GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

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[divus]

And you guys probably could have been caught if anybody bothered demanding the strip checker stripped himself. [Yup.] It's all about behavior and reading between the lines. That's what'll get you ahead.

...worked for me back then, anyway.

[bakaomi]

[ listen,,, ]

... it might be a little easier now since the group is smaller. It's less people to pay attention to.

[divus]

You wanna know what else is a major problem with this game? The whole mob mentality you guys get going when you latch onto an idea. Why do you think I'm not seeing most people until you all calm down?

Can I admit that I'm responsible for Guy since he's aligned with me? Sure. But I'll be damned if I'm getting blamed for Estelle's choice so Guy can live.

[And then, smashcut to: everyone beating the shit out of Guy, ig.]

[bakaomi]

Well, it's a bunch of temperamental people stuck together under a stressful situation who all think they're right.

[ taka knows he's a moody bitch he has no issue with calling himself out ]

[divus]

With that said, how do you think you can get those kind of people to calm down long enough and function together as a unit?

[Also that sure sounds like the godly counsel before the world blew up, so. That's cool.]

[bakaomi]

I'd say step one is to stop getting mad.

[ that one is impossible so moving on ]

... try to explain your point properly. I guess one of the problems is the time limit, so people don't want to waste time in doing that in the way they would have normally. So they go from that extreme to the other extreme of getting frustrated when people don't go along with them.

[divus]

Nine hours doesn't give you a lot of time, especially when your numbers are smaller. ...you ever read Lord of the Flies? Maybe you guys should instill the conch shell system to get everybody to shut up unless they're allowed to talk.

But yeah. Last weekend was a great example. People started arguing, that kid got hit with a Disorder power, more items came into play and you almost didn't investigate all of the places you needed to go.

[bakaomi]

... we need to make sure people double check bodies. But different people, instead of just the same ones over and over. Maybe we can start with the ones who have experience with it, and then later make sure someone to make sure they didn't miss anything.

In my case before, whoever searched your wing just missed a lot of shit. [ hIS GUN???? ] But having people double check those is more time consuming.

[divus]

Good observation. Double-checking doesn't hurt. [There's a snort though because yeah, that was a lot.]

What's your solution for something like that then? Let's say someone goes to search an area. How would you even know something's missing?

[bakaomi]

Maybe actually touch things while looking instead of just of using your eyes?

We could always ask whoever's hosting if there is anything we didn't check thoroughly, but... you guys can lie. Especially if we ask whoever the Piety follower summons. Ambition lied last trial, Merriment lied for us...

[divus]

A concept. [Dryly.]

...wait what'd Ambition lie about? [Someone was only half paying attention to the trial, apparently.]

[bakaomi]

Well, I don't know if it was outright lying [ like merriment, who is the best god of all times ] but just that she probably would have answered differently if she wasn't actually involved.

[divus]

Maybe, maybe not. But that's the other thing, you guys have to stop jumping to conclusions unless you have mostly proof and not speculation. Pretty sure that's another place you're tripping up.

[bakaomi]

... probably.

Coming up with theories isn't bad, but... I think everyone wants to solve it as quickly as possible.

[divus]

I don't blame them, but I'm just saying that's how things blow up in your face. But nobody's gonna listen to me, so whatever. You're one of the only smart people in this stupid temple.

[bakaomi]

[ why won't anyone be friends with cunning ]

... I'll see what I can do. I know I'm just one person though and I get pissed off easily, but sometimes if someone tries to direct things a certain way, others follow.

[divus]

[Gee. I wonder.]

Yeah, I know. [He finally sits up at least, shifting to where his back's against the wall next to his bed but staying seated on the mattress.] ...back in my world, once, somebody stole Zeus's master lightning bolt from Olympus. Because he and his two brothers, Poseidon and Hades, had this ongoing pact and feud happening thanks to a prophecy, they started pointing fingers at each other and flipping out. At the time, Poseidon was the only one who had a kid that was around and present and accounted for. This kid and a bunch of other people assume that because Hades was pissed he didn't have a seat on the counsel, Hades stole the bolt to start a war in Olympus. So this kid and a few of his friends head to the Underworld to try and get the bolt back. Later they found out that Hades' held of darkness went missing, too. So this whole thing blows out of proportion, gods start fighting with each other, blah blah blah…everybody starts jumping to all kinds of conclusions...

…and they never actually caught the real thief because he was busy doing something else in the background that was even bigger than they could dream of. By the time they found out? It was a little too late for them to stop the beginning of the end.

So. What do you take away from that? [Is Taka smart? We don't know.]

[bakaomi]

We're fucking ourselves over by assuming things and fighting each other, because all that's doing is wasting the time that could be used for catching the killer.

[ also what the fuck was happening in cunning's world ]

[divus]

[A slow clap.] Exactly. Like the Olympians, you guys have some people on your team that're ready to jump down each other's throats and don't know how to control themselves even when they're cursed. That's not really conductive.

But knowing that, I've heard it helps to actually break things into parts.

[Hm. He may just be spouting bullshit, or he may be helping. Hard to say.]

[bakaomi]

[ he just makes a Face at him you rude binch ]

We'll see. I can't really say how trial is going to go because something always ends up blowing up.

[divus]

Probably. That's when you get smarter and learn to put out the flames faster.

[...he's just grabbing a slice of pizza.] All of this cryptic stuff is kind of exhausting by the way. So. Can we just talk like normal people for a bit?

[bakaomi]

Yeah, sure. Since technically this isn't an audience.

[ it's just two dudes eating pizza while people have a crisis about guy outside ]

[divus]

Cool. [Chewing for a bit...] Not that I really know how to do that anymore, but whatever. I always figured that'd be something to get reacquainted to in the new world.

[bakaomi]

I mean, I was forced to do it here.

[ it's been terrible ]

[divus]

And yet you spend most of your time with us. What's up with that? [Finishing his pizza slice…] Not that it's a bad thing. Supposedly a lot of the others are learning things from you guys anyway. If rumors are to be believed.