miniworth | [4th wall]

Current Location: Olivine City

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[4th wall]

[ The feed sputters on to one Miles Edgeworth giving the network the most confused face. ]

I woke up this morning and went outside for a walk... did the hotel in Olivine always have this wriggling piece of plywood outside its doors?

[ He pans the camera around to show a ragged-looking mascot dancing pitifully, on and on. ]

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And read it over and over, but took care of it so that the pages never fell out and the spine was never damaged.

It has been eighteen years, and that book remains in my personal library. Not a single page has been torn or lost.

[ ... It makes him smile a little sadly. ] It's one of the few things I kept.

[That book is one of the things he doesn't usually bring up in conversation. He's sure not even Phoenix Wright would know of it. Or even Franziska von Karma.]

Then...then you are...

[His eyes grow wide, yet they have a nostalgic look in them. It's almost...sad, too.]

I told you.

I'm Miles Edgeworth. [ The look, minus the nostalgia, is mirrored in his eyes. ]

[He just looks down at his...younger self. There's no more doubt. And everything falls into place. His other recent escapades in Johto were briefly forgotten with this encounter, but they're rushing back.]

You are also acquainted with Mr. Seta and Ken, correct?

[ The mentioning of those names surprise him, but he nods! ]

They're-- friends. [ a pause, and then firmly. ] Ken Amada is my best friend.

I encountered them...when I was brought here. They claimed to have known me in my youth, but it seems they were both referring to you.

And yes, Ken said the same about you.

No matter what. [ He disregards any other part of this conversation to press this one point. ] No matter what you or Phoenix or Mr. von Karma of Franziska say-- he's my best friend!

[ There had been a quarrel about this before, with his sister. Now he will make this clear to himself. ]

[Well, your older self is quite unruffled (pun intended). He simply blinks, nods and crosses his arms.]

I never said anything to the contrary...although I suppose I owe them an apology for my confusion. [He really WAS just confused, anyway. Besides, Ken seemed like a decent kid, all confusion aside.]

[ "Miles Edgeworth would never be friends with a person like you" had been Franziska's words, and they hurt more than Miles would ever admit to anybody...Right now, if he were a dog he'd be growling. ]

I don't care if you're stuffy or anti-social or sour-faced. He's my-- [ He'll soon realize how ridiculous he's being. ]

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...Yes, I believe you have made your point. Quite clearly. [Thanks a lot, now he's feeling a little guilty about confusing Ken and Souji.]

[ You better feel guilty 8( Except not really--

And if this is his own self, he's not afraid if saying this. ] I couldn't protect Father. I let him die because I was weak.

I will do anything to protect Ken. [ HE WILL THROW THEIR FRIENDSHIP IN YOUR FACE, OLDERWORTH. ;A; ]

[...nngh. While this Edgeworth has slowly come to terms at last with his father's death especially now that all of the case's secrets have been exposed, that doesn't mean he'll forget a single detail of it.

This takes him back to the first several days after DL-6...if you'll excuse him, he'll be very, very quiet for a while.]

[But he can relate. He was worried when he learned that Phoenix fell off a burning bridge several feet into an icy river. It had been hard to leave Franziska to take over her case when she had been shot. He did everything he could to make sure Maya was safe when she was kidnapped and when she had been stranded in the inner temple at Hazakura. Heck, he even gave Kay a long lecture about running off on her own at the embassy.

Anyway, he's pondering the idea of revealing to his past self the events to come. Would it change the course of things? More importantly, would it be for the better, or for worse?]

...tell me, how much do you know about the circumstances surrounding Father's death?

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[ He's already run into freezing January waters once to pull that boy out of one attempt to die, and since then he'd stuck by, even when it hurt to be with Ken and watch his emotional mirror crack and break and hurt..

Miles shakes his head at his older self's question. ] I don't know anything. I've been told things, but I've come to realize that I can't believe any of that completely. Not without evidence. Not without.. [ Not without knowing, ever, for sure, if the Phoenix Wright he knows here really is the Phoenix Wright he knew at school. ]

Understandable. Unfortunately, I myself have no evidence on my personage to solidify the knowledge I now hold concerning DL-6, and neither do I come with supporting witnesses.

...while I sometimes wish I could return to that moment and somehow change the course of time, I highly doubt Father would have been pleased to see me wallow in self-doubt and regret.

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... I have to keep moving. [ He's seen what happened to a little boy who couldn't move forward, not until closure, not even with closure. Miles would not get his closure for years, but he's learned that it's something he must fight for. ]

I'm never leaving that world - of law. I'll find out who killed him. That's all I can hope to do.

And that is the first step toward the truth. [He looks away, into the distance. Nope, totally not giving away anything about the future la la la.] Of course, I understand that it will be a difficult endeavor.

[ He hums a noncommittal answer and scuffs the heel of his shoe against the ground. ]

[The fact that he's standing here WITH YOU is still sinking in, so he's pretty quiet as well. And going over the things he knows but you don't.]

[ He stares up at his older self, frowning. ]

[4th wall]

WE SHOULD.

EVENTUALLY. WHEN BIGWORTH IS 100% CONVINCED YOU'RE HIM.

/WORKS ON THAT

OH HE WILL BE IN DUE TIME~

AWWWYEEEEE ♥

I AM GOING TO GO BAWWWWW AGAIN

I'LL BAWWW WITH YOU AS I FURIOUSLY WORK ON PROJECTS ;A;

HEY WORK ON YOUR PROJECTS FIRST

IT'S OKAY. I'M WAITING FOR THAT GLUE TO DRY.

/BLOWS ON DAT GLUE

/JOINS

1/IDK THANKS A LOT, TINY SELF

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DONE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I BLOW GLUE OVER THE INTERNETS

ILU. HE LOVES YOU. AND IDEK HOW EITHER.

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YEAH WELL I LOVE HIM AND YOU MORE.

YOU CAN'T TOP ME IN LOVING. I LOVE YOU AND OLDERWORTH LOOOOOOTS MORE

/NINJA-LOVES YOU

/LOVES ON SO MUCH ;w;

/LOVES FOREVER AND EVER...WITH SWISS ROLLS

SWIIS ROOOLLLSSSS

/ROLLS YOU IN LOVE

/ROLLS YOU IN IT MORE

/BRINGS THE COOKIES

/CAKE

/AND CAKE. EVERYTHING SWEET EVER.

EVERYWHERE \o\

...as if these two have a sweet tooth.

... what if it's steel samurai themed.

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BRB CHANGING MIND OMG SWEETS.

YAAAAAY SWEETS

STEEL SAMURAI SUSHI SLICE

STEEL SAMURAI CHOCOLATE, TOO.

YOU CUT IT WITH THE SUSHI SLICE.