ACE ATTORNEY AU

[enigmaster]

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[enigmaster]

... Mhm. [he looks away, at that. Not sure what to even say. Because yeah that... sure is a thing that happened. It's... kind of scary.]

[agoodname]

[Oswald goes quiet, looking down then at his hands]

...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...

[to what? To worry? Shouldn't he worry, though???

He's honestly not entirely sure what he should do anymore.

But this is hardly the time for that conversation.]

....anyway, the doctor says you're healing well, but they want to run a couple more tests before they release you.

[enigmaster]

...I wish I knew what happened. I felt fine in the morning.

[agoodname]

[there's a frown between Oswald's eyebrows at that, concern]

They...are having trouble finding the cause.

[enigmaster]

...It's probably not a normal health issue, then. [This is probably a... him thing.] Lucky me.

[agoodname]

[Oswald blows out a breath at that]

....okay. Okay.

So...what's our next step. Have you had any...non-normal health issues before?

[enigmaster]

I mean... Injuries and stuff, when things got... violent, but... nothing like this.

[agoodname]

[he can't help but press his lips together, worried] ...Okay. Alright. Should we...look into phenomena like this? See if there's any correlation?

[enigmaster]

I guess...? I don't know if there's anything to find, but... [...] I don't think anything was different than how I've always done things. [he doesn't... want to think about this, but...] Do you think-- What if this is just... part of the whole thing... [What if seeing ghosts has just fucked up his brain and it's just catching up with him?]

[agoodname]

[Oswald goes a bit pale at that, freckles standing out more starkly]

Well...before we resign ourselves to that, I'd want to look for more information.

[enigmaster]

...Where are you even going to look?

[agoodname]

I don't know. I haven't thought of it before. But we won't know until we try.

[enigmaster]

...I've been trying to find out things about... all of this, for a while. It hasn't really led anywhere, other than... a bunch of scams, mostly.

[agoodname]

Okay. Well that's...that's good. So that means we can eliminate what you've already tried and go from there.

1/2

[enigmaster]

...I guess, yeah. Mostly it's been... stupid stuff. Crystals or candles or--

2/2

[enigmaster]

[wait a sec] --Ah!

[agoodname]

[Oswald blinks] --what?

[enigmaster]

I-- There was, um... with the rest of my stuff. I had something with me. This pendant...

[agoodname]

Oh, that--[Oswald pushes off the bed, moving to a duffel bag on a chair in the corner and digging through it, before pulling out said pendant and bring it over] You mean this?

[enigmaster]

Yeah... [He'll take the pendant and... right away, drops it, as it starts to glow and there's a feeling of familiar wrongness in his head.] Ah...

[agoodname]

[YEAH NOPE as soon as it starts to glow, Oswald is reaching out to try and snatch it back]

[enigmaster]

[Edward breathes a little heavily.] That... That felt... familiar...

[agoodname]

[HMMMM DISLIKE Oswald frowns, looking down at it.] Where...did you get this? Because it was definitely glowing. [which is about the time Elijah's going to materialize in the room, floating in] "Ah, you're awake. Good. We were concerned."

[enigmaster]

I don't know, just... a store in town, I thought it was-- [And he looks up, though, at Elijah.] Oh... um... yeah, I'm alright... [Hey, Oswald, funny thing. The pendant starts to feel warm and... Your dad's there. Visible. And audible.]

[agoodname]

[At first, Oswald doesn't notice. Elijah's behind him, after all, and the pendant suddenly getting warm is more than enough distraction. He frowns, looking down at it--] "Alright? Are you certain?" [That is more than enough to get his attention. He hasn't heard his father's voice in so long, but he could never forget it. Oswald freezes, heart suddenly in his throat, as his head jerks around, body following, to stare, wide-eyed, at his father. The movement gets Elijah's attention, of course, and his attention turns briefly to Oswald--though he blinks at the staring. At his son staring right at him.] ...Father?