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[miniworth]

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

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

... A sick feeling settling in his stomach - but you can't be gone you just went to go get that

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[profpuzzle]

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

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

text; sleep weeellll

[miniworth]

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

I guess so...

text; 12 hour naps awwww yeah

[profpuzzle]

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

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

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[miniworth]

I'm staying with Ken, but.. I left the room before I sent the message.

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[trusts_in_johto]

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

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

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[miniworth]

I will be fine.

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

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[trusts_in_johto]

I know. But it is still stupid.
[Once again -- the good guys always have to leave.]

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[miniworth]

... Stupid?

[ Unfortunately, Miles Edgeworth does not comprehend the implied message. ]

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[usedtsundere]

Was he a friend of yours, Miles-kun?

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[miniworth]

Miss Takeba...

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

He was a good friend of mine, yes.

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[usedtsundere]

[ give her a second as she tries to figure out what to say, exactly. ]

I'm sorry. That kinda sucks.

[ thank you, captain obvious. "kinda" because she'd rather be home than here, but there you go. ]

But things will be good for him back home, right?

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[miniworth]

It's hard to say, for me. We come from the same place, but he's from my future, so I don't know what happens.

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[itsthebutz]

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

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[miniworth]

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

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[itsthebutz]

Sure he will. Times will be tough and tons of crap will go down, but that's just the life of Phoenix Wright.

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[miniworth]

I'll believe that.

It's sudden, though. Though it always is.

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[usediceshard]

Are you certain of that?

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[miniworth]

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

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[usediceshard]

[A long pause. Touya...wasn't sure what to think or how to feel at that moment. He didn't have many friends in or out of Johto; the only one from home he called a friend had left long ago. How was he supposed to react to the loss of someone he'd hardly known and yet sort of liked as far as acquaintances went?]

...I see. Do you know when?

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[miniworth]

... I called because I'd wanted to ask him something. I'm not sure how long he's been gone for..

[ It had been weeks - months - since he'd last spoken to the lawyer. Suddenly he's filled with a stinging regret and loss-- and he shakes his head at himself. ]