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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Comments

[harimaya]

(Why the hell is Oda Nobunaga talking to Sakamoto Ryouma?

Wait

He doesn't pretend to be a particularly smart person. He can only focus on one thing at a time. He misses a lot of things if he thinks they aren't important. But hoLD ON JUST A MINUTE

he turns his head slowly to look at Ryouma.)

Ya met...

[kaientai]

Aw, Nobu isn't so bad most of the time...

[ because by now they know each other well enough that he can refer to her that way. ryouma smiles when hizen looks at him, still just leaning on his hand like he has been for a few minutes now. ]

But maybe you wouldn't expect us to get along? That's what's so nice about Chaldea and its Master. They were able to bring all kinds of people together, so they're really something special!

[harimaya]

(Hizen, whispering,)

What the fuck.





(That's it. This is the tag.)

[kaientai]

Is that very surprising?

[ good thing hizen doesn't also know that there are multiple versions of nobunaga, including one who only seems to exist to be wearing a swimsuit. he doesn't ask questions about these things, he just lives there. ]

Aren't the other swords you know from different times too?

[harimaya]

That's different. We...

(On one hand, there's no polite way to really say this. On the other, he's never been the most civil sword,)

We don't die.

(It's natural for them to overlap with each other.)

[kaientai]

So you're saying you all have always been this way?

[ it's not like the mention of dying bothers him. he died. everyone he knows has died. sometimes all of those dead people collectively go on vacations in america. there are a lot of reasons why aside from personal ones, ryouma hasn't actually thought much about this place since things have been so much weirder before. ]

I must've been imagining it wrong then. Heroic Spirits don't have physical forms until they're given one, but I hadn't thought of how that might work if your physical form already exists...

[harimaya]

That's not what I meant. (Oh, no. He shifts slightly, looking away and focusing more on his snacks for a moment.) ... I dunno how much I can say. Gotta ask first.

(Which sounds like he isn't going to say much at all but after some thinking. It also implies... there's someone else here like him! Good luck finding them, Ryouma.)

... Ya probably see 'em running around. All the umbrellas and lanterns and stuff. (The ones that are spirits,) The way it works is.... a long time ago they were just ordinary things before but they got old and got a soul.

Usually, it doesn't change how they look that much and back then, we were all just normal things. (Swords. They were normal swords.) But if someone's strong enough, they can draw us out and... we're like this.

There were already a bunch of us before I showed up. A bunch of Awataguchi and Kotetsu. Some of them are real fancy and you got a bunch of famous ones like Masamune and Muramasa. Ya even got the Shinsengumi and that guy too. (He continues to avoid using his name.) But we're not like humans who all have their own times and stuff. We're just a bunch of swords from a collection.

(Some of them older than others but still existing at the same time.)

[kaientai]

[ ryouma tilts his head a little at first, several more curious questions right on the tip of his tongue but he's reluctant to interrupt when hizen actually starts explaining. of course he's heard stories like this before but it's still all a bit more unusual when it's happening for real. ]

Oh, I see. So it's not so different at all! If someone is strong enough to draw you out, you say, so, that's sort of like how Masters are then. Your collection of swords is like the Throne of Heroes, which might as well be a collection of Heroic Spirits. If someone is strong enough to be a Master, then they can summon a Servant. Because Chaldea supplies mana, one Master was able to summon many, so that's how you end up with Nobu and Okita and Hijikata all eating in the same cafeteria, see? Only Oryou and I ended up there unexpectedly.

[ he laughs, because the image is exactly as ridiculous as it probably sounds. only belatedly does he realise what he's said. ]

Ah... [ he quickly circles back to what hizen said earlier before he can say anything else about her. ] But you have to ask about the rest? So there's at least one more of you? I wonder who.. [ it's impossible to not be at least a little curious. ] You're all friends too, aren't you? Even though you were on opposite sides once, everyone is working together in the future for Japan.

[ ryouma could not look more proud right now if he were trying, and since there's no one else here, that's fully directed at hizen so enjoy that. ]