GODLY AUDIENCES: RAY

[divus]

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[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.

[selfimmolates]

[...]

Well, to answer your original question, I don't think all that stuff is compelling enough of a reason to join up with you.

[then again ray's a hard sell. but,]

Most of the gods who earned followers this week were the more ruthless ones. Maybe that says something.

[divus]

Yeah, it says that people are getting scared and the others are probably making promises in exchange for allegiance. There's nothing in our oaths that goes against that.

[selfimmolates]

Well, there you go. What are you promising people?

[divus]

I could be promising people a lot of things but nobody's asked. [There you go. Literally no one has even come close to asking what she can do for them.]

[selfimmolates]

... Start taking the initiative, then?

You're doing well enough that your followers aren't fleeing from you. You just have to step up.

[divus]

Guess I could take a page out of Beauty's book and send somebody out to invite them to come talk to me and make deals...[Hm...]

There are six of you right now. I think I have an idea to make it work. [...] But don't worry, you're doing enough.

[Also she's still not sure Ray would actually help sway people to her anyway as much as she likes him and wants to protect him.]

[selfimmolates]

Well, it kind of worked? I did go and talk to him?

[ray is terrible at convincing people to switch sides without resorting to blackmail, so. yeah.]

[divus]

What'd he have to say anyway?

[Time for Ray to blackmail everybody.]