IC Inbox [Cerealia]

[bewrightback]

"If you're looking for Phoenix Wright, you've called the Wright number! Leave a message after the beep, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!"

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action; some day after intros

[undauntingdawn]

[what makes for the best meal ever? burgers. what makes them even better? making them yourself and having a storage of them for a couple days. that's riku's reasoning behind today's shopping trip. although he doesn't mind cooking, he doesn't mind not having to do it every day for every meal.

one of the things that makes a good burger is the buns. nothing ruins a burger faster than chewing through stale cardboard. through trial and error (aka dealing with the chewiest, most tasteless buns that have no right to be called buns), one brand has stood out above all the rest as the best. well, what do you know, one more package of them left. score! his lips twitch into a triumphant grin as he reaches for them. lady luck's playing nice today.]

[bewrightback]

[Maya has been back in town for over a month now, and although Phoenix missed his old assistant dearly, his wallet sure didn't. But he did the math, and buying materials for burgers is cheaper in the long run than eating out all the time.

So he's on his way to get the last part needed, and only the best will do. Because her taste buds won't want one unless it has buns, hun.

Only one package left! Phoenix gets an adrenaline rush and tries to reach out for it! ...Only to see another hand reaching as well.]

Hold it!! [Then he actually gets a good look at his rival, and his shoulders slump.] ...We have to stop meeting like this.

[undauntingdawn]

[seeing a second hand reach for it brings a sense of deja vu. what are the odds...

higher than riku expected, apparently, since the same face as before greets him. he opens his mouth only to have phoenix beat him to saying exactly what he wanted to say. that gets a chuckle and a smirk in return.]

Stealing my lines along with my lunch, huh? What a nice way to say hello.

[so horrible, phoenix.]

[bewrightback]

[Wow, rude. He step back with a sheepish chuckle.]

Um... Well, sorry about that. But... good to see you, Riku? ...How's... it going?

[undauntingdawn]

[rudeku is his real name so he's just living up to it. riku does lower his hand when phoenix steps back. no super intense food battle today. maybe.]

About as well as you'd expect in this place. How've you and your kid been?

[bewrightback]

Pretty much the same thing you said. There hasn't been much to report lately. ...Well the whole robot fiasco did give us a bit of a scare, but luckily no one was hurt.

[undauntingdawn]

How'd your robot end up going wild?

[color him curious since poor riku didn't get to play with his. well, didn't get to play because he threw it out immediately after finding it. don't trust weird gifts from weird people.]

[bewrightback]

[That was his original plan too!! If only trying to stop Maya from activating it hadn't lead to him accidentally activating it instead.]

Well, it didn't go far beyond trying to coerce my friends into meeting with it. I had a run-in with a different robot, so I wised up to what was going on and warned everyone to avoid it. I managed to hide until, um, another citizen took care of it. [I can't believe I accidentally hired an assassin.]

[undauntingdawn]

[maya, forever making phoenix's life more interesting. and dangerous.]

For you to make a face like that, they must've really gone above and beyond with how they took care of it

[most people don't make faces like that when talking about getting saved from evil robots, just saying.]

[bewrightback]

[That's pretty much her main hobby.]

It... it was definitely something, alright. I didn't get a good look at it, but the guy sure did his job!

...

...And by job, I mean just doing his civic duty! A... very helpful passerby.

[undauntingdawn]

Your face'll stay that way if you keep it like that too much longer. Might end up scaring your kid.

[thus riku proves he's more helpful than any stranger. though seriously, what sort of help even was it...]

[bewrightback]

[He looks around worriedly, then leans in with a hush.]

I might have hired an assassin, alright?! But it was a complete accident!

[undauntingdawn]

[that's... that's actually one hell of an impressive accident. riku wasn't expecting that and it shows.]

Accidentally hired... How do you accidentally do that?

[bewrightback]

I... I was just trying to ask for some help dealing with my robot! One thing led to another, and... I didn't realize until he was already on the job!