in a tired, tired world.

[payingthepiper]

Who: Maya and Allen Walker.
When: Backdated to before Allen became young.
Where: Random street number eighty-six.
Summary: It's hard to run from good people when they're really, really persistent.
Warnings: Mentions of violence and trauma of small children.

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[acemedium]

[Maya herself was just heading home (well, the only place she stayed, now. Phoenix's apartment was too empty) from the office. Edgeworth was finishing up something, so she didn't bother asking him to walk her home. She was back to the point where she felt fine walking around on her own, anyway (nobody had tried to kill her in the last while, so.)]

[She hummed the Steel Samurai theme to herself under her breath as she walked, a little slower than usual so she could take in the sights and notice anything interesting. She was hoping to have at least one interesting or funny tidbit to tell Godot and Jake when she got home, after all]

[But she wasn't quite expecting to see someone she recognized on this route, let alone Allen]

[payingthepiper]

[he had his Exorcist jacket on, though it still looked beyond scruffy; Tyki didn't exactly have a lot of safety pins, and so his left sleeve was left to hang empty, but, well. that was a small detail he wasn't really thinking on.]

[he wasn't thinking enough that he didn't notice Maya, either. he just kept on walking, eyes roving almost blind over stores' signs. the laundromat... where was that, again?]

[acemedium]

Allen?

[She takes in his appearance--- had something happened to his nose? Something about his arm, too...]

[But mostly, he looked unkempt and blank, almost, wandering blindly past stores without taking much in. That drew up her concern, so before she knew what was she doing she was moving forward and frowning in concern]

W-What happened?!

[payingthepiper]

[his head jerks up immediately, but he only seems to register it's her when she's just a few paces away. he blinks (blankly) in her direction, then smiles (fake), half-turns toward her (empty arm unconsciously being on the side that's hidden).]

Ah? [he seems genuinely confused by her shock-- at least, he's blinking once or twice more. then,] -- Oh. I, ah... I got caught in the Darkness. It's fine; I saw a doctor already.