GODLY AUDIENCES: RAY

[divus]

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[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.]

[selfimmolates]

When I first met him?

[divus]

You've spoken to him more than once?

[selfimmolates]

Twice. The second time had to do with Senri.

[divus]

Let's go with the first time then since that was apparently on your own.

[selfimmolates]

[he shrugs.]

Nothing special. Asked him the questions I've been asking everyone. He gave me advice on how to get Disorder to forgive me and offered to help with any future curses—in part because he figures you'd do the same for his followers, assuming an exchange. You two are friendly, he said...?

[divus]

[That sounds about right.] He's very charming that way. Seems to know how to read people well enough. I guess you could say we're friends, yeah. [...] He's very sweet, but also a little naive, I think. But someone with good intentions.

Sincerity's similar, I think. Well-meaning if a little vapid.

[selfimmolates]

Yeah, another god put all three of you in the "well-meaning but lacking perspective" category. Congrats, though, because you were deemed less naive than the other two.

[divus]

I'm gonna place my bets on Piety. [But she can't disagree, so.] I'm the youngest of the three of us but somehow I think I've seen more in life than they have. But they're also really good at what they can do. Sincerity's eye and taste are incredibly and Beauty has the ability to make anyone in the room feel special. It's a little unnerving.

[selfimmolates]

Your homicide detective stuff? How young are you, anyway?

[he does not care about sincerity's amazing taste, but.]

Well, everyone's got their strengths.

[divus]

That was only one of my career choices. It sounds more impressive than some of the others in this case. [Just saying. Also Ray you should care, that's rude.]

I'm not that much older than you. Just a few years.

[selfimmolates]

How many careers did you have...?

[he grins, because he's a shit.]

Oh? Too bad for you. Senri likes older women.

[divus]

[Give her a moment to count on her fingers...]

Three? Four, I guess, if you count high school as a career but I don't think so. [She just throws another handful of snow at him????] I'm a little older than Senri, too. And he's not exactly my type anyway.

[selfimmolates]

[dodges this time!!]

I'm sure he'll be devastated to hear that. [except not because apparently his type is emos.] What were your other careers?

[divus]

[Child!!!]

He'll get over it. [That's a joking tone, but she's quick to latch onto the other conversation.] I told you about the detective thing...but before that I was kind of an actress and before that...I was an idol.

[Not that she expects Ray to know what that means, so:] Singing and dancing and performing to make people smile. That's what I used to be really good at.

[selfimmolates]

Guess that explains the studio. Any reason you kept changing careers?

[that's... also a very interesting career path.]

[divus]

...things change, Ray. Is it really so strange to think about? I wasn't happy being an idol anymore, so I took a break to try something else.

[selfimmolates]

You have to admit that most people don't associate "singing and dancing and performing to make people smile" with "future homicide detective".

[divus]

...where I'm from, last year there were a string of kidnappings and murders. After my friends rescued me, I wanted to help solve everything.

[And this is why Love is very anti-murder, surprise surprise.]

[selfimmolates]

... That makes more sense. [a beat.] So the godhood thing really is recent.

[divus]

Yeah. It was recent for us, but time's...[A shrug. Time is nebulous, she's not sure how recent it might have been for the others.] None of us knew each other before this.

[It's a miracle she hasn't been blocked from saying as much as she has, but she's pretty sure it has to do with the fact that Ray's managed to do quite a bit for her.]