IC MAILBOX | holly heights

[prosecutory]

[Date: ????? Time: ?????
1438, Holly Heights
spouse | son | child
current regain inventory: prosecutor's badge, Pess the dog, King of Prosecutors trophy, framed lucky trial jacket]

Good day. This is Miles Edgeworth; I cannot take your call at the moment but please leave your message and I will respond as soon as possible. Thank you.

Comments

call; june 13th.

[centripetal]

[ the voice that ends up speaking at the end of the beep is a young, slightly tentative one. it's slightly upbeat, obviously belonging to a girl, but it's obvious that this voice doesn't belong to someone edgeworth knows.

SO WHY IS SHE CALLING?! ]

... Hello? Is this Mister Edgeworth? I heard that you were a lawyer, and if it's okay, I want to talk. Um, if you'd like! Thank you.

[ please help me i murdered someone and since phoenix wright isn't here... just kidding. ]

[prosecutory]

[The voice on this end, on the other hand, is far from tentative and means business.

OH NO NOT A MURDER AGAIN -]

Yes, this is Edgeworth. May I ask who this is?

[centripetal]

[ oh, goodness, he even sounds lawyer-y. not that she knows how, exactly, that sounds... but if she knew, it would be like this.

that's getting confusing in her head. ]

I'm Colette. Colette Brunel. We haven't met--except for now, heh heh. [ very much relieved that he responded man. ] I had a couple of questions about being a lawyer...

[prosecutory]

[One thing at a time, Colette.

A young girl...okay. That begs the question of what on earth she would like to talk to him about that had to do with being a lawyer.]

A pleasure to meet you, Miss Brunel. [Edgeworth isn't sure of the age so when in doubt, address her formally!] What are your questions? I will do my best to answer.

[centripetal]

Oh! Just Colette is fine, Mister Edgeworth. So...

[ hmm. now she has to decide what question to ask. she has so many of them, but there's one that sticks out in her mind. it is the one yozora told her to ask, after all.

so after the smallest pause, filled with a hum, she goes: ]

Um... your cravat! Is that your special item with powers that lawyers have? Can you see and unlock a person's secrets?

[ she is actually quite serious when she says this. ]

1/?

[prosecutory]

[There is a pregnant pause as Edgeworth stares at his phone after Colette finishes speaking. Wait...what? Special item? With powers?

See and unlock a person's secrets?! No, no, that's the blasted green thing Wright lent him that one time.

Good thing this isn't a video call, Edgeworth's expression right now would be pretty priceless.]

2/3

[prosecutory]

[He tries to gather his thoughts and his composure. Okay, there was that guy who came from a world where dragons existed and credit cards didn't. By now he knows that quite a few people would not be familiar with the concept of lawyers. But to think that lawyers rely on objects with powers to do their job? Preposterous! Only not really.]

Ah...er...

[Edgeworth honestly has no idea how to feel about this. His cravat, a lie detector? This was a new one.]

[prosecutory]

...

The answer to both of those questions is no. [Although to be fair, his cravat is special to some extent, in that it is one of the remnants of his von Karmic upbringing and has remained as a fashion statement he has adopted for himself.] What - or who - on earth gave you those ideas?

[centripetal]

... No? Really? [ what the hell? she sounds so... surprised. almost disappointed. wait, maybe--he had to keep it secret? it sounded so useful, it made sense.

she perks up. ] Oooh, I get it. I won't tell anyone, promise.

[ ha. ha. ha. ]

Why do you wear your cravat then, if it doesn't unlock people's secrets? [ wink, wink. ] And it was my friend, Yozora, who told me about the magical items. I'll tell her not to tell too, don't worry!

1/2

[prosecutory]

[What. No. NO. THAT'S NOT WHAT HE MEANT. HE'S NOT HIDING ANYTHING.]

No, no, my cravat really has nothing to do with exposing secrets!

[prosecutory]

[He clears his throat.] It is a fashion statement, a part of my suit. [Does he not have freedom to choose what to wear everyday?]

"Magical" items are not required in the legal profession. [That didn't stop a certain Phoenix Wright from even resorting to spirit channeling, but...psh, that's him. EDGEWORTH HAS HIS OWN WAYS.]

[centripetal]

[ no, no he doesn't. but at hearing this, there's a bit of a silence. so there wasn't any magical items? were things different in yozora's world? they had to be...

HOW STRANGE. ]

I guess there's lots of different types of lawyers out there, if that's just for fun! [ because that is certainly the weirder thing when compared to a lie-destroying cravat. ] Do you still have to pass the bar in a relay race to become one in your world? A lawyer, I mean. That's my next question.

[healinguilt]

Mr. Edgeworth, this is Dr. Naomi Kimishima. As you are the only prosecutor in Holly Heights, you are the only one to turn to. In short, I would like to press charges against Worick Arcangelo and see your assistance. Please return my call as soon as possible.

[prosecutory]

Dr. Kimishima, this is Edgeworth. Can you tell me why you wish to press charges against Worick Arcangelo?

[healinguilt]

Sexual harassment. [ Said simply, and with a sigh. Like it has been done before. ]

[prosecutory]

[THAT'S NOT FOR FUN, COLETTE. At least Phoenix doesn't add magic into the equation for fun...at least the guy had enough sense to not do THAT. HOPEFULLY. But before Edgeworth could point out that it's really not for fun ESPECIALLY WHEN HE HIMSELF HAD TO USE THAT MAGATAMA...

A relay race. Passing the bar.

PASSING THE BAR IN A RELAY RACE.]

That's...no, of course not! The "bar" refers to the examination that one must take before he is admitted as a lawyer. Running a race has absolutely no bearing on one's capacity to enter the legal profession.

[prosecutory]

...I see. [His tone is flat. Edgeworth has seen his share of sexual harassment cases too, and regards them with proper distaste; ladies, often the victims of such incidents, did not deserve this sort of treatment.]

I would like to ask for more details, if I am to build my case. [No external evidence. Usually this sort of thing relied on the victim's testimony, and witness testimony, if any.]

[healinguilt]

My main profession here is working as a medical doctor. I assist the residents' security team with my expertise and offer treatment to the officers there. Worick enters my office, complaining of a papercut. After a brief and silly conversation, he made obscene and sexual gestures without apology.

The entire conversation has been recorded by one of the security cameras. I will send you the file of the footage.

[ She'll just send him this. So it's not too bad. But she takes this shit seriously. ]

[prosecutory]

Well, this footage is certainly convenient; thank you.

[> Security camera footage added to the Court Record]

Are you prepared to take the witness stand, if need be?

[healinguilt]

Yes. I am will to cooperate with anything necessary.

[centripetal]

[ ......

hear the sound of broken dreams, edgeworth. for--guess what--you've just shattered this one's. dreams, that is. ]

You mean... there's no race? [ so. sadly. ] But it sounded so fun. ... Lawyers really are different in your world.

[ how is she supposed to become a lawyer for yozora if there's no race involved? she's been practising so hard! ]

[prosecutory]

[SORRY HE HAS NO IDEA HE JUST SHATTERED A GIRL'S DREAMS...oh no is she disappointed...]

No, unless you count the race against time to finish the bar examination within the given time period.

[IT'S NOT EASY BEING A LAWYER.]

[prosecutory]

Good. I will review the footage and see if there is probable cause to bring your case to trial.

phone call

[icefallen]

[The voice on the end of the line, while young, is exceptionally cool and collected. Hopefully, she thinks, that ridiculous woman wasn't yanking her chain with this; somebody will pay hell, if so.]

Hello. My name is Rio Kamishiro; we've never met before. However, I'm calling about a peculiar encounter I had recently with a woman who seemed reluctant to allow me her name, but who quite rudely insisted on proclaiming me the mastermind behind this Holly Heights mess. On top of which, she told me to "direct all complaints to Miles Edgeworth", for some reason.

So of course, I'm going to do just that. Might you know who she is? I can easily provide more details if necessary, I'd just very much like to know, for... future reference, you understand.

Thank you for your time.

[prosecutory]

[What. "Direct all complaints to Miles Edgeworth"...and a woman...he's almost sure he knows who that is. Almost, but he has no data.]

Hello, Miss Kamishiro, this is Edgeworth. Can you describe the woman in question?