GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[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.

[bakaomi]

... alright.

[ he still looks uncertain, but if jack says so then... hm. ]

[divus]

[Hm...give him a second, he'll land in front of Taka and just peer at him for a moment.]

...make me a promise. On the last day, before the final tally, come talk to me and let me help you decide if you're still not totally sure. I'm not letting you walk away without anything.

[bakaomi]

...

[ he holds a pink out ]

[divus]

[He's spent enough time around kids he doesn't even have to question it. He'll follow suit and pinky promise since that's apparently what they're doing.]

[bakaomi]

[ it's fine ]

We're definitely doing that then, Jack.

[divus]

Good. It's like I said before...stick with me for a little longer. I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you.

[bakaomi]

... yeah.

I trust you.

[divus]

Glad to hear it. [A glance at the skyline again...]

Trust me enough to fly? Taking the elevator's boring.

[bakaomi]

Hm, let me think about it.

[ HMMM ]

Yeah.

[divus]

Awesome. [THIS IS A BAD IDEA but Jack's heading for the edge, gesturing for Taka to follow.] Carrying you shouldn't be that big of a deal, but we'll head for the ground anyway.