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jigokumods ([personal profile] jigokumods) wrote in [community profile] jigokulogs2022-03-11 08:08 pm

March 2022 Mini Event





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The Night Parade is fast-approaching and each faction will be busy with their own preparations.

1. SHUTEN CLAN


The Celestial Phoenix Casino, a fairly popular casino in the Shuten territory, is overdue on its protection money. This money is sorely needed for parade preparations. Unfortunately, the casino has decided it doesn't need to pay up because they've hired some new unaffiliated muscle. Neither the manager nor their new muscle are the type to listen to reason, so be prepared to exert some intimidation and force to convince these new bodyguards to take their business elsewhere.

The brute squad working for the Celestial Phoenix seems to be made up of several different youkai. Some of them are more human looking than others, but you'll notice no Oni. Even independent Oni wouldn't dare turn against the Shuten Clan. Even lacking in Oni, these thugs are armed to the teeth, swinging several deadly weapons and even a few firearms. This could get rough, so be prepared for the worst. Take the gangsters protecting the Celestial Phoenix out or convince them it’s not worth it.

Once inside, you'll discover that the owner, in a panic, has locked himself inside the casino's value with the protection money owed. This might take some doing to get open...

2. SUTOKU ALLIANCE


The Kappa want to be left alone and the Daitengu has asked Sutoku Alliance members to assure their wishes are respected. Members are tasked with convincing people to stay away from the Kappa's riverside facilities by whatever means necessary. Of course, you may want to take a look for yourself to see what they’re being so secretive about. That’s not recommended, if you don’t want to get into trouble.

It’s not just strangers who are nosy, though. Retinues from both the Shuten and Tamamo clans are making an appearance and asking why the inspections are taking so long. Why are the Kappa dragging their feet? The Alliance prefers to avoid direct violence, so it's up to you to talk to these clan captains in a way that convinces them to leave the Kappa alone.

If you're curious enough to dive deeper into the Kappa's business, however, even your Alliance membership isn't going to keep you safe. The Kappa themselves seem to disappear from sight the further into the sewers you go, as if invisible. Preventing yourself from being spotted by a security camera or a patrolling Kappa is almost impossible. Cover your faces, stick to the shadows, and you might just notice that... they’re building something down there.

Something for the Parade? Who knows? But it’s definitely not decorations or a float...

3. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENMA

The parade route for the Night Parade needs to be "cleaned up". The Department is tasked with getting the low level street gangs and squatters to clear out. The homeless population will resist and may not be so easily persuaded to give up their spots. Your best bet is to offer them food, booze, or shelter for the night. The street gangs will assuredly fight back. Use your strength or your wits to get the job done.

The gangs will not typically be that tough, most don’t want to step up to the Department's goon squad too heavily lest they wind up in a cell for the rest of their lives. Still, some might be hopped up on encouraging substances and try to escalate. Don’t worry, though. You have the authority of the Enma on your side! Don’t think they will get away with waving a weapon in your face.

The homeless, though, lack strength or weapons. They are more fueled by desperation to keep their spots. Winter hasn't been kind to them, after all, and they don’t have much respect for the Enma's authority. Their belligerent behavior is loud, and often violent despite their absence of means to properly defend themselves. At worst, they’ll probably try to use biological warfare. Don’t ask what's in those bottles...


4. TAMAMO CLAN

Parade costumes need to be designed, crafted, modeled, and then likely mended knowing the rough and tumble yokai. The textile shops and tailors of the area need Tamamo Clan members to help them out. Costumes vary from extremely ornate to extremely sexy. These costumes need to merge form and function, for the Tamamo clan parade marchers that means they need to be able to sell their specific wares while wearing them. (wink wonk)

None of the costumes are floor ready and the shop bosses urge you that these cannot be seen by the public until they are ready. This won’t stop some peeping toms and tammies from trying to scope out the goods. Most of the voyeurs are spying for perverted reasons, but some are from shops outside of Tamamo’s influence trying to copy the designs for themselves. Either way, Tamamo Clan members aren't expected to be just pretty faces. So rough’em up.


5. TASTE TEST (ALL FACTIONS)

For those less interested in their faction's work, the restaurants in the Tamamo territory also need help finalizing their menu offerings for the Night Parade. Taste testers and creative cooks wanted! These aren’t just any dishes though and may have some interesting effects. One may be so spicy that everything burns, your face turns red, and you need to cool yourself off. Or maybe your dish is so good that you need to take a nap – it doesn't matter where you are, you'll just fall asleep right on the spot. Another possibility is a dish that gives you unstoppable energy – literally. It will make you want to get up and go and never stop moving. If you stop moving, it may cause a bigger problem.


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getting_better: (pic#14115390)

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[personal profile] getting_better 2022-03-13 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh look who it is. ]

I know the Japanese are comfortable with nudity in certain settings, but this isn't one of those settings, Miyamoto Musashi-san.

[ Says captain obvious as he poked his head into the stall, wanting some yakitori and hearing that this one was spicy. ]
ryototsukai: (times in wards with no lords)

[personal profile] ryototsukai 2022-03-13 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not naked!

[ She protested, correcting, but it was hard to tell if she was flushed from the heat of the food or the embarrassment of being called out like that, wrapping the neckline of her kimono again, probably even tighter than it was before...

... which did not help. Why was she so hot?! ]


If you wanna help, get me some ice cream or something...
getting_better: (27)

[personal profile] getting_better 2022-03-14 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Very close to it.

[ Shame. Would have been a nice dinner and a show. ]

Why? What's wrong? Yakitori too spicy?
ryototsukai: (mental blade cut through flesh and bone)

[personal profile] ryototsukai 2022-03-15 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, I love spicy food, but this stuff's not kidding around! There's something in this sauce that's super intense, and it just seems to linger no matter what I do to cleanse my palate!

[ And just like that, she was loosening the neckline again, throwing back another bottle of water that mostly got on her neck and chest, rather than in her mouth, but it was temporary relief all the same. ]
getting_better: (27)

[personal profile] getting_better 2022-03-16 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ It should be noted that Bishop usually has better self control and awareness. He's composed, focused, and definitely one to let others know what he's thinking.

That being said he, along with any other male and female yokai in the immediate area, grow quiet as they watch the water soak her flushed neck and the fabric of her kimono stick to her skin and chest, eyes lingering on the later. ]


Mhmm.
ryototsukai: art by koyubi (party throw your hands up)

[personal profile] ryototsukai 2022-03-16 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ She'd felt this before. Las Vegas, that bikini she wore as part of her altered Saint Graph...

She was being ogled, wasn't she? ]


Will one of you help me or are you just gonna stare dumbfounded all day?!

[ Now wasn't the time for that! ]
getting_better: (18)

[personal profile] getting_better 2022-03-16 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ Now was the perfect time for that, what is she talking about. ]

Stare.

[ He says in unison with some other guests, some getting slapped by their partners, but he eventually sighs and gives in. ]

Fine! I'll get you your ice cream. Kill joy, cat tongue, Musashi-san.

[ He doesn't get to indulge in things like that often or at all so for it to end so soon is slightly upsetting. Regardless he returns with a cup of ice cream, three scoops. ]

Here. I didn't know what flavor you wanted so I got vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry.
ryototsukai: art by jako (no limits we'll reach for the sky)

[personal profile] ryototsukai 2022-03-18 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
So long as it's cold...

[ Right now she was pretty sure she wouldn't even be able to taste anything besides cool cream. She gratefully takes the ice cream, either way, spooning herself out a mouthful and sighing. ]

Normally I can handle spicy food! I'm not cat-tongued, I swear...

[ Said with a mouth full of ice cream. ]
getting_better: (46)

[personal profile] getting_better 2022-03-20 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ He takes the seat next to her, making sure his eyes are on her face this time for fear she might actually hit him. ]

You make it a little hard to believe that when you're eating ice cream like your life defended on it.

[ He takes the yakitori skewer she was eating an takes a looks. ]

It doesn't even look that spicy.

[ But of course, he doesn't put his money where his mouth is and puts it back down on the plate instead of following suit to see if her claim is true. It was still rude to eat someone else's food, after all. So was staring at her chest but she put an end to that. ]

Oh, I've also been giving what you said some thought, about being Miyamoto Musashi from another branch of history.
ryototsukai: art by vardan (kickstart my heart give it a start)

[personal profile] ryototsukai 2022-03-21 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ She was going to fuss at him more about his doubt over the spice levels of that yakitori, convinced she was going to have to shove a piece in his mouth. Why was this guy such a doubting type, huh? But then along came the other thing he'd gotten weird about... ]

What thought is there to give? You either believe me or don't, right?
getting_better: (23)

[personal profile] getting_better 2022-03-21 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
True, but after some thought I remember what I told someone else about what I put together about this place while we were at that office. How this is kinda like a hub or some form of intersection between world or something of that manner.

[ He's still unsure how to really prove that aside from asking everyone about where they came from. He could also be completely wrong and that their worlds have absolutely nothing in common, which could take the scale of his theory to level that are just out of his paygrade. ]

Anyway- what I'm saying is, a female, cat tongue, Miyamoto Musashi doesn't sound far fetched when I put it against that idea. Just wanted to mention that.
ryototsukai: (mental blade cut through flesh and bone)

[personal profile] ryototsukai 2022-03-21 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
That doesn't really sound like you believe it, still... [ Musashi sighed, shaking her head and plopping more ice cream into her mouth. ]

I already explained why I'm different from the Musashi you think you know, after all, and here you are still acting like I'm only possibly right.
getting_better: (65)

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[personal profile] getting_better 2022-03-21 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I suppose that's true. But -

[ He orders a skewer of his own, now feeling a little hungry. ]

- lets put it this way. I believe about ninty nine percent of your story. The remaining one percent, will have to be said using that legendary two sword style of yours.

[ Which is cool to him. His order arrives and he raises it - ]

It sounds more samurai-esqe and straight out of a Kurosawa film that way, doesn't it?
getting_better: (38)

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[personal profile] getting_better 2022-03-21 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ - and takes a bites, chewing eagerly...then he slows down as his neck starts to turn red... the his ears...soon, he's put his order down as beads of sweat start to form on his brow and nape before he starts coughing. ]

Wha-....the fuck...

[ Maybe she wasn't joking about the heat in these things. ]
ryototsukai: art by lack (come on baby tell me what's the word)

[personal profile] ryototsukai 2022-03-23 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
See what being a doubter gets you.

[ Normally Musashi wasn't this petty.

Actually, that was a lie, pettiness was kind of baked into her fighting style, but even so, she allowed herself to more openly enjoy his reaction, giggling brightly. ]


Ask nicely and I might share some of this ice cream with you~
getting_better: (36)

[personal profile] getting_better 2022-03-23 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ He turns to her, eyes tearing up and finger raised as if to say 'woman, do not'. He turns in his seat, then to the shop keep and signals for water, which he gets but it doesn't help. ]

Fuck!

[ He stands, taking off his coat and fanning himself to cool off, which works about just as well as anyone might expect before he starts pacing. ]

What the fuck is in that????

[ Yes, he is as red as a tomato but no, he is not about to beg her for ice cream be bought. Sure he was ogling and kind of a jerk, maybe even deserved this, but he had his pride. Pride that would most likely have him wind up in the river. ]
ryototsukai: art by redrop (hellbent on making you love me too)

[personal profile] ryototsukai 2022-03-23 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ The vendor explained the sauce was a family secret recipe.

Musashi giggled to the point of having to the point of having to cover her mouth. ]
getting_better: (15)

[personal profile] getting_better 2022-03-23 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh what?! Is the secret ingredient pepper spray?! I don't give a-

[ He inhaled sharply to try and cool his burning insides but instead, he did something he would soon regret. ]

Oh god it's in my nose!

[ He swears as he grabs his face, the pacing more aggressive now as he swear with each step, punches a tree several times and is just generally doing what one does in hell. Suffer. ]
ryototsukai: art by tyyni (when you work you don't feel all right)

[personal profile] ryototsukai 2022-03-23 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She nearly spat what ice cream was in her mouth, having to quickly grab a napkin from the stand as she burst out laughing. Oh, this, perhaps more than the cooling cream, was exactly what she'd needed after feeling like she'd spent most of her first weeks in Jigokucho being the butt of the world's jokes.

Maybe it wasn't great seeing someone else suffer, but it was the harmless sort of suffering, so she allowed herself to simply just enjoy the humor of it all, giggling brightly, her face a picture of joy.

He probably wasn't in any position to appreciate it. ]
getting_better: (Glare)

[personal profile] getting_better 2022-03-23 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's about five degrees away from banging his head on a tree or post from madness as the pain in his throat pulses like mad.

He is most certainly in no position to appreciate the apparent innocence, glee, and cuteness coming from her. Her giggling actually only manages to rise his ire as he swing around and holds out his hand. ]


Surrender the ice cream. Now.

[ He's not asking, he is demanding. Pettiness nearing its peak. ]
ryototsukai: art by lack (come on baby tell me what's the word)

[personal profile] ryototsukai 2022-03-25 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Nope! I said you gotta ask nice, so ask nice!

[ She clutches the bowl a bit closer, her giggling stifled only just slightly. She was fully prepared to play keep-away if she had to. ]
getting_better: (22)

[personal profile] getting_better 2022-03-30 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
Surrender it or so help me-!

[ If she was determined to play this game he will oblige, because his head was on fire and that was just unpleasant. He reaches for the ice cream with one hand but the other was already raised and ready to grab her wrist to take it because he knows he's going to make this difficult for him. ]
ryototsukai: (missing the inner heat)

[personal profile] ryototsukai 2022-03-31 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It probably wasn't possible for most people to notice his other hand was reaching for the wrist while focusing on the one that had reached for the ice cream bowl, but Musashi was... well, she was Musashi, and she just sort of spun out of his way, off the bench, and to a standing position beside him. ]

Come on, now, you can do better than that, right?
getting_better: (36)

[personal profile] getting_better 2022-04-02 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He takes swing after swing to get the ice cream, but his encumbered focus and her being who she is, it is naturally a bit more difficult than he thought it'd be. ]

Hand it over or you are going in the river with me!

[ Its not an idle threat, but he'd rather it not come to that so he gathers his focus and fakes one attempt - make her think he's reaching for her wrist but switching instead to grab the sleeve of her kimono. It doesn't matter if it wasn't her arm, immobilizing one will help. ]
Edited 2022-04-02 15:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ryototsukai 2022-04-03 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, she can't dodge them all... but she can still control where that momentum goes. Rather than letting her arm movement be trapped, she instead let her motion set forward, in a sudden burst. Her chest thrust in that direction, as well, bumping his. No doubt they'd both end up on the ground, but at least she'd wind up on top... ]

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