[ senri & ray are not okay ]

[usogi]

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[selfimmolates]

[dumb]

You do realize that suspecting me would be the smart thing to do, right?

[usogi]

Not really. Killing a god means one less source of information for you.

It was a pretty dumb move overall, killing someone bound by oath who can grant favors and specialized in luck.

So my guess is the person who did it doesn't care about things like that, or plays the game from a different angle than info swaps.

[selfimmolates]

You could argue that trying to obtain info was just my cover. I've played lying games for far longer, after all. So, not really a good defence.

[usogi]

I don't think that even the best liars can hide the whole heart of a person for this long.

[this is still really funny coming from senri.]

Of everyone here, you still wouldn't be my first choice for suspicion.

[selfimmolates]

I really wouldn't call that hiding the "whole heart".

[he shrugs.]

And apparently I was someone's, since according to Takaomi, that's why I got hit with Advancement Opportunity.

[usogi]

[DEEP FROWN]

They're probably socially awkward.

[STOP.]

[selfimmolates]

What does that have to do with literally anything?

[usogi]

Being bad at reading people and not knowing how to give them a chance.

Like Taka.

[selfimmolates]

Sometimes it's better to be ruthless than try and give people a chance.

[usogi]

... no, I don't think so.

I'll never really get that mentality - but I guess I'm lucky that I've never had to try.

[selfimmolates]

[he just shrugs! he won't agree or disagree with that.]

[usogi]

Do you think I could just ask the gods to let you come home with me and Taka....

[selfimmolates]

[oh.]

It wouldn't work out for a lot of reasons—though I'll admit to being curious about what your Earth is like, especially if it might be the same as the one I know of.

[usogi]

[he tilts his head]

Do you mean you've only read about Earth...?

[selfimmolates]

Well, sort of. I'm not an alien or something, if that's what you're thinking.

[backstory time! maybe ray's life will be a tad less confusing to senri now. maybe.]

Where I'm from, Earth was split into two dimensions way back in the past. One half would be something like your world—maybe actually your world, for all we know—where the country Japan and the like exist.

[he hopes the other earth isn't literally senri's world, though, because that'd be. bad. for reasons.]

I got the other half, though I didn't know it until a few months ago since we weren't allowed to leave the orphanage. Otherwise, you hit it on the mark: I grew up reading about what I thought was the "outside".

... I'd like to say I'm pretty informed, but in the end, all of my knowledge is purely encyclopedic. This competition's the first time I've ever met people from the "other side". [a beat.] Or domesticated creatures like dogs.

[usogi]

[ . . . . what the fuck? senri blinks at that, clearly surprised]

.... oh.

You should play more with An-chan then, she's really friendly.

[LET RAY PLAY WITH ANTOINETTE]

Uh... what do you want to know? I don't really know how it'd compare to your world, or what's different.

[selfimmolates]

[he smiles wryly.]

Well, do giraffes exist?

[this is a joke but senri won't get it.]

[usogi]

[HE?

WON'T?]

Oh yeah! I don't have a picture but they're definitely somewhere - maybe at the zoo?

[selfimmolates]

Ever ridden one?

[usogi]

Wh - no?!

Have you?!

[what the fuck is this weirdass world]

[selfimmolates]

[he lets out a brief laugh.]

No. I'm messing with you. When we were kids, Emma's dream for the outside was to ride a giraffe. This just reminded me of that.

[usogi]

[oh my god

senri blinks and then laughs - ]

Ray-kun has jokes...? Wow!

[selfimmolates]

... Why is that what amazes you?

[usogi]

You're normally so snotty! I think that's the first time you've actually played with me.

[selfimmolates]

Don't get used to it.

[just saying.]

Anyway, you're from Japan, right? What it's like?