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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[faithfulflame]

Thank you.

[She will leave him to that, waiting patiently for his return!]

[bewrightback]

[It won't be too long before he returns, putting one cup in front of her while he sits down with his own.]

There you go! I hope it came out alright.

[faithfulflame]

[And Rei accepts, letting the warm cup rest in her palms, drawing a kind of soothing energy out of it. It’s nice, feels solid, a reminder and a reassurance to herself that she’s with friends again.]

It smells fine. Thank you. [She’ll get right down to it then.] I was taken by one of the robots. One that I think made that strange thing we saw. I was with Merlin, Yu-kun, Yuri and Hyoubu-san. I don’t know if you know all of them, but you probably know Merlin at least. Ah…[Probably. Hopefully.] Anyway. We were in a prison cell, in what looked like an abandoned prison. It felt like it’d been in disrepair for a long, long time. Lots of rust, collapsing floors, and skeletons of people who’d been left to die in there. It was…really unsettling.

[bewrightback]

[Phoenix sets his cup down and folds his hands as he listens to her account.]

So... that robot got you as well. ,small>[He frowns.] An abandoned prison. That... [He shakes his head softly.] That sounds bad right off the bat.Was this a CERES location? [If there were skeletons, does that mean they were people who die normally?]

[faithfulflame]

I believe so. It didn't seem like something that the natives would have built. We saw their structures before and this was a little too advanced. More than a little, honestly. [She chews her lip a bit, thumbing her chin.]

We did some exploring though, and it was definitely a place that was falling apart. It almost felt like the labyrinth we were in below the city.

[bewrightback]

I see... [Phoenix nods thoughtfully as he takes that in.]

If it's like that labyrinth place, then maybe it really is another odd relic from CERES's mysterious past. Maybe they're even connected... but it's hard to say for sure at this point.

...Did you come across anything else of interest down there?

[faithfulflame]

You mean besides the ghosts and the architecture? Honestly I didn't see much. Though, I guess, I have this feeling that those people in there? Were tied to Maris somehow.

[bewrightback]

The cranky goat spirit? ...What, could they have been his people?

[faithfulflame]

Possibly. They weren't like us, because the bodies didn't disappear. They decayed.

[bewrightback]

[That's definitely one fact to add to the mental court record, as he takes a thoughtful sip of tea.]

...That's definitely a notable difference. [And one that can't be easy on the eyes. Phoenix frowns.] They're most likely from outside the colony, then. ...And if CERES is behind this, it's just more proof of how despicable they truly are.

[faithfulflame]

They're probably natives, yes. They were put there for...lowering profits. And the only corporation on the planet we're aware of is...

[She trails off, sipping tea herself.]

[bewrightback]

CERES. [He speaks flatly.]

Wait, for 'lowering profits'? You mean... they didn't even commit any crimes?!

[faithfulflame]

Probably not, Phoenix. [This is CERES] But is there even a legal code? This place is almost as lawless as the American West.

[bewrightback]

No, I don't imagine there's any legal code aside from 'don't do anything that particularly upsets or threatens CERES'. [He responds bitterly.]

At least with the West you probably have in min, there's a chance of a sheriff with a decent head on his shoulders keeping up the order. [Or at least she hopes he doesn't mean it in the modern sense... that's where he practices law, Rei!!] I wish this was a problem that could be solved just through a showdown at high noon...

[faithfulflame]

Exactly. That's more than a little bit troublesome, don't you think? They claim there's some sort of order but really, we're just parts of their machine, and unruly behavior gets punished.

[A sigh.]

I'd not mind a gunfight though. That might...accomplish something.