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[turnabout_ace]

[Phoenix can be found on the second level, sitting at a table. He looks to be engrossed in a game of solitaire, and though he plays it with rapt attention his expression is rather nondescript and bored.]

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[sciencetodo]

...Looks like you're having fun.

[turnabout_ace]

I suppose.

[Whee cards.]

[sciencetodo]

....Mr. Wright are you all right?

[Sounds worried, but looks away.]

[turnabout_ace]

Of course I am.

[He pauses once he sets down another card, looking over at her without raising his head. And it'd be a bit more believable if his voice wasn't so hollow.]

Why do you ask?

[sciencetodo]

...I don't believe it for a moment. Tell me what's going on. [She frowned. She was really worried about him but...the lack of the emotion and the way he toyed with those cards.

It was all peculiar.]

[turnabout_ace]

[He picks up another card and taps it against the table for a moment before he sets it down on the play field. The way the side of his mouth twitches, it's like he's trying to show something, but fails miserably.]

That gate. I don't know, it's hard to explain, but I haven't felt the same since I came from it.

[sciencetodo]

Why are you trying to hide it then?

I can't say it isn't like you but it feels wrong. [She crossed her arms over her chest, before approaching him slowly.]

[turnabout_ace]

Because it's irrelevant.

[He puts down another card, before he realizes that she's approaching him. He watches her without turning his face up, taking another card and softly tapping it against the table.]

...What? I told you what it was.

[sciencetodo]

...Mr. Wright you can trust me you know. [She placed her hands upon her hips, sighing a bit.]

Or do you just not care about my opinion? [I was a harsh jump to a conclusion but she was starting to think that he really just didn't care if she was there or not.]

[ooc: I'm so sorry for the late tag! It's been one odd week for me.]

[turnabout_ace]

I care about your opinion.

[He says this matter of factly, without looking up from his cards.]

[ooc: Its okay! I hope you're doing better. :3 *hugs*]

[sciencetodo]

...it doesn't sound like it. [She sighed, frowning a bit. The lack of his emotion in his voice before just didn't seem to sit well with her.]

What about that gate then...

[turnabout_ace]

[Whee, solitaire.]

I'm.. not sure, really. But it affected Prosecutor Gavin, too. [He sets down another card in play.] We went in to check it out and we came out... different.

[sciencetodo]

...That's not really settling to think about. How are you different? What do you feel? [Not really wanting to hear this...]

[turnabout_ace]

Nothing.

[A few more cards played. Looks like he's almost done~] I really don't feel anything.

But I can do something I couldn't before.

[sciencetodo]

So you're giving up emotions and feeling for something you couldn't do before?

[She frowned.] That doesn't seem to be a fair trade.

[turnabout_ace]

It wasn't like I had much of a choice. [He shrugs, not looking up from the table.]