yves & jacopo

[noirges]

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[noirges]

Oh, you know... Some people have been getting extra ears and stuff this week? Or wings...

Have you noticed any for yourself?

[obdure]

No, not yet. I've only arrived here.

[ But now he's tense in the sense of not being prepared for more... Magical shenanigans that again make no sense to someone from the Middle Ages. ]

Did I look strange?

[noirges]

I don't think I have any leg to stand on saying if people look strange.

[ a vague, half-hearted gesture to his mask because he's self-aware ]

... but I think this part [ gestures to his own face ] looked a bit like a broken mirror...

If that means anything to you. I thought you should know, just in case.

[obdure]

Articles that serve a purpose aren't strange.

[ At least in his opinion. ]

... It doesn't. [ He touches his own face. ] I look fine now, right?

[noirges]

That's kind of you to say.

[ jacopo... you are nice guy

but he nods! ]

You do. You feel okay, right? It doesn't come with any weird side effect?

[obdure]

It's fact, not kindness.

[ Do not misunderstand him. ]

I don't believe so. I feel like myself for the most part, but tell me if it pops up again.

[noirges]

I think honesty can be kind.

[ still... nice guy

but he nods! ]

You got it. Let me know if there's anything I can do for you, too.

[obdure]

There's nothing I need.

[ He seems pretty confident in that. ]

[noirges]

[ help! he laughs ]

You're always so confident, Jacopo.

Are you just looking around the new locations? Searching for anything in particular?

[obdure]

[ He shifts back to the broken mirror for one second, then returns. ]

At the moment, I was looking at the wares, but in general I'm exploring the new area.

[ He is just browsing. ]

So far, a lot less advanced technology here.

[noirges]

[ ok wait ]

... Jacopo?

[obdure]

[ A crack along his face forms. ]

What is it?

[noirges]

[ makes a gesture to his own face, drawing out an oval shape like that'll help indicate what he means?

charades ]

[obdure]

[ .... god ]

At that point, you might as well just use your words. It's fine.

[noirges]

When I say your name, you're a mirror again.

[ why is that... ]

[obdure]

[ Crossing his arms, he tries to think... ]

It's been a while since anyone has called me by that name. I abandoned it when I became lord, so I'm still adjusting.

[noirges]

... did you have to give up a lot of things as lord? What do people normally call you?

[obdure]

My circumstances were different where I did have to. I'm sure those who were raised in nobility had an easier time adjusting to ruling.

[ A shrug. ]

Lord Barnier or lord.

[noirges]

Were you not raised in nobility? But you became a lord nonetheless?

[ tilts head ]

Would you like to be called that now?

[obdure]

I was kidnapped as a child.

[ Easily explains it all. ]

You may choose whatever you want. It doesn't matter.

[noirges]

[ ah ]

You say it so plainly but... I'm sorry, Jacopo. That must've been frightening when you were younger...

[obdure]

There's nothing to apologize for. I don't remember most of my childhood.

[ So like... It didn't even seem that bad to him? That's just life. ]

It simply made my life harder later on.

[noirges]

Because your learning curve was different?

Were you kidnapped solely for the purpose of becoming the lord...?

[obdure]

Yes, though there's the big hurdle of being illiterate.

[ So becoming educated, too. The education gatekeep of the old ages. ]

It was likely an assassination that became a kidnapping. [ He shrugs. ] Manual labor would earn the brigands extra coin. As long as their patron didn't know, I was as good as dead.

[noirges]

.... you talk so straightforwardly about difficult things, Jacopo...

Are you happy with where you ended up? Or... is happiness not part of the equation?