estoria | no objections to parties

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no objections to parties

Who: The Ace Attorney cast + CR!
When: 4/19, afternoon and evening
Where: The function room of some restaurant in the Shopping District
What: Phoenix Wright, Miles Edgeworth, Klavier Gavin and Ema Skye are celebrating their birthdays in one big bash with all their friends.
Rating/Warning: Nobody’s getting murdered, so just Ace Attorney ridiculousness.

[ It was by sheer coincidence that the month of April had so many birthdays from people from the same world. Which meant that the best solution was to have the largest birthday party of all birthday parties. Or so was Klavier’s thinking. He knew that some part of the population was plagued with some weird disease that caused headache and fever, so the celebration was relatively low key.

But low key for Klavier would still be considered extravagant for others. He took the liberty of renting out a large room in one of Cerealia’s many restaurants and sent an invite to everyone who he could think of was in Cerealia and encouraged them to invite their friends. The more the merrier, as he said.

Because all of the people celebrating had some connection with the law, there was thus an appropriate cake. There was some confusion with the food because instead of ramen and burgers, there were ramen burgers instead being served on trays by waiters. Plus the drinks were unusually glimmerous, to say the least (but non alcoholic, of course.)

Aside from the food, there was music and even a piano in the back in case some people wanted to play. A gift table was set up so that people could leave their gifts, but good luck trying to find it. ]

(( this is an open log so please feel free to make top levels for your characters! if your character knows any of the ace attorney people even by the slightest smidgen, chances are they were invited. or you can gatecrash and nobody would be able to tell. or klavier accidentally texted the wrong number and they got invited. ))

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Whoa- that tickles! [He chortles lightly as she does her work with the cufflinks. And as she goes on, he looks like he's almost getting choked up by her word.]

Wow. Thanks, Iris. That's... that's the look that I go for! [A more nervous laugh.] I'm just glad, for all the times that the Truth can successfully be reached.

Sorry.

[Maybe it was her current illness. She was tired and a little weaker than usual and not on top of things. Any other time, she would have blushed. This time, however, she merely laughed right along with him. Adjusting her movements with the second cuff link so that her touch wouldn't tickle the other wrist.]

I'm glad...that I no longer have to be afraid of the Truth.

[He might have been exaggerating a little bit. But he smiles, while also gazing down at her in concern.]

I... I'm glad that you're not afraid, Iris. [And some admiration shines through his eyes.]

You always have been so strong.

[She shook her head, but it was with a smile.]

Not really. I was always just around strong people. It's always easier to pretend when you have someone to look up to what you want to be.

What is it they say? Fake it until you make it? [He shakes his head more lightly.]

Even if it feels like you're pretending... That's still a type of strength. And something that helps you to become stronger. I know that you're a strong person, Iris.

...so you think I was strong when I was pretending to be my sister?

[Her eyes lifted to meet his gaze now. They were glossy an unfocused, but it was clear that she knew what she was asking: a question that had been on her mind for...quite a long time.]

[He scratches at his head for a moment, and then he nods.]

Well... Yes. Even if what you were doing wasn't necessarily the right thing, it's not like you wanted to be her. Y-you pretended to be her to protect her. You set aside what you wanted and persevered.

That.... that still sounds like strength to me, Iris.

[It was a compliment. It was almost certainly meant to be a compliment, and more than just the part about him reaffirming how strong he thought she was.]

[Yes, her smile grew sad. And she shook her head.]

No, Feenie, you're wrong.

[Not about all of it. Just...]

I did want to be Dahlia. She did so many awful things, yes, but...when we were younger, I knew a different side of her. I saw how she was strong and always willing to do what she thought was necessary to get what she wanted. She had a difficult life, and she was able to survive in the only way she knew how.

When I...when I first tried to convince her to let me take her place, I think...a part of me wanted to do it for more reasons than just protecting her.

[He takes that all in with a serious look, folding his fingers in thought.]

...I see. If that's so, Iris, then I'm sorry for assuming otherwise. I never realized that- that you saw it in that way.

[Dahlia... I guess that she did have her own strengths, alongside the poison and the betryal.]

So you truly did want to be her?

I thought I did.

[Certainly not the parts that hurt other people. Not the poison and betrayal and constant lying and manipulation.]

But...[She shook her head.]...not anymore.

[A light smile cracks his face.]

Yes... I see.

Iris, you never stood a chance of becoming Dahlia Hawthorne. Because, in the end, you really were too strong. [Otherwise, she would have ended up just like Dahlia...]

And you are your own person.

[After a moment's pause to allow his words to sink in...her expression wasn't much different from his.]

I am.

And part of that is because of you. Because even when I slipped in my role at times, you never seemed to notice. You liked me just the same.

Of course I did. [he looks at her with a sunny smile, gesturing towards her with both hands.] You're... you!

I didn't even know what slip-ups to look for. I was... It was practically like being under a spell. Of - of simple, blissful happiness. I don't think the real Dahlia could have pulled that off in the long run. ...Only a kind and strong heart like yours could.

[...okay, that time, she did blush.]

You have no idea how happy it makes me to hear you say that, Feenie.

At times...I felt the same way. Like I was under a spell of happiness all my own. You were one of my first experiences outside either the Temple or Dahlia. I learned a lot from you.

[Happy? Just the idea of helping Iris feel happy gives Phoenix's heart a rush of warm energy as he looks at her.]

A- a spell of happiness, huh? [A shame it couldn't last. ...Is it really true, what they say? That all good things must come to an end?] Yeah... I'd say that sounds right.

I'm happy, and proud for- for anything I was able to help you to learn. I learned a lot from you too, you know. [Even if a lot of it was confused and/or undermined by that incident that ended it all.]

Really? Like what?

[What could she have possibly taught him? A sheltered temple girl. The few skills she possessed had to have been kept hidden because of her deception. Most of their conversation centered around little things. Likes. Dislikes. She''d been so genuinely curious about his studies that she could have spent hours listening to him tell her about anything and everything without uttering a single word in return.]

From knowing you and from the time we spent together...

...I learned what it meant to really believe in someone. [A pause as he looks onwards.]

Absolutely and to the bitter end. Even after what happened with court... with Dahlia... It still couldn't shake that belief in the person I had spent all that time with. It's something that helped me to get used to believing in others again and again. And in the end, that original belief... Like most of the time when I believe in someone... It led me to the truth.

[Now he looks back at her, with a smile.]

To you. And it's a better truth than I could have hoped for.

[The woman I believed in so much, and the woman who betrayed me... They were really were different people in the end.

He leans a little closer to her without fully realizing it.]

Thank you, Iris.

[Her mouth remained ever so slightly agape. Eyes wide.]

[He'd told her something similar in the past. About having always believed in her. Even with all that Dahlia had done, the memories they'd shared had been too strong for her sister to completely shatter. And she'd believed him. Believed in him. With a little help, perhaps, but her belief had been rewarded in so many different ways, not the least of which being a heavy weight of guilt finally lifting from her shoulders.]

[But...this? To hear that she was the one who taught him how to believe so strongly....]

Feenie...

[A spell. Not unlike the one that had been cast over her five years ago. It was the only way to explain how she felt so calm, even though her heart was racing. How her first reaction, when he leaned in that much closer, was to also lean in a little. A hand rising to the center of her chest. Directly over her heart.]

And you...still feel that way? Even now?

[To be fair, learning how to believe in someone like that was something that involved multiple parties. But looking back at it was what helped him to realize that with Iris, he had lived that lesson without even realizing it.

Phoenix chuckles fondly at her question, remaining cool in the face of the sudden closeness.]

Iris...

...It's a feeling that can't just go away or fade over time, no matter what happens. This is a belief that...

...well, I guess it kind of feels like it's etched into my heart. And I have no want to undo it. Because... Even now, even in a place like this, you've found your way back into my life. You're here for me, and you're rewarding my faith without even realizing it.

[He hesitates for a moment, keeping a warm smile, before he lets himself speak from his heart.]

It... It just makes it easy to see, all over again, why I care about you as much as I do.

[...why I care about you as much as I do.]

[She could feel the oncoming sting in her eyes. And resisted. Smiling up at him softly before closing her eyes and...leaning forward, until her forehead rested ever so sightly against his shoulder. Partially so that he wouldn't see the tears and feel bad, but also because...no matter the wonderful feelings welling deep inside her, the conversation was still taking a lot out of her, energy-wise.]

I can't tell you...how happy it makes me to hear you say all that.

R-really? [It almost feels like he's so many years younger, with butterflies swimming in her stomach.

Can I still make her happy...?

His smile grows warmer and fonder, and as she leans against him, he decides she may as well help her feel comfortable. So he quietly wraps and arm around her to hold her there.]

Just- just hearing that... It makes me happy too, Iris. I guess that's the real best birthday present I could hope for, right?

[He gives on softly.]

It sounds like you're do for some more rest.

[A gentle nod against his shoulder, Slow. Shallow. She murmured something in response, but it was too soft to fully reach his ears. Her breathing was already beginning to even out.]

[She was falling asleep again, right in his arms.]

[He feels only a few moments of apprehension and nervousness at Iris falling asleep on him. Was this right? He's not going to accidentally break her, right?

But it all smoothly slips away in favor of the quiet comfort. His life has ended up taking another unexpected turn. A few months ago, he never would have imagined that he would be spending this birthday in another world, with Iris falling asleep in his arm, a scene that hadn't seemed to belong in Phoenix's present life.

Right now, it felt like it belonged perfectly. So he relaxed, gently rubbing her shoulder while he let Iris rest. It's a simplistic peace, and he breathes softly, thinking just one simple thought while he takes in this scene.

I love this.]

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