GODLY AUDIENCES: ENTRAPTA

[divus]

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[hairckervoice]

[ she's working on a model!!! of the setting!!! she shows it off happily, she loves when people take interest in her projects thanks!!! ]

I'm starting to formulate theories about this competition and I want to use this model to illustrate my points! What do you think? How is the accuracy?

[divus]

It...it's amazing! That's so incredible!

[I hope she's ready to be showered with compliments by someone who's very impressed.]

What kind of theories do you have?

[hairckervoice]

[ honestly it's really really really nice and it might tempt her to switch if he keeps it up..... ]

Well, I'm always happy to share my theories [ she's been waiting so long to hear people ask her about them!!! ] but I was wondering if you would confirm them one way or another!

[divus]

I could try...it depends on what they are!

[Since, uh, rules.]

If it's not something I can't say, then I'd be glad to.

[hairckervoice]

[ rules!!! ]

But right now I'm just trying to figure out the nature of competition, and where you all came from. What were your relationships to the other gods before this like this? Were you friends? Enemies? Frenemies?

[divus]

F...frenemies? I'm unfamiliar with the term, but I think I get what you're saying.

[He pauses to consider.]

Before this competition, we all lived in the same world, residing over it. I want to be friends with them all, but I'm only really friends with a couple of them...

[hairckervoice]

Are they unfriendly? Some of them?

[ she's jotting all this down!! ]

[divus]

Yeah--at least to me. But I think everyone has the tendency to be nice or to be mean to some of us specifically depending on how much we have in common.

[hairckervoice]

But you've coexisted peacefully prior to this competition? Fascinating!

What made you decide to do this?

[divus]

Well, we have with each other but, it's the rest of the world that, that's suffering, because we can't ever come to decisions on anything. So...we need someone to have the final say, for the betterment of the world as a whole.

[hairckervoice]

This seems like an overly complicated and strange way to handle this problem! What about taking a vote?

[ why a murder game, specifically, ]

[divus]

We couldn't come to a majority among just ourselves, so we needed an outside opinion.

[Holding his head, Justice tilts a little to the side.]

So we needed help from all of you. Originally, a bunch of us wanted it to just be a vote...a poll from all of you concerning your thoughts about us and who you'd choose as a leader. But then it turned into a big competition because of all the show-offs...

[hairckervoice]

A murder competition? Fascinating! [ is it, entrapta. is it. ]

Whose idea was that?

[ and why did they all agree to that????? ]

[divus]

Ruin suggested that there should be eliminations, and then she got five more people to agree with her, so it was six against six, and a final vote to break the tie.

[hairckervoice]

The rest of you seem to be going along with this..... even the ones who don't seem to be comfortable with the killing.

Do you regret it?

[divus]

Yeah...I regret a lot of it. There wouldn't have been a tie, except that I lied about what I wanted.

[hairckervoice]

Oh?

[ deets, danielle!! ]

[divus]

[Deets!!!]

Y-Yeah. I didn't want anything to be violent, but, the ones who did convinced me to back up what they wanted. I knew it was wrong, but I was just really scared...and I wanted them to be my friends. I thought if I did what they asked, they'd like me more.

[But they are still not his friends. :( ]

It didn't work, and now people are just getting hurt...I hate it.

[hairckervoice]

[ ... ]

Catra told me that I shouldn't pretend to be something I'm not just to make people like me. I was left behind by my friends too.... or, I thought they were my friends.

[ turns out: left her to die!!! not that it's just a stupid misunderstanding or anything. ]

You should be true to yourself. Your real friends will accept you.

[divus]

[Justice nods, hesitating.]

I'm learning that, now. I'm just going to be myself, even if that means I seem like I'm a coward. Are...are you happier now? With your new friends?

[hairckervoice]

Also, this is voluntary. We all agreed to this! And we'll be revived at the end.

[ entrapta claps her hands together though. ]

Oh yes! Catra's helped me get my hands on First Ones tech, and I've made more progress on my research with Horde technology than ever before! Being with her and Scorpia has advanced my progress exponentially!

And they don't get mad at me like everyone else does.

[divus]

You're right! Everyone's just been so upset about it, it feels like that's almost not enough.

[Justice pauses.]

You really, really love to research. I think that's incredible. And that's, um, that's actually what I wanted to ask you about. R-researching, I mean. If you have time, if you could look into something for me.

[hairckervoice]

Well, I'm not upset at you. So many incredible things have happened to me since getting here.

[ squeals a little though....... honestly that's pre-preemptively a yes. ]

Oh, yes, of course! What is it?

[divus]

Well...you know how human Ava and Connor both look? Do you think you'd be able to make that kind of exterior for something new?

[hairckervoice]

I can certainly attempt it! Do you have machinery already?