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...This is a general post for Paradisa residents, should anyone wish to harass visit or contact Edgeworth ICly. If you are not from Paradisa (I.E., from another game/dressing room, etc), you are welcome to interact with Edgeworth via ~~his Hotel Room~~.

LOLNOPE. Edgey has a new inbox now. Go there.

Room at various angles.

...Because Edgeworth is very well-off, there will be no question that he will request as much from the castle as he can to feel 'at home.' Therefore, his room will be inspired by a room of one of his favourite hotel suites - the Hazlitts in Soho, London. The hotel room is a bit smaller than it appears in the picture, but is extremely richly furnished and decorated. However, with opulence comes a price, as usual, and because of Edgeworth's fastidious tastes, the castle will inflict upon him at least one temporary loss per month. Unbeknownst to Edgeworth, of course.

At any given time, there will be a book or two on the bed, and others placed sporadically at various crevasses within the room. There is another, smaller partition of the room containing a couch, small table, and chair. There are a pair of small speakers, a heated blanket, a small fridge with at least two wine bottles, and a heating apparatus that doesn't emit microwaves. There's also a burgundy/blue chess set. There's no television, no futon, and of course, no Oldbag . There is a black box on the desk that requires not only a key to be opened, but a sliding puzzle to be solved. There's also a medium-sized kitchen. The bathroom is nothing particularly fascinating, as he doesn't spend enough time in there to feel the need to expend too much effort in decorating it, and it is much smaller than one may expect after seeing the room. There is, however, a clean bathtub lined with a few red/gold, unused candles.

See the chess piece? Definitely Edgeworth's room.

The kitchen is similar to this, but quite smaller:

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Current Location: Hotel Room

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As you wish.

I guess I... should be going.

[He stumbles to his feet and dusts lamely at all the sand sticking to his knees, wanting nothing more than to take this opportunity to run away in tears.]

Already? Did we not just arrive?

...you're right. There's something else I need to do first.

[He turns to march resolutely toward the water.]

[Well, this is unusual. His brows furrow, and...for some unknown reason, jumps to his feet upon seeing Phoenix walk towards the water.]

[He manages to get about calf-deep into the ocean before finding himself a little too afraid of the vast black water to go any further out. It's from there that he sucks in a deep breath and then lets loose an enormous shout, as hard and loud as he possibly can manage. It isn't so much a scream as it is a yell formed out of all the agony he's been wading through today. Everything he can't have is in that shout, and it ends in a sob he can't bite back.]

[What the Hell?! Fully clothed, Edgeworth ~~runs like all Hell~~ hurries into the shallow water after him, gripping Phoenix's and gently shakes him]

...Phoenix?! What is going on?!

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S...seemed like the best way to let it all out.

[He laughs, still crying ~~and maybe just a little hysterical~~, and wipes at his eyes.]

Don't... don't tell on me for being weak!

[He places both hands on his shoulders, rendered absolutely speechless. Having no idea what to do in such a situation, he gives Phoenix's shoulders a reassuring squeeze. It takes him a good moment of sadly gazing at the crying Phoenix until he speaks.}

...Well, I suppose I can safely say that this evening had not gone according to plan... not that they generally do, anyway...

It's been a rough day after all. Maybe we're both allowed to be a little off tonight.

[He's shaking, from that outburst as well as the ocean.]

Did I scare you?

'Scare' me? That's an understatement.

I'm sorry, Miles.

[A sigh, and he takes a couple of steps toward dry land once more.]

I didn't mean to worry you. I'm just... [searching for an appropriately vague word] ...emotional?

...Clearly, another understatement. Phoenix...[He trudges out of the water along with him.] ...first, the children, now...you're referring to some sort of 'mess' between the two of us... Is there something else that has escaping me? Obviously, there is some sort of underlying concern that you are not sharing with me.

Yes... There is. You're sharp as ever, of course, so I'm sure it doesn't surprise you that it's not something I can really talk about right now.

[Relieved to be out of the water again, he makes his way some distance back from the tide and sits down on the ground.]

[Once Phoenix is seated, he remains standing. He looms over Phoenix with arms crossed, looking down at him with an utterly displeased expression, though quite a bit softer than his usual glare. The expression is a mixture of confusion, worry and frustration. He's about ready to tell Phoenix that he's going to leave, though that will leave far too many niggling loose ends for one night.]

Don't let this night pass without telling me something, at the very least.

I...

[And for a moment, he considers it. He considers telling Edgeworth of his bizarre little truth, that reason for this frustration and loneliness, and all that talk of Edgeworth getting what he wants. It might be easier, in the end, to just have out with it.

But he supposes he would die of embarrassment and the inevitable scorn that would follow.]

...you said yourself we haven't been here long. The night is young. Please, don't make me.

...

Indeed. The night is young, yet you were the first to attempt to leave. Is this 'intimidation' of me that you spoke of so great that you are paralyzed with fear of judgement and feel the need to conceal things from ...me, of all people?

[He would have said, 'your best friend,' though he could not recall ever having heard Phoenix directly refer to him as such. In actuality, he wasn't quite sure how Phoenix labeled him...]

I don't keep a lot from you.

[He flashes a grin.]

You know how I am. It's not hard for you to tell if I'm happy or upset or whatever.

But this isn't something I can get into. Not right now. It... I need time. At the very least, I need time. ...maybe I'll tell you about it someday.

Phoenix...

[He collapses into the sand and onto his back in such a way that his body is perpendicular to, and but a few inches away from, the sitting Phoenix.]

...I am exhausted. I am confused, frustrated...and because of you, I am also now wet.

[He tilts his head to the right, looking up at Phoenix as he chuckles lowly]

...and you dare to leave me like this? You fiend.

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[What an opportunity--were this any other of his friends, a dive-bomb hug or tickle attack would be imminent. But Phoenix's respect for Edgeworth reaches far enough to keep him from bothering him any more this night. He smiles.]

I'm not going anywhere if you don't want me to. Say the word and I'll stay here on this beach with you all night.