Audience - Jacopo

[holyspirits]

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[obdure]

Fate makes it sound that I had no control at all. I'd like to think the choices I did make led to progress.

[ His expression falters a bit. ]

There are people who wouldn't take it? It's a once in a lifetime chance—or for lack of better phrasing.

[holyspirits]

I did say if. Some things are more controlled than others.

[ they shrug though. ]

There are some people who didn't want to necessarily go back where they were, or argued about the way of going back, or argued in general. I get that it feels like it's too good to be true, but it's not winning anyone points to continue destroying everything possible.

[obdure]

I toe the line of skepticism, but we are in a position where there's little to gain in being unruly... Especially if this is a prison, there are other ways to retaliate than to shit where we sleep.

[ Metaphorical. Hopefully, there is no shitting. ]

Did anyone ask if they could take their initial judgment? Whatever they would have gone, if it weren't for this project...

[holyspirits]

There's a saying where I'm from that some people believe in, about squeaky wheels getting the grease. Maybe some of these people believe if they're so unruly, God will cast judgment sooner and release them. It's a stupid belief, but it's possible.

[ please do not shit, we have multiple bathrooms. ]

Nobody's asked in that many words, no. Some of you were very expectant about where you were supposed to be. Some of you aren't sure you can really hope to go back. But I think that's the point of having so long. A lot can happen in just a few months.

[obdure]

It's been a while since I've dealt with people like that, but if they're looking for punishment then I suppose that's one way of receiving it. Something is better than nothing, I guess.

[ In the tone that he thinks they're weirdos. ]

... Is it possible to accept initial judgment?

[holyspirits]

Something is better than nothing. [ repeating it in the same tone, actually. ]

You mean the judgment that brought you here to begin with? Or something else?

[obdure]

[ weirdos... all of them... jacopo is not normal, but he thinks he's more normal than everyone else. ]

If we were initially meant to go to a purgatory or something mediocre, can we just accept that instead of going through this redemption process—as an example.

[holyspirits]

[ me too dude. ]

It would probably depend on why you felt so strongly about going there, and why you thought you were initially meant to go there. Even going through the redemption process doesn't mean you have to return home when it's over.

[obdure]

[ unfortunately solidarity is ending ]

... What if one were meant to be damned to hell? If someone were to confess to every wrong they've done, can they be sent to oblivion instead of going through this process?

[holyspirits]

You'd have to take it up with God. But I think now that the process has already started, it might be harder. [ they pause to peer at him. ] Is this really hypothetical?

[obdure]

... It is.

[ Who knows. ]

Other matters: I am requesting a personal room.

[ HE DOESN'T WANT A ROOMMATE ]

[holyspirits]

[ extremely believable, thank you.

but OKAY. ]

What's wrong with the one you have? [ is it just because of your roommate. ]

[obdure]

[ it is not because of his roommate, specifically, but that he has to have a roommate at all. ]

I have to share it with someone else.

[holyspirits]

Y...es. You all do. Are you not used to sharing?

[obdure]

With attempted assassinations on me, sharing my bedroom would have been the opposite of wise.

[ Yeah, he isn't used to it. ]

[holyspirits]

[ i see jacopo is going to have a wonderful time when murder starts. ]

Do you really think you have to worry about assassination attempts here?

[obdure]

[ it will be a very complicated time for him ]

With this group, I can expect someone stabbed in the coming week.

[holyspirits]

Can you at least tell me you won't be the one doing the stabbing? I assume you're decent at not getting stabbed yourself.

[obdure]

I somehow kept my hand despite someone almost slashing it off.

[ So, yes, his reflexes are good? ]

Stab someone unprompted? I'm not a savage... And people are already dead. Maybe at most in self-defense, not that I have anything to use.

[holyspirits]

Why did someone try to slash it off? [ hello? ] People are already dead, but given the tantrums that have already come up I don't know how everyone else's tempers are. [ a pause. ]

You could always take a knife from the kitchen if you're really that worried. I still keep mine on me even though I don't need it anymore. [ they did use it to obliterate dan's phone when he threw it at them, but still. ]

[obdure]

Their excuse was that they didn't know what was grabbing them, so they instinctively moved. I grabbed their ankle because they stepped on my head.

[ He feels justified for being a grudging bitch about this.

Uh

Huh????? ]

Should you be encouraging me to steal?

[holyspirits]

I don't think I'm encouraging anything. But you seemed concerned, so I'm offering a solution that you can decide if you'll act on or not. [ they believe in free will. ]

—why did someone step on your head? Where were you?

[obdure]

If borrowing a knife doesn't get on my record here, then I might consider.

[ Mmm. ]

I had collapsed from an avalanche of those... Burgers.

[holyspirits]

It's worth a thought. God sees everything, but I think they make judgments based on multiple factors and not just the first step.

An avalanche... what were you all doing before we arrived?

[obdure]

I wouldn't know how to summarize or describe all that happened. Hysteria?