GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[bakaomi]

Yes.

[ :) ]

[divus]

[Glad that it's yes to both. Merriment kind of just. Groans. And shakes his head because why!!]

Alright, you want my assessment? Fine. Pretty sure it has to do with the name. We're in a game where you're going to be challenged and some of you are going to get hurt. Not exactly something I'd consider fun, would you? People are going to align themselves with traits that seem more willing to play dirty like cunning and ambition or traits that are more universal like love or sincerity or hope and wonder.

[...those two aren't gods, but sure.]

And anyway I'm not exactly the most responsible person I know.

[bakaomi]

[ he makes a face at hope and wonder like he also. realizes they're not god but ok ]

... you really have no luck, huh?

[divus]

[...he doesn't entirely know what to say about that.]

What even counts as luck? Sometimes you're chosen for things and you don't know why. All you can do is try to figure it out.

[bakaomi]

It's just interesting that you all very clearly didn't start out on even ground.

[ and he's not really sure how some of them can manage to catch up without resorting to murder ]

[divus]

I'm used to that. [He shifts, pulling his feet up to sit cross-legged instead of letting his legs dangle over the edge of the table.] And it's probably not anybody's fault. Our names were chosen for us, so even if we wanted to be something else I'm not sure we could be.

[bakaomi]

If you could have chosen for yourself, what would it have been?

[ taka likes being on this side of the questions?? ]

[divus]

[This is such bullshit Taka.]

Fun might've been a better word than "merriment." [He seems to be contemplating.] ...but in terms of this game? Maybe something like...I don't know. Protection.

[bakaomi]

Do you think that describes yourself better?

[divus]

Fun, yes. Protective, yes. But I guess you could say I'm better at one than the other. I'm hoping to change that here.

[bakaomi]

[ merriment sounds like a sibling honestly and taka can say this because he is one ]

... you'll probably be fine.

[divus]

We'll see. [Big shrug. This isn't about Merriment anymore.]

Tell you what. You work on your appeal, I'll work on mine.

[bakaomi]

[ he seems to be considering it. ]

Fine.

[divus]

Good. [...] So what're you going to do now?

[bakaomi]

Try to talk to more people, I guess. Including the other gods I haven't met yet.

[ there are so many of you ]

[divus]

How many have you met so far anyway? I haven't kept score. [Off the billiard table he goes, apparently too jumpy to sit still. He's also wandering over to one of the TVs to power on a video game.]

[bakaomi]

You, Love, Beauty, Ruin, and I'm going to try to see Fortune right after this.

On Monday I'm going to try for Sincerity and Disorder.

[divus]

You got an order for those, or are you picking at random? [...there's a pause and Merriment also turns to hold out a game controller to Taka.]

[bakaomi]

[ he takes it. ]

At first I just did Ruin because Senri told me to. I figure I should do one "scary" god and one of the nicer ones per day, now that I went through the obvious people.

[divus]

[Choose your fighter, you're gonna play Smash.]

For someone who annoys you you listen to him a lot. [Idly. And also just because it's funny.] Not a bad way to balance things out either, especially since all of us know secrets about each other. It means you can use that to your advantage. Find out what other gods like, stuff like that.

[bakaomi]

So.

Wanna tell me any secrets?

[divus]

Doesn't work like that, man. [Sorry.] One of our divine screw-ups is that we can't say too much too fast. It works better if you ask questions? I don't know who put that rule in.

[bakaomi]

Someone who hates me personally.

[ hm ]

Which gods are you not too fond of?

[divus]

The usual suspects. [Disorder. Ruin. Cunning. But...] Sincerity's nice enough but he's a little much. Beauty and Love are good kids even if they have some growing up to do. Justice, too. Piety's the one I trust the most when it comes to diplomatic decisions. Fortune is hard to read, but I can respect her. Indulgence and Ambition are two sides of the same coin. They could be good kids if they had better influences, but they don't.

[...] And I don't trust Patience.

[bakaomi]

[ the list isn't too surprising so far. piety is a bit, from the little taka saw, but he also hasn't had a one on one meeting yet.

the last one makes him pause. ]

... really? Patience?