On finally finishing Ace Attorney after two months of play

[missleadingquestions]

You did it! I told you our story was awesome.

Were you surprised by the ending? I heard you almost cried.

[Sh-shut up, Maya! I wasn't crying, I was just upset!]

Totally cried.

Anyway, that means I'll be up-to-date at the city and at the game you apped to, right? About time! What took you so long?

[Hey! Two months is pretty good for three whole games...

and I didn't cry.]

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[chaoticshambles]

Everyone is allowed to cry at the end of a story. That's the rule!

[missleadingquestions]

Doesn't mean it makes them any less of a dork.

[I DIDN'T CR--]

...Wait, who're you?

[chaoticshambles]

I'm Aikawa, a magic user from the world of magic users who can't do magic!

[Yes for real.]

There's nothing dorky about having passion, you know!

[missleadingquestions]

...Uh... you're a what?

And of course not! Buuuut it's still fun to tease.

[chaoticshambles]

I'm a Magic User. From the world of Magic Users. But I can't do magic, so don't ask to see any or you'll be disappointed.

[He likes to get all that out of way quick.]

...And yeah, it kind of is.

[missleadingquestions]

...So.. you don't use magic?

And see, told you!

[chaoticshambles]

No, I don't. But I'm still a Magic User. It's my species! Like, a song bird with no voice is still a song bird. There. That's the story.

[He is disabled, okay.]

...Anyway. Let's stick to the topic of teasing and emotions and whatever.

[missleadingquestions]

[That's... pretty sad. But she's totally okay with talking about happier things.]

Teasing your friends is the best! Especially when it's easy.

[chaoticshambles]

...Hee-hee, yeah. It's best when they deny it, so all you have to do is say the same thing a couple times!

[missleadingquestions]

Nick is great at that. Making fun of him's the best-- he's a tooootal denier.

[chaoticshambles]

Does he do that thing, where they he just stops talking altogether because he knows the only way is down or giving up?

[missleadingquestions]

Haha!! Yes! You know people who do that? That's the best!!

[chaoticshambles]

Ahahah! Yeah, it's great. Especially when they just fume. You can almost hear the response they're swallowing.

[missleadingquestions]

Y-e-s!

[Maya's practically rolling in giggles.]

It's the best thing ever! Nick does it all the time!

[chaoticshambles]

...Man, you really pick on that Nick, chick.

[missleadingquestions]

I've got to. It keeps him on his toes.

He gets kinda lazy otherwise.

[chaoticshambles]

Ah-hah... You're a sassy sidekick!

[missleadingquestions]

And never a boring one!

[But you sure are a troublemaking one...]

[chaoticshambles]

Well yeah. If a sidekick is dull, the whole thing falls apart.

[missleadingquestions]

So, they're kind of like glue, huh?

...Oh! The-the- the Steel Samurai doesn't have a sidekick!

[chaoticshambles]

Well! Not everything needs a side kick, but if its there it has to be top notch, or it ruins the whole thing. Less like glue, more like sauce.

[missleadingquestions]

That makes... so much sense. [Leave it to a food metaphor...]

You're pretty smart about these things for a magic user, huh?

[magicpanchira]

Aw, it's okay if your mun cries. Crying can be a good thing... it's a healthy reaction, right? Oooh, unless it's sad crying.

[ Head tilt. ]

When I'm sad, daddy lets me watch whatever movie I want and we get to relax on the couch together. Maybe that's what your mun needs, too!

[missleadingquestions]

[H-hey, I said I didn't cr--]

Nah, he's just a big baby and got worried about me, is all. I'm sure he'll be fine.

...Then again, watching movies would be really fun...

[magicpanchira]

That's really sweet of him! You're lucky, I wish my mun worried over me like that!

Watching movies is fun. You should do it, maybe then he'll feel better!

[missleadingquestions]

Aw, I'm sure they do! It's gotta be hard watching these kinda things when they don't know what's gonna happen to us.

...Yeah, he's kind of terrible to watch movie with, though. He gets distracted. At least Nick will watch the whole thing with me.

[magicpanchira]

Hard... or amusing. Sometimes I think it's hard to tell which when it comes to muns.

Daddy has lots of patience, and plus I think he likes movies. Even if he falls alseep halfway through and then tries to pretend he knows what's happening when he suddenly wakes up at the end.

[missleadingquestions]

...You know, I think it might be both.


...He does that to you, too? Hehehe. Same old Nick.

[magicpanchira]

I think so, too. I don't know why they have to be so... so sadistic sometimes.

Yep, all the time! He likes to pull his beanie over his eyes, though. He tells me he's 'still listening', but after living with him for so long I know that means he's taking a nap.

[missleadingquestions]

I think I'm kinda lucky cos my mun's a sucker for cute girls, so he hasn't been too mean yet. That, or he's too lazy for anything scary or bad.

[You're so kind, Maya...]

I always knew he was a terrible liar. That trick wouldn't even work on Pearly.

[magicpanchira]

Mine is, too. She just enjoys torturing us... a lot.

[ Look making a girl a vampire in the game she's in isn't that bad. It could have been WORSE. Of course, said girl barely escaped that fate in canon... ]

Yep! He's pretty horrible at it... that's why during movie time, he's not allowed to wear his hat anymore.

[missleadingquestions]

I think my mun leaves all the torturing to the King he plays, so maybe I'm lucky.

[Keep up with that attitude, Maya...and I probably still won't do anything, but still.]

That's a good idea! I bet he can't get away with it, now. You're all watching the Steel Samurai original series, right?

[magicpanchira]

Yeah, you're definitely lucky then!

Mm? Oh, yeah! You sent us the box set a while back, and we've been plowing through them! Daddy likes to pretend he isn't interested but I know he likes it! Why else would his phone still have the Steel Samurai theme as a ring tone?

[missleadingquestions]

--Wait, he still has that as his ringtone?

[Aw, Nick.]

...What an old softie.

[magicpanchira]

Yep! I guess some things don't change, huh?

[missleadingquestions]

Which means he's probably also still a bit of an old fogey, huh?

[magicpanchira]

[ Now THAT gets her smile to brighten. ]

Actually, not at all... he's pretty spry! He has to be, because he's my lovely assistant!

[missleadingquestions]

--Whoa, really? You're kidding!!

Does he do magic, too?

[magicpanchira]

No, but he helps me a lot during my shows if I need it, or when he isn't busy playing piano at his other job! So long as I don't cut him in half or set his hair on fire again he's pretty okay with it!

[missleadingquestions]

Piano, huh? That's pretty cool. I didn't know he could play.

...Again, huh? [That gets a giggle out of Maya.]

[magicpanchira]

He's not very good at it, honestly... but he can play poker like no one else, and that is his real job. Usually I sit with him and watch.

[ She grins again. ] I was only nine! Besides, I told him not to move and he did!

[missleadingquestions]

Nick? He's good at poker?

[She caaaan't quite hold in her laughter.]

Nick with a poker face? Heeheehee! You're kidding, right?

[magicpanchira]

He's amazing at poker! Like... Las Vegas good, no joke!

[ She grins again, amused as well. ]

Nope! But I guess it's something you nee to see to believe, huh?

[missleadingquestions]

Wow! [Maya tries to fight off her giggles, but.

Well, you can practically hear the clue! sound.]

Nah. I don't think you'd lie to me.

...But I do wanna see it.

[magicpanchira]

You should try and play with him sometime... he hasn't lost a single game since he started working at the Borscht Bowl Club.

[missleadingquestions]

I'm not sure I know how to play poker. I guess I'll have to learn. Or maybe I'll get him to teach me.

[magicpanchira]

He'd love to teach you, I'll bet! It's not that complicated, though, I promise!