[Minako is sitting on the edge of a plush bed with pink sheets on it. She feels...dizzy, mouth dry, her heart pounding in her ears. Headphones dangling across her neck and bumping against her chest, music loud, she stares at the floor.
Hasn't she done this before?
Give in to your desires...
She holds her head and slowly stands, looking around for the other occupant.]
[She nearly runs into Naruto as he comes out, but then she's just staring at him. For some reason, just looking at him makes her heart skip a few beats. Odd.]
[Edgeworth finds himself lying on a large and comfortable bed. Despite the luxury, he feels ill, dizzy, and lethargic. He's lacking his suit jacket, and can't quite remember how he got here.
He also desperately wants to know who's in the shower.]
/is a selfish thing (and is at work)proxysearchJanuary 23 2011, 18:38:39 UTC
[It's not as nice as her shower at home, but it'll do. Re-l doesn't care much, holding herself under the stream of hot water and rinsing out her hair. The trapped heat in the bathroom, combined with the hotel's warmer room, has left her a little dizzy- The cool air, once she's left the bathroom, will be enough to clear her head, she thinks.
The water turns off and she squeezes out her black hair, sighing contentedly. Finally, a long shower without being interrupted by phone calls, idle black cats, and men who have no idea how to shave properly.
She wraps a towel around herself and opens the door.]
/is COMPLETELY DELIGHTEDmentis_reaeJanuary 23 2011, 18:43:12 UTC
[He sits up when he sees her, his eyes feeling heavy. There's a strange hunger that doesn't seem to originate in his stomach, nor in his chest, but instead in his hands and feet and knees. For all his lethargy and heaviness, that desire seems to give hands and feet and knees forward impetus, so he stands and takes a step towards her, then another.
Give in to your desires...
But he stops himself, knowledge of what is proper and what is right warring with his desire to slip his fingers under rough tarrycloth and drag downwards. He blinks at her in confusion.]
[She brushes her hair back as she exits and stops when she sees Miles Edgeworth on the bed, nearly sprawled like a sleeping cat. There's a slowness to her brain that normally wouldn't be there, something that keeps her from sharpening her gaze on him in indignation. Instead, she's just as confused as he is; the first thought, sadly, that comes to mind is 'Where is his jacket?' and not 'What the hell is he doing in my hotel room?'
Re-l pauses before answering, blinking away what lingering uncertainty she has from her eyes.]
I'm- I'm not sure.
[She realizes, belatedly, that she does not even remember asking for a room. Or to go to a hotel.]
[She's curled up on her side on the bed when she wakes up, eyelashes fluttering briefly before blinking into fuller consciousness, pushing herself up with her arms and looking around, blinking dully.]
What...?
[She's already beginning to feel afraid, but it's a distant, muted sensation, ringing in her ears.
Water running from the bathroom. There's someone in here with her. She looks at the closed bathroom door and swings her legs over the side of the bed, resting bare feet on the floor. She should... go ask. Something. But she doesn't do anything, for the moment.]
[Edgeworth finally emerges from the bathroom. His cravat isn't in place, and his jacket is missing, and one untoweled lock of hair is dripping wet spots on his shoulders - but he's otherwise intact, otherwise clothed.
But he's deeply confused. He doesn't know how he got here...And that confusion only deepens when he sees Rin.]
Ms. Asano?
[He's confused, too, by the deep sense of melancholy he feels upon looking at her.]
[Rin blinks up at him, still confused and disconnected, trying to make sense of his appearance. Edgeworth is here? That's not... a bad thing. Cautious friendliness and ambivalence makes its way onto her face.]
[He wants, for some reason, to go over and embrace her. He wants to go and to stroke her hair and tell her absurd nonsense - that things will be all right, that she needn't fear anything...He clamps that down as sentimental, unneeded nonsense.]
[he was sleeping on his stomach until now...but he's since rolled over and is staring around in sleep-addled confusion.
ugh, why does he feel so weird...
Naruto swings his legs over to sit on the side of the bed, holding his head and trying to remember how he got here. he then looks up, and tentatively calls out:]
[She's already used the shower, thank you very much, and finds herself contentedly lounged back against the pillows of the bed there, head tilted back and eyes closed. She's dreaming in waves of color and that's what unsettles her enough to open her eyes and look around.
The shower's still running.
She groans, pressing a hand to her forehead and sliding off the bed; she goes to the bathroom to turn it off.]
[ - you know, glass shower doors aren't nearly as cool as you'd think they are. Sam turns at the sound of someone coming in, a soapy loofah against his chest, and blinks water from his eyes to see Re-L in the doorway, her dark shape blurred by steam.]
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Hasn't she done this before?
Give in to your desires...
She holds her head and slowly stands, looking around for the other occupant.]
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Minako?
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Oh. H-Hi, Naruto. You were the one showering?
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He also desperately wants to know who's in the shower.]
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The water turns off and she squeezes out her black hair, sighing contentedly. Finally, a long shower without being interrupted by phone calls, idle black cats, and men who have no idea how to shave properly.
She wraps a towel around herself and opens the door.]
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Give in to your desires...
But he stops himself, knowledge of what is proper and what is right warring with his desire to slip his fingers under rough tarrycloth and drag downwards. He blinks at her in confusion.]
Ms. Mayer - why are we here?
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Re-l pauses before answering, blinking away what lingering uncertainty she has from her eyes.]
I'm- I'm not sure.
[She realizes, belatedly, that she does not even remember asking for a room. Or to go to a hotel.]
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What...?
[She's already beginning to feel afraid, but it's a distant, muted sensation, ringing in her ears.
Water running from the bathroom. There's someone in here with her. She looks at the closed bathroom door and swings her legs over the side of the bed, resting bare feet on the floor. She should... go ask. Something. But she doesn't do anything, for the moment.]
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But he's deeply confused. He doesn't know how he got here...And that confusion only deepens when he sees Rin.]
Ms. Asano?
[He's confused, too, by the deep sense of melancholy he feels upon looking at her.]
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Ah... Mr. Edgeworth. Hello.
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[He wants, for some reason, to go over and embrace her. He wants to go and to stroke her hair and tell her absurd nonsense - that things will be all right, that she needn't fear anything...He clamps that down as sentimental, unneeded nonsense.]
Do you know how we...got here?
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ugh, why does he feel so weird...
Naruto swings his legs over to sit on the side of the bed, holding his head and trying to remember how he got here. he then looks up, and tentatively calls out:]
...Who's there?
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The shower's still running.
She groans, pressing a hand to her forehead and sliding off the bed; she goes to the bathroom to turn it off.]
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Uh - hey there.
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Oh, I- Sam, I'm...
[Sorry. Embarrassed. Confused. She quickly turns away so he doesn't see the sudden flush of color to her normally fair complexion.]
I didn't realize someone was in here.
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[oh wow. Awkward. But not - as awkward as maybe this should be. Wouldn't he normally be more upset? Apologetic?]
I can get out, if you needed me to.
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