[ 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]

[For a moment or two, Sasuke watches Senri look back out of the corner of his eye, but he doesn't say anything, not even a rebuttal for the first statement.]

Fine. [He's going to have to think of a good favor to con them out of.] Stop giving them nicknames like they're your friends. I can't keep track of all of them. Just call them by their normal names.

[usogi]

Bambi - Ambition - offered to curse you for me, when she noticed that my fingers were trembling. I think we're friends.

[do you ever think about what senri could do if he was just a little bit more mean-spirited]

Don't worry, I told her that it wasn't necessary.

[moralmyopia]

[Sasuke gives Senri a look, though it's a little unreadable. It isn't angry exactly... maybe irritated at best.]

I doubt it was because you're friends. It was because she tried to stop me in the room, but I got away by throwing her off.

She would just as sooner stab you in the back if you weren't giving her what she wants.

[usogi]

... I know that part of the reason why this works for us is because I'm fine being the trusting one while you aren't -

But have you considered that maybe it'll help to have a little bit more faith in people?

[which is very funny coming from senri who is

a liar]

[moralmyopia]

Have you considered maybe it would help to be a little more suspicious of everyone else and the gods?

[Two can play at that game, Senri Nito.]

[usogi]

Nope.

Because I'm more valuable to gods if I come off as gullible and soft-hearted. I told Dizzy this - there's going to be plenty of people who doubt her on my behalf, just because I'm getting closer to her. So it's up to her to prove you all wrong, because I've decided to trust her.

And other participants trust me with their alignments if they think I'm harmless anyway.

[he shrugs]

That's why I have you and Ogou-san, to doubt people for me so I don't actually end up hurt, while I bring back information for us all.

[moralmyopia]

Idiot... You’re going to end up dead.

[Sasuke hates this fucking logic so much. Like... biggest pet peeve honestly. It reminds him terribly of Naruto, of how no one ever gave Naruto any credit, including himself, while Naruto did nothing but become stronger. He hates! this logic! Because it’s true.

So all he can do is look sour the entire way out of the carnival and back.

Senri can just, like, rest easy in knowing he’s right while Sasuke vehemently denies it being right.]

I want you to show me something.

[usogi]

[Senri seems to think about saying something - but thinks better of it, instead turning to Sasuke with a curious look and a smile.]

Hm?

What could you want to see from me?

[he's pretty realistic in the sense that there are very few things that he can do better than Sasuke aside from just default being friendly and kissing a lot of ass]

[moralmyopia]

[Stop smiling at him.]

Your god coin. I want to see it.

[usogi]

[ooohhh god talk.

senri blinks.]

... tell me why.

[moralmyopia]

I want to see what it looks like.

[their date is over god talk isnt banned anymore.]

[usogi]

[sasuke is such a master of romance]

Fine, show me yours too though.

[and senri will pull his coin out of his pocket, slightly tarnished]

Did you think I lied to you about swapping?

[moralmyopia]

[Sasuke looks... surprisingly shook. He reaches out and clamps a hand around Senri’s wrist, squeezing gently.]

Don’t defect again. Don’t defect unless it’s absolutely necessary. Understand?

[usogi]

[every time sasuke tells senri not to something he wants to do it more

but also that expression makes him worried?]

Hey - I'm okay.

[he puts his own hand over sasuke's? it's still cold.]

Justice said it's just so that people can tell how many times you've defected - I was surprised too but...

What's that face for?

[moralmyopia]

[His brows don’t unpinch. His hand squeezes like a warning but then retreats.]

I don’t trust it. Not even if Justice explains it. So don’t do it unless it’s necessary.

[1/2]

[usogi]

[ . . . . why is he smiling,]

I kind of like it when you worry about me. It's cute.

[stop]

[usogi]

[but he shakes his head and pulls his hand back]

I'll ask Piety and Cheri too, just in case but... I have to go back to Cheri eventually, Sasuke. Or whichever god is going to win this. I have something I want too.

Let me see your coin. Fair's fair.

[moralmyopia]

Shut up.

[Leave it to Senri to just boldly ask. Sasuke instead, would rather smother in his own worry for however long, not bothering to ask, too scared of lies. He frowns at the defeat, at the tease. He’s going to toss Senri off the ferris wheel next time.

After a few hesitating moments of their walk, he reluctantly pulls out his coin. It’s tarnished way more than Senri’s.]

[usogi]

.... I saw this coming but you're suuuuch a hypocrite.

[UGH]

What if I told you the same thing that you told me? [he changes the tone of his voice to match sasuke's pitch] Don't defect again. Understand?

[SMH!!]

Ahh, you're such a jerk. I'm worried too but I wouldn't try to control you like that.

[moralmyopia]

[Well, this definitely ruins what little bit he had going for him earlier, and it also ruins the fact he looks nice!! His face is lemon levels of sour and irritable, and OFFENDED even if Senri is right in calling him out. He’s being mocked!!!]

Would you shut up? Do what I say, not what I do. We don’t know if there’s a punishment for it besides people knowing. So don’t defect again unless it’s necessary. You just said you had something you wanted too, didn’t you?

Then don’t put it at risk by being stupid.

[usogi]

Do you even listen to yourself? I know that you've been switching around so it doesn't bother me - but I will be bothered if something happens to you because you keep messing up your coin.

[POUTING INTENSIFIES]

You always make me worried because you do crazy things on your own. I'm right here, so rely on me more.

[moralmyopia]

[Sasuke Uchiha never listens to himself and that is half the problem.]

You'd just get in the way and make things more complicated. I don't understand why you're so worried what happens to me. If I'm gone, that's just one less person standing in the way of your victory.

[usogi]

[senri's brow furrows at that and he does the same thing he did as when he went to see sincerity and reaches out to press his cold fingers to the back of sasuke's neck - though this time also to get his attention and make sasuke face him]

We're both winning.

This isn't last man standing, and I'm not going to treat you like some stupid sacrifice on the way to the finish line. So don't insult me like that.

[moralmyopia]

[The hand is chilly, but it's less the cold and more the touch that makes him stop. He grabs Senri's wrist and pulls it away, but doesn't let the wrist go.]

How are we both going to win when only one god can be chosen as victor and you and I know neither of us care about the same god.

We don't know if there can be a tie. They probably have fail safes for that.

[usogi]

There's a few gods that I don't mind winning - why do you think I'm trying so hard to fix their relationships? So that no matter who wins, all of them will be taken care of, and the world can be a little more balanced than if one just decided to take the reins without concern for any of the others. Their squabbling is why they brought us all here in the first place, and leaving them the same way that we started is stupid.

[Senri doesn't try to pull his wrist away, instead meeting Sasuke's expression evenly.]

... but I'm going to switch to the god that wins. Every god I've talked to knows that, because I have something I can't give up.

I know that you want to leave this world behind in a way that'll be stable. I want to, too. It's why I'm working the way that I am - there's nothing that puts us opposed to each other.