GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[bakaomi]

I know how you guys even ended up with a game like this in the first place.

... I was actually wondering what your thoughts on Patience are.

[divus]

Oh. [If she sounds surprised, it's because she is? There's a second of humming to herself as she tries to put things into words.]

Patience...seems really nice at first, you know? One of those girls who's fun and easy to talk to and likes to be around people. It's easy to feel comfortable around her. But...there's something about the way that she thinks that I don't really understand. It's like she prefers to weigh in on stuff only when it won't directly affect her. She's always been our extra vote for stuff we've needed a tiebreaker on, but her choices...I don't approve of them and I can't understand why she made them.

[bakaomi]

Mm. It's just interesting that she got you all into this mess when she's not even participating in it.

[ taka does not feel bad about insulting her :/ ]

[divus]

That's what I'm talking about. I don't like it. Why does she get to be the deciding vote when she's not even playing? [Love folds her arms over her chest.]

You can't trust what she says anyway because it's hard to know what her intentions are. But that's just my opinion.

[bakaomi]

Mm, I was told something similar from someone else.

She can't interject herself into the game, can she?

[divus]

I don't know. [This isn't a vague "I can't say" it's flat out "I don't know and now I'm alarmed."] I never even really thought of that, but...it's not like she's gone-gone. She's still here even if she's not in the temple or actively participating.

[bakaomi]

So, in theory, we can't completely remove the idea that she might waltz back in at some point?

[divus]

In theory, I guess. [...] She did say she wasn't playing though. So I don't know if she could come back even if she wanted to? We had already started making rules and stuff when she decided anyway.

[bakaomi]

I don't expect her to just walk in, but...

[ ... ]

I guess I want to be prepared for any sudden surprises.

[divus]

Have you tried contacting her since she left?

[bakaomi]

...

Do you think that'd work?

[divus]

All you can do is try, right? What's the worst that could happen if she's not even here?

[bakaomi]

... that's true.

I'll try it out and I'll let you know if it works.

[divus]

I'd like to hear what happens. [There's a beat.] You remind me of someone. He used to have ideas like this, too. It's...nice working with someone like this again.

[bakaomi]

From your old life, right?

[divus]

Yeah. We used to be part of a team that worked on solving a bunch of murder cases...he always knew the best choices.

[bakaomi]

[ rise he's right fucking there. god. ]

... detectives?

[divus]

[LOOK SHE KNOWS THAT, TAKA DOESN'T!]

Yeah. Well sort of? The police were involved and one of my friends used to work for them and you're similar to her, too, but they weren't figuring anything out. So we took matters into our own hands.

[bakaomi]

[ :/!!

but he lets out a low whistle ]

Pretty gutsy for high schoolers.

[divus]

Do you really get to say that to me when we're almost the same age and you're a detective, too? [Just saying.] We're either both gutsy people, or we're people that want to do the right thing and don't care about the consequences. Take your pick.

[bakaomi]

I think you're both, actually.

... did you figure out who was doing them?

[divus]

And you're not? [Taka..]

...we did, yeah. We almost caught the wrong guy, but...we took a step back and reassessed everything. If we hadn't, I'm scared to think about what might've happened.

[bakaomi]

[ he shrugs ]

... that's good. It would be pretty easy to make a mistake like that, especially if you guys didn't have that much experience before doing this.

[divus]

We were all in high school, so experience was lacking. We just had certain skills the police couldn't keep up with. [Shrug.]

...Shishimaru-san, can I ask a favor?

[bakaomi]

[ "certain skills" could mean a lot of things... ]

What is it?