GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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WEEK 2, SUNDAY?

[divus]

[Love is found in the studio today, and somehow some of the cookies are gone. Some of them are still on the plate but it's clear that Love managed to sneak a few in before Taka arrived.]

Hey Shishimaru-san. [It's a friendly greeting.] What's up?

[bakaomi]

[ look after he caught ambition trying on the glasses, nothing will make him blink ]

I did say I'd visit again.

[divus]

You did! But sometimes boys don't always mean what they say and...I don't know. I thought you'd be a little preoccupied after everything. [They saw how the trial went, thanks.] These are good, by the way. You're learning?

[bakaomi]

I've been practicing. Especially after meeting Indulgence.

[ that punk ass bitch will never insult his cooking again.......... ]

I like the distraction.

[divus]

Ugh. [Actual ugh.] Yeah, that makes sense...Indulgence is really picky.

I've never really learned to cook or bake or anything. I know how to read recipes and I like experimenting with flavors, but I can't do anything from scratch. It's kind of calming though isn't it? Plus it takes a good amount of time.

[bakaomi]

I'm mostly used to going out to eat. And everything I'm used to making is just... basic shit...

[ breakfast and stuff. ]

The kitchen here is pretty well stocked though.

[divus]

I used to go out a lot, too, before the ascension. But we owned a shop that sold food so I started learning a little on my own. One of my followers said they'd teach me sometime, so that makes me happy.

Basic skills are still skills, you know. Especially if you can sustain yourself. [i.e. embrace your independence.]

[bakaomi]

Mm. I don't want to depend on my family, so it's better if I learn all of this now.

[divus]

Do you not get along with them?

[bakaomi]

They're so goddamn annoying.

[ please don't get him started on this rant he is a dumb teenager ]

[divus]

[There's a laugh. ] Fair enough. [A pause.] My parents were pretty strict...we didn't talk a lot and when I started getting busier and traveling a lot we hardly spoke at all. But I don't think there's anything wrong with breaking away early.

[bakaomi]

I know you guys had lives before this, but it's so weird to think of you guys having parents.

[divus]

Probably, huh? Gods are supposed to be these all powerful beings but I was still going to school before I was chosen. We're almost the same age. Maybe a few months apart? But I don't know if age matters now that I'm a god.

[bakaomi]

... well, do you still feel like a teenager?

[divus]

I don't really know. Maybe? I still like all of the same things I liked in my mortal life and I don't think I've earned much besides some wisdom and power.

[bakaomi]

[ he shrugs ]

Then you're a teenager.

[divus]

Is that weird?

[bakaomi]

Not really.

If you were actually a catfish then maybe.

[divus]

If I--ew, no! That seems so rude.

[bakaomi]

See?

You're good then.

[divus]

...you haven't been catfished before, have you?

[bakaomi]

-- no!

[ love is right, that is embarrassing ]

[divus]

[She's just laughing, bye.]

Just checking! [But she shrugs all the same.] We all had lives before this, more or less. Have you started asking the others about theirs?

[bakaomi]

Mm. I've gotten bits and pieces of stuff.

[divus]

It's okay. I don't know if it really matters to you guys or not...we're just gods to you, right?