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jigokumods ([personal profile] jigokumods) wrote in [community profile] jigokulogs2022-09-13 10:57 am

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!



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:

Shabadabadia
Shabadabadia
Babababa
Babababa
Babababa


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neonleon: <user name="spaceconfessional"> (talking - so like is that your mom or)

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[personal profile] neonleon 2022-09-15 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Leonardo's not really thought much about the birds if he's honest. If they wanna sing and have ...whatever it is they're needing to have, why should he stop that?

But he hears a somewhat familiar voice and ninjas himself over. Incredibly quiet as always until he's not.]


Nice voice. Could make a good lead in a band.
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[personal profile] nightcalling 2022-09-15 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm?

[ a part of her's taken by surprise. usually, people don't approach without her noticing. then again, she was just singing her heart out - and besides, it's not like she's usually on the lookout for turtles. ]

Hey, look who it is. The guy from the bar, right? [ she calls back out to the ravens one more time, mimicking a guitar riff with her mouth - a guitar riff the magpies are all too happy to hear, given the way they parrot the vocals back. she hops down, landing a few meters away from leo on all fours before straightening up. ] Yo! How's life treating you?
neonleon: <user name="spaceconfessional"> (talking - am a jackass confirmed)

[personal profile] neonleon 2022-09-16 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
[He's crouching almost slav-squat style, elbows on his knees as he watches her.]

Oh, y'know. Getting to know the people and places around me, found a great sewer, my brother's hanging around somewhere. The usual.

[He sounds almost encouraging:] Sounds like you got some backup singers though, eehh?
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[personal profile] nightcalling 2022-09-16 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, same here. Mostly. [ a beat. ] Wait, why the sewer?

[ but it's not that important. they can talk about her backup singers all they want! ]

Right?! They're pretty cool, yeah? They sing the fun stuff, too! [ she pauses for a moment, looking back up to the magpies. ] Ah, hey, since you're here - do you know the band? These guys are all looking for them.
neonleon: <user name="spaceconfessional"> (nonchalant - pretending to not hear)

[personal profile] neonleon 2022-09-17 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Sewer not important, music question way more important.]

Never heard of 'em. But we can probably make something up right?
Edited (fixing my html hours after the fact...) 2022-09-17 14:15 (UTC)
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[personal profile] nightcalling 2022-09-18 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
That's...

[ ...that's a tempting idea, is what it is. couldn't they just dress up and pretend to be the band?

wait. there are a few problems here. for one, leonardo is a turtle. for another, she's a girl. also, and perhaps most importantly-
]

Nah, that's not it. These guys have pretty good memories, y'know? Besides, I'd feel kind of weird lying to them.

[ -nazuna nanakusa is actually a fairly decent person. ]
neonleon: <user name="spaceconfessional"> (curious - checking screen)

[personal profile] neonleon 2022-09-18 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
[You know, that's actually a good point. He looks at the birds, clearly in mourning still. He wouldn't want to hurt their feelings or make it worse...]

Then what do you propose? Because I'm still don't know this band or their songs, so... Maybe let them hold their own concert? They think about finding a proper venue or anything?
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[personal profile] nightcalling 2022-09-19 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
That's...

[ the same sets of expressions cross her face. for a moment, it looks lik ethe same words are going to play out again. full deja vu moment here.

and then she says:
]

That's the best idea I've ever heard. [ holy shit. crow band. tiny crow band. that's perfect, right? they've gotta. they've goooootta. ] Do you think they'd do bars? What kind of rates are they asking for?

[ she is genuinely thinking this through, okay. ]
neonleon: <user name="spaceconfessional"> (happy - cooking)

[personal profile] neonleon 2022-09-20 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
No idea. Couldn't hurt to ask, right? Let's see if we can get these crows on stage.

[TINY CROW BAND!! Oh he's excited about this opportunity.]

I mean, they are crows though. They can't have that high of rates, right? Some string, shiny beads maybe? Some leftover fries?

[Leonardo they are standing right there listening.]
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[personal profile] nightcalling 2022-09-20 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! Hwoooah, man, this sounds awesome!

[ fries? chimes one bird from above. shiny! shiny! chimes another. SHABADABADIA, repeats a third. and a fourth flies down, landing on nazuna's head, just long enough to say with a dignified croak: ]

Mmmmmoney.

[ mmmmmoney! mmmmmoney! mmmmmoney! the crows all cry out in delight. one crow mimics a bass line.

sorry, leo. they might have more expensive tastes than expected.
]

[personal profile] neonleon 2022-09-22 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, he sees that. Rests a hand to his chin in thought.]

Hhhhhuh. That's pretty specific and not birdlike at all.

Not like I have any though. Pretty sure people will pay to see a crow band no matter where it is. Whaddaya say, let's get these guys set up somewhere and take it upon ourselves to make sure they're paid, hm?

[Leo are you suggesting a surprise popup band gig where you are the manager here?]
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[personal profile] nightcalling 2022-09-23 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Mmmmmoney many shiny.

[ the crows cry out in approval. even nazuna nods thoughtfully. ]

He's got a pretty good point, man. [ what? he does! she pops a squat, mimicking leo as she thinks things through. ] Yeah, let's go for it. Find a place they can gather, get them paid, and then get back to looking from there?

[ wait. wait. she surges back upright; the crow on her head flaps a bit to balance, but doesn't protest. ]

Hey, hey, hold on a sec. If we hype this up, don't you think the band might come see?
neonleon: <user name="spaceconfessional"> (bored - chin on hand)

[personal profile] neonleon 2022-09-24 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
[He's super ready to go, pumped and-

Uggghhhhhhh]


That was kind of part of the plan. Now they're gonna be thinking about it the whole time and not be so surprised.

[Ah well. His plans are all winners, but sometimes the surprise of the ending gets ruined.]
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[personal profile] nightcalling 2022-09-25 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Huh? Whoa, you're some kinda genius, aren't you?

[ obvious! already thought! very nice thank you!! well, judging from the sound of that, nazuna's the only one that would have been surprised in the first place, leo. ]

I didn't know turtles were so good at this, man! Do you do this for a living?