[ senri & ray are not okay ]

[usogi]

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[selfimmolates]

Do you really trust Sasuke right now?

[he hates that he knows who senri is talking about]

Successfully met with five, excluding Patience. Heard about a few others too, including the ones who didn't like my offerings.

[usogi]

Not really, but that doesn't mean I don't want to know what he knows...

[it's bad when smart people he doesn't like have a chance of learning things!!]

Fine - I'll start. I met with Beauty and Merriment, aside from Passhi. [why don't they have nicknames, senri] Apparently Ambition is super rude, but might be a cute girl.

With that in mind, I think that besides Ruin, she's the one I'm scared of most so far.

[senri is a diva but he doesn't get along with other divas it's fine]

[selfimmolates]

Huh. We actually managed to avoid overlap. Would I be right if I guessed Beauty Salon and Game Room?

[...]

I met with Justice, Cunning, Love, Fortune, and Sincerity. At least two of 'em expressed wariness over Disorder, Ambition, and Ruin, so agreed.

[usogi]

Yep and yep.

The lab's with Justice, Fortune's probably the spooky mystical room... Is Cunning the costume hall? Sincerity the mirrors - and Love is... what...

The Dance Studio?

[which god likes to break it down]

[selfimmolates]

[he can't even be satisfied because those two were the really obvious ones, damn it]

... Before I answer that: Senri, have you met your patron god?

I'll even throw in a gesture of goodwill and confirm right now that one of those five gods is mine.

[usogi]

[fortune scares senri it's cool

though at the question, he sighs]

Mm, I have. One of those two are mine - I tried to reach out to everyone who held their hand out to me to start, but the last one snubbed me. I tried to be nice too...!

[selfimmolates]

Them's the breaks.

[he pauses, seemingly examining senri, before,]

You're right about Fortune and Love. [and justice, obviously.] But Cunning is the armoury and Sincerity's the costume hall.

[usogi]

[what]

Seriously? That doesn't seem very sincere.

[.... wait - ]

Love's really the dance studio too?

Who are we missing then? Indulgence, Disorder, Piety, Ambition, Ruin?

[selfimmolates]

They just really like fashion, from what I can tell. And yup. Love's a music fan, apparently.

[go break it down with them, senri.]

Yeah. Ambition and Indulgence were the other gods who rejected my offering. Ambition told me to "try harder", and I've heard that Indulgence generally won't get offended, but they're pretty picky.

[usogi]

Indulgence snubbed me too - and I brought a suuuper awesome cake! How come, huh?

[spoiler: senri just gave a bunch of gods cakes]

Does Love seem decent at least? They're not my god, so I don't want them to win - but if they've got the most amount of followers, we have to be careful?

[selfimmolates]

[senri...]

Love and Justice have both been pretty clearly anti-murder, if that's what you mean. They're easily the softest of the gods I've met.

Fortune and Sincerity would prefer to avoid bloodshed, but will use it as a last resort. Cunning, as you might expect, would go with whatever's smart.

[usogi]

Yikes...

[he doesn't know how he feels about that!]

... Beauty and Merriment were both nice. Beauty thinks that opting for killing is cowardly, and thinks that the game is best played by trying to pull people to his side.

Merriment's... odd. Really, I don't know if he even wants to win the game - he seems really... patient, actually. Like he wants us to make our own decisions.

Oh and - the god that wins is the head of the pantheon, but also depending on which god wins, even if you're not on their team, you might get a consolation prize just for participating apparently. I think they also get to build the rest of what this world is gonna look like.

[selfimmolates]

Yeah, I talked with a few about what kind of world they want. Pretty interesting stuff.

I was planning on hitting up Piety next week. Merriment's pinged my interest too, if they're as "odd" as you say. What would work as an offering?

[usogi]

Did you get any concretes? I don't know if any of them really thought this being a god thing through....

[smh!!]

I gave Merriment a cake and he was up for it! Toys in general, even if they're simple, I think? Maybe write him a note and say you'll play a game with him for good measure. And be sure to make good on that - it'll make him happy.

[senri....

loves the gods.....]

[selfimmolates]

Sincerity wants a world where everyone can be true to themselves... and [air quotes] "look fabulous while doing it."

[he wasn't kidding when he said they liked fashion.]

Justice wants to stop "bad people" so that no one has to get hurt. Oh, and friends. And Cunning wants "the world to be fair and for a new world order where people aren't forgotten or left behind or ignored." Didn't ask Fortune or Love, but I'll get to that the next time I have the chance... which doesn't look like it's going to be this week.

[thanks to the new rule!! he shrugs.]

So nope, no concretes. Guess that's to be expected from a bunch of people turned deities, however that happened.

[everyone's dumb. where is the uno braincell among the gods.]

... Yeesh, is Merriment also a kid? Apparently, Justice is only ten, ignoring the godhood.

[usogi]

... well, it sounds like some of them didn't have an option besides being deities - an end of the line kind of thing maybe...?

[though he can't imagine what that would look like.]

Merriment called me 'kiddo' so I don't know - maybe he just didn't grow up with a lot of friends.

[ . . . . ]

It's a lot of power to give people who are even younger than the two of us, you know? Everyone's agreed that we're going back home no matter what the end, and the gods might not even be able to interact with our worlds since Passhi might not get a chance to go home again...

But it's not like I'd want to leave this world behind to Ruin or anything.

[selfimmolates]

Well, I guess. In the end, though, my top priority is my own victory. What happens to this world is a side thought.

[1/2]

[usogi]

Are you sure Ambition isn't your god?

[just wondering.]

[usogi]

[but senri's expression eases into a smile - a tired one, but genuine]

... that makes sense, I guess. So what, you're not going to convince me to go over to your side or anything?

[selfimmolates]

[rude]

Would you be receptive to the idea right now even if I tried?

[usogi]

It depends.

So far, my god hasn't upset me or anything, so it's not like we don't get along. Maybe if your team had higher numbers than mine does, I'd switch so it'd be easier to end this game faster and convince more people to join me.

[hm]

[selfimmolates]

[hmm]

Is that so? If you're with Beauty or Merriment, then either way, you're currently on a losing team.

Of course, that's assuming you weren't lying.

[usogi]

[and he laughs, shaking his head]

Even though I'm a romantic, Love didn't want me.

But if I were to switch to any team, that's the one I'd look at right now. Maybe Sincerity, too.

But if you're just Fortune, Justice, or Cunning, it's not worth it yet. It's easier to get people to believe in happiness or aesthetics than sneakiness or luck.

[selfimmolates]

[he tilts his head. he's quiet for a while, and then,]

... To be honest, I was thinking of switching to Love. Can't say their attitude is my favourite, and their powers are meh, but their chances of staying in the lead probably aren't terrible and that's ultimately what matters.

Same as you—I don't mind my god and they don't mind my "unfathomably charming personality", but I'm not so attached as to vow undying loyalty or anything.

[usogi]

[senri admits fairly easily - ]

Even if you get taken out of the game, as long as your god wins, they can grant your wish - apparently. I'd double-check with other gods first to make sure that's true but...

[ . . . well. he glances off to the side.]

I would feel bad abandoning someone. So I might wait.

If nothing else, I'd want to meet Love first before I decide.