Audience - Jacopo

[holyspirits]

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[holyspirits]

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[ they will be there at the bar! just sitting there. they don't even have a drink in front of them. They've got a leg crossed on top of another and are on their phone as they wait. ]

[obdure]

[ you are all getting there before him which is rude when he is the inviter, so he makes note that he should come earlier... Propriety, decorum, old habits, etc. ]

Good afternoon. I hope I didn't keep you waiting.

[ Hand on the back of the chair or i don't know is this a stool to indicate if he may sit here. ]

[holyspirits]

[ don't worry about seats. let's not think too hard about it

they put their phone away when jacopo gets there though! ]

Don't worry about that. I've got a lot of patience. [ an A in patience, even! ] So, what was it you wanted to ask?

[obdure]

[ i will not until it becomes trial relevant ]

Still, it would be poor of me. [ Jacopo will sit down. ] I had wanted to gauge your workload, though I don't know if you've been at this job for a while.

[ So like small pleasantries first... ]

[holyspirits]

A while... no, not really. [ they uncross their legs as they think ] It's a new position. The workload isn't anything much either. At least to me.

[obdure]

Why did you take on this job, anyway...

[ With some genuine curiosity. ]

[holyspirits]

I like the idea of second chances. Of people getting to have a future they wouldn't get to have otherwise. [ it's said casually enough ] And it sounded like an interesting change of pace from what I'd been doing.

[obdure]

There seems to be a lot of people here who believe the same. [ Just as casually. ] Of course they have vested interest, but...

[ People seem nice so far. It's weird for him and it makes him tense. ]

What had you been doing? Be a scribe for God?

[holyspirits]

I think when the second chance is yours, it's easier to want to believe in it.

[ they do not think it's too weird because of the veiled interest. the second question makes them pause, head tilted as they tap the table ]

Not a scribe. It was a long term project that involved a lot of... gentle nudging and doing the same thing over and over again. It's a bit hard to explain. It took a long time before I finally completed it.

[obdure]

I have eight weeks until they decide if I belong here, so you technically have that long to explain it to me.

[ But not in the tone that they have to. They could, if they wanted to. ]

Positive results?

[holyspirits]

You might need the entire eight weeks wasted on that, if that was the case.

[ a little sardonic. not fully reluctant? hm. ]

Yeah. I finished right on schedule, and it was the results I hoped for. That's when I was asked to help here.

[obdure]

[ I HAD THIS OPEN ON MY PHONE AND DELETED THE NOTIF so when i was on the computer i just lost this ]

I can allocate time for it if it's interesting enough.

[ Low commitment, depends on worth. ]

Your charity work.

[holyspirits]

[ losing things is just what happens it's fine

they incline their head and Don't Explain Anyway ]

Compared to what I was doing, this is sort of charity. I thought it was an interesting concept.

[obdure]

And that was enough for you to be on board.

I don't understand the appeal, but maybe it's entertaining to watch since somehow we've sowed a large amount of chaos in such short time despite not needing to fight for resources.

[holyspirits]

The chaos wasn't what interested me. I've seen plenty of it. [ they think about how to phrase it ] I like the idea that people could get a chance to experience a future they never would otherwise.

[obdure]

[ He's starting to get all of you have this similar reasoning. ]

Interested enough to personally participate yourself if given the chance?

[holyspirits]

I don't need one. I already made mine happen.

[ serenely ]

[obdure]

[ Raises his eyebrows. ]

Did you now?

[holyspirits]

Yep.

[ zero explanation ]

So I'm interested in seeing how this method goes.

[obdure]

Expected success rate.

[ For fun. Like gambling. ]

[holyspirits]

Right now, with this group? [ leaning their chin on their hand again as they think ] 70%.

[obdure]

[ Thinking on it. ]

That's quite high...

[holyspirits]

Is it? About twenty six of you succeeding seemed right to me.

[ their Math ]

[obdure]

I think a conservative estimate would be 60%, but for the most part everyone here seems amicable to different degrees... It could lean to their favor.

Kindness doesn't equate diligence, though.

[ he just thinks 70% for people, who can be unpredictable, is optimistic. ]

[holyspirits]

Maybe I wanted to be a little optimistic. [ teasing. ] I don't know if diligence is the most important trait they'll need. I think the first step is wanting to make that change in the first place.