GODLY AUDIENCES: ALEX

[divus]

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[psynergy]

Let's see...

[He's still assuming that being involved in tag counted as talking to a god.]

There was Lightning, Cinque, Sieg, Kogoro...

[and Sheba. Was that really it?! Every day he's away from you is hell, dear sweet Psynergy...]

I can't be sure it's not an entire waste outside of that.

[divus]

[Ambition waves a hand a little dismissively.]

Any of them would be fine, I guess. You might as well go after whoever you want to mess with the most.

[psynergy]

Noted.

[...Luna.]

Seeing as this is our first time chatting since I shifted my allegiance, I also thought I should ask if there's anything else you think I should be made aware of.

[Sheba told him some stuff, after all. Except who she was, luckily for you.]

[divus]

I'm going to tell you the same thing I've told everyone else. We're not allowed to just tell you things without being asked specific questions.

[She sighs.]

It's stupid, but because some of us are more inclined to spill our guts at the drop of a hat than others, we all have to wait for you to right the ask questions. That way you get rewarded for thinking of it and not just for standing in the general vicinity of a chatterbox.

[psynergy]

I suppose one who couldn't even think up the question may not know what to do with the information, anyway. All right. What's your plan to win this?

[divus]

First things first, we need to get people to join us. The more of you who pick Advancement Opportunity, the better. If we all have that in the last week, and if all of you network and figure out the alignments of other people, we can launch a coordinated attack.

[She balls one hand into a fist and slams it into her other hand.]

It won't matter if another god is in the lead, because we can force everyone to leave them right before the final votes are tallied. The chances of them all changing to the same god after they're forced are really low. So, as long as we keep our numbers decent, we can still win even if we aren't in first or even second place just before the end.

[psynergy]

[So...someone needs to be faster and just do random PCs, got it.]

I see. [Yeah, that's why he went to you and took that power, he's glad you saw that too.] That definitely has potential, yes.

Can you convince current members to take that power if they haven't? And might I ask how many more opportunities we'll have to make people defect?

[divus]

If you stay with us, you can switch with power at the time you'd switch to a different god if you want. I'm thinking I'll ask my followers to do that in our last week.

[She has a plan... probably.]

A couple more times. This is only supposed to last for six or seven weeks, after all.

[psynergy]

That seems like a sound strategy, so long as enough people are still with you.

[Not that he's defecting this week (or next), just...commenting.]

So there will be one last chance to force that after whenever the final trial is held?

[divus]

I'm not sure exactly how the end is going to play out. We'll know when we get closer to it. But the last week before the final tally, that's what I'm planning to do.

[psynergy]

All right.

[Not QUITE as specific as he likes plans to be, but given his own lack of information he can't complain too much.]

I'll be sure to keep that in mind as this plays out then.

...What factor will the deceased play in this, if any? [Someone told him you win if you die aligned with them, it might have been you but I'm too tired to check right now, sorry.] Or will only the surviving participants determine the winner?

[divus]

The people who died following the winner will still get rewarded, but it's the number of participants included in the tallies each week that determine who that winner is going to be.

[psynergy]

All right. I suppose with the collective brain power of some of these participants, it need be that simple.

[divus]

Uh, have you looked at some of the other gods? They're a bunch of idiots too. Most things are as simple as they sound here.

[psynergy]

Oh yes, I've noticed that as well... The level of incompetence is a bit troubling, honestly.

[divus]

You can say that again. It's ridiculous, utterly ridiculous.

[psynergy]

It does make me wonder what the qualification process is, if there even is one.

[divus]

I have no idea what made any of them into gods.

[psynergy]

I see. Do you know what made you one? Or were you always in this position?

[divus]

I became a god because I wanted something very badly. [She shrugs.] That's why I'm the Goddess of Ambition. Supposedly, strong feelings around the time of our ascension had something to do with it.

I don't really care about the specifics as long as it helps me get what I want.

[psynergy]

Was it a similar offer as this game was to the rest of us?

[Now he's curious about what "fortune" Sheba was after, but she was always so vague about that, the little brat.]

Heh, I quite agree with you on that point.

[divus]

I guess? It was probably a little different. We specifically called you guys, but no one specific called us. We just ascended.

[psynergy]

Curious... Yet somehow you still knew what you were doing?

[divus]

Well, obviously. When you were born, did you have to be taught how to breathe? It's something like that.

[psynergy]

Allow me to clarify: I meant you were still aware you were coming to this world to become a deity?