GODLY AUDIENCES: SENRI AND SASUKE

[divus]

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[divus]

No, I'm not allowed to drop hints like that. You'll want to see Ambition if that's what you're looking for...

[although...]

She may not be able to tell you since conversations between a god and a participant can't be eavesdropped on by other gods.

[Sincerity nods to Sasuke - there's your answer...]

[usogi]

[POUTS MORE]

What if you both owe me favors? Can I get an audience with you both at once or one right after the other and get my answer?

[I'M SORRY BRITT I KNOW YOU PLAY BOTH,,]

I just want to find out if the person who told you that sincerely believed it because they talked to Ruin and Dizzy both and got that impression, or if they were just trying to get everyone to eliminate the less-nice-sounding gods first.

[moralmyopia]

[Hm. He exchanges a glance with Senri even if Senri doesn't happen to look at him. The frown gets deeper. He gives a short yank on Senri's arm. Now who is having to dial it back, binch? Not him.]

There's other ways. Let it go.

[They'll figure it out later. The gods aren't going to hand everything to them on a plate, he knows.]

[divus]

[sincerity glances at both sasuke and senri, then shakes his head]

Telling you about the things other participants in the game are doing and planning is something I'm not allowed to do, Sen-chan. They made me swear especially.

[because sincerity is a fucking blabbermouth who totally wants to tell.]

It would be interfering in the other participants' plans. I can mention things, but I can't name names.

[usogi]

[boooooooo.

senri will glare over at sasuke when he gets his arm yanked, and listens to sincerity and just. siiiiighs. he goes back to leaning more on sasuke, but this time just as quiet revenge for being rough with him. take responsibility!!]

Fiiiiine. Thanks for trying, Cheri.

[he glances over at sasuke]

See? Cheri's super helpful. Please continue to be nice into the future even when I'm not watching you.

[moralmyopia]

[Naturally, Sasuke makes a face. Don’t tell him what to hecking do you fake Naruto.]

I’m not making any promises.

[He’ll freaking be nice as long as they’re nice, okay!! But he doesn’t trust any of them...]

[divus]

Sasuke-kun will do as Sasuke-kun does...

[Sincerity chuckles.]

Anywhere, where to first? Games? Rides?

[usogi]

Riiiiides!

[this fool,]

Is there a good rollercoaster here?

[moralmyopia]

[No, let's keep talkING ABOUT STUPID GOD STUFF AHHH. Sasuke is again mildly exasperated at the idea of being dragged through the carnival.]

Rollercoaster?

[divus]

Oh, sure, there's one!

[it's not, like, Six Flags rollercoasters but there is a smallish coaster like you'd see at a county fair that's been set up... how

anyway, sincerity points dramatically at the tracks off in the distance and strides toward it]

Walk this way, boys!

[usogi]

[that works for senri!! he'll follow along excitedly]

Ahh, cute! I'm sure it's not the same thrill that Sasuke-kun is used to, but I love these.

Did you go to amusement parks a lot before you were a god, Cheri? Where did you live anyway?

[moralmyopia]

[Well that fucking thing looks cursed as hell. They have airships and 80s level computers and television, but probably not rollercoasters. Thanks, Naruto canon.]

It looks...

[Nevermind. He wants to say stupid so bad, but he's being forced to behave, and he has to keep reminding himself that while being pulled through the mud after the two of them. So he glances from Senri to Sincerity.]

[divus]

Oh, yeah, all the time! I lived in Tokyo. Plenty of stuff to do there, and not hard to get to other places with amusement parks, you know?

[hmm.

Anyway, he glances at Sasuke.]

Is this your first time on a coaster?

[usogi]

Ehh? Really? I was in Tokyo too!!

[whaaaaat

he'll just think about this but also wait for sasuke's answer,,]

[moralmyopia]

Tokyo?

[HE'S SO... hilariously disjointed from other people and yet actually not. Thanks.] I don't know what it is, but whatever.

Between the two of you, I clearly don't have a choice. [He has been resigned to his fate ever since Senri uttered the words: go on a date with me.

It's his first time... please be gentle with his virgin coaster ass.]

[divus]

That so? Huh... wouldn't it have been funny if we'd run into each other before coming here?

[hm.

anyway! sincerity ushers them both through the empty coaster line.]

Oh, don't be like that, Sasuke-kun. You always have choices. Some of us are just more stubborn about trying to persuade you to make certain ones.

[usogi]

[oh my god. senri's just going to make his way through the line, laughing as he goes]

Cheri really has a way with words...

[he turns to sasuke] Tokyo is a big city in Japan! I go to school there, and I guess Cheri did too. It's super busy, and super fashionable. I don't know if I ever would've run into Cheri though - unless you might've gone to one of my stage shows?

[moralmyopia]

Tch.

[HE'S HYPER AWARE. Leave him alone. Let him go turbo in peace, thanks.]

Oh. [Right now, ye olde ninja village is small. It doesn't become a bustling metropolis until he's thirty.] My world is different, so I haven't heard of it.

[Hopefully neither Senri not Sincerity have read Naruto. Awkward.]

[divus]

Well, I do like plays...

[but sincerity cannot recall seeing senri on stage, the timing probably just didn't line up]

Tokyo's a great place, Sasuke-kun! Maybe when it's my turn to host I'll make that my wing so you can see it. [...] Then again, Patience might think I ripped her off if I do a city too.

[usogi]

Mm, I think Shibuya and Passhi's city have kind of different vibes, Cheri...

[they both have like. a cute cafe?? but everything else,,]

What were you thinking of doing otherwise?

[moralmyopia]

Just make what you want. [god] It doesn't matter if I've seen Tokyo. That isn't how to impress me.

[HE MIGHT BE A LITTLE IMPRESSED]

[divus]

I was thinking about my college campus. Disorder went and did her school, though...

[s u l k s]

Oh, don't play so hard to get.

[that's said to sasuke. i'm sorry.]

[usogi]

[cheri,,]

Okay but you have to do Shibuya now - or some other fashionable place, just to get Sasuke-kun to shut up.

[ALWAYS DO IT WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING SASUKE SHUT UP]

I bet he'll get lost.

[moralmyopia]

You—

[If he could sock Senri in the arm without getting in trouble, he would. So instead he glares.] I can navigate fine. [He is a ninja and offended.]

Don’t listen to this idiot. Disorder’s school wasn’t the same as mine or other people’s. Just because it’s a school doesn’t mean it isn’t different. Can’t you make what you want? It doesn’t have to be from your past.

[divus]

Oh, sure, it doesn't have to be! Buuuuut...

[Sincerity shrugs.]

You gotta admit, it's an effective method. We can't tell everyone about ourselves until we get to know them better, but we're allowed to show you things that will get you to ask the right questions. I'm sure that has something to do with the hosts ticking up in numbers each week.