Audience - Koharu

[holyspirits]

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[configurer]

No, probably not. They're from Africa, I think. I've mostly seen them in pet stores.

[cupidsammo]

Yeah, same! Maybe I'll have to visit a pet store and find out.

[configurer]

[ smiling a little ]

You should. It doesn't work on other animals you've tried so far, right?

[cupidsammo]

Nah, but not all animals are messengers for the Goddess of Love. Doves and pigeons are, so they're kind of like our coworkers.

[configurer]

... Messengers for the Goddess of Love. That makes sense. [ with the animals listed. she's thinking now ] You know, a lot animals that are linked to love are birds? Doves, obviously, lovebirds, but. Penguins. Swans. What's with that.

[cupidsammo]

Maybe because—wait, penguins too?!

[configurer]

Yeah, they like... mate for life or whatever. Give each other little rocks like it's engagement rings. The zoo had a few penguin weddings when I was growing up.

[cupidsammo]

Right, I just didn't know that they were...

[ .... ]

What if I can talk to penguins...?

[configurer]

Probably they'd talk a lot about fish? What do doves talk about?

[cupidsammo]

Oh, they don't talk back! I mean, they're just animals... It's more like they're able to understand what we say.

[configurer]

Oh. ... Then I don't ... really know what talking to a penguin would do.

[cupidsammo]

... You could ask them to belly flop very cutely?

[configurer]

... Would they listen?

[cupidsammo]

It’s possible… Pigeons are very polite, so why not penguins?

[configurer]

They are? Wait, I don't know why I'm surprised. [ it's not like she had deep thoughts about the politeness of birds. ] Are doves less polite?

[cupidsammo]

No, they are too! I'd say we all get along pretty well.

[configurer]

That's good. I can't imagine what it'd be like to talk to a bird and have it swear at you.

[cupidsammo]

I don't think they would be much of a messenger of love if they did that, huh.

[configurer]

Hmmm, I don't know. I've definitely wanted to swear at people I care about before.

[cupidsammo]

... Like your boyfriend?

[configurer]

Oh my god, yes. [ yes. ] But he's not the only one.

[cupidsammo]

Hahah. From what you've told me before, it sounds like that's just the kind of relationship you two have.

[configurer]

He got... better.

[ she wants to swear at him less these days so? ]

[cupidsammo]

… Was it not going good for a while?

[configurer]

I mean, we met as teenagers. [ she says, looking fifteen ] It's not that it wasn't going good, it's that everything else around us kind of... was pretty terrible.