GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

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WEEK 5, MONDAY

[divus]

[Takaomi will actually find Love sitting behind the counter inside the tofu shop today, cheesecake in front of her and two forks in hand.]

Split this with me? It looks so good but also really rich.

[bakaomi]

[ he'll sit down next to her, taking the fork. ]

Sure.

[divus]

Thanks. [With little preamble, she's going to reach up and just remove her mask and lower her hood. Hi Taka.]

What do you think, half and half? [She's...pretty sure she knows why he's here, but at least there's cheesecake.]

[bakaomi]

[ oh she's cute

anyway ]

Half and half is fine.

[ MAYBE HE JUST WANTS TO EAT WITH HER (no) ]

[divus]

[Rise Cutiekawa at your service. She's using a fork to split the cake down the center, putting half on a plate and sticking a fork in it to slide over to Takaomi.]

...my parents never really let me eat a lot of sweets, and with my career I didn't get to very much either. I know sometimes I talk about how many of you bring me cakes and cookies and stuff but it's still really nice.

[bakaomi]

[ he'll accept the piece, and goes to take a bite ]

Gods don't need dentists, do they?

[divus]

Nah. [She's cutting off a big chunk of her own slice.] We're done aging and stuff now, so I think being immortalized means we can't get sick or cavities or gain weight or anything.

[bakaomi]

Are you okay with that? I know some of you already didn't age before becoming gods.

[divus]

Mm...there are worse things than being sixteen forever, I think. At the end of the day I'm still me, goddess or not.

[bakaomi]

Only you can eat as much cheesecake as you want.

[ he takes another bite ]

[divus]

Exactly. Plus I get to meet all of you guys, so that's been nice.

[She busies herself with cheesecake, gently prompting Takaomi to explain what he's doing here today.]

[bakaomi]

[ ...

fine. ]

Yu knows it's you then?

[divus]

[A soft smile.] ...yeah. He confronted me on Saturday when he finally figured it out. I think Yu-senpai always knew, but it's hard to think about since you wouldn't expect it.

I'm a little worried he's going to show his hand and tell everyone that we're from the same place and make himself a target, but I also trust him.

[bakaomi]

... he's made it pretty obvious than he knows the place. It wouldn't be difficult to connect the dots.

[ unless you're an idiot. ]

[divus]

I know. I wasn't exactly expecting him to announce it, but all things considered maybe it was a liiiittle mean to recreate Inaba. I didn't know what else to do though. A stage would only give you so much, and there's no way I was going to recreate some of the other places that were important.

[bakaomi]

I dunno, a stage would be familiar for some people at least...

[ like him, unfortunately,, ]

[divus]

You know what I mean. [Because yeah, she knows.] I wanted something that was going to encompass my ideal world. As much as I love being on stage and making people smile, I don't think it'd get my message across.

This is familiar in its own way, too, isn't it?

[bakaomi]

... yeah. I think even if someone isn't from here or Japan, they might get it.

[ ... ]

What's your name, anyway?

[divus]

Home is where the heart is and all that? It's an easy enough message to understand. [She takes another forkful of cheesecake.]

Kujikawa Rise. [May as well do it the appropriate way.] Nice to officially meet you.

[bakaomi]

Shishimaru Takaomi.

[ proper way it is. ]

You too.

[divus]

Mm. I've wanted to see you face to face for a while now, but I wanted to make sure all of my followers knew me first. You get it, right?

...but you've been really nice even though you're aligned with Merriment and probably won't change.

[bakaomi]

That's understandable.

[ taka would have probably been annoyed if merriment unveiled for someone else first.

... still, speaking of him. ]

And probably not. Unless I'm forced to.

[divus]

As long as you hide your alignment, people won't have a reason to try and move you. [So don't shout it through town, maybe.]

...that'll make him happy though. All of us are grateful for having our loyal followers.

[bakaomi]

I know there are some people who were forced to switch but want to go back, in the end.

[ whether or not they'll be able to before they might die is another matter. ]

[divus]

It would be great if we could force an alignment switch on the people using the alignment switch power. [Annoyed.] They keep abusing it and scrambling everything up for no good reason!