ACE ATTORNEY AU

[enigmaster]

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[agoodname]

You were out with Butch and you...collapsed. You, ah...you had a stroke.

[he's been specifically Not Thinking about what might've happened if Butch hadn't been there.]

[enigmaster]

[... ...?] Huh...? [That doesn't... sound right. What? Why would he have a stroke...? Just... out of nowhere?]

[agoodname]

Fortunately, Butch got you here very quickly, but you've been unconscious for a couple of days now.

[enigmaster]

...Why'd I have... [...] Mmm...

[agoodname]

I...don't know. [he swallows.] But don't worry about it now, okay? You just need rest and time to recuperate.

[enigmaster]

[Everything feels so foggy and weird. Maybe Oswald's right.] ...head kin'a hurts...

[agoodname]

That's understandable. You just need some more rest to let your body heal.

[enigmaster]

Mhmm... [He just kind of... closes his eyes again and breathes out. Rest. Okay. He can... He can do that...]

[agoodname]

[he squeezes his hand as Edward's eyes close again] I'll be right here.

[enigmaster]

[Edward's breathing evens out. He's asleep again. For the best, probably, his body needs more time to recover...]

[agoodname]

[okay yep that's

that's fine

he's just going to

take in a couple watery, steadying breaths, and go tell the doctor that Edward briefly woke up]

[enigmaster]

[Things stay the same for a bit. Edward sleeps, a lot. Harvey visits soon, after hearing some things through the grapevine, leaving a get well card and a present for when Edward wakes up again. ...It's rather late at night, the next time Edward wakes up. He feels more... aware, this time? Everything looks and feels a little more solid. He looks around sleepily. ...It's loud. Hospitals are always too loud. Too many recently departed spirits.]

[agoodname]

[Oswald is

very asleep. He's on a cot that the staff must've brought in next to Edward's bed. Sitting near him, on Edward's bedside, is Gertrude]

[enigmaster]

[He turns his head, looking over at her tiredly.] ...Oh. Hey.

[agoodname]

[Gertrude starts slightly, but turns to look at him, immediately relieved] "Oh, Edward, good you are awake." [she moves closer] "We were very worried. "

[enigmaster]

...Sorry. Didn't... Didn't mean to make people worry...

[agoodname]

"Shhh, it's alright. You did not mean for this to happen, I do not think."[she moves to sit closer to him] "How do you feel?"

[enigmaster]

Fine. [It's instinct, immediate. Not even what he means to say, honestly.] Um. I don't know... Kind of tired, I guess? ...And pretty confused...

[agoodname]

[Gertrude nods] "That is understandable. Strokes are very serious--it is a miracle they did not have to operate to get the blood out."

[enigmaster]

Mm... [...he's trying not to think about that.] ...Not really sure what even happened... I don't think... I mean, it didn't feel like anything was wrong...

[agoodname]

"No? Do you remember what happened? Where you were?"

[enigmaster]

...I remember I was out with Butch. And I remember we were looking under a floorboard for something, but... ...s'kinda blurry...

[agoodname]

"Looking under a floorboard? Where?"

[enigmaster]

In this old house, I think...

[agoodname]

"I see..." [she frowns, clearly thinking] "Elijah and I, we have been asking around. Nothing has turned up yet, but we did not hear of old house."