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Post by M'thack-kir on Mar 29, 2018 10:12:35 GMT 10
They turn the corner to see a crowd of low-lifes gathered around the front of Kachinko's Kinky Kemari, if the gauche neon sign above the establishment is any indication. There is a heavyset 'greeter' at the door who looks ready to cut anyone who gives him even a disrespectful thought down, and he is leaning on a wicked, partly jagged nodachi that is ready and eager to help him fulfil his duty. Those gathered around the front, peeking through the glimpses available through the steel slats bolted across the windows, give the bouncer a wide berth.
Directly opposite the entrance, across the lane, is a rice wholesaler named "Come on in!"*, and further down is a Pachinko casino, currently emitting mind-jarring electric music to attract its choice victims.
(OOC: * raw rice in Japanese is called 'ko-me', and the character is used in place of the 'Come' in the store's sign is this pun accordingly. I like fluff.)
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Post by Mirumoto Nanashi on Mar 29, 2018 10:18:03 GMT 10
(From looking can we get any idea what this place is? Brothel? Night club?)
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Post by M'thack-kir on Mar 29, 2018 12:48:51 GMT 10
(OOC: no other staff outside, so can't easily tell. You'll have to either be a peeping Tomu or figure out another way to learn the truth. In your posts, if you know you are going to do something like intimidate somebody or courtier for gossiping etc, please also make the roll if you think it's commonsense what the roll would be :3 )
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Post by Shinwa on Mar 30, 2018 0:19:14 GMT 10
Shinwa attaches himself to the crowd, chatting about inconsequential things and mostly listening to try to get a picture of what the club is before he makes his actual approach upon the bouncer. [Awareness/Courtier = 36. orokos.com/roll/609069. Note: TN increased by 5]
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Post by M'thack-kir on Mar 30, 2018 7:07:43 GMT 10
The conversation amongst the crowd is mostly dominated by talk of the 'discount', and everyone trying to goad everyone else into taking it. Shinwa quickly learns that the exorbitant fee at this establishment is waived completely if the client is willing for their activities to be in the front-of-house, visible to those entering and to those who can catch glimpses of them through the windows...and broadcast on the Kinky Kemari subscription website.
Without trying to look in through the slivers of light in the windows, Shinwa can still hear much activity going on just inside (OOC: PM incoming).
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Post by Shinwa on Mar 30, 2018 10:44:34 GMT 10
Shinwa begins to give a quiet, bemused chuckle. "Really?" He pulls Nanashi aside. "There's two ways in. There's a hidden trapdoor on the roof. Monitored...and I'm not exactly a Ninja. But handy to know about. Or one of us can enter as a contestant. How are you at Kemmari?"
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Post by Mirumoto Nanashi on Mar 30, 2018 10:55:33 GMT 10
“I can juggle” Nanashi says with a confused look. “I’m not a courtier. I’ve never played it. What does that have to do with anything?”
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Post by Shinwa on Mar 31, 2018 4:16:48 GMT 10
Shinwa gives a nod towards the establishment they wanted to enter. "The name is not an allegory. It's literal. They are accepting contestants to come and face challengers...and offer a discount. We could enter without suspicion if you were to enter."
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Post by Mirumoto Nanashi on Mar 31, 2018 10:03:23 GMT 10
“I mean....I don’t mind being the distraction and I’m pretty quick but there is no way it won’t be broadcast. Do you think you can find the information we need on your own?”
Nanashi try’s to make himself at least slightly presentable before reaching the bouncer. It’s not very effective.
“If that’s the plan we have.....Here. We. Go.”
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Post by Shinwa on Mar 31, 2018 11:52:35 GMT 10
Oh...Fortunes.... If Nanashi wins them entrance, it will be up to him to be the distraction on the inside, at least to give Nanashi time on the computers. But he could, for his part, maybe talk some people up?
For his part, though, he follows Nanashi, ready to make his best attempt at a courtier's patter in this kami-forsaken world.
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Post by M'thack-kir on Apr 1, 2018 0:11:34 GMT 10
The bouncer takes stock of Nanashi, then Shinwa, as they approach. "Do you gentlemen have an invitation?" he asks in a sultry, baritone voice.
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Post by Shinwa on Apr 1, 2018 3:41:50 GMT 10
Shinwa leans forward with a small smile "No...but I have a Champion. He's here for the discount."
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Post by M'thack-kir on Apr 1, 2018 7:58:20 GMT 10
The bouncer grins wryly. "Then he may enter. Friends like you can watch like anybody else does—outside or online."
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Post by Mirumoto Nanashi on Apr 3, 2018 3:03:34 GMT 10
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Post by M'thack-kir on Apr 3, 2018 14:46:42 GMT 10
The bouncer almost snorts through his nose in amusement. "Most patrons would already know not to enter through this door, and it's hard to believe a Dragon answers to a Ronin. I tell you what. Throw five koku my way and I'll keep quiet about this...arrangement...and will even throw in an invite for your 'boss' for the proper entrance for patrons."
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