estoria | Should Oldbag Acquaintence Be Forgot

Who: The Ace Attorney cast, any of their CR, and maybe gate-crashers?! Curious neighbors and other passersby won't be turned away.
When: January 1st
Where: The Wright apartment.
What: It's never too late for a new years party, except when it is.
Rating/Warning: Nothing out there just yet

[A new years party had been in the works for a while now. But the incidents with the Santa attacks plus time suddenly skipping ahead to January 1st had caught everyone off-guard. But Phoenix was convinced to go ahead with the party anyway. It's one way to help keep spirits high after what had happened the night before.

Invitations were dispersed amongst the group of people from their world (except for a certain elderly murderer, sorry Von Karma) and the friends they've made in Cerealia (and everyone is open to invite other people as well). Everything's happening at Phoenix and Trucy's apartment, which has some simple New Years banners set up alongside some surviving Christmas decorations. The Christmas tree is still up too, just in case... but all of the decorations and ornaments featuring Santa and his reindeer have already been destroyed.

Entertainment includes a karaoke machine which plays music normally when people aren't using it, and an assortment of food is set up, with people being free to have brought their own dishes and snacks. There is some alcohol there too, including the customary champagne, but likely the local adults will be trying to keep things down to small champagne samples; Phoenix prefers to respect his original world's drinking age, after all.

And, as they near midnight, the intention is to try to countdown to January 2nd as if it's the new year countdown!]

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Well... That's really nice of you. I didn't think people would really pay attention to it... [After everything that had happened.]

You thought wrong!

[ If anything, this is mostly just Athena's way of distracting herself from talking to so many people. ]

Leave it to Athena Cykes, ace tree decorator... [Something does seem odd, though. Athena might be one for random projects, but focusing on that instead of a room full of lively people?]

Did you manage to talk to everyone here yet?

I greeted them when they got in! But since they're busy talking to other people, I decided to leave them alone for now.

That does sound nice of you, but I'm sure they'll like to speak to you again eventually. Be careful, or the whole party might pass you by while you're getting to know this tree better.

Then this tree will be my new best friend!

Really?

[DRAMATIC POINTING.]

Then what's this tree's name?!

[ ?!??!?!?! ]

Mr. Wright... did you really name this tree?

Well... no, but, don't you think he should have a name if he'll be your new best friend?

Then... I guess its name can be Baum!

Baum? Now that's a name you don't hear every day. Any particular reason?

Easy. It means "tree" in German.

[ Simon isn't the only one who's uncreative with names. ]

[I guess that's one way to branch out...]

Fair enough. None of the other languages had the right punch to it?

[ ... GORE!!! ]

It was the first thing that came to mind.

[Phoenix!]

Fair enough. [He'll just let that hang there for a moment before he moves on.]

But aside from making your new friend... How are you feeling, Athena?

Great!

[ A beat. ] Hmm... well, I could be better, but I gotta keep smiling!

Only if you feel like smiling, of course. We're not in the courtroom anymore. So... You don't always have to smile when you don't feel like it.

[He does have one hand in his pocket, wondering whether or not he should grab his Magatama.]

And I'm here if there's anything you need to talk about, Athena.

That just won't do, boss! There are people out there who are sad and in a lot of pain!

And do you want to help out every single person who feels that way?

Of course I do.

Then what if one of them is you?

[He doesn't know for sure what happened to Athena yesterday. He doesn't know that she saw her mother - but from seeing Blackquill with his own vision of Metis, he knows that it's a strong possibility, especially because Blackquill was trying to find her. Even beyond that, it sounded like whatever happened in the mall was quite the ordeal.]

What? ... I don't get it, Mr. Wright.

It's simple. It just means that if you are sad... then you should help yourself as much as you would anyone else.

I'm not sad! [ PEACE. ] I'm just worried about the people who got hurt.

[...He decided not to grab the Magatama for now. He's trying to tow the line between letting Athena wait until she's ready to talk and trying to ease her towards that place. Still, he does point out a little contradiction.]

Didn't you tell me that you hurt your head? It sounds like a lot happened at that mall.

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