GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[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?

[divus]

What I just told you? About the detective thing? Please don't tell anyone else.

[bakaomi]

... are you keeping it a secret?

[ he wasn't going to since he doesn't like to blab about the gods' personal lives, but the fact that she asked... ]

[divus]

Um...[...] ...let's just say there are some people in this game who proooobably wouldn't take the news too well.

[bakaomi]

[ wha

there's a long pause. ]

Do you... know people here...?

[divus]

[...a very slow nod.]

[bakaomi]

[ oh. ohhhh, that's so awkward

it actually stuns him into silence for a moment. ]

... can I ask who?

[divus]

I don't think that's allowed. [At least she sounds regretful.] But I'm sure if you speak to him and listen to him, ask him about himself? You'll find him. He's very friendly that way, but he doesn't open up that easily. He'd rather try to take care of everyone else first.

[bakaomi]

... hm. Right.

[ asking about people........... yea ]

Have you told any others?

[divus]

Have I told anybody that he's here? No. I don't need more people knowing. But…we've spoken a few times.

[bakaomi]

[ that makes sense. the more people you tell, the more likely it'll reach him. ]

Is that hard for you?

[divus]

[...]

...a little, yeah. For a lot of different and kind of complicated reasons, but it's also why I don't know if I can ever tell him it's me.