[open] do you like starfruit?

[oathkeeper]

Sender: Sora
To: Everyone
Subject: Paopu Fruit

hey, did you guys notice the huge fruit tree that showed up near the new ocean? it's got big giant yellow star-shaped fruits growing from it that are called paopu fruit. they taste like a pineapple mixed with a pear. sounds pretty tasty, right?

there's also a legend back home about these fruits. i thought you might wanna know.

"If two people share one, their destinies become intertwined. They'll remain a part of each other's lives no matter what."

i've always liked that legend a lot. i don't know if it's true for sure but it's nice to think that if you share one with someone really special to you that you can always be a part of each other's lives. if that doesn't sound like love, i don't know what is. it might be nice to try it with someone sometime, huh? go for it!

Comments

[shithogs]

Suppose you've got a point. Either that, or people wanted to believe them so goddamn bad that they persisted in handing them down, but there being at least a seed of truth in there somewhere is a nice idea.

You ever share one of those things with someone special?

[oathkeeper]

haha, i was almost gonna say! it might be kind of a farfetched story but it had to have come from somewhere!

and yeah, i have. i shared it with my special someone. I'm really hoping that no matter what things work out for us. the story and the fruit just helps with that feeling, you know? it's like it helps me be hopeful about it. maybe that's the magic.

[shithogs]

You never really know what's true or not, I guess. Even the wildest stories can turn out to be real. They usually change and grow over time, but that fruit must have meant something special to someone at some point.

So you think the magic is just, what? Some warm and fuzzy feeling? Symbolism, I guess?

[oathkeeper]

i think so too. i think the idea of actually putting it out into the universe to see is the most important part. we gotta make our own destinies and take care of each other. but it helps.

and to be honest i felt like i could take on the whole world when i shared it. maybe it's like fuzzy feelings but ten times stronger?

[shithogs]

That's one hell of a power up.

It sounds kind of silly, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to try. Anyway, not like it's even close to the weirdest thing most of us have heard.

Happy for you and your special someone, by the way.

[oathkeeper]

it was crazy!!

but yeah, it's nice to think about what it could do it works, you know?

so! kainé! do you have someone you wanna try it with? someone you wanna be close with?

[shithogs]

[shit]

What the hell gave you that idea?

[Other than the fact that she'd been extremely obvious about it. Subtlety is not her strong suit.]

... maybe.

[oathkeeper]

[Yeah, it hasn't really been that hard to tell.]

well, you were asking questions about it! i thought i'd take a wild guess!

it's not a bad thing, you know? you should try it with that special someone! go for it. you got it! i'm cheering you on!

[shithogs]

[She's so obvious it's embarrassing, really.]

... I guess that's fair.

I know it's not supposed to be a bad thing, it's just. Weird, for me. New. I don't know what I'm doing.

[oathkeeper]

it's always a little scary when you care about someone like that. but it's a good kind of scary, right? you're having fun? you feel happy about it?

[shithogs]

[Before meeting Nier and the others, it had been so long since she’d felt anything even close to happy that she’s pretty sure she wouldn’t have known it if it bit her on the ass. Here, things are different, and Sora’s… well, he’s not wrong. It’s the best she’s felt in a long time.]

Yeah, I do. For a long time there, I’m pretty sure I forgot what happy felt like, but… it’s good.

[oathkeeper]

it is good! and you deserve to feel that way too kainé. don't forget that, okay?

so if you decide to share a fruit with someone or just tell them about the story, i hope you do and i hope it's special for you.

[shithogs]

Sure. I'll try to keep that in mind.

[It's hard! Feelings are HARD.]

I'll, uh... I'll let you know. Thanks, Sora.