Gant Plot: Day 2 Investigations
((OOC: Okay! Thanks to the awesome that is Sati, all I need is the second half of the Whistler log. If anyone has it, please let me know. ^^ Much appreciation! <3 ))
* Soma is in the yard, and ignoring the creepy smiling moon overhead.
* Mia_Fey is uninterested in the moon right now. "I'm sorry to bother you like this, but
it's important. I have a problem that I can't solve, and you're the first person I saw."
[Soma] It's okay, if it's about Phoenix and Edgeworth, I'm ready to help anytime.
* Mia_Fey sighs "...I guess everyone is finding out about it now."
[Mia_Fey] Anyways, I have a riddle that needs solving: Solid piece of night, Claimed by one
who turned from light, Embracing darkness.
[Soma] ...Solid piece of night? Probably refers to something dark... solid,
[Soma] Maybe a stone of some kind?
[Mia_Fey] Perhaps, does this riddle make you think of anyone also?
[Soma] Obsidian, Onyx, Jet... turned from light to darkness,
[Soma] Someone that obviously isn't on the straight and narrow - and has reason to stay with
the darker forcers.
[Mia_Fey] So it's a person who turned their back on good, to be evil? From the light to the
dark?
[Soma] Perhaps not nessecarily evil, but has reason to deal with such things.
[Soma] and I'm guessing they're in possession of the dark stone.
[Mia_Fey] ...Well, it's better than what I could come up with.
* Mia_Fey pulls out her PINPoint and starts writing up a text message. "...I hope this
works."
[Soma] Trick is - who? that last line could refer to several people, even myself - though
obviously in a very vague context.
* Mia_Fey stops suddenly. "...You're right."
[Soma] ... but I don't have anything like what the first line suggest.
[Mia_Fey] Know anyone who might? I'll take any suggestions right now.
[Soma] Hmmm... I guessing it would be someone Phoenix would know.
[Mia_Fey] Well...I'll ask him.
* Soma pace, and looks up. "Same as you." He muttered at the damn smiling moon.
* Mia_Fey starts sending text messages to another person, but is still watching Soma
occasionally. "...It's creepy, I know."
* Soma isn't going to mention it's falling.
[Soma] Anything so far?
* Mia_Fey looks up from the PINPoint for a moment with a slightly worried expression on her
face. "Wright knows who it is..."
[Soma] So who?
[Mia_Fey] ...He mentioned Georik's name to me.
[Soma] Georik... hm, there is something odd about him, I just couldn't quite put my finger
on it.
[Mia_Fey] Regardless, I'm going to go back into the Sanctuary and drag him out here. He
holds the answers I want...in order to help Phoenix and Edgeworth.
[Soma] Good luck.
[Mia_Fey] Soma...Thank you for everything so far. It's helped.
[Soma] Glad to hear it. *rubs his shoulder*
* Mia_Fey heads back into the Sanctuary.
* Georik has joined #theyard
* Georik enters. "...What in the blazes is with the moon?"
* octopus has joined #theyard
* Mia_Fey sighs, before crossing both arms over her chest. "It's not important right now. I
need to ask you something, Georik."
[Georik] Yes?
[Mia_Fey] Tell me something...what do you know about dark stones?
[Georik] Well some have different properties assigned to them, Onyx supposedly wards off
evil - why?
* Georik gives Fey a rather funny look.
* Mia_Fey tries to keep her facial expressions to a minimum. "...Do you possess or did you
give someone a dark stone? Something similar to onyx?"
[Georik] How did you know?
[Mia_Fey] I found out from someone.
[Georik] I did received an Onyx.
[Mia_Fey] Where did you receive it?
[Georik] At my study, I had brought the package here...
[Georik] Why do you ask?
[Mia_Fey] ...I'm glad that you're giving me all these answers willingly. One more thing; who
gave you the stone?
[Georik] I do not know.
[Georik] [though I'm starting to suspect...]
[Georik] I just found it in my study one day, and the way it was addressed to me is not in a
manner that anyone I know would write such a note.
[Mia_Fey] You're telling me the truth, right?
[Georik] I am.
[Mia_Fey] Stay right here then. I might need to ask you some more questions in the future.
[Georik] ...?
* Mia_Fey pulls out a PINpoint and starts sending someone a text message or two.
* Georik watches her.
[Georik] Well?
* Mia_Fey puts away her PINPoint and looks over at him. "...That stone has something to do
with the mess Wright is in."
[Georik] ...How?
[Mia_Fey] Wright has been doing some footwork with a set of riddles, trying to get leads on
where Edgeworth might be. One of those puzzles mentioned the stone.
[Georik] ...Ah! But the only ones who knew is Phoenix, Otto, St. Germant, myself, and
Timothy.
* Georik looks alarmed.
* Mia_Fey catches sight of his expression, getting slightly worried now. "...Well, unless
one of them likes playing games, someone else might know."
[Georik] .... St. Germant and Timothy would never... and you already can vouch for Phoenix
and Otto.
[Georik] [if Glening knows... Oh dear... Lillith!]
[octopus] ((Edgeworth: Another person in my priso- OH MY GOD!!))
[Mia_Fey] ...Sounds like another person knows. If all of the other people wouldn't do such a
thing.
* Georik now really looks ashen.
[Mia_Fey] Georik? Care to tell me what you think about this problem?
[Georik] ...Glening, that god damn cur.
* Mia_Fey is interested in this now. "Glening. A friend of yours, I'm guessing?"
[Georik] Far from a friend!
[Mia_Fey] ! You mean..wait...that name...
[Mia_Fey] Bruno? The one that might be working with Gant after all?
* Georik 's eyes flashed, and his cheeks grow red. "He is my... 'Supervisor', and far from
my superior, a scheming, convinning back-stabbing fiend, one and the same."
[Georik] So they are working together.
[Georik] Edgeworth is in trouble.
[Mia_Fey] So now we know who's behind the whole thing. Everything's starting to make sense,
the two of them working together, executing this complex plan.
* Georik growls softly.
[Georik] If I get my hands on that vile cur...
* St_Germant sliiides open the door and peeks out timidly. "Ah.. excuse me for interrupting,
but is everything alright out here?"
[Georik] Ah - *he almost said everyting is fine, but something stops him.
* Mia_Fey looks over at the newcomer. "...? Who are you?"
[Georik] St. Germant
[Georik] he is one of my two best friends.
[Mia_Fey] So, he's a friend of yours. Alright...I'll trust him for now.
[St_Germant] ...Ahh..
* St_Germant looks even more timid now.
* St_Germant steps outside and shuts the door, although now he looks even more timid leaning
against it.
[Mia_Fey] I'll allow Georik to explain things better. After all, it is involving people he
knows and his world.
[Georik] Glening helped that man Gant to kidnap Edgeworth apparently.
* St_Germant goes from looking timid to.. horrified. "..He.. oh dear.."
* octopus opens the door and peers out, frowning.
* St_Germant gets pushed forward a bit as the door opens behind him.
[St_Germant] ...Oh!
[octopus] Gah- sorry, St Germant...
[St_Germant] Ahh.. it is alright, Otto. I should not have been standing there in the first
place..
* St_Germant manages a nervous little smile.
[Georik] Why would he put a... riddle that concerns me? What did it say?
* octopus slips out and joins Germant. Hey, if he's allowed to listen...
* St_Germant looks troubled.
[Mia_Fey] ...It's not hard to remember such a strange riddle: Solid piece of night, Claimed
by one who turned from light, Embracing darkness.
[St_Germant] ...how does... that...
* St_Germant frowns. "That is not a very nice riddle at all." He says, quietly.
[Georik] Probably attempting to divide us. *He turns his head, glaring elsewhere.*
[Mia_Fey] Perhaps. Or maybe...they're trying to walk us all into a trap.
* St_Germant nervously removes his glasses and cleans them with a rag.
[Georik] Probably, and that riddle - whoever wrote that knows nothing of me. [knows too much]
[Georik] ((and bullshit meter reads...))
[octopus] It sounds like we're one step closer to solving this?
[Mia_Fey] Yes, but something about it bothers me.
[Georik] What?
[Mia_Fey] Well, this entire situation. That riddle in particular...if Glening was the only
one who could've wrote it, then why was it left to be found in the first place?
[Georik] ...They want us to find him.
[Mia_Fey] ...So even from the beginning, we've been playing into their hands. That might
answer the other question I have.
* St_Germant puts his glasses back on and frowns.
[octopus] ...furthermore, they must have expected that Phoenix would be getting help from us.
[Georik] Why.
[Mia_Fey] ...They want us all for a reason. Either to be eliminated...or something more.
* Georik has a suspicion he knows what Glening wants from him.
[Georik] sounds logical.
[Georik] Glening hates my very existence,
[St_Germant] ...
* St_Germant looks uncomfortable now. He sighs.
* octopus utters an annoyed grunt. "Glening and Gant are most interested in you, Phoenix and
Edgeworth. They havn't counted on the number of people willing to step forth and help you."
[St_Germant] ..So.. if they are working together, Gant and Bruno.. then where is Mr.
Edgeworth?
[Georik] ... what were the other clues?
[St_Germant] Is he.. no, he cannot be there. I would have seen them.
* St_Germant bites his thumb in thought.
[Georik] Where?
* Georik looks to St. Germant.
[St_Germant] In his laboratory. I frequent there. I do not go investigating too much while I
am there, but he has me do tasks for him during my shift.
* St_Germant mentions not what those tasks are.
[Georik] ...Mia, what were the other clues?
[Mia_Fey] ...Well, Wright acquired three haikus and with each one was an item. One was a
blue teardrop gem, another was a glowing feather, and the last one was a yellow flower.
[Georik] ...Glowing - Phoenix Feather?
[Georik] and what did the flower look like?
[Mia_Fey] I don't know, he couldn't recognize what they looked like.
* St_Germant looks at Georik.
[Mia_Fey] None of the items sounded very common though...
[Georik] ... the Jewelled Den had a Phoenix feather.
[Georik] [as the Golden Goose, but I can't mention that]
* octopus has no idea what all of this refers to.
* St_Germant looks confused and nervous.
[Georik] It's a shop in my wo...
* Mia_Fey seems slightly worried as well, but isn't trying to show it. "...What does a
Phoenix Feather do anyways? It is some sort of artifact?"
[octopus] Probably just a peacock feather.
[Georik] You seen it before I'm sure Otto, I had one on me. It's a regeant for some formula.
[octopus] ...huh... that's what that was?
* octopus shakes his head. "Either way..."
[Georik] Yes.
[Georik] All the evidence is pointing to mine and Germant's world.
[Mia_Fey] True, and if Wright is using the follwing the clues, he's already there.
[Georik] ... where in my world.
[octopus] ....presumably, in your home city?
* Georik 's eyes narrowed a little, if he followed the clues, and the clues pointed to
himself...
[Mia_Fey] Wherever the stone was, I take it.
[octopus] ((Phoenix: *is in the palace dungeon*))
[Georik] My Manor. *oh he sounds very agitated.
* St_Germant turns to look at Georik. "...Georik. I am going to head back. I have work to
finish, anyway. I will see if I can find anything that Bruno might be hiding."
[Georik] Thank you, be careful.
* St_Germant nods. "I will. I will let everyone know what I find. Take care, in the
meantime, everyone." He pulls out his PIN and presses a button on it, leaving the yard.
* octopus nods to Germant.
[Georik] ...Fine, we shall head to my Manor.
[Mia_Fey] ...Alright, I want to go with you. We're so close to figuring it all out.
[octopus] Yes... if Gant and Glening think that they can terrorize you three, they've got
another thing coming.
[Georik] (( #Georikmanor )) Here are the coordinates.
* octopus copies them into his own PINpoint, and PINs out.
* Mia_Fey PINPoints out as well, once receiving the coordinates.
* Mia_Fey has joined #Georikmanor
* Georik PINs into the Dining room, it's a high-vaulted ceiling with thick red drapes
covering the windows, and a table fit for twelve with wrought iron chandeliers, those
sensitive can sense a lot of sad, and almost oppressive energy in the house, and something
perhaps a bit sinister underneath it all.
[Georik] Timothy? ... Timothy come here! ... where is that boy?
* octopus follows soon after. He would never admit to being intrigued or excited about
finally getting to see Georik's world.
[Georik] *one may noticed their clothing has changed, to be more period-suited*
[Georik] ... Damnit, he's not - *blinks as he looked at Otto and Mia* ...Your clothes.
[octopus] ...huh. We won't stand out as much if anyone sees us... who is Timothy?
[Georik] My Housekeeper, who apparently has gone missing.
* Mia_Fey follows at a close pace also, examining every little detail of Georik's world.
It's an intersting place for her, at least. "...Maybe Wright found him?"
[octopus] .....or Glening.
[St_Germant] ((Otto: Professional killjoy.))
[Georik] ...Damn it, that boy should've left a note if he... Stay here. *he runs to the
Basement - Lillith is there in her room, so not Glening, and his study's distrubed, and he
runs back up*
[Georik] They're not here.
[octopus] .....hn. Any sign of a struggle?
[Georik] None.
[Georik] Though my downstairs study has been distrubed.
[Mia_Fey] So then, where could they have gone?
[octopus] Hm....
[octopus] Not to the shop that you mentioned?
[Georik] And to think they'll be foolish enough to come out at... the Shop should be closed
by this hour, *sigh* but we have little else to go on.
* octopus looks around, possibly in search of a note on the table or some clue as to the
disappearance of Timothy and possibly Phoenix.
[Georik] *there is no note*
[octopus] Try sending him a text message, perhaps.
[Georik] I'll see if I can hail a cab... ! of course.
* Georik looks to Mia. "If you will."
[Mia_Fey] Sure thing. *pulls out said device and sends Wright a message*
* Georik places restlessly. "Why at this time, with Whistler..."
* octopus raises an eyebrow.
* Georik throws open the curtain to look outside, and frowns at a man loitering about. "A
serial murderer."
[octopus] ...hmph. So they have them on your world, even at this point in history.
[Georik] He targets women and animals, though both Phoenix and Timothy as males - I'm still
concerned.
[Mia_Fey] I've got his location, the Jewelled Den. Just like you predicted, Georik. Let's
get going.
[octopus] M-hmm. It's not so easy to tell who you're attacking in the d- ahh.
[Georik] Right. *checks time* ...And a cab would not come by soon, we'll have to walk.
[Georik] Damnit all to hell, let us hurry and stay together.
* octopus smirks. "Common criminals or knife-wielding lunatics won't be a problem.... I'll
see to it if there's trouble."
[Mia_Fey] WEll, this will be interesting. Lets just hurry so we don't have a chance to see
these criminals at work.
[octopus] *weak laugh* I'd rather we don't run into trouble, of course...
[Georik] *and off they went, Georik guiding them twisting side roads* There are watchmen
patrolling about, we cannot be spotted, or else we'll be held up.
[Georik] Not to mention if either men are here, we cannot let them known we're onto them.
* octopus nods. Peering just out through the hem of his overcoat is a glass 'eye', giving
him a view from behind of the situation.
[Mia_Fey] This just keeps getting dangerous by the second...*is staying close to the others,
of course*
[Georik] The city didn't use to be so dangerous.
* Georik has his sword drawn.
* octopus would say that he isn't so sure about that, given how potentially dangerous any
large concentration of humans is, but...
* Phoenix_Wright starts awake. Bad dreams again. More importantly,
he still can't figure out for the life of him what the damn
haiku is pointing him too. This is pretty frustrating, as can be
imagined. He looks at it again.
[GantplotGM] ((I will interject if need be. This is... day 2, for
the record.))
[Phoenix_Wright] ((Just need a repost.))
[GantplotGM] ((LOLs haiku: Gathered carefully,
[GantplotGM] Yellow blossoming outward,
[GantplotGM] A gift for a loss.
* Phoenix_Wright rubs his face. Crap. He pulls his PIN out and
begins texting. [mia -- found strange feather in edgeworth's
office, glows. another haiku, but can't figure it out. any
ideas?] He adds the haiku and waits, drumming his fingers. He
doesn't like wasting time.
* Mia_Fey has been waiting patiently for another contact from
Wright, so the message is a welcome sight indeed. Especially
since she feels like the one waiting time here. [...A strange
feather? Regardless, I'll give you my ideas, since this one
seems easier than before.]
* Phoenix_Wright waits. He hopes she has a better idea than HE
does.
[Mia_Fey] [I don't know where this will lead you next but, that
haiku...it sounds like it's talking about flowers. Blooming,
gathering for a loss; that is what I think]
[Phoenix_Wright] [any particular type?]
[Mia_Fey] [...Let me think about that for a minute, Wright.
Considering how many flowers exist in the world.]
* Phoenix_Wright sighs. [Should've guessed it wouldn't be that
easy.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [its gotta relate to something specific. last
note was about edgeworth, note before that about gant. gotta be
something.]
[Mia_Fey] [So, it might relate to another significant person. Me,
you, anyone...]
[Mia_Fey] [Wait a second...Wright, I think I might have it.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [stupid question: edgeworth ever give you
flowers?]
[Mia_Fey] [...You must have thought that at the same time I did]
[Phoenix_Wright] [what?]
* Phoenix_Wright sits up and takes notice.
[Mia_Fey] [He did...To my office]
[Phoenix_Wright] [then that must be where the next clue is.]
[Mia_Fey] [...You better get going. I doubt you'll let me come
help you in person, even if I ask again.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [will text again in a little while. thanks
again.]
* Phoenix_Wright stands up and readjusts his hat. Thankfully, he
still has the coordinates in mind from the last time he had to
go to Mia's office -- as horrible as THAT experience was. He
PINs there.
[GantplotGM] *Mia's office looks like it did the last time Phoenix
was there. Minus the murder scene anyway. And there's no broken
window, either. Of course, he's not actually in the office,
reappearing in the same place as last time initially.*
* Phoenix_Wright sighs. [Running around like this... I feel like
some sort of errand boy. I guess it could be worse...]
* Phoenix_Wright goes to the door to her office.
[Phoenix_Wright] ((Is it unlocked?))
[Mia_Fey] *The office itself seems very similar to Nick's, in a
lot of the usual funiture and the like. The bookshelves might
even taunt Phoenix the same way. Her desk is clean and neat,
with a small vase of yellow flowers sitting in the corner.*
[Mia_Fey] ((Yeah, it is))
[Phoenix_Wright] [There's the flowers...]
* Phoenix_Wright heads over, peering into the vase.
[GantplotGM] *There's not many flowers, although they certainly do
not look like anything Phoenix's has seen. They even have a
distinct, pretty smell to them.*
* Phoenix_Wright pulls one out, admiring it. [I can't say I
recognize this variety... Edgeworth really sent these? No, those
are probably long gone. Then what...?]
[GantplotGM] *there's a small tag hanging from the bottom of one
of the stems.*
[GantplotGM] ((The flowers kind of look like this, but with longer
petals: http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/ikmp/images/acacias.gif))
[Phoenix_Wright] [Bingo. Okay, what have we got here...]
[GantplotGM] ((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Acacia_constricta
_flower.jpg))
[GantplotGM] ((That's a better one.))
[GantplotGM] Another Haiku is on the card! This one says: Solid
piece of night,
[GantplotGM] Claimed by one who turned from light,
[GantplotGM] Embracing darkness.
[Phoenix_Wright] [...huh?]
[GantplotGM] ((Totally expected that reaction, btw. XD))
[Phoenix_Wright] [Maybe Mia has an idea... better get out of here
before the Phoenix she knwos gets back.]
* Phoenix_Wright PINs back to the room.
* Phoenix_Wright sighs. [Base by base by base... how long is he
gonna have me doing this?]
[Phoenix_Wright] [mia -- found flowers, don't recognize what kind.
also haiku:] *inputs*
[Mia_Fey] [...Darkness, Light? I'm honestly not sure what to make
of this one, Wright. But it must be referring to someone.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [yeah, i don't get it either. may have to ask
around the sanc about this one, honestly.] [Dammit.]
[Mia_Fey] [want me to go ask for you? at least then, you won't
risk your mission]
[Phoenix_Wright] [if you could, thanks.]
[Mia_Fey] [no problem. Take the little time you have to think
about who this might be referring to, Wright. I'll go see if
someone in the sanctuary can help]
[Phoenix_Wright] [good luck.]
* Phoenix_Wright puts his head in his hands. [Doesn't make any
sense... yeah, Mia did something bad, but it was hardly a
darkside turn. Who the hell could this be referring to? And...
where am I supposed to go?]
* Soma has joined #gantplot
[Soma] ((lurk))
[Phoenix_Wright] ((Poor Phoenix is sort of waiting around at this
point clueless.))
[Mia_Fey] *sends a text message back* [Wright...I think I have one
part of it solved. The 'solid piece of night' might be referring
to a stone of sorts. As for the person in question, I've got
practically nothing steady there.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [a stone? like what?]
[Mia_Fey] [Soma said something about a person possessing a dark
stone, possibly even a specific type like Oynx, Jet, or
Obsidian.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [An... onyx? Who would I know who has a --]
* Phoenix_Wright 's eyes widen. A gift of a stone... "needs to
repent for his sins..."
[Phoenix_Wright] *there doesn't seem to be a reply for a bit*
[Phoenix_Wright] *finally, after a few minutes* [georik]
[Mia_Fey] [...? Georik?]
[Phoenix_Wright] [got some stone a while back, didn't know why.
but i recall it being an onyx or something. and there's
something odd about him. dark. he's my friend but...]
[Mia_Fey] [...We'll need to talk to him then.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [yeah... if he'll talk]
[Mia_Fey] [I'll make him talk if I have to]
* Phoenix_Wright pulls his hat down further over his eyes. If
Georik is mentioned, that can mean only one thing: this isn't
just Gant's game.
[Mia_Fey] *Sends off another message* [Wright...you're correct.
Georik confessed to having a stone at one point.]
* Phoenix_Wright closes his eyes. Shit. [that's not good.]
[Mia_Fey] [I have the original location of the stone, prior to it
coming to the Sanctuary/Nexus. He received it in his study.]
* Phoenix_Wright takes a deep breath. [all right. would ask for
coordinates, but probably silly. will have to scan.] He sets the
scanning function for Georik's office. Thank God he finally
figured these things out some.
[Mia_Fey] [Would be suspicious too. Anything else?]
[Phoenix_Wright] [don't think gant's alone on this. that boss of
georik's may be involved. will let you know what i find out.]
[Mia_Fey] [...Understood.]
* Phoenix_Wright waits. This will probably take a bit. There's a
sick feeling growing in his stomach -- not that it wasn't there
before, but this seems to be a whole new VERSION of it! Yay.
[Phoenix_Wright] *beep! location found*
[Phoenix_Wright] [All right... here we go...]
* Phoenix_Wright PINs.
* Georikshouse has joined #gantplot
* Phoenix_Wright looks around. [Not the way I would've expected to
visit Georik's place...]
[Georikshouse] *the study has no windows, and it's a moderate
size-room, but it seemed smaller due to the vast amount of
things within, in the corner is an anathor - a small oven made
for a special kind of cooking, there are books spilling from the
shelves, and piled about the floor, there is a desk with many
beakers, measuring tools, and other things that seemed more
suited to a chemist... or even an alchemist's store, and there
are bottles, neatly la
[Phoenix_Wright] ((neatly la))
[Georikshouse] labelled - some thing are mundane - tin, but others
are highly toxic poisons like mercury and cobalt.
[Phoenix_Wright] [Hmm... can't say this is what I expected. But
then again, I don't really know that much about him... I'd
better look around.]
[Georikshouse] *there are crude 'posters' put up, anatomical
charts, and others are seals of sort, with various symbols, and
lines connecting them to each other. And there is the snake
motif repeated all over on the walls and shelving, brass
hawkheads serve as handles for the desk.
[Phoenix_Wright] [This motif... his family seal, right?] *runs his
hand over the hawkheads idly*
[Georikshouse] *none of the drawers are locked, though only one
drawer has a keyhole.
[Phoenix_Wright] [I... I shouldn't do this, it's Georik's house!
But... if something important is hidden here...]
* Phoenix_Wright bites the bullet and begins searching drawers.
[Georikshouse] *one drawer has an Onyx in it, and closed off
bottles of Indian Ink, calligraphy pens, and pencils, another is
empty,
[Georikshouse] *another is empty, a third seems to be empty, but
there's a seem in the bottom of this drawer.
[Phoenix_Wright] [...?]
* Phoenix_Wright frowns. He only just catches sight of the seem as
he's about to close the drawer again. He opens it wider, feeling
along it.
[Georikshouse] *there seems to be a hidden drawer.
* Georikshouse is now known as Timothy
[Phoenix_Wright] [What... why would Georik have a hidden drawer?]
[Timothy] *it's easily lifted, and dusting from the dust, it
hasn't been touched in years.
* Phoenix_Wright does this, feeling guilty all the while.
[Timothy] *there's a bundle of papers, in different handwriting
then Georik's.*
[Phoenix_Wright] [...this can't be relevant, right? If it hasn't
been touched for a while... I... I should just put these back...]
[Timothy] OY! Who the hell are you?! *the voice sounded young - a
boy whose voice hasn't cracked yet*
[Phoenix_Wright] !!
* Phoenix_Wright turns around. "Ah..."
* Timothy has out a butterfly knife, he is a rather annoyed
looking young teen with light reddish hair that seem pink in
this light with violet eyes. "Why are you in Master Georik's
study thief!"
[Phoenix_Wright] [Hurk...]
[Timothy] And who are you?
[Phoenix_Wright] I, ah... I'm a friend of Georik's! Ah, Phoenix!
Phoenix Wright. He, uh, he wanted me to get something for him...
[Phoenix_Wright] [Knife knife knife knife KNIFE...]
[Timothy] Liar! He wouldn't send anyone downstairs. *he does
recognize the name and hasn't moved to actually slash at him*
[Timothy] Why are you here?
[Phoenix_Wright] I... it's complicated...
[Phoenix_Wright] ! Wait, maybe you'd be able to notice, if you
know this place... does anything seem out of place to you? Um,
I mean aside from me...
[Timothy] [Georik would probably kill people who come here, but if
this is Wright... hurk] *looks around* Other then what you did?
No, now explain yourself.
[Phoenix_Wright] Um, how do I start...
* Phoenix_Wright rubs his face. "I can't say much. All I can say
is that a friend desperately needs something someone may have
put in here, and if I don't find it he may be in trouble..."
[Timothy] Least you're not that Dashwood creep. *he flicks the
knife close, but the ease of it suggest he can flick it open at
any moment* Names.
[Phoenix_Wright] Um... my friend's name is Edgeworth. He may have
been taken by a man named Gant... and possibly someone named
Glening.
[Timothy] ...! Glening - did you say Glening?
* Phoenix_Wright nods. "It's the only reason I can think of I'd be
led here... especially since it sounds like this isn't a place
he invites people to often."
[Timothy] How did that... come upstairs.
* Timothy pockets the knife.
* Phoenix_Wright blinks, and follows. He's not sure where this is
going...
* Timothy leads into the hall, and closes the door behind Phoenix
- which has a Hawk and moon embelm, and leads Phoenix up a
flight of stairs into a large, and minially but tastefully done
manor - which probably has an air of suffocating melachony. "All
right, Master Georik isn't going to like anyone in that study,
and I really by right throw you out of here."
* Phoenix_Wright swallows
[Timothy] But if Glening's involved - he should know.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...there... I think there's supposed to be a
clue, somewhere in there.
[Timothy] I'll go look, you stay up here.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...okay.
* Phoenix_Wright sits, waiting. Doesn't like waiting. Feels like
he should be doing SOMETING.
[Timothy] *especially since this place is spacious, and just full
of a feeling of loss and tragedy
[GantplotGM] *Phoenix's cell phone rings. How? Don't ask. It just
does. Edgeworth's number comes up.*
[Phoenix_Wright] ? ...!!!
[Phoenix_Wright] ((We're just lucky the jail let him retain that.
X3))
* GantplotGM is now known as Damon_Gant
[Damon_Gant] ((So the police are a little dumb. XD))
* Phoenix_Wright feels his stomach clench, but he answers it.
"...hello?"
* Damon_Gant sounds rather chipper on the other side. "Hello,
Wrighto! Been swimming lately?"
* Phoenix_Wright grits his teeth. "Gant..."
[Damon_Gant] Oh, I suppose you haven't had time for that, what
with being in prison and all.
[Phoenix_Wright] What the hell are you calling me for? Just to
taunt me?
[Damon_Gant] Perhaps I just wanted to hear your voice, Wrighto.
[Damon_Gant] Is that a problem?
[Phoenix_Wright] Where's Edgeworth? Is he okay?
[Damon_Gant] He is alright. I guess. I don't know, I have not been
paying attention.
[Damon_Gant] He is a rather fascinating sort though. Did you know
he is afraid of earthquakes? And he lives in LA.
[Phoenix_Wright] !!
[Damon_Gant] Rather silly, if you ask me.
[Phoenix_Wright] [How... how the hell does he know about that?!]
[Phoenix_Wright] Is... is that so.
[Damon_Gant] Oh, yes. It's rather interesting, really. Poor boy's
going to have a heart attack before he hits 30 at the rate he's
going.
[Phoenix_Wright] I swear to God, if you hurt him in any way,
I'll...
* Damon_Gant laughs.
[Damon_Gant] I have not done a thing since he arrived. I have not
even fed him, either. I wonder if he is even still alive...
* Phoenix_Wright 's hand clenches and unclenches. He doesn't think
he's hated anybody more than he hates this man right now.
[Phoenix_Wright] Damn you!
[Damon_Gant] It does not bother me at all what happens to him. He
is not the one I am after, Wrighto.
* Timothy comes upstairs and stares quietly
[Phoenix_Wright] ...what?
[Damon_Gant] He just happens to be.. valuable.
[Phoenix_Wright] And... who's the one you're really after, then?
[Phoenix_Wright] [As if I didn't know...]
[Damon_Gant] You are a smart boy, Wrighto.
[Damon_Gant] You will figure it out soon. ...Or maybe you will
not. But if that is true.. then LA's going to be short one
lawyer.
[Damon_Gant] Have fun, Wrighto~! *click*
[Phoenix_Wright] You son of a bi -- URGH!
* Phoenix_Wright stuffs the phone in his pocket angrily.
[Timothy] What the hell?
[Phoenix_Wright] ! Oh, you came... did you find anything?
[Timothy] Nope, except for those letters you pulled out.
* Phoenix_Wright winced. "Sorry. I was looking around, hoping to
find something... but this doesn't make any sense. There should
be SOMETHING, or else why would he have directed me here?"
[Timothy] What lead you here?
[Phoenix_Wright] A haiku... attached to a yellow flower.
[Timothy] Mimosa?
[Phoenix_Wright] Mimosa?
[Timothy] They're a kind of yellow flower, they only grow in
Hardland
[Phoenix_Wright] Could I see one?
[Timothy] Uhm, I think Georik has one dried. *he runs off, and
returns*
* Timothy holds up a dried flower, it's a faded yellow color.
[Phoenix_Wright] ! That's it!
[Phoenix_Wright] But what where they doing in Mia's office? Come
to think of it, what was with half the stuff he gave me...?
[Timothy] Stuff?
[Phoenix_Wright] Um, here...
* Phoenix_Wright holds them out -- a teardrop pendent, a glowing
feather, the flower.
[Timothy] ...! A Phoenix Feather.
[Timothy] They're hard to find, only that man in the Jewelled Den
has them - Georik bought one not too long ago.
[Phoenix_Wright] The man in the Jewelled Den? Where is this man?
[Phoenix_Wright] [Phoenix feather... oh har har hardee har har
Gant.]
[Timothy] Probably in that store, Supposedly he's some scholar
from the far east.
[Phoenix_Wright] Can you show me where this store is?
[Timothy] Yes! I'll go get a cab. It's not safe to be out at night.
* Phoenix_Wright nods. "Thank you. I appreciate your help..."
[Timothy] Well I got a reason to know what Glening is up too as
well.
* Phoenix_Wright nods. "Everything I'd seen of him gave me a bad
feeling, and it looks like it might've been well-deserved...
let's hurry."
* Timothy had managed to hail down a Hansom cab. "Jewelled Den -
two hundred Zechs if you get there within ten minutes!"
* Phoenix_Wright would appreciate the old-fashioned quaintness of
this all if he wasn't so hurried -- although he does notice for
the first time that a lot of his ensemble seems to have changed
to match the setting. Odd.
* Timothy jumps in as the driver flick his whip and the carriage
goes barrelling down over cobblestone road.
* Phoenix_Wright is definitely getting shaken here. Whoa.
[Timothy] *it stops in front of a small, slanted roof shop in a
street that's practically deserted, there's a hanging sign that
has a large gem painted on it.
* Phoenix_Wright gets out, looking up. Is it open?
* Timothy knocks on the door. "Hullo! Open u-oaf!" the door is
thrown open, and he's knocked to the side as a red-haired man
with oddly colored skin walks out - he seems to have a whip on
his hip, and chaps, he's counting coins as another man, Asian,
wearing a haori and kimono stops at the door, yelling at him in
some other language.
[Timothy] It's that bas-! *he jerks, decided not to follow after
the man in chaps.* You, *to the storeowner* We gotta talk!
[Phoenix_Wright] ???
[Timothy] [Gennai] No talk, enough visitors for night, good-bye!
*goes to close the door, but Timothy ram his foot in placE* I
say go home!
[Phoenix_Wright] Wait, sir, please! I need to talk to you
desperately!
* Phoenix_Wright fishes out the feather. "This feather... I hear
you sell them. Where did you get them? Please!"
[Timothy] [Gennai] Why? to get money to protect? *looks at Phoenix
then Timothy*
[Phoenix_Wright] It... it's a matter of life or death, sir. I
need to know.
[Timothy] Please, we got to ask, it's very important,
[Timothy] [Gennai] *has a hand on his sword hilt, as he chewed on
the grass between his lips* Come in.
* Phoenix_Wright follows.
[Timothy] [Gennai] Ask quickly. *there's obviously signs of a
struggle in here*
* Phoenix_Wright wants to ask, but there's more important things.
"This feather... where did you get these?"
[Timothy] From home, the Suzaku - Phoenix you call them, they
roost there, and we take feathers from nests when they reborn.
[Timothy] (*[Gennai])
* Phoenix_Wright frowns. "Why would anybody buy these?"
[Timothy] [Gennai] For looks, or for uses in research.
[Phoenix_Wright] What sort of research?
[Timothy] [Gennai] Alchemical, but not much interest due to laws
here.
[Phoenix_Wright] Laws?
[Timothy] Anyone caught practicing magic or performing Alchemy
experiments receives the death penalty
[Phoenix_Wright] [So that means Georik has been systematically
breaking the law...]
[Phoenix_Wright] Do either of these items mean anything to you?
*holds up the teardrop crystal and the flower*
[Timothy] or they could end up in prison for life - after being
made to confess. It's really stupid, Featherland does just fine
with Alchemy encouraged.
* Phoenix_Wright frowns.
* Timothy has a strong accent that is quite different from
Georik's, Germant's or Mikhails.
[Timothy] [Gennai] Why you ask?
[Phoenix_Wright] I'm trying to track down a location. I thought
maybe these items might be clues to it.
[Timothy] [Gennai] You not with government?
[Phoenix_Wright] No, no I'm not.
[Timothy] [Gennai] Cannot tell you where they go, but who bought.
[Phoenix_Wright] Who?
[Timothy] Georik is one?
* Phoenix_Wright nods. "I figured that, yes."
[Timothy] [Gennai] Right - other is a strange man, in Orange.
[Phoenix_Wright] !!!
[Phoenix_Wright] [Gant!]
[Timothy] Who's the guy?
[Phoenix_Wright] He gave no indication where he was going?
[Timothy] [Gennai] No - I not ask either, not my place to pry.
[Phoenix_Wright] [Damnit!]
[Phoenix_Wright] Did he say anything to you at all before he left?
[Timothy] [Gennai] Just that it was gift, to good friend.
[Phoenix_Wright] [Gaaaah!]
[Mia_Fey] *Wright might hear his PINPoint going off. Someone's
sending him a text message.]
[Phoenix_Wright] ! Hold on a second...
[Timothy] What in the heck is that?
* Phoenix_Wright ducks off to the side a bit and pulls his PIN out.
[Timothy] [Gennai] *seems insanely interested, same look that St.
Germant has.
[Mia_Fey] [Wright, where are you? Specific location, please?]
[Phoenix_Wright] [some store -- jeweled den. you guys aren't
looking for me? i told you guys that could be dangerous.]
[Mia_Fey] [...We'll talk later Wright. Bye.]
[Timothy] [Gennai] What that?
* Phoenix_Wright looks. "We have to go, now. They could be here
any second. Sir, is there any place in particular this flower
might grow in abundance?"
* Damon_Gant is now known as Whistler
* Phoenix_Wright holds up the Mimosa. "That's not important right
now. I need to know!"
[Timothy] [Gennai] *peers* Ah, Geutrink, not likely to be anymore.
[Phoenix_Wright] Geutrink?
[Timothy] That's the village Georik was from. The place burned
down some months ago.
[Phoenix_Wright] !
* Phoenix_Wright closes his eyes. [Perhaps... I wonder if the
person they're going after is...]
[Timothy] [Gennai] Yes, great Tragedy.
[Phoenix_Wright] What happened, exactly?
[Timothy] [Gennai] rumors abound - all I know is fire engulfed
village, all 800 villagers died, including Lillith Zaberisk.
* Phoenix_Wright thinks he feels his heart stop. "800?
...Zaberisk?"
[Whistler] *A woman's scream is heard, not very far from the
store, but quite a distance away.*
[Phoenix_Wright] !!
[Timothy] Ahh!
[Timothy] [Gennai] Whistler!
[Phoenix_Wright] That was...!
[Timothy] *Gennai ran out of the store, sword drawn*
* Phoenix_Wright follows. "What's going on?!"
[Timothy] Oh god... we got to go. *he follows those two, thinking
they're both idiots*
[Whistler] *There is silence, for a few seconds. And then...
someone whistling a haunting tune, which would be recognized as
'the Saints Go Marching'.*
[Timothy] [Gennai] Come out coward!
* Phoenix_Wright frowns and looks around, confused. "What... is
that?"
[Timothy] ...Phoenix, we got to go - that's the killer's callsign.
[Phoenix_Wright] Killer?
[Timothy] Whistler the Ripper.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...oh, well that sounds lovely. *swallows*
[Whistler] *The whistling is certainly down an alleyway, although
it is starting to fade, as the next verse is whistled.*
[Phoenix_Wright] ...I don't want to leave that alone, but I can't
do much... I have somewhere more important to go anyway.
[Timothy] [Gennai] *looks around, and heads in another direction,
trying to cut him off*
[Timothy] Right, we got to hurry back! *yanks on Phoenix's sleeves
back towards the manor - screw cabs, he's going to bolt
* Phoenix_Wright tries to yank his sleeve out of his hand.
[Timothy] You crazy?
* octopus has joined #gantplot
* Georik has joined #gantplot
[Phoenix_Wright] I have my own way of getting around... and I've
got someplace I have to go.
[Phoenix_Wright] Just... let go, please!
[Timothy] If you're Georik's friend, I'm gonna make sure you-
[Phoenix_Wright] No!
[Whistler] *Whoever was down this one alleyway left behind a nice
mangled body. Looks like someone had a field day*
[octopus] ((da da dan the cavalry is here))
[Phoenix_Wright] Aggh!
[Georik] My...! *had stumbled across the body first from the
direction they came in at*
[octopus] ...ugh....
* Phoenix_Wright tries REALLY hard to yank his sleeve away now.
[octopus] Someone screamd.
* Whistler stops whistling as he sees Gennai. And smiles a bit.
He's clad in black, large hat masking most of his face, although
whatever can be seen of his face is certainly reflecting
insanity. He's also covered in blood.
[Timothy] [Gennai] Stop now Coward! *his voice can be heard by th
others in a distance*
* Mia_Fey tries not to look at the dead body. "...! What is going
on here?"
[Georik] That scream... there's nothing we can do for the woman,
no doubt the Whistler got her, we have to get to Phoenix and
Timothy.
* octopus 's actuators rise out from underneath his coat.
"Hurry... this way!"
* octopus heads in the direction that the shouting is coming from.
* Whistler laughs and runs. "If yooou want to caaaatch me, you
must plaaaay tag with me first!"
* Timothy pales, doesn't let go, he looks simply terrified.
[Phoenix_Wright] Please! If they find me, my friend could die!
LET GO!
[Timothy] [Gennai] Enough games! *he runs at Whistler, trying to
run the murderer through.
* Phoenix_Wright REALLY tries to wrench his hand off now.
[Timothy] Gottogoohmygod... *tries to drag Phoenix in another
direction that might away from the voices.
[Phoenix_Wright] [Damnit, this little pipsqueak has a good grip...]
[Georik] Timothy! Phoenix?
* Phoenix_Wright pales. And finally has the sense to slip out of
the damn jacket.
* Whistler manages to dodge in a flurry of black, twisting around
and lunging with his dagger. "Yooou are it!" Aims with stabbies.
* octopus comes crashing up alongside Georik, actuators out and
readied. A glinting of metal catches his eye, and he notices the
two fighters nearby.
* Mia_Fey is just staying close behind Georik and Otto, since
really she can't fight as well as them. And getting it the way
wouldn't help the situation either.
[Timothy] [Gennai] *Yelps as he moves to block.* I am not easy to
defeat! *he slides to the side, giving an upward sweep.
* Timothy yanks Phoenix to behind the shop, before his grip
loosens, and he drops to his knees. He shouldn't be this scared
damnit!
[octopus] ...should I break that fight up? One of those two is no
doubt responsible for the bloodbath in the alley.
* Whistler laughs and ducks, although his hat nearly is knocked
off. He grabs at it, keeping it in place, before he aims a kick
at one of Gennai's shins. "Ahhh, those whoooo put up a fiiiight
are the best oooones to kill."
* Phoenix_Wright gathers up his jacket and yanks it away, putting
it back on and pulling out the PIN. "Tell them... when they find
you, give me half an hour head start, at least. That should be
long enough to make it seem like I'm alone...
[Timothy] O-o-o-kay...
[Phoenix_Wright] Thank you. And tell them I'm sorry.
[Georik] Do what you need to, I'm going to look for the two, Ms.
Fey - come with me.
* Phoenix_Wright uses the PIN to scan for this Geutrink place.
* Mia_Fey nods. "Right, I'll follow you, Georik"
* octopus nods, rising up on his tentacles and dashing out into
the fray.
[Timothy] [Gennai] You underestimate! *he is kicked, and he jerks
back - yelping* Monster! *he kept up the assault, and tried to
stab the cloaked person.
* Georik looks around the actual store, sword raised, his heart
pounding.
* Phoenix_Wright is parsing... parsing... parsing... THERE.
* Phoenix_Wright will probably be seen PINning out just as the
others find Timothy.
* Timothy is curled up into a ball and trembling.
[Timothy] [Gennai] What? *he jerks when he sees the man with
strange apphenages approach.
* Whistler swings his dagger to deflect it. There is strength to
the man cloaked in black, even if he's a bit slow. With a grin,
he aims another kick: at Gennai's other shin.
[Timothy] [Gennai] *rolls, or rather falls away from the kick, he
still hasn't let go of his blade, which he kept in a defensive
position.
[octopus] *between a sword-swinging merchant in a hakama and a
blood-stained, knife-wielding madman, Otto has little trouble
determining which is responsible for the killings. Silent but
for the whipping of the air around his actuators, he launches
himself at Whistler, tentacles snapping out to grab the cloaked
figure.*
* Whistler doesn't even seem to notice that Otto is coming. He's
about to lunge for Gennai again, but his arm is grabbed. He
looks at it, narrows his eyes, and pulls harder.
[Georik] ...Timothy! *he ran over to the boy* You damn idiot...
what were you - are you all right?
[Timothy] [Gennai] Thank you stranger! *He gets up, and moves to
actually pierce the murderer while he's restrained*
* octopus has one arm, and is about to grab the other when he sees
Gennai coming with sword raised- reflexively, he swats the
merchant away, hopefully just stunning him.
* Mia_Fey runs over to the boy as well. "...We're too late.
Phoenix is already gone, isn't he? Where did he go?"
* Whistler tries to get away, and since he can't move.. he gets
run through with a sword. "...Ahhh.. nnngk.." His voice..
changes slightly.
[octopus] ..ugh!
[Timothy] Ge...georik. Got to help...
* octopus cringes a bit at the sight of the impalement, and sinks
to the ground to examine whatever remains of 'Whistler the
Ripper', his free tentacle grabbing the man's other exposed
wrist.
* Soma is in the yard, and ignoring the creepy smiling moon overhead.
* Mia_Fey is uninterested in the moon right now. "I'm sorry to bother you like this, but
it's important. I have a problem that I can't solve, and you're the first person I saw."
[Soma] It's okay, if it's about Phoenix and Edgeworth, I'm ready to help anytime.
* Mia_Fey sighs "...I guess everyone is finding out about it now."
[Mia_Fey] Anyways, I have a riddle that needs solving: Solid piece of night, Claimed by one
who turned from light, Embracing darkness.
[Soma] ...Solid piece of night? Probably refers to something dark... solid,
[Soma] Maybe a stone of some kind?
[Mia_Fey] Perhaps, does this riddle make you think of anyone also?
[Soma] Obsidian, Onyx, Jet... turned from light to darkness,
[Soma] Someone that obviously isn't on the straight and narrow - and has reason to stay with
the darker forcers.
[Mia_Fey] So it's a person who turned their back on good, to be evil? From the light to the
dark?
[Soma] Perhaps not nessecarily evil, but has reason to deal with such things.
[Soma] and I'm guessing they're in possession of the dark stone.
[Mia_Fey] ...Well, it's better than what I could come up with.
* Mia_Fey pulls out her PINPoint and starts writing up a text message. "...I hope this
works."
[Soma] Trick is - who? that last line could refer to several people, even myself - though
obviously in a very vague context.
* Mia_Fey stops suddenly. "...You're right."
[Soma] ... but I don't have anything like what the first line suggest.
[Mia_Fey] Know anyone who might? I'll take any suggestions right now.
[Soma] Hmmm... I guessing it would be someone Phoenix would know.
[Mia_Fey] Well...I'll ask him.
* Soma pace, and looks up. "Same as you." He muttered at the damn smiling moon.
* Mia_Fey starts sending text messages to another person, but is still watching Soma
occasionally. "...It's creepy, I know."
* Soma isn't going to mention it's falling.
[Soma] Anything so far?
* Mia_Fey looks up from the PINPoint for a moment with a slightly worried expression on her
face. "Wright knows who it is..."
[Soma] So who?
[Mia_Fey] ...He mentioned Georik's name to me.
[Soma] Georik... hm, there is something odd about him, I just couldn't quite put my finger
on it.
[Mia_Fey] Regardless, I'm going to go back into the Sanctuary and drag him out here. He
holds the answers I want...in order to help Phoenix and Edgeworth.
[Soma] Good luck.
[Mia_Fey] Soma...Thank you for everything so far. It's helped.
[Soma] Glad to hear it. *rubs his shoulder*
* Mia_Fey heads back into the Sanctuary.
* Georik has joined #theyard
* Georik enters. "...What in the blazes is with the moon?"
* octopus has joined #theyard
* Mia_Fey sighs, before crossing both arms over her chest. "It's not important right now. I
need to ask you something, Georik."
[Georik] Yes?
[Mia_Fey] Tell me something...what do you know about dark stones?
[Georik] Well some have different properties assigned to them, Onyx supposedly wards off
evil - why?
* Georik gives Fey a rather funny look.
* Mia_Fey tries to keep her facial expressions to a minimum. "...Do you possess or did you
give someone a dark stone? Something similar to onyx?"
[Georik] How did you know?
[Mia_Fey] I found out from someone.
[Georik] I did received an Onyx.
[Mia_Fey] Where did you receive it?
[Georik] At my study, I had brought the package here...
[Georik] Why do you ask?
[Mia_Fey] ...I'm glad that you're giving me all these answers willingly. One more thing; who
gave you the stone?
[Georik] I do not know.
[Georik] [though I'm starting to suspect...]
[Georik] I just found it in my study one day, and the way it was addressed to me is not in a
manner that anyone I know would write such a note.
[Mia_Fey] You're telling me the truth, right?
[Georik] I am.
[Mia_Fey] Stay right here then. I might need to ask you some more questions in the future.
[Georik] ...?
* Mia_Fey pulls out a PINpoint and starts sending someone a text message or two.
* Georik watches her.
[Georik] Well?
* Mia_Fey puts away her PINPoint and looks over at him. "...That stone has something to do
with the mess Wright is in."
[Georik] ...How?
[Mia_Fey] Wright has been doing some footwork with a set of riddles, trying to get leads on
where Edgeworth might be. One of those puzzles mentioned the stone.
[Georik] ...Ah! But the only ones who knew is Phoenix, Otto, St. Germant, myself, and
Timothy.
* Georik looks alarmed.
* Mia_Fey catches sight of his expression, getting slightly worried now. "...Well, unless
one of them likes playing games, someone else might know."
[Georik] .... St. Germant and Timothy would never... and you already can vouch for Phoenix
and Otto.
[Georik] [if Glening knows... Oh dear... Lillith!]
[octopus] ((Edgeworth: Another person in my priso- OH MY GOD!!))
[Mia_Fey] ...Sounds like another person knows. If all of the other people wouldn't do such a
thing.
* Georik now really looks ashen.
[Mia_Fey] Georik? Care to tell me what you think about this problem?
[Georik] ...Glening, that god damn cur.
* Mia_Fey is interested in this now. "Glening. A friend of yours, I'm guessing?"
[Georik] Far from a friend!
[Mia_Fey] ! You mean..wait...that name...
[Mia_Fey] Bruno? The one that might be working with Gant after all?
* Georik 's eyes flashed, and his cheeks grow red. "He is my... 'Supervisor', and far from
my superior, a scheming, convinning back-stabbing fiend, one and the same."
[Georik] So they are working together.
[Georik] Edgeworth is in trouble.
[Mia_Fey] So now we know who's behind the whole thing. Everything's starting to make sense,
the two of them working together, executing this complex plan.
* Georik growls softly.
[Georik] If I get my hands on that vile cur...
* St_Germant sliiides open the door and peeks out timidly. "Ah.. excuse me for interrupting,
but is everything alright out here?"
[Georik] Ah - *he almost said everyting is fine, but something stops him.
* Mia_Fey looks over at the newcomer. "...? Who are you?"
[Georik] St. Germant
[Georik] he is one of my two best friends.
[Mia_Fey] So, he's a friend of yours. Alright...I'll trust him for now.
[St_Germant] ...Ahh..
* St_Germant looks even more timid now.
* St_Germant steps outside and shuts the door, although now he looks even more timid leaning
against it.
[Mia_Fey] I'll allow Georik to explain things better. After all, it is involving people he
knows and his world.
[Georik] Glening helped that man Gant to kidnap Edgeworth apparently.
* St_Germant goes from looking timid to.. horrified. "..He.. oh dear.."
* octopus opens the door and peers out, frowning.
* St_Germant gets pushed forward a bit as the door opens behind him.
[St_Germant] ...Oh!
[octopus] Gah- sorry, St Germant...
[St_Germant] Ahh.. it is alright, Otto. I should not have been standing there in the first
place..
* St_Germant manages a nervous little smile.
[Georik] Why would he put a... riddle that concerns me? What did it say?
* octopus slips out and joins Germant. Hey, if he's allowed to listen...
* St_Germant looks troubled.
[Mia_Fey] ...It's not hard to remember such a strange riddle: Solid piece of night, Claimed
by one who turned from light, Embracing darkness.
[St_Germant] ...how does... that...
* St_Germant frowns. "That is not a very nice riddle at all." He says, quietly.
[Georik] Probably attempting to divide us. *He turns his head, glaring elsewhere.*
[Mia_Fey] Perhaps. Or maybe...they're trying to walk us all into a trap.
* St_Germant nervously removes his glasses and cleans them with a rag.
[Georik] Probably, and that riddle - whoever wrote that knows nothing of me. [knows too much]
[Georik] ((and bullshit meter reads...))
[octopus] It sounds like we're one step closer to solving this?
[Mia_Fey] Yes, but something about it bothers me.
[Georik] What?
[Mia_Fey] Well, this entire situation. That riddle in particular...if Glening was the only
one who could've wrote it, then why was it left to be found in the first place?
[Georik] ...They want us to find him.
[Mia_Fey] ...So even from the beginning, we've been playing into their hands. That might
answer the other question I have.
* St_Germant puts his glasses back on and frowns.
[octopus] ...furthermore, they must have expected that Phoenix would be getting help from us.
[Georik] Why.
[Mia_Fey] ...They want us all for a reason. Either to be eliminated...or something more.
* Georik has a suspicion he knows what Glening wants from him.
[Georik] sounds logical.
[Georik] Glening hates my very existence,
[St_Germant] ...
* St_Germant looks uncomfortable now. He sighs.
* octopus utters an annoyed grunt. "Glening and Gant are most interested in you, Phoenix and
Edgeworth. They havn't counted on the number of people willing to step forth and help you."
[St_Germant] ..So.. if they are working together, Gant and Bruno.. then where is Mr.
Edgeworth?
[Georik] ... what were the other clues?
[St_Germant] Is he.. no, he cannot be there. I would have seen them.
* St_Germant bites his thumb in thought.
[Georik] Where?
* Georik looks to St. Germant.
[St_Germant] In his laboratory. I frequent there. I do not go investigating too much while I
am there, but he has me do tasks for him during my shift.
* St_Germant mentions not what those tasks are.
[Georik] ...Mia, what were the other clues?
[Mia_Fey] ...Well, Wright acquired three haikus and with each one was an item. One was a
blue teardrop gem, another was a glowing feather, and the last one was a yellow flower.
[Georik] ...Glowing - Phoenix Feather?
[Georik] and what did the flower look like?
[Mia_Fey] I don't know, he couldn't recognize what they looked like.
* St_Germant looks at Georik.
[Mia_Fey] None of the items sounded very common though...
[Georik] ... the Jewelled Den had a Phoenix feather.
[Georik] [as the Golden Goose, but I can't mention that]
* octopus has no idea what all of this refers to.
* St_Germant looks confused and nervous.
[Georik] It's a shop in my wo...
* Mia_Fey seems slightly worried as well, but isn't trying to show it. "...What does a
Phoenix Feather do anyways? It is some sort of artifact?"
[octopus] Probably just a peacock feather.
[Georik] You seen it before I'm sure Otto, I had one on me. It's a regeant for some formula.
[octopus] ...huh... that's what that was?
* octopus shakes his head. "Either way..."
[Georik] Yes.
[Georik] All the evidence is pointing to mine and Germant's world.
[Mia_Fey] True, and if Wright is using the follwing the clues, he's already there.
[Georik] ... where in my world.
[octopus] ....presumably, in your home city?
* Georik 's eyes narrowed a little, if he followed the clues, and the clues pointed to
himself...
[Mia_Fey] Wherever the stone was, I take it.
[octopus] ((Phoenix: *is in the palace dungeon*))
[Georik] My Manor. *oh he sounds very agitated.
* St_Germant turns to look at Georik. "...Georik. I am going to head back. I have work to
finish, anyway. I will see if I can find anything that Bruno might be hiding."
[Georik] Thank you, be careful.
* St_Germant nods. "I will. I will let everyone know what I find. Take care, in the
meantime, everyone." He pulls out his PIN and presses a button on it, leaving the yard.
* octopus nods to Germant.
[Georik] ...Fine, we shall head to my Manor.
[Mia_Fey] ...Alright, I want to go with you. We're so close to figuring it all out.
[octopus] Yes... if Gant and Glening think that they can terrorize you three, they've got
another thing coming.
[Georik] (( #Georikmanor )) Here are the coordinates.
* octopus copies them into his own PINpoint, and PINs out.
* Mia_Fey PINPoints out as well, once receiving the coordinates.
* Mia_Fey has joined #Georikmanor
* Georik PINs into the Dining room, it's a high-vaulted ceiling with thick red drapes
covering the windows, and a table fit for twelve with wrought iron chandeliers, those
sensitive can sense a lot of sad, and almost oppressive energy in the house, and something
perhaps a bit sinister underneath it all.
[Georik] Timothy? ... Timothy come here! ... where is that boy?
* octopus follows soon after. He would never admit to being intrigued or excited about
finally getting to see Georik's world.
[Georik] *one may noticed their clothing has changed, to be more period-suited*
[Georik] ... Damnit, he's not - *blinks as he looked at Otto and Mia* ...Your clothes.
[octopus] ...huh. We won't stand out as much if anyone sees us... who is Timothy?
[Georik] My Housekeeper, who apparently has gone missing.
* Mia_Fey follows at a close pace also, examining every little detail of Georik's world.
It's an intersting place for her, at least. "...Maybe Wright found him?"
[octopus] .....or Glening.
[St_Germant] ((Otto: Professional killjoy.))
[Georik] ...Damn it, that boy should've left a note if he... Stay here. *he runs to the
Basement - Lillith is there in her room, so not Glening, and his study's distrubed, and he
runs back up*
[Georik] They're not here.
[octopus] .....hn. Any sign of a struggle?
[Georik] None.
[Georik] Though my downstairs study has been distrubed.
[Mia_Fey] So then, where could they have gone?
[octopus] Hm....
[octopus] Not to the shop that you mentioned?
[Georik] And to think they'll be foolish enough to come out at... the Shop should be closed
by this hour, *sigh* but we have little else to go on.
* octopus looks around, possibly in search of a note on the table or some clue as to the
disappearance of Timothy and possibly Phoenix.
[Georik] *there is no note*
[octopus] Try sending him a text message, perhaps.
[Georik] I'll see if I can hail a cab... ! of course.
* Georik looks to Mia. "If you will."
[Mia_Fey] Sure thing. *pulls out said device and sends Wright a message*
* Georik places restlessly. "Why at this time, with Whistler..."
* octopus raises an eyebrow.
* Georik throws open the curtain to look outside, and frowns at a man loitering about. "A
serial murderer."
[octopus] ...hmph. So they have them on your world, even at this point in history.
[Georik] He targets women and animals, though both Phoenix and Timothy as males - I'm still
concerned.
[Mia_Fey] I've got his location, the Jewelled Den. Just like you predicted, Georik. Let's
get going.
[octopus] M-hmm. It's not so easy to tell who you're attacking in the d- ahh.
[Georik] Right. *checks time* ...And a cab would not come by soon, we'll have to walk.
[Georik] Damnit all to hell, let us hurry and stay together.
* octopus smirks. "Common criminals or knife-wielding lunatics won't be a problem.... I'll
see to it if there's trouble."
[Mia_Fey] WEll, this will be interesting. Lets just hurry so we don't have a chance to see
these criminals at work.
[octopus] *weak laugh* I'd rather we don't run into trouble, of course...
[Georik] *and off they went, Georik guiding them twisting side roads* There are watchmen
patrolling about, we cannot be spotted, or else we'll be held up.
[Georik] Not to mention if either men are here, we cannot let them known we're onto them.
* octopus nods. Peering just out through the hem of his overcoat is a glass 'eye', giving
him a view from behind of the situation.
[Mia_Fey] This just keeps getting dangerous by the second...*is staying close to the others,
of course*
[Georik] The city didn't use to be so dangerous.
* Georik has his sword drawn.
* octopus would say that he isn't so sure about that, given how potentially dangerous any
large concentration of humans is, but...
* Phoenix_Wright starts awake. Bad dreams again. More importantly,
he still can't figure out for the life of him what the damn
haiku is pointing him too. This is pretty frustrating, as can be
imagined. He looks at it again.
[GantplotGM] ((I will interject if need be. This is... day 2, for
the record.))
[Phoenix_Wright] ((Just need a repost.))
[GantplotGM] ((LOLs haiku: Gathered carefully,
[GantplotGM] Yellow blossoming outward,
[GantplotGM] A gift for a loss.
* Phoenix_Wright rubs his face. Crap. He pulls his PIN out and
begins texting. [mia -- found strange feather in edgeworth's
office, glows. another haiku, but can't figure it out. any
ideas?] He adds the haiku and waits, drumming his fingers. He
doesn't like wasting time.
* Mia_Fey has been waiting patiently for another contact from
Wright, so the message is a welcome sight indeed. Especially
since she feels like the one waiting time here. [...A strange
feather? Regardless, I'll give you my ideas, since this one
seems easier than before.]
* Phoenix_Wright waits. He hopes she has a better idea than HE
does.
[Mia_Fey] [I don't know where this will lead you next but, that
haiku...it sounds like it's talking about flowers. Blooming,
gathering for a loss; that is what I think]
[Phoenix_Wright] [any particular type?]
[Mia_Fey] [...Let me think about that for a minute, Wright.
Considering how many flowers exist in the world.]
* Phoenix_Wright sighs. [Should've guessed it wouldn't be that
easy.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [its gotta relate to something specific. last
note was about edgeworth, note before that about gant. gotta be
something.]
[Mia_Fey] [So, it might relate to another significant person. Me,
you, anyone...]
[Mia_Fey] [Wait a second...Wright, I think I might have it.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [stupid question: edgeworth ever give you
flowers?]
[Mia_Fey] [...You must have thought that at the same time I did]
[Phoenix_Wright] [what?]
* Phoenix_Wright sits up and takes notice.
[Mia_Fey] [He did...To my office]
[Phoenix_Wright] [then that must be where the next clue is.]
[Mia_Fey] [...You better get going. I doubt you'll let me come
help you in person, even if I ask again.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [will text again in a little while. thanks
again.]
* Phoenix_Wright stands up and readjusts his hat. Thankfully, he
still has the coordinates in mind from the last time he had to
go to Mia's office -- as horrible as THAT experience was. He
PINs there.
[GantplotGM] *Mia's office looks like it did the last time Phoenix
was there. Minus the murder scene anyway. And there's no broken
window, either. Of course, he's not actually in the office,
reappearing in the same place as last time initially.*
* Phoenix_Wright sighs. [Running around like this... I feel like
some sort of errand boy. I guess it could be worse...]
* Phoenix_Wright goes to the door to her office.
[Phoenix_Wright] ((Is it unlocked?))
[Mia_Fey] *The office itself seems very similar to Nick's, in a
lot of the usual funiture and the like. The bookshelves might
even taunt Phoenix the same way. Her desk is clean and neat,
with a small vase of yellow flowers sitting in the corner.*
[Mia_Fey] ((Yeah, it is))
[Phoenix_Wright] [There's the flowers...]
* Phoenix_Wright heads over, peering into the vase.
[GantplotGM] *There's not many flowers, although they certainly do
not look like anything Phoenix's has seen. They even have a
distinct, pretty smell to them.*
* Phoenix_Wright pulls one out, admiring it. [I can't say I
recognize this variety... Edgeworth really sent these? No, those
are probably long gone. Then what...?]
[GantplotGM] *there's a small tag hanging from the bottom of one
of the stems.*
[GantplotGM] ((The flowers kind of look like this, but with longer
petals: http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/ikmp/images/acacias.gif))
[Phoenix_Wright] [Bingo. Okay, what have we got here...]
[GantplotGM] ((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Acacia_constricta
_flower.jpg))
[GantplotGM] ((That's a better one.))
[GantplotGM] Another Haiku is on the card! This one says: Solid
piece of night,
[GantplotGM] Claimed by one who turned from light,
[GantplotGM] Embracing darkness.
[Phoenix_Wright] [...huh?]
[GantplotGM] ((Totally expected that reaction, btw. XD))
[Phoenix_Wright] [Maybe Mia has an idea... better get out of here
before the Phoenix she knwos gets back.]
* Phoenix_Wright PINs back to the room.
* Phoenix_Wright sighs. [Base by base by base... how long is he
gonna have me doing this?]
[Phoenix_Wright] [mia -- found flowers, don't recognize what kind.
also haiku:] *inputs*
[Mia_Fey] [...Darkness, Light? I'm honestly not sure what to make
of this one, Wright. But it must be referring to someone.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [yeah, i don't get it either. may have to ask
around the sanc about this one, honestly.] [Dammit.]
[Mia_Fey] [want me to go ask for you? at least then, you won't
risk your mission]
[Phoenix_Wright] [if you could, thanks.]
[Mia_Fey] [no problem. Take the little time you have to think
about who this might be referring to, Wright. I'll go see if
someone in the sanctuary can help]
[Phoenix_Wright] [good luck.]
* Phoenix_Wright puts his head in his hands. [Doesn't make any
sense... yeah, Mia did something bad, but it was hardly a
darkside turn. Who the hell could this be referring to? And...
where am I supposed to go?]
* Soma has joined #gantplot
[Soma] ((lurk))
[Phoenix_Wright] ((Poor Phoenix is sort of waiting around at this
point clueless.))
[Mia_Fey] *sends a text message back* [Wright...I think I have one
part of it solved. The 'solid piece of night' might be referring
to a stone of sorts. As for the person in question, I've got
practically nothing steady there.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [a stone? like what?]
[Mia_Fey] [Soma said something about a person possessing a dark
stone, possibly even a specific type like Oynx, Jet, or
Obsidian.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [An... onyx? Who would I know who has a --]
* Phoenix_Wright 's eyes widen. A gift of a stone... "needs to
repent for his sins..."
[Phoenix_Wright] *there doesn't seem to be a reply for a bit*
[Phoenix_Wright] *finally, after a few minutes* [georik]
[Mia_Fey] [...? Georik?]
[Phoenix_Wright] [got some stone a while back, didn't know why.
but i recall it being an onyx or something. and there's
something odd about him. dark. he's my friend but...]
[Mia_Fey] [...We'll need to talk to him then.]
[Phoenix_Wright] [yeah... if he'll talk]
[Mia_Fey] [I'll make him talk if I have to]
* Phoenix_Wright pulls his hat down further over his eyes. If
Georik is mentioned, that can mean only one thing: this isn't
just Gant's game.
[Mia_Fey] *Sends off another message* [Wright...you're correct.
Georik confessed to having a stone at one point.]
* Phoenix_Wright closes his eyes. Shit. [that's not good.]
[Mia_Fey] [I have the original location of the stone, prior to it
coming to the Sanctuary/Nexus. He received it in his study.]
* Phoenix_Wright takes a deep breath. [all right. would ask for
coordinates, but probably silly. will have to scan.] He sets the
scanning function for Georik's office. Thank God he finally
figured these things out some.
[Mia_Fey] [Would be suspicious too. Anything else?]
[Phoenix_Wright] [don't think gant's alone on this. that boss of
georik's may be involved. will let you know what i find out.]
[Mia_Fey] [...Understood.]
* Phoenix_Wright waits. This will probably take a bit. There's a
sick feeling growing in his stomach -- not that it wasn't there
before, but this seems to be a whole new VERSION of it! Yay.
[Phoenix_Wright] *beep! location found*
[Phoenix_Wright] [All right... here we go...]
* Phoenix_Wright PINs.
* Georikshouse has joined #gantplot
* Phoenix_Wright looks around. [Not the way I would've expected to
visit Georik's place...]
[Georikshouse] *the study has no windows, and it's a moderate
size-room, but it seemed smaller due to the vast amount of
things within, in the corner is an anathor - a small oven made
for a special kind of cooking, there are books spilling from the
shelves, and piled about the floor, there is a desk with many
beakers, measuring tools, and other things that seemed more
suited to a chemist... or even an alchemist's store, and there
are bottles, neatly la
[Phoenix_Wright] ((neatly la))
[Georikshouse] labelled - some thing are mundane - tin, but others
are highly toxic poisons like mercury and cobalt.
[Phoenix_Wright] [Hmm... can't say this is what I expected. But
then again, I don't really know that much about him... I'd
better look around.]
[Georikshouse] *there are crude 'posters' put up, anatomical
charts, and others are seals of sort, with various symbols, and
lines connecting them to each other. And there is the snake
motif repeated all over on the walls and shelving, brass
hawkheads serve as handles for the desk.
[Phoenix_Wright] [This motif... his family seal, right?] *runs his
hand over the hawkheads idly*
[Georikshouse] *none of the drawers are locked, though only one
drawer has a keyhole.
[Phoenix_Wright] [I... I shouldn't do this, it's Georik's house!
But... if something important is hidden here...]
* Phoenix_Wright bites the bullet and begins searching drawers.
[Georikshouse] *one drawer has an Onyx in it, and closed off
bottles of Indian Ink, calligraphy pens, and pencils, another is
empty,
[Georikshouse] *another is empty, a third seems to be empty, but
there's a seem in the bottom of this drawer.
[Phoenix_Wright] [...?]
* Phoenix_Wright frowns. He only just catches sight of the seem as
he's about to close the drawer again. He opens it wider, feeling
along it.
[Georikshouse] *there seems to be a hidden drawer.
* Georikshouse is now known as Timothy
[Phoenix_Wright] [What... why would Georik have a hidden drawer?]
[Timothy] *it's easily lifted, and dusting from the dust, it
hasn't been touched in years.
* Phoenix_Wright does this, feeling guilty all the while.
[Timothy] *there's a bundle of papers, in different handwriting
then Georik's.*
[Phoenix_Wright] [...this can't be relevant, right? If it hasn't
been touched for a while... I... I should just put these back...]
[Timothy] OY! Who the hell are you?! *the voice sounded young - a
boy whose voice hasn't cracked yet*
[Phoenix_Wright] !!
* Phoenix_Wright turns around. "Ah..."
* Timothy has out a butterfly knife, he is a rather annoyed
looking young teen with light reddish hair that seem pink in
this light with violet eyes. "Why are you in Master Georik's
study thief!"
[Phoenix_Wright] [Hurk...]
[Timothy] And who are you?
[Phoenix_Wright] I, ah... I'm a friend of Georik's! Ah, Phoenix!
Phoenix Wright. He, uh, he wanted me to get something for him...
[Phoenix_Wright] [Knife knife knife knife KNIFE...]
[Timothy] Liar! He wouldn't send anyone downstairs. *he does
recognize the name and hasn't moved to actually slash at him*
[Timothy] Why are you here?
[Phoenix_Wright] I... it's complicated...
[Phoenix_Wright] ! Wait, maybe you'd be able to notice, if you
know this place... does anything seem out of place to you? Um,
I mean aside from me...
[Timothy] [Georik would probably kill people who come here, but if
this is Wright... hurk] *looks around* Other then what you did?
No, now explain yourself.
[Phoenix_Wright] Um, how do I start...
* Phoenix_Wright rubs his face. "I can't say much. All I can say
is that a friend desperately needs something someone may have
put in here, and if I don't find it he may be in trouble..."
[Timothy] Least you're not that Dashwood creep. *he flicks the
knife close, but the ease of it suggest he can flick it open at
any moment* Names.
[Phoenix_Wright] Um... my friend's name is Edgeworth. He may have
been taken by a man named Gant... and possibly someone named
Glening.
[Timothy] ...! Glening - did you say Glening?
* Phoenix_Wright nods. "It's the only reason I can think of I'd be
led here... especially since it sounds like this isn't a place
he invites people to often."
[Timothy] How did that... come upstairs.
* Timothy pockets the knife.
* Phoenix_Wright blinks, and follows. He's not sure where this is
going...
* Timothy leads into the hall, and closes the door behind Phoenix
- which has a Hawk and moon embelm, and leads Phoenix up a
flight of stairs into a large, and minially but tastefully done
manor - which probably has an air of suffocating melachony. "All
right, Master Georik isn't going to like anyone in that study,
and I really by right throw you out of here."
* Phoenix_Wright swallows
[Timothy] But if Glening's involved - he should know.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...there... I think there's supposed to be a
clue, somewhere in there.
[Timothy] I'll go look, you stay up here.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...okay.
* Phoenix_Wright sits, waiting. Doesn't like waiting. Feels like
he should be doing SOMETING.
[Timothy] *especially since this place is spacious, and just full
of a feeling of loss and tragedy
[GantplotGM] *Phoenix's cell phone rings. How? Don't ask. It just
does. Edgeworth's number comes up.*
[Phoenix_Wright] ? ...!!!
[Phoenix_Wright] ((We're just lucky the jail let him retain that.
X3))
* GantplotGM is now known as Damon_Gant
[Damon_Gant] ((So the police are a little dumb. XD))
* Phoenix_Wright feels his stomach clench, but he answers it.
"...hello?"
* Damon_Gant sounds rather chipper on the other side. "Hello,
Wrighto! Been swimming lately?"
* Phoenix_Wright grits his teeth. "Gant..."
[Damon_Gant] Oh, I suppose you haven't had time for that, what
with being in prison and all.
[Phoenix_Wright] What the hell are you calling me for? Just to
taunt me?
[Damon_Gant] Perhaps I just wanted to hear your voice, Wrighto.
[Damon_Gant] Is that a problem?
[Phoenix_Wright] Where's Edgeworth? Is he okay?
[Damon_Gant] He is alright. I guess. I don't know, I have not been
paying attention.
[Damon_Gant] He is a rather fascinating sort though. Did you know
he is afraid of earthquakes? And he lives in LA.
[Phoenix_Wright] !!
[Damon_Gant] Rather silly, if you ask me.
[Phoenix_Wright] [How... how the hell does he know about that?!]
[Phoenix_Wright] Is... is that so.
[Damon_Gant] Oh, yes. It's rather interesting, really. Poor boy's
going to have a heart attack before he hits 30 at the rate he's
going.
[Phoenix_Wright] I swear to God, if you hurt him in any way,
I'll...
* Damon_Gant laughs.
[Damon_Gant] I have not done a thing since he arrived. I have not
even fed him, either. I wonder if he is even still alive...
* Phoenix_Wright 's hand clenches and unclenches. He doesn't think
he's hated anybody more than he hates this man right now.
[Phoenix_Wright] Damn you!
[Damon_Gant] It does not bother me at all what happens to him. He
is not the one I am after, Wrighto.
* Timothy comes upstairs and stares quietly
[Phoenix_Wright] ...what?
[Damon_Gant] He just happens to be.. valuable.
[Phoenix_Wright] And... who's the one you're really after, then?
[Phoenix_Wright] [As if I didn't know...]
[Damon_Gant] You are a smart boy, Wrighto.
[Damon_Gant] You will figure it out soon. ...Or maybe you will
not. But if that is true.. then LA's going to be short one
lawyer.
[Damon_Gant] Have fun, Wrighto~! *click*
[Phoenix_Wright] You son of a bi -- URGH!
* Phoenix_Wright stuffs the phone in his pocket angrily.
[Timothy] What the hell?
[Phoenix_Wright] ! Oh, you came... did you find anything?
[Timothy] Nope, except for those letters you pulled out.
* Phoenix_Wright winced. "Sorry. I was looking around, hoping to
find something... but this doesn't make any sense. There should
be SOMETHING, or else why would he have directed me here?"
[Timothy] What lead you here?
[Phoenix_Wright] A haiku... attached to a yellow flower.
[Timothy] Mimosa?
[Phoenix_Wright] Mimosa?
[Timothy] They're a kind of yellow flower, they only grow in
Hardland
[Phoenix_Wright] Could I see one?
[Timothy] Uhm, I think Georik has one dried. *he runs off, and
returns*
* Timothy holds up a dried flower, it's a faded yellow color.
[Phoenix_Wright] ! That's it!
[Phoenix_Wright] But what where they doing in Mia's office? Come
to think of it, what was with half the stuff he gave me...?
[Timothy] Stuff?
[Phoenix_Wright] Um, here...
* Phoenix_Wright holds them out -- a teardrop pendent, a glowing
feather, the flower.
[Timothy] ...! A Phoenix Feather.
[Timothy] They're hard to find, only that man in the Jewelled Den
has them - Georik bought one not too long ago.
[Phoenix_Wright] The man in the Jewelled Den? Where is this man?
[Phoenix_Wright] [Phoenix feather... oh har har hardee har har
Gant.]
[Timothy] Probably in that store, Supposedly he's some scholar
from the far east.
[Phoenix_Wright] Can you show me where this store is?
[Timothy] Yes! I'll go get a cab. It's not safe to be out at night.
* Phoenix_Wright nods. "Thank you. I appreciate your help..."
[Timothy] Well I got a reason to know what Glening is up too as
well.
* Phoenix_Wright nods. "Everything I'd seen of him gave me a bad
feeling, and it looks like it might've been well-deserved...
let's hurry."
* Timothy had managed to hail down a Hansom cab. "Jewelled Den -
two hundred Zechs if you get there within ten minutes!"
* Phoenix_Wright would appreciate the old-fashioned quaintness of
this all if he wasn't so hurried -- although he does notice for
the first time that a lot of his ensemble seems to have changed
to match the setting. Odd.
* Timothy jumps in as the driver flick his whip and the carriage
goes barrelling down over cobblestone road.
* Phoenix_Wright is definitely getting shaken here. Whoa.
[Timothy] *it stops in front of a small, slanted roof shop in a
street that's practically deserted, there's a hanging sign that
has a large gem painted on it.
* Phoenix_Wright gets out, looking up. Is it open?
* Timothy knocks on the door. "Hullo! Open u-oaf!" the door is
thrown open, and he's knocked to the side as a red-haired man
with oddly colored skin walks out - he seems to have a whip on
his hip, and chaps, he's counting coins as another man, Asian,
wearing a haori and kimono stops at the door, yelling at him in
some other language.
[Timothy] It's that bas-! *he jerks, decided not to follow after
the man in chaps.* You, *to the storeowner* We gotta talk!
[Phoenix_Wright] ???
[Timothy] [Gennai] No talk, enough visitors for night, good-bye!
*goes to close the door, but Timothy ram his foot in placE* I
say go home!
[Phoenix_Wright] Wait, sir, please! I need to talk to you
desperately!
* Phoenix_Wright fishes out the feather. "This feather... I hear
you sell them. Where did you get them? Please!"
[Timothy] [Gennai] Why? to get money to protect? *looks at Phoenix
then Timothy*
[Phoenix_Wright] It... it's a matter of life or death, sir. I
need to know.
[Timothy] Please, we got to ask, it's very important,
[Timothy] [Gennai] *has a hand on his sword hilt, as he chewed on
the grass between his lips* Come in.
* Phoenix_Wright follows.
[Timothy] [Gennai] Ask quickly. *there's obviously signs of a
struggle in here*
* Phoenix_Wright wants to ask, but there's more important things.
"This feather... where did you get these?"
[Timothy] From home, the Suzaku - Phoenix you call them, they
roost there, and we take feathers from nests when they reborn.
[Timothy] (*[Gennai])
* Phoenix_Wright frowns. "Why would anybody buy these?"
[Timothy] [Gennai] For looks, or for uses in research.
[Phoenix_Wright] What sort of research?
[Timothy] [Gennai] Alchemical, but not much interest due to laws
here.
[Phoenix_Wright] Laws?
[Timothy] Anyone caught practicing magic or performing Alchemy
experiments receives the death penalty
[Phoenix_Wright] [So that means Georik has been systematically
breaking the law...]
[Phoenix_Wright] Do either of these items mean anything to you?
*holds up the teardrop crystal and the flower*
[Timothy] or they could end up in prison for life - after being
made to confess. It's really stupid, Featherland does just fine
with Alchemy encouraged.
* Phoenix_Wright frowns.
* Timothy has a strong accent that is quite different from
Georik's, Germant's or Mikhails.
[Timothy] [Gennai] Why you ask?
[Phoenix_Wright] I'm trying to track down a location. I thought
maybe these items might be clues to it.
[Timothy] [Gennai] You not with government?
[Phoenix_Wright] No, no I'm not.
[Timothy] [Gennai] Cannot tell you where they go, but who bought.
[Phoenix_Wright] Who?
[Timothy] Georik is one?
* Phoenix_Wright nods. "I figured that, yes."
[Timothy] [Gennai] Right - other is a strange man, in Orange.
[Phoenix_Wright] !!!
[Phoenix_Wright] [Gant!]
[Timothy] Who's the guy?
[Phoenix_Wright] He gave no indication where he was going?
[Timothy] [Gennai] No - I not ask either, not my place to pry.
[Phoenix_Wright] [Damnit!]
[Phoenix_Wright] Did he say anything to you at all before he left?
[Timothy] [Gennai] Just that it was gift, to good friend.
[Phoenix_Wright] [Gaaaah!]
[Mia_Fey] *Wright might hear his PINPoint going off. Someone's
sending him a text message.]
[Phoenix_Wright] ! Hold on a second...
[Timothy] What in the heck is that?
* Phoenix_Wright ducks off to the side a bit and pulls his PIN out.
[Timothy] [Gennai] *seems insanely interested, same look that St.
Germant has.
[Mia_Fey] [Wright, where are you? Specific location, please?]
[Phoenix_Wright] [some store -- jeweled den. you guys aren't
looking for me? i told you guys that could be dangerous.]
[Mia_Fey] [...We'll talk later Wright. Bye.]
[Timothy] [Gennai] What that?
* Phoenix_Wright looks. "We have to go, now. They could be here
any second. Sir, is there any place in particular this flower
might grow in abundance?"
* Damon_Gant is now known as Whistler
* Phoenix_Wright holds up the Mimosa. "That's not important right
now. I need to know!"
[Timothy] [Gennai] *peers* Ah, Geutrink, not likely to be anymore.
[Phoenix_Wright] Geutrink?
[Timothy] That's the village Georik was from. The place burned
down some months ago.
[Phoenix_Wright] !
* Phoenix_Wright closes his eyes. [Perhaps... I wonder if the
person they're going after is...]
[Timothy] [Gennai] Yes, great Tragedy.
[Phoenix_Wright] What happened, exactly?
[Timothy] [Gennai] rumors abound - all I know is fire engulfed
village, all 800 villagers died, including Lillith Zaberisk.
* Phoenix_Wright thinks he feels his heart stop. "800?
...Zaberisk?"
[Whistler] *A woman's scream is heard, not very far from the
store, but quite a distance away.*
[Phoenix_Wright] !!
[Timothy] Ahh!
[Timothy] [Gennai] Whistler!
[Phoenix_Wright] That was...!
[Timothy] *Gennai ran out of the store, sword drawn*
* Phoenix_Wright follows. "What's going on?!"
[Timothy] Oh god... we got to go. *he follows those two, thinking
they're both idiots*
[Whistler] *There is silence, for a few seconds. And then...
someone whistling a haunting tune, which would be recognized as
'the Saints Go Marching'.*
[Timothy] [Gennai] Come out coward!
* Phoenix_Wright frowns and looks around, confused. "What... is
that?"
[Timothy] ...Phoenix, we got to go - that's the killer's callsign.
[Phoenix_Wright] Killer?
[Timothy] Whistler the Ripper.
[Phoenix_Wright] ...oh, well that sounds lovely. *swallows*
[Whistler] *The whistling is certainly down an alleyway, although
it is starting to fade, as the next verse is whistled.*
[Phoenix_Wright] ...I don't want to leave that alone, but I can't
do much... I have somewhere more important to go anyway.
[Timothy] [Gennai] *looks around, and heads in another direction,
trying to cut him off*
[Timothy] Right, we got to hurry back! *yanks on Phoenix's sleeves
back towards the manor - screw cabs, he's going to bolt
* Phoenix_Wright tries to yank his sleeve out of his hand.
[Timothy] You crazy?
* octopus has joined #gantplot
* Georik has joined #gantplot
[Phoenix_Wright] I have my own way of getting around... and I've
got someplace I have to go.
[Phoenix_Wright] Just... let go, please!
[Timothy] If you're Georik's friend, I'm gonna make sure you-
[Phoenix_Wright] No!
[Whistler] *Whoever was down this one alleyway left behind a nice
mangled body. Looks like someone had a field day*
[octopus] ((da da dan the cavalry is here))
[Phoenix_Wright] Aggh!
[Georik] My...! *had stumbled across the body first from the
direction they came in at*
[octopus] ...ugh....
* Phoenix_Wright tries REALLY hard to yank his sleeve away now.
[octopus] Someone screamd.
* Whistler stops whistling as he sees Gennai. And smiles a bit.
He's clad in black, large hat masking most of his face, although
whatever can be seen of his face is certainly reflecting
insanity. He's also covered in blood.
[Timothy] [Gennai] Stop now Coward! *his voice can be heard by th
others in a distance*
* Mia_Fey tries not to look at the dead body. "...! What is going
on here?"
[Georik] That scream... there's nothing we can do for the woman,
no doubt the Whistler got her, we have to get to Phoenix and
Timothy.
* octopus 's actuators rise out from underneath his coat.
"Hurry... this way!"
* octopus heads in the direction that the shouting is coming from.
* Whistler laughs and runs. "If yooou want to caaaatch me, you
must plaaaay tag with me first!"
* Timothy pales, doesn't let go, he looks simply terrified.
[Phoenix_Wright] Please! If they find me, my friend could die!
LET GO!
[Timothy] [Gennai] Enough games! *he runs at Whistler, trying to
run the murderer through.
* Phoenix_Wright REALLY tries to wrench his hand off now.
[Timothy] Gottogoohmygod... *tries to drag Phoenix in another
direction that might away from the voices.
[Phoenix_Wright] [Damnit, this little pipsqueak has a good grip...]
[Georik] Timothy! Phoenix?
* Phoenix_Wright pales. And finally has the sense to slip out of
the damn jacket.
* Whistler manages to dodge in a flurry of black, twisting around
and lunging with his dagger. "Yooou are it!" Aims with stabbies.
* octopus comes crashing up alongside Georik, actuators out and
readied. A glinting of metal catches his eye, and he notices the
two fighters nearby.
* Mia_Fey is just staying close behind Georik and Otto, since
really she can't fight as well as them. And getting it the way
wouldn't help the situation either.
[Timothy] [Gennai] *Yelps as he moves to block.* I am not easy to
defeat! *he slides to the side, giving an upward sweep.
* Timothy yanks Phoenix to behind the shop, before his grip
loosens, and he drops to his knees. He shouldn't be this scared
damnit!
[octopus] ...should I break that fight up? One of those two is no
doubt responsible for the bloodbath in the alley.
* Whistler laughs and ducks, although his hat nearly is knocked
off. He grabs at it, keeping it in place, before he aims a kick
at one of Gennai's shins. "Ahhh, those whoooo put up a fiiiight
are the best oooones to kill."
* Phoenix_Wright gathers up his jacket and yanks it away, putting
it back on and pulling out the PIN. "Tell them... when they find
you, give me half an hour head start, at least. That should be
long enough to make it seem like I'm alone...
[Timothy] O-o-o-kay...
[Phoenix_Wright] Thank you. And tell them I'm sorry.
[Georik] Do what you need to, I'm going to look for the two, Ms.
Fey - come with me.
* Phoenix_Wright uses the PIN to scan for this Geutrink place.
* Mia_Fey nods. "Right, I'll follow you, Georik"
* octopus nods, rising up on his tentacles and dashing out into
the fray.
[Timothy] [Gennai] You underestimate! *he is kicked, and he jerks
back - yelping* Monster! *he kept up the assault, and tried to
stab the cloaked person.
* Georik looks around the actual store, sword raised, his heart
pounding.
* Phoenix_Wright is parsing... parsing... parsing... THERE.
* Phoenix_Wright will probably be seen PINning out just as the
others find Timothy.
* Timothy is curled up into a ball and trembling.
[Timothy] [Gennai] What? *he jerks when he sees the man with
strange apphenages approach.
* Whistler swings his dagger to deflect it. There is strength to
the man cloaked in black, even if he's a bit slow. With a grin,
he aims another kick: at Gennai's other shin.
[Timothy] [Gennai] *rolls, or rather falls away from the kick, he
still hasn't let go of his blade, which he kept in a defensive
position.
[octopus] *between a sword-swinging merchant in a hakama and a
blood-stained, knife-wielding madman, Otto has little trouble
determining which is responsible for the killings. Silent but
for the whipping of the air around his actuators, he launches
himself at Whistler, tentacles snapping out to grab the cloaked
figure.*
* Whistler doesn't even seem to notice that Otto is coming. He's
about to lunge for Gennai again, but his arm is grabbed. He
looks at it, narrows his eyes, and pulls harder.
[Georik] ...Timothy! *he ran over to the boy* You damn idiot...
what were you - are you all right?
[Timothy] [Gennai] Thank you stranger! *He gets up, and moves to
actually pierce the murderer while he's restrained*
* octopus has one arm, and is about to grab the other when he sees
Gennai coming with sword raised- reflexively, he swats the
merchant away, hopefully just stunning him.
* Mia_Fey runs over to the boy as well. "...We're too late.
Phoenix is already gone, isn't he? Where did he go?"
* Whistler tries to get away, and since he can't move.. he gets
run through with a sword. "...Ahhh.. nnngk.." His voice..
changes slightly.
[octopus] ..ugh!
[Timothy] Ge...georik. Got to help...
* octopus cringes a bit at the sight of the impalement, and sinks
to the ground to examine whatever remains of 'Whistler the
Ripper', his free tentacle grabbing the man's other exposed
wrist.