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

[flaredo]

So no bunnies?

[ Or chicks... aww. ]

[majinken]

E...eh!?

[he's been home twice, and now he's here? this is the first time stahn is hearing anything like this happening where there was actual confirmation that it's the case.]

So does that mean they're really okay, then?

[unionjackoff]

[he wouldn't lie if he didn't have to! his code has been rewritten somehow, so that even if he thinks about telling the truth to someone else, his chest hurts.

he sighs and stoops down to pick up the CEREVice. it was probably stupid to drop it, but it looks okay]

I'd tell you if I could. Right now, I can't. [even saying that just that causes his throat to tighten again]

[cresthopes]

I think it's worth a try! Especially if he was made here so he should have all those zeroes and ones and stuff in his head here right?

[That's not how it works, Takeru!]

[sayonaradumbass]

Yeah. Especially the names of animals, Ruffles. Something like Monty would have been way more intimidating!

[scowls right on back]

[souperb]

[ hah. there's a dry chuckle at that. it's true, and she's fully expecting for water to rush in from the distance and fire to rain down from the sky and some kind of alien to pop out of her toilet and nothing would surprise her at this point. ]

We've been here long enough to get used to it, haven't we? [ she knows he's been here longer than she has. ] Hopefully the next problem they throw at us keeps us acting normal.

[ and she also knows they've been on receiving ends of Weird.

... she's mostly come to terms with that. ]

[beaconed]

But if you had one then you wouldn't have to worry about them peeing on things. Just saying!

[amanesuzuha]

I'm glad to hear that.

[She realized that she had yet to introduce herself! It was only right after playing with someone else's dog... or so she thought at least.]

My name is Suzuha Amane, it's nice to meet you and Pess as well!

[And she bends down to give Pess a small pet on his head. Now introductions were complete! Though, she figured she technically already introduced herself to Pess when she petted him early prior to throwing the stick but... she'll wave off that thought for now!]

[heiwana]

It is strange that they have not told us how or when such things are occurring. [ His frown is a deep one still but he does move down to pet Pess again. ]

We can only hope that they are not lying and keeping us from our homes.

[undaunts]

Huh... good thing you're Zwei-sized, Zwei.

[that's said to Zwei.

Who barks happily.]

[madcuriosity]

No sir, I was here for the very nasty, murderous ghosts who lie. [She had very specific titles for them, none of them kind.]

The village was actually quite lovely, despite being dropped from the sky and nearly eaten by fish. But it seems like CERES is trying to harm us at every turn.

[sortileges]

[ Because he acts like one??? ]

Oh, of course you aren't. [ Why does it look like he's going to laugh? To hide that he ducks down, reaching out to try and pet Pess. ] Though are you sure he isn't likely to take you out for a walk instead?

[ Because you're slow in comparison, that's for sure. ]

[cestmagnifique]

[ That...certainly brings a new question to mind. Mitsuru blinks, her brows raising. ]

From home? You mean this animal is from your world prior to this place?

[prosecutory]

Yes, he is.

[Well, his world prior to this place was not his world, but he gets what Mitsuru is asking.]

[prosecutory]

[Edgeworth blinks. It wasn't "won't", it was "can't. And that made a world of a difference.]

You..."can't"?

[prosecutory]

It's a pleasure to meet you...Suzuha, is it? [He bows. Meanwhile, Pess lets out a happy yip at being petted.] I am Miles Edgeworth.

[prosecutory]

[When he's thinking too much about cases and less about his stuff, yes, he loses things.

And yes, he can be cute. Always cute.]

He is a border collie.

[prosecutory]

A CYbuddy? [He blinks, then folds his arms across his chest.] I had one until it was destroyed in the flood, but it wasn't the same as having a real dog.

[prosecutory]

Dog names don't have to be intimidating.

[He narrows his eyes.]

And my name isn't Ruffles.

[prosecutory]

[Edgeworth rubs Pess' neck, and the dog's tail thumps against the pavement as the latter raises his head for more rubbing.

He nods slowly and sagely.]

Indeed. But usually if we're acting normal, the colony isn't. [He waves a free hand at their surroundings.] Or, the so-called spirits aren't.

[prosecutory]

Pess wasn't made here. [A shake of the head.] So h doesn't think like that. [Takeru probably means binary code. Is that how Digimon work? Digital...something? Was that why they were called Digimon?]

[prosecutory]

I was told that the code for my world had been stabilized for a while, but only for a while, hence I was returned here.

[He folds his arms across his chest, a finger tapping against his forearm.]

But it happened again.

[prosecutory]

[How does he say this? He doesn't hate bunnies or any small(er) fluffy beings, but...dogs were just better.]

I just...prefer dogs over any other fluffy animal. But I wouldn't say I dislike bunnies.

In any case, I'd rather not burden my roommate with another pet.

[prosecutory]

It's a nurse...and a superhero?

[That's some robot. But it's probably better that a superhero robot can provide medical care too.]

[prosecutory]

[He nods, remembering the ghosts. And the village which Edgeworth only saw after he climbed out of the shark-infested lake.]

Or not providing us with proper assistance when things go awry.