4th Standoff ☆ Voice

[cactusnwhiskey]

[A familiar drawl surfaces on the network later in the afternoon. There's a little bit of interference however, because some even more familiar cursing can be heard at the start of the clip]

Daggum-blasted, shoddy hunk of crowbait...!

'zis thing on? 'lo? [Then Jake seems to settle into it, because his voice holds a little hint of cheeriness.]I

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[axemeaquestion]

'Shoddy hunk of crowbait'? [Ro tries to hold it back but damn it, she can't help a laugh.] Man, and I thought Georgians had strangest shit for sayings.

[Regardless, have a little salute! She's in a good mood today.]

Happy Fourth, Jake. What's up, cowpoke? [AND AS FOR SOMETHING ACTUALLY USEFUL...] You're probably gonna get more than decent information out of Ripley's victims. I wouldn't be any help, I never met her in my life, but it gives me a reason not to go gambling any time soon.

[cactusnwhiskey]

It's a piece a' junk, that's all it is. An' crowbait ain't nothin' but a useless horse, much like most technology I come across is pretty useless to me.

[He gives her a bit of a grin.] Nothin' too strenuous, just kickin' back on my day off, havin' me a little moonshine and lookin' forward to that fireworks display that one guy's plannin' all by himself.

I got as much as I could from miss Re-l but I figgered there'd be more people than just her. So that's why I sent out the all call to the network.

... heh. All this gamblin' talk is remindin' me of a Johnny Cash song.

[axemeaquestion]

That all just sails over my head no matter what, so I think that makes us even.

You actually have moonshine? [That gets her laughing in a good-natured sort of way.] Yeah, didn't that... cape-guy say he'd do that?

I know it happened to Edgeworth. You know him, right?

Aww, Jake, you got a Johnny Cash soul?

[cactusnwhiskey]

Naw, I ain't a big fan of rotgut, only the real stuff. [He gives her a big grin.] Yeah, lookin' forward to that show. Though I reckon we had that one on the first.

Yeah, I know 'im. Better send him a line soon. Thanks, Ro.

Johnny's my man. He's been one of my favorites since I was knee high to a grasshopper.

[axemeaquestion]

Knowing people around here they'll probably try and make today's a bigger deal.

Hey, we're cool. Just don't do what I did. I called him cute and got him a little pissed but... what else is new.

That's kinda sweet.

[cactusnwhiskey]

Well, reckon this place could use a few more fireworks every now and again. Gets mighty boring at night if you're all cooped inside like you're s'posed to be. [He amuses himself most evenings taking care of his five cacti. sob Godot's apartment is going to be a cactus farm at this rate]

Can't say I ever found 'im "cute", but that's because I've been in the police department. I knew how bad he was back home.

'Course, I got me plenty of favorites now. Can't say anybody else appreciates country stars like I do. Least, not where I was workin'.

[axemeaquestion]

You guys worked together?

Can't say I'm much of a country girl, but it's good to know a guy who appreciates the classics.

[cactusnwhiskey]

Can't say we really worked together, Gumshoe worked most of Edgeworth's cases with 'im. Maybe all of 'em, hell, I can't be sure.

And it's a mighty find thing to know that I'm bein' appreciated by a pretty gal. Makes me feel almost like I'm wanted even.

[axemeaquestion]

Gumshoe? That sounds... vaguely familiar.

[She just laughs at that.] Well, awww.

[cactusnwhiskey]

Dick Gumshoe's his name. Ain't the sharpest tool in the shed, but he's... dedicated. [There's really not much else to be said for Gumshoe.]

[axemeaquestion]

I think... I remember him. Here, I mean.

[cactusnwhiskey]

Hot damn, Gumshoe was here? In Siren's Port? Hope he didn't cause ya too much trouble, he has a habit of bringin' trouble with him. He means well an' all, but...

[axemeaquestion]

I don't think I ever talked to him, actually... but I knew he was here. Small world after all, right?

[cactusnwhiskey]

Sure is. Then again I found most of us Newcomers at least got somebody we know, here. After a little while, if ya don't find any of yer friends right off.

[axemeaquestion]

Usually... when I showed up here I had three other people I knew here... then the numbers sorta dwindled after a while.

[cactusnwhiskey]

That's a shame. But you've been here way longer than I have, right? I've only been here a couple months.