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maskormenacelogs2014-04-24 11:17 am
connate) wrote in maskormenacelogs2014-04-24 11:17 am
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it's too early for clever titles
WHO: NICK and EDGEWORTH
WHERE: A grocery store?? A grocery store.
WHEN: About a month after this thread.
WHAT: You know when you're trying to buy groceries and you run into your ex. Kind of like that, except this time it's that lawyer who thinks you're a serial killer.
WARNINGS: None!
[ The routines are what kept him sane when he thought he was going crazy, and the same rules apply here. Jogging, errands, work. The only catch is that the people were a part of that, keeping him grounded in the real world, and even grocery shopping is bizarre when it's not a couples routine, shopping with Juliette or calling her to ask her if she needs anything.
He's idly staring at his phone (not even really a phone, but it's easier to think of it as one), and yeah, sort of wallowing in the fact that he can't call her, when he hears something down the aisle and glances up. Just another customer, but even footsteps have a way of ringing in his ears when he's not paying enough attention to focus his abilities. He looks more startled than he probably should, dragged away from his thoughts, but he's in the process of rallying when— ]
Edgeworth.
[ Nick's only seen him on the network; still, that suit's hard to miss. He makes a valiant effort to make that simple greeting sound polite, but it's stilted anyway, caught somewhere between apologetic and annoyed. ]
WHERE: A grocery store?? A grocery store.
WHEN: About a month after this thread.
WHAT: You know when you're trying to buy groceries and you run into your ex. Kind of like that, except this time it's that lawyer who thinks you're a serial killer.
WARNINGS: None!
[ The routines are what kept him sane when he thought he was going crazy, and the same rules apply here. Jogging, errands, work. The only catch is that the people were a part of that, keeping him grounded in the real world, and even grocery shopping is bizarre when it's not a couples routine, shopping with Juliette or calling her to ask her if she needs anything.
He's idly staring at his phone (not even really a phone, but it's easier to think of it as one), and yeah, sort of wallowing in the fact that he can't call her, when he hears something down the aisle and glances up. Just another customer, but even footsteps have a way of ringing in his ears when he's not paying enough attention to focus his abilities. He looks more startled than he probably should, dragged away from his thoughts, but he's in the process of rallying when— ]
Edgeworth.
[ Nick's only seen him on the network; still, that suit's hard to miss. He makes a valiant effort to make that simple greeting sound polite, but it's stilted anyway, caught somewhere between apologetic and annoyed. ]