[ senri & ray are not okay ]

[usogi]

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[selfimmolates]

Personally, I think you're both idiots.

[usogi]

[senri looks at his nails

and in a dead monotone:]

Wow, Ray-kun, you're so considerate. You always know how to make me feel better.

[selfimmolates]

What, would you prefer it if I suddenly started acting like a nice guy? Though I guess that'd technically work by probably freaking you out and distracting you...

[usogi]

[he scoffs]

Not at all.

I trust you to be honest with me at least on a personal level at this point, even when you think I'm being an idiot.

I need that more than anything else in this game.

[a foundation to work with, even as he tries to figure everyone else out]

[selfimmolates]

For someone to call you an idiot?

[he's being a shit.

... in part because this is getting awkward, stop getting sappy on him.]

[usogi]

I'm not an idiot.

[ . . . ]

But it's nice to not have to act like I only have pleasant thoughts all the time.

[everyone in this game thinks he's so empty-headed and it's like 65% on purpose at this point]

[selfimmolates]

[senri really is like emma in some ways.]

Well, that's partly your own doing.

[usogi]

Kindness is the way into most people's hearts - I don't mind, if it leaves a good impression.

[this fucking liar

anyway he knows how fucked up he sounds so he'll move on,]

You know Ray-kun, there's only 8 people's alignments we don't know yet and 4 of them have to be Ambition? We have a 50/50 chance at this point.

[selfimmolates]

[he counts off on his fingers.]

Alex, Catra, Entrapta, Estelle, Guy, Hiro, Luke, Shang Qinghua. We don't know if any of our known Justice followers switched; are we assuming Ludger is still with Ambition, then?

Aside from Ambition's followers, we're missing 1 Disorder, 1 Piety whom Ishikirimaru knows, 0-3 Justice depending, and 2 Cunning provided no one but you and Zoe left.

Is that right?

[usogi]

Er - I did miscount, because I realized I don't know if Mouri-san left. I think I'm going to try to talk to him tomorrow to find out. He's the only Justice follower that I think would switch...

[he tilts his head]

That sounds about right to me... Bambi told me that she's the one who convinced someone to go to Dizzy. I dunno if that'll help us figure it out, but it's at least someone who cared to talk to her after the trial.

But yeah - Madopyon's still with Cunning for now.

[selfimmolates]

Interesting decision.

[usogi]

Madopyon and Cunning?

She says she likes him....

[selfimmolates]

Madoka likes everyone.

[usogi]

Right?

I think she might've stayed because I told her that someone else and I were moving, and I was most worried about Dizzy and Cunning dropping to zero.

But... she wants to believe in Cheri's world the most, I think. So I don't know how long she'll stay.

[selfimmolates]

Well, if you're going to switch, it makes sense to do it in the last week, like Sasuke. I plan on going back to Love then, personally.

[usogi]

[ . . . ]

I know what you're saying, but if we can't convince those gods to try to grant wishes for people who aren't their followers, that puts us kind of at odds...

I realize it can't be perfect - but it's still kind of worrying.

[selfimmolates]

Then communicate that with everyone else. Worrying in private will solve nothing.

[usogi]

I'm working on it.

[ . . . ]

Which gods have worlds you believe in?

I think I believe in Piety, Cheri, Love, Beauty, and Justice's worlds. I could believe in Merriment's too, I think, from what Shishimaru told me, but I want to talk to him more about it to be sure.

Because if we can all agree to switch to Love at the end, or Justice at the end, then we can all get our wishes still.

[selfimmolates]

To be honest, Piety is the only one I think is suited to lead. Or Cunning, since he and Piety have made an agreement to work together if one of them wins.

[usogi]

That's what Shishimaru thinks too.

[ . . . ]

You know we're kind of in a pinch, unless we can get a lot of people to sway at the end.

[selfimmolates]

One concern is that Ambition has done a good of holding onto her lead, somehow. Her chances of winning this are pretty good.

[usogi]

[ . . . ]

I don't know. I guess I just... would be surprised if Bambi's followers actually believe in her world. I love her. Everyone knows that.

But all she wants is a world where she's in charge, and then she can delegate - but she's... not always fair? I think she still has a lot to learn...

[selfimmolates]

Yeah, well, better hope she gets a good mentor or she doesn't win.

[usogi]

She might be getting closer to Piety... Maybe we should tell them to have a deal too, but Bambi might get upset if she finds out Cunning did something behind her and Dizzy's back.

[SIGHS,,]

Well... if we can coordinate the people in Cheri and Love's current factions, and Merriment's... we might be able to swing the whole thing.

[selfimmolates]

Sieg has promised to stay with Love until the end, so you might have to get Love to convince him first—though to be honest, I'm pretty sure she just wants whatever's best for her followers. Zoe could maybe be convinced to go with a "good" god. Nonon will likely follow Yu. Yu's... well, you've probably realized by now that he knows Love personally from back home. He could be tricky.

To be honest, Love once told me I was the most likely one to defect, and I guess it ended up being true.