Audience - Koharu

[holyspirits]

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[batterypack]

Oh, yes. We have a phone line and everything solely dedicated to people calling in for readings, if they don't book in-person readings at the house in the first place.

[ they really do get paid for this shit. ]

[cupidsammo]

Oh... Like a fortune telling business, huh... Only, this time it's real.

[batterypack]

Exactly. There are other people who exist in the world who advertise readings who aren't really gifted, or psychics who are better and charge more money, but we have a pretty steady business as it is.

[cupidsammo]

Well, you're not lying about it, so... I guess that's okay.

[batterypack]

Of course not. They have way more integrity than to lie, even though they could. They would never, and I would never forgive them if they did anyway.

[cupidsammo]

There's probably a lot more pride involved when there's real psychics around, huh? I'm pretty sure it's all fake back where I'm from.

[batterypack]

It would be like if someone went around pretending to be a cupid and attributing certain things to their own doing rather than acknowledging they're natural occurrences or coincidences, and thereby undermining the work of real cupids.

[cupidsammo]

Haa... That probably happens a lot anyway, since we work in secret.

[batterypack]

Still! It's insulting to a craft you've obviously spent your time learning and honing to be precise.

[cupidsammo]

Haha... So there's definitely pride to being a psychic, I see.

[batterypack]

I think there should be pride in any work you do. Don't you agree?

[cupidsammo]

—Of course! But I can't say I would mind as much.

[batterypack]

You may later as you get really good at what you do. [ also, no, blue's just like this in general. ]

[cupidsammo]

Haha... I did do a lot of matchmaking back in school, too.

[batterypack]

How did that even start anyway? I wouldn't think it would be anything of interest to me, so I've never thought much about it.

[cupidsammo]

I think... back in middle school? I suppose I just started noticing when my classmates would have crushes on each other. After encouraging them the first few times, it kind of caught on from there.

[batterypack]

[ and now she's squinting. ]

How do you even notice that about someone? [ she's very aware of her own feelings most of the time, but finds it harder to figure out others. ]

[cupidsammo]

... Isn't it kind of obvious sometimes?

[batterypack]

In some cases, sure. [ embarrassing for those people. ] But the more nuanced ones, I mean.

[cupidsammo]

Mmm...

It can be hard sometimes, it's true. There's some that take more observation, and even then you might have to fire your shot and hope for the best.

[batterypack]

I suppose in that way it's no different than taking a chance on anything else. You win some, you lose some. Though I can't imagine there are too many consequences if two people don't really work out romantically, are there?

[cupidsammo]

Not really... If we don't make a hit, though, we don't get to collect our reward, so that's not always good.

[batterypack]

And without your reward, you can't actually improve. [ she gets it. ] There's a lot more precision that goes into it than I initially thought.

[cupidsammo]

Yeah... There's a lot that goes into it. But I know how the stories and TV usually convey cupids, so I don't mind the misconceptions.

[batterypack]

People always make up whatever they think sounds reasonable when they don't know. But at least now several of us do. And it's for the better.

[ because it means they've gotten to meet koharu at all. ]

... come on. Let's see what's in some of these other classrooms. [ throws out our w6 thread. ]