GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[divus]

I see. [...Takaomi made a mistake, because Beauty ponders again.]

...a boy I considered a friend liked a girl. He told me he didn't want me to come on a trip with them because he liked this girl, and he was planning to ask her out. I wasn't even aware of it until then, and so they went.

She rejected him, but he came back to me and said that I was to give it everything I've got and stop holding back. I suppose he, too, was annoyed into doing things and tried to annoy me as well.

[Thanks a fucking lot, Hikaru.] Shishimaru-kun. Annoyance or not, I believe your feelings for him are stronger than anything else you feel, yes? [Not necessarily positive ones all the time, but in general.]

[bakaomi]

[ oh... rip beauty

but takaomi doesn't respond right away as he considers all of this. ]

... yeah. They are.

[ absolutely nothing annoys him as much as senri does, but. the only other thing that makes him as happy is music. ]

[divus]

Then...I wish you nothing but happiness. [Even if this continues being hard on him. But it's whatever, he'll get over it.]

[bakaomi]

... if you're nice about it you make it hard to be annoyed at you.

[ taka you literally just said you're not mad ]

[divus]

...would you prefer a reason to be annoyed? [Beauty no.]

[bakaomi]

...

Do you have a reason?

[divus]

[...he just takes off the mask and looks at Taka? Apparently his face is his reason.]

[bakaomi]

[ HE FUCKING CHOKES ]

[divus]

Nice to see you, Shishimaru-kun. [This bitch. But he's genuine all the same, giving Takaomi a smile.]

There's a reason we have masks.

[bakaomi]

[ this is the worst unmasking of all time. his face is slightly red but whether it's from annoyance or something else is a mystery. ]

I've heard.

[ BITCH ]

[divus]

[♥]

Would you feel more comfortable if I put it back on?

[bakaomi]

I don't care.

[ he........ he won't lose...,,,,, ]

[divus]

[In that case he'll leave the mask off and pleasantly sip his tea.]

Then I suppose we'll keep it off for now. I really don't like wearing it anyway.

[bakaomi]

[ he hates this ]

Too stuffy?

[divus]

Yes. We don't have to wear them when it's just us, or when we're with those of you we've built enough of a relationship with, but otherwise it's always the masks and the cloaks. They're not exactly flattering either.

[bakaomi]

That's what Ambition and Disorder were complaining about...

[ right before sasuke went feral on them ]

[divus]

I hate to say this, but I agree with them. No one ever said that becoming a god would mean nearly suffocating.

[bakaomi]

... Fortune was saying she thought it was for the best...

[divus]

Did she happen to say why?

[bakaomi]

... that it's easier for us that way.

[divus]

...perhaps in a sense she was right. It would be easier if we were still a mystery to all of you, wouldn't it?

[bakaomi]

Probably, yeah.

[ he like. won't deny that. ]

But this game wouldn't work properly if that had happened.

[divus]

What makes you say that?

[bakaomi]

... I mean, if you were all just dark and mysterious gods who purposely kept your distance from us, then.... I can't say I would have really cared about doing this contest the way I'm doing it now.

[ as in, trying to actually be thoughtful about which gods would really make their new world a good place. ]

[divus]

This is why it's best to speak to all of us, truthfully. You can't be armed with enough knowledge if you see us as faceless entities. It takes time for us to be able to share much about ourselves and even more for you to see us like this.

[...he almost doesn't want to ask, because it's a sensitive subject, but:] Did you see her face?