GODLY AUDIENCES: SASUKE UCHIHA

[divus]

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[moralmyopia]

[Both hands hang in the pockets of his pants. He keeps his head somewhat down, his eyes, too, for a long moment without saying anything.]

Back to Justice.

[divus]

That I can accept. [Though...] Have you told him yet?

[moralmyopia]

Yeah.

[On their little stupid family outing. It's fine. His eyes finally lift.]

Why?

[divus]

Oh, no reason. Just curious. [He's worried about the baby, shut up.] ...what have you learned this week?

[moralmyopia]

[Very briefly, one shoulder lifts.]

It was the worst week of my life.

[IS HE JOKING???? His tone is so dry. But he's lived through some Shit, so... probably not that bad.]

[divus]

Because your own curse backfired on you? [:) But also, Sasuke's in one piece and Merriment's happy with that.]

[moralmyopia]

[Sasuke's face falls flat, and then it crumples into something exasperated.]

Shut it. Only because that damn moron ruined everything as usual.

[divus]

Gonna explain this week's logic to me or am I supposed to guess?

[moralmyopia]

[His sigh is quiet. His brows don't unknot.]

It's easy for him to talk to people. [This sounds... strangely resentful for some reason. Jealousy, maybe?] And I know he talks to a lot of people.

I wanted to see what connections he had. Who he spent his time with.

[But then Senri decided to not really touch many other people except him, and Takaomi, god dammit. Now everyone is going to know they sent curfew together.]

[divus]

[...Sasuke what in the fuck.]

And you couldn't have just, oh, I don't know...asked? [It's not that judgmental but also Sasuke what.] Seems like the sort of thing that could've been solved a lot easier.

[moralmyopia]

[listen,,,]

No. He's an actor. It's easy for him to lie, and I don't trust he would tell me everything.

[divus]

So you thought you'd deceive him to get your answers. Got it, makes complete sense. [Dumb...]

Are you going to use Justice's abilities for the same strategy?

[moralmyopia]

[very dumb so he deserved this]

I'm not saying I won't.

[divus]

...explain something to me. Which power would you pick? You probably know the set by now.

[moralmyopia]

It depends on what happens this weekend. [He glances up.] Supreme Authority more than likely. Maybe Inner Strength.

[divus]

[...] You might have more leeway with the first than the second, but that's just my opinion on things. Strength is likely to make you more suspicious.

[moralmyopia]

I don't care about suspicion. [He had been gunning for it for so long, right.] It could potentially help me if anyone targeted me.

Are gods able to tell their followers what the division of powers are in that alignment?

[divus]

Or it could backfire. Do we need to point out what just happened to you? [Be smarter, jeez.]

But what exactly do you mean?

[moralmyopia]

The power division.

If I ask you to tell me how many followers have what power, would you? I had Chilled Bones, so there's one. How many others had the other two? How many had All Nighter? Did anyone have Laughter?

Heh. [His laugh is wry.] You can't tell me, I assume.

[divus]

Oh no, no, I could. I'm just not going to when you're defecting next week.

[So there.]

[moralmyopia]

[Hmm. Faintly, he smirks.]

That's fine. I'm not concerned about yours now.

[divus]

Then why are you still here, Sasuke? Why tell me all of this and that you're defecting?

[moralmyopia]

Supposedly, we're meant to talk to all of you. It's what I'm doing. [badly but listen maybe merriment isn't the only one not completely living up to the name] But I can leave if you want.

You told me to join you, but never told me to stay. I would have gone back to him in the end.

[divus]

Why do you think I never said you had to stay? [It sounds a little weary, but more certain than usual.]

...Sasuke. You've never been really good about hiding your intentions if people know what to look for. I would've been more surprised if you never went back in the end, or if you didn't try to burn down everything in your path to keep things safe.

Good quality, maybe not so great execution.

[moralmyopia]

[He just--frowns tiredly at Merriment!! What is with this scolding all the time, damn! Clearly, he's seventeen and he is An Adult and he knows So Much. His plans are great?]

Oh, and you have so much experience because--what? You're old?