Audience - Jacopo

[holyspirits]

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[holyspirits]

A soul is still a living thing, Jacopo. [ just pointing that out. but... oh. ]

... "her"? [ the girl in the picture, maybe? ]

[obdure]

[ Living is a funny way to describe it and he knows it should make him feel something... Maybe if he was in a more stable mental state, he could mask with concern and horror for being so savage when the reality is he has killed and sent so many people to their deaths.

But truthfully it doesn't. He just looks off to a spot. ]

... Morgana. She also passed on.

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[ they have feelings on this... but they will not express them. they are instead more interested in seeing what else he says. ]

And who's Morgana to you? [ someone important, it seems, if he's willing to maybe consider what she might think. ]

[obdure]

[ He isn't sure how to answer this... Because what were they? Maybe something before, but they have nothing now. Are his emotions imposing? Desperate. He isn't sure. ]

Someone I should have protected.

[ Someone beloved. ]

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[ they are pocketing their card, but keeping their gaze on him. ]

The girl from the picture? Or someone else?

[obdure]

Someone else. I had actually wanted to ask—if maybe she was here... In actual Heaven.

[ ... ]

But the chances are low, aren't they. Multiple heavens and all.

[holyspirits]

[ it isn't as if they don't understand wanting to find someone you care for. ]

Multiple heavens and all. I'm sorry. I wish I could give you a real answer about that. [ ... ] When did you last see her?

[obdure]

No—it's fine. I understand. Thank you.

[ He's coming to that he's acting erratic about this and while he doesn't know how to sort that out, he can at least pretend to be put together. ]

She died not too long before I did.

[holyspirits]

It might be something you can ask God at the end. [ someone has to have answers, don't they? ]

I'm sorry. [ ... ] When you say you should have protected her, what does that mean to you?

[obdure]

... Failure. What else could it be? She relied on me and I failed.

[ You know what the erratic behavior will continue, just composed. ]

If in theory, someone asked to be killed, will obliging them still warrant expulsion?

[holyspirits]

I meant more from what. [ but it's fine. erratic behavior is okay. especially given we got here from opening christmas gifts. ]

In theory, it would probably send you to wherever Charlie went, and we still aren't entirely sure where that is. In practice, I would ask why this is a theoretical and why expulsion's the desire.

[obdure]

... Anything, everything. She suffered so much.

[ merry Christmas he may have to ghost them forever after this ]

I see. I had just wondered if a killer would be absolved if it was someone's wish and ask.

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[ but my hei threads.......... ]

...I'm sorry. I doubt she would have held that against you. [ they know not of this. ]

I don't know though. I don't know what would happen if one of you chose to kill again. [ ... they should not ask this, but. ] Is that a wish you're thinking on?

[obdure]

[ they can bump into each other by happenstance... my requests being like (and then they are in the same place at the same time).

He's quiet about the first part and doesn't comment on it. ]

I didn't say that, but I have an interest in skipping trial over something that shouldn't be considered murder. It's a favor.

[holyspirits]

[ they are used to stubborn, depressed men ignoring when they're right. it is okay. ]

You didn't have to. You wouldn't be asking if you hadn't thought about it even a little. [ but hm... ] You want to avoid the consequences because you wouldn't see it as a wrong against you, since you asked. Even if it's considered a wrong in heaven?

[obdure]

The conversation with Jing Yuan had me wonder... For him, life was tedium and death was freedom. It could have been remedied by him asking someone to kill him.

[ he made this up on the fly. ]

It'd be a mercy, even if murder is a sin, but context matters, doesn't it? With the tree, they would also benefit. It could become transactional.

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When did you have this conversation with him? Before Saturday? [ they are wondering if he's always felt that way. they are also just exploring this option for fun anyway. ]

Jacopo, do not pay someone with an apple to kill you. [ dry. ] Of course context matters, and in a place like this people will believe murder is still murder.

[obdure]

It was on Saturday, but I do not know if this could have been something he had been thinking before.

[ WHO CAN PROVE OTHERWISE! Until this Saturday when Hawke acts weird, I guess. ]

I didn't say that. [ Stop thinking it's him. ] I'm curious about how this system works and the possibilities.

[holyspirits]

Then we don't know if it could have remedied anything, so maybe it's not important. [ they would feel this way regardless. ALSO WHAT ELSE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO THINK??? ]

You want to pick everything apart and see what rules can be changed and what the lines are. Is that it?

[obdure]

With all this free time and the sudden change in the apple tree, I'm bound to imagine scenarios!

[ to be fair, if he was on the receiving end of this kind of conversation, Jacopo would definitely think the other person is being a deranged madman. he is a hypocrite. ]

[holyspirits]

I never said you couldn't, but be less suspicious in your asking if you don't want me to ask you questions back!

[ this is going well. ]

[obdure]

[ okay, well. what if he tries to gaslight. ]

You're imagining things.

[holyspirits]

[ do you try to gaslight often, jacopo. ]

Am I? Because it seems to me that you're the one who came to me with questions without prompting at all.

[obdure]

[ yes, to himself. ]

I meant you are imagining suspicion.

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[ they're going to stand on a box and beat up this man. ]

I don't think you have any proof that it isn't suspicious, but I'll drop the accusations for now. [ a pause. ] Though I would rather you do ask anyway.