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September 2022 Mini Event





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While an official announcement hasn't been made yet, it is all but guaranteed that each faction will be sending out forces into the Wasteland to confront Iron Bear for that 100 Billion Bounty. Meanwhile, though...

1. SHUTEN CLAN


Training Day


The street gangs in the area continue to be of note. Normally, this would be a cause for some concern among the Shuten Clan. However, they're good news this time around. The glory of the bounty has caused several of the old gangs to disband and swear up with the Shuten Clan, instead of being a thorn in Toraguma's side. With new recruits, that means it's training day again. Get the new guys into shape by showing them the ropes. Team up among yourselves and instruct these unruly street bros what it means to be a member of the Shuten Clan!

Training day is expected to be rough, but hopefully it's a nice change of pace to be the one barking orders. Initiation rituals can range from hardcore drinking contests, to tests of physical strength, all the way to old reliable: fighting it out. You have a long lead on how creative and demanding you want to be. It's your clan too, after all.

Tools of the Trade


The bounty has just boosted the Shuten Clan's numbers, it has also triggered an increase for demand in weapons and arms. The Shuten's are seeing increased profits in their smuggling business. Sellers are being met with both would-be bounty hunters, and average citizens who are feeling anxious about the state of the world. Currently, Shuten arms shipments are a target to both thieves and the police. They need your protection. Thieves are not necessarily unaffiliated, the other factions would like in on this profit margin.

The Shuten Clan is calling on their lost souls to help transport, protect, and sell weapons. They want you to get these arms into the hands of anyone with the cash. To make your sales, you may want to demonstrate the unique benefits of the different options available. Clients come from all factions, so be on your best behavior to impress, and don't get caught up in a stupid sting operation. The Clan is not interested in losing money bailing you out.

OOC note; Any character outside Shuten can post a top-level trying to obtain Shuten weapons, either purchasing or attempting to steal them. Enma characters can also post top-levels related to this prompt.


2. TAMAMO CLAN


Bottom's Up


The fervor surrounding the bounty and the Wasteland is stressful. The Tamamo Clan specializes in stress relief of all kinds, and they are offering up some new potions just for the occasion. Some of these shady products are little more than placebos, while others might have actual effects. No one can really tell which is which, they all taste the same (read: bad). They might make you feel relaxed, or they might make you even more stressed out. That stress might even end up radiating onto the people around you. Who knows what they'll do, really. It's a dicey option, but maybe the distraction is worth it.

As this is the Tamamo Clan we're talking about, some of these potions will be aphrodisiac in nature. Hey, it's a form of stress relief. Still, the quality and intensity of these potions varies greatly, you don't entirely know what kind of ride you're signing up for.

The big gaps in quality of these potions is due to their rushed creation. Like all the other factions, the Tamamo Clan has other priorities right now as they prepare to head out...

OOC note: This is another "anyone can post a top level related to this prompt" one. We do ask if you're leaning towards the aphro option to properly label your top levels with the appropriate warnings!

Ancient Arts


Even the relaxed Tamamo Clan is feeling the tension in the city. Tenkohime has ordered mandatory weapons drills with the magical weapons in the Clan's armory. She's preparing for war and wants everyone to be at their best. You need to know every tool at your disposal. There are seals, explosives, traps, and more; some stranger than others. Test them on each other and maybe the unsuspecting members of other factions... Just try not to actually kill each other.

Weapons drills will be conducted where lost souls are encouraged to experiment with how different seals will interact with different weapons and abilities. Those who opine that the Tamamo Clan is merely the clan of "fox bitches" will be in a for a rude awakening when all the smiling threats become reality. Tenkohime herself, along with the old fox Kinsei, will be supervising training. Hunter Anna, who works alongside Kinsei in the armory, is also available to share a wealth of knowledge and tips.

They are all watching you with high expectations.


3. SUTOKU ALLIANCE


Jigokucho's Got Talent Part 2


While the last-minute help with filling holes in various clubs bookings was appreciated, a more permanent solution for Moonday's unfortunate hiatus is needed, urgently. One can't just replace the most popular band in the city overnight! It's time to look for Jigokucho's next top performance act to begin in earnest. And that means auditions.

All factions are encouraged to stop by Konoha to audition, but all the acts are judged solely by Alliance swear-ins. Your fate will ultimately come down to whether Sutoku can even tolerate you in their clubs, though. Hope your reputation doesn't precede you. Will you become a hit, or will you get the gong? The only way to find out is to try!

OOC note: Again, this prompt is more or less open to everyone. Sutoku characters are the only ones who can play the part of talent judge.

Running with Wolves


The White Wolves have concerns about the physical fitness of the Sutoku Clan. If we're going to the Wasteland, you need to be able to survive out there! The solution? Exercise drills! Mandatory ones! Yes, this means all you chain-smokers out there. You must pass the White Wolves' extremely high standards. Hope you like push-ups. And sit-ups. And pull-ups. There will also be a lot of running, sprinting, leaping, and other field sports.

Every single Sutoku swear-in is expected to participate. Even if you're an officer. Especially if you're an officer. No excuses will be accepted. And, look: even the Daitengu is participating. They seem to be having fun. You can try to weasel out of it, but good luck. The White Wolves are always vigilant, and they have perfected the disappointed puppy dog face. It will rend your heart in two more effectively than any swipe from their giant swords.

If you are looking for an example of White Wolves' standards, look to your resident junior member: Megumi.


4. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENMA


Friendly Reminder!


Despite the Department's best efforts, the unaffiliated bounty hunters continue to be a problem. There are just too many jerks out there looking for a payday, and the Enma's Department just can't handle them all. They may be the arbiters of law and order in the city, but they can only be in so many places at once. The manpower just isn't there for a full crackdown. But, at some point, inspiration strikes:

A memo circulates among department members instructing them to create several Public Service Announcements to dissuade these miscreants. Come up with creative setting ideas, involve the other members of the Department, and maybe some other factions, too. The best PSAs will receive a small token of the Enma's appreciation: a one-of-a-kind commemorative mug. Show these bounty hunters that their behavior will not be tolerated!

Toys for Good Children


The bounty hunters rounded up thus far have provided the Department with something useful: all of their confiscated gear. Melee weapons, guns, survival tools of all shapes, and a large collection of swords. The big item on the menu is weapons and ammunition, a lot of it. So much so that the storage at Kaigo no Bou is starting to burst at the seams.

Their weapons and tools may prove useful to the Enma...Well, once everyone figures out just what this stuff does. Some of it is your standard weaponry, some of it defies explanation. Sort through the gear and find what's useful, and what isn't. Anything that isn't too dangerous can be sent right back out on the streets. Give it to some thugs as a gift, they'll be grateful and maybe cause problems for the more chaotic factions. It's not your problem once it leaves your hands. And if you happen to get something in return for your generous donation? No one saw a thing.

OOC note; Another prompt where mostly anyone can participate, at least in the "letting the weapons filter back into the streets" aspect. Have your character cut a deal with a Department member to get a cool weapon!


5. ALL FACTIONS - WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE


During the evening news, the anchorwoman is visibly sweating and looking increasingly panicked. She goes on in a trembling voice to say that they have been sent a message from... Iron Bear.

They play the tape...

"I'm disappointed in all of you. You've become fat off of the raven's labor, amassing ill-gotten wealth and resources. I will not stand idly by while what is rightfully mine is disgraced by tainted, swollen fingers. None of this is yours and I will be the one to reclaim it.

But know what is coming next will not be done by us.

When this city is in ashes, it is by my redeeming hand you will rise. Only I will be able to rebuild this world, and restore its glory.

They cannot save you.

We are the holy chosen of this realm, and we know who you are!"


When the tape has concluded, there is a sudden and impactful rumble in Shuten territory. One of their weapon storehouses, namely one that contains plenty of volatile materials, explodes violently. It scatters fire into the nearby streets. Shuten forces will need to rush in to help clear anyone out, but anyone nearby is expected to help. Most of the area is non-residential, so casualties should be minimal, if rescue efforts are quick. But that's just the start of it...

The Iron Bear's words ring true. The bomb couldn't have been planted by his followers, not completely unseen. Someone else planted that bomb. Worse, there are more bombs throughout the city that need to be defused. Time is ticking down quickly, and no one knows whom to trust.

The factions have already begun to sabotage each other. The Iron Bear delivered the first blow of this new war without lifting a finger. Things are looking rough...



Welcome to the mini event!
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  • FOR THE PURPOSES OF REWARDS, since all of these prompts tie into the main plot in some way, we will count all qualified threads in this post as 2 point threads!
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inspiteful: (Just show off; hate; betray!)

[personal profile] inspiteful 2022-09-29 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hm, ]

'Cause Hizen kind of explained the...weapon spirit thing to me, and I can tell you're a spirit?

[ Man, it's been a while since he's actually outright told anyone that's a thing he can do. ]
hiryugaeshi: (really?)

[personal profile] hiryugaeshi 2022-09-29 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Kojirou notices, of course he does, but he doesn't quite understand. The flash of light from Metal's eyes are simply another oddity from an already odd creature. Perhaps one day he will think back on this and realise the significance of what he put Metal Sonic through. ]

I see. It is said that a child's name reflects their parent's wishes for them, and in trying to live up to those wishes the child shapes the direction of their own life. Perhaps for a creature built to specifications it's not something that is terribly relevant?

[ For now Kojirou simply takes it as Metal not understanding. And perhaps that is fine. Where Kojirou ended up took more than a lifetime, and he does not consider himself an especially skilled wordsmith. It might simply be beyond his ability. ]

But the speed of light, you say? I would have liked to see that. It would have been a target worth cutting down.

[ Is three instantaneous blades enough to catch a robot hedgehog in flight? Probably not, but that just means Kojirou has to try harder. ]
divisors: (interval)

[personal profile] divisors 2022-09-29 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
What, too busy with being a chef?
perfectdistance: ([YT] Even then I'll go along faking)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2022-09-29 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm, something like that.

[Something intrinsic to his being makes certain things impossible. It's not "something like that", but it's so much easier to brush over the reality of it.]
divisors: (invariance)

[personal profile] divisors 2022-09-29 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a long, long pause.]

[And finally, Moriarty reaches up to grasp Nero's hand lightly. If he was in his other "mode", as a criminal mastermind, even under this kind of influence, he probably would've buried this away. But here, with this pleasant sort of atmosphere, he can't help it.]



Do you want a friend?
passthrough: (048)

[personal profile] passthrough 2022-09-29 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
...Ah.

[He's never been the best at being deceptive to begin with, and there is a flash of panic that crosses his eyes, if only briefly. But if this kid has learned it from Hizen...

Hizen's not exactly talkative to begin with, nor does he seem to share what doesn't absolutely need to be known. Even if Otegine still has a lot to learn about the wakizashi... he knows that Hizen wouldn't just tell anyone about himself like that.]


...If Hizen told you, it must have been for a good reason.

Yeah. I'm similar.
quizpersona: (pic#15948284)

[personal profile] quizpersona 2022-09-29 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't tell me that you're surprised when it's what the role as your problem student entails. You'll never know when or if I'll do as told, you see?

Your willingness to negotiate, however, is just as appreciated.
perfectdistance: ([YT] I won't give in to murdering)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2022-09-29 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[What a question.

It would be nice, of course, not to feel lonely. But Nero is not somebody who makes choices easily. He has a hard time admitting what he wants, even when he does want it. What if the thing he wants now hurts him in the future? What if he's wrong?

He shifts his hand so he's holding Moriarty's back.

(Akira wanted to be his friend.)

It takes a few moments, decision stuck in his throat.]


Yeah.
divisors: (cosine)

[personal profile] divisors 2022-09-29 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
It is my job to turn a problem student into an excellent one, Mister Gogol.

[A hum.]

One does not spin webs without obtaining threads. So I appreciate your negotiation as well.
emet_sulk: (A18 Prepostorous)

Bombs Away

[personal profile] emet_sulk 2022-09-29 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He feels utterly useless here. Though no stranger to hard work, physical labour has just never really been his thing. Organising people though? That he can do. But he simply isn't in any position of authority to make such calls. Not to mention, he knows nothing of the layout of the buildings here.

It's all smouldering fire and chaos and screaming. Not unlike the aftermath of a calamity. He tries to ignore the crying as he crouches by one of the injured, unable to do more than make them comfortable with his meagre healing.

Eventually, it's inevitable that Bakugou would come streaking by where he is at some point, maybe depositing another survivor or just rushing to the next location. Emet-Selch pushes himself to his feet, stumbling a bit from the pins and needles in his legs. ]


You! We need a proper medic for these people!
bratherine: (90.)

i'll let you pick what happens to him ;D

[personal profile] bratherine 2022-09-29 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
( Yeah, she noticed that. It seems a bit of a flaw for such a setup. If she stops touching it... )

Wanna see what happens?

( Surely the cage can't just disappear, right? But testing this theory is the only way to find out, and so Kate lifts her fingers just enough to lose contact with the talisman. )
bratherine: (67.)

[personal profile] bratherine 2022-09-29 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
( Her sins may not be the lists that many of the adults — or even a few of the other teens — have, but they exist nonetheless, as does the fact that she'd do much, much worse in the name of taking care of her brother.

The mission she carries in the back of her mind really isn't much different from what the military would send her out to do, after all. She always knew that much, from the moment she sent off the application. But at least Jigokucho offers more than a half decent paycheque for the crimes she has to commit.

That, however, is a problem for another day. Right now... What Travis is showing her is actually pretty helpful. A lone trip or two to a shooting range didn't go into such things as completely dismantling a weapon. Aiming. Reloading? Sure. But not taking it apart bit by bit like this. So she does watch, looping a thumb into the waistband of her leggings and letting her weight shift from side to side as every part is laid out before her eyes.

It isn't quite enough time to let her get it right first time, though. The first few pieces are easy — after all, he'd just taken them apart — but after a few steps, she's scrunching her nose up and staring intently at pieces of metal which all look increasingly similar.

... This one?
)
bratherine: (139.)

[personal profile] bratherine 2022-09-29 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
( Security cameras... They went up in the blast and she'd approached the warehouse as cloaked as she could manage to be, and so they remain low priority for Kate. Not a worry, not compared to this conversation, nor the fact that at least one grumpy Shuten saw her after the blast.

Ugh. The coffee's good. She's going to concentrate on the coffee, taking a much longer drink and hoping the pause seems contemplative. Hoping she can pull up the girl who arrived at Jigokucho, ready to keep people at arm's length and make shit up about anything which might allow her to be known.

A girl who has been easy to forget within the seemingly relaxed confines of Tamamo lifestyle.
)

In'that th' opposite of most terrorists?

( God, that's a stupid question when she knows exactly why the bomb was placed at Shuten's warehouse. But what was with the other ones...? That doesn't sound like it was part of the strategy. )
nmc0204: (ryokogameicons080)

[personal profile] nmc0204 2022-09-29 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ryoko stares at him with the transparently doubtful look of a girl who's been issued tasks like this before, assured just as she was now that there was no catch and no trick involved but had nevertheless walked away feeling as though she had somehow failed. Most things here feel like a trick or a test, but no matter how hard she tries she can't get her head around the rules.

It's too simple and so, there must be a trick. But at the same time, this is too simple to be a trick. She wonders to what degree the overthinking here is intended and how much is purely a trap of her own design.

With that, her irritation peaks. She decides that she doesn't care what the trick is here, she just wants to get this over with. The sword is too heavy to swing like she imagines a sword must be swung so she weighs it in both hands and tries to remember what it'd looked like when she'd seen the boys in middle school playing baseball.

Ryoko swings. It's not pretty or elegant or in keeping with any kind of form – true to her thoughts, she's swinging it like a baseball bat more than a sword and using the weight of the blade more than she should. But it is a swing, to Ryoko's credit, and though it skews lower than she'd wanted to aim, it still connects with the stick with a hearty crack. ]
hundredpower: (291)

[personal profile] hundredpower 2022-09-29 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. I think we can take the Iron Bear at his word in this much and rule out his direct involvement. If his methodology involves taking hostages, he would have used both the bombs and the broadcast to capture swathes of the city, directly threatening the lives of the people and staking his claim. I've seen that tactic before.

But he knew this was going to happen, so perhaps he has connections to the true culprits, or else a very well-connected informant network.

[Or both. He has too many ideas running through his head, and it's all just speculation, for now. He eyes Kate and offers an apologetic smile.]

Ah, but I didn't mean to use you as a sounding board. I just think that you, more than most of us, deserve to find out the truth about what happened.
inspiteful: (skylark102)

[personal profile] inspiteful 2022-09-29 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Was it for a good reason, Lark has to wonder. It may have been because when you live in close proximity, it was pretty much unavoidable if something happened to Hizen. He'd like to believe it meant Hizen trusted him and Kazuma at least a little bit. ]

Is...it something I'm not supposed to know?

[ He still doesn't understand why Norimune had said they were "colleagues", and while Norimune did confirm he was a spirit, Skylark didn't get more details than that and has just been assuming based on what Hizen said. ]
nmc0204: (ryokogameicons053)

[personal profile] nmc0204 2022-09-29 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Give her like, two seconds to process that. She blinks once, twice, then– ]

What?!

[ Okay, she's on board. She's already skittering back from the door, even as she splutters in surprise. ]

Then– how long do we have?
nmc0204: (ryokogameicons030)

[personal profile] nmc0204 2022-09-29 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You're at least aware of where you are and what's going on?

[ this is going to be so much harder if Kanade is like, faded. ]

Even if you're not asleep, this isn't exactly a good place to be laying like this.
rank1: <user name=wintryday> (Part III - Crumb)

[personal profile] rank1 2022-09-29 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Travis plants both hands on the table and leans over her and the gun to watch –– you're supposed to wait to let them figure it out, he knows and reminds himself, but not wait long enough that you become the Main Character of the Day on social media. He is pretty sure that equally applies to elementary school kids and teenagers, even if this shit is a lot less harmless than your average puzzle.

Oh shit, she really looks stuck.]


If you press on that circular bit on the end –– on the guide rod –– [He leans into her space to help her find it, prodding his finger at it. The red square goes into the square-shaped hole! The yellow star goes into the star-shaped hole!] There's a little cutout that goes into on the barrel lug, yeah? But you gotta make sure it's centered, or the whole thing will fuck up. Go on, try it.
vivens: (pic#15698436)

[personal profile] vivens 2022-09-29 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sabo makes note of how the rule will vanishes just as quickly as it appeared and is greatly amused with how this has taken moriarty by surprise. he'll even do some slight posturing for him as he looks him up and down. ]

I'm a fire person.

[ simply answered. ...except sabo knows that might not make the most sense to someone who isn't familiar with his world so he briefly elaborates. ]

You can think of my body being made of fire despite what you see here; I can manipulate fire and am unaffected by it.
passthrough: (006)

[personal profile] passthrough 2022-09-29 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah, that's not quite it... ah, how do I put this...

[He rubs at his neck for a moment, mulling it over.]


It's safer, when people don't know.

[...Yeah, that's all you're getting. Sorry buddy.]

Hizen wouldn't just tell anyone that kind of thing, though. If he really didn't want you to know, I don't think he would have bothered.
nmc0204: (ryokogameicons037)

[personal profile] nmc0204 2022-09-29 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ryoko blinks at him and – surprisingly – the tiniest hint of a bemused smile turns up the corners of her mouth, the look of a person enjoying a private joke with herself but then it's gone just as quick as it appeared. Really, she can't get away from riding giant robots, can she? ]

... I wouldn't object, so long as it really is quicker. But what about my bike?

[ She gives it a little pat for emphasis. ]

I don't want to end up leaving it behind.
mechspeed: (before being swallowed up)

[personal profile] mechspeed 2022-09-29 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Only long enough to do this.

[He approaches the edge of the room and kicks one metal foot through the window to shatter the glass. His foot also scrapes against the edges of the frame to clear out whatever's left.

He's got one foot against the frame, looking behind him towards her.
]

It is the fastest route available to us.

[How much faith do you have in the killer robot you've just met, Ryoko?]
bratherine: (91.)

[personal profile] bratherine 2022-09-29 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
( It'd be nice if they couldn't rule him out, but Kate doesn't know anything that would allow her to make a decent theory.

Instead, she decides it's better to let Barnaby talk, and wonders... just how he'll deal with the truth, should it ever come to light. To be putting his energy into solving a mystery which only points back at his own people.

At the very girl he just brought coffee.

She leans forward, rests her forearm on a thigh and snorts. He's closer than he thinks with that statement. But it isn't the truth of the bombing Kate wants.

It's the truth of why she was caught in it. That shouldn't have been possible.
)

'Eard he knows Toraguma from back when. Could 'ave connections to someone in their ranks. ( Just putting that out there. It's not impossible that there are people high up in Shuten, members from far before any of the Lost Souls started arriving, who might know Iron Bear. Who might even sympathise with whatever cause he's championing.

She doesn't trust that any of the factions are safe from his reach. Or from the possibilities of traitors. Not now.
)
hundredpower: (203)

[personal profile] hundredpower 2022-09-29 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that true? Then if anyone within the city would have an understanding of what's going on, it would be Toraguma, or someone in his inner circles.

[But of course Toraguma wouldn't want to open a dialogue with the factions, not now, so soon after being attacked. He sips his coffee and sighs.]

We might be at a dead end for now, until we can uncover some new leads on the matter.