ACE ATTORNEY AU

[enigmaster]

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[agoodname]

Then that'll give me more time to gather evidence and figure out who is trying to frame you. Especially considering the target.

[enigmaster]

And then what? What, you find out who framed me and you'll just drop the case? [He sounds very incredulous.]

[agoodname]

If I dropped the case, some other idiot would take it, and succeed, and make it look like I couldn't handle the case. And I don't drop cases. [his mouth is twisted into a scowl] Someone set you up. They way they did it was sloppy--to the point of obviousness. Either they're incredibly stupid, or it was done that way on purpose. I don't know which one of those it is yet, but either way, the result is the same: if I win this trial, it looks like I needed the help to do so, and that my methods are dirty. Which I do not appreciate. I want to know who set you up, and I want to know why. Whether they meant to involve me and slander my work or not, they're doing so. [his features darken] I don't take kindly to that. I need to find out who they are so they can be properly....dealt with. Yet at the same time, I cannot let them know that I'm looking, so it needs to seem like it's coming from your end. Unfortunately, your lawyers are insofar too stupid to help with anything at all, much less defend you decently, so it has to come from you.

[enigmaster]

I see. [And Edward has his eyes narrowed, as he listens. Taking the whole thing in.] So, if I'm understanding this correctly... For the sake of your ego, this case is going to be prolonged for a considerable amount of time while you figure out whatever it is you so desperately need to know so you can solve this problem and lose the case on your own terms. Not only that, I have to actually help you by trying to also do what I can to have the whole process delayed. Do I have that right?

[agoodname]

You're completely correct, yes. [Oswald smirks, at that] On the bright side, it means you won't be convicted of murder or go to jail.

[enigmaster]

And you expect this to work.

[agoodname]

I know it will work. [his eyes flick up to Edward's, holding his gaze]

[enigmaster]

... No, thanks.

[agoodname]

....I beg your pardon.

[enigmaster]

No, thank you. I don't especially feel like giving you any help.

[agoodname]

....so you would rather go to jail and to, what you've just told me, is suicide. [yeah that is definitely the 'are you an idiot' tone of voice]

[enigmaster]

I would rather not delay the inevitable for the sake of your ego.

[agoodname]

[Oswald's mouth twists at that] My ego is justified--I am that good. If what you've told me about you seeing the dead is true, then that's something you'd already know.

[enigmaster]

Good enough when you're convicting people. This is something else entirely. ...I'm already very tired of this whole case. I don't want it to drag on just on the off chance you can manage to find a way to convincingly lose to an absolute garbage lawyer.

[agoodname]

Off chance? [Oswald's mouth twists into a scowl--but he stops, eyes narrowing] ...and what about a lawyer that wasn't garbage?

[enigmaster]

They don't want anything to do with this case. Either because of the circumstances or because of me. And I don't have the money for a good one anyway.

[agoodname]

[he leans back in his chair then, humming] ...there has to be some bleeding heart out there that would take you pro-bono if enough of a stink was made.

[enigmaster]

I don't have a lot of appeal even as a charity case. [He sounds like he's... speaking from experience.] That's still kind of a long shot either way, you know.

[agoodname]

I would imagine a long shot is far preferable to what you've deemed a suicide. So with that in mind...what do you have to lose?

[enigmaster]

The opportunity to spitefully make things more difficult for you.

[agoodname]

.....you would die to make things more difficult for me. [deadpan]

[enigmaster]

I would die sooner to make things more difficult for you. Yes.

[agoodname]

[for a moment, Oswald just stares at him--before the corner of his mouth quirks upwards] You really are something else. And not just because of the whole supposed "seeing ghosts" thing. [he smirks, then, eyes narrowing] May I ask what I've done to attain your specific ire? Or are you like this with everyone?

[enigmaster]

Exactly this, right here, right now. The way you act like I'm just so interesting and fascinating. I dislike being people's entertainment.

[agoodname]

[he blows out a breath, then, barely keeping himself from rolling his eyes] Most people want to be interesting and fascinating, you know. They try far too hard at it, in fact.