GODLY AUDIENCES: SENRI

[divus]

Comments

[divus]

Mm...I wouldn't say we get along, but I don't exactly go out of my way to talk to him. And vice versa. [Huff.]

[usogi]

Ahh - well Cheri's the one that helped me out.

[he puts his hands on his hips and tilts his head]

Do you really only talk to Dizzy and Bambi then?

[divus]

They're the only ones I actually trust if that's what you're asking me, and even then that takes effort. [Hm.] Can't be too careful anymore.

[usogi]

Huh? How come...? Bambi cares a whole lot about you - and I assume Dizzy does too... or is it because one of Bambi's followers accidentally got one of yours?

[divus]

The latter, but even without that…it's still a competition and they've very competitive girls. I'm not dumb enough to let my guard down even if I care about both of them.

[Also Cunning is a clusterfuck of issues but that's an aside.]

[usogi]

[dude,]

... you can't just agree to get along together if any of you win? I don't think Bambi would throw you under the bus like that.

Dizzy either - but Bambi and I get along a little more....

[divus]

That's an agreement, sure. [He's not thrilled with this line of conversation, so he just shakes his head.] How much have you talked to Ambition anyway?

[usogi]

A little bit every week. She's a good friend to me.

[he rocks back and forth on his heels]

Enough that I came to your team because I promised her that I wouldn't let anything happen to the three of you.

[divus]

...I'm glad she's making friends. [That's softer, actually, and he seems to ponder on that, too.]

She did me a favor, but now I've got the harder job of making sure I keep my numbers up until the game's over while making sure those two stay afloat, too. It's a conflict of interest.

[...caring about people has always been a conflict of interest for him though, so.]

[usogi]

.... I think that might be where a little more trust comes in? Now that there isn't a rule against naming gods, I'm trying to make sure that every god gets at least one follower - up until the game ends, so no one can hurt them.

I'm going to do the same for Dizzy and Bambi....

[and he offers up a smile, weak as it is]

You ever thought about relying more on us in the game?

[divus]

Let me ask you something, Senri. How many of you are in this to actually help us and how many of you are in it for what we can give you? I'm staying focused on what's important.

[That at the end of the day, he can only rely on himself.] …but I appreciate you looking after them for me.

[usogi]

.... well, I found a little bit of what I wanted along the way....

[ . . . ]

Don't get me wrong - I still want to win. But I also don't feel right acting like I'm the only one who has to win. I'd be happiest if a lot of people could get what they want, gods included.

[divus]

...no wonder that idiot's become fond of you. [Beauty, he means.] But you get that not everybody feels that way, don't you? Just making sure. It's...not bad, I guess, that you do, but that isn't going to work for everybody.

[usogi]

Which idiot...

[WHAT DOES THAT MEAN]

.... I know it won't - but if I can convince enough, by the time the end comes...

[divus]

[Nope!]

Hasn't anybody told you how the game works yet? It's about numbers, but it's also about ideals. You have to believe in a god for them to win.

[usogi]

[ . . . . . .

he crosses his arms]

What? Is that what Love meant when the god that I pick matters?

[IT'S WEEK FOUR]

[divus]

Maybe? I don't know, I don't know what she told you. I don't listen to her.

[WELP.]

[usogi]

Okay, then you tell me.

What do you mean by that? Do my ideals have to line up with the god that I've chosen to stay with, in order for them to win? How do you even qualify that?

[divus]

It's more like...let's go with, I don't know, Indulgence. Yeah. He's an easy target. So let's say you go with Indulgence, you hear all about his idea for the world, and you don't exactly agree with it. Maybe it's stupid. Maybe you just don't think it's for the best. Even if he wins and you're aligned with him, his vision won't totally work because not everybody believes in it.

Get it? [There's a chance this may not be 100% accurate, but this is how Cunning understands it.]

[usogi]

[ . . . . . he closes his eyes.]

Have you told anyone else about this....

[IT'S WEEK FOUR]

[divus]

[Shrug!] Some of the others maybe could confirm it, but nobody asks me things.

[So suck it, everyone.]

[usogi]

[HE WANTS TO SIT DOWN BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO GET HIS SKIRT DIRTY HE HATES THIS]

... okay, I'll bite. What's your vision for the world?

[divus]

[There is a chair around somewhere maybe but anyway.]

What're your thoughts on destiny? The world I want...it's going to be a fair world where people aren't bound by a destiny they not only might not want but might not even know because nobody will tell them. It's going to be a world where higher powers won't ignore people who pray to them or ask for help. I don't believe in that. It's a world where respect is to be earned instead of given out just "because", and where power comes to people who deserve it instead of just being born into it and abusing it.

A world of balance. What's so wrong with that?

[usogi]

[ . . . . and senri just sighs faintly - ]

Nothing, technically. But Piety said that he wanted a world of balance too. In the end, it seems like you all have the same sort of thing you want... but you also explain it differently to different people.

Three people got three different descriptors of a world from Ruin - who's to say that I'm agreeing to the same thing that you'd be telling Sasuke?

That's the hard part.

[divus]

I know what Piety said. That's why I made a deal with him. [So there.]

Can't really explain Ruin though. I've been saying pretty much the same thing to the, like, four of you who've asked. Aren't you guys cross-checking all of us?