[ senri & ray are not okay ]

[usogi]

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[selfimmolates]

I'm with Love.

[well then.]

[usogi]

[hah.]

Are you going to stay with her?

[selfimmolates]

Yes.

[usogi]

[senri pauses for a long, long moment.]

... I'll be with Sincerity next week, or the one after that if I don't change my mind.

Shiks and I were supposed to go together - and then the numbers were supposed to work out for us. I'm thinking of waiting another week to switch in case people figured that part out but...

I'd like it if you kept telling people I'm with Beauty.

[selfimmolates]

Not like I've been telling anyone, but sure. You'll want to work on your lying some more, though.

[usogi]

Ahaha, are you looking out for me, Ray-kun?

[ . . . . well.]

If it comes down to Sincerity or Love, would you switch to the god that has the best shot of winning?

[this is his fucking way of saying he doesn't want it to come down to competition between them bc he's a LOSER]

[selfimmolates]

As if.

[...]

Probably. I'm in this to win, and Love knows that as well.

And you?

[usogi]

Uh-huh.

So if you know any of Love's followers who are more eager to get rid of the competition than talk things out, give me a heads up and I'll switch if that's what's needed.

I want to win just as badly as everyone else, after all.

[selfimmolates]

People aren't tripping over their feet to tell me their alignment, let alone their murder plans, but got it.

[usogi]

Did you come to me because you knew I'd tell you what you want to hear?

[selfimmolates]

You're easier to deal with than most. [in a sense.] Don't make me regret this.

[usogi]

You can call me simple, I'll know what you mean.

[ . . . and senri sighs as he uses his foot to kick out a chair for ray to sit with him]

What do you think happens to a god who runs out of followers?

[selfimmolates]

[he means that he sort of trusts senri, but you know what, he can absolutely live with senri's interpretation.

he pauses, before taking the chair.]

Don't know, haven't asked. Worried about Beauty?

[usogi]

Of course.

[he'll admit to that easily.]

.... I still have a few roses to give out. All he wants is to talk to people - you've probably met with him by now. I don't think I can stay, with the numbers as they are.... but if they improve for him, I could always go back - that's what I'm telling myself, I think.

I just don't want to hurt him, even though I know I have to help myself.

[selfimmolates]

Have you asked him about what will happen?

[usogi]

Nope.

.... I haven't told him I'm leaving.

I don't know if you've noticed - but I'm really bad at delivering bad news.

[selfimmolates]

[he sighs.]

... You should. You're more likely to burn the bridge if you don't. I've already promised Love that I'd talk to her first for that reason.

[then again, ray has no problem with delivering bad news.]

[usogi]

... tomorrow. I'll - do it tomorrow.

[maybe he's also just afraid of finding out what happens if there's no followers left]

[selfimmolates]

I think you've already procrastinated enough... but fine. Not like it affects me.

[usogi]

I'm trying to think of a gift to bring him to say goodbye - even if it's not really goodbye, I guess.

[and he pauses]

... I'm going to ask why gods can't just work together. You know it'd be a lot easier if we could just split it? Good gods and chaos gods.

Then we can end the game much faster.

[selfimmolates]

Would it really end that much faster?

[usogi]

I think so.

Disorder, Ambition, and Ruin to themselves - and the rest of the gods that I haven't heard are as bad.

It's wishful thinking but.... It's also worth trying.

[selfimmolates]

Cunning is sometimes added to the three. Indulgence and Fortune are considered more of "neutral" than "good".

What would you do after we split them?

I LOST THIS NOTIF

[usogi]

Try to convince the people with the less amiable gods that they won't get their wish if they stay with them.

[it's always diplomacy with senri,,]

SMH

[selfimmolates]

[ew, diplomacy]

You can do that without having the gods work together, can't you?