Audience - Koharu

[holyspirits]

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[holyspirits]

[ they shrug. ]

I think that it's a good place, and that people are strangely hesitant about what amounts to moving somewhere new.

But what I really want is for you to earn the choice to decide, and do what makes you happiest. And I want to understand what will make you happy.

[cupidsammo]

... Okay.

[ well, that's good at least. ]

I think a lot of us must be the same. Everyone has people they want to be with, and things they want to do, and it isn't always possible to get that elsewhere. But there are people who want that new chance, too—my senpai have been cupids for a long time now, even though they have the same chance to return to their human lives like I do.

[holyspirits]

That's true. But it can be true when you're alive, too. You'll have limited opportunities, and things will happen that are outside of your control. Probably more-so than in Heaven.

[ for the record, their tone isn't argumentative. mostly just curious. ]

They all have the same chance, but they haven't taken it? Or are they still working toward it?

[cupidsammo]

[ There's a small hum of acknowledgement, like yeah, guess that's true. And then: ]

I suspect the former, but I don't really know why.

[holyspirits]

Maybe they like where they're at more than they liked their lives?

[cupidsammo]

Maybe. It is pretty different from living as a human.

[holyspirits]

How so?

[cupidsammo]

There's no school or the normal type of work, so we're free to do what we want. But since we're mostly focused on helping people fall in love, the recon work is pretty different...

I didn't think I'd ever get involved with so many gun matches either.

[holyspirits]

Then it sounds like there is still work, if you have tasks that still take up your free time.

[ wait hang on. ] You use guns for that?

[cupidsammo]

—Huh? Well, yeah. Cupids have to shoot their targets.

[holyspirits]

That sounds dangerous.

[cupidsammo]

Not really. Our weapons don't actually hurt anyone.

[holyspirits]

Like toy guns?

[cupidsammo]

They're a lot realer than that! I guess they're about as real as it gets... But the bullets don't hurt—no one feels a thing, actually.

[holyspirits]

I see. I guess if you aren't alive there's no reason they would need to function based on the living world's rules.

[cupidsammo]

As supernatural beings working under a goddess, we definitely have a more... magical flair to our process.

[holyspirits]

It's probably more fun that way.

[cupidsammo]

I... can't disagree. It's been pretty crazy, but it is fun.

[holyspirits]

I can imagine.

Well, sort of. But the idea of choosing who to make fall in love does sound hard.

[cupidsammo]

Ah... Ha ha. Sometimes it's really obvious, but when it gets tricky you start thinking about how someone's future is in your hands, and it gets nervewracking.

[holyspirits]

If it's obvious, wouldn't they just fall in love on their own? Or do people only fall in love if you shoot them?

[cupidsammo]

[ a shake of her head ]

No, without a cupid to light that spark, they wouldn't fall in love.

[holyspirits]

Oh. So it's always someone else deciding for them?

[ they clearly think that's kind of sad. but then after thinking about it a moment longer: ]

Maybe that's no different than falling in love on your own. It isn't like it's your own choice anyway, when it happens.

[cupidsammo]

... In a way, yes.

But everyone still has their likes and preferences, so we can't pick just anyone.

[holyspirits]

Couldn't you? What happens if you do?