GODLY AUDIENCES - AI MIZUNO

[divus]

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[in_a_bottle]

I don't know what else I'd do. This is what I dedicated my life to. And my unlife, as stupid as it is. But I just want to be able to live again without having to be afraid that someone's going to see and then bring a mob with torches down on the mansion. My family, my group members, everyone who remembered me only for how I died in front of thousands of people -- if you can all do anything, I had to go for it. That's why.

[divus]

[...well.]

I can see why Merriment took interest in you. [There's another assessing look.] And you should receive the opportunity to live again...a life taken so short is hardly fair.

What about the rest of the girls?

[in_a_bottle]

[What about them? She blinks and thinks for a second.]

Some of them are more into this than others, but I think they're all dedicated in their own way. The problem is when some of them just want to stay relics of the past they came from.

[divus]

And you wish to be more than the confines you're currently stuck in. [There's a nod.]

...I believe I could help you with that. It aligns very much with how I want to create the new world.

[in_a_bottle]

You mean, with all the life stuff?

[divus]

The life stuff and helping you reach a goal you thought would be impossible to reach. That's what the new world would be.

[in_a_bottle]

I'm surprised you're not the one called Ambition, in that case.

[divus]

I suppose I don't value ambition as much as I do life experiences. That doesn't mean I'll be inactive in my approach.

[in_a_bottle]

I think I see why Senri-kun really wants to help you.

[divus]

Senri-kun is very nice and very dedicated...he visits a lot which is always fun. [It's hard to ignore the fond tone.] He helped grant a wish for me, so it's my turn to ensure other wishes can be granted for him and the rest of you.

[in_a_bottle]

Even all of you have wishes?

[divus]

I can't speak for everyone else, but I can speak for myself. My wishes are rather simple, but hard to grant all the same.

[in_a_bottle]

I guess so. It's why we have to work hard to work with other people, after all.

[divus]

Precisely that. [...] Have you spoken to your god about your wish yet?

[in_a_bottle]

It's on my list. Why, did you talk to all your followers?

[divus]

Not yet, though I assume there's a reason for that. I'll be reaching out soon, though I can't force anyone to see me.

[in_a_bottle]

I suppose it's hard when it's not your week.

[divus]

Not to mention a week when someone sets a rule about not taking anything out of the rooms. Several of you aren't inclined to just try a prayer or offerings from elsewhere. I suppose some followers may think that's a good excuse.

[in_a_bottle]

How do all of you even come up with these rules?

[divus]

Not all of them are us, you know.

[in_a_bottle]

So that's what they meant.

[divus]

[Beauty suddenly points dramatically, finger in the air as if to say "aha!"]

Precisely! There are some rules not all of us can control. Though there's at least one of us who can be spoken to about any inconveniences.

[in_a_bottle]

Who did Apollo offend, anyway? Because it has to have been him. I mean, poems at trials?

[divus]

Haikus, technically, and I suppose it may not have been only Apollo-san. Chuuya-san as well...is he not a poet? [Hm.]

[in_a_bottle]

He didn't do anything obscene or annoying, though.