GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[divus]

Thank you.

[...] C'mon. Come sit with me for a while. [He'll just cuff him around the shoulders and start steering him to a couch.]

[bakaomi]

[ he'll be good and allow this since jack is one of the very few people in the world he willingly allows to manhandle him ]

[divus]

[A good Taka. Once they're settled on the couch Jack leans back and tilts his head up to look at the ceiling thoughtfully.]

...I don't know what we can do to make this better. We would need at least four people to make sure nobody's working alone and the grounds are covered. Or three, if someone was protected somehow.

[bakaomi]

... we'll have at least one use of Battle Armor. So whoever has that can maybe go alone, and two people can team up?

[divus]

Maybe that'll work. That's also assuming those numbers add up. We'll have to see what happens tomorrow, check our numbers again and come up with a new plan.

[bakaomi]

Mm. I'll probably come back with Ishikirimaru then. I just...

[ wanted the next time he saw jack after trial to be. on his own. ]

[divus]

...it's been a while since it's just been you and me, huh? We started working with other people and that's been the norm. I'm happy for it, but...[Taka is still his fav.]

[bakaomi]

It can get a little crowded.

[ and taka has never really been the type to like being around too many people all the time. ]

[divus]

With a rotating set of followers? A little. [But there's a little grin.] Of course, nothing's as bad as when North called everybody to try and make me a guardian. That? That was bad.

[Is he trying to distract and cheer him up a little? Yeah.]

[bakaomi]

...

How did that go?

[divus]

Well. The other Guardians were all there, the elves played trumpets, confetti fell everywhere, the yetis cheered, and they tried to make me wear shoes with bells on them. Keep in mind that nobody told me why I was there and this was after the yetis threw me into a sack and kidnapped me to North's workshop.

[So. Not great? But he's still laughing a little to himself anyway because...he can admit in hindsight it's sort of funny.]

[bakaomi]

I have no idea what to concentrate on at anything you just said.

[ THIS IS WILD ]

[divus]

The yetis make the toys for Christmas. [He says. Helpfully.]

[bakaomi]

[ in a hushed whisper, ]

The elves...?

[divus]

I always thought they made the toys, too, but according to North they don't do much and he just lets them think they have important jobs. [Shrug.

Jack is awesome at distractions.]

[bakaomi]

[ jack is right and the easiest way to distract taka is by blowing his mind with santa facts ]

The yetis...

[divus]

Make the toys, guard the pole and have kicked me out dozens of time whenever I tried breaking into the workshop. Usually nice guys though.

[bakaomi]

Are they getting compensated for this?

[divus]

I never thought to ask. Pretty sure they're getting free room and board and their meals are covered. They seem to like their job just fine.

[bakaomi]

[ he is

in deep thought about yetis ]

[divus]

[That's fine, he'll wait. He's probably laughing a little, but he'll wait.]

[bakaomi]

[ and what he settles on is, ]

Wait. You tried to break into the North Pole?

[divus]

Oh yeah, multiple times. I tried for years.

[bakaomi]

...

You weren't trying to like, rob him were you...?

[divus]

What? No! I mean not really, I just wanted to see what it was like on the inside. That's the kind of thing that would've landed me on the naughty list if I wasn't already on it.