wright_idea | RP POST: The Perils of Personal Ads

RP POST: The Perils of Personal Ads

He doesn't want to take the responses, but he knows they're coming.

Well, he thinks he knows. Maybe he'll get lucky and nobody will respond at all. But Phoenix somehow doubts he's that lucky, to be honest. With his luck it's going to be some crazy person with a gun, or who is an assassin in their home dimension, or thinks the color green is really funny. Or who jumps straight to sex. That seems to be common in the Nexus.

He sits in his office, tapping his fingers nervously. Phew. He wishes he could find whoever posted that thing.

((Feel free to post responses to the personal ad here! Poor Phoenix.))

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He sighs. "It must be hard, living in an environment like that. Dealing with criminals with the potential for a lot more property damage than the average guy... it'd be nerve-wracking for me, and I'd probably be the poor guy defending them in court," he says.

"I'm the first in law myself. I wasn't originally going to, but I had a few, um, moments of inspiration along the line and changed my career path. Was originally thinking of going into acting or comic illustration, actually." He looks a little embarrassed to be admitting this.

He rubs the back of his head. "Is it hard? Um, being blind. Not that I'm trying to be rude, mind!" He flails a bit, worrying about tactlessness. "I mean, the fact that you can cook is pretty good for... I mean... agh." Total dork here.

"Well, you get used to it. It's comforting to know the super heroes try to not break things when they come to the rescue." She grins. "If I have my way I'll go into prosecution. I suppose it would be rather interesting..."

"That's actually neat. I liked...' She pauses. "Before I lost my vision I enjoyed reading comics. Like any other teen I guess."

"It can be. Most of it is dealing with folks who think I'm less capable thn they are." She blinks...then laughs trying to not get too carried away. "Sorry. It's just...you're trying so hard. Don't be afraid to ask questions. I don't mind! Really."

Phoenix shrugs. "I guess as long as the heroes are considerate... And, well, one of my best friends is a prosecutor. I prefer to see the defense and the prosecution as two sides of a coin, looking for the truth. Kind of corny maybe, but..." He feels a little sheepish saying this.

"Before you..." He pauses. Should he ask? It might be a touchy subject for her, though. He decides against it for now. "Well, I was really into the Japanese stuff. They started getting big when I was a kid, so I was reading it a lot. Even taught myself some written Japanese. I've kind of gotten out of it, though," he says.

"Oh, if it's okay..." He pauses, then decides to go for it after all. "Um, you said 'before you lost your vision...' How did you lose it, exactly? If you're comfortable telling me, I mean," he asks, finally.

She nods lightly. "It makes sense and isn't too corny. But if you start fliping coins to make choices..." She pauses. "Sorry. Bad Gotham joke. Let's just say the best lawyer to come from Gotham is now one of the most notorious villans."

"Ah. I didn' get to read them when they started becoming more popular. But I heard the artwork was really something."

"Sure. I don't mind. Well, my father works in STAR labs as an assitant to a few of the doctors there. While Dad is smart in his wn right he's too nervous to do any serious projects on his own...Well, he brought me to work with him one day. Hoping that he could show his teenage daughter how awesome science was. We were talking near one of the labs. I was in front of the door an...There was an explosion. Something they had been testing due to one of the recent alien attacks on Metropolis had gone off. The door hit me, and the flash from the explosion burned out my rentenas. While they would have eventually re-grown? There was nerulogical damage that left me like this. I chose to not allow the doctors to look into cybrnetic implants to return my vision. They would have had to cut out parts of my skull and well, I like my skull just fine."

Phoenix raises an eyebrow. "Boy, I bet that must've made the lawyer bashers cackle with glee." He sighs. He's heard the jokes before, k thnx.

"Some of it was good, some of it was pretty much like every other one. You start to notice some of the similarities in plotlines after awhile and it loses its allure -- especially when they're churning them out like they started to do. I still pick one up every now and then, though." He shrugs.

Phoenix's eyes widen as he listens to the story. When she finishes, all he can reply with is. "Wow... just... wow. I'm sorry to hear about that..." He rubs the back of his head.

"Not exactly. Um, it's generally bad to laugh at someone willing to try killing you. Even if they're obessed with fliping a coin to decide your fate."

"That's a pity. I've always liked unique ideas."

"It's all right Phoenix. It turned out fine. I survived," she says lightly. It doesn't bother her that she's blind."Just...no jokes about explosions. I find them tacky."

Phoenix gulps. "Duly noted. Boy, talk about hazardous living conditions."

"Ideas are always good. Overused ideas, not so much." He shrugs. "East or west, it's the same in the end, really."

He smiles, happy to not have offended. "Don't worry, I'm not much of an explosion joke sort of guy, really," he says.

"You're telling me." Oh she has a tale for every situation.

"I suppose it is. I haven't really found an original--A truly original story that is, in ages."

"Heh. There aren't many. If you knew them I'd question your taste in humor I guess." And Phoenix must beware, Ivy is attempting to turn on the charm. She doesn't have alo but hey, he's interesting to her.

He shrugs. "Probably about as bad as living in the Sanctuary, to be honest. It's been crazy there lately, for some reason. Something happens every night -- and not always in a good way." He sighs, looking a little tired as he says this.

"Well, sometimes it's not so much an original story so much as an old story done well, you know? Hard to find, but diamonds in the rough when you find them." He nods, a bit of his old comics geekery popping back in.

He grins. "And how's my taste in humor so far?" Lord help him, he's actually really enjoying this. And she's not trying to jump his bones immediately, so that's a plus.

"The Sanctuary? I'm sorry but I'm not exactly familar with that. What is it? And what's it like?"

"Oh. Well, comic books aren't actually widely popular on my world. They never quite took off." But her world is technically a comic.

"Oh I'd say it's...Nice." Yeah she's fumbling just a litte with her words

What, do women try to regularly molest him? Poor guy. Really.

"The Sanctuary? It's... sort of a bar and lounge hiding in the middle of the Nexus. Only it's a lot larger than that, and it's got a few siderooms, one of which is apparently now the apartment I was living in when I first found the place." He pauses. "No, I don't know how it moved there either."

"That's a pity. They're sometimes easier to pick up than books for me," he says. "But they're not for everyone, I know that." He shrugs again.

He blushes a little. "Well, that's good to hear. Wouldn't want to have a lousy sense of humor. It'd be, uh, bad." He thinks, [Eloquent, Romeo. Real eloquent.]

It's actually been mostly men. But he's not telling her that. It's brain-breaking enough for him as is.

"Sounds like something from a TV shows almost." She pauses and tilts her head. "...That doesn't seem possible. The Nexus likes breaking all the laws of physics I guess."

"Ahhh..I get mailed books. From various groups that have them put into brail for people like me."

"Um...Right. Because a bad sense of humor is..Of the bad." Right brain feels like it might drip out her ear. Drat. Going non-verbal is bad. Think, Ivy, think.

"This miight sound weird but...Can I touch your face? It's...how I get to now what someone looks like."

Oh poor man, but he seems ok.

((Why do all the Phoenix Wright songs insisit on running through my head right now? XD))

"That's not all it likes to break, from my experience." He snorts. "But if you count the occasional violent nutcase and weird LOL, I guess you could say it's like a TV show."

Phoenix blinks. "Wow, that's neat. Are they expensive? Is braile hard to learn?" Phew, full of questions, this boy.

"Yep. Bad." Well, at least they can be stupid together. Pfft, and he's supposed to be a lawyer.

He's a little surprised at her request. "Huh? I, uh... I guess it's okay..." He's never had a request like this before, so he's still computing it. "Go ahead."

Aside from having no more dignity? Yeah, dandy.

((Because the Phoenix Wright soundtrack rocks? >_>))

"But...science!" Look! She's like a kicked puppy. How dare the Nexus ignore science!

"Well. They're a little more expensive than normal books. But most I can get for free if I fill out the right paper work. And after my senses readjusted it wasn't too bad. Like learning Frenh, only ten times more useful."

And she wants to be one! The non-verbal thing is kinda funny though. "Well. Um. yeah...Heh."

"Thanks." She turns so she's facing him a little more and carefully puts her hands on his face. She's trying to not be so invasive. And just grins after a few minutes pulling her hands away. Huh, he was probably easy on the eyes. Must come in handy.

Poor dignity, Phoenix hardly knew ye!

((That and it was a nice gift from a good friend. :D Ahh, music. And this RP? So much fun.))

He takes up a silly voice. "Your silly science has no place in... the NEXUS! Bum bum bum." He snickers a bit.

"Wow, free. Wish more things came free," he says, sighing a bit. He blinks, though. "Frenh? Can't say I'm familiar..." he admits.

He lets her touch. There's... something oddly comforting to her touch, and he's almost a little sad when she pulls away. He can't really explain it, though. "Um, do I pass, then?" he asks, a little self-consciously.

Well, it wasn't like he had much to begin with.

((YEYS :3 Will respond more in the morning, if thread allows.))

"Nooo," she says in a dramatic tone with a bit of flailing. She enjoys joking around after all.

"...D'oh. I mso totally meant French. And I think it's because everyone feels guilty that we can't enjoy the arts like everyone else. Which is baused. You just need creative ways of doing it. Like tormenting friends by making them discribe things."

That gets him a grin. "Yeah. You pass. Not like I'm giving you a written test Phoenix. I'm willing to bet you look good. But to me that totally isn't the point. It's just...easier to get to know someone through touch for me."

Phoenix blinks. "Oh, I thought maybe it was some obscure language from your world, eh heh..." He shakes his head. Silly Phoenix. "So I'm guessing you're going to have a load of fun if we were to ever go to an art gallery or something." Phew, he can imagine THAT. Though maybe it wouldn't be so bad, actually.

He blushes a bit at the compliment. "Well, that's good to hear, anyway. Wouldn't want you to get stuck with someone who ISN'T a little attractive, I guess," he says. He's been told he's attractive, of course; however, it's sort of nice hearing it from a woman for once.

She blinks right back a very confused look on her face. Right. He was kidding. "Well, I actually like art galleries...But I get tickets for the muesum alot too."

Why that might just be an offer.

That gets a grin. "Well you are. Attractive that is."

He smiles. "The museum, huh? Is it a nice one in Gotham? I think I might want to see it sometime." Which may or may not have a question attached to that

He blushes again. "Well, uh, thanks. You're not so bad yourself," he replies.

She grins lightly. "Well there's actually a few different museums in Gotham. But the World History museum is one I frequent, along with the Natural History museum. They're both nice. I've been told they're lovely to see." She bites her lip quickly. Go courage go. "...Would you like to go sometime?"

"...T-Thanks." Now she's blushing too.

He ponders. He hasn't dated at all, since... HER. But maybe... maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to try again? After all, she was an anomaly, and it was silly to cut himself off based on one relationship gone bad, wasn't it?

So he smiles. "Yeah. Yeah, I'd like that."

Of course that gets a bright grin from Ivy. Asking him had been hard due to her own hang-ups. The fact he said yes made it much better. Much mental happy squeeing.

"Um. There's a new display this weekend, it's a Norse thing that's on tour. Would that be all right?" She thought it would be interesting. "There are also other enents going on too at the art galleries, and the Natural History muesum if Vikings don't float your boat."

Phoenix thinks. "This weekend? Yeah, that might be nice. I haven't really had a proper day out in a while... I might take you up on that."

If nothing else, he's never been to another world. This... could be interesting.

She looks happy. Mostly because this is so...nice. "I'd like it if you did, but you don't have to if you don'r want to. Oh and if you do? It's usually hot in Gotham this time of year. But um, jackets are handy. It rains alot towards the evening."

She's trying to be sure he doesn't feel pressured. Oh and she still can't belive how well this is going.

Phoenix nods. "Okay, well, it's a date then. Um, if you could give me the PIN coordinates and a time?" Phew. He hopes this goes well. He can be a total dork romantically.

RP POST: The Perils of Personal Ads

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