picture prompt meme!

[ditz]

 

the picture prompt meme

 

• See my characters in this post?
  
• Respond to them with a picture (or two, or three...)
  
• pictures can be from this tumblr, weheartit, or anywhere else you an think of!
  
• Then I make up a setting based on the picture.
  
• ( Link to any pictures that are NSFW, please! ) No NSFW pictures, please.

 

Comments

[truthsnomiracle]

Please, Wright. It would take more than a mere flashy spectacle to convince me! That was hardly the first time it ever appeared as though the deceased stood in a court of law!

[...As for the part about the Psycholocks Psyche-Locks? Edgeworth's silence is rather damning, especially given the body language displayed as he gave the magatama back to Phoenix earlier...]

[mr_lawyer_there]

Objection!

[Phoenix is still far enough to point his finger safely without hitting Edgeworth's head.]

Do you really think Godot would let himself go to jail easily for a spectacle? If he wanted to get off the hook, he could've just said everything was fake!

If it was only a spectacle to you...then where's your evidence?

[truthsnomiracle]

OBJECTION! [And you get pointed right back at, Phoenix... though Edgeworth is definitely looking pale as he does so.] Even the evidence he was aware of leaves little room for doubt that he was the one to deal the killing blow; to dispute the allegations of... of channeling would have ultimately gained him nothing! Furthermore, he clearly had a fondness for the Fey clan; to deny what they claim to do would have offended them!

As for evidence... consider the victim's history! Am I supposed to believe that the fraud who led the police force astray seventeen years ago actually channeled someone this time?! Not to mention, if the supernatural legitimately existed, such things would be accounted for in the law, making the secrecy involved unnecessary!

[mr_lawyer_there]

[Phoenix's pointer finger wavers when he notices how pale Edgeworth looks. That wasn't like his friend at all.]

Objection! Present definitive evidence that channeling isn't real and the Feys have been using special effects all this time! Did you see any wires or lights or mirrors in court, huh? And how do you expect locks to magically appear in front of people?

[truthsnomiracle]

[And Edgeworth's already let indication of it being tied to the same events that snowballed into the last time he didn't seem like himself slip out. After all, the events in the elevator weren't the only layer to DL-6's trauma...]

OBJECTION! Do you expect me to strip-search a young lady who rendered aid I hardly deserved to receive from her?! Or perhaps, instead, you expect me to do so to a little girl?!

[As valiant an effort as he's making to keep the illusion of confidence in his voice, though, there's desperation in his eyes as he makes this excuse...]

[mr_lawyer_there]

I never said you had to! I only asked for evidence!

[Phoenix lowers his finger; he sounds more like he's pleading than arguing now.]

[If I keep using the evidence argument against him, I don't think I'll be going anywhere. It's more like Edgeworth will keep on denying this till the day he dies...]

[truthsnomiracle]

I-is it so important to you to keep believing in that... that cheerleading they do for you?!

[Nice projection there, Edgeworth.]

[mr_lawyer_there]

Edgeworth. [Phoenix's voice is firm, but sympathetic. Then his tone becomes quieter.]

It's more than just cheerleading. There aren't any special effects. You know that. You've seen it for yourself.

[truthsnomiracle]

It may be said that "seeing is believing", but I argue that it takes more than seeing to truly believe.

[And Edgeworth's return to his "wrapped" pose just might be enough to give away that he knows full well that he can't escape by this route, no matter how desperately he may want to.]

[mr_lawyer_there]

...I think you've done more than see at this point. So have I.

[Phoenix looks at his best friend emphatically. He folds his arms over his chest.]

[truthsnomiracle]

Yet can you prove that it necessarily follows from the apparent existence of the Psycho-- er, Psyche-Locks that there are such things as ghosts and the... the channeling thereof?

[Yep. Grasping.]

[mr_lawyer_there]

Edgeworth, it shows anything is possible. I never would have dreamed that I would have the power to see people's secrets, and now I investigate with it.

You still don't want to believe, do you?

[truthsnomiracle]

[Wright's initial choice of words seems to firm Edgeworth's resolve enough to allow him to glare properly at his friend.]

Wright, if literally anything were possible, nothing would be provable! How else do we find our way to the truth if not by eliminating the impossible?!

[As for that question... well, Phoenix's perception warps, allowing him to see and hear the rattling of chains into place and a pair of Psyche-Locks springing into existence before Edgeworth as he continues to glare silently.

...However, said Psyche-Locks look a little strange. Most of the time, the bright red locks look pristine. These, by contrast, look scratched up, as though a paint scraper had been applied to them.]

[mr_lawyer_there]

[Phoenix's eyes widen in shock, and he takes a big step back from Edgeworth when he sees the Psyche-Locks. This is the first time he has seen locks on Edgeworth...and the first time he has seen a pair look so...battered.]

T-Those locks...!

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth grits his teeth in frustration and sighs.] (I suppose I should have seen this coming.)

Wright, are you really so easily stunned when the inevitable occurs?

[...Apparently the prosecutor has no idea what the real cause of Phoenix's shock is.]

[mr_lawyer_there]

[He shakes his head frantically, his hands tight around the magatama.]

I've never seen locks on you before, and yours look...all scratched up! They're different - I swear!

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth still seems unsurprised that Phoenix saw locks on him... but the assertion of them being covered in scratches prompts the prosecutor to raise an eyebrow.]

And you're certain that too much exposure to... that does not addle the mind?

[mr_lawyer_there]

Do I look like someone whose mind has been addled?

[And now that I've asked it, I'm afraid to know the answer...]

[truthsnomiracle]

Appearances can be deceiving, Wright. The burden of proof concerning whether or not they happen to deceive in this case lies with you.