Audience - Koharu

[holyspirits]

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[holyspirits]

Who's that?

[cupidsammo]

My best friend—Aki. I left her in a really bad spot, and she means everything to me, so I want to visit her again.

[holyspirits]

Visit her...? Don't you mean stay with her?

[cupidsammo]

Huh? I... Well, not stay stay. I'm sure she's pretty busy these days and has a lot more going on.

[holyspirits]

And that's worth doing everything you have to do and going back for?

[cupidsammo]

Yes, I think so.

[holyspirits]

What will you do with the rest of your time, then?

[cupidsammo]

I... need to learn how to live my own life—for me this time. I don't know how I should do that yet, but I'll figure it out.

[holyspirits]

Is there anything that you like to do besides... [ thinking. about their profile. ] Errands and matchmaking?

[cupidsammo]

Erm—

[ damb call her out gently will ya ]

T- that's the thing. I never put too much thought in what I like to do for myself before.

[holyspirits]

And you would rather find out in your own world than in Heaven.

[cupidsammo]

Well... why not?

[holyspirits]

[ they shrug! ]

A lot of people would choose to go somewhere new. Somewhere bigger, where they have more time and more freedom. Especially if there wasn't very much there for them in their old lives.

[cupidsammo]

I... do understand that. But in that case, I could just stay in my life as a cupid.

[holyspirits]

And you don't want to do that, either. Why?

[cupidsammo]

... I have too many regrets not to.

[holyspirits]

And they're regrets you can only move on from back home?

[cupidsammo]

I don't know how I could if I don't.

[holyspirits]

There are a lot of different ways to overcome regrets. Accepting them and moving on is one. Going back to try and correct mistakes is another.

I guess it just depends on what kind of regrets they are.

[cupidsammo]

I just want to go back and do all the things I didn't think to do before... That's all.

[holyspirits]

And you can't do them somewhere new.

[cupidsammo]

[ there's a moment of hesitance, then: ]

Sorry if this forward of me to ask, but... do you want us to stay here?

[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?