jacopo.

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w6, saturday evening.

[tactic]

[ TRIAL IS OVER time to show Jacopo around and no, they will not be visiting the Dreadful Wyvern.

Instead, they can be at the sakura tree park, and since it's getting late, there are lanterns lighting up the paths. ]

... And this is one of our many outdoor areas. It's fine on its own, but staying too long has its consequences.

[obdure]

[ You wouldn't want to show him bad dragon and watch him overreact like the Victorian maiden he is.

WOW, beautiful. If only we could afford a Japan trip in April, but we could legit just go to Washington for Sakura blossoms.

Why can't we have nice things? ]

Like what exactly?

[tactic]

[ WE ALSO HAVE SAKURA TREES HERE ]

You tend to act out of sorts once you leave the park. It's nothing to fear, and it's not as though you're a stranger to behaving oddly.

[ He's seen your curses on TV, Jacopo. ]

[obdure]

[ oh right i forgot we have one in san diego too ]

It makes me suspicious of your intentions, nevertheless.

[ DO YOU WANT TO SEE HIM BECOME WEIRD? CHILDE WOULD NEVER DO THIS... throws this over. ]

[tactic]

[ Well, the memory plays itself out, and once it comes to a close, there's a stretch of silence before Aventurine finds his voice again. He never knows how to react to these things, has never really enjoyed having his own memories reacted to, so he simply looks to conversation. ]

... You've lived a formidable life, Mr. Jacopo. Tragedy has dug its claws deep into you.

[obdure]

Just Jacopo is fine.

[ He is twenty six and a thousand, but he just stands here to enjoy the scenery of beautiful blossoms. Stupid memory sharing. ]

Tragedy isn't unique in any sense, but I'm sorry you had to see that. You can just forget about it... Why waste any energy on a story from a thousand years ago.

[tactic]

It's a story unlike any other I've witnessed. I was vaguely told of the condition of your memories by Mr. Seodore, but to have seen it in person...

[ It's a lot to absorb. ]

How are you these days, Jacopo?

[obdure]

[ Daydreams of putting holes into Seodore, but by gun violence... just like how Pixi and Aki died in my dream. ]

[tactic]

[ CHILL OUT ]

... Jacopo?

[ Waves a hand in front of his face. ]

[obdure]

[ Sees the waving hand and then looks at him. ]

I'm doing well for someone who came into this at a disadvantage. The learning curve for these stupid games is quite high.

[tactic]

You're a quick study, then. I don't think many others would have lasted quite as long had they been in your position.

[ Gives him a pat on the back and then resumes their walk. ]

Your friends from before, will you be able to contact them once this is over?

[obdure]

It all felt familiar enough, luckily for me.

[ He wasn't expecting a pat on the back, but that's fine. Back to walkies, though he raises his eyebrows. ]

What? And be a ghost knocking on their door after a millennia of absence?

[tactic]

You've already met some of your friends here, haven't you? Weren't they happy to see you?

[ Siffrin was so worried about you!!! ]

[obdure]

We weren't close.

[ Which makes it easier. ]

[tactic]

Everyone in this place is so eager to deny themselves.

[ What is wrong with all of you. ]

[obdure]

Is it really denying when there's nothing to begin with? You're making people out to sound like masochists.

[ ... ]

I guess some of these freaks are.

[tactic]

'Some' is putting it too lightly. We have an overabundance of masochists.

[ Studies Jacopo like one more? ]

[obdure]

... I'm serious when I said I wasn't close to most people from Heaven here.

[ Notices this. ]

Why are you looking at me like that?

[tactic]

[ Smiles! ]

I've decided I want to get to know you better. I mean that sincerely.

[obdure]

How forward, especially when I know nothing about you.

[ He looks off to beautiful trees. They're cursed as fuck, but they're pretty. ]

I wonder how far you'll get with the short time we have left.

[tactic]

Oh? Are you disappearing somewhere after this is all over?

[ He can simply follow you. ]

[obdure]

I intend to. I still have a life back at home.

[ He must go back to his realty career. ]

We don't know if at the end of this we'll be able to see each other, either.

[tactic]

[ Want to work for the IPC? ]

Ah, that's right. Someone else had told me their game hadn't allowed for interdimensional travel... I think that would be a shame. I've enjoyed the new faces I've met here.

[obdure]

[ He would probably do well. ]

Heaven was like that. Revival and a free ticket to paradise at the end of your life. [ What a mistake. ] Some of you sound quite spoiled.

[tactic]

[ HE WOULD!! But he tilts his head a bit at the thoughtshare. ]

If you were given the option to travel between universes and worlds, would you take it?