[TVK, IC] Contact post

[truthsnomiracle]

You've reached the phone of Miles Edgeworth. I am currently unavailable. If you wish for me to return your call, leave the appropriate contact information and I'll do so at my earliest convenience. If your reason for calling is time-sensitive, I offer my apologies. [beep]

1/28/12: Issei Ryudo (unknownrival) talks sense into Edgeworth days after the Empress boss fight

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[Call]

[unknownrival]

[Bring, bring, bring. Issei will wait for you to pick up as long as necessary.]

[Voice]

[truthsnomiracle]

[It takes eight rings -- kind of long for someone shut up in their room. When it's finally picked up, it's voice only.]

Edgeworth speaking.

[That tone of voice is more appropriate to announcing a death than answering a phone...]

[Voice]

[unknownrival]

Good afternoon, Edgeworth.

While it's a bit abnormal to ask a recipient of a gift to help you buy it, it occurs to me that I can't tell one flute from another and might be conned into going back with a clarinet instead or, heaven forbid, a recorder. Would you mind accompanying me in flute shopping?

[Voice]

[truthsnomiracle]

A... gift? [Well, that was the last thing Edgeworth was expecting to hear.] Um... er...

[Voice]

[unknownrival]

I can try my best on my own, of course. If it's a bother.

[Voice]

[truthsnomiracle]

Er... it isn't... I mean... your proposal is not the true concern.

[Voice]

[unknownrival]

Then what is?

[Voice]

[truthsnomiracle]

It's... it's foolish of me.

[Voice]

[unknownrival]

I doubt that.

[Voice]

[truthsnomiracle]

There isn't any rational reason for me to feel as I have since Thursday! [And boy, is he mad at himself about it.]

[Voice]

[unknownrival]

...Since the effects of the Shadow wore off.

[tolettheworldbe]

[Insert calling noise here.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[Well, that's an unfamiliar number. A tip about the murders, perhaps?]

Edgeworth speaking.

[tolettheworldbe]

This is Solid Snake. New arrival to Prospero. I heard you were in charge of this operation.

[truthsnomiracle]

(In charge?)

While I was the first to begin investigating the mass kidnapping, Allen Ridgeley is the one organizing the effort.

How long have you been here?

[tolettheworldbe]

A day at most, though I'm not sure if the same time mechanism fits this place.

You saying I should contact Allen then?

[truthsnomiracle]

Aside from kidnappees such as ourselves experiencing twenty-five hours in each day as opposed to twenty-four, time passes in a way that any, er, human native to Earth should be familiar with.

I would suggest remaining awake at midnight before contacting anyone else.

[tolettheworldbe]

Awake at midnight? Why's that?

[truthsnomiracle]

Because some aspects of our situation must be seen before they could possibly be believed.

[tolettheworldbe]

Not much surprises me anymore. What should I be looking out for?

[truthsnomiracle]

Sweeping changes in the environment at the stroke of midnight which seem to last for an hour, though since one of those changes is the suspension of all timekeeping devices we cannot be entirely certain of its duration.

[tolettheworldbe]

I'll keep my eyes open and my ears sharp. I'll report to you anything I notice out of the ordinary.

[voice]

[croibhristeoir]

[One morning, there would be a box sitting on Edgeworth's desk with this sitting neatly inside. The explanation for this? Found in a voicemail left on his phone.]

When next you get to your office, you may find I've had something sent there. I hope you enjoy it.

[voice]

[truthsnomiracle]

Thank you, Diarmuid. It should serve quite well.

[voice]

[croibhristeoir]

Wonderful. I'm truly thrilled that you like it.