video.

[miniworth]

Does anybody have tips on handling a violent electric sheep?

[ He did say he was going to keep it, but there is probably no way he can tame that thing on his own (if at all). He was finally released from the hospital after eleven, long days--an effort to make sure he stays out would be prudent, would it not be?

After all, he enjoys the sun. He's still got bandaids and some gauze, as well as scars, from his accident (attempted slaughter?) last time, but he's outside and under the sun, and it feels great. Armed with book and all the available games on his Pokégear (he needed something to entertain himself with), he's going to sit outside all day and let his Pokémon have their exercise. :|b ]

... After this last week, I don't want to see another ceiling tile in my life.

[ Private to Ken Amada ]
Has Sirius gotten to you safely?

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

...anyway. [At least Jackie leaves her alone for now.] Like I said, what's wrong with someone being good to you?

[miniworth]

[ He shrugs.

He doesn't want it if he's just going to get ditched 8( ]

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

[DITCHED WHAT EVEN. ARE THOSE THE HORMONES TALKING?]

See? Nothing's wrong with that. As long as you're nice to her too.

[miniworth]

[ Experience and emotions. ]

... I try. I'm just a kid, though. There's not much I can do for her. Especially after that..

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Don't say that. [Clover scoots closer to him, squeezing his shoulder.] You may be a kid, but you're a great kid. You're smart, good...you can still do something.

[miniworth]

...

I can't bring people back. She needs someone who she can talk to. I can't do that.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone can. And there's one thing - you can talk to her. Be there for her. Be her friend.

[The Hoothoot decides to fly back to Clover - and straight into her jacket.]

[miniworth]

I can. She can't. [ He frowns. ] All she'll do is keep smiling.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Just because she won't tell you anything doesn't mean you can't be her friend.

[Sound familiar?]

[miniworth]

[ Miles Edgeworth is the world's biggest hypocrite, unfortunately ]

But all she'll do is smile.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Then you'll just have to keep being her friend. Maybe she thinks it's not yet the right time to say...well, whatever's on her mind.

...And I think she'd want you to smile too.

[miniworth]

[ He frowns. ]

I smile plenty.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

She probably thinks it's not enough. Lighten up.

[HEY, CLOVER HAS LIGHTENED UP, CAN'T YOU TELL? SHE HAS TO GO BACK TO BEING A HAPPY RAY OF SUNSHINE.]

[miniworth]

This is just the way I am.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Just try to smile more often. Sometimes you look like you're three times your age and carrying the world on your shoulders.

You're not, okay?

[miniworth]

... Not this world.

[ But he knows a lot more about his than he should. ]

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

[Sigh.]

You know what I mean.

[miniworth]

[ He leans back on the bench. ]

I've been told of events up to twenty-one years into my future. It's pretty weighty.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

...

You listen to me, so I'll listen to you too. You don't have to, but you can tell me anything.

[Clover can keep secrets. She kept one of her own during the Nonary Game.]

[miniworth]

... [ He will close his book and nod. ] I guess that's fair, too.

I'll start off by telling you a story.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Okay. I'll tell you one too when you're done. [Clover puts an arm around Poly, while the Hoothoot and the Fearow remain perched on the bench...

Jackie, being a great big Fearow, looks more like a grotesque bench ornament. Especially now that she's quiet.]

[miniworth]

[ Miles calls out Jason the Cubone, so he could sit by his brother. ]

One day, there were three people locked inside an elevator broken after an earthquake: a courthouse clerk, a lawyer, and the lawyer's son. They were in there for five hours before the power returned the doors opened.

Two made it out. The third was found dead.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

[POLY WOULD LOVE THAT.

And Clover remembers, and raises a hand up to her mouth as if she had just eaten something terrible.]

The lawyer.

[She was about to say, "I'm sorry", but they had talked about this before. Really, she should let him tell his story.

Jackie looks down at Jason. So does Sleeper, the Hoothoot.]

[miniworth]

[ Jason mountaineers his way over to his brother, plopping down next to him. He will sit.

Miles nods. ]

There wasn't any decisive evidence. Both the child and the clerk lost consciousness while in the elevator, and neither had a clear memory of what had happened. It took a long time for the police to name the clerk as a suspect and put him on trial... but he was found innocent.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

[Have a Jackie staaaaaaring at the Cubones with her beady eyes. Seriously, she's just curious. WHO ARE YOU CUBONES. WHY WAS ONE OF YOU WITH MY TRAINER.]

But...but he was the only other person in the elevator!

Yet he lost consciousness... [Clover is taking in all the details.]