GODLY AUDIENCES: SENRI

[divus]

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[divus]

To no one's surprise. But my time is all yours now and my eyes are on you and only you. [Nope, what's shame? But anyway he puts the prince act on pause and links their arms, leading them out of his room and through the parlor to head back to the east wing.]

You may ask me anything you'd like. What is it?

[usogi]

.... well, you were nice enough to give me the hint about Apollo last time...

And normally during trials, we get to ask our gracious hosts the alignments of the people who got hurt. So I was just wondering, if by any chance... you might be able to share Estelle's with me...?

[looking up at tamaki, hopeful as ever]

Pleeeaaase? I kind of really need it...

[divus]

[...what if he covers Senri's face with a hand (not touching his eyepatch so he doesn't hurt him) just so he can pretend he can resist him? What if.]

Senriii...[Ugh.] I can't reveal alignments, you know that. Though...I do believe you can guess based on what you know and what's happened to her. Why she might have done it.

[usogi]

[sldkfjslkdjfsfd he's pouting]

But she's not in the game anymore, Tama-chin... I thought it could be the same rules as the trial...

[ . . . ]

I have two guesses. Can you guide me between one or the other?

[divus]

...I am hosting this week, so I suppose that's sort of a loophole. And there's nothing wrong with giving my opinion on your guesses.

[...he'll remove his hand from Senri's face.] What are they?

[usogi]

See? Hosts should be able to reveal alignments of people who aren't playing anymore - and I can't wait until trial. Knowing Estelle...

I think she might have been with Ambition.

[watches tamaki's expression closelyyyyy now that he can]

[divus]

...why would you think that when I know you have guesses for who else is aligned with Ambition? [What's the logic here, Senri? Please share.] I've never spoken to her, so I don't know her very well.

[usogi]

[hrrrrmph]

I didn't either. That's the hard part. She was nice? But she wasn't with Cheri or Love. Not with you.... I don't even know what her coin was like, if she switched around or not.

[ . . . ]

Can you tell me that?

But if she wasn't with Bambi, then that means I've lost sight of three Ambition followers this week.

[divus]

Niceness doesn't always mean being with a "nice" god, Senri. Likewise, a bad person doesn't always mean they're with a "bad" god. Need I remind you of Sasuke-kun's brother?

I do find it interesting that a young girl would take the place of a killer unless she learned of something everyone else is unaware of as of yet.

[usogi]

[hrrrmghglkjdf he's pouting]

I don't... Uchiha-san was complicated. [he's the only other murderer that senri has incredibly complicated feelings on]

There were only - I guess five spaces I wasn't sure of last week. Estelle, Alex, Hiro-kun, Entrapta, and Mouri-san. My other guess for Estelle was Justice. I thought that Mouri-san could've been with Justice - but maybe he switched to Ambition for a week to cover for himself? Then he switched back this week... if Estelle was the one who got removed.

Or she could've been the Disorder follower that cursed Yu-kun and felt bad about it? But I've been thinking that whoever that is was working with the Ambition follower that hurt Ray-kun.

[divus]

I very much doubt Estelle would have cursed someone who she seemed to be friends with, unless it was perhaps for a cover. [...the rest of that is a lot though and he's trying to think of a delicate way to answer.]

Some advice, Senri. Don't narrow your numbers down as much. Do you not think it's possible people have moved and the numbers turned out equal by chance? The solution may be more simple than you think, especially if you compare last week's numbers versus what should have happened.

[usogi]

[he's sighing quietly at that. he leans against tamaki but with his free hand, he rattles off alignments and counts on his fingers - ]

Merriment, Piety, Beauty, Indulgence, and Justice - I have all of them accounted for.

I tried to keep it simple... that's why I thought she might've been with Ambition. If she learned why Guy-san did what he did, maybe. Because I heard that Bambi offered him a deal in order to protect a god and their follower... which would probably be Luke-kun and Piety.

Right...?

[divus]

[You're doing great sweetie. Tamaki's going to keep him close and nod along.]

I'm not sure of what deal she may have made with him, but if that is true I suppose that would be correct, yes.

How are you so sure you have the aforementioned five accounted for though?

[usogi]

Merriment is Sasuke, Taka, and Ishirin-san. Beauty is still Mizuki-san. Piety is Luke-kun. Indulgence is Ogou-san still, and Yu-kun isn't cursed so he had to have joined him. Justice is Mouri-san, Oda-san, and Connor-san.

I'm waiting for confirmations on if the three Ambitions we knew last week have moved... If Estelle was Ambition, that means only two Ambition followers actually moved.

Then that means they went to Love and Sincerity.

[divus]

[Wow. That's impressive. He nods along...but.]

Senri. I want you to think for a moment. When do we announce the tallies for the week?

[usogi]

[kiss him for his trouble and hard work

no don't actually do that]

At the very beginning? As soon as the new gods come in...

[divus]

[Somewhere, Taka ragequits.]

Right. Which is right after...?

[usogi]

The old gods leave... after what happened to Estelle.

[ . . . ]

Am I missing something...?

[divus]

Do you recall the numbers from last week?

[usogi]

[hggghh]

All of them? They're on my phone...

[divus]

Your answer lies there.

[usogi]

[ . . . ]

Tama-chin, you're confusing me more!

[divus]

It's basic math, Senri.

[usogi]

[fffsldkfjsdlkfjsdf

he's pausing and pulling his phone out of his pocket so that he can go to his fucking list of notes]

Three less Ambition, one new Indulgence, one less Love, one less Sincerity this week, without taking into account internal switches that aren't obvious.

[ . . . ]

So Estelle was an Ambition, and two more of them swapped to Love and Sincerity.

[THAT'S WHAT HE SAID, RIGHT. did this go in a circle]

[divus]

[He pauses, looking at him with such fondness before he sloooowly leans in, gently, and places his lips next to Senri's ear to whisper.]

No. [TRY AGAIN. Also why did he do that? Just to mess with him, frankly.]

Think of the facts that you know. Lady Love started with four last week, didn't she? Narukami-kun, Zoe, Nonon-san and Sieg-kun. Without Zoe, that's three. Narukami, as you've said, moved to Indulgence. Two. Without Sieg-kun, that should be one, but he and Cinque-san swapped, leaving him to go to Disorder and her to Love. Two. A third switched to Love.

Now. Whose numbers did not switch at all? Piety and myself, as you've accounted for. Merriment as well, which you've accounted for since you know all of them. But who else?