Oh! Yeah. But like, normal people don't get to go there or anything, it's just astronauts. ...Who are, uh, people trained to do stuff in space. So, I mean, it's still pretty new to me too.
[ why does everyone keep bringing up edgeworth, he whines internally, as if he himself is not always bringing up edgeworth first. ]
He's this older guy [ he's like 26 and your dad is 68 sebastian please ] who just kind of does what he wants even when it's against the rules. He got in trouble recently for violating extraterrestrial [ no ] rights, so the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee has been looking into his actions, and he isn't allowed to handle any cases in the meantime.
He was supposed to have his trial before the committee where he was probably going to lose his badge on the day I ended up here, but, uh, that got postponed.
Well... not really... h-he just thinks the rules don't apply to him when he doesn't like them, and he'll do sneaky things to get around them! Like, I replaced him on this one case, but he stuck around anyway by pretending to be a defense attorney's assistant!
That's not— the prosecutor's office took him off of the first case because he got in trouble, and they put me on it instead! And then there was another case a few days later where I was assigned to it from the beginning and he still came and stuck his nose in it!
[ he turns a little red at that, and he glances first at the hand on his shoulder and then at her. the smile kind of knocks the defensiveness out of him. ]
...Anyway, we don't... have to talk about him. Um...
[ they're in the garden, let's talk garden things. ]
Oh! Yeah, we have cherry blossoms. There's a cherry tree on the roof of the building where the PIC meets! It was blooming right before I got here, too.
[ he says the name kind of slowly and carefully, but he says it correctly! and he takes his badge out of his pocket to show her. ]
See, the design of the prosecutor's badge is based off of its petals, so it's kind of like our flower, you know?
There was one time when I was a kid where I tried planting some at home to show the neighborhood that the best prosecutors lived there, but I planted them too close to the driveway and Pops accidentally ran them over... But then in the place I was in before this one, we did a whole gardening thing where all the plants grew super fast, and I grew some there!
...Which I guess were fake because that whole thing was fake, but still.
[ the pin on the back is kind of bent but that in no way represents a defect in his commitment to justice!! ]
Ah— no, I noticed that too, but... it wasn't. I-it's nice, though... of whoever's doing it...
[ he also thinks it's weird that they're using his flower, completely oblivious to the fact that they're actually just a standard remembrance flower.
(also this is character growth because two months ago he would have taken credit for it based on an assumption that whoever was doing it was doing so because of his influence.) ]
[ sometimes you are just a long-haired luke at the beginning of your game. ]
Sure, what is it?
[ he's never sure what questions prefaced this way are going to entail — if it's just a transition for a subject change or something serious — and it makes him a little anxious as he looks over to her. ]
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My people have never actually been to space, so all of this is completely new to me...
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[She looks a bit starry-eyed at the idea.]
Say, you said you know someone who was here, right? Another prosecutor, I assume? [If it was someone who could steal his cases...]
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[ why does everyone keep bringing up edgeworth, he whines internally, as if he himself is not always bringing up edgeworth first. ]
He's this older guy [ he's like 26 and your dad is 68 sebastian please ] who just kind of does what he wants even when it's against the rules. He got in trouble recently for violating extraterrestrial [ no ] rights, so the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee has been looking into his actions, and he isn't allowed to handle any cases in the meantime.
He was supposed to have his trial before the committee where he was probably going to lose his badge on the day I ended up here, but, uh, that got postponed.
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W, wow... That sounds like a messy situation. So he's an irresponsible kind of person...?
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[Who's stealing whose cases...]
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[ he turns a little red at that, and he glances first at the hand on his shoulder and then at her. the smile kind of knocks the defensiveness out of him. ]
...Anyway, we don't... have to talk about him. Um...
[ they're in the garden, let's talk garden things. ]
Do... you have a favorite flower?
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[She thinks about it. Something she especially likes...?]
I really like luluria blossoms.
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Do you know cherry blossoms? They look a lot like those, but they're bigger.
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That sounds really pretty.
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Oh! What about you, Sebastian? Any flowers you like in particular?
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[ he says the name kind of slowly and carefully, but he says it correctly! and he takes his badge out of his pocket to show her. ]
See, the design of the prosecutor's badge is based off of its petals, so it's kind of like our flower, you know?
There was one time when I was a kid where I tried planting some at home to show the neighborhood that the best prosecutors lived there, but I planted them too close to the driveway and Pops accidentally ran them over... But then in the place I was in before this one, we did a whole gardening thing where all the plants grew super fast, and I grew some there!
...Which I guess were fake because that whole thing was fake, but still.
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I'm sure they were lovely.
Come to think of it, I've been seeing white chrysanthemums around... at the cemetery, I think? Was that you?
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Ah— no, I noticed that too, but... it wasn't. I-it's nice, though... of whoever's doing it...
[ he also thinks it's weird that they're using his flower, completely oblivious to the fact that they're actually just a standard remembrance flower.
(also this is character growth because two months ago he would have taken credit for it based on an assumption that whoever was doing it was doing so because of his influence.) ]
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Oh! I guess it's a really popular flower...
[A thoughtful look at the flowers around them...]
... Say, can I ask you something?
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Sure, what is it?
[ he's never sure what questions prefaced this way are going to entail — if it's just a transition for a subject change or something serious — and it makes him a little anxious as he looks over to her. ]
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Have you seen or heard anything about... extra keys, people might have received unexpectedly?
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Huh?? Did— did you see me this morning?!
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... Does that mean you got one!?
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Me too!
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