prismatica | CASE 001 ♞ [VIDEO]

( The feed flickers on to a young man sitting at a table in the apartments in all of his courtroom finery. While he very much looks as though he's done his best to make himself as presentable as possible, there's no disguising the bags under his eyes. This is very much a man who has not had very a good night's sleep in a long time. )

Good morning. For those who I've not met before, my name is Miles Edgeworth. I was a prosecuting attorney from Los Angeles, California, in the United States of America on the planet Earth.

( Truly, what has his life come to that he has to make that clarification! )

I have been reflecting on the events that have occurred since our arrival on this planet, particularly during the festival. ( The plants had been bizarre and all, but he hadn't overly involved himself with them, having found other people more suited to what he has decided to consider extreme weeding. )

While I understand that the natives of this world might be more accustomed to free intimate contact between strangers, I consider it downright criminal that our food and drink at the festival might have been laced with substances that affect our behaviour without our knowledge or consent. If anyone suspects they may have consumed some of the contaminated items, I would be most interested in talking with you further.

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No lasting injuries were reported, no. However, the potential was there, so I would like to see if these events can be more tightly regulated in the future.

That would be great, but what if they don't listen to you? All of our fates are in their hands.

Well, the first step is to bring it up with them nicely. Then we'll see where we need to go from there.

Nicely? How?

We present them with a message listing our concerns. They have been nothing but outwardly welcoming so far, so they will want to allay our concerns if they wish to maintain that image.

[She nods.]

True, they've been rather friendly up to now. I wish you the best of luck getting them to listen, Egdeworth-san. It would be nice not having to worry about the food they serve here.

Um, I wanted to ask, though... You said you were from Los Angeles?

Thank you. I will let you know if I receive a response.

( A beat. )

Yes, that is correct.

[Her red-colored eyes suddenly light up like Christmas lights.]

Have you been to Hollywood? Is it true that all the movie stars live there? Is there really a walkway full of stars with celebrities' names on them? Have you been to the studios? Have you met any movie stars?

( Her enthusiasm is both endearing and slightly alarming. Edgeworth chuckles. )

I've been, yes, but mostly on work-related matters. Many movie stars do live in the area, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame is a popular tourist attraction.

I don't believe I've ever met any big-name movie stars personally.

At least you've seen some type of movie star, though. Is it surreal living close to where so many movies are made?

[She sighs wistfully, calming down a bit.]

One of these days I'd like to see Hollywood, but my home is so far away that it may take a while. I'm also from Earth, you see. Kamakura, Japan, to be exact. We're about an hour train ride away from Tokyo, though I haven't even been there yet either.

I grew up in LA, so I suppose it never seemed like anything out of the ordinary. I suppose you haven't done much travelling?

( A pause, and then, more softly: )

I hope you get to see it someday.

I hope so, too. But--

[She smiles.]

While I haven't been able to travel much in my own world, I did quite a lot of it in the place I was in before ending up here. Believe it or not, this isn't my first time in another world.

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( What. )

What do you mean, you've travelled to another world before?

Even I'm not entirely sure how it happened. One day I was living in my home world, the next, I woke up in a room that wasn't mine. The people in charge simply told me that I had fallen through a "rift." It was a place called Oska, which happened to be the headquarters of an organization called ALASTAIR.

Long story short, I had to join ALASTAIR until they could figure out how to send me home, and ALASTAIR was an organization that carried out various missions in different worlds as an effort to ensure the "well-being of the multiverse."

[A pause before she smiles sheepishly and shrugs.]

I know it sounds crazy, but I'm telling the truth. I spent a whole year with them.

( You know what, he's just going to stare into the feed in utter bewilderment for several moments. He doesn't even know where to begin making sense of this girl's experiences. )

I'm sorry that you have been through all this. ( Going there and coming here, he means. )

As far as you are aware, did you travel directly from that world into this one?

[She squirms a bit under his bewildered stare. Even though she stated that she knew it sounded crazy, she's still worried about being seen as such. As if things already weren't insane with Lucy...]

Um, I believe so. We were supposed to be sent home, but we woke up on the Iris Moon instead, along with the rest of us who were part of the first group.

[She tenses, blushing a bit, eyes looking slightly panicked.]

Did I say "we"? I meant--um...

( Edgeworth had just assumed that when the girl referred to 'we', she was referring to herself and another person from the world she had been in prior to this one, wherever this 'ALASTAIR' organization had been based.

He cannot, however, ignore the fact that she stumbles.

Eyes narrowing slightly, he asks: )

What did you mean?

[She squirms even more, avoiding eye contact.]

It's only going to make me sound even more crazy, but it's the truth. I'd rather you know, though, or I wouldn't forgive myself if something happened to you when I could have done something to prevent it...

[On the other hand, he's mentioned that he's a prosecutor, and that makes Nyuu nervous.]

( The avoidance of eye contact only causes Edgeworth to scrutinise her more intensely. )

If there is something you wish to tell me, I suggest that you do so immediately.

[She feels like an ant under his intense stare.]

W-Well, I said "we" because I literally have a split personality. The one who's asleep right now calls herself Lucy. She's... not as friendly as I am. In fact, I'd say we're complete opposites despite sharing a body.

'A split personality'. ( He repeats the words with no lack of skepticism. ) How does that work?

CASE 001 ♞ [VIDEO]

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Excuse my lateness. Been stressing too much over This and That, giving myself very bad headaches.

No worries; I hope you feel better soon!

Thank you ;w;

now it is my turn to be slow :,)

no worries!

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