GODLY AUDIENCES: SIEG

[divus]

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[heartmunculus]

[It's a shelf, but maybe everything is okay for birds.]

He was worried when I said I didn't know what fun was.

But I think he also wants a favor from you.

[divus]

Another one? [Huh. Well whatever, Merriment will eventually come down from the shelf but for now he's pondering on some things.]

Anyway...you were just starting to live back in your world, weren't you? You guys didn't have time to play games or anything like that? [No downtime?]

[heartmunculus]

I was only on Earth for... two months at maximum?

We didn't have a lot of time for anything that wasn't essential.

[They definitely ate, but that's about the extent of it. The one time he walked around the village was as bait for a trap.]

[divus]

You're definitely missing out. [It sounds a little curious and a little sad all at once.] Even with everything going on here, everybody's got a little time for some fun. That's what the snow was for.

[heartmunculus]

Being here is nice. I haven't been around people in a long time. It... would be a lot better if it didn't end in people dying each week.

That's what snow is for?

[divus]

I haven't been around people in a long time either. The...death is a little much, but it'll all be over soon. I promise. Just hang in there.

[There's a nod.] You've never built a snowman or had a snowball fight, huh?

[heartmunculus]

There wasn't any snow in Romania when I was there.

... I didn't spend a lot of time in your wing last week.

[divus]

You should've. You could have learned a lot of stuff, but I think we can arrange that.

[There's a pause, and suddenly:] Think fast. [And a soft, powdery snowball is tossed to Sieg out of nowhere! Even though they're in the game room? Weird.]

[heartmunculus]

[Bweh?

There he goes, getting hit by a snowball straight in the chest.]

Where did that come from?

[divus]

Does it matter? [There's a chuckle.] It doesn't make it any less real, does it?

[heartmunculus]

It was a real snowball.

Indoors? Are you a mage?

[That's so minor for magic but that's the first thing he thinks of.]

[divus]

That's a pretty good guess. [Merriment is not explaining.] But not quite. Some of us kept some powers after we ascended...that one's mine.

[heartmunculus]

[... Well he could be a mage. They're pretty bad at giving direct answers.]

Making snowballs?

[divus]

Making snow and keeping up with the winter weather. Pretty cool, huh?

[heartmunculus]

[:o!]

I didn't know somebody was responsible for winter. That's amazing.

[divus]

Yeah, that's all me! Snow and ice and blizzards and everything...I used to travel everywhere to bring winter around.

[heartmunculus]

It sounds like you were a god of winter even before you came here.

[divus]

I don't think I'd count myself as a god. What even makes a god a god?

[heartmunculus]

People believing in them, I think.

Do you want to be a god?

[divus]

[Ow.]

...yeah. It's not a bad option.

[heartmunculus]

What would your world be like?

[divus]

...Sieg, what's the one thing that's most important to you? The thing you'd protect no matter what?

[heartmunculus]

[It's immediate the way most of his answers aren't.]

Rider.

[divus]

[Oh.] Who's Rider?

[heartmunculus]

Astolfo. He was the first person who tried to save me.