[ i already regret sasuke and senri ]

[usogi]

i hate that jan made us a shitpost so i already have one to use

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[moralmyopia]

[He doesn’t answer the first question because he wants Senri to believe he will actually kill when necessary. He just stares. Pointedly.]

Idiot. [He’s reminded of a certain someone again, and it puts a sour, warm feeling in the core of his stomach. A confused one.] You’re going to end up dead. Especially pulling stunt like you did.

If you aren’t a liar, and the world you say you want is true, align with Justice. He says he wants to make a world where everyone can live together as a family. He’s too young, and he needs whatever help he can get. [His eyes narrow.] Unless you already are. Someone who doesn’t want others to get hurt makes a new rule which limits what can be taken from rooms—like weapons.

[usogi]

[ . . . . . . senri's brow furrows and his expression twists uncomfortably.]

I said I didn't want to know your god.... Stop being weird.

[sasuke why are you putting him in a difficult position wtf]

Anyway, he's not mine - I met with four gods. Two who extended their hands out to me to start, and two others I've heard good things about.

... I do want to say thanks to whoever made that rule. I think it's interesting. Because ultimately it means that people can't take out weapons - but they couldn't do that without leaving their name either. But it also means that we can't easily leave offerings, so it limits the flow of information. I want to know what their intention in doing that was.

[moralmyopia]

He isn’t my god. He’s just one I got an audience with. [Lonely Justice. :(] I already told you my god.

[His eyes don’t unnarrow so much as soften slightly.] It’s a decent failsafe. It didn’t work with the lock Ray made. Limiting offerings keeps those aligned with gods with less followers at a disadvantage when seeking audiences with other gods. But it also puts a target on you for later. [Like him.] You have to give an alibi for yourself. If it’s a lie, you’re suspicious. If it’s the truth, people will be able to tell what god you were talking to depending on what you gave as an offering.

Have you tried requesting an audience with a god with another person?

[usogi]

[oh my fucking god. senri mentally rewinds the conversation and

give him a second he's going to just press his head against the nearest wall and hold a hand out to sasuke]

I need a second.

I'm thinking about how much I hate you. I can't tell if you're really smart or really ridiculous, so just - hold on. If you were really telling the truth -

[HE'S SO TIRED]

[moralmyopia]

Why do you think I aligned with Cunning, dumbass.

[usogi]

I don't know, that actually sounds like pretty standard ninja fare.

[but he inhales and. siiiiiiiiiighs deeply.

and then turns back around to sasuke.]

I don't know - the gods have their own rules. One of them is 'don't spill it all at once', but I think they can tell us more about themselves and unmask as time goes on. And I asked if I could bring a friend to an audience since I don't always ask the best questions.... and the god I asked didn't know if that was against the rules or not. If that'd count as directly poaching followers from another god - so that god might get in trouble. I obviously don't want to try it with my god - or any god I like.

[sighs AGAIN]

Anyway, thanks for the lying tips.

So you're with Cunning and swapping to Justice?

[moralmyopia]

No. I’m aligned with Cunning and swapping to another. Justice is too young and naive. He believes too much in others. That’s why I’m sending you. [He is being MEAN but honest.] If you want an audience with Indulgence, I’ll try it with you. It would mean two unaligned to them would be attempting.

I don’t know if two will make a difference.

[1/3]

[usogi]

I don't really want to spend more time with you.

[he says that so quickly it's so offensive]

[usogi]

[ . . . . . . ]

I've heard Justice is young, 10 or something - but I can't switch to a team that doesn't have a chance of winning. Maybe when he has more followers, I'll look into it.

[usogi]

[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mumblemumble]

Fine, I'll go see indulgence with you.

[what is this an agreement for ANTS]

[moralmyopia]

Tch. I take back what I said about the brains. He isn’t going to win if you and others won’t join him, idiot. He doesn’t get more followers unless more people follow him. [GEEZ. Irritably, he sighs. He might not have his ninjutsu powers, but he can still fucking hear, Senri.

One brow rises pointedly.] Fine. Next week when the rule lifts. We can fill the bowl with food or alcohol, unless it’s something you already tried. You wouldn’t clarify.

[usogi]

I don't want to hear that from you when you said you'd go follow someone else - unless that's a lie and you're recruiting anyway?

[senri doesn't believe anyone about anything it's fine. ninjas.]

Indulgence snubbed me - and I tried to give cakes to all the gods I wanted to meet. [senri really likes cakes and hopes that those gods would too? they were like. custom cakes.] I've heard that they're a former ruler. Flamboyant, but picky. I was thinking jewels - but I wouldn't know where to get one of those.

Maybe the costume hall might have something fit for a king....

[moralmyopia]

[indulgence: yall have to fuck on the bowl to summon the likes of me]

I'm not going with you to be cut down by a god who is insulted by you bringing them costume jewelry. We could just kill Cecil or Blackfire. They both have a "jewel."

[Is he serious? Is he joking? The two of them are going to be fucking dead. Great.]

[usogi]

[ok google how do you delete someone else's brackets]

Kill— Why is your first thought murder?!

[SASUKE, he's crossing his arms in an X formation.]

Vetoed, vetoed! Not worth it! It'd be easier to find an Indulgence follower than killing somebody!

[moralmyopia]

[Murder solves all problems clearly.]

I can try to steal it.

Defecting to Fortune wouldn't work. The item is random.

[usogi]

Leave it for if the food and alcohol doesn't work - you're way too eager to get yourself in risky situations. You don't even have one of your hands? Did you forget?

[senri doesn't know when he signed up to be sasuke's impulse control but like here he fucking is]

[moralmyopia]

You underestimate what I can do with one arm.

[usogi]

You underestimate everyone else just as much. Blackfire conquered planets? [senri is decently scared of a lot of people here but he's most scared of her??] And Guy-san didn't do anything to deserve being stolen from! [he likes him!! senri is weak and will not survive the winter] If you get caught or hurt in the process, what's the point?

If anything, you could use the lab to see if anyone could make a really pretty jewel copy. They've been talking about a lot of magic stuff that goes way over my head, but one of them can probably do it?

[ . . . . actually.]

You're not personable at all - I'll ask.

[moralmyopia]

[Sasuke's lips draw into a line, and his face sours. He's INSULTED twice over.]

I can ask. [Well, he can barter and intimidate. That's asking, right? FINE. He won't ask.] I'm not afraid of anyone here. I've destroyed a god. [why does he say this so casually] No one has their own abilities.

If they relied on what they can do more than how they think, they'll be useless.

[usogi]

No, I don't trust you to not mess this up and then if I try to ask after you, they'll know I'm trying to work with you. I'm asking. At least I'm cute and harmless.

[both of them should just stop talking

because is senri going to just ignore the destroying a god thing?

you bet your ass he is! (he will probably pick that up at the end of the conversation like 'what the fuck')]

Can you do me a favor and maybe not jump right away to murder as an option? I think we can all win anyway if we just agree to serve the same god. It'd be the easiest way to get this resolved, you know?

[moralmyopia]

It isn't going to be so simple. You're as awful as Justice sounds. Maybe the two of you do belong together. [Another sigh.] The ones already winning aren't going to change--they're winning. The rest may not like the world that god envisions. They are going to try whatever it takes to win instead.

You were promised something, right? So were they.

Besides, there are going to be some like us, who are trying to speak to other gods. They'll also do what it takes to get an audience. Clearly, some gods are picky.

[usogi]

I haven't talked to Justice yet - but I can put it on my list. What did you offer? Anything hard to find?

[since sasuke's really insisting!!!!

but senri at least manages to look thoughtful at his other worlds.]

.... so far Love and Sincerity's worlds don't look so bad. I don't know about Indulgence, but if either of those two win, I've heard that the other gods wouldn't actually mind that much. Even if you die in the process of the game, if the god you were aligned with wins, you get your prize. So the strategy can be to switch to Love's team, even though Love's powers aren't that great.

I never said it'd be easy - but if everyone can calm down for just long enough to listen, we can all get what we want and leave behind a world that isn't super awful. I want to win, but I know that everyone else does too.... There has to be a way to make it work.

[moralmyopia]

No. He said he hasn’t ever had a family, so that is what he values most. A world were everyone can be a family. [Guess who Justice remINDS HIM OF. HM.] He thought no one would want to talk to him. So just the fact you will is enough.

No one is going to work together like you think. It’s better if we take a look next week to see how the followers have changed. Once everyone has seen the list of gifts the gods give.

[usogi]

[that, more than anything else in this conversation, gets senri to pause.

but he passes over it quickly with a smile]

Sounds easy enough! I'll check in with him too.

I'm going to keep trying, even if you say it's impossible. Some things aren't possible to understand until you put them into words - that's what I believe. I'm trying not to be stupid about this game... but there's no knowing unless I try.

[moralmyopia]

[Sasuke doesn’t look convinced about the last part. He can’t believe Senri won’t do something fucking stupid and end up hurt or, worse, dead. It’s Naruto all over again really. He should just kill Senri and get it over with.]

Do it your way then. Don’t come crawling to me when you get in trouble.

[Because he’s tsun and will feel bad. Maybe.]