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]

Yes, although they claim to be working on restoring our worlds. I assume they also mean the creatures within.

[Edgeworth frowns as well, remaining always the skeptic.]

WHAT'S YOUR BEEF

[prosecutory]

[That is so obvious, Merlin. That smile is very obvious.]

No, I did not. And that ball could have led Pess into danger, like the alien-filled bodies of water. That wouldn't be fun.

[Pess just starts chewing his ball, rolling with it, so elated to have it in his clutches again.]

[unionjackoff]

[stop smirking, Edgeworth! smug is not very becoming]

Sure, that's fine! But, tomorrow. Right now... [forced yawn] I'm beat. I need to sleep.

a.

[souperb]

[ oh... what's easier for milla to handle than people? not people. so when pess does his excited NEW FRIEND!! routine, her reaction isn't to scream bloody murder and then get as far away as possible. instead, she crouches down.

... actually, she doesn't even notice edgeworth at first. it's pretty clear in the way she jumps a tad when he does speak. all she had was Cute Animal on the mind. ]

At least one of us does. [ hA... ha. she's blunt as hell and including herself in the Anti-Social Circle without shame.

as she pets pess: ] ... Long time no see.

[prosecutory]

[Edgeworth can't help it. The corners of his mouth twitch as if he wants to grin, or even chuckle at Milla's bluntness. He feels her pain at times, actually. Socialization could be draining and some people just weren't worth meeting.

Pess approaches Milla and just lets her pet him as much as she likes. Edgeworth manages to control himself to grin only after she says, "Long time no see."]

Likewise, Milla. How have you been?

[prosecutory]

[Edgeworth's brow furrows, and he sniffs. Don't doubt him when it comes to anything involving his dog!!!]

His name is Pess. [Who names their dog "Pess", really? Seriously? P-E-S-S??]

[prosecutory]

[First aid? Edgeworth gazes in awe at the robot dog.]

Not yet. [Maybe Tadashi or someone else will introduce him.] Why?

[prosecutory]

It shouldn't take long. Then you can sleep.

[Edgeworth extends a hand.]

[sayonaradumbass]

Pess?

[Kaneda is Not Impressed]

That sounds like piss.

[to the dog:]

You could have done better with a different owner.

[and then he gives the stick a toss]

[usefulanalysis]

Wow! I had no idea. I guess he helps you out sometimes too huh?

[Police hound? Or Piddle puppy?]

Ah! Um, nothing special. Just a few beta fish and a small crab. They're pretty to look at, though after the trial I gave them to my old class since I was heading to Europe.

[bropane]

Ah, it's nothing. Because if you knew him, you might have seen the nurse bot with him.

I designed Demo after him.

[madcuriosity]

Yes, sir. [Was she in trouble for not telling the police?] Ah... is that... I mean, I didn't want to get the boy in trouble. He was possessed.

[prosecutory]

They're not the same word. [More importantly, he's clearly bristled by the comment about his dog being better with a different owner. Excuse you, dude.]

And what kind of owner would he be better with, dare I ask?

[prosecutory]

[And in his time, she's already in Europe, only rushing back to help him with cases while she's on vacation.]

He's not a police dog, if that's what you're thinking. A police dog would require more rigorous training.

[prosecutory]

Did you also create the nurse bot?

[A nurse robot sounds so handy. And it would take a lot of brainpower to assemble one. It would need a database of common illnesses and injuries and other medical conditions, not to mention all the remedies for those.

If only Natalia could have seen this robot. She would be so delighted.]

[prosecutory]

Was that what happened? [He pauses. Actually he's just curious to know about the recent welcome party.] Would you know what possessed him?

I WENT COLD TURKEY

[sortileges]

[ Now that makes his eyebrows shoot up. ]

That wouldn't happen. [ Because he had 100% control over where he was sending it. Stop being such a grump. ] You wouldn't happen to be an old man, would you? Gaius would probably say the same thing.

[ Yeah......... he went there!!!!! ]

[beaconed]

Y'know, it's kinda rare to see real animals around here. Is he from your world?

[unionjackoff]

[why does England feel like a child that is about to be scolded? he's a grown-ass man, older than Edgeworth by centuries! and yet, right now, he feels so small.

slowly England's hand moves to his CEREVice. he considers taking it out and giving it to Edgeworth. but why? that's only making them both do extra work. so he instead clenches his hand in a fist, drops it]

You're not going to find Mark in there. [his voice sounds defeated] There is no Mark.

[souperb]

[ still petting, definitely. running her hand between his ears, and then offering him a scratch behind them, too. milla hadn't brought anything to feed him with, but maybe that wasn't the best idea when his owner was right in front of him (speaking of his owner, he's also... tolerable, which is why she doesn't seem too bothered to stay).

she'll get you chicken when edgeworth turns his back, cute dog.... ]

Surviving with a headache, which is basically my usual state in this place until it goes to hell again. [ probably less convincing considering the smile ghosting on her lips as she keeps her eyes on pess.

she glances upwards towards edgeworth, then back down. ]

What about you?

[amanesuzuha]

O-oh no no [She shakes her head] I just didn't expect to see him. I guess I was just in my own world?

Surprised would have probably been a better word.

[cresthopes]

Then maybe we should teach him about Digimon too!

[Takeru suddenly shouted before looking down at Press] Unless you can't teach him about them? But can't a dog learn new tricks or something?

[sayonaradumbass]

Might as well be. He looks like a...a Monty to me!

[he's going to get a terrible middle name at this rate]

One who gives him a name reflecting his character. One who doesn't have ruffles stuffed up his ass...

[usefulanalysis]

No no, but he's still a dog. They can...sniff stuff, right?

[bropane]

Yeah, I did.

[ and he takes a lot of pride in it. ]

You should meet them sometime. [ and he knows how well hiro would receive edgeworth. he seems smart enough for hiro. ]