GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[divus]

[A while ago, Jack said he didn't really get why he was named Merriment but that he thought it maybe fit. This is probably suddenly very obvious given he's floating up as high as he can, zipping around, doing a few flips and generally spreading metaphorical wings. As it is, he's going to eventually lap around the 109 and stop in front of Taka again. He hasn't landed yet, but there's a small, icy breeze following him.]

I really hope the new world has this much space. [He knows it will, but he's very pleased. Hi Taka, your god's kind of actually also childish.]

[bakaomi]

[ he just... watches him, his expression quiet.

it's so nice. he's so different, from their first meeting, and taka wasn't sure that he could feel so very happy for another person as he does right now, watching jack fly. ]

Your name definitely fits.

[divus]

[He's still flying lazy circles around Taka just because he can...]

You think? [He's actually grinning? This is absolutely the happiest he's been for week.] I think...maybe I really did know all along and I'd forgotten.

[bakaomi]

... and it's not like the general mood here has been super cheerful for the most part.

[ especially at the beginning, when things were more uncertain of how it might go. ]

[divus]

[There are definitely still bad things happening but...they can take a breather at least.]

Tell me about it. But the game's starting to wind down...let's hope next week's maybe an easier one. I'd like to go out of this thing on a high note.

[In before we have like six murders somehow.]

[bakaomi]

[ STOP!!! ]

I think we deserve a nice weekend for once.

[divus]

Yeah? [What a concept...he'd love that.] If you could have one weekend to do anything, what would you do?

[Just...wondering.]

[bakaomi]

A weekend to do anything...

In general, or here?

[divus]

Let's go with both. [He's still flying but now he's floating through the air on his back instead. He's staying in the air, but he doesn't seem to stray too far from Taka anyway.]

[bakaomi]

[ he mostly just watches him float as he thinks

uh. the answer to what he would do for a while weekend here is unfortunately not a conversation he'd want to have with jack because it involves uno boy and a lot of application of concealer afterwards. ]

I think back home... I'd want to go to a music festival.

[divus]

[Thanks Taka. Granted he can probably guess? Was Jack a teenager that actually had people to make out with when he was alive? We don't know and I don't want to know. Anyway, so he's allowing him to skip the weekend in the temple and focuses on the answer.]

Ever been to one before? [It's hard to say because Taka's so young, but also he's not sure what would really stop him otherwise.] It sounds exactly like something you'd like.

[bakaomi]

[ thank you for allowing him to skip that embarrassment ]

I've been to concerts, but not a whole festival. I'd want to go to one overseas... the ones in America are super famous, you know? They get a lot of cool acts that we don't see as often.

[divus]

Yeah, I've heard of a few of them before. Never been because most of them are held in the spring and the summer, but they get advertised a lot. It sounds like it'd be fun.

I can't promise you something like that here, but...I'm thinking about stuff in the new world. Things we can have to remember you guys by, or things other people might like.

[bakaomi]

Oh...

[ that makes him weirdly happy. ]

What are your ideas so far?

[divus]

Still working that out but something with music for sure. And snow. Tall buildings like this. Something upbeat and fun.

My memories were used against me once. I'm going to use them to my advantage this time.

[bakaomi]

... it's a shame I can't see it.

[divus]

I want to see about changing that, too. It'd be a bummer if you couldn't...what would be the point then?

[bakaomi]

... mm. I really want to see the kind of world you all create together.

[divus]

[He stops flying around, hovering in one place.]

I want to see if it's possible. I don't know how much power it'd take, but...it'd be nice to try, wouldn't it?

[bakaomi]

... yeah, I want to try.

It'll be pretty shitty if we only have a week left.

[divus]

Piety and Ambition are hosting next week and then that's the game. Our time's clocking pretty fast. [But.] We're going to make the most of it. I guarantee it. But it'll give us enough time to sort everything out and see what we can do to keep a part of you here.

Who knows? Maybe some of the others are thinking the same.

[bakaomi]

If there's anything I can do-- I could change my wish.

What I had before I can still get just by winning back home.

[divus]

Don't change your wish unless you absolutely want to, alright? I already told you that you deserve what you came for. That shouldn't change just because of something like this.

[bakaomi]

... I can still take care of it back home, all it means is that it'll take a little longer.

[divus]

...take the next week to think about it, kiddo. Just in case something else comes up. I don't want you to settle on something and have it get derailed. And I'll try to do the heavy-lifting from my end.