GODLY AUDIENCES - MADOKA KANAME

[divus]

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[divus]

Your hand...?

[Sincerity's voice turns suddenly serious, and they turn toward her, holding out a hand to her.]

Let me see it.

[frilly]

[ Madoka holds out her hand although - by now the injury is covered up and treated by Jude ]

It's a cut. In the shape of... A smiley face.

[divus]

[Sincerity is frowning, but you can't really tell behind the mask. They handle Madoka's hand very gently, however.]

I can't say who is responsible for it, but... I can make a guess. Madoka-chan, did you read up on any of the other gods' powers?

[frilly]

I did, but... [ she's a bit self conscious, but admits anyway: ] There were a lot of them, so...

[divus]

A smiley face... it's deliberate and distinct.

[Sincerity is very mad that it ended up on Madoka.]

One of the gods has a power that allows you to heal wounds by transferring them to someone else. I would guess someone was testing it out.

[frilly]

Then doesn't that mean... That they hurt themselves first?

[ Is that really the first thing to worry about...? ]

[divus]

...Madoka-chan, you really are kind.

[How can that be her first thought? Sincerity knew there was a reason they picked her.]

[frilly]

... I'm still mad that they hurt me, though.

[ Is she... ]

[divus]

You should be. That was totally uncool of them!

[it's random, sincerity]

[frilly]

It's just hard to imagine a power like that being used for anything good. I know that it's healing, but...

[ At the expense of someone else. ]

[divus]

It's one of Ruin's powers. It looks nice on the surface, but underneath...

[Sincerity sighs.]

Well, it's just like her. Rotten to the core. Be careful of her and any of her followers, Madoka-chan.

[frilly]

Is she really rotten her core, though...?

[divus]

Yes.

[that's it, that's the tag]

[frilly]

[ Booooooo. ]

[divus]

[Oh no... don't look at him like that, Madoka.]

[frilly]

[ She can't stay upset for long. ]

I had another question, actually.

I was wondering - what sort of world would you make? Is it the same world no matter what, and we're choosing who rules it...? Or does the victor create their own world?

[divus]

I want to make a world where everyone is free to be true to themselves. [Sincerity is smiling behind the mask, not that Madoka can see it.] It'll be this world, but... whichever of us wins gets to shape it the way we want.

[frilly]

Will it start over like a blank slate?

[ Because a world that already has this architecture and stuff is... That's not how things work!! Usually!! But who is she to judge!!! ]

[divus]

It's already a blank slate.

[there's a reason you can't get down the stairs and through the clouds outside the temple...]

[frilly]

[ that makes sense... ]

Is there a reason that you can't all rule together?

[divus]

It didn't go so well when we tried to before. [for reference: see the blank slate world] But with someone chosen as the god in charge, we can keep everyone on task.

[frilly]

I work better with a leader, too.

[divus]

Most people do. I plan on being that leader - I'm a much better choice than some of the others.

[see: ruin...]

[frilly]

I was wondering...

Can you tell me what your hesitations are about the others? [ it may be obvious with someone like Ruin, but Madoka is interested in what Sincerity thinks the drawbacks are for gods like Piety and Love. ]

[divus]

Well, sure. Which ones did you want me to start with? Let's go one or two at a time.