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[miniworth]

Beeeeeeeeeeeep.
The number you have dialed is no longer in service.

[ It's been awhile since this message reached Miles Edgeworth's ear. But while he was now very much aware that this was a frequent occurrence, he never expected to hear it from this gear.

... A sick feeling settling in his stomach - but you can't be gone you just went to go get that Pearl girl before you both went quiet you can't be gone - he tries again. ]

Beeeeeeeeeeeep.
The number you have dialed is no longer in service.

[ And the feeling is heavy as he closes his gear for just a moment. Lifting himself up from the chair he was sitting on, Miles begins to walk... outside of the hotel room, down the hall and out of the hotel, through the city.

He comes to a stop at the railing overlooking the ocean before, opening his gear again, he sends out a message to the network. ]

Phoenix Wright has gone home.

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[puzzling]

Yes... I cannot reach Mr Wright anymore... It seems as if he has finally gone on home.

[ He knows he's stating the obvious but... Mr Wright... Layton's pretty down about this. ]

text; sleep weeellll

[miniworth]

[ He takes a short while to reply, trying to figure out his own feelings. He's not happy, no - definitely not happy, as Phoenix was his friend. But more than sad... it was. It was difficult to figure out. It was more a delayed feeling, and for now it was just nothing. And maybe a little emptiness. ]

I guess so...

text; 12 hour naps awwww yeah

[puzzling]

I'm sorry. Do you have anyone with you at this point?

[ Like someone to talk to, cry on shoulders with, anyone at all? ]

[text]

[trusts-in-johto.livejournal.com]

[...Machi didn't know Phoenix well, they'd only talked a few times. But Trucy was... related to Phoenix? Yeah, related. And Apollo trusted him, too. And that must have meant that Phoenix was a good person.
Why do all the good people have to vanish, and return home?

...That does explain the Pokemon he found in his room, though. So Machi sent a reply to Edgeworth.]
He has returned home? I am sorry, Miles Edgeworth.

[text]

[miniworth]

I will be fine.

[ He doesn't mean to be callous or unconcerned, or even indifferent, nor does he mean to sound it. It's simply hard to get emotions through text. ]

text.

[usedtsundere.livejournal.com]

Was he a friend of yours, Miles-kun?

text.

[miniworth]

Miss Takeba...

[ A past best friend. From the future. Who told him a lot and yet also hid a lot. ]

He was a good friend of mine, yes.

[text]

[itsthebutz.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I know. [He just doesn't want to believe it.]

[text]

[miniworth]

... He'll be fine, won't he? [ Home. In the future. As a lawyer. ]

[text]

[usediceshard.livejournal.com]

[text]

[miniworth]

His number isn't in service anymore. I'm certain.

[amargo-sombra.livejournal.com]

[one could say Godot was so angry he couldn't see straight, but...well.]

[miniworth]

[ Godot's reply is a slight bit confusing... but Miles will answer. ]

He's gone.

[text; spams with all of the characters 8|a]

[philanthrotaku.livejournal.com]

[text; /crushed under the nao :|a ]

[miniworth]

His number is disconnected.

I'll [ Be fine? Probably. Miles is used, after that last November-December period, to people going home from Johto. And loss? Loss isn't new either.

There was just so much he wanted to say and ask. ]

I'll be fine.

[text; fuuuu- eleven knew him too please don't eat me for the spam]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. I really, really am.

[text; I... I like spam though. ]

[miniworth]

Thank you, Doctor.

But he'll be fine, and so will I. It's not like he's dead.

video.

[recrimination.livejournal.com]

[Because would she honestly use text--]

Phoenix Wright... the name does not appear to ring a bell. [... can you tell she's great with remembering people?]

video.

[miniworth]

[ ... so kind, Franziska-- but Miles doesn't even know you know him. ]

He's from our future.

text; how am I later than franziska :|

[usedrage.livejournal.com]

[How do you deal with people disappearing? Ken still doesn't know how to get over it. Or help ;;]

I get off work soon. Do you want to meet me at that restaurant?

text; ...idk

[miniworth]

[ Miles isn't sure how upset he is over this - if he is at all, right now at least. It's an odd feeling to lose the person who said you were his best friend, in the past, in your future, and to be left with unanswered questions and uncertainty. ]

That sounds fine. I'll be there in a few minutes.

[text]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

[The inconvenience - or, in this case, the beauty - of text communication is that it makes it much more difficult to see how the person you're talking to is feeling.]

Phoenix Wright is gone?

[text]

[miniworth]

[ Which was Miles' intention. He's not sure how he's even supposed to act, and he doesn't want to be on video or audio in case this hits him harder than he anticipates. ]

He is. The number is disconnected.

[Text]

[smilegonnakillu.livejournal.com]

How long has he been gone?

[Text]

[miniworth]

I can't say for sure, Miss Hawthorne.

I only learned of it a few minutes ago.