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Who: Apollo and Whoever
Broadcast: Yes and Yes
Action: Yes for part b!
When: 22nd afternoon??

[A: QUESTIONS FOR ALL: Voice/Video/Whatevs convenient]
[This lawyer has been near comatose for about almost a month, so he looks even more tired and irritable than usual when he pops up on the broadcast.]

Er--this seems like an odd thing to ask the general public but it's been on my mind for a while.

Do any of you ever wonder what's going on while we're here? Are our bodies back home in some sort of vegetative state, or in some cases, completely non existent? . . .or, uh, dead, if I have to put some things more bluntly.

I'm fairly sure I'm not, but it's difficult not to think about it.

. . .

In other news, does anyone know any good recipes for a 3 week old giant turkey you forget was stuffed in the freezer, feathers and all?

[B: WORKING OUT action and video]

[For a less pessimistic option, Apollo is attempting to work out his unused muscles on the sad treadmill in the Bloodsport's cargo bay, video going because why not. He does not look unlike a very determined hamster. . .at least until he trips and nearly falls, repeatedly yelling OBJECTION as he stumbles back to finding his pace.]

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[AND YET, APOLLO CAN'T HELP BUT TAKE IT SUPER SERIOUSLY]

--huh?! What kind of bogus argument is that?! [STOCK HEADSHAKE ANIMATION]

While I won't deny it is a possibility, though a farfetched one, can you prove I was? After all, a backwards shirt is a pain to wear and get off at times, and there's no way I could have predicted nearly getting crushed by turkey dinner!

[Edgeworth finger shaking animation!! although he's adding a wink to it b/c he can]

Let me answer your question with a question of my own: does that shirt have a tag?

[SQUINTS what is this prose--kid, up to!!]

Of course it has a tag, how else would I be able to label it? [PRESENTS]

[aha! his expression lights up]

There's your evidence! Tags are usually how you tell if your shirt is on backwards or not, right? But if a shirt doesn't have a tag, then it's really easy to mistake the front of the shirt for the back of the shirt.

I think if you examine the stitches around that tag, you'll find that it was added after the fact! In other words. . . you doctored the evidence to make it seem like traces of the turkey were on the back of the shirt, when they're really on the front!

[spoilers: THIS IS ALL BULLSHIT AND HE KNOWS IT]

OBJECTI--............wait.

Did you just accuse me of forging evidence?? In space?

[oh my god]

. . .

You're making all of this up on the fly, aren't you?

I dunno what you're talking about.

[said with faux gravity]

This is a very serious matter and I would never make stuff like this up on the fly.

Are you even an attorney?!

[he's 18 Apollo, wtf do you think]

Of course I am. And I'm insulted you'd question my credentials so openly.

Edited 2016-12-03 03:25 (UTC)

[Remember how Fran, Klav, and Athena started out at 13, 17, and 18!!]

Oh really.

[DESK SLAM.]

Let's see your badge!

[reaches into his pocket, pulls out something, and slams it against the camera feed. BAM]

[. . .]

[it's a close up shot of the Jack of Clubs playing card]

Believe me now?

......................

[Kaito likely can't see the face apollo is making due to said card.]

Yes, absolutely. Truly, you're a jack of all trades.

I can't believe I just debated this.

[laughs as he pulls the card away and spins it around his fingers. one second, its there. the next second, it disappears into thin air]

Heh! It was way too easy. You sure got a lot of energy, Spiky.

[Raises an eyebrow. Hooboy, another magician.]

.......it's Apollo. I'm not that reactive, I'm just. Defensive!

Spiky. Name's Kaito, by the way.

[a nod of his head in greeting]

And I've noticed. I s'pose that's a good trait for people in your profession to have.

[but it makes his buttons so easy to press. nts: bother this guy in the future. he's funny]

. . .Noted, Kaito. [Just. Accepting this nickname, as he does.]

And yes, yes it is. Anyway, now that I don't have to prove I'm a fowl murderer, I have a turkey dinner I have to try and figure out how to cook.

[at least it isn't Polly??]

[. . . also, he's trying very hard to suppress the sound of his growling stomach. he misses real food. protein cubes get old after a while]

'M not sure exactly what you can pair with the turkey to make it a "turkey dinner." Potato flavored protein cubes don't sound very appetizing.

If I squint really hard, I can pretend some of this gunk is just a really funky dressing.

[.....is that static or someone's stomach. Jiiiii at kaito]

Just keep your eyes closed when you're eating. I guess that'll work.

[how do growling stomachs sound like static even]

[Look he's been asleep for a while maybe it's radioactive space static he's hearing!!]

That's the plan.

You sound like you oughta get something to eat, too.

[gives Apollo a Look. a bratty, rebellious teenager look]

Yes, mother. I'll get something to eat soon.