RP Log: Phoenix brings Mitsurugi food... and Edgeworth stops by.
* Phoenix_Wright looks. "Think this one's the door..." He knocks on it lightly.
* Mitsurugi is quiet for a moment. "Dare desu ka?" is heard faintly through the door.
[Phoenix_Wright] It's me, Phoenix. I brought you something.
[Mitsurugi] ...
* Mitsurugi peeks open the door, and squints up at him. The room is notably dark. "..What?"
* Phoenix_Wright holds up the paper sack. "Figured you might be a little hungry. Can I come in?"
* Mitsurugi ...slightly opens the door, rather.
* Mitsurugi gives Phoenix an oddly suspicious look, before glancing behind him to see if anyone else was with him. "..Nn. Sure." He steps away from the door and flicks on a light. He's wearing normal looking clothes, he found from /somewhere/. Black t-shirt and jeans.
[Phoenix_Wright] [Wow. He's gone from foppish to emo.]
* Phoenix_Wright walks in, setting the bag down. "Before you asked, I checked to make sure everything wasn't LOLed." He pulls out a sandwich, an apple, and a small bottle of water.
* Mitsurugi sits on the bed and watches him. "Why would you bring me that?"
[Phoenix_Wright] Well, I can't let you starve while you're stuck back here, can I?
* Mitsurugi looks away. "I am fine."
[Phoenix_Wright] Well, call it a snack, then.
* Mitsurugi is a total liar like his older counterpart, apparently.
* Phoenix_Wright is sort of used to this.
* Mitsurugi /looks/ like crap.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...looks like it's starting to fade some.
* Mitsurugi directs his face towards the floor. "Is it? I can still feel it.."
[Phoenix_Wright] A bit, yeah. I can try and shuttle Georik back here sometime when I see him next, if you want it checked on again.
[Mitsurugi] He said it was fine once. There is no need to trouble him again.
* Phoenix_Wright shakes his head. "Just offering."
* Mitsurugi manages a nod.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...so, what are you going to do? When it heals, I mean.
[Mitsurugi] I.. do not know, yet.
[Mitsurugi] I know I have to return.. but I have been gone for so long. Oto-sama will not be happy with me.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...Are you sure it's really such a good idea going back, then?
[Mitsurugi] I have no choice. There is nowhere else to go.
[Phoenix_Wright] I suppose.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...he was devastated, you know.
[Mitsurugi] ...who?
[Phoenix_Wright] You know.
* Mitsurugi glances at the door. Shadows have shifted. There's someone in the hallway.
[Phoenix_Wright] ?
* Miles_Edgeworth has joined #mitsusideroom
* Mitsurugi gets up and quickly crosses the room.
* Mitsurugi opens it slowly, and peeks out, before grrking and shutting it quickly.
[Phoenix_Wright] Who's there? [Please let it not be Kurt or Otto...]
[Mitsurugi] ..No. It is.. someone else I really do not wish to see right now..
[Phoenix_Wright] [Not Naruhodo, certainly...]
* Phoenix_Wright gets up and walks over to the door himself.
* Miles_Edgeworth can be heard faintly through the door. "...So, there you are. Tch."
[Phoenix_Wright] !
[Phoenix_Wright] Edgeworth?
* Mitsurugi presses his back against the door. "Go away."
* Miles_Edgeworth is quiet for a second. "Wright." Okaay. He's actually standing outside the door with his arms crossed.
[Phoenix_Wright] Come on, Mitsurugi, let him in.
* Mitsurugi grumbles a bit. "...I do not want /him/ to see me like this, either."
* Phoenix_Wright sighs, massaging the bridge of his nose.
* Miles_Edgeworth can be heard on the other side. "It is rude to keep people waiting, Mr. Mitsurugi. You should know that."
* Mitsurugi scowls and walks away from the door, heading back to the bed. He mumbles something in Japanese.
[Phoenix_Wright] He's moved from the door, Edgeworth.
* Miles_Edgeworth opens the door and peeks his head in, glancing from Phoenix to Mitsurugi. He looks thoughtful for a moment, raising an eyebrow. "Hn. My apologies if I interrupted anything."
* Phoenix_Wright shakes his head. "Not really."
* Mitsurugi looks at the floor.
* Miles_Edgeworth enters and shuts the door behind him. He then studies Reiji again... and quietly locks it.
[Mitsurugi] ...What do you want?
* Mitsurugi speaks to the floor.
* Phoenix_Wright looks at the two of them. Well. This should be interesting.
[Miles_Edgeworth] I have actually been looking forward to seeing you again.
* Miles_Edgeworth leans against the door. His words are neutral, so it's hard to tell if he's being sarcastic or not.
[Phoenix_Wright] [He... has?]
* Mitsurugi leans back a little and glares at Edgeworth. "What? Do you wish to attack me as well?"
[Miles_Edgeworth] Unfortunately for you, I am not a violent person. But there are many who seem to be otherwise.
* Miles_Edgeworth smirks a little.
* Phoenix_Wright sighs again. Ho boy.
* Mitsurugi looks to the floor.
* Miles_Edgeworth loses his smirk. "You were not hurt too bad, were you?"
[Mitsurugi] ...
[Mitsurugi] I am /fine/, I have said this before. The burn itself was not that bad.
* Miles_Edgeworth looks to the side. "I am not talking about that, Mitsurugi. I am asking about... when your sister hurt you."
* Mitsurugi looks up and glares at him. "How do you know about that?!"
[Miles_Edgeworth] Does it matter how I know?
* Phoenix_Wright looks totally innocent!
* Mitsurugi shifts his glare to Phoenix. ]]
* Phoenix_Wright looks... not so innocent!
* Miles_Edgeworth tchs.
[Miles_Edgeworth] Well, were you?
* Mitsurugi looks down. "No. It was not that bad."
[Phoenix_Wright] [Must he downplay his issues in EVERY incarnation?]
* Miles_Edgeworth folds his arms. "Try saying that again, without lying to me."
* Mitsurugi looks at him. "Why does it matter if it did or not?"
[Miles_Edgeworth] Because, for as much as she hated me, she never once struck me.
[Phoenix_Wright] [!]
* Mitsurugi scowls and looks away again. "I see.."
[Mitsurugi] So you think.. you are better than me, then? We are not the same person.
* Miles_Edgeworth smirks almost darkly. "Naruhodo seems to think otherwise."
[Mitsurugi] ...
[Phoenix_Wright] [Wow, talk about using all the cards in your hand, Edgeworth.]
[Mitsurugi] I pity you then, for being compared to me.
[Miles_Edgeworth] Ahh yes, because everyone feels sorry for you. *looks at him, thoughtfully* Because you did nothing, right?
* Mitsurugi glares at him again. "Shut up!"
* Miles_Edgeworth smirks again. "Of course. Because it is easier to run away and deny problems instead of fixing them."
[Miles_Edgeworth] Or to choose not to listen.
* Phoenix_Wright watches the Dual of the Edgeworths.
* Mitsurugi glares at him a moment before he looks down at the floor again. "There is no reason for me to stand in court anymore."
[Phoenix_Wright] ?
[Miles_Edgeworth] Why not?
[Mitsurugi] Because... I am a criminal. Criminals should not be condemning others if they are guilty themselves.
* Miles_Edgeworth rubs his face, because /Christ/ he hated dealing with himself. This becomes apparent.
* Phoenix_Wright bites his lip. [Oh, if only that weren't true like it was for us...]
* Miles_Edgeworth steps away from the door. "I want to see where she hit you."
[Mitsurugi] ... /Why/?
[Miles_Edgeworth] Because, knowing you, you probably never got it looked at, hnn?
[Phoenix_Wright] [Why am I having a sudden nasty feeling of deja vu?]
[Miles_Edgeworth] I can only imagine how much getting whipped hurts.
* Phoenix_Wright SHUDDERS.
* Miles_Edgeworth looks at Phoenix with a raised eyebrow.
[Phoenix_Wright] [Whips... whips bring the stingy destruction on us all...]
* Mitsurugi looks at Edgeworth a moment, then to Phoenix, and then scowls. And yet... he takes off his shirt. He has two quite notable bruises on his shoulders and upper arms, and the scars on his back. He was obviously hit with no shirt on, as they still look really bad after they healed.
* Phoenix_Wright stares in horror.
* Miles_Edgeworth widens his eyes a little. Holy shit. "...You cannot be serious when you say these did not hurt a great deal."
* Mitsurugi straightens up his posture. "I deserved them... because I was foolish. Feeling pain through a punishment you deserve is pointless."
* Phoenix_Wright nearly pipes up, but catches himself. At this point, it's really their conversation.
* Miles_Edgeworth has left #mitsusideroom
* Miles_Edgeworth has joined #mitsusideroom
* Miles_Edgeworth stares because he's trying to imagine how bad that must have hurt. "And why did you deserve this..?"
[Mitsurugi] Because of Naruhodo.
[Mitsurugi] It was all.. his fault.
[Phoenix_Wright] [What?!]
* Phoenix_Wright REALLY has to bite his tongue this time.
[Miles_Edgeworth] ...I see.. and it is because your mentor disproves of... him?
* Miles_Edgeworth is trying to pick his words here.
* Mitsurugi puts his shirt back on. "I deserved it because I should not be caring about anyone. Compassion is a weakness."
[Phoenix_Wright] ...
[Miles_Edgeworth] ...
* Miles_Edgeworth quietly states, "Of course it is.. because it is pointless to even try if you hate yourself."
* Mitsurugi looks down again.
* Miles_Edgeworth reaches back behind him and clicks open the door. "I must take my leave. My apologies. Feel better, Mitsurugi."
[Mitsurugi] ...Thank you.
* Miles_Edgeworth opens the door and steps outside into the hallway, letting it close behind him.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...Well. Um.
* Mitsurugi reaches over and takes the apple off the table, rolling it between his hands as if inspecting it.
* Phoenix_Wright rubs his face. "I guess I'll... just leave you to it, then."
* Phoenix_Wright walks over to the door, looks back at Mitsurugi, then leaves.
* Phoenix_Wright reemerges from the room, looking pretty tired.
* Miles_Edgeworth is leaning against the wall with his hand over his mouth, a few feet from Mitsurugi's room.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...Edgeworth?
* Miles_Edgeworth turns away slightly from Phoenix, upon hearing him.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...
[Phoenix_Wright] Edgeworth, um...
* Phoenix_Wright rallies his thoughts, trying to figure out what to say, exactly.
* Miles_Edgeworth manages a sigh and looks upward. "I do not know if I can handle this much longer, Wright."
[Phoenix_Wright] ...Edgeworth?
* Miles_Edgeworth looks over at him. "I cannot believe that.."
[Miles_Edgeworth] As terrible of a man as he was, von Karma would never...
* Miles_Edgeworth shakes his head.
[Phoenix_Wright] It's hard to believe, yeah.
[Phoenix_Wright] You... he never raised a hand to you at all?
[Miles_Edgeworth] ...Never. Otherwise I do not think I could ever respect him as much as I did.
[Miles_Edgeworth] And, as foolish as it sounds... part of me still does.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...
[Phoenix_Wright] I suppose... he did teach you a few things. Even if they weren't always the right things.
[Miles_Edgeworth] He was a father figure for fifteen years, Wright. That is.. longer than my actual father was part of my life for.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...
[Phoenix_Wright] Do you think... it would've been the same, if our lives had been like theirs?
* Phoenix_Wright doesn't particularly like asking this question, but.
* Miles_Edgeworth glances back towards Mitsurugi's door. "I do not know for sure. I have been giving it thought. Perhaps.. too much thought."
[Phoenix_Wright] [That explains a lot.]
[Phoenix_Wright] It's amazing how a few things can turn a triumph into a tragedy, isn't it?
* Miles_Edgeworth nods, and swallows sharply. "Indeed."
* Miles_Edgeworth is rather disturbed, and he's trying to hide it. Weakly.
* Phoenix_Wright struggles a bit mentally. Everything is bugging him right now. The scars on Mitsurugi's back, and seeing Edgeworth like this...
[Phoenix_Wright] ...I guess it all lies in Naruhodo's hands at this point.
[Miles_Edgeworth] It does, doesn't it.
* Phoenix_Wright nods. "Once he has all the facts... we'll have to see what he decides."
* Miles_Edgeworth smirks weakly. "And Mitsurugi will end up 'dying' earlier than I. How eerie it is to imagine it again."
[Phoenix_Wright] ...
[Phoenix_Wright] I'm going to head to bed. Give my apologies to everybody out there for not saying good night, will you?
[Miles_Edgeworth] ...I will.
[Phoenix_Wright] And... we'll find a way to make things right. I'm sure of it.
[Phoenix_Wright] [...sort of.]
* Miles_Edgeworth looks over at him a moment. He manages a tired half smile. "Of course. Oh... and.. I apologize for you having to sit through that.."
* Miles_Edgeworth looks down.
* Phoenix_Wright shakes his head. "It's not a problem. I'm sorry to have impeded."
[Phoenix_Wright] *impugned? whatever.
* Phoenix_Wright goes over to his apartment. "Good night, Edgeworth."
* Miles_Edgeworth lingers in the hallway still. He's still fighting to retain composure. "Take care, Wright."
* Phoenix_Wright goes in.