GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[divus]

I'm sorry... I should have tried harder to keep my balance.

[She goes quiet for a moment or two.]

...are you mad at us, for asking you all to come here? If it were me... I think I would have been very angry.

[bakaomi]

Yup.

[ he is. blunt. ]

I'm usually always mad at everyone, though, so that's not much of a different than usual.

[divus]

...good. You should be.

[she has Strong Feelings about gods playing games with people's lives, despite... well, the obvious]

I know you all agreed to come, but... we shouldn't have had to ask you in the first place. ...I'm sorry we interrupted your life like this.

[bakaomi]

We'll just have to make sure we choose correctly, so that it won't happen again, right?

[ so you know, he personally is hoping to NOT go for any of the people who said yes on this vote ]

[divus]

Right. No matter who wins... we won't be doing something like this to pick a ruler again. Whoever wins is the winner. ...we won't be able to change that.

[so hopefully they get someone nice]

But they'll be able to choose the rules of the world we make. I don't... want a god to win who would see playing games with the lives of people who live here as okay, either. Even if it's for other matters.

[bakaomi]

... no, what's the point in even doing this if you guys just end up in the same cycle for other shit...

[ the thought pisses him off. this game is bad enough. ]

So we'll try not to let you down.

[divus]

I know you won't let me down.

[She sounds cheerful enough, at least. She really seems to believe that.]

I'm still planning on making a comeback and winning this myself, of course! ...but with people like you here, even if I don't win... I can't see you allowing someone truly terrible to win, either.

[bakaomi]

I want to get my wish, yeah, but...

It wouldn't really sit right with me if that's all I focused on while trying to get through this game. You guys deserve something good, too.

[divus]

...

[Fortune giggles.]

You really are a lot nicer than you act, you know that?

[bakaomi]

Huh?

[ he needs to stop being surprised every time someone says something like this ]

[divus]

[taka please]

I'm impressed you can want something good for any of us at all. If it were me... I'd be too angry to want that for any of the gods.

[bakaomi]

... well, unfortunately, I like you, so it kind of ruins the whole staying angry thing.

[ sometimes you make friends instead of being mad ]

[divus]

I like you, too. [she sounds sort of surprised by that! she had honestly assumed most of the participants were going to be ticked off at the gods.]

...thank you for being my friend.

[bakaomi]

[ his cheeks pinken at that ]

... it's embarrassing when you say it like that...

[divus]

Is it? I'm not trying to embarrass you...

[the most embarrassing things happen without trying though]

[bakaomi]

I know.

[ taka just has friendship issues don't worry about it ]

... you too.

[divus]

[it's probably fine]

Thank you, Takaomi...

[bakaomi]

... you don't have to thank me for that.

[divus]

[she giggles, and then-]

Fine, I won't thank you again.

[bakaomi]

... I won't thank you either.

[divus]

I guess this just means we're going to be rude to each other for the next three weeks.

[or like. three days. depending on which part of w3 this happened in]

[bakaomi]

[ i hate this ]

Think you can handle that?

[divus]

Being rude isn't very hard.

[...she says while still holding onto his hand since we never had them let go]

[bakaomi]

Really? Try it now.

[ it's fine this is fine ]

[divus]

...

[um,]

You look silly when you're not smiling!

[...she tried]