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[fourthreturned]

[ Say hi to everyone’s favorite god! ]

You somehow managed to convince Tranquility that we should help you.

Here’s what we can do for you:

• I can make you boats.
  
• Hope can make food and water.
  
• Sorrow can make maps and instructions—follow them to the letter unless you have a thing for pain and dying.
  
• Love can create compasses.
  
• Fear can create diving equipment.
  
• Rage can make sails for the boats—they’ll be better than anything you could possibly produce.
  
• Tranquility can create containers so you can bring the fragments back.

Our help is not free, though. You have to give us the power to make the equipment with. Before you start whining about how you hate us for forcing feelings on you—even though it’d be easier than this waste of time idea—you get to pick who to empower. Choose one of us, say our name out loud, and we’ll help you and long as you get us the emotion we need. Choose wisely and don’t complain later about hating the one of us you picked.

Don’t mess this up. If you do, your little adventure will probably go very badly, and you dying stresses Hope out a lot.

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[futurebullets]

[It's the first time Hinata has weighed in on any of this, trying to observe the situation as much as he can - but now he needs to ask.]

You said the price for your help is giving you power, but is that really all it is? No other catches or strings attached?

[fourthreturned]

Your friends might hate you if you choose to piss them off.

[futurebullets]

"Friends" as in the other people like me who are getting roped into this? Or "friends" as in you and the rest of the gods? [The answer doesn't make much difference in the end, probably.] I'm not here to tick anyone off, and I'm not against helping. I just want to know what we're getting into before I sign up for practically being a food source.

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[fourthreturned]

I can't speak for the rest of us, but I know I don't consider you a friend. :)

I spelt it out for you. I'm not explaining it again. If you pick Rage, then you will be ticking people off for her sake. How is this so difficult for you to understand?

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[futurebullets]

You're not going to get a lot with that attitude.

That's easy enough to understand, which is why I don't plan on picking her. Or you, for that matter. But I've had enough shady experiences not to take things at face value. The only thing I care about is knowing if you have any surprise sicknesses in store for us if we go along with this... or maybe messing with our water supply, since that's apparently something you do.

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[fourthreturned]

You think I want to make friends... that's so stupid it's almost astounding.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Fine, screw people out of boats and sails, then.