Audience - Jacopo

[holyspirits]

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[holyspirits]

Good. It can be a bonding exercise.

[ they hum. ]

We're taking note of the requests that we get. But I would hope that people can make do with what they have for a little while longer.

[obdure]

[ Doesn't seem enthused about bonding exercises, but he's appeased that he can just Not do them. ]

What would people be requesting already? We have shelter, clothes, food, and enrichment...

[holyspirits]

Just little things here and there. I don't blame them for wanting them. But—we'll see.

You're content with what you have?

[obdure]

The necessities are provided and I imagine there would be support if anyone were to be injured due to their own idiocy. The alcohol is acceptable.

What I want isn't tangible or easily attainable to begin with, so yes. What we have right now is enough.

[holyspirits]

[ looking alarmed. ] I hope that no one gets hurt.

[ but there's medicine and band-aids in the convenience store, so it's probably fine. anyway: ]

What is it that you want?

[obdure]

If you confine a group, they're bound to. Someone almost cut off my hand on the first day.

[ almost! So he has both hands.

His eyebrows knit, thinking. It's very complicated. ]

It's a naive wish, unfitting for someone my age and stature.

[holyspirits]

[ looks at the brawl happening on the mingle in the future. no i'm sure it will be fine. ]

Who did that? [ HELP? ]

Why do your wishes have to fit your age and stature? What makes it naive?

[obdure]

The files say his name is Adolphe. Seriously, to brandish a sword in an eatery...

[ even if self-defense, it's much? But also Jacopo is one to hold a grudge. ]

... As you grow up, you have to learn how to let go and accept things can't be what they used to be.

[holyspirits]

That wasn't very nice of him.

[ frowny. WELL, maybe he'll grow as a person from here on out! ]

But is it bad to acknowledge the things that you want? Or even the things that you used to want? Your youth was still a part of you, and the things that you hope for still matter. Even if you can't have them.

[obdure]

[ A face that shows he's doubtful... But Adolphe is from an otome, so maybe? ]

The man I used to be no longer exists. [ So his youth, too, should go with it.. It's resigned. ] Rather than a want, it is more of a dream.

[holyspirits]

But he did once.

Is it bad to talk about dreams?

[obdure]

[ He's quiet at that and chooses to not comment on it. It can die there. ]

To talk about dreams as dreams? No. To talk about them as being feasible? Yes. You shouldn't disillusion yourself from reality and fantasy.

[holyspirits]

Then let's talk about dreams as dreams.

I'd like to learn more about you. That seems like somewhere we could start.

[obdure]

It doesn't seem fair for this to be mainly you learning about me.

[ Cagey and stupid. ]

[holyspirits]

We're here to help you. The more we know about you, the better we can help. Learning about us, though, doesn't really accomplish much for you.

[ they aren't opposed. just a little confused. they shrug! ]

But I can answer if you have questions about me.

[obdure]

I understand, but there should be trust made in all types of relationships and that isn't cultivated through one-sided observation.

[ you know... to feel safe or you know... have a bit of something on someone else. ]

How are you compensated?

[holyspirits]

[ they nod! that makes sense to them. but: ]

We aren't.

[obdure]

[ profoundly confused ]

... You three can't possibly be doing this for free.

[holyspirits]

Why not?

[obdure]

You must be gaining something, even if it's simply feeling good for a good deed.

[holyspirits]

Oh! Yes, I am having fun. I've liked spending time with God and with the other Guardian Angels. And I like to fix things. To help people.

[obdure]

[ Pensive... He's thinking. ]

[holyspirits]

[ politely waiting because surely he'll tell them what he's thinking about if they're patient. ]

[obdure]

... I used to have dreams of a place full of golden wheat fields. They would sway to the gentle breeze under a clear sky. There would sometimes be people there, though their faces are blurred. They were always welcoming.

[ ... ]

I don't remember much about my youth, so I used to believe those were dreams of home.

[ There, a dream. ]

[holyspirits]

Places like that exist in Heaven. Though, they also exist in most iterations and eras of Earth.

Was that... really something so unattainable?