PC: Koharu

[trifocal]

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[trifocal]

Oh, yes, only for a short time, but we all come from the same world.

[cupidsammo]

Thought so. They both asked if I was an ishkia too.

[trifocal]

I suppose anyone from Euchronia would think that. People with wings are a common sight on the mainland.

Are there many others like you?

[cupidsammo]

[ As well as other animal parts, apparently… And three eyes? ]

Mmhm! Lots and lots—you just wouldn’t ever know it.

[trifocal]

Wow... but isn't it difficult, to live while being unseen by so many people?

[cupidsammo]

Hahah, it's not so bad! If anything it makes our job a lot easier, so... Getting to roam wherever you want is pretty nice.

[trifocal]

Your job?

[cupidsammo]

Our job as cupids! ... But I suppose that means you don't know either, huh? Ah, that's to say... we help humans fall in love.

[trifocal]

Huh?

... You mean... human people, right?

...... How?

[cupidsammo]

Um.

... What other kinds of humans are there?

[trifocal]

Well...

... The "terrifying monster" type?

[cupidsammo]

[ ... ????¿ ]

W- wait, you call monsters humans?

[trifocal]

Th-the ones that are humans, yes...

They are a particular kind of monster that seem to defy nature and rationality. They know only malice and hunger, and appear as bizarre horrors that bring destruction in their wake...

[cupidsammo]

.... Huuuh? That's so weird... We don't even have real monsters where I'm from, so I'm kind of shocked to hear that!

[trifocal]

I know not why they share a name with the people of other worlds...

The people that you call "human" are most likely what we would call "elda" -- those of the tribe that have no horns, tails, or third eyes.

[cupidsammo]

Oh, yeah! They’d look like me, but without the wings… Huh. This “different worlds” thing is turning out to be pretty crazy!

[trifocal]

I have to agree... [ nodding eagerly. this is all very weird to her too! ]

Oh, but, back to the... human-people. How do you help them fall in love?

[cupidsammo]

O- oh, right. Well, we... mostly work in secret, and cupids are known for shooting their targets when they see someone they're compatible with.

[trifocal]

You shoot them!?

[cupidsammo]

—It doesn't hurt them, promise! They don't notice a thing!!

[trifocal]

O-oh...! Good...

What does it do, then? Is it like a charming spell?

[cupidsammo]

Um...

[ ... ]

Have you... even fallen in love? Or crushed on anyone? It just invokes that feeling in a person, that's all.

[trifocal]

Me? I... -- hm.

[ unsure of how to answer that. ]

I, I see...

[cupidsammo]

Hahah-

[ There's clearly some hesitation, but Koharu lets it be. ]

If you have, well... that's it, really!

[trifocal]

[ ... ]

I would have seen it if I was shot, right...?

[ how would koharu know. ]