GODLY AUDIENCES - CHUUYA NAKAHARA

[divus]

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[goatsongs]

[Chuuya listens and claps at the end. At one point he opens his mouth like he's going to sing along, but catches himself just in time.]

That song was written while I was alive. Nice to see it's still around.

[divus]

It's one of the classics! Sooo... truth or dare?

[goatsongs]

Dare me this time.

[divus]

Hmm... you can't write poetry, but nothing says you can't draw. I dare you to draw me a picture for one of your poems.

[goatsongs]

You got it.

[Chuuya whips out a piece of paper and a pen from his pocket and starts drawing. He's not a great artist like he is a poet, but it's at least recognizable.

What he ends up with is a bird flying over a field of flowers. In the distance, a wire fence, and a mountain behind it - in the foreground, a baby in a cradle.]

Done.

[divus]

Right...

[Sincerity is examining the artwork closely.]

When poetry doesn't break the rules anymore I want you to recite this poem for me. You don't mind, do you?

[goatsongs]

Of course I will. You don't even need to ask.

[hahaha]

Truth or dare?

[divus]

[hahaha]

Truth.

[goatsongs]

What do you think of Beauty?

[divus]

Oh, I like him a lot! He's a great guy. We see eye to eye on a lot of things. If I wasn't going to win, I'd want him to win.

[goatsongs]

Alright, then I'll send him an offering sometime to say hi. Senri made him sound like he was pretty forgiving, but he didn't know about the poem incident.

[Chuuya honestly has no idea how many gods are still mad about that.]

[divus]

He might be a little miffed about it, but he's not going to curse you or anything.

[lol]

Especially not since you're one of mine.

[goatsongs]

That'll be a nice change.

[Chuuya doesn't actually know about Disorder's curse on him, because the rule means he hasn't tried reciting or writing any poetry. But that rule is a curse in itself.]

Truth this time.

[divus]

How far are you willing to go to win this contest?

[goatsongs]

...I won't hurt the kids and the teenagers, even if I know they'll come back from it. That's just not something I can do.

[Sincerity knows why.]

But if it's the adults, and it's temporary... Yeah, I'd be willing to get rid of the competition for you.

[divus]

Oh, whoa - I don't want you to do that. I'd much rather we just convinced everyone to join me.

[not down with murder? not down with murder.]

But it's good to hear, regardless. Most of my followers don't want to hurt anyone, and I'm a little worried they won't defend themselves if they get attacked. It sounds like you will, though.

[goatsongs]

Oh - yeah, that's way better than going out to hurt people, sorry.

[He just leapt straight to the extreme.]

I'm not as nice as your other followers. ...a lot of people are way too nice to be here.

[divus]

That might be true, but they're the ones who agreed to be here, so there isn't much we can do about it now.

[Even if Sincerity would very much like it if certain people were somewhere safe. Siiiighs.]

[goatsongs]

[sincerity's a good bean.]

Truth or dare?

[divus]

Dare!

[goatsongs]

Stand on your head for ten seconds.

[divus]

[Sincerity does so!

...now Chuuya can see that Sincerity is wearing high-heeled boots and embroidered jeans under the robes]

[goatsongs]

Nice jeans. Don't really fit the divine image, though.

[divus]

They're comfortable and fashionable.

[Ten seconds pass and Sincerity goes upright again.]

Honestly, these robes are such a drag.

[goatsongs]

I bet. Who says gods have to wear robes? You're a god, you should be able to wear what you want. ...Mask aside, I guess.