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jigokumods ([personal profile] jigokumods) wrote in [community profile] jigokuooc2022-09-10 12:10 pm
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September 2022 Substories!





SUBSTORY #1
SUBSTORY #2


The Left Swiping Shall Continue Until Morale Improves


Ember 3.0 is still going strong. Some minor patches here and there, so you're encouraged to take another glance at it and see what, if anything, is new!

This is a continuation of a Player Submitted Substory/Plot by Pine, player of Ydris. Here's a link to it! All threads conducted on this topic count as Substory threads.





Can't Download a Clue


"Please don't browse porn on these, sir"

Jigoku-cho is home to many internet cafes of varying quality. Most of them are located in the Sutoku Alliance's territory. A new one has popped up recently, run by an executive's son who has too much money, not enough sense, and a dream. He rented out a garage, bought a few computers from the closest used electronics store, and decked it out with the cheapest desks and chairs money can buy. It's truly a paradise.

Except it isn't. No one wants to come to this cafe and the owner can't figure out why! He's done everything right, hasn't he?! People like it enough to come in and try to steal everything that isn't nailed down! That has to count for something, doesn't it?!

His father will pay you a considerable amount of money if you can help get his idiot son's business back on track, or at least stop the thieves from draining his wallet. Unfortunately, Daddy doesn't seem ready to give this idiot a true reality check and pull the funding, what a softy.


SUBSTORY #3
SUBSTORY #4


Drifter Grifter


A man dressed all in black stumbles in on the edge of the city. He says he's come from the Wasteland and has important information about Iron Bear. He's dusty and disheveled enough that it's easy to believe him. All he asks in return is for some hospitality: a hot meal, a stiff drink, and maybe a few thousand yen to send him on his way. Once he has all of that, he goes to the bathroom, never to be seen again.

If you ask around town about this man, you'll notice that everyone seems to be looking for the mysterious drifter in black. The Department of the Enma wants him taken in for scamming people, members from every faction want to shake him down for daring to pull this on their turf, and the people he's scammed want retribution. Team up, track him down, and deal with this grifter drifter.




Dogged the Bounty Hunters (plot-relevant)


With a massive bounty on the line, every faction wants to claim that cash reward and to finally have business settled out in the Wastes. The factions have not made an alliance, and their goals conflict in places. Something every faction agrees upon, however, is that it will be easier for them to get theirs if they knock out any unaffiliated competition.

For those independent forces out there gunning for the prize, they will be met with faction-allied obstacles. Everyone has been ordered by their respective leaders to sabotage the crap out of them. The Department of the Enma frames this as though it is a matter of public safety. The other clans? They're a bit more honest: this is about eliminating unnecessary variables.

Each faction has their own methods for discouraging, muscling out, or otherwise getting rid of would-be bounty hunters. Whether through fights, bribes, or other seedy means, swear-ins are expected to keep the competition under their thumbs.

Art by Samuel Silverman






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Re: QUESTIONS!

[personal profile] kaientai 2022-09-10 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
How willing are some of these bounty hunters to be converted from unaffiliated interference to potentiallyworking for the Alliance? Or, if not, are they willing to sell information? Ryouma will always prefer to make connections where he can and hopes a small payout will be a sweeter deal than no payout at all.

As for any information he might be able to get, would any of it be useful? Obviously given the grifter substory there's sure to be some duds lmao
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Re: QUESTIONS!

[personal profile] stubboarn 2022-09-10 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
hello mods

i brought this up in the enma faction disco channel for a substory related thing. my question is is there a location they can use to trap these people and detain them en masse? or will it need several locations (and if so, where)

thanks!
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[personal profile] stubboarn 2022-09-10 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
oh :Ua well we'll figure that out.
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[personal profile] rainswords 2022-09-12 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Regarding the internet cafe.
— First what type of location is it settled in? How much traffic is there around the area of the garage? And what other businesses are there around? What state is it in? Was it renovated at all before all the equipment was settled inside? Further, since it is the owner's father seeking assistance for his son, would it be possible to directly make proposals to him? For example, if the cafe is in a bad location would finding a different locale be a welcomed proposal?
— How many changes can be made? As in, how much more money can be sunk into this business before the brilliant entrepreneur's father decides to pull the plug on the whole operation? Would finding new, high-end equipment be on the table? How about offering other services?
It's not like Xingqiu's jealous or anything — but imagine having a father supporting you even if you make questionable choices!
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[personal profile] rainswords 2022-09-12 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
The only draw to that location would be capitalizing on the black market in the area. Rather than an internet cafe that would mean — but that is definitely not a route Xingqiu would go down because he leans more towards lawfully good. But going off that alone, and given that there are likely better equipped, better structured and more reputable internet cafes (correct?). He would suggest a change.

Hm. Okay. Let's dig into daddy's deep pockets for this one.

I may have some idea, so I think I can down the route of change while still utilizing the initial setup because it is almost important to capture the thieves and see them locked up. A solution is a solution, right? But I'll wait and see how others cover this in case someone else wants to take a swipe at it.
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Re: MINGLE QUESTIONS

[personal profile] himbosupreme 2022-09-13 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Important question about the mingle: is there alcohol being served. And will Captain Shiki try to stop Cain from going rogue and trying to change the music/start a wild party
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[personal profile] divisors 2022-09-13 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Can they use icebreaker questions outside of the ones on the list? Or is that not allowed?
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Re: MINGLE QUESTIONS

[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-13 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay but

are there pancakes at the food contest.
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[personal profile] crimsonhorizon 2022-09-13 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
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[personal profile] invinciblemikey 2022-09-13 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
good (time of the day)!!

just wondering if the prompts are faction closed, aside from the last one!
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Re: MINGLE QUESTIONS

[personal profile] passthrough 2022-09-13 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
On Sutoku prompt: just for the sake of players who might not OOCly be comfortable with the gross out humor, can we confirm if there will be other types of Horrible Lame Reject Games mixed in there?

Also: how picky is Daitengu on how we choose to dispose of the rejects (ex. Can we set up a drunk smash-the-machine in a corner somewhere to take out our sorrows)?
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[personal profile] everblooms 2022-09-13 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
piggy backing off jade's question about faction prompts being closed, is it possible to sneak someone in? aerith would probably try to sneak tifa in with her regardless, but i'm interested in knowing what might happen when she did try lmao
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[personal profile] passthrough 2022-09-13 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome, thank you mods.
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[personal profile] everblooms 2022-09-13 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
LOLLL thank yall, the wifefriend will be on her best behavior.

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