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(aha. shit's serious. he's even typing serious.)

I hope this message finds you well.

This is Mikey, I'm the President of the Tokyo Manji - you might recognize us by the jackets we wear on occasion. I'm a new Shuten recruit, and I would like to discuss the bomb incident in Shuten territory as of this week. First of all, I'd like to put myself forward to help with any rescue efforts that might be needed, or any other work that might come up as the developments unfold. I offer mine as well.


(toman, you know what he's doing. shuten's their current home, and he is there for their people. it's that simple.)

Secondly, something tells me he wasn't lying when he said this wasn't his doing. If you have suspicions of other factions or individuals that would benefit from attacking us personally or causing generalized chaos to divert attention, I think this should be in the open and discussed.

Please, let's work together to get to the bottom of this and find the culprit to deal with this accordingly.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Manjiro "Mikey" Sano.

(threadjack to your heart's content!!!)
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[personal profile] rank1
[And we're streaming! The video file is horizontal, but don't let that leave you with the impression that this is going to be any better than your average rookie Instagram reel.]

Wait, we're rolling? Why didn't you say anything? Honestly....

Just go for it!


[Ena stands up straighter, fussing with her bangs in hopes they'll better frame her face. The abandoned alleyway they're filming in isn't the most picturesque location, but that's no excuse. Someone has to be cute here.]

I'm Ena Shinonome. It's nice to meet you. [A polite bow.] We have a dress policy that's kind of lame, but at least you've got options. [She counts off each option as she explains:] A black suit with a tie, a nice blouse and a skirt, or a dress. If you're wearing a shirt, it has to be collared, but can have any pattern you want. And you can accessorize however you want so you can make it cute. Oh, and you'll have to wear this no matter what you decide to wear.

[She unclasps a pin from her collar and holds it up for the camera. Ja-jaaaaaan. Your very own Shuten badge! It allows you to control Pokémon up to level 30.]

The dress code's enforced, [Ena pulls a face; god, this uniform thing sucks––] and you might get beaten up if you complain about it too much. I think that happened to a guy last time we got new people...?

[Ominous!

There's some muffled noise and blurring as the camera clumsily changes hands; from offscreen a muted voice, apparently recorded on accident:]


Wasn't that him?

Come on, bro.

[Hard cut, and the view switches to Kazuma, who looks pretty awkward standing there stiffly with his arms folded. He looks mildly startled that it's his turn already. Apparently they didn't really practice this.]

Uh--faction lieutenants. Faction lieutenants are Okada Izo, Goro Majima, Hizen Tadahiro, Bishop, Felix Frar--Fla--Fraldarius!--and Dante.

[He suddenly looks really pained by something, but nevertheless soldiers defiantly onward.]

Junior officers are Haru Okumura, Lio Fotia, Sha Gojyo, and Minato Suizenji. Find them if you have any questions. Clothing is available at the offices and weapons at the arena if you need them. We're recording this again, right?

[Apparently not! The video hard cuts and changes focus again, this time to the last member of their unfortunate little group project. Travis is wearing the uniform. Sort of. The pants are a little too tight, and his tie is crooked, but that there is the uniform. He stands with his thumbs hooked into his belt loops. His mirrored aviators obscure his eyes entirely.

He says, dead serious:]


Shopping.

I know what you're thinking.
[Air quotes:] "I came all the way to Hell just to get a lesson in shopping?" Look, I didn't pick the topic, just roll with me here.

All that curse shit created a lot of problems in our territory, right? If you're new, don't worry about it, it was before your time. All you need to know is that it messed up a lot of the local businesses real bad, and we had to spend a couple weeks beating off hotheaded opportunists with sticks just to rebuild.


[He pauses and beckons for Ena to bring the camera closer. Closer. Yeah, closer than that. Still closer–– yeah, that's good. Here's close-up of Travis's wolfish grin, the rest of his face mostly out of frame.]

It was a pain in the ass. We can't let the small local businesses go through that shit again. It's just not fuckin' sporting.

So Shuten businesses are the ones that need your coin. Only Shuten. You wanna buy a sweet new jacket, new kicks, one of those sick automated toilet seats that washes all your holes and plays a nice jingle so no one hears the splash? Keep it local or someone will come spend it for you.


[Wait, is that actually a rule? Nah, he just thought it sounded cool.

Travis gives a jaunty little wave and the video ends.

There are four minutes of credits, all the same three names, accompanied by an excerpt from Lemon Demon's "Knife Fight".]
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[personal profile] jigokumods
[ The video takes place inside Toraguma's office at the Arena. His sunglasses are on, cigar between his lips, and the tall bottle of mineral water suggests he's... probably recovering from Nishitani's party, still. Best not to mention it.

He grumbles, rubbing at his cheek, pausing for a moment before he remembers what he was going to say. ]


So the bitch beat me to the punch. Well. I had better shit to do. [ A small chuckle ]

Either way, you heard it right. The grand opening of Sai no Kawara is gonna be on Tanabata, and there's a whole big fuckin' festival planned.

Our casino operation down there will be catering to the deepest pockets in all the realms, so I expect my boys to be out there leaving a damn good impression.

Full dress code. Look your best, or don't bother fuckin' showing up. Keep bringin' in all the Stardust you can get your hands on, too.

[ He opens up the bottle, chugging like... a full half of it before speaking again. ]

As for everyone else, I'm sure you got money burning in your pockets and some "wishes" to make. Maybe you'll strike a big win, eh? GYAAA HA HA HA~! [ He slaps the desk, snatching away his sunglasses and staring down the camera. ]

We'll show this city, once again, how the oni throw a party! There might even be a live execution or two if that Sakamoto guy doesn't make good on his promise!

See you there, Jigokucho... [ A lower chuckle as he reaches to sign off.... until he remembers something. ]

Oh and if you text back on this post I ain't respondin' to that shit today. Talk or don't.
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[personal profile] no_kyouken
[ Majima is here with a PSA for all you sweet newbies. He's smoking somewhere in one of the Shuten family offices. He wears a black suit with a red collared shirt underneath. ]

Got a round've new Shutens t'welcome. If ya wanna introduce yerself, now's yer chance.

I'm Majima, th'Lieutenant. My co-lieutenants are Izo, Hizen, an' Nishitani.

Dante, Felix, Minato, Bishop, an' Gojyo are our juniors. Ya need help with somethin', come ask one of us. Yer part of th'clan now, ya got people.

[ With the fucking roll call out of the way... ]

We got a dress code, an' it is enforced. I catch ya lookin' shabby an' I'm gonna send somebody t'straighten ya out. [ Read: Beat ]

When ya are on th'clock for Toraguma: ya need to look right.

Black slacks, long-sleeve shirt with buttons an' a collar. An' one of these.

[ He holds up a shiny little lapel pin, it has the kanji for Shuten on it. ]

We have 'em at th'offices if ya don't have one yet.

Your shirt can be any ugly pattern ya like, or it can be plain. Tie or no tie, jacket or no jacket. If ya need help with a tie, ask somebody.

Shirts an' slacks have t'be ironed. For anyone who doesn't know how t'iron a shirt, someone'll come by th'Shuten housing an' show ya as a group.

Shoes need t'be shined, we can show ya that too.

Give ya a week t'get it sorted, after that there's gonna be hell t'pay.



[[ ooc; majima says he will fight over this but uh... only if you want to... like feel free to ignore this whole thing. I'm not the cops 8V ]]
[[ also yes definitely threadjack away, go ham. ]]
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[personal profile] harimaya
I talked to some of the shops.

Got some of them to agree to get everyone some clean clothes if the rain messed everything up. It's not much but looks are important or something.


- - -

ooc:
  • hizen used his rank to get a clothes drive/charity going on for the city. handwaving the logistics here but assume everyone gets at least one set of nice clothes from a shop of their choice.
  • i really just wanted an excuse for everyone to get a nice yukata for the summer so assume there are definitely some kimono shops with summer deals, too. ( ◡‿◡ *)
  • pretend there's a sign or something at participating locations. it's all courtesy of shuten because hizen hates being perceived.
  • gallery for traditonal masc. yukata designs because guys are boring
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[personal profile] no_kyouken
[ Welcome to this Helltube video. It definitely looks like just Majima with his hair down sitting on the otherside of a plain, empty table. The background is pretty plain white with a window too. They just moved in to a new apartment. She'll tell you all about it. When Goromi begins to speak, she has a smokey falsetto and speaks with a lilting Osaka-ben, pleasant and musical. ]

Welcome to th'show. If ya don't know me, I'm Goromi. I'm a hostess around town. As ya might've seen in yer local paper, my apartment complex got burned t'the ground.

Lost all my dresses and things an' now we gotta restock.

[ She reaches under the table and unceremoniously plops a bunch of shopping bags onto it. ]

Might as well do a lil haul video, huh?

[ It's a pretty candid video, without any editing. As if she knows how to do that, so she's just filming. She starts with the makeup. She takes out the products one by one and also starts on her face with them, talking about what she's doing as she goes. ]

This look's just for goin' out on th'street, I'll show y'all what I do for the clubs another day, yeah?

[ The street looks is fairly light, blush and bronzer bringing more of a sharp and feminine look to her face. Winged eyeliner, shaped brows, and a plain old red lipstick. She ruffles her hair briefly when she finishes. ]

Now, let's take a look at what we got for outfits...

[ More bags dumped up onto the table. She pulls out items, says which store she got them from and their price. Most are averagely affordable, it's only when she gets to the fancy dresses that the price rises dramatically. She pulls one out to try on, disappearing off screen for a moment to not be indecent. She comes back to the camera to look at it, clearly there's a mirror behind where it's filming. A vanity table then? She turns back and forth, arranges her gloves. Majima's tattoos show out onto the chest and shoulders and down the low back. Her long, powerful snake's tail flicks and sways. ]

What'd we think? Cute, yeah? I like red. Lil fancy for today though.

[ You don't wink when you only have one eye, but her smile and the way her nose wiggles gives the impression anyway. She disappears back offscreen and changes through a couple more street wear looks. She settles on one and sits back down at her vanity. ]

Hey, hope ya had fun watchin'. I'm on EMBER with un: GOROMI. Send me yer outfits or questions if ya wanna.

[ She wiggles her fingers goodbye and then reaches forward to turn the camera off. ]


[[ OOC; youtube video style, so comments can easily be threadjacked and she might answer some of them! Also you can slide into her DMs her on EMBER, just mark it as that! Aaand open log. ]]
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[personal profile] bratherine
( Today in questions which have been lingering on Kate's mind since she talked to Eula, and have only grown louder since. She locks this bit to the Tamamo clan, since it only applies to them. )

how many people here know how to fight

( A simple enough question to answer, she thinks.

But second, a more open post, because she's stuck inside growing more restless by the second.
)

anyone want to work out after this shit's done

( Please she's so bored and only has her own thoughts to sit with. )
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[personal profile] no_kyouken
[ Majima is definitely sitting in Emily's clinic, his usual black eye patch replaced with a soft, white medical one. Probably not surprising, his apartment definitely burned down the other day. Among other misfortunes.

But he rubs a hand back over his hair tiredly, ]


Shutens. Sound off.

Where ya at, what do ya need? Anybody we don't hear from, somebody needs t'get eyes on an' report back.



[[ ooc; please feel free to threadjack and mingle away. ]]
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[personal profile] no_kyouken
[ Your current Shuten Clan Lost Soul lieutenant is here with an important PSA for this unruly bunch. Majima is sitting in one of the Shuten family offices. ]

All right... [ He seems kind of exasperated off the bat. ] Listen, chinpira. There is a dress code an' we're gonna be enforcin' it.

When ya are on th'clock for Toraguma: ya need to look right.

Black slacks, long-sleeve shirt with buttons an' a collar. An' one of these.

[ He holds up a shiny little lapel pin, it has the kanji for Shuten on it. ]

We have 'em at th'offices if ya don't have one yet.

Your shirt can be any ugly pattern ya like, or it can be plain. Tie or no tie, jacket or no jacket. If ya need help with a tie, ask somebody.

Shirts an' slacks have t'be ironed. For anyone who doesn't know how t'iron a shirt, I'll come by th'Shuten housing an' show ya as a group.

Yes, this is what Toraguma expects. Yes, I will straighten ya out [ Read: Beat ] if ya buck me on this.

Other Shutens need t'be able t'recognize ya an' we don't want ya mistaken for a colors gang with th'Enma comin' down on them.

[ He looks at someone off camera to see if he's forgotten anything. Majima mutters fuck quietly. ]

An' shine your shoes.



[[ ooc; majima says he will fight over this but uh... only if you want to... like feel free to ignore this whole thing. I'm not the cops 8V ]]
[[ eta; if you do want to fight about it, you can reach out to [profile] meowjima, [personal profile] heretic_blade, or [personal profile] pitfight. Depending on who you want to get into it with. They're also on hand to help you get dressed up too. ]]
[[ also yes definitely threadjack away, go ham. ]]
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[personal profile] no_kyouken
[ A real live yakuza. Ask me anything! ]

Listen, a lot of ya have no clue how to be in th'life.

So before ya go do somethin' stupid an' get hurt: ya can ask me. Probably won't laugh at ya.


[ ...no promises though... ]
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Happy Golden Week, everyone! Natori Shuuichi here, hoping everyone is doing well-- especially our new faces! Please let us know if we can help you adjust.

I'm excited to announce that my new movie Fiance of the Funeral Procession, the second film in the Sparkling Detective Akeboshi Koutarou series, is now available in theaters! It's a historical mystery involving a beautiful woman and her beautiful fiance and the dark secrets that they keep. Each film in the series stars a new case with only the detective as the recurring character, so you don't have to have seen the first one! It would mean a lot to me if you could support my coworkers by watching the film.

Thank you and I hope you enjoy ✨


[What Natori didn't make clear is that he is playing Akeboshi Koutarou, though that becomes obvious to anyone who know what he looks like as soon as they come across a movie poster. Shockingly, this is canonically a good movie. A summary of the plot is available here! Feel free to have characters already seen posters/seen the movie if you'd like.]
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[personal profile] jigokumods
[ The scene is familiar to most of the Shuten Clan at this point. It's Toraguma's office at the Arena, the wall behind his desk covered in ornate and fancy looking weapons, as well as a giant sake gourd kept in a glass case right behind his chair. It was the symbol of the clan's namesake, the legendary magic gourd of his former master.

Toraguma himself looks... sweaty. Like he's just come from a workout. Or was just eating himself into a sweat, again, as he likes to do. ]


Listen up, you dogs!

[ Oh, and he's yelling, that's familiar, too. ]

The Night Parade is gonna be happening at the beginning of next month!

As you've seen from all the work you've been doing so far, it's a pretty big fuckin' deal! And I want MY guys to show our pride out there when the celebrations start!

We're gonna have a sumo ring set up, and I want all of you guys to muscle up and show this city your mettle! Prizes to those who win, obviously, but if any one with Shuten Clan credentials loses a match, I'm gonna dock your fuckin' pay!

[ Yeah, that sounds about right. ]

And remember to have fun, damnit!
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[personal profile] luxter
okay so hypothetically. if i beat some guy's ass for being a general nuisance, am i going to jail here? kinda weird that there's law in hell of all places, isn't it?

and on that note. hypothetically. does anyone know a good place to hide a body? not a dead one.

maybe.

just a body.
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[personal profile] deathrespect
Hakagemachi vets, where we at.

OOC: threadjack-friendly! also open to characters wondering about hakagemachi/slumscape CRAU-ers.
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[personal profile] metafictions
Good morning, everyone. I hope you're well.

[read: he hopes that you're not too hungover and that none of you died out there last night.]

Despite the different clans to which we've been assigned, we all find ourselves in strange territory in Jigoku-cho. It may look close to what several of us recognize as Japan, but as you might've already discovered, familiarity does not guarantee similarity. The other day, I met a man who could have easily been from my world, perhaps even my continent or country-- only to discover he hailed from a completely different planet.

So, I'd like to begin gathering information.
[He's no Sutoku, but this is important to all of them, and-- as he's been taught-- there are no shortcuts when it comes to investigation.] The more that we know about our fellow lost souls, the more we will have to work from as we learn more about this place and why we're here. We can start with something simple. If you would like, please share where, and when, you are from.

I'll start. I am from Tokyo's 25th Ward, in Japan, on Earth, in the year 2005.


(ooc: feel free to threadjack around! ✌️)

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