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jigokulogs2022-03-11 08:08 pm
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Entry tags:
- !event,
- devil may cry: dante,
- fate: miyamoto musashi,
- fate: okada izo,
- fate: sakamoto ryouma,
- final fantasy: aerith gainsborough,
- fire emblem: felix hugo fraldarius,
- genshin impact: chongyun,
- genshin impact: xingqiu,
- genshin impact: yae miko,
- granblue fantasy: nehan,
- granblue fantasy: six,
- identity v: emily dyer,
- iron widow: gao yizhi,
- jujutsu kaisen: itadori yuuji,
- metal gear solid: laughing beauty,
- mo dao zu shi: lan wangji,
- mo dao zu shi: wei wuxian,
- natsume yuujinchou: natori shuuichi,
- no more heroes: kamui uehara,
- original: bishop,
- original: hazel lockwood,
- original: marianna "monts" medina,
- original: ophelia,
- original: shizuka takeda,
- original: ydris,
- saiyuki: sha gojyo,
- touken ranbu: hizen tadahiro
March 2022 Mini Event
MAIN NAVIGATION
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.
Welcome to the mini event!
- If you have any questions about event content, please ask them here!
- If you have questions about the game itself, please check out the premise, FAQ, and rules pages.
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You're going to ask me my clan without telling me which one you're in first? Ahaha? [She didn't seem all that annoyed - more teasing than anything - before continuing on.] Either way, I really don't know anything about the food.
[She figured she was too new within her clan to be privy to that knowledge anyway. That kind of thing happened in her old job too - regular soldiers could be subject to having their nanomachines disabled in the crossfire of trying to bring the enemy to a disadvantage. But at that time, she was in a rather privileged situation. If you could call being made into a mindless killing machine a privilege.
Nevertheless, LB doesn't even seem bothered by the look he gives her at his suggestion. If it's just a drowsy effect, who even cared if the yokai were affected by it or not? She is glad that he seems to agree to the experiment, though, and hides the best she can behind the other side of the tree trunk, once the bait is set.
Preemptively expecting her habit to give them away, she places her hand around her mouth to muzzle any sound. After a few minutes of silence, LB spots something resembling a broom brushing away at the sidewalk. She nudges Kamui, gesturing to the little yokai. Ducking her head, she speaks in a hushed tone.]
Can something like that even eat?
[At the very least, it does stop once it comes across the meager offering of the yakisoba pan. But was it going to actually take a bite or sweep it away?]
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Sorry, that was rude of me. I'm Shuten.
[Which seems to be taking people by surprise. Folks usually expect someone, uhh, oni-sized and oni-volume, rather than short and unimpressive-looking over here.
But, more importantly, they're on a stakeout now...! This much, he's familiar with: Kamui's discomfort at falling asleep in the open is quickly forgotten in favor of taking their spots, watching, and patiently waiting. At the nudge, he glances back at LB, then squints back out at the strange creature as it shuffles its way across the pavement.]
I don't know. I guess we're going to find out.
[Kamui falls silent as the hahakigami continues on. At last, it notices the sandwich, uttering an inquisitive hum as it circles the food.
In one swift motion, it looks like it's going to swat the yakisoba pan away-- but instead, it... eats it.]
Ah.
[But it is still a broom, and a neat and tidy one, too. Before the yokai continues on, it sweeps away the empty container over to the nearest trash can. It seems perfectly alert, but it's only just finished its meal.]
Now, let's see if it starts to get drowsy...
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Now that wasn't so hard, was it?
[A short genuine giggle punctuated her remark with a playful tilt of her head. Though she felt comfortable enough to confirm his guess of her own faction, they soon head behind the tree to play out their little experiment, so LB holds off on it for now. Maybe if he asks again later, she'll remember to bring it up.
After the hahakigami makes its way into the scene, her attention is immediately thrown into observing its movements. Perhaps if she wasn't witness to some kind of umbrella being when she first arrived here, LB would be more weirded out, but at this point, she wondered if the list of the things that yokai couldn't be was easier to list out.
As it approaches the food, LB frowns with some disappointment, because with everything she knew about brooms, she was almost certain that it was just going to be swept away for sure! However, as it actually consumes the yakisoba pan, LB has to clench her hand over her mouth as a surprised laugh comes out of her mouth. It does little to muffle the sound, and the little broom yokai turns around in suspicion.]
Shit!
[LB hisses out a curse and begins to duck behind the tree further, but finds its unnecessary as the little yokai is soon overtaken by the drowsiness effect of the food and falls to the pavement, the handle of its form making a sharp clanking noise against the surface.]
Oh! [Still clutching the trunk of the tree, LB leans forward to confirm what the hell she just saw.] I... I think it's asleep?
[She frowns, considering another option.] Unless it died...? Ahaha? I guess I don't know for certain.
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As for the hahakigami?]
Wait just a second.
[He edges away from LB's laughter and towards the broom so he can hear what sounds it might be making a bit better. Straining his ears, Kamui can hear... the faint sound of... snoring? He narrows his eyes to confirm, and, yup-- that youkai is out cold, but definitely just sleeping.]
No... no, I think it is actually asleep. [A small smile curls his lip.] At least we could solve that mystery pretty easily.
[A beat. He turns to LB, looking sheepish again; in front of them, the broom's still dozing on the ground, rolling over in the wind.]
Now I'm not sure whether to move it or not. If we touch it, it could wake up, but someone could trip.
[...] Maybe we should just leave.
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Thankfully, the inner torture doesn't last for long as Kamui quickly deduces that it did indeed just fall asleep.]
Even yokai are affected by the food, then. [She lifts an arm up to thoughtfully lean her face forward against her fingertips.] It seems... rather counterproductive to make food that you cannot even fully eat, but yes - heehee - at least now we know for certain!
[Perhaps food like this would be good for her own troubles in sleeping? It was something to consider, at least. Before she can weigh the possible benefits, though, her head visibly tracks the movements of the poor hahakigami rolling down the sidewalk. Normally she might say to just let it sleep - however, it was getting awfully close to the street.]
Um - eheheh - perhaps we should at least wake it up? It was kind of my idea, so I don't really feel right leaving it like that...
[Besides, it was a broom, what was the worst it could do? LB is committed to the idea and takes a few steps forward. Before she can, though, the broom manages to swerve away from the street, and quickly rolls under the feet of an unfortunate passing oni. It stumbles for a moment, but actually manages to keep its balance. However, it's still enough to wake the little hahakigami - and from how it promptly begins to chase the larger oni in a weirdly threatening sweeping motion, it seemed like it was not pleased to be woke up in such a manner.
LB stops dead in her tracks, turning to Kamui.]
On second thought - eheheh - I think maybe we should get out of here after all. Let's go the other way...