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[psycholawgy]

Who: Athena Cykes psycholawgy, her cute and skittish fox, and you!
When: Throughout the event.
Where: Various locations: the entertainment district, park, residential district.
What: Memory sharing, memory loss, cute foxes.
Rating/Warning: Athena is loud. Also, possible mentions of death.

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A: ENTERAINMENT DISTRICT
[ she thought it was sad at first, having a fox with only three legs follow her around, but she immediately grew attached to it even if it refused to walk by her side. she's even named it "volpe" because she is obviously very creative when it comes to naming things.

she's on her way to work now, a bag slung on her shoulder when she starts running, looking behind her immediately to see the fox trying to catch up with her, too. and then she walks slowly, and so does the fox. and then she starts running again-- it's a stupid cycle, really.

but because she's playing with her fox like the child that she is, she doesn't watch where she's going and may end up bumping into. . . well, you!

and her fox may or may not try to stop itself before bumping into you, as well. enjoy that surprise memory! ]


B: PARK
[ working three jobs is exhausting! which is why she decides to treat herself to something nice after a long day's work. she's seated by the fountain with a sketchpad and seems to be drawing the scenery around her. hey! you might even be in the pic—

—and then she shifts in her seat because sitting on concrete is uncomfortable and then she loses her balance and falls into the fountain. she manages to save all her stuff by throwing them forward, though, so there's that.

enjoy getting hit by pencils, paintbrushes, or her cerevice if you're passing by! ]


C: RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
[ 7 in the morning is CLEARLY THE PERFECT TIME to practice her chords of steel. she woke up a bit late today and is jogging around the district now, screaming something repeatedly: ]

I'M ATHENA CYKES AND I'M FINE!!!!

[ and her fox even screams along with her, except the sound it makes isn't exactly pleasant. not that athena screaming that from the top of her lungs is any better. . . she stops in front of some random apartment and just looks back at her fox. ]

Don't yell at me! [ except she's yelling too?!?!? ] At least try to sound cuter like, kukuku! Or kweh-kweh-kweh!

[ this is going nowhere.

sorry for waking you up, though. ]


WILDCARD
[ athena can usually be found at the cosplay cafe, the medical facility, or thistle do nicely! feel free to just bump into her while she's out shopping or jogging around! she's usually always running and trying to be a busy bee, anyway! ]


((ooc: if we haven't plotted anything, please let me know what kind of memory you'd like to see (positive, neutral, negative)! i'm cool with anything, and i'm also very, very open to memory sharing!))

Comments

C

[prosecutory]

[Today is the day Edgeworth goes jogging too, and he just ignores the rangy wispy cat trotting leisurely behind him. Instead, his attention is on Pess, who is running alongside him - until suddenly, incoming art supplies!]

Aaagh!

[Edgeworth tries to skid to a halt but slips and gets smacked in the arm by a sketchpad. Pess yelps at the flying pencils, but the cat is still keeping a respectable distance from Edgeworth.

Once he recovers from the initial shock, however, he hurries over to the fountain to extend a hand for Athena.]

Miss Cykes, are you all right?!

[psycholawgy]

[ her hair is dripping wet now by the time she tries to pull herself up. well, her hair and her clothes. it's a lot of fun, really. ]

Mister Edgeworth...?

[ but then there's a blank look on her face as she suddenly remembers one of her own memories. thanks, ardeo! or whoever's in charge of the fire people!

her own fox is sniffing pess now. it doesn't seem to be interested in edgeworth at the moment. ]

[prosecutory]

[Pess doesn't seem to detect the presence of the fox. On the other hand, the cat has decided to sit and wash itself, but keeps glaring at Edgeworth's general direction.]

Er...shall we find you a towel? [Hang on a moment. He fishes a large handkerchief out of his pocket. It's white and spotless, not exactly perfect for drying someone off but it's the only thing he has. Oh well, take it, Athena.

Her blank look doesn't go unnoticed, either. Someone like her rarely ever has a blank look.]

...What is it?

B; also if memory sharing happens just yolo me

[dereban]

[ Face... meet items. Which also causes her to fall down because of their impact, but other than that, she's most certainly fine. Probably. You might want to help her after you help yourself because there is literally no response coming from this end. ]

[psycholawgy]

[ she will help you later, inaba. in the meantime, her fox walks over to where inaba is and puts a paw on her face. not that she will be able to feel the contact, but she will, however, begin to see something else.

it doesn't seem like it's in cerealia, but it's a room with couches all over. athena is lying down on one of the couches while phoenix is seated on another. she makes a comment about how boring it is waiting for constance courte, then all of a sudden, there's a loud crashing noise, as if something big just broke.

athena and phoenix rush out into the hallway and into the outdoor stage area. it looks like a total mess what with debris everywhere, but what's even more striking is the dead body in the middle of the stage.

it's definitely athena's first (?????) time seeing a corpse, so she immediately feels nauseous, and so is the real athena when she finally gets out of the fountain. ]

Inaba?

[ still, the memory doesn't end there as phoenix orders athena to call the cops, which athena does obediently. phoenix then tells athena that they should investigate before the police come, which is what they do. athena takes a picture of the corpse ("cheese!" she even says) before anything else. the two of them find and examine a ton of things until they hear another voice running into the scene.

that's when it ends. ]

[dereban]

[ Those sure are familiar faces. And that also sure is a dead body. Of course, Inaba's seen dead bodies before; in fact, it's to the point where she could honestly care less about it before she finally manages to get up with a groan. She's still in somewhat of a stupor as she's still on her bottom, but she's not completely lying on the floor anymore.

A good thing, right? ]

Ngh. . . damn it, that hurts. And shit, memory sharing again? Really?

[ REALLY, CERES...... she's had enough of this from the last two times she had to share. Thankfully her dove doesn't seem to move too far from her just yet. It doesn't seem to be even the slightest bit interested in Athena. Which may or may not be a relief. ]

B

[theshiningone]

[It was a beautiful day in the park as Hiro was scrolling by, but he notices Athena was drawing something. He figured that he could say a 'hello' despite the fact that he made that scene at Ai's birthday...

Well, he'd apologize over that. But first things first, he sees an fuckton of items smack him in the fact and he lets out an awkward cry.]

GYAAAAAA!

[psycholawgy]

[ athena emerges from the water wet and looking absolutely frazzled. her hair is dripping wet, and so are her clothes. her headband's floating somewhere in the fountain which means her hair is all loose now. she looks like a real mess, tbh. ]

This stupid fountain!!!

[ she sure as hell doesn't mind being noisy. some birds even start flying away from their perch in shock from the noise.

her fox is right by hiro, but it doesn't seem to be interested in making contact with him yet. ]

[theshiningone]

[Now that sight was hilarious. Hiro isn't even holding back from laughing at how Athena was looking right now. He'd totally help her, but not without some laughs at her own expense.]

--HAHAHA! Water you know? A picture is worth a thousand words! [And he'll be noticing Athena's fox and looking down at it for some conversation.] 'Sup little guy. Am I right or am I right?

C. We plotted, so, w/e

[faithfulflame]

[Rei's out for a jog herself, of course. Only unlike Athena, she's doing her parkour running instead. The screaming, shouting and hooting gets her attention, though, and she starts taking a few hops down the side of the buildings, sticking to ledges and walkways between them now, until she finally gets a good look at Athena.

And? With a little Reinforcement (thanks for that new trick, Archer), drops neatly to the ground in front of Athena.]

Is there a reason you're trying to wake up the neighborhood?

[psycholawgy]

Eeeeeeek!

[ REI, WHAT THE FUCK. why do you have to be like this!! she's so surprised that one of her arms start flying, aiming to slap rei in the face. ]

[faithfulflame]

[Rei skips back three steps, getting clear.]

Athena! What even?!

c!

[manolia]

[Seven in the morning, and Chibi is... Conked out on a bench in the lobby of his apartment building, like a hobo. He has not been able to sleep these past nights, racked with nightmares of his own world's end (again, and each reminds him again that he could not stop it). He had taken a walk to clear his head, went to the spa and plunked himself in the bath, and gotten home only to crash on a public couch.]

[A classy start.]

[It doesn't help (or does it?) when his little nap is interrupted by screaming just outside the glass doors; Chibi jerks awake with a yelp, then runs outside to see what the racket is. He (sleep-deprived as he is) can't yet process the words she's yelling clearly, only that there is yelling going on.]

[If he runs into that little fox, it really isn't his fault. And if his little goat runs smack into Athena, showing her a memory of his own... That isn't his fault, either.]

[[I'd like a neutral or negative memory, give me that pain train. let me know if there's a type of memory you want in specific!]]

PAIN TRAIN IT IS

[psycholawgy]

Hey, don't walk away from me! [ athena exclaims, but her fox does not seem to be interested in following her words. it stops by chibi's feet, sniffing at it before landing a paw on one of them. ]

Hey! I said don't—

[ but it's too late. athena is overcome with nausea, and chibi's probably in a world of his own, now.

he'll see a courtroom, and there's a trial going on. a man has taken the stand and he seems to be going crazy or having a breakdown, admitting to moving the launch pads and faking the launch to protect the austronauts, but he refuses to explain any further. the defense at this point (athena and phoenix wright) seem to be doing well now and are on the verge of celebrating their non-guilty verdict when the prosecutor interjects and refuses to let solomon starbuck off the hook.

a detective barges into the courtroom with very special news, saying he's found new and decisive evidence against somebody. a lighter — the killer's lighter, in fact! and he says that it wouldn't have been solomon starbuck's as it was found in the space center's museum.

athena and phoenix receive their non-guilty verdict, and confetti starts flying all across the courtroom. it all seems happy and gay, until blackquill asks for a fingerprint analysis of the lighter.

the only prints found were athena's.

policemen circle her from the defense's bench. she's handcuffed as she starts crying that it wasn't her, and is taken away. ]

[manolia]

[Ah. So... So this is one of her memories, this girl he's only ever seen on the network and in passing.]

[Chibi can't do much but watch, obviously, suddenly put into a body that is not his and seeing something play out that is not his own. It doesn't take long to discern that it is a place where trials for wrongdoers are held. (Mina and Phaeris would be more familiar with that sort of thing than he.) It is a lot different than he is used to, a lot more regimented and less... Well, less hippie-commune. Furthermore, it seems to be an incredibly convoluted trial - what would astronauts or faked spacecraft launches have to do with anything involving a murder?]

[Confetti. That's a little weird. But... What he sees next is perhaps the more important part. When he comes to, he is visibly jarred atop the general sleep-deprivation, and he is rubbing his own wrists.]

I am... Going to assume you did not commit the crime of which you were accused? [Was she killed for it? he has to wonder.]

C

[bookdrooling]

When you word it like that, it sounds as if you're overcompensating for something!

[Which is always hilarious from a human. How does one even overcompensate? They don't have anything to compensate for in the first place, what losers.

Thankfully, waking her up isn't a problem. Nor is surprising her an issue since she's just floating along like she normally does, little dove flying along behind her...sort of. It keeps flopping over but Jibril doesn't seem to mind at all.]

[psycholawgy]

[ ... ?! ]

Overcompensating?

[ jibril, what??? ]

B

[bewrightback]

[Phoenix had been walking along, followed by his own fox, when he suddenly spotted Athena at work.

Please don't tell me that Laurice Deauxnim has found an apprentice...]

Athen-

[But while he's trying to call out to her - there she goes, right into the drink! And Phoenix gets head right in the face by her pencils. And her paintbrush. And the cerevice! He then falls right onto the ground!]

[psycholawgy]

[ athena jumps right out of the fountain, roaring and shaking her head like a wild beast. ]

Aaaarggghhh!!!

[ it might have been an accident, but she sure as hell blames ceres for falling.

her fox jumps at the sudden shouting and hides behind phoenix, though it hasn't made contact with him yet. ]

[gerte]

[ If Athena doesn't watch it she's going to get greeted with a whip to the face ]

The one who's yelling is you, fool. Care to explain why you're causing so much racket?

You're disrupting the atmosphere.

[ Athena's doing more than just that, okay. ]

[psycholawgy]

[ she's definitely watching her step and inching away before franziska even cracks that whip. thank god for her fast reflexes! ]

Hey, watch it! I was just-- prac... tising...

A

[babermetrics]

[You know, he's not even surprised at this kind of behavior coming from Athena. This is exactly the kind of thing she would do. What is she doing? Leon watches her stop and start her running as he approaches her—

But unfortunately, while her ridiculous behavior is kinda predictable, her motions aren't so much. He's not expecting her to speed up again at the exact moment she does, and he's a little too close and off-balance and . . .

Well, wham. He crashes right into her—and right into the path of her fox.

His own fox might not be entirely successful in skittering out of the way, either.]

[psycholawgy]

[ athena backs away a few steps as her head begins throbbing, and she has to rest her back against the wall.

she doesn't even notice where her fox runs off to after it makes contact with leon because of how much it hurts.

leon, though, will end up seeing athena tied to a chair. she seems to be in some sort of cell along with some other people. simon blackquill, vietnam, celty, and hak. a helmet is placed on their heads, and it's similar to what people wear when they play vivid. it's then when the "game" begins, or in this case, the torture begins.

the memory changes to when athena starts seeing her greatest fears. getting stabbed over and over again, getting hit by a truck, falling from a cliff, getting hit on the head with a blunt object. it's just deaths over and over. leon probably wouldn't be able to tell how long this happens, but it the whole torture session lasted a few days. ]

A

[youraffection]

[ It's not surprising that someone who wants to be entertained often finds themselves in the entertainment district. What is surprising is that he' snot use dot being, well, completely bulldozed over. Yosuke's reflects are either 100% on point or not there at all. Unfortunately for him, it's the latter.

So Yosuke goes a-tumblin', and if he's lucky, he'll land on her. If he's not, he'll face-plant into the concrete. Either way, he does't see the fox. Whoops? ]

Ack!

[psycholawgy]

[ aaaand there they go. yosuke does end up landing on her, which only makes things worse. athena's reflexes also either 100% on point or not there at all, but her childhood has made her into this. . . sort of person who reacts rather violently to contact that she doesn't initiate.

which is why she immediately gets up and kicks yosuke in the groin. her fox reacts violently as well, jumping on yosuke before deciding to hide behind athena as it hisses at yosuke.

(i'm so sorry.)

at the very least, what he'll see all of a sudden isn't so bad, though?! it's athena cooking a big batch of cookies and going to work, giving phoenix wright, apollo justice, and trucy wright a bag each. they eat the cookies and say it's REALLY GOOD!!!!! but athena could hear what they're feeling and starts crying because they don't really mean it.

that's it... that's the whole thing. ]