GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[divus]

If you really don't want to, we can find something else to do.

[bakaomi]

[ kicks water at her ]

[divus]

...!

[SHE'S SO SURPRISED SHE JERKS BACK AND JUST FALLS INTO THE DANG RIVER

quick francy flip a coin, heads or tails]

[bakaomi]

[ tails

but also he laughs ]

[divus]

[well.

that sure is her mask floating away down the river.

when she pops up out of the water, she's laughing too, and doesn't seem to realize the mask is gone yet]

You surprised me!

[bakaomi]

[ oh

he blinks in surprise, a small blush creeping on his skin but he shakes his head. ]

... hold on.

[ HE'S GOING TO FUCKIN

CHASE AFTER THE MASK ]

[divus]

Huh...?

[her gaze follows where he's running and -]

Oh!

[Oops. She chases after it too, all the better to get it put back on once they catch up to it.]

I didn't realize it would actually come off... it's not supposed to do that in public?

[bakaomi]

Is there any reason for it to get loose?

[ he has no idea how weird mask magic works ]

[divus]

We're allowed to take them off for people once we get to know them better...

[She holds out her hand for the mask... she'll put it back on next tag]

I think the idea behind it was that we were supposed to use our words and actions to convince people to join us, not our looks. So by the time we've gotten close to someone, they wouldn't be influenced by our faces...?

[She shrugs.]

I don't really know. Some of the others said we have to because of how Beauty and Sincerity look.

[bakaomi]

[ he'll try to shake the water off of it before handing it over. ]

Mm, I heard about that. Which is fair, I guess, considering what some of the people here are like...

[divus]

[She wrinkles her nose at the mask, but puts it back in place.]

It was supposed to make the game more fair... I suppose.

[She sighs.]

It has its advantages. One of you would have recognized me rights away, and I didn't want that.

[bakaomi]

... oh, you too?

[ he tilts his head. ]

Love told me the same thing.

[divus]

It's funny, isn't it?

[Fortune glances up at the sky.]

It's not just Love and me, either. You and Senri came from the same place... And some of the other participants are from the same places as each other, too. But all of us were drawn to this world.

I wonder why that is.

[bakaomi]

I think Senri and I are just a part of some cosmic ongoing joke where we can't walk ten feet without running into each other.

[ it is a definitely a reoccurring thing in canon ]

[divus]

You think so?

[Fortune tilts her head to one side, considering it.]

...there are worse things, aren't there? Senri is lucky, to get to see you so often.

[bakaomi]

... I wouldn't know if I would call that lucky...

[divus]

Well, I would.

[but i mean. you're talking to fortune "zero followers" mcfortuneson so maybe she's just lonely.]

[bakaomi]

[ that's fine, that's how he takes it anyway ]

You'll get more people to hang out with now.

[divus]

Maybe... but they won't be you.

[bakaomi]

[ his face goes slightly red, and he looks away and decides to pretend it's just from the sun. ]

You'll be fine.

[divus]

Mm, I believe that now. You and everyone else have been very kind this week... so I'm not afraid anymore.

[She's feeling a lot better about things!! Can't believe the emo cheered her up.]

But you talked to me even before you felt sorry for me. So... thank you.

[bakaomi]

[ god this is

embarrassing him

so he splashes her ]

[divus]

Wha--

[This time she does not fall backwards!!

Instead, laughing, she splashes him back.]

[bakaomi]

[ okay yes, this is better and safer and less likely to make him blush so

he splashes her back too

it's fine ]

[divus]

[this is totally fine

she splashes him back again!!]