pc catchall for ray (selfimmolates)

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[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.

[requiemed]

[After a moment:]

I don’t mind telling you who mine is.

[selfimmolates]

... Are you sure?

[requiemed]

You don’t seem like the kind of person who’s immediately going to tell everyone else. Unless I’m off on that?

[selfimmolates]

... Heh. Well, no.

[requiemed]

I didn’t think so.

[And, as such:]

It’s Love.

[selfimmolates]

... Don't tell me that if someone did use an ability on me, it was you.

[requiemed]

I can sincerely promise I didn’t do anything to you.

[selfimmolates]

[...

he sighs, running a hand through his bangs.]

Anyway, this doesn't surprise me at all. That seems exactly like the kind of mind games Love would play.

[requiemed]

I don’t think it’s mind games, I think it’s just... That she wants us to trust each other.

[Anyways.]

Were you right about us having the same god?

[selfimmolates]

[he scowls.]

I was tasked in the first week to learn at least two people's alignments, because they decided I needed a push to be more social. Afterwards, I was told that others in my faction were probably closer than I realized.

The moment you said your god told you to find out my alignment specifically, I had a feeling it was her. I bet she's laughing at me right now.

[what do you think the answer is, zoe.]

[requiemed]

[It’s a little surprising to her; if Cunning weren’t the way Cunning is, that would have been her guess for his god. So, for curiosity’s sake:]

What made you pick her?

[selfimmolates]

That, I'm not answering. Sorry.

I probably don't need to tell you to keep this to yourself. Only one other person knows my alignment; otherwise, it's not one most would associate with me, and I'd like to keep it that way.

[yeah, he's aware that cunning is the obvious choice for him.]

[requiemed]

[She pauses, then nods.]

Yeah. I wasn’t going to tell anyone anyways, so...

[selfimmolates]

Thanks.

I know of two other people aligned with Love—but I didn't get it directly from them, so I can't verify the validity of this.

[a pause, as something occurs to him.]

Oh, and by the way: what'd you offer to Indulgence? He snubbed me last week, and I haven't tried again with him.