pc catchall for ray (selfimmolates)

[requiemed]

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[selfimmolates]

If one of us earns a reward from her, she might give them a key to a cell. In other words, she wants us to lock each other up in there.

[requiemed]

...Wow. I mean, I guess her name is Ruin, but yikes.

[She sighs, running a hand through her hair.]

Okay, going the other way now. Who do you think is the most... Trustworthy, I guess?

[selfimmolates]

[that one's trickier.]

Assuming we take them at face value, and you're talking about who I'd trust to not do something like murder...

[hmm.]

A lot of them have expressed reluctance or opposition to killing, but I'll say Beauty, maybe? He's the only god who outright said that he'd feel like he failed his followers if they felt that it was their best option, and therefore he'd be more disappointed in himself than them.

Most of the other gods were willing to make exceptions, however unhappy, for drastic scenarios or for the greater good. Beauty didn't explicitly say he wouldn't, but he's the only one aside from Love and Justice who didn't mention a caveat either. [...] So to be frank, I think Beauty's naive, but that might be a good thing for us, really.

[requiemed]

...Yeah, that makes sense. Even Love said that she knew it wouldn't be her fault if one of her followers killed someone, since she's been urging people not to do it. So maybe Beauty's a little bit more of a bleeding heart type than she is?

[A small pause.]

If we take them at face value, like you said.

[selfimmolates]

[he looks thoughtful at the mention of love, but doesn't voice whatever he appears to be thinking.]

... Guess so. Well, we can also add Justice to the bleeding hearts group, though in a different way. He's... well, you've seen him around, right?

[requiemed]

Yeah. I've talked to him in private, too. It makes sense he's like that, he told me that he's ten years old. [Which... Yikes.] But I feel like he could be pretty easily manipulated.

[She notices that look, though, and so—]

Something on your mind?

[selfimmolates]

Yeah, he asked me for advice once on how to seem more authoritative, since I pointed out that he made his age pretty obvious.

[he nods.]

That's why I didn't name him first. Good kid, but...

[a blink.]

Huh? I've just been thinking a lot about love lately. Uh, not the god.

[please do not think even for a moment that this is normal for ray]

[requiemed]

—Wait. What?

[There's more to say in response, but. For now, that's all there is.]

[selfimmolates]

What?

[requiemed]

[A smile starts tugging at the edges of her mouth as she answers.]

Can you elaborate on that last thing you said?

[selfimmolates]

[zoe, ray is going to kill you for this next week.]

Just... the necessity of it in people's lives, and stuff like that.

[he still sounds kind of like he wants to crawl into a hole right now, though.]

[requiemed]

That’s really deep, Ray. What made you think about this?

[She’s a little sorry. Maybe.]

[selfimmolates]

I know you're making fun of me right now.

[requiemed]

No. I'm just really curious about this newfound interest.

[More seriously, though:]

Did you piss one of the gods off or do you think someone used their ability on you?

[selfimmolates]

[he just shrugs!!]

[requiemed]

Is that you genuinely not knowing what happened, or just not wanting to tell me?

[selfimmolates]

I don't feel anything weird, so.

[requiemed]

[She thinks about it for a moment.]

You think someone might have used Hopelessly Devoted on you? Or it could have been Virtuous Influence, too, I guess.

[selfimmolates]

Possibly. Dunno if Love or Piety would answer even if I asked, though.

[requiemed]

I could try asking them, if you want me to.

[That seems to make her think of something else, too, and she pauses.]

There's something else I wanted to tell you.

[selfimmolates]

What is it?

[requiemed]

One of the gods gave me a task to find out who you're aligned with.

[Barely a breath, and then:]

That's not me asking you to tell me or anything, if you don't want to. I just didn't want to feel like I had some weird ulterior motive for talking to you, so - I felt weird keeping it a secret.

[selfimmolates]

[uhhHHH]

... Me in particular? Did they say why?

[requiemed]

[A pause.]

Because I was talking to them and mentioned you as... one of the friends I’ve made here. So they probably thought it would be easier than most other people.

[gross]

[selfimmolates]

[grossu

but ray looks thoughtful for a moment. hmm.]

... I wonder if we might have the same god.