[open] ain't no discussion party like an open discussion party

[psycholawgy]

Who: Anyone and everyone
When 1 February
Where: CERES Gardens
What: IC Dicussion Post
Rating/Warning: None so far!

[ At 5:30 in the morning, each person will receive a text: ]
Good morning!
If you'd like to know what happened during the CERES tours, please come to the gardens at 12 noon.
Lunch will be provided.

[ All these texts will come from Athena Cykes, so if you'd like to respond, head on over here! ]

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[ Athena's managed to convince the manager of the Little Sister Cafe to cater at ther CERES gardens, so there are tables, a spread of food, and at the center of all the tables is a small platform-like stage with a microphone. A part of the gardens now looks like this. With less balloons, of course.

Once there's enough people, Athena Cykes steps up. She has crutches, and she rests those crutches by the side of the platform as she speaks. ]

I'm sure we were all expecting a safe tour, but most of us - if not all - ended up being in danger. But, despite all this, we learned a lot of things. If we can all get up here one by one, in an orderly manner, and speak of what we've learned, we would be able to help one another survive in Cerealia better.

I don't think we need to keep this a secret anymore; Mr. Mosley and the rest of CERES have their eyes on us at all times. But still, we shouldn't try to withhold information from one another. Information is key to be able to survive in this place. Whatever you know? Please tell us.

The food is also from the cosplay cafe. Please come visit if you enjoy them. Thank you.

[ With a bow of her head, she steps down and heads to her table. Anyone is free to take the stand now and speak. ]

(( Make your own top-levels, and then there can be discussions for each top-level! I won't be running this post, so treat this as a mingle!

GROUP FIVE / GROUP SEVEN / GROUP NINE / IN-GAME TITLES ))

Comments

[psycholawgy]

The new CEO said this is kind of like a business... isn't it? Being here in Cerealia and the whole research thing?

[ Athena just blurts that out loud, not really sure where she's going with it. ]

If we're research specimens, then they'd... likely give us codenames, too.

[prosecutory]

[Edgeworth isn't sure either, but it's something. And it's something that strikes a chord in him. It's a possibility. Especially since Inaba said that the previous CEO had "bought" this colony.]

Research specimens... [He frowns.] If we take that line of thought, then everything that has happened in the colony since any of us arrived...

[Would be experiments?]

[psycholawgy]

Would be experiments...

[ She can hear hearts, but she can't hear Edgeworth's thoughts. But she's just smart enough to infer the same thing. ]

[prosecutory]

Exactly. [He nods sagely, his frown deepening into a glare brought upon by CERES. Don't worry, Athena, this glare isn't for you.] The so-called accidents, their so-called mistakes...everything would have been staged. All for their research.

[psycholawgy]

That could be it.

But Mr. Edgeworth, these are all just speculations. We need to find out more.

[prosecutory]

They are, yes. [He loosens up, the glare gone as he sighs.] But they have made it clear that any "tours" will not be easy.

[psycholawgy]

Definitely... but it might be worth it in the end.

[prosecutory]

Would they even allow us inside again, in the future?

[psycholawgy]

I entered the CERES building again the other day.

I played Scrabble with Mr. Mosley.

[prosecutory]

Wh - what?! [He's taken aback. How - why - ] And you were just...allowed inside?

[psycholawgy]

Yeah, pretty much. We had a date of sorts!

[prosecutory]

You...had a date...with Mosley.

[He pronounces those words carefully, and slowly, as if he might have misheard her.]

[psycholawgy]

We played Scrabble.

Don't worry, it was nothing romantic.

[prosecutory]

[There are more pressing matters than potential romantic involvement. Then again...]

That's not all you did, am I correct?

[Did you also play secret agent, Athena? Or...play thief?]

[psycholawgy]

Of course, not. I tried to dig as much info as I could through some small talk.

[ But any information isn't available right now as the thread isn't done yet. ]

[prosecutory]

How much useful information were you able to unearth, then?

[Because there may be pointless things somewhere in that small talk. More like everywhere. Because it's small talk.]

[psycholawgy]

Not a lot... I'll compile it in a file and pass it onto you some time, Mr. Edgeworth.

[prosecutory]

I would appreciate that. Thank you, Miss Cykes.

[psycholawgy]

[ Edgeworth should get a text, then! ]

Alright, there you go.