pc catchall for ray (selfimmolates)

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[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.

[requiemed]

I think I know one of them, but it’s just a guess at this point.

[She sighs, though.]

Sorry. I said I’d talked to all of them, I should have said all of them except Indulgence. I tried back when we couldn’t take anything out of the rooms, so I just prayed. I’m thinking of trying to grab one of the bottles of wine from the parlor next time l try... That’s pretty indulgent, right?

[selfimmolates]

[dang.]

I suggested alcohol to someone else who agreed to try Indulgence... I'll see what they did and get back to you.

On the bright side, while he seems picky as hell, I was told he doesn't get offended easily, so he probably won't curse us for experimenting.

[requiemed]

How generous of him.

Speaking of curses... It’s fine if you still don’t want to tell me, but can I ask which god did the glitter thing? I want to know who to be careful of.

[selfimmolates]

Disorder. She actually apologized this week and has been so nice that it's pretty suspicious.

[requiemed]

Oh, yeah, I don’t trust her for a second. She did the whole fake nice thing while openly lying to my face, so... Be careful, I guess.

[selfimmolates]

I will. At the very least, it doesn't hurt to be nice to her.

What'd she say to you?

[requiemed]

Remember the thing with Chuuya, where he said that she punched through a wall and then threatened him?

She said none of that happened. I mean, I guess there’s a chance he could be lying, but I think she stands to gain more by convincing people it didn’t actually happen.

[selfimmolates]

Yeah, she told me he blew things out of proportion. [a beat.] She had to be a little honest with me, since I knew she cursed me 'cause she was pissed off at him, and it'd probably look worse if instead she claimed to have done that for no reason.

[requiemed]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but at least it was just glitter.

[She tilts her head.]

On the other hand, surprisingly, you can say just about anything to Cunning and he won’t curse you. Probably.

[selfimmolates]

Cunning likes me, so I think we're good for now.

[requiemed]

...You realize that’s not a good thing, right?

[selfimmolates]

It has its ups and downs. For now, it means he's willing to be useful to me.

Ruin likes me too, and I'd rather be on her good side than bad.

[requiemed]

[She pauses, then sighs.]

As you long as you don’t bank on that. He wouldn’t go out of his way to curse you, but that doesn’t mean he’d care at all if anything did happen to you.

[There are others who she knows are more dangerous, but in terms of who she dislikes most... It’s definitely him.]

[selfimmolates]

I know he won't. I'm not expecting him to.

You obviously don't like him, though. What happened?