Falg: It took you a while to get here didn’t it? I was almost sure you wouldn’t be coming.
Kuusho: Sucks to be you. Can’t imagine fading the one and only Kuusho.
F: You must tell yourself that in front of a mirror every other day. Otherwise, I’m pretty sure no one is that obnoxious.
Anyways, let’s get started.
K: I mean I came from not being able to look in the mirror so let me be.
So what are we here for exactly?
F: Well as you probably remember from your time as “囁く天使は” or “The whispering angel”, there is almost no better time to get to you than times like this.
K: Times like what? I don’t remember being in any particular phase.
F: Wellllll, times where you’re either completely in love or close to a turning point in your life.
This time is both.
K: Now that is interesting, I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Kuusho is Kuusho. I’m not in love, I’m not at a turning point and everything is going to shit. Plus, I’m still broke so clearly nothing turned from this “last time” you speak of.
F: Don’t be so hasty. For starters, you’re back in Web3. Properly back this time.
You’ve left the sidelines and stepped on the path this time. You might say nothing turned around and I wouldn’t know how to convince you that a lot has.
There’s also… Amee-
K: Yeah I’ve heard enough. What exactly do you want with me Falg? You’re the reason we’re still here anyways.
If you had taken care to really participate, we’d have bought and flipped NFTs, gotten into Rug Radio, been an active member of Lens.
If you had built a brand, we’d have tried some stuff, failed at some and maybe have enough money to go see Habibi.
F: …
K: You failed and now I have to fix EVERYTHING you fucked up.
Now we’re stuck in love with a woman we can’t love, a non-existent crypto bag and struggling to build a brand.
Fuck you, Falg, FUCK… YOU.
We should be taking care of the family by now and traveling the world. We should be “Head of Community” at a reasonably top brand or some shit.
F: You’re right K. I am the past. I am everything that could’ve been. I am the one who has put us in a ship that can’t ever set sail.
I failed you Kuusho. I’m sorry.
Yet, I can’t tell you enough how glad I am to see you.
K: Sobs I don’t know what to do anymore. I’m trying my best to keep showing up but this…
F: I know, Kuusho. It’s rough. There’s a lot I could have done to make it easier for you.
I could have learned to code, draw, audit smart contracts, connect with people better.
That said, you mustn’t stop.
K: What’s the point going any further? I can’t make it to Abuja, I don’t know if I can even dream of making it to Dubai.
I don’t know if there is any point in dreaming and holding on to ambitions of Culinary School, traveling the world and meeting the people behind pictures that we loved without seeing.
F: There is.
I made many mistakes but they led to you. I failed in many places but the love in your heart suggests I didn’t completely fail.
I represent our past. You represent our future.
I am your whispering angel.
K: So what do we do now?
F: I leave that to you, Kuusho. Fill the void. Dream to the point of Delusion. Obsess about Web3.
Keep going…
K: Oi! Where are you going? Why are you disappearing? Are you bailing again!?
You Coward!!!
F: No. I’m not going anywhere, I can’t.
I am you, you are me. Our future and our past have become one; Our present.
K: Our present? I don’t hear his voice.
F: Of course you can. Listen to the sound of each step we take forward as we struggle with dreams and regrets. Hopes and fear.
He carries the weight of all we’ve lost and all we can gain.
Ikuzo.
The Conversation: Written by 囁く天使は.
