001 -- Fair Play

[kris_gavin]

[ There was just silence of the phone for a while as Kristoph was just sitting there with it pressed against his ear and relaxing with his legs crossed. The first sound was a sigh where the fake smile behind it could almost be heard.]It's almost amusing how life can sometimes give you the things you would never need. At one point, you may have

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[gaydrill]

[ Klavier had picked up the phone completely by accident. Usually he did listen to other people's phone calls, in order to perhaps hear news of the place or just to investigate, but this time he had picked the phone only because it had happened to ring at the same moment as he had passed it.

He couldn't believe it.

Remaining quiet, Klavier listened to his brother until the end, not letting out a sound as if he was afraid he would get scolded if he interrupted Kristoph's speech. ]

... You sound cheerful.

[kris_gavin]

[That was his brother's voice? So he was somewhere in this perfect little facade as well? With their last meeting in mind, he took a moment to give careful thought to what should be said.]

Cheerful may be in the eye of the beholder.

[gaydrill]

... Perhaps, but you sounded surprisingly calm for someone who has woken up in an unknown place.

[kris_gavin]

You should know me better than to let surprising circumstances get in the way of my disposition.

[kindlichekaiser]

Some things can be taken at face value... but we should explore ever possibility, shouldn't we?

Especially now, in this place. Something could be as good as it seems, but we have to learn to second-guess it now, because we never know if it's simply a trick being played on us from this town. I think we just have to be careful.

[Pause] I'm not sure if that was exactly in line with your speech.

[kris_gavin]

I believe you got the idea pretty well, miss. How lucky I might be to find someone who can think deeper than just a face-value.

I at least realize that nothing can be taken as it is here.

[kindlichekaiser]

[She smiles a little] Thank you.

There are many strange things here... I'm not sure anyone will get used to them. But it's best to be careful.

I'm the Childlike Empress, by the way.

[kris_gavin]

Well then, Your Highness, I am Kristoph Gavin. It's rather nice to meet you.

I will do my best to be careful, and I hope that you will too.

[glowing_science]

...!

[Ema knows that voice. She's just surprised to hear it here, of all places.

The kneejerk reaction she has to Kristoph Gavin's voice is frustratingly unquantifiable. The disdain toward the man is the most obvious and easiest to identify; Kristoph Gavin, not Klavier, was the party responsible for setting Phoenix Wright's disbarment. More than that, he pretty much used Klavier in order to do so, playing on filial trust in order to get the results he desired. Considering Ema's own relationship with her older sister--two years of which had been ruined by Gant blackmailing her sister--it's an action that Ema can't easily forgive

[kris_gavin]

[This person sounds so familiar with him and yet... he couldn't place it himself for the life of him. His gaze slipped to stare at the phone as if it would have some sort of clue and looked away when he realized that what he was doing was just plain... stupid.]

Do I know you, miss?

[glowing_science]

Detective Ema Skye. I work for your brother.

[kris_gavin]

I see. If you work for him then what business do you have with me, young miss?

[glasscaseflower]

[She had approached quietly from the kitchen, as much as stealth allowed in her considerable state of surprise, if not outright shock. Soma had not acquired the necessary firearms for her safety as of yet, and so she held in one hand... a baseball bat.]

Who are you?

[kris_gavin]

[This called his attention, Kristoph holding the phone away from him when he turned his head, but still holding it. He examined the bat and the one holding it before just smiling at her.]

There are pictures of us all over the house and I believe these faceless children that we have called me father once. Through a simple process of elimination, I would say the cruel joke played here says we're married.

[glasscaseflower]

[When she stepped out from the kitchen completely, it became apparent that her left arm was in a sling. Soma relaxed her bat arm after a long moment, lowering the tip of the make shift weapon to the ground.]

I was told to expect you. I should suppose you're an improvement on the mindless, good for nothing, house-robe wearing idiot I was saddled with before.

[kris_gavin]

[It seemed that this "wife" of his was a troublesome one. At least it seemed like she was the type to take action and not the type to only talk and be useless.]

I would certainly hope I am an improvement from that. I don't know what I would do if I had to deal with a drone of a wife. To have a lovely fighter like you is a lot more comforting.

[katto_katto]

Mmm...if this was a prologue, I would say it failed in describing the play.

[kris_gavin]

I would think of it more as a foreword. The prologue has yet to begin, sir.

[katto_katto]

Ah! I shall be expecting it then.