GODLY AUDIENCES: SENRI

[divus]

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[usogi]

I did - and I see I made the right choice! I already feel at home here.

[he lets his fingers fall upon one of the costumes, and thinks that the material feels like one he wore no more than two months ago]

But - you reached out to me, right? So I could help you win? And you'll help me too?

[divus]

That's right! Wow, you're smart as a whip.

[Sincerity considers one of the costumes for a moment or two, then decides it doesn't suit Senri's complexion and discards it. Onward.]

You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours, or whatever the saying is.

[usogi]

Mm... I think I can work with that.

[and senri just follows along easily enough. he doesn't mind letting sincerity call the shots.]

So - what is it that you want? Passhi has to be unbiased right now, so I didn't really get to asking her. But you'll give me instruction, right?

[divus]

[Sincerity does not look up from the costumes as he looks through them. He hums a little under his breath before answering.]

Whichever of us has the most followers at the end of this will become the leader of our pantheon. Obviously, that should be me. Have you seen the world outside the temple? No, you haven't, because the others are drab and unimaginative.

So I need your help in recruiting people to our team. Once I win, I get to spice up this world however I want - and I can send you home with anything you want.

[usogi]

[yeah there's just a whole lot of clouds and senri's scared of them so he won't disagree.]

Anything....

Even if it's something that I can't hold in my hands - or something that I still don't know how to find?

[divus]

Anything at all!

[Sincerity sounds rather sure of himself.]

[usogi]

Mm... okay.

[senri isn't sold completely - but at the same time, he's desperate for any help at all. so he's not hard to convince,,]

So how are you going to make the world beautiful once it's all under your control? Is it going to be as grand as a stage?

[why are they both so confident]

[divus]

All the world's a stage, Senri-kun. Why shouldn't mine be, too? ...aha!

[Sincerity pulls a costume off the rack and holds it out to him, because Google is making both of us into parodies of ourselves.]

There, this suits you.

[usogi]

Oooh, gallant!

[and senri will happily take it, humming a happy note as he holds it up. then he'll carefully hold onto it as he places his other hand over his heart]

Then pardon me but a moment, my liege, and I'll don my uniform as your champion.

[divus]

[Sincerity waves Senri off to get changed, and looks away for good measure. Some people are fussy about their privacy. Sincerity isn't one of them, but... better to not offend one of his followers this early in the game.]

[usogi]

[the worst part is that senri is actually plenty used to people helping him if he needs to do quick, elaborate costume changes so he actually doesn't care and puts distance between them and ducks behind another row of costumes for sincerity's sake

it's cool

anyway he eventually struts out once he's changed, looking entirely happy with the choice]

Does it suit me? Do I look the part?

["do i look like an ikemen"]

[divus]

[both of them preserving each other's modesty even though they have none to preserve. amazing

at the sound of his voice, Sincerity turns back to look at him. He glances the outfit over and nods, sounding satisfied when he does speak again.]

You look every inch the dashing prince.

[usogi]

[and senri will just grin at that before

god i hate this

crossing one arm across his chest as he drops to a knee in front of sincerity, the other hand tucked behind his back. it's a bit more knightly than princely, but he thinks that the sentiment behind the gesture is what he's going for.]

Then between a prince and a god, may we vow to make the world all the more beautiful.

[divus]

[this partnership is cancelled and senri needs to defect immediately

is what i say, but sincerity thinks senri is the bee's knees, so here they are i guess. sincerity chuckles and bows to him, over the top and overdramatic, because of course he does.]

This is our solemn promise. [god, i hate this] I'll be counting on you, Senri-kun.

[usogi]

Just Senri is fine - or a nickname? I like nicknames, they make me feel taken care of.

[why is he shameless.

and he grins up at sincerity]

And I can give you one too, if you wouldn't mind!

[divus]

Senri... [Sincerity mulls that one over a bit.] Sen-kun... No, that doesn't sound quite right. Sen-chan?

[if he's Senchan and there's already Sanchan can Sincerity be Sinchan]

You can give me whatever nickname you please!

["as long as it's fabulous" is implied]

[usogi]

[SEN-CHAN wow he's happy with it, that sounds super cute]

Ah, I like it!

Mm, it's hard to do with all your names [because they're in ENGLISH] but....

How about Cheri?

[sin-cheri-ty, but also probably pronounced the french way bc that makes it even more extra]

[divus]

[Sincerity snaps his fingers. Apparently, that pleases him.]

Very cute. I like it!

[usogi]

[Perfect!]

Then nothing brings me greater happiness than that, Cheri!

[and he'll finally stand, further examining his costume as he does]

Oh - but I do have some more questions, if that's okay?

[divus]

Of course it is. You're going to help me win this! Answering your questions is the least I can do.

[He needs Senri a lot more than Senri needs him, tbh. That's true for all the gods.]

[usogi]

[senri needs anyone that has offered him the opportunity to find his mother and that's the bottom line as far as he's concerned!

also he's lonely and sincerity is nice :'( ]

Neat!

Thennnn - Passhi said that we'd be doing a contest of lies. If it's normal lies and stuff about myself, easy, no problem - but she said we might need to make other people doubt someone's character? That's... less my style.

And you said you need the most followers so... what's the actual structure of the game like?

[he actually doesn't like making people unhappy despite being a fake bitch, so if it's just convincing people that sincerity's the best he'll just do that]

[divus]

[wow that's depressing]

Well... how to explain... [Sincerity taps his fingers along one of his arms, then snaps his fingers at is occurs to him.] Oh, I know! It's kind of like hana ichi monme. Did you play that when you were a kid, Sen-chan?

[usogi]

[aggressively googles]

Oh - like the game where you choose people for your side....? Is that how each god has a team - do you have other followers besides me?

[divus]

Right. Think of it like that. If everything goes well, we can play it like hana ichi monme, and everyone can stay in the game until the end.

[That's, uh, that's a pretty big if.]

Nobody has to get hurt as long as we recruit enough people to our team and fast.

[usogi]

[ . . . . . . ]

But people can get hurt - what makes them not count in the game anymore? How bad does it have to be for them to not serve their god?

[a sprained ankle? a broken leg? are they playing by sports rules where they get taken off the field if they collide too badly? or?

senri thinks of the weapons room -

or.]