estoria | Case 1: Turnabout Bicyle [Open]

Who: Phoenix Wright and yooooouuuuuu
When: December 18th, but the exact time/date can be toggled as need be.
Where: The casino, the gym and a few places in between.
What: Examine Phoenix's life as well as his choices.
Warnings: Nothing specific?

A. The Streets (Residental/Entertainment)

[Phoenix has constantly wound up missing out on public transportation and being late for work. So, he's managed to buy himself a fairly cheap bicycle (toast not included) and today is the day he tests it. He'll be trying to bike from the residential area over to the CERES Casino in the Entertainment District in time for work. Nevermind that this is in itself is more work than he'll ever actually do in the casino.

Find him as he cycles on by, or... maybe try to give him a hand when he accidentally winds up steering into the street and has to swerve around this weird futuristic traffic.]

B. CERES Casino

[Phoenix Wright works here as a pianist. The primary indication of this is that he's usually sitting by the piano. But you'll be hard-pressed to actually hear him playing, and if you do, you may notice it doesn't sound very good at all. But rather, he seems to be spending more of his time talking up the guests and settling in for games of poker. He'll also hail down servers to get himself some grape juice.

If you try to approach him with a piano-based question, you may just get this as your response:]

Sorry, I don't play requests.

C. CERES Gym

[You may also find him winding down with some exercise at the gym. He's changed out of his blue suit and into his more hobo-ish get-up, with sweatpants and a sweatshirt. He will spend most of his time on the treadmill... briskly moving at it's lowest setting.]

D. Wild Card?

[Run into him somewhere around the residential district, entertainment district or shopping district (Christmas shopping is a thing!). Also to note that he's currently also acting as a talent agent for CERES CGI Productions, so he'll be keeping his eyes peeled for anyone who happens to be openly displaying some kind of interesting talent.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Phoenix gives a sheepish smile as he scratches at his head thoughtfully. He'll just ignore the subject of whether or not he'll actually play the piano while he can.]

Heh... I got three options, just like everyone else seems to. I took this one and one other.

[ This answer confused Mitsuru, because most rational people picked jobs from ViViD based on what they could accomplish. This man just could not play piano. Or refused to. Yet was a piano player. ]

If you don't mind me asking, what was the other option?

I think it was selling ice cream, or something like that. I didn't have any experience in the area, so I thought it was wisest to pass it up. [It's better to take the job that I know I can be good at being bad at.]

[ But... you didn't have experience in playing piano either. Mitsuru has the feeling that they'd just keep going in circles if she pursued this line of questioning, so she quickly drops it. ]

I apologise for such abrupt questioning, but the previous piano player was a robot... there was one day where he malfunctioned and he played nothing but one song for a few hours. I wondered whether the same thing was happening again.

[That's probably one of the wisest choices she's made. Phoenix smiles sheepishly.]

Well, Miss, I assure you that you won't have to worry about that with me. It takes me a lot less time than that to give up on a song... Maybe they thought I'd add a nice 'human' touch. [Specifically, human error...]

A human touch, eh? I can't deny that. You are capable of holding a rather nice conversation.

[ She wasn't sure whether this man was American or Japanese or something else, so she wasn't entirely sure of the protocols of politeness here, but just to be sure - she gives a precise 45 degree bow, straightens up and holds her hand out. ]

My name is Mitsuru Kirijo. It's a pleasure to meet you, mister...?

[I think that's the first compliment I've actually netted in this job.

He raises an eyebrow lightly at the mix in introduction customs. His Japanese side isn't very prominent, but he does recognize the bow and does not too great attempt at mirroring it. Then he reaches for a nice, firm handshake.]

Wright. Phoenix... Wright. [...Did I just accidentally impersonate a spy?] It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Mitsuru. Do you come here often?

Mr Wright, a pleasure.

[ A very firm handshake indeed. Mitsuru's is not as firm, but it's still a strong handshake regardless. ]

Yes, I do. I engage mostly in what they call "people watching."

[ She ran out of things to watch on TV. ]

[Why does that sound like the kind of thing people have been arrested for...]

People watching, huh? I didn't think anyone would want to tune into the poker channel, of all things...

But I guess it does make sense. A lot of different people tend to show up here. [It doesn't have the same shadiness as the Borscht Bowl, but it still seems to be an interesting crowd.] So I guess that's interesting?

Yes, I've been in the colony for a while. A lot of the people here aren't really people.

[ Mitsuru runs a hand through her hair, not thinking there was anything particularly unusual about this. ]

So I am in that sense, people watching. I am trying to establish the percentage of robots and humans in colony.

.......

Um, can you back up a moment? What was that about people... not being people?

Certainly.

[ She makes a small gesture to the crowds around her. ]

CERES' technology is quite advanced. They have reached the level where it is impossible to tell when they are human or robot. Which is why it has become the case that sometimes, the only times we have found out that they were not human was when they malfunctioned.

[ Don't give her that look Mr Wright, it's not like she knows any more than that. ]

In fact, I do have my suspicions that the CEO and his assistant may not be fully human in themselves.

[He does look kind of creeped out by all of this and looks around uncertainly, taking in all of the regulars around.]

I... I never even guessed that was a possibility. [I can't say that some of the people here have the most lively personalities, but...]

Out of all the people here in this room, how many would you say are human?

[ She looks Phoenix straight in the eye, then raises her head to scan the room. ]

It is hard to say, but certain individuals strike me as less... human than others.

[ Mitsuru tilts her head to the waiter passing by, carrying drinks meticulously balanced on a tray. She lowers her voice as she speaks.]

That waiter, for instance. There is one with a similar pattern of movement and appearance in a cocktail bar in the pleasure district.

[He watches curiously. He can't help but think that she might have a point... He's unsure, however.]

Really? And you're sure this isn't just a coincidence...?

Case 1: Turnabout Bicyle [Open]

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