Audience - Jacopo

[holyspirits]

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[obdure]

... Can it kill us?

[ THIS IS THE MAIN ISSUE ]

[hotfixer]

You are all already dead.

[ she knows what he means though, so she shakes her head. ]

But no.

[obdure]

[ Just... Dead inside. Good grief. ]

[hotfixer]

Once we get out of this forest, is there anywhere else you like this week?

[obdure]

... The flower garden is a beautiful sight.

[ That's good, right? It's basically approval. ]

[hotfixer]

Oh, yes! I agree. It's been so fun to be around real nature.

[obdure]

... As opposed to fake nature?

[hotfixer]

Yes. Digital imitations of nature. Replicas, or even new concepts inspired by the real.

[obdure]

... That does sound incredibly pitiful.

[ NOT REAL GRASS? ]

[hotfixer]

[ pauses because that is her whole home and life and self but it's fine ]

Does it? It sounds like art, to me. People recreate what they loved to continue experiencing it even in a new world.

[obdure]

[ I am sorry he is insensitive.... He obviously does not understand.

Thinking some more because she spun it as art. ]

That does add more perspective. It's more like a medium? [ like oil paint, water colors, gouache, etc. ] I just wouldn't want to replace and forget, is what I mean.

[hotfixer]

[ listen i think he's right. ]

A medium is a good way of thinking about it. Where I'm from, people do replace the physical world with the digital. But I don't think they forget.

[obdure]

Is that because they aren't able to experience the real world? Or certain aspects are gone?

[ Since he's under impression you can just do both? You enjoy art of flowers, but you can also enjoy real flowers, too.

Art is a record of history, etc. ]

[hotfixer]

Previously embodied humans who leave the physical world behind... can visit it again, temporarily. With synthetic bodies.

Though most people tend to stop doing so after a while.

[obdure]

[ ??? ]

Why is that?

[hotfixer]

I think that they just stop missing it.

[obdure]

I see... That's hard for me to picture.

[ Even though he's trying. ]

[hotfixer]

It is for them too. At first.

But I imagine it's like any big move. You miss where you came from at first, but... not enough to go back.

[obdure]

[ A small laugh. ]

I've actually always wanted to go home, not that I remember what it was like, but I've told you about that dream. Maybe I'll never understand those people.

[hotfixer]

Maybe not.

It's probably different if you didn't want to move in the first place.

[obdure]

Do you have your own opinion? Being what you are.

[ HE NEVER CARED ABOUT PHILOSOPHY but also he isn't sure if he'll get a chance? To ask? Things like this. ]

[hotfixer]

I liked to visit the physical world to see my family. But after a while, laws were passed barring me from doing so in any mechanical capacity. And then I had projections, for a while, but...

Well, I would have liked to keep visiting.

[obdure]

[ It is sad, he thinks... ]

... Have you reconnected with your family? In the afterlife.

[hotfixer]

[ she thinks so too. but: ]

Oh, yes. Me and Gammie have been getting along a lot better, here.

[obdure]

I didn't know you two were family. That's good.

[ WE NEED STABLE RELATIONSHIPS IN THIS GAME ]