pass the sweet n' sour sauce we're havin' chicken chow fun

[missleadingquestions]

WHO: Miles Edgeworth takesthestairs and Maya Fey missleadingquestions, but you can have your character pop in to bug the hell out of them, too.
WHERE: Heropa 038, various chinese food places and McDo because why the frick not
WHEN: Takesgiving Thanksgiving
WHAT: Maya and Edgeworth have an interesting take on this thanksgiving, and that involves buying enough take-out to feed a small army and consuming it all by themselves on the couch while watching sentai shows in the dark. Also, running in with Ken and Kaneda at a mcdonalds.
WARNINGS: This is probably gonna get REAL DUMB REAL FAST



[Look.

Kurain wasn't big on Thanksgiving .There was really no reason for them to be. But Maya Fey isn't going to turn down a holiday about food, even if it means doing it in their own special way.

"Their", you ask?

Why, of course she's not going to leave Edgeworth out of the festivities. In fact, they'd discussed this. They'd planned it. They'd planned it, and Edgeworth had forgotten the pies. All these and more shenanigans are why if you pass by Heropa 038 on thanksgiving and want to stop in and say hello, they can find Maya and Edgeworth on the couch eating enough chinese food and McDonald's pies to feed a whole army. (Sorry, Clara, if you wanted to use the couch today. At least you can probably mooch chinese food off them.)

In addition to that, it would appear they're watching a marathon of Sentai shows and other such animes/live action hits.

Yeah.

Happy Takesgiving, everyone.]

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McFreakin' losing it [Ken and Kaneda]

[takethestairs]

[Edgeworth stands in line and huffs to himself, and taps his foot against the floor as he waits. This is the last place on earth he wants to be right now. However, he does not have a choice. For something awful, terrible, and downright tragic happened earlier this week.

He forgot the pies.

It wasn't his fault! He has a lot on his plate! But apparently, to some people, it isn't a holiday without dessert. Going to the grocery store was unthinkable, at this point, and this fast food place was conveniently on the way home. So here he is, on a Thursday afternoon, standing with a girl in pajama pants while he waits for the crowd of people to budge. Ugh. How many people need hamburgers and french fries on Thanksgiving, anyway?! He scowls and looks around, looking for any sort of distraction he can muster.]

[amadaman]

[For these two hell raisers, McDonald's was an escape from the whole turkey Bull was roasting in the backyard (around which all two and a half dogs were doing some sort of excited war dance when they left) and a way to attempt to satisfy Kaneda's appetite for the next hour. Neither of them bothered to dress properly, and despite their mutual bitching about how they needed a kotatsu as the winter drew ever-nearer, both of them eat and are active enough that their body temperatures actually keep the chill from affecting them so much. Besides, they were in Florida now, so there's no actual cold.

Which is why Ken ended up not getting out of his Koromaru kigu to head out with Kaneda. He has the hood pulled up, too, so as he weaves his way through the crowd toward the guy in a shirt and orange fleece pants standing right in front of the bright pink and pajama'd pair, what's mostly visible of him through the other customers is a white head with dog ears on it.]

[rassera]

[It was an oddly busy, if oddly quiet night. Everyone was off the streets, either spending time with family or getting ready for some early holiday shopping. Fast Food places didn't close, naturally, ready to feed those who didn't have a family, or those who just couldn't be assed to celebrate. Nonah brought in all kinds. Like these two, for example, who'd snuck away from Bull's little firepit in the backyard to get something that might actually be edible.

Yes. McDonald's is the edible choice. Soft Christmas music plays in the background as Kaneda waits in line, gently rocking on his heels. He'd asked Ken to go look at the menu, hands stuffed in his pockets as he keeps an eye out for those white ears. His neck cranes, trying to track Ken as he weaves in and out of the crowd and back to him.]

Anything you want?

[missleadingquestions]

[Maya isn't paying much attention to the line around them at first, and Edgeworth really isn't amazing conversation. That's why instead, she's on her phone playing with some cat collector game, when she hears someone talk in front of her.

Looking up, she notices-- that hair, those faces (or, well, what little she can see of Ken's face past his hood)-- that the two in front of her are Ken and Kaneda. What a choice run-in! Maya's ready to make this fun as hell. Sliding her phone in her pocket, she makes sure Edgeworth is still right beside her before she steps forward, putting her arm up (as best as her short self can) on Kaneda's shoulder and leaning casually. Sooo casually. What's up, cool cats?]

Oh, you know, just here for some pies myself.

[Grinning like the cheshire cat, Maya eyes both of the boys.]

Hey, Edgeworth! Look who's here!

[takethestairs]

[The fleecy dog suit catches Edgeworth's attention immediately. Its ears are so small and delicate, and there's even wings, but...ergh, while he supposes that sort of thing is acceptable to wear in one's home, he can't imagine going out in public like that, even as a child. von Karma would have had his hide if he had dared! Some parents are just too permissive...

Edgeworth shakes his head and lets his attention drift, until Maya calls his attention. He perks his head up, and he finally sees the two of them properly. Wait a moment - that boy is Ken! Edgeworth blinks, his eyes going wide, and he looks at his companion...

...an older boy with the word FUCK emblazoned on his shirt. How nice. Edgeworth frowns in open disapproval, eyes still on his shirt. Not that Edgeworth has room to criticize; while he's ditched the gaudy abomination upon man and nature he called a blazer, the teal and pink shirt he got from one of the local diners is still questionable.]

I'm charmed.

[He clears his throat and quickly turns his attention back to Ken.]

I didn't now the two of you were acquainted.

[amadaman]

We came here for fries, but I kind of want fries, too. [The entire place reeks of them. Ken hasn't been to a fast food place in ages, but now that he's been in line for god knows how long, he really wants some fried salty potatoes. But just as he says that, he sees someone lean on Kaneda in his peripheral vision and another voice answer that same question. Wait, what?

He looks up quickly, almost alarmed, but he's also quick to recognize that this person is Maya, the nice girl who'd spoken to him (and befriended Koromaru, mostly) at the swear-in just about a week ago. No danger there, right? (Besides, Kaneda's here...) So he calms down his frayed and suddenly alert nerves and relaxes his stance, glancing from her to Kaneda before following her gaze to what looks like a Hyperbole and a Half panel come to life.



Or, he realizes belatedly upon seeing that scrunched up, grumpy, just-found-literal-shit-under-my-nose face, Miles Edgeworth. He certainly looks happy about being here. Or seeing them here.]

... Cheers, Mr Edgeworth, [he says, very cheerily (read: flatly).]

[rassera]

[Hey Ken, Sky's the limit when it comes to tonight. It sure beat going home and eating...whatever the hell Bull was cooking over the makeshift firepit in the back yard, all three dogs (two and a half). Pies, fries, burgers, those weird looking ice creams with the candy in it...

He was ready to order it all.

But before he can say anything, he feels something on his shoulder, eyes slowly trailing from the menu all the way to Maya, who seemed to be perched there. Seems like they had the same idea, and that's just one more tally of things he was starting to really like about her. It's almost immediate how that smile spreads, practically splitting his face, and maybe leaning a little bit down to accommodate her height.]

Not if we get them all first, right Ken--

[Now there's an unfamiliar face, and one that he could swear he'd seen somewhere. Maybe not the hair--it's a little too short. But the face, the lines around his eyes that were already setting in from probably gripping the bridge of his nose, the way the eyes themselves seemed to say 'I'd rather be at a million places other than here'. Now where was it...

Hold that thought, because Edgeworth's little quip catches his attention. And that gets a brow raise, sizing up Edgeworth before letting that lower lip jut out. You got something to share with the class, buddy? There's a soft lean towards Ken, not-so-secretly speaking to him not-so-quietly.]

Oi, you know 'em?

SHHH I DIDN'T FORGET SHUT UP

[missleadingquestions]

[Maya's not at all surprised at how easily Kaneda responds-- buuut she's also not surprised at how Edgeworth is responding, or... how magically everyone is responding to him. Ah, Edgeworth. He's like a bouquet of flowers. He brightens up a room. It's amazing.]

Yeah, Edgeworth, I met Ken at the swear-in that just passed, y'know? And this is Kaneda. A friend of mine!

[Maybe, maybe Edgeworth will know that when she says 'hey this is my friend!!' his response should be to not be a giant stuffy football-sized lawyer ball of grump.

She's not really counting on it, though.]

Iiii didn't know you knew Ken, though.

NOR DID I

[takethestairs]

[Kaneda being Maya's friend doesn't tell him that he should be polite. It just tells him that Maya has awful, awful taste in friends. However, nothing shames someone into good behavior like a child staring blankly at you from the hood of his puppy pj's. Edgeworth breathes in and glances back at Maya, and his shoulders relax as the frown leaves his face]

We met last spring. We had talked on the network once or twice before that, though.

[There's no need to mention how they met, precisely. That strange... shift back in time and age wasn't one of his worst memories of life here, but it was one of the most awkward]

[amadaman]

We had a mutual friend who introduced him to Koromaru. We've up met a few times now.

["She won a day with Koromaru off an auction we put him in" is information he leaves out, both to avoid the the explaining he'll have to do and because it was an unnecessary detail. Edgeworth probably also doesn't need Maya to have more ammo, considering the teasing way she's talking to (at?) him.

And turning to Kaneda] See? I told you that shirt was inappropriate.

[rassera]

[Sorry, were you talking to Kaneda? Because during this whole conversation, he's been reaching into his pocket, eyes permanently fixed on Edgeworth as he fishes for something. The expression doesn't change when he pulls out a wad of cash, flipping through the bills until he lands on one he likes. Putting the rest back in his pocket as he holds it up and doing a side by side comparison.

...


And then he hears Ken's voice.]

Huh?

Says the guy in the kigu! [A hand reaches over to tug on one of those ears. Truth be told, even if he wanted to, he wouldn't want to risk being caught by Bull and dragged into that...ritual. That's really the best way to describe what Bull was doing to that turkey.]

[missleadingquestions]

[Maya, who's closer by to Kaneda than to Edgeworth when his little comparison starts, has to squint-- because what the hell is Kaneda doing? But when it's more apparent that he's fucking staring at Edgeworth and looking at the bill, she has to pull the collar of her hood over her mouth and cough a little to pretend she isn't amused. Just a cold, not an observation, jeez.

Her taste in friends is great, Edgeworth, look at this pair of cute brothers.

When Kaneda tugs on Ken's little ear, though, the focus on teasing Edgeworth switches.]

I'm pretty sure he means what's on the shirt.

[She gestures toward Kaneda's shirt.]

The shirt's not nearly as cute as Ken's Kigu.

[Which is fluffy and adorable and looks like Koromaru and probably tempts even grumpy old Edgeworth into wanting to hug Ken.]

[amadaman]

[The ear Kaneda tugs on is just fleece, so it obviously puts up no resistance as it's pulled on... but it also flops down immediately the moment it's let go. And Ken just stares up at him from under the hood, nodding sagely when Maya pipes up.]

I'm not the one walking around with profanity across my chest. I'm even wearing stuff under this so I can take it off if I need to. You'd be shirtless if you did.

[and no one wants to see that!!!]

[rassera]

[His gaze follows Maya's hand, looking at the english on his shirt (he only found out what it actually said AFTER he bought it--'fuck' being the only word he knew, oddly enough) with a brow raised. Sure, it was bad language, but people -said- it all the time. You'd think THAT'D be worse than reading it.


And when Ken makes HIS comment, that lower lip juts out, ready to dismiss the arguments against his fashion choices before--


hm.


Okay, he can play this game. If you guys are SO offended by his shirt choice...he'll just take it off right in the goddamn line.

YEAH. SUCK IT.


But at least he's turning it inside out because people are BABIES and can't handle a single PROFANITY.


Look at Maya's taste in friends and remember it, Edgeworth. Remember that you asked for this. YOU BROUGHT THIS UPON YOURSELF.]

[takethestairs]

[Good on you, Ken, being the voice of reason. Edgeworth nods approvingly, turning towards Kaneda to....what.]

What the hell do you think you're-!

[He's interrupted by the gasp of an old woman next to them in line, who stares aghast as she claps her hands over her grandson's ears. Edgeworth practically chokes on his own tongue, and he turns beet red as he twists away from her, glaring pointedly at Kaneda]

What are you doing?!

[At least he has the good sense to keep his voice low this time. Congratulations on learning how to use your indoor voice, Edgeworth!]