inhotwater | ACE ATTORNEY AU

[aaaaaAAAAAAAHHHHH HE LAUGHED A LITTLE]

Most people don't care much for him. He's an idiot. He get by on mostly luck and money.

That seems right...

I'm glad he didn't end up spending too much time in court, during my case... You timed your entrance very well.

Thank you. It was absolutely on purpose so that you would think I was cool and not at all accidental.

Of course. No luck involved whatsoever.

[Edward scoots... slightly closer. Not... Not quite touching Oswald, but nearly.]

It definitely worked.

I'm glad to hear that all my careful planning came to fruition. I worked quite hard on it. [lskdfhslhfs trying not to kind of freak out that Edward just scooted closer BREATHE OSWALD]

I'm sure.

[Oswald...... ur cute]

You are making somewhat of a habit of saving me, you know.

[no UR cute]

It's a perfectly reasonable habit to have.

[NO U]

Pretty sure you're the only one who thinks that.

Well. I can't imagine anyone else whose opinion on this matters, quite frankly.

...You really don't care, do you?

[it's just

odd

not bad, but odd]

About their opinion?

Absolutely not. Why should I?

I don't know. Most people care about what others think.

[he shrugs a shoulder] Only as long as it suits my needs.

Theirs clearly doesn't, so why should I bother with it or them?

Mm... That makes sense.

[Edward carefully, hesitantly, starts reaching out, like he's thinking about taking Oswald's hand, but he. Stops himself. Loses his nerve.

He swallows and glances away.]

I used to care about what people thought, but that got... exhausting, eventually.

[Oswald blinks as Edward starts to reach out--but then retreats. And he scoots closer to Edward, then, so their shoulders are almost touching]

An opinion from the right person could open doors or win a favor, but unless it has a use, they're hardly important, despite how freely people give them out. Those ones are hardly worth the time anyone puts into them, and a waste of energy.

[Edward's breath almost stops for a moment, as Oswald scoots closer.]

It seems very important, when you're trying to make people like you. But I never figured out how to do that, so I just gave up on caring about it. Eventually.

There's....an art to it. So I don't blame you for giving up on it. It's convoluted and annoying, really.

I kind of started with a disadvantage already. Trying always just... seemed to make it worse?

[And god, he really tried, sometimes. All it had done was make him exhausted.]

...I'm not really sure how I managed it with you.

[It. Doesn't feel like he really did anything at all.]

It's your natural charm, I think. [the corner of his mouth quirks a bit] And...once we got past that first bit, I think we get along quite well.

Right, that charm that definitely exists.

[lol ok]

...I think so, too. I didn't... really like you much, at first, but. [You were kind of a shit at first, Oswald.] Obviously I changed my mind about that...

I thought you were just some guy paid by the mafia to take the fall, baring actually murdering someone.

[he hums a bit] You're not the type, though.

Not really, no.

[The thought of the mafia paying him off is... hilarious, really.]

I'm not really the... taking the fall for someone type. At least, not... intentionally. [...] But being accused of things I didn't do, that part was nothing new, really.

[Oswald huffs a bit at that] That was obvious in the whole apathy bit.

Ah... yeah. It was just... more of the same, you know? Just a little more extreme than getting in trouble at school or whatever.

Marginally more extreme, yes. [dryly--and glancing up at the sky starts to darken. He wants to ask about that--about the apathy, and about his willingness to essentially go to jail (and, really, his death) simply to spite Oswald.

But now's not the time or place]

We should be getting home, I think.

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