dog day afternoon [OPEN]

[prosecutory]

Who: Miles Edgeworth, his faithful canine sidekick Pess, and YOU!
When: Any day after the intro log.
Where: Errywhere, pretty much. See prompts for locations.
What: Edgeworth takes his dog around, and runs into people. Adorbs ensues.
Rating/Warning: Dog. Grumpy prosecutor being a little less grumpy.

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[OPTION A: RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

Edgeworth is taking his dog out for a walk around the district. And before he can do anything, the big and very real tricolor border collie suddenly stands up on his hind legs and barks excitedly at the first person he sees (which is you, sorry). Pess may or may not brace his front paws on your thigh or any part of you he can reach, tail wagging with anticipation. It's a new friend. New friend!!! On the bright side, he's a pretty clean dog. NEW FRIEND!!!

Edgeworth doesn't care, and gasps at this public display of affection.]

Pess, no. [That firm "no" is all it takes for Pess to behave, although his tail is still wagging like crazy and he's panting and grinning as a dog would. Edgeworth sighs, shaking his head. He's quick to apologize.] I'm sorry; he enjoys meeting new people.

[Far more than his master.]

[OPTION B: SHOPPING DISTRICT

There's a cleaning robot. It's doing its business, sweeping up some debris from a nearby food stall. Suddenly, out of nowhere comes this border collie. He bounds over to the robot, starts sniffing it, and promptly raises one leg ominously over the poor thing.

What do you do, responsible citizen of Cerealia? What do you do - well, while Edgeworth hasn't caught up with his dog, anyway?]

[OPTION C: GARDENS

Pess is a pro at getting people to play with him. So while you're there, you may just find this dog walking up to you with a stick, or a ball, in his mouth. He drops this at your feet, wanting a game of fetch. If you take too long to decide what to do, he'll just sit down, tail wagging happily and staring up at you with those big pleading puppy eyes.

Edgeworth is close by. He'll be looking for his dog when Pess takes a bit too long to get back to him.]

[OPTION D: GARDENS/SHOPPING DISTRICT/RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT/POLICE DEPT.

Drop something? If you did, you might just find this dog picking it up and offering it back to you suddenly before Edgeworth can act. Yeah, I guess Edgeworth is in this prompt too. Thank his dog. And the master, maybe. THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLES...er, peoples and doge.]

[OPTION E: WILDCARD

Do you want doge somewhere else? Let me know if you want another prompt!]

Comments

[prosecutory]

[Edgeworth does not realize how he acts so old. Which is why he's always so offended!!!]

Hmph. He's obedient enough to not walk me.

[Excuse you, he's not slow! Well, not as slow as before.]

[prosecutory]

[Pess welcomes this new round of petting.]

I doubt that. I was returned to my home world...twice already. That can't be a coincidence.

[bropane]

[ he shrugs and pockets his hands. ]

He was a nurse first, but Hiro turned him into a superhero.

[amanesuzuha]

[Nervously she gives a small bow back, just to be polite.]

I see, I'll do my best to remember that Miles Edgeworth.

May I ask how long you and Pess have been here? Someone I knew said they've been here for just a month, so I'm a little curious.

[flaredo]

Does your roommate not like fluffy things?

[ Because that's terrible. ]

[cresthopes]

Then does that mean he thinks just like any other dog?

[He said before attempting to pet said dog. And yet, he couldn't help but sound rather disappointed.]

[majinken]

This code stuff's pretty confusing, huh...

[he sighs a little—stahn doesn't really get all the coding technobabble at all.]

It's kind of hard to believe though.

[unionjackoff]

[that's what he said! and it was very deliberate]

I can't. [he starts moving away, toward his room. the fairy floats after him. maybe he could still tell Edgeworth what happened, if he tried writing everything down]

[beaconed]

Yeah, you're telling me. I had two that got wrecked in the flood. I bought 'em with a friend of mine, but... now she's gone, too.

You're right, though, real ones are better.

[undaunts]

That is a tragedy.

[Don't worry, Ruby will say it.]

[sortileges]

[ Become more self aware, Edgeworth!!!! You're 1000 years old mentally! ]

Are you sure about that? [ Sorry, he is not at all convinced. ]

[sayonaradumbass]

Yeah they do! So no one kicks 'em around.

Ruffles is a lot more fittin' than whatever your real name is.

[madcuriosity]

Have they always been so unkind, sir?

[thatdamnknight]

Not at all. I have a dog myself and understand how they behave.

[they have energy and need attention. anyone who gets mad at a dog for behaving like a dog is just silly.]

[cestmagnifique]

I...I see.

[ Well, that is very curious. Was this dog somehow pulled from the "code" of the universe as well. ]

How did you accomplish this?

[prosecutory]

He already has a fluffy thing of his own. That's all.

[Edgeworth shrugs calmly.]

[prosecutory]

I have been here for about eight months, but Pess joined me only several days ago.

[Thanks, ViViD.]

[prosecutory]

[Something happened. Something's up and somehow, England has been sworn to silence. Was he being blackmailed, or was he physically unable to speak of it?

Edgeworth doesn't stop him or the fairy from going; he reaches down to rub the fur behind Pess' ears.]

I see.

Get some rest; we'll discuss...whatever we can...in the morning.

[prosecutory]

Can you tell me about your dog?

[He's curious and pleasantly surprised to learn that many people are dog people. Pess is more curious about the ball Flynn picked up and is bracing his front paws on Flynn's thigh.]

[prosecutory]

I earned enough credits from ViViD.

[But yes, that begs the questions of how Pess had been pulled from the code of his world, and how he specifically was put together.]

[flaredo]

Ooh, he does? What is it??

[ GO ON. ]

[prosecutory]

When I first arrived, we were falsely accused of crimes and hunted down. It took them hours to rectify that and give us compensation.

...I would say they're more indifferent than outright unkind.

[prosecutory]

[As if to prove it, Pess soon gets over his shame and walks over to Jaune, standing up on his hind legs and panting as he looks up at this blond failure excuse for a young man.]

My CYbuddy was a gift...also from a friend who is long gone. I hadn't wanted one, but I appreciated the gesture.

[prosecutory]

I would think so, although he learns faster than most. His breed is among the smartest.

[Pess pants excitedly when Takeru tries to pet him, and remains still for some pettage.]

[unionjackoff]

[England is so grateful when Edgeworth doesn't try to stop him, so grateful that he doesn't push him anymore. really, England would tell him everything, if he could. he'd done this in order to tell people about what went on inside CERES.

but he was foolish. the secrets he'd learned were of no use if he couldn't tell anyone about them. he should have known better before rushing off and doing things on his own.

England has a smart roommate though, and he's certain that Edgeworth would be able to piece together clues in the future. but for now, he would not get anything out of the nation]

Right. [he pauses to turn and look at Edgeworth before he moves into the hall] Good night. [a beat, and then he adds before he goes] I'm sorry.