail she'd tied it into and she's got a blotchy flush on her face from embarrassment and exertion both. Is she going to end up flat on her face every single time she tries to participate in one of these stupid activities?

She's got a lot of pent up frustration to work out, is what I'm saying. So when she spots Dosei hanging off the wall, her face screws up and she immediately swings back to pitch the pillow right back at him. She usually doesn't have such a strong throwing arm but she puts a little bit of rage into it. As a treat. ]

[aphonik]

[ god, that's funny as shit. his stupid grin only widens, if only by a fraction since the tugging is begin to irritate him. he's clearly enjoying her apparent mortification, nearly childish glee written all over his face. at least someone is having the time of their life around here.

part of him isn't expecting retaliation, so when she winds up, surprise flickers on his face before the pillow is promptly flung straight at his smug-ass face. he manages to dodge...somewhat, but it still smacks the side of his face, bouncing off and hitting the floor as he wobbles for a second from his spider-man positioning.

alright. if she wants to fight, he's all for it.

unfortunately, he does not play fair, and when he jumps down to grab the pillow that had fallen, he hefts up one in each hand and zeroes in on ryoko. there's an ominous step forward, before he up and chucks one, already about to aim the other.

run. ]

[nmc0204]

[ She gets to enjoy one, maybe two seconds of satisfaction at having beaned him right in the face before she realizes that she's just gone and made herself into a sitting duck. She waits just long enough to see him drop down before she spins on her heel and darts back into the crowd. She's small, but she has absolutely no qualms about shoving and elbowing people out of the way to get through if she has to, in hunt of a pillow or something–

She manages to dodge one pillow but it's a close enough miss to ruffle her hair a bit. Ryoko ducks, scoops up a pillow and then spins around to hurtle it right back at him in one surprisingly swift motion. It's a pillow fight girl take it easy. ]

[aphonik]

[ oh, no you don't. if she's going to run, he's going to chase- some people have priorities like actually protecting the king, or trying to just have a good time....but dosei has his own priorities, which is 'win or die trying'.

and by god, he's fucking trying.

he clucks his tongue at the miss, but he's already winding up for the other- only for his gaze to sharpen as she whips around and he throws out a hand instinctively. it bounces off his hand, although he was trying to catch it and simply...failed. almost, but not quite. he huffs only a little bit, flexing his fingers, but goes right back to business. which is gripping his remaining pillow with both hands and throwing it with as much force as he can muster now that they're so close. dodge, motherfucker, dodge!! ]

[nmc0204]

[ Well, she almost got him, at least. Not quite as satisfying as beaning him right in the face but in all the chaos going on around them, she'll take it. She doesn't stop still long enough to see him aim – she's moving again by the time the pillow bounces off his hand – but she can tell by the look on his face that he isn't going to let her off easy. She ducks and dives between a few people... then just goes ahead and shoves someone else into the line of fire and as close to colliding with Dosei as she can. ]

Excuse me.

[ Horrid girl. Awful.

She'll be shamelessly using the distraction to try and melt back into the crowd to make herself less of an easy target. Keyword: try. ]

[aphonik]

[ naturally, he misses- it's hard to aim when she's weaving in between all the other opponents. he couldn't give a damn about them now, absentmindedly smacking someone else over the head with his weaponized pillow as he opts to give chase-

until someone gets pushed right into him, and he startles with a sharp intake of breath as they nearly hit the floor. needlessly to say, they yelp in shock as he shoves them off with an aggravated look on his face. they get pelted with pillows the moment they do, so they don't have time to get revenge. he takes another to the back of the head, but that's hardly important right now.

what's important is he can still barely see her, trying to make herself inconspicuous, but he's got 4 eyes and the ability to hold a grudge. which means, naturally, he's not quite so kind as he shoves people aside and opts to wind up again.

he sees you, ryoko. don't fucking hide. ]

[nmc0204]

[ Oh, she's antagonized the wrong guy, huh. She's doing her best to duck, dive and dodge and all that but she knows at this point it's just a matter of time before she gets got. And she rather that happen while she's standing her ground than when she's running.

She gives someone a sharp elbow to the side so she can stoop down and scoop up another abandoned pillow then as quickly as she can force herself to move, she spins around and launches it with all her might right back at Dosei.

... and gets beaned in the face with his return pillow about a fraction of a second later. WASTED. ]