GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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WEEK 2 (DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT)

[divus]

[Justice is sitting in a rolling chair when Takaomi enters the lab, legs still tucked up to their chest. They try not to be too shy or intimidated, but still fidgets a little.]

Th...thank you for the offering. I really liked it.

[bakaomi]

Mm.

[ look taka knew justice was a kid but

seeing him alone really hammers that in. ]

Anyone yell at you again?

[divus]

[Justice shakes their head.]

No...everyone [almost everyone] was really nice this time. I'd been worried.

[Imagine getting yelled at more about music than about murder. This was a very surprising turn of events for the bean.]

[bakaomi]

The crying probably scared them off.

[divus]

[Justice flinches.]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...

[They just get a little overwhelmed sometimes!]

[bakaomi]

Learn how to control your tear ducts better.

[ that's reasonable ]

[divus]

Okay...

[Takaomi why are you this way.]

I will.

[bakaomi]

Glad we have that taken care of.

[ moving on from justice's crybaby tendencies ]

How do you feel about the game?

[divus]

I...I really hate it.

[Their hands ball into fists on their knees.]

[bakaomi]

I heard you were bullied into supporting it. Ruin's idea.

[divus]

...yeah.

[Justice sounds incredibly ashamed.]

It's all my fault. If I'd just been stronger, none of this would be happening. I was just scared, and I wanted them to like me. I shouldn't have been such a coward. People are hurting because of that, and that's something that I never, ever wanted.

[bakaomi]

At least you admit to being a coward.

[ i'm sorry he's like that ]

It just means you have to make up for it.

[divus]

[At least that doesn't seem to make Justice feel...any worse?]

I know. That's all I want to do now, otherwise I wouldn't be playing at all. I really, really want to win, so I can set things right. I owe that to everyone...it's my responsibility.

[bakaomi]

... yeah. It is.

[ WELL now this is making taka think about MURDER, so he decides it's time to steer it in a different direction. ]

Do you have any idea what happens if you lose your followers and can't get more?

[divus]

[Justice pauses, thinking, then shakes their head.]

I'll be stuck in last if I can't get more, but...it depends on what everyone else decides to do. I can only be taken out of the game for real if someone decides to eliminate me. I don't want that to happen.

[bakaomi]

... who decides that? To eliminate you, I mean.

[divus]

Any of you.

[bakaomi]

And by eliminate, you mean...?

[ please be less vague, he begs you, ]

[divus]

[This is really hard to talk about, Taka!!!]

Y-You know...the same way Shiki Misaki, Ava, Count Saint-Germain, Chuuya Nakahara, and Gau were eliminated.

[bakaomi]

... so, killed.

[divus]

[Justice nods slowly.]

Yeah. We can't protect ourselves without followers.

[bakaomi]

And then you're revived at the end of the game like the rest of us?

[divus]

...I don't, um, I don't know.

[What happens when you kill a god?]

We should be, at least, I think so.

[bakaomi]

... well. Let's hope we won't have to find out.

[divus]

Yeah, I hope that too.

[Augh!!!]

Thanks for, um, for coming to see me, by the way. I like getting to talk to people.