Characters: Miles Edgeworth and Matilda Wormwood
Content: The decision to keep Matilda under close watch aboard the Victoria has made, and so she arrives to meet the First Mate and get settled.
Setting: The Victoria II
Time: A Day or two after Lunansa
Warnings: None
It felt like she was walking up the steps to the gallows. Matilda felt that she should
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"And good morning to you, Ms. Wormwood." His head bowed down slightly as he greeted her, and when he rose, he glanced briefly at her suitcase. He quickly decided it was small enough for her to handle on her own, and continued. "Please, follow me, and I'll show you to your cabin."
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"I suppose you're here because it's safe," he said. That much was true, but he couldn't help but wonder, safe for who? Edeworth pushed this thought aside, an continued. "And they want to see how you handle yourself outside of the school. You have potential, Ms. Wormwood, and I doubt they want it to go to waste." That was another half truth. She did have potential for great things, and one of the things the Victoria II was known for was turning hard cases into something useful.
Or getting rid of them entirely. Edgeworth hoped that they wanted the former.
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"This is where you'll be staying," he said, "for as long as you're on the ship, assuming your circumstances don't change. I'm afraid it isn't much, but it should have everything you need." Such as a place to sleep, and ...well, there wasn't anything besides the cot, really, but he supposed that a smaller desk could be stuffed in there, depending on what sort of studies they wanted her to do.
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She looked around the room. It was pretty devoid of anything, but maybe if she could get some boxes in here she could begin to slowly start a neat collection of her own books. It would be nice to actually own them for once, so she could go back to them whenever she wanted.
She nodded and turned to Edgeworth, bowing and giving him her thanks. She figured she might as well ask, just in case she was wrong "There wouldn't happen to be any "Libraries, storages of books, or archives...anything like that on board, would there?"
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Edgeworth paused for a moment, and added, "However, for the time being, we do have something to keep you occupied. Think of this as a project of sorts."
He then stepped into the room, just close enough to hand her the satchel he had been carrying. This would have to do until he received further instructions on what to do with the girl.
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Matilda perked up now, curiosity getting the better of her. She set down her trunk and took the satchel from him. It wasn't too heavy, but more than she had expected and she carefully opened it up. Inside were two large books, much to her pleasure. More than that, though was a journal, and several quills and ink bottles.
She studied the blank book and writing utensils for a while before carefully putting them back inside the satchel so she could look at the books he had given her more carefully. They were both history books; not a topic she had focused on as much as math and science back at the Academy, but that made her all the more interested in them.
She smiled up at Edgeworth, finally beginning to look cheery and hugged the books to her chest "Thank you! Do you want me to be able to surmise them?"
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