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after vivarium

after vivarium!

It may have been weeks, months, or even years, but finally, everyone makes it out of the warehouse just fine. The authorities have broken in and let everyone out, or maybe the characters managed to escape on their own. Either way, Zero and Calhoun vanish without a trace and they still haven't been caught to this day. It's infuriating, but the important part is that they're now free. What exactly entrails after that ending though?

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[there is a small cafe at the edge of the historic section of istanbul; nothing fancy, but it's inexpensive, out of the midday sun, and offers a great turkish coffee. ema's made a habit of stopping by afternoons and today's no different, except how when she approaches her regular table it is occupied by a leatherfaced young old man she hasn't spoken with in forever and seen in longer than that. and after an adequate amount of gawping she pulls together something to say]

...That's my seat.

[ being a mercenary really took you all around the world. jake has probably seen and been in more countries than most people go to in their lifetimes, but since it's mostly just work, it doesn't involve a ton of sightseeing. luckily, there are downtimes where he can take it easy until he needs to get back to it, like now, so here he is with his coffee and probably eating whatever they got here. he's interrupted, however, at the sound of approaching footsteps and he looks up. ]

[ like ema, it takes him by surprise for a split second because wow when was the last time they've ever seen each other, but then he goes right back to acting like this is nothing special at all. let him dig into his food. ]

Didn't see your name on it. [ he hasn't changed at all... he's still five with his smirk but he points his fork over to the chair across from him ] That one is free though.

[she rolls her eyes but sits, looking like someone who hadn't expected to see someone she knew and wasn't really sure what to do with it, and runs a hand through her pixie-cropped hair before taking a sip of her coffee. no hair? no lab coat? not even a vest? did someone get a crappy character redesign? she raises an eyebrow before the narration can get too speculative]

So, what're you doing here? Hard at work or hardly working? [she says, as if she owns where people go and do, like she's even from this continent, honestly]

[ zeus law: ace attorney, ema makes a cameo appearance in her new character design after she got back from istanbul. i can buy it, but unlike her, jake hasn't changed one bit. he's clean shaven and he cut off all of his hair, so it's just like when he first arrived in the warehouse. it's just his clothes that got a reworking to fit the climate ]

It's called a break. Surprisingly, they don't always need me there. [ what a shocker. you mean battles don't go on forever?? ] But I could ask you that. On a life-changing adventure?

That's me, every day, eat-pray-love. Walking the earth like Caine in Kung-Fu. This week, I work days in a turkish delight factory and spend nights house sitting for a particularly attractive Romanian noble here on holiday.

Anyway, I figured you were more of a freelancer. Downtime means spending money, not making it. Unless you've mellowed out in your older age.

[ he lets out an amused breath as he continues to eat whatever he has, probably kind of meat dish. she's more than free to grab a fork and have a bite of it, if she wants. he's probably not going to do anything (probably). ]

Sounds like you've turned your life around. Can't say that I'm not proud of you. [ single tear ] And it's not so easy freelancing two jobs at once. Normally they get crossed if I fight on both sides of a battle.

[she might steal a piece of pita at least, halfway just to see what he'd complain]

Well, that's all I ever wanted right there. I can die happy, my life complete. And it seems like you'd be able to get a jump on people by two-timing like that, at least until they figure out if they're supposed to be shooting at you or not. Or can you just outsource to other people, like a sublet?

[ she should totally go for it, she is more than free to and listen to his grumpy old man complaints ]

You should've sent me a text if you wanted my approval that badly, and I'll go over my contract again to look for a loophole when I get back.

But really, what are you doing here of all places? Last I remember, you were a detective in LA.

If you'd have texted me, you'd have known I dropped my phone down a mountain and didn't have anyone's number. Luckily I was able to survive just on the knowledge that someday, fate or Hershel would bring us together once more.

Anyway, I'm taking vacation, same as you. And also sabbatical. By which I mean I quit because being a homicide detective is a thankless and frankly terrible job. Since then I've had more than a few also thankless and terrible jobs but very few of them involved dead bodies or air guitar solos so I feel like I'm doing okay.

Hershel is persistent, just like his parents, so he would have figured something out.

[ you go over for Christmas just once and the entire Layton family starts to bother you to come every year, ugh. ]

And here I thought you'd like dead bodies. Get to do your forensic work done when no one was looking.

You've met the folks already?

[if you couldn't think to only give other people's contact information, don't complain about free christmas goose]

Life's too short to have to sneak around to do what you want. I still believe in using science to reveal the truth. So I'm back in Germany, studying forensic advances in the last few years. This time, I'm gonna pass that test.

...But since it's inter-session, my housemate took me here for vacation. If you need any sightseeing tips, feel free to ask.

Yeah, last Christmas. They somehow convinced me to come every year.

[ he will complain all he wants, you ain't his ma, but ema should come over to the laytons for christmas one day. clearly that will go well ]

Keep me updated on your test, then. We'll grab a drink once you pass. [ if he's in the area or something, but he'll figure it out. he knows she'll pass, hence 'once you pass' instead of 'if you pass', but who knows when that'd happen, maybe ten years from now ] Sightseeing beats sitting in a hotel room, so any spots you recommend?

Huh. That must be a trip.

[now she kinda wants to, see what kind of people the Laytons must be to make such an impression on him. what if there are christmas sweaters??]

...I will. [and she smiles at that, small but genuine. can good ends bloom on the battlefield, only the shadow knows] Well, it depends on what you want to see. There's the Hagia Sophia, and a few other historic mosques. There's some scenic lakes, though I can't imagine you sunning at a beach. Or there's the Grand Bazaar, so many tiny shops, you can just wander around there for hours. Plenty of visible exits, too. [because sometimes it's good to know you might not be trapped there for months on end, surely there is nothing weird or unnatural about that urge at all]

An expensive trip at that, but free food and boarding evens it out.

[ actually doing something for christmas helps as well, but you bet that there are sweaters and jake wears them because he is really awkward around Hershel's overbearing mother. it's terrible and ema needs to come over to see it in person ]

I'll look forward to it then. [ he returns her smile with a small one of his own before taking another bite of his food, and don't you pull an otacon on me. can love bloom on a battlefield, where did that even come from, otacon?? also that's a lot of tl;dr on those suggestions ] Sounds like you're familiar with the place. How about you just take me to somewhere you enjoy the most?

[ since he doesn't know what is good out of all the suggestions she gave, and he wouldn't mind to see what place she considers her favourite. ]

I can only imagine a lot of hair.

[just fros as far as the eye can see... send the invite she will buy the ticket.]

It'll be good. [and then she stops talking about it before she can get self-conscious, instead casually swiping some of his food. and hey, she is 100% less desperate than otacon, no lusting for people who shot her and ema has never banged her sister either. and wow, maybe she wanted to be thorough, no appreciation for consideration] Well...okay, sure. Nothing better to do.

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You're not wrong. The Laytons sure are against haircuts.

[ adopted or not, hershel resemble his parents a lot, and she'd be bombarded with invites. don't think jake isn't above mass text spamming ]

[ it doesn't take a lot to be less desperate than otacon lbr here. the true question is whether or not she went into forensics for her japanese animus ] All right, let's go then. You can lead the way.

[ he finishes eating the last bit of his food and rinses it down with coffee. you bet he wants to see ema's favourite spot right now ]

...Are they hippies or something? Was Hershel being so straitlaced some form of teenaged rebellion?

[hey, don't mix her up with every other ace attorney character, the animus (or rather the tokus) are only a passing interest for her, also bill nye was a hottie]

[she finishes her coffee as well, bussing their plates before standing]

Alright. It's a bit of a climb from here, if you think you can handle it.

[ he lets out an amused breath ]

Maybe. You can go over and see for yourself next Christmas.

[ are you telling me that she, maya, edgeworth, and cody don't just sit around together and talk about samurais all day long?? but well hm bill nye/ema skye, what an "interesting" ship ]

I can handle myself just fine. The only one we have to worry about is you. [ he stands up and waits for her to lead ] You sure that this isn't going to end in you hitching a ride on my back halfway through?

[she shrugs, maybe that will happen, probably invites have been sent in the past but she conveniently never gave hershel her contact information, someone is the best at friendship]

[maya, edgeworth, and cody have their skype conversations over that themselves. there is too much denial of physics for her to really get into it; any time ema may have spent on the steel samurai kink meme is completely unrelated. nyeskye is an eternal ship, even better than edgeworth, even if he isn't particularly simmerous, he is much more scientific and also available]

[she heads out of the cafe with a smirk, leading them up the street, slightly angled upwards]

Are you volunteering?

[ ema is that one anon who keeps requesting the steel samurai/pink princess au where they're scientists while getting increasingly butthurt when no one fills them, and i hope someone will rp bill nye so i can see this ship in action ]

[ jake follows, walking alongside her ]

What if I am?

[it was expanded even to include the nickel samurai and the jammin' ninja, why won't anyone fill this prompt when obviously the fandom is asking for it!! and I feel like I should hope against this but honestly, when have I ever hoped against potentially terrible things?]

[she raises an eyebrow but just shrugs with a smile]

...Well, I'd hate to disappoint an old man. We are going all the way up there, though.

[she points at a ridge maybe a half-mile away in distance, though considerably further up. It won't take hiking equipment or anything like that, but there's a decent number of stairs. she doesn't like this place just because it's inconvenient, though that is a bonus.]

[ everyone is too busy throwing them into domestic aus and shipping them off. better luck next time, ema, and i wonder if the aa kink meme is still around so i can make this pairing come alive ]

[ he looks up ahead. ]

Seems more than just a bit of climb. This place must really be something if you're willing to walk up all that.

[(still less irritating to work with than Gavin, though.) she did get one fill, but all the science parts happen off screen! infuriating. and of course it is, part 28 is trucking right along]

Some of us appreciate a journey if it brings us closer to the heavens. If your arthritis is killing you I can take you someplace else. We've already been here ten days...Europeans take their vacation seriously.

[ lana just hears ema screaming in frustration in her room. what an unusual little sister, and i cannot believe it is still alive. what a world we live in ]

[ he snorts. he truly is the picture of decency ]

You know, you're older than me, so you shouldn't be talking my arthritis, but I'm expecting something really grand if you're calling it heaven. My young heart is going to be fairly disappointed otherwise.

[lbr that probably happens a lot, lana is used to it. and canon keeps happening, so that helps. unrelatedly did you redo some of jake's icons so he has more hair or is there just that big of a color difference from my old computer to my new one]

Like you have a young or undisappointed anything. And I wasn't calling this in particular 'heaven,' just climbing and circles in general, Buddhists love that stuff. I think. Wasn't really my thing. [in addition to not remembering the details or history of much of anything, she was super shit at being calm and relating to others and place in the world and all that jazz, surprising no one]

How long have you been in town?

uh does this work lmk

yeah it's fine by me B) jake the seat stealer

petty theft now. mercenarying sure is a gateway drug

ema should get into mercenarying sometime, i'm sure she'd fit right in

how is a mercenary's pension? that's the one bonus of lapd

okay well that's one downfall of it but you can have all the guns you want?

enough to toss them at people when they irritate you?

i feel as if you are misunderstanding the use of a gun

there is nothing that isn't better when thrown

i suspect gun throwing may have been the true reason why ema isn't a detective anymore

if it's good enough for indiana jones it's good enough for anyone

the law might disagree with you there

the dark age of the law is perfect for movie projection though

that's true... well, if the end justifies the means......

when doesn't it? ...don't answer that

i think all of dual destinies can answer that...

but if you look like a greek statue can you honestly be anything other than a crazy law professor

you got a point there. you gotta love dd. the american weeaboo prisoner/prosecutor

kind of a british weeaboo, like wanting to be lafcadio hearn, it was...mmm, well, dd :/

dd...... it tried so hard and it got so far but in the end, it doesn't even matter

basically if you don't think too hard about anything that happens in it it's not so bad

tell me what thoughts ema would have towards blackquill, i need to know

fucking weeaboo goths. why can't you be more like your sister?

is there anyone or anything in the world that she hates more than klavier

...gant? though there are a bunch of other troubling emotions in there too so klavier's much easier