[ They are very not interesting to me, but they are interesting enough to Jacopo to have a good idea on what the forecast is looking for his Assets. He doesn't even know he gives off an aura of any kind. He's just existing, but being read by a girl he doesn't know.
Which he isn't sure how to feel about, but everyone judges each other. That's the risk of going outside. ]
It could be worse. [ While not a yes, it's also not a no. ] So... You cut your stream short to talk to me.
[ it's interesting to think about volatile the stock market can be even if i don't fully understand it
elysia could do better at hiding how much she knows, but she doesn't care enough to. it's nothing that will harm anything irreparably or will change the fate of the world, so jacopo can think she's a freak and be confused.
if anything, it's nice to witness his rudeness again. she doesn't enjoy being rude to, but it's never bothered her, and it's another confirmation that it's him. when it's not impossible in her universe to have similar faces but different personalities, it's nice for jacopo to be like this. ]
I didn't think you'd want to be randomly included in a stream, and you looked like someone I wanted to get to know better. I don't know how much time you have before you have to go, but won't you humor me?
[ sometimes the head of your nation can make a decision and the stock market crashes
Fortunately or unfortunately, he has met a handful of weirdos in life. Twenty-six is old enough to have one freak encounter, so what's another? Still a freak encounter, he supposes. Jacopo does seem to be blessed or cursed to look the same, then also act the same, while so many seem to return different and changed. The incredulous expression stays before it melts away with a sigh. ]
I can see why you'd stop streaming if you're going to drop lines like that. [ Rather than it being for his sake, he thinks it's for hers. Terminally online people are a lot. ] My lunch break ends in an hour.
[ He is, however, less snappy and biting with his words. Maybe before he would add that he'd leave if the small talk grew stale. With having been productive enough with stonks tracking, he puts away his phone. ]
[ listen......... unfortunately sometimes it is more than just the stock market
it's not surprising that people new (again) to her would think anything she says is a line. she's used to it by now. she doesn't take this as a rejection. if he rebuffed her in this first meeting, she would have let him be. she may be forward and challenge boundaries too much, but she has social grace and awareness.
she sits down next to him while still giving him some personal space. ]
However I sound to you, I mean what I saID. I'd like to know you, little by little, and I'd like to become friends that way. An hour can be a start.
[ although she knows he can definitely leave before the hour is up. she remembers that much. she knows that much. ]
[ Help... She really is upfront and Jacopo is only used to that in a setting where it's planned. Meetings, appointments, conferences, and the like. Not something like a chance encounter where someone drops friendship onto a platter for you.
Jacopo is kind of speechless because what is happening? It is the usual day where he worked in the office, dealing with his team who don't seem to know how to do their job, and he had anticipated a nice lunch break before he slaves away to overtime. ]
You... Are very forward. I never said I was open to friends, either.
[ thinks about how i did read the tag over because it used to say something other than said that didn't make sense and still didn't notice the caps after
anyway, this is not so unexpected from him. she almost expects him to get up and walk away soon. it's just like how he left the group chat or the cafe or anything else. ]
I don't want to hide how I feel. You didn't say you didn't want friends.
[ oh i'm sorry ara i also was like these caps must be telling me something doesn't say anything and writes my tag so i can touch grass.
This Jacopo isn't so impersonal and near anti-social. He may still look the same and the way his eyebrows knit mirror every scowl in his past lives, but his shoulders while still stiff and tense aren't shaped like they're carrying the weight of the world. In a modern world, he only has modern day worries... And without a curse, it would seem his everyday worries are not so harrowing or heavy.
Who knows, though. They were all versions of him, even the worst of him. Regardless of curses. Whether he stands up and leaves without warning, she will have to see and experience the person he is now. ]
Only children talk so outwardly about friendships.
[ Only children need that to be so obviously defined, says the man who has a hard time being clear. A sigh because... He does prefer straightforward people and he's less paranoid of others in this life. ]
[ it's fine i should have opened my eyes to reread touching grass is more important
what he says makes her laugh. ]
Why do you think people stop being so straightforward when they grow older? Why do people make things so complicated?
[ they're not pointed questions, tone more lighthearted and curious than anything else. she doesn't need it to be obviously defined, but he so often is unclear. this is her way of being annoying. ]
Maybe adulthood introduces more reasons for people to be afraid. I don't like quitting before I try.
[ she doesn't know anything of how morgana cursed him or that he isn't cursed at all anymore. all she can know is what she sees of him and experiences of him. ]
It could work out. Cute girls can make anything happen. ♪
If they find it complicated, perhaps the issue is themself.
[ Skill issue? That's his rhetorical answer to her rhetorical questions, though the truth is m navigating interpersonal relationships is not always easy and simple, especially in adulthood.
There are more reasons to be afraid. Knowing where you stand with someone can be terrifying, but they are simply strangers.
There's just a silence as he gives her an incredulous look, mouth partly open. He closes his mouth, then opens it again. ]
It isn't befitting for girls to inflate their egos so blatantly.
[ Good on her for confidence. Jacopo is just here being like modesty??? ]
[ she does think jacopo has some skill issue. At least in the last two lives he's had. Maybe this one isn't as bad? She'll have to see.
Even if he still says these kinds of things when they're in the 21st century and not the 19th or 11th. ]
You can say that kind of thing to me. [ because her confidence is so hard to crack. ] But you shouldn't say that to any other girl.
[ this is as admonishing as elysia ever gets. She will defend a girl's right to be anything she wants—whether it's to be stupid beyond words or arrogant to the point of tears. ]
[ At least he would be successful in his professional life, I guess.
Elysia may think it's enough, but obviously he wouldn't which is what's illustrated on his face. Girls could be cute in all ways, but it alone wouldn't make him budge. Similarly, being cute won't mean they'll be friends. ]
... I don't think being cute is that important to stress over.
[ isn't that part of his problem? he became so good at being a lord or mafia boss that everyone around him left him alone in misery
girls being cute in every way not being enough is why he sucks. elysia would not think this in those specific words, but she does think girls should be respected. ]
You're being a little too literal, but everyone has something about them that someone can adore.
[ YOU CAN RESPECT WOMEN WITHOUT NEEDING TO THINK THEy'RE CUTE? IF ANYTHING, YOU SHOULD RESPECT WOMEN REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY LOOK OR FEEL? ]
If you're talking about cute in personality, that's not only subjective but also vague. [ ... ] You're going to say you're cute all around, aren't you.
[ I did. The hilarity of being asked if I learned anything new in the graveyard, but there wasn't anything for me to learn in two days especially being cursed and then a party. ]
What did we even learn about each other from this back-and-forth?
[ Jacopo, you don't know that she knows you quite well. ]
[ very funny. even without the party and being cursed to be in love, it was still only two days. ]
You don't like how forward I am. Do I make you nervous?
[ she can't just drop how much she knows about him. that's crazy behavior, and she'll take false accusations of all kinds, but she doesn't care to be known as some stalker. ]
[ Imagine if important lore dropped on Sunday when Danny died. ]
I never said either of those things... If anything, I prefer people who are frank.
[ Because he thinks he can be rather honest, which isn't true. He's only sincere for things that do not matter. Generally, negative. Mean-spirited. She knows that, so she can laugh in her mind at him for being a fussy child.
Do you? Maybe you can show me how true that is when we get to know each other more.
[ she thinks about who he was close to in heaven, and she doesn't think that's so true. claude? jonas? adolphe? (she doesn't know if lucas fits into this anymore, but lucas isn't frank either.)
well, adolphe can be frank, but he's also got so many issue he's not frank about. elysia knows what jacopo keeps to himself and what he chooses not to be sincere about. witnessed it in real time. ]
More or less. I like approaching people as I am. Isn't that the easiest way for people to see if they want to be friends with me? I don't like hiding things about myself.
The commonality is that they'd be honest/easy to read about whether they don't like him or not which won't make him have to guess if he's unwanted. Well, can't say for Claude. Claude just stuck onto him like a barnacle and they are similar in other ways.
People are allowed to keep their secrets as long as he doesn't need to 4d chess a social interaction (he does it anyway). ]
Some people try to be likable for first impressions. [ Which he doesn't fault people despite his preference. ] Some really overdo it.
[ Checking his watch, his lunch is about to be over, so he gathers his things and picks himself onto his feet. A polite farewell is on the tip of his tongue, but... There's something familiar about her which has him conflicted in a number of ways. ]
If you're so adamant, then you can find me here for lunch most days. Same time.
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Which he isn't sure how to feel about, but everyone judges each other. That's the risk of going outside. ]
It could be worse. [ While not a yes, it's also not a no. ] So... You cut your stream short to talk to me.
[ Con...Fused... ]
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elysia could do better at hiding how much she knows, but she doesn't care enough to. it's nothing that will harm anything irreparably or will change the fate of the world, so jacopo can think she's a freak and be confused.
if anything, it's nice to witness his rudeness again. she doesn't enjoy being rude to, but it's never bothered her, and it's another confirmation that it's him. when it's not impossible in her universe to have similar faces but different personalities, it's nice for jacopo to be like this. ]
I didn't think you'd want to be randomly included in a stream, and you looked like someone I wanted to get to know better. I don't know how much time you have before you have to go, but won't you humor me?
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Fortunately or unfortunately, he has met a handful of weirdos in life. Twenty-six is old enough to have one freak encounter, so what's another? Still a freak encounter, he supposes. Jacopo does seem to be blessed or cursed to look the same, then also act the same, while so many seem to return different and changed. The incredulous expression stays before it melts away with a sigh. ]
I can see why you'd stop streaming if you're going to drop lines like that. [ Rather than it being for his sake, he thinks it's for hers. Terminally online people are a lot. ] My lunch break ends in an hour.
[ He is, however, less snappy and biting with his words. Maybe before he would add that he'd leave if the small talk grew stale. With having been productive enough with stonks tracking, he puts away his phone. ]
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it's not surprising that people new (again) to her would think anything she says is a line. she's used to it by now. she doesn't take this as a rejection. if he rebuffed her in this first meeting, she would have let him be. she may be forward and challenge boundaries too much, but she has social grace and awareness.
she sits down next to him while still giving him some personal space. ]
However I sound to you, I mean what I saID. I'd like to know you, little by little, and I'd like to become friends that way. An hour can be a start.
[ although she knows he can definitely leave before the hour is up. she remembers that much. she knows that much. ]
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Jacopo is kind of speechless because what is happening? It is the usual day where he worked in the office, dealing with his team who don't seem to know how to do their job, and he had anticipated a nice lunch break before he slaves away to overtime. ]
You... Are very forward. I never said I was open to friends, either.
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anyway, this is not so unexpected from him. she almost expects him to get up and walk away soon. it's just like how he left the group chat or the cafe or anything else. ]
I don't want to hide how I feel. You didn't say you didn't want friends.
[ he can stand to make himself clear. ]
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This Jacopo isn't so impersonal and near anti-social. He may still look the same and the way his eyebrows knit mirror every scowl in his past lives, but his shoulders while still stiff and tense aren't shaped like they're carrying the weight of the world. In a modern world, he only has modern day worries... And without a curse, it would seem his everyday worries are not so harrowing or heavy.
Who knows, though. They were all versions of him, even the worst of him. Regardless of curses. Whether he stands up and leaves without warning, she will have to see and experience the person he is now. ]
Only children talk so outwardly about friendships.
[ Only children need that to be so obviously defined, says the man who has a hard time being clear. A sigh because... He does prefer straightforward people and he's less paranoid of others in this life. ]
You know this might not work out.
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what he says makes her laugh. ]
Why do you think people stop being so straightforward when they grow older? Why do people make things so complicated?
[ they're not pointed questions, tone more lighthearted and curious than anything else. she doesn't need it to be obviously defined, but he so often is unclear. this is her way of being annoying. ]
Maybe adulthood introduces more reasons for people to be afraid. I don't like quitting before I try.
[ she doesn't know anything of how morgana cursed him or that he isn't cursed at all anymore. all she can know is what she sees of him and experiences of him. ]
It could work out. Cute girls can make anything happen. ♪
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[ Skill issue? That's his rhetorical answer to her rhetorical questions, though the truth is m navigating interpersonal relationships is not always easy and simple, especially in adulthood.
There are more reasons to be afraid. Knowing where you stand with someone can be terrifying, but they are simply strangers.
There's just a silence as he gives her an incredulous look, mouth partly open. He closes his mouth, then opens it again. ]
It isn't befitting for girls to inflate their egos so blatantly.
[ Good on her for confidence. Jacopo is just here being like modesty??? ]
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[ she does think jacopo has some skill issue. At least in the last two lives he's had. Maybe this one isn't as bad? She'll have to see.
Even if he still says these kinds of things when they're in the 21st century and not the 19th or 11th. ]
You can say that kind of thing to me. [ because her confidence is so hard to crack. ] But you shouldn't say that to any other girl.
[ this is as admonishing as elysia ever gets. She will defend a girl's right to be anything she wants—whether it's to be stupid beyond words or arrogant to the point of tears. ]
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It's not an outlandish thing to say with someone with such a big ego! He's the one with the smaller one here, as much as he can live off of bravado. ]
Normally, I wouldn't.
[ He may be rude, but only if you give him a reason to be rude. That could be as simple as existing, though. ]
Being cute isn't enough.
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unfortunately, her feminine ego is sturdy to his fragile masculine one, and exist she does right now. ]
It is enough.
[ elysia would let a cute girl do almost anything. ]
It's difficult enough to get people to think they're cute when they are.
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Elysia may think it's enough, but obviously he wouldn't which is what's illustrated on his face. Girls could be cute in all ways, but it alone wouldn't make him budge. Similarly, being cute won't mean they'll be friends. ]
... I don't think being cute is that important to stress over.
[ But he's a man, so. ]
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girls being cute in every way not being enough is why he sucks. elysia would not think this in those specific words, but she does think girls should be respected. ]
You're being a little too literal, but everyone has something about them that someone can adore.
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If you're talking about cute in personality, that's not only subjective but also vague. [ ... ] You're going to say you're cute all around, aren't you.
[ Why... Does he have a feeling? ]
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Isn't it obvious that I'm a cute girl? ♪ What's so wrong about being subjective? We all are.
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I don't think I'm going to win this battle.
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she laughs. ]
I'm happy you've finally seen the outcome. So can we be friends?
[ this is also a losing battle for him. ]
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What did we even learn about each other from this back-and-forth?
[ Jacopo, you don't know that she knows you quite well. ]
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You don't like how forward I am. Do I make you nervous?
[ she can't just drop how much she knows about him. that's crazy behavior, and she'll take false accusations of all kinds, but she doesn't care to be known as some stalker. ]
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I never said either of those things... If anything, I prefer people who are frank.
[ Because he thinks he can be rather honest, which isn't true. He's only sincere for things that do not matter. Generally, negative. Mean-spirited. She knows that, so she can laugh in her mind at him for being a fussy child.
He tilts his head a bit as he squints at her. ]
Is this how you usually make friends?
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Do you? Maybe you can show me how true that is when we get to know each other more.
[ she thinks about who he was close to in heaven, and she doesn't think that's so true. claude? jonas? adolphe? (she doesn't know if lucas fits into this anymore, but lucas isn't frank either.)
well, adolphe can be frank, but he's also got so many issue he's not frank about. elysia knows what jacopo keeps to himself and what he chooses not to be sincere about. witnessed it in real time. ]
More or less. I like approaching people as I am. Isn't that the easiest way for people to see if they want to be friends with me? I don't like hiding things about myself.
[ but she has to, for a variety of reasons. ]
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[ Just assigns her musing is conveying that.
The commonality is that they'd be honest/easy to read about whether they don't like him or not which won't make him have to guess if he's unwanted. Well, can't say for Claude. Claude just stuck onto him like a barnacle and they are similar in other ways.
People are allowed to keep their secrets as long as he doesn't need to 4d chess a social interaction (he does it anyway). ]
Some people try to be likable for first impressions. [ Which he doesn't fault people despite his preference. ] Some really overdo it.
[ Checking his watch, his lunch is about to be over, so he gathers his things and picks himself onto his feet. A polite farewell is on the tip of his tongue, but... There's something familiar about her which has him conflicted in a number of ways. ]
If you're so adamant, then you can find me here for lunch most days. Same time.
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[ jacopo needs to be less anxious. stop trying to 4d chess a social interaction. elysia doesn't have any these worries. who doesn't have a secret?
she smiles brightly. he isn't trying to be super aloof. ]
It's a date. ♪ I'll see you here tomorrow, and you can judge how much I'm trying to be likeable, hm?
[ she will let him go back to being a realtor. ]
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I never said I would be here tomorrow.
[ HELP... But it isn't like the chances are low, either? Likely, he works nearby. ]
Don't let that get in the way of your... Stream, if you have to keep to a schedule.
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