GODLY AUDIENCES: RAY

[divus]

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[divus]

Neither was I. That's...pretty nice of her. [...] Do you buy it?

[selfimmolates]

On the one hand, nothing she said was completely unbelievable. She claims the rumours about her are blown out of proportion, and Chuuya isn't helping. And Chuuya is dramatic. Plus, I did hear she could be sweet when she wanted to be, and she did something worthwhile enough to earn another follower this week.

On the other hand, after a week of a bad reputation, why wouldn't you lie to try and earn sympathy?

[divus]

Well...[Oomph.] I don't want to talk badly about her because I don't really know what she might have said. Sometimes she can be really nice? Like. Really, really deep down. She's nicest to Ambition and Cunning and that's where you can see it most. Buuut I think you have a point that it could be a tactic.

I don't really know what the others are trying now. You may have to keep talking to her and scoping out her motivations.

[selfimmolates]

'Cause I just love talking to people who curse me when someone else was the one who pissed them off. But yeah, fine. I'm leaving Indulgence and Ambition to Senri until I know what to get them, so I might as well suck up to Disorder for now.

[divus]

I really doubt she will, and if she tries it I'll just curse one of her own. [Petty.] Are you guys really splitting up who gets who now?

[selfimmolates]

Why test to see what offerings work when I can delegate that task to Senri and have him report back?

[divus]

And this is why you're my strategist. Just don't get him cursed or killed either, okay?

[selfimmolates]

I'm not responsible for whatever ideas he comes up with on his own.

[divus]

That's true, but if you're instigating...[Still maybe your fault.] But he'll probably be fine.

[selfimmolates]

Being fake is his special skill, right? It's mine too; if I can manage, so can he.

[divus]

Just don't forget that you're supposed to be working together, not competing to see who can lie better.

[selfimmolates]

I'm not competing. I'm just saying that I probably wouldn't be working with him to this degree if he couldn't act.

[or is that one of ray's lies? who knows.]

[divus]

Whatever you say. [Love is rolling her eyes behind the mask. Boys.]

...keep me posted either way. I'm creating a network of people at the moment and hopefully that'll help us stay in the lead.

[selfimmolates]

Do your best to win over people with your charming personality, then.

[divus]

I can't tell if you're being mean or not, but I will. [So THERE.]

[selfimmolates]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[he's a little shit.]

[divus]

[Love is just going to scoop up some snow from a nearby ledge and gently dump it on Ray's head then. How dare you.]

[selfimmolates]

[SPLUTTERS]

[divus]

[There's a laugh.]

You know you sort of deserved that. [Hm..] I've been talking to a lot of people lately. I'm hoping to sway them to our side, but it's still pretty early in the week. There's still time.

[selfimmolates]

Better act quick, before Sincerity steals them all away. They've been getting popular.

[divus]

They're easy to get along with so that doesn't surprise me at all. I like them, too. [But?]

...I used to be able to draw in crowds of thousands of people. This shouldn't be as hard as it is sometimes. So what am I really doing wrong here?

[selfimmolates]

Itachi killing someone and another person nearly getting Julius killed with your ability probably hasn't helped.

[sorry,]

Neither does the fact that a lot of us are wary of taking you guys at face value. When others summon you, what do you talk about?

[divus]

Yeah, and...well Itachi just ignored me when I asked him to reconsider, but the Strung Red effect...I don't blame that person. They couldn't have known, but you guys just have to be more careful.

[There's a sigh though.] Some people talk to me about the same things you do. Ask me what kind of world I want, ask me why my name is Love, ask me to undo things for them. [...] Some people ask me about myself though. Or we talk about music. Someone offered to teach me how to cook which is sweet. Stuff like that.

[I hope Ray wasn't expecting anything serious.]

[selfimmolates]

There aren't exactly a lot of positive outcomes to Strung Red, so I have to wonder what they thought was going to happen.

[.............. why.]

I see.

[divus]

It was a new power, and if I had to guess they thought it would maybe help strengthen bonds. They just picked two really bad people to test it on.

[Shrug!]

Of course, I can't tell you everything...that wouldn't be fair, you know? I don't tell people what we talk about. You guys trust me and I trust you. Maybe that's a little naive, but we're still working together.