truthsnomiracle | [open RP meme] The "pester Edgeworth in his office" post, Dreamwidth edition

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[open RP meme] The "pester Edgeworth in his office" post, Dreamwidth edition

[Chances are, when you enter room 1202 of the Prosecutor's Office, you'll find High Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth hard at work. He learned the hard way not to be too quick to throw people out when they interrupt him, so as annoyed as he probably will be once he notices your presence, you'll more likely than not get a sufficient chance to justify yourself. Usually.]

[To help clarify the purpose of this post, this is someplace anyone can come tag me if they want -- just start a thread and specify Canonworth, TVKworth, or any other preference! Canons, AUs, OCs, and canon OCs welcome, both AA and non-AA!]

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(So he's of this world?!)

Then you may have been in even greater danger than you realized and be in still more now. You and your friends shouldn't tarry here.

[Edgeworth rapidly climbs to the second floor...]

Danger? What the hell are you talkin' about?

[And he's following right behind Edgeworth, hands hooked on his jacket.]

Ain't nothin' there. I've looked around, couldn't find a damn thing. Just quiet and everyone gone.

[Let's see, no, no... Ah, there it is. Akira stops at one of the doors.]

[And knocking on that door quite firmly.]

The Dark Hour is more dangerous here, but the Shadows aren't the danger that I refer to. Rather, there are certain individuals in high positions who may find you to be a threat to whatever they're trying to accomplish through this island.

Ain't like that's new.

[There's a faint "Come in" from inside and Akira pushes the door open, quickly crossing the floor to the bed in the room.

In said bed is a little girl with brown hair, certainly no older than maybe 11. She doesn't look very healthy, pale skin and very skinny, but her eyes light up as he comes to a stop beside her bed, kneeling down to lead on it and come roughly eye level with her.]

Big brother!

Hey, Kaori. Sorry I'm late.

...You were getting into a fight again, weren't you?

[There was the slightest of winces from the teen, but thankfully Edgeworth's presence saved him from further interrogation as Kaori's eyes lit up just noticing him.]

Oh! Did you make a friend?

Well, sorta.

[The prosecutor steps inside and closes the door behind him, watching the two. It clearly wasn't just a sob story, at least. Once attention turns to him, Edgeworth steps forward to take a bow.]

Miles Edgeworth.

[Kaori smiles brightly at him, laughing a little at the bow. Seems she really likes visitors, or he just made an amazing impression.]

Nice to meet you, Mr. Edgeworth.

[Despite the fairly uncomfortable look of his position, Akira seems content, shifting only to glance over at the prosector himself.]

He wanted to come talk to you for somethin'.

Oh, okay. What is it?

At the time, I primarily wanted verification of your story. However, while we were en route, facts came to my attention that suggest that while there are no Crusaders here, you still aren't safe here. Your brother may hold some of the keys to the truth about this place -- a truth that those who rule here have gone to great lengths to obscure.

[She seems a little confused by how you're talking, but she gets that Akira knows something you want to know.]

Truth about... this place? What's wrong with it?

I'unno. Think it has somethin' to do with that weird greenish time thing I told you 'bout, though.

One aspect of that time is among Prospero's mysteries, yes. While in your experience the Dark Hour is quiet, here it's known among kidnappees primarily as the time that hostile creatures known collectively as Shadows appear. However, that isn't the only or even the most important concern -- merely the only one that constitutes a physical danger.

[Kidnappees. Definitely ringing a lot more familiar than Akira would like.]

The hell's a Shadow?

[Edgeworth pulls out his phone and begins tapping at it.]

Unfortunately, they're little-understood. Given a certain event several months ago that I first appeared in the midst of, it's been suggested that they may be linked to denied aspects of the natives, but we have no way to verify such a thing.

[The prosecutor hands over the phone, which is now open to Atsuro's Shadow Database.]

[Akira takes the phone, shifting his position so Kaori can peer over his shoulder while he thumbs through it. He doesn't seem to register too much surprise on seeing them, mostly just scrutiny.]

Look sorta like those weird things back in that castle-time. Or remind me of 'em, at least. Same kinda monster look to 'em. Lemme guess, they bite pretty hard?

Castle-time? But yes, they are dangerous; even I've seen fit to begin training with a weapon, under the circumstances. However, as you can see from the data, some Shadows are invulnerable to physical attacks. Fortunately for us, the majority of Personas possess or quickly develop some form of elemental attack.

It's a long story. You got time?

[He did notice that, but he still doesn't look too worried.]

'less they're immune to fire and ice too, I ain't got anythin' to worry 'bout.

(There is a chance that his tale will allow us a new perspective on our own situation.)

Fortunately, yes.

[Since he knows you like information, he'll start at the beginning and do his best to summarize.

The Crusaders, working for the government, were kidnapping people in the city to haul off to liquefy -- knowing that it's probably different over here, he adds that it is fairly common, but usually voluntary, seeing as it's irreversible and generally a last-ditch effort for some people to save their lives. In this case, the people being melted down were all used as a literal lake as an offering to a god. Akira's friend Matsu sacrificed himself so that he could save Akira and his sister when the Crusaders lit the orphanage on fire by overdosing on a special drug that gives psychic powers, enough to let him pilot the old mech Akira mentioned earlier, Buriki Daioh -- unfortunately, this meant Matsu was down right after that. Rather than letting it to go to waste, Akira merged his mind with Matsu's and used both their powers to move the mech and take down said god before it could kill anyone else.

It was after this that Akira heard a strange voice talking to him and found himself in a black void. After wandering out of it, he arrived in some world which -- by the sound of his description -- appeared to be some sort of medieval world. Turns out the old god was an avatar of a demon in that time named Odio, who had slaughtered everyone there and wanted to do the same to him and the others he had brought there. They won, of course, but it hadn't been without their own hardships; that demon was once human and he gave them a cryptic, threatening warning that anyone could take up the mantle like he did, if they chose to.

Akira's explanation is fairly calm, though his voice hesitates when he speaks about Matsu and rises in a mix of anger and pity when he speaks about Odio.]

...and that's about it.

[And as he listens, Edgeworth appears skeptical and mildly uncomfortable.]

(This tale is... strange, to say the least. If not for some of what I've seen and been forced to face since my arrival, I would say impossible. That being said, some developments he speaks of casually seem out of place for this world, unless...)

Forgive me if this seems like a strange question, but is 2012 the most advanced year you've experienced?

Yeah, it is.

You think we got time-jacked again?

That was my suspicion, but apparently that isn't the case.

(The fact that they've been taken in such a way before does present another possibility, however. Perhaps I was wrong to assume that he was native...)

Have you always noticed the Dark Hour?

[Akira blinks, thinking on that for a moment.]

No. Only started seeing it once we came over here, on the way to this city.

None of us see it, but I know my big brother never lies, so I always believe him.

...Yeah. You do.

Strange. Wright and I observed it as far away as England.

(The only common point I see here is that we were on Prospero beforehand and his awareness began as he drew near, yet exposure to the vicinity of Prospero can't be the entire cause of our awareness given that most natives are blind to the Dark Hour.)

[He shrugs a bit.]

I ain't ever seen it 'til we came here, so I dunno.

Nor I, though like the other kidnappees, I wasn't part of this world to begin with.

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Kaori has no art, so autoing go!

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