[ jesus fucking christ. he watches and raises his brows in surprise, but otherwise doesn't seem too entirely put off. sometimes you've seen all types of shit ]
... you didn't answer my question.
[ mumbles. if there's anything he could do to up the chances of other people. ]
[CAN YOU BE NORMAL. BE PUT OFF BY THINGS NORMALLY.
He just makes a little face at that though, NO! NO ANSWER, ONLY ASK.]
Huh? What question. The one about other people? The answer is no, duh! What kind of thing do you think a human could give a god to barter with, anyway?
Anyway, I knock out assholes who mess with the people in my care. The pricks who think they can do whatever they want because they have monkey and rank.
[DON'T JUST OH OKAY THINGS. He's fine with the rat getting shot APPARENTLY. Well he does threaten to eat it. He probably threatens to eat it quite a bit before they actually get discovered.
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Who are the people in your care? Lots of humans do the last part.
There are more commonfolk than nobles, but the structure of society has it so that nobility hosts the vast majority of power. Every district in Itehari is overseen by a noble with the except of the red light district, where a special delegate is appointed.
[ he's just... Da Boss!!!! 'special delegate' blah blah yes but everyone just calls him boss ]
It is. [ he won't deny it. they struggle a lot specifically because of who they are and the work they do ] But previous delegates would just line their pockets with money like assholes and not do any work.
[ the way that tobari assumes it's the latter anyway because it doesn't make sense to look for someone without knowing why and he doesn't think obikawa would bother with it since even as an insane god he seems to have some level of reasoning
but maybe he's being too hopeful and once again trying to apply rationality to an eldritch creature ]
[ the way the metaphor here is like sea turtle babies who immediately head toward the sea but tobari has never seen turtles or the sea so he can’t reach for it
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... you didn't answer my question.
[ mumbles. if there's anything he could do to up the chances of other people. ]
I'll answer when you say first.
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He just makes a little face at that though, NO! NO ANSWER, ONLY ASK.]
Huh? What question. The one about other people? The answer is no, duh! What kind of thing do you think a human could give a god to barter with, anyway?
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There could be something. I’d need a better idea of what you want to make an offer though.
Even as a god, there’s probably things you can’t or don’t feel like doing by yourself.
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There's nothing I don't feel like doing by myself right now. Except getting out of here. It'll get boring if we're here for a whole week...
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[ no the way they get out is much stupider ]
Anyway, I knock out assholes who mess with the people in my care. The pricks who think they can do whatever they want because they have monkey and rank.
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[DON'T JUST OH OKAY THINGS. He's fine with the rat getting shot APPARENTLY. Well he does threaten to eat it. He probably threatens to eat it quite a bit before they actually get discovered.
MORE IMPORTANTLY.]
Who are the people in your care? Lots of humans do the last part.
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[ he is Da Boss ]
Even if all humans do the last part, nobles have the most money, most rank, and most of the time their heads stuck up their own asses.
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Most of that stuff hasn't existed in a while for me. [He was there when they did though. He was there when doors were invented.]
Are there tons of nobles where you're from?
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he nods ]
There are more commonfolk than nobles, but the structure of society has it so that nobility hosts the vast majority of power. Every district in Itehari is overseen by a noble with the except of the red light district, where a special delegate is appointed.
Currently, that's me.
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[He could be president someday...]
That's a lot of people to look after who are probably being wronged all of the time.
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[ he's just... Da Boss!!!! 'special delegate' blah blah yes but everyone just calls him boss ]
It is. [ he won't deny it. they struggle a lot specifically because of who they are and the work they do ] But previous delegates would just line their pockets with money like assholes and not do any work.
If it's not me, it's probably someone worse.
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Anyway he just kind of observes Tobari for a moment, taking all of this in...]
...You're kind of a busybody.
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[ which came first, the role as boss or the desire to look after other people? the chicken or the egg?
anyway, ]
What about you? You don't eat people anymore, but what do you do as a god? Is it all self-serving whims or do you have your own goals?
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[Duties are all self-assigned in the human realm... Tobari you really chose this...]
We have goals, yeah. Right now we're looking for someone!
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[ it's the opposite of self-serving ]
Besides the Tokinaga guy you mentioned...?
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[THIS IS PROBABLY FINE.]
I'm the only one looking for Tokinaga.
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What're you looking for this other guy for?
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[Which just sounds like the headass flippant answer of an idiot which he IS but is mostly just because he does not want to discuss the actual lore.]
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[ the way that tobari assumes it's the latter anyway because it doesn't make sense to look for someone without knowing why and he doesn't think obikawa would bother with it since even as an insane god he seems to have some level of reasoning
but maybe he's being too hopeful and once again trying to apply rationality to an eldritch creature ]
You don't need help looking for him?
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Tokinaga? Nope! As soon as we get out of here, I'll just go back to looking for him.
[The way he'd have been looking for Tokinaga even before remembering he was here to look for Tokinaga, stupidass.]
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[ he's not surprised about the tokinaga bit ]
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[THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS MYSTERIOUS ASS PERSON IS YET BUT IT'S FINE.]
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Something innate about being a god? Or something you all learned over time?
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anyway ]
Like instinct? Huh.
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