We're coming up on that finish line

oh no sabemei's the bitch

muffled shun being quietly smug it was one of amaterasu's circle after all

Komaeda is likewise smug because he reached the same hypothesis independently

Ooooo

Looks like they won't have to implement his idea for a mass tailing of Amaterasu's shinki to try and confirm if any of them were the traitor

ooooooooooo...

IT'S HALF WHY...university was definitely kicking my ass but it also meant i didn't have to come up with another excuse lmf

I wish any of my characters had ever interacted with Sabimei before this so it could have some personal significance to them :|a Oh well, that's what I get for not interacting with NPCs more

all of the new gods and shinki as this is happening:

cordially: So remember how you said that learning about the Mei Clan was completely unrelated to the Cult Plot?
Me in my head:

Judar would like to stick his tongue out at fuujin about being right, regarding there being a traitor that was close to amaterasu

I think there's gonna be a line

god, he said that way back, when he first arrived, too

yeah hibiki will also be insufferably smug about this. she has been saying all along the middle management is the issue, not amaterasu, who is a cute girl who glows sometimes and is therefore above reproach

shun's been saying it since the temple fire so he's over in the corner like VINDICATION...

my god just this line of all the jerks, smirking at the heavens

WELL?

(as soon as i found this out i was like "oh god shun's going to be insufferable")

considering he literally had a...not shouting match but Loud Firm Talking Match with amaterasu over this very issue

judar was all 'you should show more support, because it makes it look like you're on the traitor/rebellion's side, which there definitely is'

Yeah, Bakugou had no concrete suspicions but he definitely figured it was someone close to Amaterasu

zelda's gonna be busy feeling bad for ammy...

fuujin was just upset, offended and wanted judar to go away

Though he didn't have any particular leanings of it being a shinki or another god she confers with

Same for Waver

(Meanwhile Ken just has not thought about this shit at all because he's too dumb to fit any kind of intrigue in his head)

(He's just here for the food)

Yeah same for Suzaku. Figured it was someone in her inner circle. (Da Qing and Romeo had no idea)

tbh shun's going to be eying how amaterasu handles this given how vehement she always was that it couldn't possibly be anyone within her own circle despite all evidence to the contrary

he can't feel bad for her at this point, he feels like she brought it on herself by actively refusing to consider the possibility

zel's got personal experience with royals and betrayal so she's more than a little biased in ammy's favor

Bakugou agrees with Shun, because they're both assholes who focus more on what she's responsible for than how young she is

Komaeda just thinks it was unwise of her to base her conclusion on either her gut feelings or evidence that was, it seems, obviously faulty

Ken might actually have something approaching an opinion on Sabimei, though, it occurs to me

He may not have followed...literally any of the intrigue leading up to this

But he's going to look at the people Sabimei used

Who are all children

And then at Sabimei, who is an adult

yeah...

Well you're all welcome to comment, if your characters are at the event at this point

We left it there for reactions for a bit

like. shun would def have felt bad for her if the topic hadn't come up before, but he's brought the possibility up to her repeatedly
so his usual propensity for being sympathetic towards youth went out the window a while ago in regards to her

And he is going to have a proper "adults are bad and hurt kids and this is just further evidence" reaction

Yeah. Waver's teacher instincts are going off majorly... though he's very interested in the why.

Ken does not. Like adults who hurt children.

(And if anyone doesn't know OOCly, Talos is the goddess from the big fight who tried to escape)

/nod

yeah, she sure was left to the wolves

trilies, mimarin, tinwateringcan, Ken may have an angry reaction in Sabimei's direction that needs to be handled by someone who can hold Ken's leash, because even if Ken could somehow get through all the borderlines hemming Sabimei in, him trying to attack Sabimei would be a Bad Idea

Bakugou and Komaeda are going to see how this pans out

/hastily reads to catch up

I'm out probably until early next week (still in transit for the move!) but Hakkai can help stop Ken if necessary

chikusa is also there and will just put his hand on ken's neck

:|b

there he go

Ayumu's there already,she could help leash Ken

reviseleviathan this is trivial but i adore that shun is up a tree

he has achieved max birb

vantage points are Important clearly even though. you know. it's a relatively normal gathering of people