GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[divus]

I'd appreciate that. [Not what she was going for but like hell she'll say no.] Focus on taking care of you right now though, okay? We've still got a couple of weeks to go. I'd hate to see someone smart like you get taken out of here.

[bakaomi]

... I'll be fine.

[divus]

[There's a scoff that sounds a lot like "boys", but.] I don't doubt it.

Everything else okay with you lately?

[bakaomi]

Mm. Can't say anything that different from before.

[divus]

That's better than nothing, I guess. With new hosts and new wings and stuff I thought I'd ask.

[bakaomi]

[ he shrugs ]

It's nothing I can't handle.

[divus]

Juuuust checking. I haven't been out to either of them myself, but I'll get there eventually.

[bakaomi]

Mm.

... thanks.

[divus]

[There's a quizzical sound.] Shouldn't that be my line to you?

[bakaomi]

You trusted me with something like that and I'm not even one of your followers...

[divus]

You kind of give off that vibe, you know? Like I can trust you.

[bakaomi]

[ he has no idea what to do with this information ]

Huh...

[divus]

Don't worry, it's a good thing. It's kind of cute? [Still.] Has no one ever said that to you before?

[bakaomi]

Merriment kept saying that he thinks I'd be good for that kind of thing. That people would rely on me.

... I think he misjudged.

[divus]

Oh yeah? What makes you think that it's a misjudgment?

[bakaomi]

People only care about my relationship with Senri. It has nothing to do with me at all.

... not that I can blame them.

[divus]

...I don't know about everybody else, but I don't really think about you in association with Nito-san and I don't know if your patron does either. You've gone to more lengths to actually get to know me than Nito-san has.

[bakaomi]

[ oh

he glances away ]

That's different.

[ no it's not you dumb bitch ]

[divus]

[...Taka??]

How is that different? [EXPLAIN.]

[bakaomi]

[ DONT MAKE HIM EXPLAIN HE'S JUST A TSUN ]

You're just... easy to talk to?

[divus]

That's really sweet of you. [But you're still an idiot.] ...you've done a lot for some of us. It's just funny that you don't see that yet. Give yourself a little more credit?

[bakaomi]

... I guess we'll see.

[divus]

Consider it. [She shakes her head.] What are your plans for this coming week? You have new hosts starting tomorrow.

[bakaomi]

I'm going to try to talk to all of you again, for one.

... and I should probably see about talking to everyone else, too.

[ he's bad at socializing..... back home he had friendship just forced on him........ ]

[divus]

Not a bad plan. Just don't psych yourself out of it. It's better to start talking to everybody now than before it's too late in the game anyway.