GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[divus]

[go on and laugh, taka, i dare you]

Well, you're not wrong there. It would be easier if we could knock some of the other gods out of the competition.

[bakaomi]

... there isn't a way to do that, right?

[ he doesn't think so but

he has learned it does not hurt to ask ]

[divus]

Uh, hello? This is a contest to see who can get the most followers. What do you think is going to happen if someone drops to zero and doesn't convince someone to switch to them like right away?

Losing all your followers is the easiest way to get bumped out of this. I don't know how exactly it works, but it makes us more vulnerable.

[bakaomi]

[ UH ]

I just knew that you could still get followers back if you hit zero. But when you say bump...

[divus]

I mean, I'm pretty sure if one of us stayed at zero for too long the rest of us would be like, "Hey, you're not getting any followers! You're out!"

We don't really know how it works. We just know it's something we all want to avoid.

[bakaomi]

[ the detective in him wants to find out what might happen, but he also doesn't want to risk something actually bad happening to the gods. ]

Can gods die?

[divus]

The only people dying here are the ones with statues in the courtyard.

[bakaomi]

You're sweet.

[divus]

The truth hurts sometimes. You wanted an honest answer, didn't you?

[bakaomi]

I guess.

So. Why do you think you have a bad reputation with some people?

[divus]

I don't know. Once people actually bother to get to know me, they like me.

[bakaomi]

How many people are doing that?

[divus]

[grumbles]

Not very many...

[bakaomi]

That seems to be the trend...

How did you upset Shiki, anyway?

[divus]

People are deciding whether we're good or bad just based on our names. It's ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous.

[someone's salty]

She didn't like that I was willing to do certain things to win this game. And before you ask, no, I didn't ask her to kill anyone. I just said we needed to make people realize I'm a better choice than the other gods. She said it sounded like we were going to be spreading rumors about them, and it meant she needed to think about how ambitious she was feeling.

[she rolls her eyes behind her mask, and you can practically hear it in her voice.]

Please. If she'd lived past the weekend I totally could have convinced her that's not what I meant, but that jerk Itachi decided to go after her before I could.

[bakaomi]

[ oh my god... the salt... ]

What did you mean then?

[ look he sat through disorder's side of the chuuya story so like. he can sit through ambition's. ]

[divus]

Literally all I meant was that we need to show that Ambition is a better choice for people who actually want to win. It's, like, right there in the name!

She's the one who decided there had to be some deeper meaning to my words.

[bakaomi]

Yeah, I know people who are scared of you because of that.

[ senri. he means senri. ]

Still, at least not everyone was put off.

[divus]

[Ambition lets out a frustrated little huff.]

It could be worse, but it could be better too. I'm going to have to really step up my game to get more followers next week.

[bakaomi]

Any plans?

[ he asks, while not offering to help, ]

[divus]

There are a few people I might try talking to.

[She eyes Takaomi for a moment.]

...you're not planning on changing gods anytime soon, are you.

[It's not a question.]

[bakaomi]

Nope.

[ glad they got that cleared. ]

[divus]

Yeah, that's what I thought.

[ugh.]

[bakaomi]

Want me to pat your shoulder?

[divus]

I don't want your pity.