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Venezia appeared before Jangles and bowed to him. His endless smile remained on his face as his gaze was cast upon the smaller Pockettu. It appeared something was troubling the young one. "Yes, I am always here~ How may I entertain your question this evening?" He chuckled.

Venezia quirked a brow but remained a smiling loon. "My, my... I wonder what rumors or whom they were from." He said no more on that matter before standing up right. A few seconds passed before he tilted his head and sighed, throwing his arms up in defeat. "I'm afraid so, Jangles."

"You see... There are Gods that they follow. Cursed, obviously~ But Gods none the less. It poses a bit of a problem for us." Venezia shook his head a bit and placed a hand idly on his hip, waving the other about dismissively. "We've withdrawn from the war. My eyes have been opened and I see now that what I did before was wrong. I put you all in unnecessary danger... When and if I decide to let us get involved again... well~ That's another story." As he spoke his eyes watched his follower carefully. "Why do you ask?"

"Shall we play a guessing game to figure whom you talked?" Venezia questioned before chuckling. Really it mattered not. His opinion wasn't going to be swayed. "If you've noticed most of his allies simply hide in cowardice. They are not strong enough to fight but yet they may fair better by picking up a blade or two~" He waved a sleeved hand again and shrugged. "I am not afraid of the Cursed. I believe eventually our differences can be overcome. After all - what makes them so different than us? They breathe, we breathe. They bleed as do we. And deep down inside there is a monster in each of our beings... nothing is different. They simply have some sort of vendetta against us~ That's all."

"Oh~ Does it really matter what flag we fly in the long run? We all live and perish like anything else. Remembered and forgotten. Loved and Betrayed~" Venezia turned to glance around the carnival. "I do understand your concern but I do not think running to a spoiled brat is the honest way to get things done." It was pointless, the little feud he had with the Darkness God. At times Venezia was over it and other times it still lingered. But something more was the reason why Venezia refused to kneel before the other. Everyone always depicted Venezia the fool yet... was he really such? He simply refused to yield and follow the same path as everyone else. Hexynia, Tyche, and some of the other Gods were the same in that respect. And yet no one complained about their actions.

"We are still recovering from our prior fighting, Jangles." He frowned and crossed his arms, his playful attitude fading away. "I do not know of any others so eager to fight as you are the first to approach me." Venezia paused for a long while. He thought things over... hardly any of his followers talked to him or told him anything. It wasn't like he was hard to reach. Just jingle a bell or call his name and poof, Venezia was present. His thoughts wandered to if his followers truly were loyal or if they just stuck around out of pity.

[[Tis true, I think only Damion and Jianjun, aside from Venezia's daughters talk to him. xD; Out of... oh... 100+ followers? That's reallyyyyy sad.]]

Venezia snickered a bit at Jangles actions. "Yes, yes... I can see that." He waved a hand before pressing a finger to his lips in thought. A more joyous smile returned as he clasped his hands together. As his hands pulled apart he made a dagger appear, flipping it about idly. "Tell you what... If you can gather 10 or more fellow carnies willing to fight and have them approach me. I will allow a small group to venture out to fight to defend our camp. Not to aid anyone but to protect those who stay here. Understood~?" Honestly Venezia thought a lot of the carnies were better off not being warriors. They were entertainers at heart. Only a select few were skilled enough to shed blood effectively in the field of battle.

[[xD Makes sense owo! I guess it can be intimidating. xDDD But hopefully this event causes people to interact more <3]]

Scorch had been trying his hardest to forget the war, and keep himself busy in the carnival ever since they'd withdrawn. He had known better than to protest when Venezia said they weren't going to fight anymore, even though he'd wanted to badly. But his failures in the first war (having nothing to do with his fighting) had put him on his God's bad side, and he wasn't sure if anything he did would ever change that. So he'd sat on his heels, tried to focus on his carnival acts and duties... and just...tried not to think about fighting, the war, or the cursed. He, like everyone else, had let himself be sheltered from all the bad stuff going on like a little kid with overprotective parents.

Until Jangles had the bravery to do what he could not. Not only to talk to their god, but to ask for his permission to go back out there and DO something. To fight. To defend the rest of the carnies from the cursed threat. And so when he'd heard what the jester had done, and that more voices needed to be heard for it to be allowed, he hesitated no longer, and made his way to the shrine, kneeling before speaking.

"My Lord Venezia, I wish to follow Jangles' example and defend our people from the outside threats, if you would allow it." Short and simple, even though so many words were swimming through his head, he awaited his god's reply.