They were probably reckless and didn't think things through. A lot of them seem to have just charged into things just because they think they know best...
Ruin was the one who suggested it, and they put it to a vote, or something like that. No surprise that Cunning, Disorder, and Ambition backed her. Indulgence too, though Piety suspects he didn't think it through, like you were saying. Justice was threatened into agreeing.
The other gods were all against it. Six versus six. They needed Patience to break the tie—and here we are.
[senri breathes in - and then out. it's easy for him to be sad, but the truth is that his negative emotions often well toward anger and irritation first. he's normally just much better at hiding it.
he doesn't see a reason to hide it here]
What was the alternative? Did Piety tell you? A way to determine the winner of the contest without dying being a factor?
No, I didn't ask. I don't know if it matters now—the oath or whatever is in place.
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To be frank, I'm concerned about Patience. I know you two were friendly, which is why I told you that. I don't really trust her, especially since Piety thinks she's biding her time for something.
I'm going to try and send a message to Itachi or Shiki to see if they know anything, since they should be with her.
Piety said it's possible to send messages across the two realms, and that we might be able to form a line of communication with those under Patience's "care" right now.
[except that's where the thread is right now so i can't tell you more than that,]
Nope, I have nothing up here, Ray-kun, you know that.
[senri please
he siiiiiighs]
Majima-san is with Indulgence. Zo is with Love. Mizuki-san didn't confirm this, but... I think they're with Beauty. It'd feel fitting, I think. They were slow to approach me, but I think they did it because they thought it'd be safe.
I've told Shishimaru that you told me what it is, but not what it actually is. [on that note - ] I know his, but I'm not telling you just because it doesn't feel right for you to hear it from me.
[he shrugs]
Love sent Zo on a mission to find my alignment, actually.... but I didn't tell her because I don't want to make her lie to other people about what it may or may not be.
Keep it that way. Love isn't a god most would expect from me, and I'll take advantage of that if I can.
Yeah, she tasked Zoe with finding the alignment of all the people she considers friends. It's exactly the kind of thing I'd expect from her, so I had a good guess as to who Zoe's god was as soon as Zoe mentioned that.
[he had his reasons for sharing his god, but he won't get into that here.]
Indulgence mentioned that every god has their own specialty. Every god can grant favors, but some gods can grant certain favors easier than others. Indulgence can summon items a lot more easily than others, and I learned that Ambition can find ways around the rules. I need to ask the other gods what they can do....
But I thought it'd be easier to split up and get the information and verify.
Uchiha was with me when I found out, and I told Shishimaru too.
I thought it'd just be more helpful to see how we could ask different gods for different things.
Yeah, Merriment said something like that when I asked before. A heads-up, though—Sincerity warned me against talking to the gods too much. For some of them, you don't want to accidentally lead them on and make them think you might switch when you won't.
Still, I can ask around. [wryly,] Are you finally going to talk to Ruin?
I told Ambition that even if I can't join her team, I want to at least make sure that whoever wins can help make her happy. So I think I can keep talking to her. Her, Love, Beauty, Sincerity, Merriment... I think they all know that I have to go with who's going to win. If it's something from those gods, I think I can get away with talking to them more - even if it's just to talk.
... I'm not trusting Sasuke-kun with this. I still don't know what he's thinking, so I don't know if I want to give him anything that could help him go off and do something stupid without anyone catching him.
[at least he's honest??]
Ray-kun can pick first. If we split up the last ten gods between the three of us, that'd give two people three and one person four, right? I just want Beauty and Sincerity because I wanna talk to them both anyway...
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... There's something else I want to mention, though. Not about the consequences of elimination itself, but why they implemented this to begin with.
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What would you think of the gods who were in favour of this mechanic?
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Passhi did that?
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Ruin was the one who suggested it, and they put it to a vote, or something like that. No surprise that Cunning, Disorder, and Ambition backed her. Indulgence too, though Piety suspects he didn't think it through, like you were saying. Justice was threatened into agreeing.
The other gods were all against it. Six versus six. They needed Patience to break the tie—and here we are.
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That's—
Seriously?
[he'll chill out like. soon? probably? but for right now he's actually pretty mad,,]
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Piety could be lying, but it'd be pretty easy to catch him in it unless every other god has the memory of a goldfish, so it's probably the truth.
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he doesn't see a reason to hide it here]
What was the alternative? Did Piety tell you? A way to determine the winner of the contest without dying being a factor?
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[...]
To be frank, I'm concerned about Patience. I know you two were friendly, which is why I told you that. I don't really trust her, especially since Piety thinks she's biding her time for something.
I'm going to try and send a message to Itachi or Shiki to see if they know anything, since they should be with her.
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[and he sighs]
And have you told anyone else about this?
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[except that's where the thread is right now so i can't tell you more than that,]
No.
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Keep me posted. Of course I want to talk to Shiks anyway.
[and senri will just sigh as he leans against the closest table, his gaze flicking to the ceiling]
.... I'm gonna tell Shishimaru.
You two have more brains than I do, so you might be able to figure something out.
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That doesn't exempt you from thinking, you know. But go ahead. He's annoying, but he's reasonable.
Anyway, that's what I got.
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[senri please
he siiiiiighs]
Majima-san is with Indulgence. Zo is with Love. Mizuki-san didn't confirm this, but... I think they're with Beauty. It'd feel fitting, I think. They were slow to approach me, but I think they did it because they thought it'd be safe.
The other two are for sure, at least.
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Zoe and I told each other ours, once I realized Love had basically set us up to find each other. [a beat.] Have you told anyone else mine?
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[he shrugs]
Love sent Zo on a mission to find my alignment, actually.... but I didn't tell her because I don't want to make her lie to other people about what it may or may not be.
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Yeah, she tasked Zoe with finding the alignment of all the people she considers friends. It's exactly the kind of thing I'd expect from her, so I had a good guess as to who Zoe's god was as soon as Zoe mentioned that.
[he had his reasons for sharing his god, but he won't get into that here.]
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[and senri sighs]
I think I'm going to try to talk to more gods next week too. Piety, Fortune....
And I was going to ask Ray-kun to do me a favor if you're going to chat with more of them anyway.
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What is it?
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But I thought it'd be easier to split up and get the information and verify.
Uchiha was with me when I found out, and I told Shishimaru too.
I thought it'd just be more helpful to see how we could ask different gods for different things.
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Still, I can ask around. [wryly,] Are you finally going to talk to Ruin?
[he's pretty sure the answer is no.]
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I told Ambition that even if I can't join her team, I want to at least make sure that whoever wins can help make her happy. So I think I can keep talking to her. Her, Love, Beauty, Sincerity, Merriment... I think they all know that I have to go with who's going to win. If it's something from those gods, I think I can get away with talking to them more - even if it's just to talk.
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Why would I talk to Ruin when you, Bakaomi, and Sasuke are all doing it for me?
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She's not that hard to talk to. You're good at faking, right? Should be a breeze.
Anyway, which gods are Sasuke and Takaomi taking care of, assuming you're tasking them with the same thing?
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[at least he's honest??]
Ray-kun can pick first. If we split up the last ten gods between the three of us, that'd give two people three and one person four, right? I just want Beauty and Sincerity because I wanna talk to them both anyway...
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