CASE 001 ♞ [VIDEO]

[bratworth]

( 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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[breakthehabit]

I, ah, I didn't. The letters came up and I panicked.

[ Is that embarrassing? Yes.

At this rate, he's hoping he'll come out on the other side of embarrassment and be immune for the rest of his life. His heart rate hasn't been the same since he's gotten here.

(To be fair, it hasn't been the same since the Blight). ]

I had a bit of the chocolate and fruit. It felt...warm? Afterwards. At the time, I thought it to be the crowd, but perhaps it's as you say.

[bratworth]

From what I've witnessed, the chocolate encouraged physical contact between individuals. Hand-holding, and similar sorts of behaviours. ( He'll at least refrain from asking the man if he'd held any hands. For now. )

And for what it's worth, my advice still stands. I forget, this must all be very new to you, isn't it?

[breakthehabit]

Ah, that explains some things.

[ How cryptic. Maybe he should clarify, but he definitely doesn't and moves onto the next thing. Did he hold hands with anyone? It will be forever a mystery. ]

It's rather overwhelming, I'll be honest. The fact that communication is so... effortless and fast. Doesn't it ever become too much?

[bratworth]

( Perhaps if he had asked somebody else, one of those people who claimed that 'screen time' was destroying future generations, he would get a different answer. Unfortunately, he has posed his question to Miles Edgeworth, workaholic extraordinaire, who, while not the most technologically-literate individual, is accustomed to living in a constantly-connected society. )

No, not at all. In fact, it is incredibly useful to have so much of the world's knowledge at one's fingertips and be able to share it with other people.

( BUT ALSO, one can't just say something like that and not expect Edgeworth to inquire further, so he then asks: )

Did you receive any unwanted attention as a result of the chocolate fountain?

[breakthehabit]

How much knowledge? Could I read a few books?

[ Oh sweet summer child....... ]

Right, um. It was perhaps startling attention, at first. I don't think the person in question meant to do it, so it left the both of us confused.

[bratworth]

Indeed. Consumption of the affected food resulted in uncharacteristic behaviour, which is the issue I take with it. ( Both that people were directly and indirectly affected.

A pause, and then he asks: )

A few books about how to use the Internet?

[breakthehabit]

It's not an ideal situation, I'll grant you that. Hopefully we won't have to endure it again.

[ /stares into the camera like the office ]

Oh, um. Yes, I suppose those would be helpful. I was thinking about other books, though; geography, history, poetry and the like.

[bratworth]

I believe there is an expansive library in the city if physical books would be more familiar to you. I'm sure they would cover all of those topics and more. I am even told that the books have moving pictures.

( He's... still not sure what to make of that. )

Indeed. Hopefully everything will run more smoothly from here on out.

( A man can dream, right? )