jigokulogs | September 2022 Mini Event

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...

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[A; Jigoku's Got Talent part 2 (OTA; +Mizuki and Ena)]

[Ah... she's back here again. Honestly, if it had been Kanade's choice, she probably wouldn't have returned for more performances. She'd done what they asked of her the last time, and she's not... good with being in front of other people like this, or being judged in quite the literal sense. That alone would have been enough to get her to step away from the whole situation, but... well. She's not alone this time. Ena and Mizuki had dragged her into it - it was a good way to get their music out more, was the reason, and Kanade certainly couldn't argue with that. She wanted more people to hear their music, even if they were currently stalled in production.

... And, well. When have her own feelings ever mattered in the bigger scheme of things? She can push that tight knot of anxiety deep down, to focus instead on the music and her friends beside her.

The song they all agreed upon is a cover, rather than one of the songs they all made together; something easy to fall back on, without the complication of splitting up Mafuyu's parts between them. The choreography of it is rather simple, showy enough but toned down so that the focus of the performance is the song itself. All three of their voices harmonize very well, but something just feels... off to Kanade. Not all their songs are big group numbers; this and others, and most of their various covers are split off into duets and such. But even so, performing as an incomplete group just feels... kind of wrong.

But perform they do, and despite the wavering in her heart, Kanade's voice is as clear as Mizuki's and Ena's. They finish their performance after just the one song, and when the judging is over, retreat backstage. There they linger for a while, chatting amongst themselves, but they certainly won't turn away any company that approaches!]

[OOC; This can be a prompt for either Kanade, Mizuki, or Ena, should anyone want one or all of them! Feel free to mingle with whoever you wish!]

[B; Bottom's Up (OTA; SFW)]

[Kanade really should know better. Shut-in or not, she really should have realized there was something shady about the potions being handed out by the Tamamo folks. But, well... a lot of the people she met so far have been helpful and welcoming, and nothing about the work they've talked about so far has set off alarm bells in her head. Maybe this really was all to help - that's what she wanted to believe, anyway. There was no point in mistrusting every person's every single intention, right?

Even so, after having one of the potions practically shoved into her hands by a Tamamo member, she mulls it over for quite some time on the walk back towards her apartment. When she stops for a short break on a nearby bench, she figures - why not? She uncorks the bottle, taking just a sip-

And instantly it's like her limbs are made of lead. Her whole body feels heavy, and she flops hard against the back of the bench. But even though she feels like she can't move, it's not... a bad feeling, exactly? It's more like that slow, sluggish feeling after a warm bath, where it feels like your muscles are being lifted off your very bones.

... Hm. A bath. That must mean...]

... Ah. Right. They weren't kidding when they said this would help someone relax...

[Which is all well and good but. Uh. She currently cannot seem to get her body to move. Whoops.]

[C; We Know Who You Are (Closed to Ena and Mizuki)]

[She feels her phone metaphorically blow up around the time things start literally blowing up. The flurry of buzzing beeps is hard to miss, and it's enough to tear Kanade's attention away from the news playing on her tiny television in her tiny apartment.

She notices all the messages from Ena, asking if she was okay or if anything happened nearby, and a sense of relief floods her. Quickly throwing together a group chat, she sends a message out to her and Mizuki both.]

i don't think anything happened here yet
but are you okay enanan???
that explosion took place in your area, right?

[D; Wildcard]

[Wanna throw together something that's not in one of those prompts? Drop it here! If you wanna hash something out beforehand, feel free to poke me at

OwlKnight or OwlKnight#3531 on discord.]

[ Croix approaches the three after their performance, smiling. They may remember her as one of the technicians that helped set up for the event and told them about the equipment they'd be using, or as a fellow performer. Her own performance was highly average, for the record. ]

Hello there! I enjoyed your performance! You three, you performed like you knew each other quite well!

[ooc - I'm up for Croix meeting/talking with all three, whether you want to do it individually or as a group.]

Edited 2022-09-27 23:38 (UTC)

[ Oh, it's the weedy girl from the pillow fight... though she is fully aware of the hypocrisy of her calling anyone else weedy, at least. Ryoko's been avoiding the suspicious bottles with all her might but seeing Kanade swig one makes her wonder for a moment if they're not quite so dangerous...

At least until she realizes Kanade's just been sort of sprawled there for about three minutes and counting and she's showing no signs of movement. She should really mind her own business, but... ]

... you know it's dangerous to just sleep out in the open like that, right?

[Look, even the scrawniest of folks look just fine next to Kanade. No hypocrisy there. And maybe that's why she looks so zoned out, despite only taking a sip of what was in the bottle; it looks like there's plenty more, but with the unpredictability of the potions... that seemed to be more than enough.

She at least seems coherent, for the most part. She doesn't move much, but her eyes glance over when Ryoko approaches, and there's nothing clouding them over yet.]

I'm not asleep. I think I'll be okay...? [She can't remember ever feeling quite like this before, but it doesn't feel... bad.] It's like I feel tired, but also... not.

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.

[People sitting on benches was, normally, not very remarkable. They were...kind of there for that. Maybe this one was waiting for a bus, or taxi, or was just taking a rest. Kaede glanced at her the entire time she passed by in case the girl moved, but she did not. So the diclonius continued right on her way to go get some aspirin from a drugstore a few blocks down.

What was a bit odd was that the girl was still there when Kaede came back from said drugstore. And in more or less the same bones-optional posture like some tranquilized animal. No one had seemed to bother her, but Kaede still frowned, stopping at the empty end of the bench.]

You...okay?

[???]

... I think so?

[Honestly, it's... hard to say. She doesn't feel bad; the potion didn't hurt her, of that Kanade can be certain. But this feeling of being... almost slightly to the right of her own body is a new one. Hm.]

I kind of don't feel anything. But not in a bad way.

[... It's been a long time since Kanade ever felt truly relaxed, okay. It's kind of an alien feeling nowadays.]

[Drugs? Sounds like drugs.]

[At the sound of the girl's voice, Kaede paused. She'd heard it before, as a song drifting out of a window in the blessedly quieter parts of the city. It was nice. She hadn't been expecting its source to be functionally a wet sock, though.]

Might not want to stay in the open like that.

[Even assuming no one decided to cause problems, there was a significant chance this girl might just...slide right off that bench into foot traffic.]

[She does look like she runs the risk of the latter, really. While she doesn't look too on the verge of full-on passing out, the girl is small and frail enough that even a hard wind might knock her straight to the ground.]

Yeah... I thought I'd be okay, but...

[She reaches up - her movements aren't shaky or sluggish, just slow - to rub at her eye.]

They said the potion would help take the edge off things, but they didn't say anything about how it would make everything feel so... heavy.

[Not some sickness, then, or poison, or anything not related to how much this girl looked like a spindly twig.

Kaede sighed.]

You have somewhere to go?

[The wariness that usually suffused every interaction Kaede had with a stranger wasn't really present this time. This was more like her considering whether to break into someone's yard to fish a pathetic looking cat out of the rain. She didn't feel the slightest bit threatened.]

[ ena first notices the strange light that floods her still dark bedroom. it's never this bright when she wakes up. maybe she'd managed to fix her sleep schedu--

BOOM

for a terrifying moment, the view from her window is a fireball reaching toward the sky.

she wastes no time in diving for her phone, messaging kanade and mizuki on instinct. they have to be okay. they have to be. ]

oh thank god
i'm fine i'm fine, don't worry
i wasn't close to it
k are you home
amia where are you???? please say you're okay

Edited 2022-09-28 05:53 (UTC)

im ok enanan im ok!! glad to hear from both of u
i just left work
ena can you get out of ur place rn? if more happens in shuten youll be safer w us

kanade, mind coming over???

yeah, i'm home
but I can get over to your place no problem amia

[She knows it's probably better to hunker down where she is, but. Honestly, she'd feel safer with the others around.]

please be careful enanan
i think there are rumors going around that there might be more bombs through all the territories, not just shuten

god there might be more??????
great just great
i'm going to go look outside brb

[ ena appears as offline for a few minutes as she oversees the situation from her balcony. cacophonous yelling echo off now empty apartment buildings as people either run toward or away from the fire in the distance. the unmistakable sound of approaching sirens adds to the chaos. both the fire department and the enma are on their way and while one party will be welcome, the other definitely won't be.

whether she stays here or heads to mizuki's feels like a moot point. tonight will be dangerous regardless of location, but at least they stand a better chance of surviving if they're together. ]

if i stay away from the main roads and take a few shortcuts then i think i can make it
but we have to text the whole time or call or something
idk
that way we know we're alright

okay

okay okay okay

[ mizuki's pacing, clearing some fabric off of her couch and folding it back up near her work and crafting desk, part of a space taking up a significant corner of the main space of the small 1L apartment. ]

k you can get here faster, ur in the building right
enanan, text until k gets here and then we'll put u on speaker on my phone ?

mmm, just a few floors above you
do you need me to bring anything?

you'll be okay enanan
i know you will
as long as you stay away from any of the big gathering places in our territories, you'll be fine

[Look, Kanade's not gonna lie; she's feeling about as bad as Ena sounds in her texts right now. This isn't some freak storm or an earthquake warning. This is... scary. Such intense violence breaking out...

But she clamps down on that gnarled knot twisting in her chest, pushing it down and away. She has to make sure the others will be okay first, before she can let herself freak out.]

would it help if I played some of our songs when we can get you on speaker?

i just went to the store the other day so we'll be good on food and stuff
just bring whatever u think might make the next day or so a little easier k

pls stay safe out there ena

[ again, ena appears offline as she throws some essentials into a bag: a few days' worth of clothes, phone charger, sketchbook, pens and pencils. if push comes to shove, she borrow something of mizuki's until things are more calm.

quickly, she shrugs her bag onto her shoulder and slips on her shoes. god, she does not want to do this. ]

i can do this
and i'll be safe mizuki
i promise

[ ena steps outside, lingering at the entrance long enough to plug in her headphones. it's silly to feel nostalgic for a place she's only lived in for a few months, but the emotion goes stronger with each harried step away from her apartment. it's been her first taste of true independence, a place of safety when everything in this new world has felt overwhelming. she hopes it and her fellow clan members are still standing when the sun comes up. ]

omw
our songs would be really helpful honestly??
just let me know when you're there k

[Kanade doesn't have much yet, so it's easy for her to throw her own bag together; just another set of clothes, and a few more blankets. She's not sure how prepared Mizuki's apartment is for three people, so that can't hurt, right?]

okay
i just left my apartment, so it'll only be a few minutes

at least the elevators are working, so i don't have to use the stairs

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September 2022 Mini Event

Kanade Yoisaki | Project Sekai | Tamamo

[A - Jigoku's Got Talent, Part 2]

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