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miniworth[Backdated to Friday, January 28th, early afternoon.]
[There were lots of things about Professor Hershel Layton that Miles Edgeworth admired. The British professor was kind and intelligent, and gentle, and he'd been one of the first people Miles met upon arriving in Johto. Most of all, Hershel Layton reminded Miles of his father. Gregory Edgeworth was an irreplaceable existence to the child, but the ten year old boy, who had lost his father so suddenly, couldn't help but see the resemblance.
The thing that Miles found most intriguing was the two men's fascination with fancy hats.]
Professor?
[Good afternoon, Johto, this video is brought to you by Plusle Productions™ The weather appears to be slightly better than the preceding days, as there is no storm despite the gray clouds, and while it does look terribly cold outside the window at the side of the screen, the inside of the Goldenrod Department Store in which we find Miles and the recently-awakened, just-arrived-in-Goldenrod professor looks very, very warm. ]
Yes, what is it Miles?
[The two are seated at one of the cafés in the food court, sipping what looks like tea (knowing the professor, it certainly couldn't have been instant tea, either). The camera, held by Remus, is settled on a chair adjacent to Miles, and it doesn't seem like either Layton or Miles have noticed that they were being recorded. Layton sips that tea of his, smiling fatherly.
Miles lowers his cup, rocking back and forth in his seat, probably because he's swinging his legs or something. He also seems to have a bruise on his face, but that's another story (it's just a souvenir from Nemesis the Cubone). He peers up at Layton curiously.]
Why do you always wear that hat, Professor?
[Layton's smile changes a bit - sadder? more melancholy? nostalgic? - but it returns to the way it was before Miles' question, and a hand goes to touch the brim of the top hat.]
It was a gift from a dear person, my boy.
My father always wore a hat, as well. [Suddenly, there's a small smile alighting on Miles' face. It was a strange sight, probably, as he rarely smiled this way: childish, that simple pride children held for their parents. ] Whenever he went to speak to his client, or to court, or wherever he went, really - he had a hat.
[Layton chuckles, and then -- WHOA, LO AND BEHOLD -- the world ends.
I mean.
He takes off his hat.
And, reaching over, he places it on Miles' head. It's too big, though, and falls down over Miles' eyes.]
A true gentleman always wears a hat when he goes outside. Your father must have been such a man.
[Pushing the hat higher on his head, Miles leans back in his seat, grinning.] He was. [He glances up at Layton's hat.] I wonder if they have one like it, here..
[And now the Professor is back to gentlemanlily drinking that tea. (This is where Yun is tempted to put the image of Layton with sunglasses in the minds of anyone reading this because. It's in her head fr some reason.) He quirks a somewhat-grin at Miles.] Would you like to go see, after tea?
[The grin on the boy's face couldn't get any bigger. He's nodding very, very enthusiastically.] Yes, sir!
[And THOUGH THE DAY HOPEFULLY CONTINUED THIS HAPPILY, this is when Remus the Plusle turns off the Gear, stopping his recording as he gets thirsty and decides, instead of recording the whole happy day, to clamber up to Miles' shoulder and beg his trainer to share some of that tea. :|b
And Miles returned to his hotel room that day wearing a hat that looked very, very much like his father's. Awwyeah, Professor. You so freaking rock.
Action for: Goldenrod Department Store or the Goldenrod Hotel when Miles gets back, or just plain old video/audio/text by network works, too.]
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Professor Hershel Layton was written into this post with permission from his mundane, Ichi. :> ]
[There were lots of things about Professor Hershel Layton that Miles Edgeworth admired. The British professor was kind and intelligent, and gentle, and he'd been one of the first people Miles met upon arriving in Johto. Most of all, Hershel Layton reminded Miles of his father. Gregory Edgeworth was an irreplaceable existence to the child, but the ten year old boy, who had lost his father so suddenly, couldn't help but see the resemblance.
The thing that Miles found most intriguing was the two men's fascination with fancy hats.]
Professor?
[Good afternoon, Johto, this video is brought to you by Plusle Productions™ The weather appears to be slightly better than the preceding days, as there is no storm despite the gray clouds, and while it does look terribly cold outside the window at the side of the screen, the inside of the Goldenrod Department Store in which we find Miles and the recently-awakened, just-arrived-in-Goldenrod professor looks very, very warm. ]
Yes, what is it Miles?
[The two are seated at one of the cafés in the food court, sipping what looks like tea (knowing the professor, it certainly couldn't have been instant tea, either). The camera, held by Remus, is settled on a chair adjacent to Miles, and it doesn't seem like either Layton or Miles have noticed that they were being recorded. Layton sips that tea of his, smiling fatherly.
Miles lowers his cup, rocking back and forth in his seat, probably because he's swinging his legs or something. He also seems to have a bruise on his face, but that's another story (it's just a souvenir from Nemesis the Cubone). He peers up at Layton curiously.]
Why do you always wear that hat, Professor?
[Layton's smile changes a bit - sadder? more melancholy? nostalgic? - but it returns to the way it was before Miles' question, and a hand goes to touch the brim of the top hat.]
It was a gift from a dear person, my boy.
My father always wore a hat, as well. [Suddenly, there's a small smile alighting on Miles' face. It was a strange sight, probably, as he rarely smiled this way: childish, that simple pride children held for their parents. ] Whenever he went to speak to his client, or to court, or wherever he went, really - he had a hat.
[Layton chuckles, and then -- WHOA, LO AND BEHOLD -- the world ends.
I mean.
He takes off his hat.
And, reaching over, he places it on Miles' head. It's too big, though, and falls down over Miles' eyes.]
A true gentleman always wears a hat when he goes outside. Your father must have been such a man.
[Pushing the hat higher on his head, Miles leans back in his seat, grinning.] He was. [He glances up at Layton's hat.] I wonder if they have one like it, here..
[And now the Professor is back to gentlemanlily drinking that tea. (This is where Yun is tempted to put the image of Layton with sunglasses in the minds of anyone reading this because. It's in her head fr some reason.) He quirks a somewhat-grin at Miles.] Would you like to go see, after tea?
[The grin on the boy's face couldn't get any bigger. He's nodding very, very enthusiastically.] Yes, sir!
[And THOUGH THE DAY HOPEFULLY CONTINUED THIS HAPPILY, this is when Remus the Plusle turns off the Gear, stopping his recording as he gets thirsty and decides, instead of recording the whole happy day, to clamber up to Miles' shoulder and beg his trainer to share some of that tea. :|b
And Miles returned to his hotel room that day wearing a hat that looked very, very much like his father's. Awwyeah, Professor. You so freaking rock.
Action for: Goldenrod Department Store or the Goldenrod Hotel when Miles gets back, or just plain old video/audio/text by network works, too.]
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[video] aw yeah bro.
Date: 2011-02-01 08:26 am (UTC)...yeah. It...it's been a long time.
[video] \o\ ♥
Date: 2011-02-01 08:28 am (UTC)[Miles is nodding, a hand on the fedora hat that had replaced the earlier top hat.]
...I wonder if mine would show up here, sometimes.
[video]
Date: 2011-02-01 08:31 am (UTC)boinked his stepmombuilt giant death robots.]It's possible. I never imagined mine would end up here, to be honest.
[video]
Date: 2011-02-01 08:34 am (UTC)fanarts of him and and his adopted sister may raise some questions.Miles laughs at that, just a little.] A lot of things in Johto are unexpected. I never thought I'd ever meet my old classmates here, either. Especially not older versions of them.
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Date: 2011-02-01 08:37 am (UTC)[otacon and his stepsister is probably a ship too, god help us]Classmates, huh? Funny, I've got almost the same problem. I've only met one person from back home that's even in the same year I came from.
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Date: 2011-02-01 08:39 am (UTC)oh my god what is the world coming to]I haven't met anyone who isn't from at least ten years in my future. Even my sister, who's supposed to be seven years younger, is older than me.
It isn't fair.
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Date: 2011-02-01 08:42 am (UTC)[every possible pair in mgs is a ship. this is fact.]...[He gave Miles a sympathetic smile, adjusting his glasses again--it was something of a nervous habit.]
I know the feeling. S-sort of. My best friend back home is about five years ahead of me here. It...feels longer. Almost like he's completely different now, even though I know he's not.
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Date: 2011-02-01 08:45 am (UTC)That is a most frightening fact. But then again AA ships pretty crazy stuff, too..]...Phoenix is fif-- fourteen years ahead of me, here, as is Larry. [A beat.] Nine months made me change a lot. I almost didn't recognize Phoenix after almost twenty years.
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Date: 2011-02-01 08:52 am (UTC)[Also very true and more than a little scary considering Oldbag.]I can imagine. But...well, even if they change, they're still the same person at heart. At least, that's what I tell myself when I start thinking Snake might've changed since my time.
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Date: 2011-02-01 08:56 am (UTC)T-that lady scares the bajeebers out of me. /wants one in route]I believe that. Phoenix and Larry are adults, now, it was inevitable that they would be different, but they're still the classmates that I remember.
I just don't know if I would be able to say the same, for myself. [He's scared of the Miles Edgeworth that Franziska von Karma knows.]
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:01 am (UTC)[f-fffffff]I wouldn't really know for certain, but...I think nobody ever really completely changes. Even if you were different, you'd still be the same Miles Edgeworth I'm taking to now.
I-I'm sorry, I'm probably not making any sense.
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:04 am (UTC)I dont' think that many Oldbag players exist.. xD ;;]I would be the same, I'll make sure I am. But... it isn't the same for the Edgeworth people from my future knows. He's different - he doesn't know a lot of the things I found out after coming here. Like who Mr. von Karma really is, for example..
I do understand what you mean, though.
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:11 am (UTC)[Oh, Otacon. You clueless bastard, you know nothing of Well Intentioned Extremists wearing cravats.]
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:15 am (UTC)[...Oddly enough, Miles himself is unaware of how much said Well Intended Extremist in cravat influences his future self's personality because Phoenix will never mention it. :|a ]
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:20 am (UTC)Just try to stay optimistic for now. Worrying about the future from here probably won't help things much.
[Otacon you are a hypocrite and you know it.]
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:22 am (UTC)[He quirks a grin, even if it's a biiiit off.] I know what happens in my future, and there are things about my future - such as someone's murder - that I'd like to prevent from happening. [This has become a rather casual topic for him.] I can't not worry about it.
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:27 am (UTC)[Otacon paused for a minute, adjusting his glasses again--if he'd come here from Shadow Moses, how would he react to hearing about his own future?]
[Funny how one's views changed when they had almost no one left to lose.]
...I'm sorry. You're right, I would've been saying the same thing if I'd left a few years earlier.
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:32 am (UTC)It's... bizarre to think about, isn't it, Mr. Hal? I never thought I would be speaking about the future like it was a normalcy, to know what happens, to want to change it.
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:36 am (UTC)[He stopped again, looking distantly thoughtful...then it seemed something occurred to him.]
...The only thing I want to play out differently is something that already happened for me. I-it's weird, but...there's something I want to be able to change for someone else. If I even can.
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:37 am (UTC)[video]
Date: 2011-02-01 09:41 am (UTC)I just...want his future to work out differently than my past says it should.
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:44 am (UTC)My friends here told me the future, and they know that I want to change it, even if that could change their lives now forever. I might think differently from your friend, but if there was a way to make the future better, I would listen to even the more terrible stories about it.
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:49 am (UTC)[--meant they'd have a blond British psychopath looking to start World War Three and make the world a nuclear wasteland.]
...would probably make the entire world worse. Saving him would end up going against everything I stand for and believe in.
What am I even thinking? There must be something wrong with me.
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:53 am (UTC)But if I did so, my next job would be to try to regain that balance.
Your friend... if you saved him, that doesn't mean everything terrible you prevented with his sacrifice has to happen now, does it? Fate isn't sealed, after all.
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Date: 2011-02-01 09:59 am (UTC)But if there was a situation where either one megalomaniac would die or countless people would end up suffering...saving that person would be insane.
[Otacon shook his head, sighing.]
I want to believe he won't become that person I met five years ago. But every so often I look at him and...it kind of scares me to realize how close he is.
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