Audience: Mineo Enomoto

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It's optional for us, though several of us choose to continue indulging anyhow. It can be an indulgence of our namesake, or it can be helping you indulge in other ways.

There aren't many limits.

[sengokus]

... is there something you wish for too, Greed-san? Is that why you're here?

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No. Who told you that we had to indulge?

[sengokus]

[ . . . ]

Am I getting them in trouble if I tell you....

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Of course you aren't, but I would prefer to know where information is coming from when it's brought to me.

[sengokus]

Uh - Gu-san...

[ . . . ]

It is right? Or wrong. If indulging is optional...

Then - how come you're here, Greed-san? I haven't been able to figure out the incentive for all of you yet.

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There is no incentive, Enomoto. We are only meant to be here to ensure and occasionally help you indulge in order to obtain what it is you came for. That's it.

[sengokus]

[ . . . ]

How come? So you're just - here, but you exist for us?

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What? We had an existence prior to your arrival, who told you that? [?????]

[sengokus]

[he shakes his head]

No, no, I got that part!

But I meant - you're here! And your function, in essence, is just to help us out? Why? Why would you leave your lives behind?

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You're making this sound far more heroic than it is.

[sengokus]

.... am I....?

[he looks confused]

I guess... I'm just not sure why you're all participating even this much.

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...it's irrelevant. Your sole focus should be on indulging and staying ahead to earn the power necessary to gain what you want.

[their gaze shifts this time to stare at mineo, an eerie purple glow from under the hood as more wispy shadows spill out.]

What have you been doing to indulge in the last week?

[sengokus]

Sleeping in. Not telling people things that maybe I should consider telling them. Not doing work for a while.

[he has

still not told takeru a damn thing and he will not be starting]

Took my time seeing any of you guys again - does that count?

But I'm just saying that it doesn't feel irrelevant to me... I wanna get to know you too, so I've been curious about it....

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They count enough, I'm sure. Your Avatar would have a better idea though. I've never been fond of being idle.

[they aren't sure how to address the last part.] Letting your curiosity wander to where it shouldn't go will only set you further back from your goals.

[sengokus]

That could count for my indulgence.

[no he's just being a little shit and he knows it]

... but I mean - I don't know if my goals are really worth it if I stop being entirely me to get there. Like if I wanted to be totally Sloth, I'd just stop caring about everybody around me, right?

You were the one who said I should balance.

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[the hood goes entirely dark, almost as if greed closed their eyes.]

Balance with the other participants. Or perhaps start with other Avatars such as Envy, Sloth or Lust. Those three are more than willing to be sociable.

[sengokus]

Well... I'm two for three on them - and I plan on seeing Lust-san too!

But I mean... that doesn't mean we can't try to get along, right?

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This is us getting along plenty.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he seems to disagree

hence why his next questions are]

Can I ask about your family? Friends? Hobbies?

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[there's a very, very strong temptation to just outright say no. but instead, they give him a chance.]

I would like to know how this will benefit you.

[sengokus]

It's good to get to know the people that you're gonna be around for the foreseeable future, especially if they've got powers and info you don't.

[just as a general rule]

And I wanna get to know you. Can't do that if I don't ask questions.

[BOTH]

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[it's a combination of the earnest nature, the inability to take no for an answer, and what he's asking that makes it hard for greed to answer. there isn't much of a tell in their face thanks to the hood, but their claws seem to curl inward toward their palm.]

Ask those questions of three others first. Then I'll consider an answer.

[sengokus]

[he looks like he's thinking about it....]

... Shi-san has a brother. They're pretty busy, but she likes when she gets to see him even if it's not always fun and games.

Endorsi has a friend that meant a lot to her! So she's doing everything she can to see him again.

Aaaand - [he's trying to think of someone's hobbies] Oh! Molly-san's really into the card thing!

[and then he looks hopeful, like those three facts he's already collected are good enough to unlock Greed's lore!!]

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[mineo....]

...if you want to find answers you cannot stop at superficial facts. Evidence presented always deserves a second look.