rainbowfudge | picture prompt meme!

[For once, there isn't much paperwork for Edgeworth to do, so accordingly he's actually leaving not long after everyone else. What he didn't expect, however, was to see Wright asleep on the bench... nor to be struck with two reminders of the Hazakura case at once.

The magatama's faint glow stood out in the shadow of the bench. Rather than waking his friend up right away, the prosecutor knelt down and retrieved the item. Once he was upright again, Edgeworth gazed uneasily at the object in his palm.]

(This blasted phosphorescent rock... If not for the clear and consistent cause and effect and accord with reality involved, I'd think its radiation to merely have caused hallucinations shaped by Wright's suggestion.)

[Phoenix mumbles something too incoherent to be understood, but his eyebrows are knit together and he is frowning as if someone was bothering him in his sleep.

But eventually, his eyes open, and he blinks groggily. The lawyer pulls himself up into a sitting position, rubbing his eyes and groaning. He sits bolt upright when he realizes who is standing close by and turns his head toward that person's general direction. And wait - was that person holding what he thought - ]

E-Edgewooooouch!

[Instinctively he backs away, and backs straight into the wall against which the bench was located, hitting his head.]

Edited 2013-05-05 09:46 (UTC)

If you awaken in this manner on a regular basis, that would explain quite a bit.

[If you greet people in this manner on a regular basis, that would also explain quite a bit...]

Hey, when I fell asleep, there was no one in this corridor! And then the first person I see waking up is you looming over me like some harbinger of doom...

[He swings his legs off the bench so his feet are back on the floor.]

Edited 2013-05-05 10:18 (UTC)

Unless answers concerning why you fell asleep here of all places to begin with would be incriminating in some way, doom is hardly part of the equation.

I dropped in to see if you were done with the whole smuggling ring case you got caught up in and all...

[Which isn't wrong, right?]

In the strictest sense, yes. However, altogether too many people insist on turning it into a media frenzy.

[Edgeworth takes a couple of steps backward, then opens the door to his office with his free hand.]

The media, huh...well, it is a pretty big case.

[Phoenix steps into Edgeworth's office; it feels like an eternity since the last time he was inside. Not much seems to have changed, though...]

Edited 2013-05-05 11:09 (UTC)

[Edgeworth steps in after Phoenix, then closes the door.]

Indeed, and quite the mentally taxing one at that.

[The prosecutor glances down at the magatama again uneasily.]

(That case was rather labyrinthine as well...)

[Phoenix turns back to Edgeworth; he hasn't forgotten that he had seen Edgeworth with the magatama, and extends a hand for it.]

Oh...thanks, by the way. I didn't know I dropped it.

[Edgeworth hands it over quickly, as though ridding himself of something embarrassing to be seen carrying.]

Er, if I might ask... Why did you lend... this to me that day?

[He blinks when Edgeworth quickly returns the magatama, and looks at it as though wondering if it had gotten dirty or had caused Edgeworth some great personal wrong. But as far as he could see, it was still its normal, glowing green self.]

Well...I thought you'd need it in case some people weren't going to give up their secrets so easily. And I knew I could trust you to keep Iris from getting declared guilty.

[Phoenix shrugs.]

Besides, I also wanted to be sure about...about Iris.

In brief, you thought only in terms of its utility, and nothing more?

Uh...yeah. Were you expecting any other reason? If my head didn't feel like a pinball in an arcade that time, I probably would've explained further...

I considered other reasons, including the rather likely scenario that you simply weren't thinking straight at all, as well as the possibility that you wished to force me to question my assumptions through exposing me to the Psycholocks.

[Maybe I really wasn't thinking straight at all when I actually gave Edgeworth the magatama...]

Question your assumptions -

[Wait. Did he just say - ]

Edited 2013-05-05 12:31 (UTC)

Pfffft...

[Phoenix bites his lip but it's obvious that it's difficult for him to contain his laughter. His eyes are already practically glowing with amusement.]

...

Say that again for me one more time, Edgeworth.

I said that I considered the possibility that you wished to force me to question my assumptions through exposing me to the Psycholocks, Wright. Why do you look so amused by that?

[Phoenix snorts; it's even funnier the second time, and raises a hand to his mouth. It's no good, because he ends up snickering instead, and has a good snicker for a few moments until...]

Pfff...ah ha ha...I'm sorry, it's because - h-heh - when Pearls taught me how to use the magatama...

[He calms down at last, takes a deep breath, and smirks, his voice completely deadpan.]

She called them Psyche-Locks.

Wh-why are you laughing?! You were barely coherent, Wright!

[...And Edgeworth was barely listening once Phoenix started spouting something as seemingly nonsensical as instructions for the use of a supposedly spiritually-charged artifact. Eye-roll-inducing, that was...]

[Phoenix tries to remain silent and create a serious reply but again bursts into a laughing fit.]

P-Psycholocks...t-that's a g-g-good one! [He doubles over, clutching his stomach as he continues roaring with laughter.] Oh man...

Playing straight into my headcanon, I see. ;)

I can't help it, they must talk about PSYCHOLOCKS soon

Naturally. ;)

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I figure the answer to this one is up to the individual Phoenix; I see a few possibilities.

Hmmm...I guess I can give it a try since I barely think about Phoenix headcanon.

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