Audience - Jacopo

[holyspirits]

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[obdure]

[ THEY ARE IN ITALY... FAMILIAR PLACE, YET NOT... BECAUSE JACOPO IS FROM SICILY and Italy can't grow wheat for shit. ]

I died with regret, I suppose. [ It's hard to know what you actually feel when you're depressed back then and now. ] I didn't want it to be that way, but that was reality.

[ And it is his fault, in the end. ]

Never did get to see home, or what I thought I remembered of it. Just stayed in that city and died there.

[holyspirits]

[ well this is a mood. ]

While I admire you for seeing it for what it is, it's... a bummer, I guess. That it had to end that way. [ let us walk in familiar yet not familiar italy. ]

It comes back to dying without feeling like you actually did much of anything, right? Even if it's not entirely true, it's hard to see it another way.

[obdure]

... I did the opposite of what I actually wanted to do, so that would be right.

[ Sometimes you die accomplishing nothing actually important to you. ]

Not all situations are the same.

[ MAKES SURE TO POINT THIS OUT. This doesn't have to apply to you. ]

[holyspirits]

It's not like I did anything except become a huge disappointment, watch my life fall apart and die. So... maybe not all situations are the same, but I think I did the opposite of what I wanted to do. I get that much.

[obdure]

[ Can't win this battle, so he'll concede. ]

You're incorrigible.

[ never mind ]

[holyspirits]

That's a new one. [ ... ] ... sorry, look, it's... complicated. And not as important as the things you were hoping to accomplish once. That's all.

[obdure]

You don't need to apologize. I know it's difficult to set aside a mindset.

[ THEN WHY COMMENT ON IT he just felt it in his soul. ]

[holyspirits]

[ THANKS. ]

Yeah. I've... been working on that. Since coming here, I mean. Maybe before that? [ shrug. ] It's a little easier when the focus is on all of you.

[obdure]

It would be good for you to focus on yourself every once in a while.

[ Rest and relax. Stop thinking so much. Are they going to have... coffee. ]

Has it been fulfilling so far?

[holyspirits]

[ i think it's funny if they have coffee, so yes. ]

I don't like being with my own thoughts. So I'd rather they center elsewhere.

[ a dash of honesty. to a cafe! ]

But in a way, yeah. This is honestly still better than things were before, and a lot of the people are actually nicer. Everybody's interesting, even if there's always stuff I won't get.

[obdure]

[ Well, that's fair. He understands it, even though he lets himself simmer in his own thoughts which isn't always great. ]

You unfortunately face them eventually. [ He would know, considering his memory of just losing his mind, but they can let that gently taper off as a topic. ] What stuff don't you get?

[ They can sit at a cafe, order some coffee... Jacopo will even get a biscuit. ]

[holyspirits]

[ yay coffee. they also order some coffee and have a seat even if there's a grim noise of acceptance. yes. you have to face them eventually. ]

Some of you come from places that are way beyond me, for one. I have trouble keeping it all straight sometimes. And there are those of you who don't always agree with me, and vice versa. Which is fine.

[obdure]

[ He will sip his coffee and he will squint as he savors the taste. It's strange... A bit acidic, yet toasty. A little bitterness. Not bad? Does he like it? Unsure.

He's going through a phase as he listens. ]

Ten.

[ .... becomes confused..... ]

[holyspirits]

[ letting jacopo sip his coffee, and they're stirring theirs a little with the tiny fancy spoon. it's why they pause and stare at him. ]

Uh?

[obdure]

[ ... ]

It's not important. [ Likely. ] Coffee has an interesting flavor and aftertaste.

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Why do I feel like that's not true coming from you? [ sips their coffee. ] It's strong if you're not used to it, and some people cut through the flavor with milk and stuff, but I don't mind it like this either. Black coffee's easiest.

[obdure]

It's inconsequential, then.

[ Is that better? ]

Gamaliel did show me the latte and milk does make it more palatable... But I think I don't mind it without, either. [ Looks at the cup. ] Too bad it's cursed.

[holyspirits]

[ sippy. ]

Sometimes you just want something bitter. [ a pause. ] What do you mean it's cursed?

[ and then: ]

Eight and a half.

[obdure]

[ looks at them..... like what does that mean... ]

[holyspirits]

[ also stares. ]

Why.

[obdure]

What is the number for?

[ Needles. ]

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[ sputters. ]

You first?

[obdure]

Quality of company.

[ Doesn't hesitate because he imagines the sputter means Gabriel's must be embarrassing. ]

[holyspirits]

Quality of coffee.

[ fucking liar. ]

[obdure]

[ doubtful. ]