Audience: Mineo Enomoto

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[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.

[sengokus]

[he just pouts]

Come on, some of these are pretty good, I thought...

At least one answer from you? Traaaade?

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Put more thought into it next time. [so no. but...it's clear mineo won't shut up, so.]

I don't have any. Family, that is.

[there, they traded, sharing time over.]

[sengokus]

No...?

[he tilts his head before nodding, not pushing too much further]

Hmm... Well, I'll trade you. I've got a little sister! She's tiny though. Super tiny. So small.

[how tiny, mineo]

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[mineo...]

An infant? [this sounds somewhat dry but also. mineo?]

[sengokus]

She might as well be!

[this is just how all older siblings talk about their siblings - but he actually grins a little]

Eleven years my junior. She just started middle school - she's soooo cute. If I had my own phone I could show you pics!

[dotING OLDER BROTHER. also greed just didn't ask?]

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[greed is bad at this, what do you want from them.]

I see...another reason for you to get what you came for, I presume.

[of course mineo would have a family to go back to.]

[sengokus]

[it's okay because whatever greed is bad at, mineo is worse]

Oh... yeah. [a beat] ... I wanna see her again. I've gotta see her graduate, and grow up, and get her first job, and wait until she's thirty to fall in love.

[MINEO,]

I've been thinking about that stuff a lot lately, I guess.

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A long while in the future then. [mineo...but it isn't like greed doesn't get it on some level, at least.]

Thinking about them to stay motivated without taking action?

[sengokus]

[he tilts his head]

... Kinda....

Sloth-san asked me if I'm afraid to die. So I guess I've been thinking a lot about that.

[a beat]

It's really deep stuff, especially for me. I didn't think that much about it before.

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It's deep stuff for Sloth as well. [it's hard to say if that's a comment or an insult and greed doesn't quite clarify either.]

What answer did you reach?

[sengokus]

Is it...? It seems like Sloth-san is so casual talking about death...

[it surprises him]

Mm.... Yeah. I'm afraid to die. I don't want everything I've done so far to be... it, you know?

Even if I think being here hasn't been totally awful either... [which he sounds like he was surprised to come to that conclusion too]