GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[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!

[bakaomi]

Tell me about it. At least last week they had an excuse, but all the times before?

[ he is just glad they didn't hit him with it he would be so pissed. ]

[divus]

It was just for fun. At least with Advancement Opportunity there's a choice you can make to where to go, but it's still totally cheating.

[Angrily chewing cheesecake.] You're working with Senri-kun and the others to figure out people's alignments, right?

[bakaomi]

Yeah. Can't say I've personally contributed too much to that though.

[divus]

I don't know, I think trying to stop a god-killer takes a little more precedence so maybe cut yourself some slack.

[The gods know these things.] Anyway...do you know any of the people aligned with Ambition?

[bakaomi]

I know Ludger was with her, but I have no idea if he still is or not.

[ he should ask... hm. ]

[divus]

I can't tell you what to do, but in my opinion? It's always better to ask. You know. Just to make sure.

[bakaomi]

I'll ask. Even if he doesn't tell me who he switched to if he did, that's still more of a confirmation than what we currently have.

[ hm. ]

Not knowing who Apollo was with is definitely screwing with the numbers though.

[divus]

That information's probably easier to find than you think. Especially if you think about when Apollo-san died versus what might have happened on Sunday.

Ask your resources. I bet they know.

[bakaomi]

[ hm... ]

Right. I'll see what I can figure out.

[divus]

Good. I trust you to do the right thing. [...] Speaking of, how's your project going?

[Talking to people and learning new things.]