017 [video/forward dated to around 7am]

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[Private video to Apollo, Maya, Larry, Ema]

[This takes place after the conclusion of this fiasco.]

[The feed opens to...a rather exhausted looking Phoenix, and, hey, wait -- that's not the Cherrygrove Pokemon Center! No, it looks like...Route 30?! Indeed, and it looks like he's by that little lake at the beginning of the Route. He gives the camera a

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[Larry's response is equally audible.]

EDGEY TOO?! Are the ledges out to get us or something?! [--cough hack.]

[... That's 2/3 of the trio to take a dive off the ledge. How was he not first?

At least Edgeworth's alive, though.]

I'll grab the stuff at the PokeCenter since I'm here. Hang in there Edgey, Larry's on his way!

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It's not like his life is in danger or anything... [Why is it that when HE falls off a ledge, no one cares? Siiiiigh. Cough.]

D-don't fall off one on your way here. I think you may be right about that bit.

[action] adgkh you totally didn't see that fail

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[Hey, he helped Phoenix up afterwords. That totally counts, right?

A little while later, Larry shows up on the scene, many bags in tow. He took it slow so he wouldn't fly off a cliff since he's still getting over the cold, but he hurried at the same time. Don't ask how.]

Yo. How's it going?

[action] I didn't, actually! You were saved by me going out to buy fabric, fff.

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[Phoenix, who had flopped down onto the ground to rest while he waited, turns and waves when Larry arrives.] Pretty well, considering. [He sits up slowly, careful not to jostle his side too much.]

That's...quite a lot of stuff you;ve got there.

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Well yeah, I had to grab Edgey's bag and my bag. Oh, and I got your Pokéball too.

[He drops the bags on the ground, rummaging through his own bag. He pulls out the Pokéball and an ice pack, tossing both into Phoenix's lap.]

I got a couple of ice packs from Nurse Joy. She's a real sweetie, I tell ya~

So how's Edgey doing? [He's looking around, trying to find where the boy's sleeping.]

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[He picked up Charley's Pokeball and tucks it into his pocket, before pciking up the ice pack and getting to his feet, gesturing towards the grassy spot where Edgeworth was resting.]

Alright, I think. He fell asleep a little while after I got here, but I don't know if that's because of the shock or because there's something wrong with him...

[He walks over and kneels down next to the kid, shrugging off his jacket so he can wrap the ice pack in it before resting the bundle against the bruised part of Edgeworth's head, careful not to wake him up.]

If he's feeling alright when he wakes up, we should take him back to Cherrygrove. It's closer than Violet...

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[Larry follows, leaving the bags behind for the time being.]

Edgey's a tough guy-er, kid. He's probably fine. But you're right about that, we should get him back.

[He stares down at the sleeping Edgeworth and pile of Pokémon, smiling warmly. What an adventure this has been so far.]

He's a real handful, huh? Never thought I'd have to take care of a kid this early in my life...especially Edgey.

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We'll move him in the morning. [An affirmative nod.]

You can say that again. It's so...weird. [Phoenix had never imagined he would ever have a kid; firs,t he'd obtained a teenage daughter, and NOW he was caretaker to his ten-year-old best-friend-rival-thing? What a trip.

He sighs, sitting down next to the resting Edgeworth, idly scratching Lady's head, which is lolling just over the boy's shoulder.]

I think this place is trying to send me to an early death.