20: [Private; hackable with sufficient skill] Death is not an option.

[samuraiprosecutor]

The nightmares returned. It would be ludicrous to think Wright's gift could stave off... but then, ludicrous enough to think it has any affect at all, despite the uncharacteristically restful nights I've had since Christmas.

Why is he here? What could he possibly want out of this place? I suppose the answer is obvious but...there's nothing that he hasn't already taken. Blood from a stone.

...Unless it's blood he's after.

...The prospect stirs something it didn't the last time his threat was made clear. Perhaps there are things to take, again. Things to lose. A thought both sobering and...terrifying.

It was so much easier when there was nothing left, and even then...Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth chose death.

Death is no longer an option, hasn't been for some time. Would it delight him to know? He thrives on challenges, after all, on surmounting them. A challenge is what I plan now. What we plan.

...It's still strange. I have doubts that it will ever be normal for there to be a 'we' to speak of. But then, hasn't it been so for the past two years? Despite what the crow said; he knows nothing, I'm...sure of it. Perhaps he'll be as ineffectual in his machinations against Jordan and Eva.

Hn. Virus insists on reminding me why personal space is a thing to be viciously guarded. My mockery of Wright was obviously premature.

((OOC: Backdated to early this morning (1-22-08). Expect the virus to keep working its magic on him throughout the day. Affectionate Edgeworth whut?))

Comments

[glowy-brows.livejournal.com]

I know. It's why I've been training this past year ... so that I'll be able to go toe-to-toe against him.

Hm, Phoenix is a good friend. Count yourself lucky that you've got such an honest guy watching your back.

That's another bald-faced lie. I swore that I'd never allow Eva to suffer at his hands ever again. He's just trying to frighten us and he's doing a splendid job of it.

[samuraiprosecutor]

He was right in one regard. One doesn't need strength to destroy when one is cunning and willing to manipulate. Even those one would work against can become powerful tools to their own undoing. Has your training been only physical?

...If Wright wasn't worthy of it, I would never count him a friend.

[glowy-brows.livejournal.com]

Actually ... my very first lesson was training my mind to block out unwanted access. I have Q to thank for that. I still have a lot of mental training to work on, but I definitely won't neglect exercising my mind, as well as my body!

You have very high standards when it comes to friends, don't you?

[samuraiprosecutor]

...See that you don't. The girl should be given all the protection she needs.

High enough that he is the only one I would claim as such.

[glowy-brows.livejournal.com]

Of course! She's going to be my future wife, of course I'm going to do everything in my power to protect her. I ... I love her.

Hm, still, I hope that maybe you'll be able to make a few more friends while you're a part of this community.

[samuraiprosecutor]

Hm.

Friendship is not something I seek. Wright is...simply a unique case.

[glowy-brows.livejournal.com]

Doesn't that kind of life get ... lonely? I couldn't imagine living like that. Well, I mean, I did live without human contact for two years, but it really wasn't my choice.

[samuraiprosecutor]

It is the one I'm suited to. I have my work and hobbies that hold my interest. Most importantly I have a purpose. I won't allow any social interactions to interfere with that.

[glowy-brows.livejournal.com]

... I think that's why most of my predecessors chose to cut ties with their old lives. I think they felt that "social interactions" would interfere with their duties. But I think there can be a balance between work and a social life. That's why I still remain close to my friends.

[samuraiprosecutor]

If that is the life that works for you. This is the life that works for me, despite what everyone else claims to know about what I might need.

[glowy-brows.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean to criticize your way of life! It's just ... you really remind me of a close friend of mine. You've heard of Aikka, right?

[samuraiprosecutor]

You would not be the first, if that had been your intention.

Aikka...I'm not sure. Are they a member of the community?

[glowy-brows.livejournal.com]

Yes. He goes by bluebeetlerider on the comm.

Needless to say, his obligations to his kingdom also prevent him from having a social life. The way you were talking, it just reminded me of him, for some reason.

[samuraiprosecutor]

I believe... he was chosen as a juror for the genie's trial, was he not?

[glowy-brows.livejournal.com]

That's right. He's the King of Nourasia, and a very good friend of mine.

[samuraiprosecutor]

We spoke briefly while making arrangements for jurors. I wonder...do you pester him about his lifestyle as much as Wright and the others pester me about mine?

[glowy-brows.livejournal.com]

Ah ... maybe?

[samuraiprosecutor]

I see. At least I am not alone in my travails.