divus | GODLY AUDIENCES: SIEG

[HECK YEAH, FOOD.

Sincerity is so excited about the food that he just appears in the altar room and scoops them out of the bowl. Unfortunately, he seems to have forgotten that he can't eat it with his mask on.

His shoulders slump a little when he realizes it.]

Oh...

[Somehow Sincerity is very embarrassing.]

Ah... Sorry, do you want me to look away while you eat?

Nah, I think I can...

[He tilts up his mask so his chin is just barely visible, then breaks off a piece of the pastry and pops it into his mouth.]

Mm. Tasty!

I didn't know you could move them like that.

[ Then again, they are just masks. ]

Yeah, I didn't really think about it at first either. But I guess it's kind of obvious, isn't it?

A little bit.

[ Though Sincerity is wearing a mask when Sieg sees him so it's a little odd he didn't think of that first. ]

I wanted to talk to you because of Love's rule. You already know my heart was gifted to me.

[Spill the tea, Sieg.]

Right, I know that. What did you want to tell me?

Homunculi like me... aren't built to last. The maximum lifespan we should have is just two months.

The only reason I've lived so long is because of the heart I was gifted.

[SIEG......]

...it was gifted for keeps, right? Like, someone's not going to come along demanding it back?

Siegfried knew what he was doing when he gave it to me, I think. We never really got the chance to talk, and the version of him in the Grail didn't have the same memories.

... I don't think he'll take it back.

Well, he better not. You're way too important to the people here to just up and die once this is all over.

The people here... I'll be able to see them again when this is finished?

I'm not sure any of us can guarantee it, but I don't think your friends would feel very good about going home if they knew you might die...

That's too bad. I would've liked to keep in contact...

[He shakes his head.]

I won't die, I'll just be waiting for Ruler on the Reverse Side of the World.

[He'll be asleep for hundreds of years, basically.]

There might be a way... it just depends on what happens and who wins, I think. Also, on what you ask for if you're on a winning team.

[s h r u g]

...waiting doesn't sound very fun. Why not go look for Ruler, instead?

It depends on how I ask?

... I can't. I can't leave the Reverse Side of the World.

She can travel away from the Throne of Heroes, because she's partially a legend. Something that's fully mythical like a dragon can't leave normally.

And what's within the power of whoever wins to do, yeah. If you're on the team of whoever wins, they'll be able to do more.

[giving big favors to everyone would lessen the power they have to devote to their new world ... small favors would be fine, though]

...well, that sucks.

Within their power...? Is that going to be different for each god?

[He gives a small shrug.]

It's alright. I can sleep until she finds me.

I'll depend on a few things, like how many followers they end the game with, and how big the wishes they're granting for their followers are, you dig?

[he also shrugs]

If you're suuuure. Sounds like a boring way to pass the time though!

Does it work like the more followers the stronger they are? Or does it get divided up?

It's not too bad.

We don't know all of the specifics yet. I think we're trying not to make promises we can't keep.

That makes sense... This is the first time you've done this, right?

Yeah, it's a first for all of us.

Is that part of why you can't agree? Or do you think if you all had your own world before you would still be having this trial?

Well, we had our own world - this one... but it got kind of, uh, wrecked. While we were arguing about who should be in charge.

[hastily:]

There weren't any people living here yet! We were all newly ascended and getting ready to start the world.

WEEK 5

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