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[The casual attitude has not been accepted graciously. Really, his feelings are conflating in this moment. The tawdry sexuality might be easier to accept if not for, you know, the kidnapping. Even if we were pulled from his home without warning to play in a fighting game tournament he would be upset about the lack of forewarning. And in that tournament he'd be in winner's grand finals. Here, he's not even top 8.]
Please, enlighten me, which part of this is "the small stuff?" [probably the complaining about the dango]
I'm going to be stuck here a while? It's bad enough that I was unsealed against my wishes but now I can't even perform the sacred duties I was called for? And I can't log in to any of my games?!
[One of those might be more important than the other. He likely shouldn't be yelling at a stranger like this- but that carefree attitude is familiar and irritating all the same! It's more akin to snapping at Kai or Matsuri than speaking with any of the villagers. ... Although he would likely be snapping at them from a much further distance.]
[He can't help asking, if a bit sheepishly. Yeah, it's not an ideal arrangement by any stretch of the imagination, especially if one is a virgin and not keen on sexual intimacy with strangers. But at the same time, their lives are generally not under threat and they're typically only gently coerced into hooking up with others. Nobody standing over them cracking a whip.]
Well, suspicious food, for one. It's simply a case of them playing games with us as means to help loosen us up. [And loosen their lips and pants.]
Unless you're super powerful and can fight your way out. Don't think that's happening, though. I'm a war god and even I can't scratch the walls of this place.
[There's a lot to unpack in what Kurama says, though Yato can't help being distracted by the mention of logging into games. So he's from a modern world, at least. It's enough to make him chuckle and tap the Watch on his wrist, mischievous glint in his eye. If games are so important that he'd mention it in the same breath as sacred duties, he must be something of a gaming fan.]
If you like playing games, there's some on here. Just be prepared for them to be... questionable. Rated R18, for sure. We also have an arcade here! But if you want chips to spend on it, you need to get your funky groove on. You seem like one of those who spends big on games. What do they call 'em again...? A tuna?
[Kurama had no experience yet with the carrot and stick of the Golden Peacock. From his perspective, it's been all stick. It doesn't help that the benefits the place provided weren't things he lacked in his normal role. A god wasn't denied food or shelter! Then, when it came to fun, he'd come to enjoy his days quite a lot. If any particular day was dull then he could stay up late with his games. He may have been distant from humans and his fellow gods but... he didn't need to play co-op, really.
[Quite a lot of information is dropped in his lap and while he can file it away in the necessary places he can't help but sigh,]
What is it about the martial gods and this "I'll handle it as it comes up" attitude?...
[Did he know this god? No, of course not. He knows, though, that the pantheon of Azuma is not the only one in the world. And although it couldn't be a connection- clear blue eyes and stupidity were shared with his own god of swords. Although it is the first of gods he's met to understand exactly what he's talking about. The other gods of Azuma simply acted like he had weird quirks of speech.]
[He just happened to like games from any time period. He wasn't limited to his own.]
I'm perfectly fine being free-to-play. [The instinct to fold his arms reminds him how close he is. Curses! Again, while barely realizing it! He takes a small step back to close his eyes and furrow his brows.]
If a game can't be enjoyed without buying in further that's a failure of design.
[Sometimes the stick is both used to whack them over the head and spank them on the ass... A little incentive to get them going, though perhaps they've been whaling away at Kurama with the carrot, too. The fact they have their own rooms was a plus in Yato's book, after all. It's all a matter of perspective, depending on where in life you're coming from.
Though he has to laugh at that sigh. It's kinda familiar since he so often gets exasperated reactions from his friends.]
We're ready for anything, I guess! I mean, why meet trouble halfway, right?
[It's always a pleasure to meet fellow gods, even if their opinions and thoughts don't always align exactly. There's some things that mortals simply aren't good at getting. And yet he has to admit this that another god with an interest in games is both unusual and a pleasure. So often his fellow Japanese gods are such sticks in the mud regarding fun.]
Oooh, gotcha. I never had anything that could play those kinds of games, but I'm familiar with them in passing. I'm more a pachinko or Jenga kind of guy. [A slight smirk quirks up his lips at Kurama's retreat, but he simply shrugs. No sense in pressing the man.]
Right~? The amounts some people spend is ridiculous sometimes. I can't tell you how many wishes I got from broke individuals hoping to kick the habit because it ruined them.
[Kurama can talk all he wants about how he wants intellectual conversations and reasonable people- he could never resist the bait of someone ridiculous. It was nerd enrichment to have someone around to correct and sigh about. If he didn't have someone to bring up stupid plans, charge into battle recklessly, or drag him out into the daylight then he'd be even more of a shut-in god.]
I suppose I can commiserate. The rush of successfully pulling a new unit is enough to overwhelm a person's restraint.
[but for all the people pulling gacha within their own timeline then, right, the money issue]
[the money issue he was now very subject to]
... Jenga is an acceptable game. There's still an acceptable degree of strategy while rewarding those with steady hands. I wouldn't mind playing a round now and then.
[Honestly, who wants to be all stuffy and talk nerdy shop all the time, anyway?? It's good to get up and run about and even tease and be teased by one's friends! Moderation in all things, including silliness. People, be they humans or gods, aren't meant to live their lives completely closed off to others. Everybody needs someone, preferably several of them.]
Right? I get that feel when I try the gachapon machines or crane games! I love trying to win something special through them.
[Even if they eat money so damn fast. Not quite as quickly as a rolling for characters, but still. An easy way of sinking your money into a game fast.]
We'll have to find one, then! I'm pretty damn good, if I say so myself~ [Despite him sometimes deliberately toppling the tower to garner attention from his studying friends.] So you see, it's not terrible, here. Just... kinky as fuck.
[It hadn't been that bad, to take walks along the paths of Autumn Village again. The fact he was pulled out of his shell only makes it more irritating to be taken from it all. Even if this place did have unlimited gacha funds, something would be lacking. Still, to acknowledge that as loneliness was a difficult spike not even he could handle.]
I'm afraid we must agree to disagree on that part. [Terrible! Kinky and terrible!]
However, I understand I don't have a choice in the matter. Perhaps if more gods assemble we'll have a chance of progressing the MSQ.
[He thinks for a moment, chin in his hand.]
Until then, I will be holding you to a game of Jenga. [ahem. Now, holding out a hand.] Your name?
[No surprise that this guy is of the mindset that this place isn't all it's chalked up to be. He can't quite disagree completely, or blindly insist that it's better than them being back home, but for Yato, he's happy enough not being on the menu for ayakashi and getting to have a roof over his head.]
MS..Q? [Sorry, Kurama, his gaming knowledge is still rather limited.] But yeah! That's what I'm thinking! Get enough of us together and we can bust out of this place!
[Definitely a typical martial god, for sure. Or at least an annoying optimist.]
Sounds good to me. We can play other things too, if you'd like. [He takes his hand, grinning widely.] Yato. And you?
[It's an annoyingly simple, brute-force approach to a problem but sometimes the game developer literally expected you to just grind or kill time. He can be a bit patient. Besides, it's not like he's gotten to explore all the possible options of this place...]
I'll need sometime to fill the time without my own collection. [All his save files, gone.]
I am, [he flicks out his free wrist, to summon his divine instrument and... no sell. After a brief look of disappointment he rests that empty hand on his own hip.] Ahem. [Right, the point of it all.]
[There's certainly enough to keep people busy for a while here, which is a good thing as they often need the distraction from their prisoner predicament. Sometimes what they're being forced into gets to you if you're not accustomed to intimate acts...]
Well, you'll be set with the arcade, I think. I'll show you where it's at later, yeah? [That's the joy of old school games like pachinko: no need for files. Though it is kinda sad when he lost his high scores at his local arcade...]
...? [He tilts his head curiously at the gesture, but figures it's something to do with the way he introduces himself, much like how Yato himself tends to flip a five yen coin.]
Azuma, huh? Don't think I'm familiar with that place. I guess by that standard, I'd be Yato, Japan's God of Fortune and Happiness! ...although that makes me sound like the only one, which I'm totally not.
[An arcade... Kurama's eyes do light up at that idea. While he's managed to play quite a few things outside his time period he's never gotten to play at an actual arcade cabinet. Truly, the more games come up, the harder it is to stay irritated. It's much easier to just tell himself that he'll check everything else out first.]
The years have been unkind to my country, however, we've improved leaps and bounds recently. There are quite a few travelers, now, from far-off nations.
[Maybe even Japan! ... well, no, Rune Factory hasn't done an isekai yet. He's still catching on to how this place works and the degrees of separation that keep them all apart. It doesn't hurt, for now, to imagine them as distant coworkers.]
A martial god of fortune and happiness... [he doesn't sound incredulous but, well, there's maybe a bit of judgment at first.] I suppose happiness is something that must be fought for. [He accepts it!]
[There's no missing the glimmer of interest in Kurama's eyes when it comes to games, so Yato knows he's at least given the guy a bit of something to look forward to even if everything else is too lewd for his tastes.]
Oh! That's great to hear. It's tough when your domain isn't fairing very well, since usually the people suffering means us gods suffer as well.
[One never knows! There could be a collab event eventually! Clearly they're connected on some level for the resort to have reached and dragged them all here, though, so yeah. Perhaps they have more in common than they realize.]
I'm changing vocations. I've had enough of being a war god, so Fortune and Happiness it is! [He puffs up a bit at that, proud to be doing something more respectful these days.] That's true, too! Sometimes it takes fighting to make sure people can live safely and happily.
Indeed. [Kurama sighs.] There was a time in this last year that our god of swords lost in a duel to a human. She threw a tantrum immediately, demanding a rematch, as if her divinity would have returned to her in two minutes time...
[It's easier for him to dunk on Matsuri than talk about how weakened he was at the same time.]
While I don't often hear of gods changing their focus, I do approve of switching away from something so boorish.
[And, still under the closeness from the dango, this praise is punctuated by... a pat to the head.]
Huh~ That must've been a real blow to her pride, I imagine. No wonder she got upset. [He has to snicker quietly a bit.] Though demanding a rematch right away is kinda silly...
[Even he with his stubborn nature can see the flaw in that plan. Not to say he wouldn't have done the exact same thing...]
Right? I mean, I'd rather do something that can help humans rather than take away-- [He blinks a bit at the pat, trying (and failing) not to blush from it. Praise is something he craves badly, yet gets so rarely that it sort of throws him for a loop when he gets it.] T-Thanks...
[Matsuri never took any loss graciously. Now, no one should examine how Kurama reacts when he loses. At very least, his desires for a rematch are more because he was challenged and wants to feel that again.]
[While Kurama didn't quite plan on the affectionate headpat, his own embarrassment is quickly masked by Yato's reaction. Is he blushing? Certainly, the contrast is easy to see on that pale skin. There's a brief stroke of the hand to assure he hasn't ruffled the other god's hair too much before pulling that hand back and holding his own chin with it.]
Hm, I see. So you're able to encourage people to participate in debauchery without batting an eye but this is a bit too much for you?...
[Is he teasing the other god? Absolutely. However, it is the first time in the whole conversation that a genuine smile has graced his lips.]
[Must be a war god thing to be so irked at losing, heh. Yato's not always the most courteous loser, either, when it comes down to it. Especially when butting heads with another stubborn person.
He's also quite the enigma when it comes to interpersonal reactions, getting flustered over the sillier, mundane happenings while sometimes managing to maintain his composure in the face of more raunchy subject matters. Not always, mind, especially when faced with someone more confident than himself. Which is likely why he crosses his arms in a huff and glances away, trying to avoid eye contact.]
I-I was just trying to help you out by being reassuring, that's all...! It's not like I'm angling to get into your pants or anything--!
[Well, at least Kurama appears to be smiling for real from what he can tell by glancing out of the corner of his eye. That's something, anyway.]
[There's something satisfying about an outgoing, social type still getting flustered by little things like that. If he ends up flustered later it's not like it's because he's a shut-in! Even a god of happiness could end up red in the face.]
I wasn't accusing you of that. [He answers perhaps too quickly. Look, let him pretend this is a world where he won't have seen 80% of his acquaintances naked within the month. While he may have been irritated about Yato's relaxed attitude he hardly made any pushy offers.]
So, when we play together I shouldn't give you a pat on the head when you win? The local children always seemed so happy to receive them but I suppose that sort of thing is outside my divine focus...
[The smile has shifted but the look in his eyes says he's still having fun teasing the other. Well, Japan's God of Fortune and Happiness? Are you as easily satisfied as a child? A humble wind god's headpat must be nothing to an expert, hm?]
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[The casual attitude has not been accepted graciously. Really, his feelings are conflating in this moment. The tawdry sexuality might be easier to accept if not for, you know, the kidnapping. Even if we were pulled from his home without warning to play in a fighting game tournament he would be upset about the lack of forewarning. And in that tournament he'd be in winner's grand finals. Here, he's not even top 8.]
Please, enlighten me, which part of this is "the small stuff?" [probably the complaining about the dango]
I'm going to be stuck here a while? It's bad enough that I was unsealed against my wishes but now I can't even perform the sacred duties I was called for? And I can't log in to any of my games?!
[One of those might be more important than the other. He likely shouldn't be yelling at a stranger like this- but that carefree attitude is familiar and irritating all the same! It's more akin to snapping at Kai or Matsuri than speaking with any of the villagers. ... Although he would likely be snapping at them from a much further distance.]
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[He can't help asking, if a bit sheepishly. Yeah, it's not an ideal arrangement by any stretch of the imagination, especially if one is a virgin and not keen on sexual intimacy with strangers. But at the same time, their lives are generally not under threat and they're typically only gently coerced into hooking up with others. Nobody standing over them cracking a whip.]
Well, suspicious food, for one. It's simply a case of them playing games with us as means to help loosen us up. [And loosen their lips and pants.]
Unless you're super powerful and can fight your way out. Don't think that's happening, though. I'm a war god and even I can't scratch the walls of this place.
[There's a lot to unpack in what Kurama says, though Yato can't help being distracted by the mention of logging into games. So he's from a modern world, at least. It's enough to make him chuckle and tap the Watch on his wrist, mischievous glint in his eye. If games are so important that he'd mention it in the same breath as sacred duties, he must be something of a gaming fan.]
If you like playing games, there's some on here. Just be prepared for them to be... questionable. Rated R18, for sure. We also have an arcade here! But if you want chips to spend on it, you need to get your funky groove on. You seem like one of those who spends big on games. What do they call 'em again...? A tuna?
[Whales...]
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[Quite a lot of information is dropped in his lap and while he can file it away in the necessary places he can't help but sigh,]
What is it about the martial gods and this "I'll handle it as it comes up" attitude?...
[Did he know this god? No, of course not. He knows, though, that the pantheon of Azuma is not the only one in the world. And although it couldn't be a connection- clear blue eyes and stupidity were shared with his own god of swords. Although it is the first of gods he's met to understand exactly what he's talking about. The other gods of Azuma simply acted like he had weird quirks of speech.]
[He just happened to like games from any time period. He wasn't limited to his own.]
I'm perfectly fine being free-to-play. [The instinct to fold his arms reminds him how close he is. Curses! Again, while barely realizing it! He takes a small step back to close his eyes and furrow his brows.]
If a game can't be enjoyed without buying in further that's a failure of design.
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Though he has to laugh at that sigh. It's kinda familiar since he so often gets exasperated reactions from his friends.]
We're ready for anything, I guess! I mean, why meet trouble halfway, right?
[It's always a pleasure to meet fellow gods, even if their opinions and thoughts don't always align exactly. There's some things that mortals simply aren't good at getting. And yet he has to admit this that another god with an interest in games is both unusual and a pleasure. So often his fellow Japanese gods are such sticks in the mud regarding fun.]
Oooh, gotcha. I never had anything that could play those kinds of games, but I'm familiar with them in passing. I'm more a pachinko or Jenga kind of guy. [A slight smirk quirks up his lips at Kurama's retreat, but he simply shrugs. No sense in pressing the man.]
Right~? The amounts some people spend is ridiculous sometimes. I can't tell you how many wishes I got from broke individuals hoping to kick the habit because it ruined them.
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I suppose I can commiserate. The rush of successfully pulling a new unit is enough to overwhelm a person's restraint.
[but for all the people pulling gacha within their own timeline then, right, the money issue]
[the money issue he was now very subject to]
... Jenga is an acceptable game. There's still an acceptable degree of strategy while rewarding those with steady hands. I wouldn't mind playing a round now and then.
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Right? I get that feel when I try the gachapon machines or crane games! I love trying to win something special through them.
[Even if they eat money so damn fast. Not quite as quickly as a rolling for characters, but still. An easy way of sinking your money into a game fast.]
We'll have to find one, then! I'm pretty damn good, if I say so myself~ [Despite him sometimes deliberately toppling the tower to garner attention from his studying friends.] So you see, it's not terrible, here. Just... kinky as fuck.
[Literally fuck, in this case.]
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I'm afraid we must agree to disagree on that part. [Terrible! Kinky and terrible!]
However, I understand I don't have a choice in the matter. Perhaps if more gods assemble we'll have a chance of progressing the MSQ.
[He thinks for a moment, chin in his hand.]
Until then, I will be holding you to a game of Jenga. [ahem. Now, holding out a hand.] Your name?
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MS..Q? [Sorry, Kurama, his gaming knowledge is still rather limited.] But yeah! That's what I'm thinking! Get enough of us together and we can bust out of this place!
[Definitely a typical martial god, for sure. Or at least an annoying optimist.]
Sounds good to me. We can play other things too, if you'd like. [He takes his hand, grinning widely.] Yato. And you?
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I'll need sometime to fill the time without my own collection. [All his save files, gone.]
I am, [he flicks out his free wrist, to summon his divine instrument and... no sell. After a brief look of disappointment he rests that empty hand on his own hip.] Ahem. [Right, the point of it all.]
Kurama, Azuma's God of Autumn and Wind.
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Well, you'll be set with the arcade, I think. I'll show you where it's at later, yeah? [That's the joy of old school games like pachinko: no need for files. Though it is kinda sad when he lost his high scores at his local arcade...]
...? [He tilts his head curiously at the gesture, but figures it's something to do with the way he introduces himself, much like how Yato himself tends to flip a five yen coin.]
Azuma, huh? Don't think I'm familiar with that place. I guess by that standard, I'd be Yato, Japan's God of Fortune and Happiness! ...although that makes me sound like the only one, which I'm totally not.
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The years have been unkind to my country, however, we've improved leaps and bounds recently. There are quite a few travelers, now, from far-off nations.
[Maybe even Japan! ... well, no, Rune Factory hasn't done an isekai yet. He's still catching on to how this place works and the degrees of separation that keep them all apart. It doesn't hurt, for now, to imagine them as distant coworkers.]
A martial god of fortune and happiness... [he doesn't sound incredulous but, well, there's maybe a bit of judgment at first.] I suppose happiness is something that must be fought for. [He accepts it!]
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Oh! That's great to hear. It's tough when your domain isn't fairing very well, since usually the people suffering means us gods suffer as well.
[One never knows! There could be a collab event eventually! Clearly they're connected on some level for the resort to have reached and dragged them all here, though, so yeah. Perhaps they have more in common than they realize.]
I'm changing vocations. I've had enough of being a war god, so Fortune and Happiness it is! [He puffs up a bit at that, proud to be doing something more respectful these days.] That's true, too! Sometimes it takes fighting to make sure people can live safely and happily.
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[It's easier for him to dunk on Matsuri than talk about how weakened he was at the same time.]
While I don't often hear of gods changing their focus, I do approve of switching away from something so boorish.
[And, still under the closeness from the dango, this praise is punctuated by... a pat to the head.]
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[Even he with his stubborn nature can see the flaw in that plan. Not to say he wouldn't have done the exact same thing...]
Right? I mean, I'd rather do something that can help humans rather than take away-- [He blinks a bit at the pat, trying (and failing) not to blush from it. Praise is something he craves badly, yet gets so rarely that it sort of throws him for a loop when he gets it.] T-Thanks...
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[While Kurama didn't quite plan on the affectionate headpat, his own embarrassment is quickly masked by Yato's reaction. Is he blushing? Certainly, the contrast is easy to see on that pale skin. There's a brief stroke of the hand to assure he hasn't ruffled the other god's hair too much before pulling that hand back and holding his own chin with it.]
Hm, I see. So you're able to encourage people to participate in debauchery without batting an eye but this is a bit too much for you?...
[Is he teasing the other god? Absolutely. However, it is the first time in the whole conversation that a genuine smile has graced his lips.]
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He's also quite the enigma when it comes to interpersonal reactions, getting flustered over the sillier, mundane happenings while sometimes managing to maintain his composure in the face of more raunchy subject matters. Not always, mind, especially when faced with someone more confident than himself. Which is likely why he crosses his arms in a huff and glances away, trying to avoid eye contact.]
I-I was just trying to help you out by being reassuring, that's all...! It's not like I'm angling to get into your pants or anything--!
[Well, at least Kurama appears to be smiling for real from what he can tell by glancing out of the corner of his eye. That's something, anyway.]
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I wasn't accusing you of that. [He answers perhaps too quickly. Look, let him pretend this is a world where he won't have seen 80% of his acquaintances naked within the month. While he may have been irritated about Yato's relaxed attitude he hardly made any pushy offers.]
So, when we play together I shouldn't give you a pat on the head when you win? The local children always seemed so happy to receive them but I suppose that sort of thing is outside my divine focus...
[The smile has shifted but the look in his eyes says he's still having fun teasing the other. Well, Japan's God of Fortune and Happiness? Are you as easily satisfied as a child? A humble wind god's headpat must be nothing to an expert, hm?]