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[cupidsammo]

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[outdistanced]

No. Are the cookies supposed to be the fortune tellers, somehow?

[cupidsammo]

Heh heh, in a way! They come with little slips of paper that you can read once you crack the cookie open. They're kind of corny usually, but it can be fun.

[outdistanced]

That's all it is...? Doesn't sound like much of a fortune, in that case.

[ tentatively takes one to crack open... and just stares at this little paper. what. ]

"For true love? Send real roses preserved in 24kt gold!"

[ this can't be legit. ]

[cupidsammo]

[ —pfft. ]

So it's a joke...

[outdistanced]

Are they always like this?

[cupidsammo]

I think usually they try to be a little more earnest... Or pretend to be, anyway.

[outdistanced]

Maybe you should try one, then. Test your own luck.

[cupidsammo]

Okay, let's see...

[ She grabs one, cracking it open. ]

"Your wish will come true"... Oh, maybe they were trying to be serious.

[outdistanced]

Huh. Maybe.

What's the wish,then?

[cupidsammo]

—Oh, mine?

[outdistanced]

Yeah, yours. Who else's?

[cupidsammo]

I just wasn't expecting to be asked that... I guess I have a few things I want to do.

[outdistanced]

Well, it's your fortune.

[ tosses the cookie pieces in the trash or something. he does not trust the food in new areas. ]

Like what? With that fortune, maybe you get to pick one that'll happen for sure.

[ if only it was that easy. ]

[cupidsammo]

Well.

[ She trails off, thinking over something for a moment. Then: ]

One thing I'd really like to do one day is... fall in love with someone myself?

[outdistanced]

You want to...

[ wow. why does this surprise him so much? she's always been so enamored with the idea of love. ]

But... wait. Didn't you say people can't usually see you, when we first got here?

[ that. seems difficult. ]

[cupidsammo]

—Oh, no, they can't... It's, um, not something cupids can really do anyway...

But I can dream.

[outdistanced]

Well, the job is about helping others fall in love. But isn't that kind of...

[ it feels a little cruel? ]

[cupidsammo]

Hahah, it's okay... It's just a silly little wish, right? You're not supposed to take these fortunes that seriously.

[outdistanced]

Well, sure, the fortunes are kind of...

[ weird? corny, like she said? they're something. ]

That doesn't mean having a wish is silly, though.

[cupidsammo]

No no, I don't think so either, but you don't have to think too hard about it!

[outdistanced]

...Right. I guess even Chrysanthemums can be wrong about fate, too.

[cupidsammo]

Hm? ... Oh, another power thing?

[outdistanced]

[ nodding. ]

Supposedly they can read the future. Stuff like this, I guess.

[cupidsammo]

Huh...

I think these papers are meant to be generic enough that anyone can find some way to relate to them, at least.

[outdistanced]

Explains why mine was just a weird joke, anyway. So it's really just an easy way to try to make someone feel better about things?

[ lame. ]