wright_idea | RP POST: Seeing again for the first time ((Locked to Ivy))

How can she not like him? To her it's all about someone's personality. But a big part of her is just so curious about how he looks. After all she knows what his face feels like under her fingers. She knows what his hands feel like too. So for her knowing exactly what he looks like is just somehow...nicer.

Of cpurse when she does see him she has to take a minute or two to look him. Then ends up finding herself blushing just a bit. All right, more than a bit. "...Phoenix? Is...that you?"

Oh yes. Now for the sudden shyness to get kicked into over drive. She can't help it. He looks really...good.

Phoenix freezes. Oh man, there she is... does she like him? Does she like him? Well, she doesn't look repulsed, so... maybe this is a good thing?

"Um, y...yeah. Yeah, it's me. Hi." He rubs the back of his head, then remembers. Ooh! Flowers. "Gottheseforyou," he mumbles, feeling like he did back in college. Almost.

Gee, poor guy is so shy! But then again Ivy is just as shy.

Well at least he didn't use the flowers on the back of his head. Then her eyes go quite wide. "Oh wow!...Th--Thoes are so pretty." She fidgets, not quite sure she should take then. But she does decide to give him a hug!

"Thanks." She looks him over again and flushes. "You...look great."

Phoenix feels butterflies in his stomach with the hug. Oh man. "Y...yeah, I remembered you said they were your favorites, so I figured a few more wouldn't hurt this time around." He coughed.

"Th... thanks! You look great too. But then, you've always looked great." Woof, cheesy line, Phoenix. Roll with it.

He indicates the portal. "Ready? I know a good Chinese place... or, if you'd rather be able to see a while longer..." He shuffles his feet a bit. Man, choices.

And Ivy herself is still blushing a bit. "It was very thoughtful. Thanks."

"Um. I ...I meant I like how you look. It's um. Very nice. Especiallywhereyourbackmeetstherestofyou.YeahIlikethattoo." Eeep! Said that out loud, didn't she? Maybe he won't notice?

"Ummm." She thinks about it. "I won't get to see for that much longer. Maybe we can go um, eat...Then you could walk me to the portal I like using to go back?"

He blushes. "Th... thanks. I... I have to admit I was kinda worried, but I'mgladthatbackbitlooksgoodum." He coughs. Oh man. What is he, a teenager?

Phoenix nods. "Okay. I'm afraid I can't go too late; I have a guest staying over at my place over the weekend. But it shouldn't take too long. Can... can I take your hand?" Why is his throat so dry? Sheesh. Still, he holds his hand out, looking hopeful.

They'll both be like this for a while, huh? "You didn't have to be. I...I'm not like..Shallow." Blink. "But your hair. So pointy!" And yes she did just poke it curiously. "..It's cool."

She tilts her head just a bit. Then nods lightly. "Sure. The walk isn't that far and um..Ok." She lets him have her hand. Besides, he has nice hands.

"N...no, I wasn't insinuating..." Oh geez. But he chuckles a bit at the hair comment. "Yeah, I get that a lot. At least SOMEONE other than me appreciates it." He shrugs. "Lot of jokes."

He grins, and takes her hand, and leads her through. He only wishes she could see his own world, but it won't do any good to lament.

A few blocks down and there it is. It's definitely quality -- no chop suey in THIS joint. Smells good, too. He leads her in, and the waiters set up a table for two. "Hope you like it. It's a lot more authentic than some places."

"I know. Was just saying." She pauses then frowns. "They just don't know good hair when they see it."

She trusts him to guide her there safely. But a big part of her still wants that cane out.

"I'll probably like it. I like Chinese alot, even if it isn't always easy for me to eat."

Phoenix feels his ego inflating. "They don't, do they? It's a great hairstyle. I don't know WHAT their beef is."

He nods, and when the waiters come by again he orders a couple of dishes and some tea. "Found it once trying to find someplace other than burgers to go with Maya to. Usually, one dish per person is fine, but you have to order four of them with her. It's a little scary." He rubs his head. "I thought only teen guys were supposed to have appetites like that."

"Maybe they're jealous?" She honestly thinks his hair is awesome!

She ends up grining widely. "All teenagers eat like that. I used to really pack it away. I don't anymore. I tend to get sick if I try eating that much."

"Hah! Yeah, that must be it." He grins. Boy, if she digs his hair, they MUST work pretty well together.

He chuckles. "Yeah, I guess I did too. A lot of unhealthy stuff, even. Of course, now that I don't have the urge for it as much, I can't get AWAY from it." He sighs. "Go figure, huh?"

The tea arrives, and he pours them both a cup. "It's nice to get away from the Nexus every so often. Especially since the Nexus seems to insist on piling on everything at once as soon as you come back. It's like a second job almost." He sighs, sipping at his own tea. Phew, hot.

She flushes again just a bit. She'll blaim it all on the sound of his voice.

"I tended to eat whatever was easiest for me to grab on the go." Until the accident. "...Until I had to change my lifestyle. Then I hate lots of pizza. I swear! I still have a second, third, amnd fourth stomach for it! But I tend to be pretty active so that's fine."

She had been about to take a sip but the outside of the cup being too warm wards her off for a few minutes. So instead she sips on the water that most resturants always have out. "Yeah. I haven't had too much trouble with the Nexus. But I tend to not run into much trouble in the Nexus....But I think it might start finding me. I dunno. Just a feeling."

MUch trouble? Well she doesn't want to mention nearly getting pulled into Silent Hill. It had bothered her alot and she wanted to avoid getting anone worried.

Phoenix nods. "I mostly have to eat whatever isn't too expensive. Or at least that was the case until the Nexus moved me in. It' amazing how much that place has saved me on food bills." He chuckles a little self-consciously.

He sighs. "The Sanctuary can be ground zero for a lot of weird stuff sometimes. Goes with the territory, I guess -- a nice, centralized area with a bunch of different people? Probably inevitable. Though..." He seems pensive about something, and it's obvious in the sound of his voice.

"Heh. I understand. Food is so...expensive!" She tries to not flail over that. She doesn't really have to, family members send her lots of care packages.

She is finally able to get some tea. Though now she is listening to him. "...Phoenix? Did something happen there?"

Now she's worried for him!

"Yeah, though you have to be extra careful about what you eat in the Sanctuary. LOLed stuff tends to crop up among the edible stuff." He sighs. "Though they're generally more benign than some of the stuff you run into in the main Nexus, I guess."

He ponders for a moment. Should he... oh, might as well, otherwise she'll be wondering about it. Besides, he trusts her.

"It's... like this. I had a mentor, in my world. One who taught me everything I know. She... died. Murdered. I found the murderer, but it didn't bring her back." He takes a swallow of tea, his throat a little parched.

"But in the Nexus... I met an alternate. One who had a few months to go before the event." He rubs his face. May need a little prodding here.

"Then if I ever eat there I'll be careful." She offers him a grin.

She listens to this...tale. She seems to be thinking over the details he has given too. "I guess you felt like you got your friend and bboss back, huh? Did you warn her about the murder, Phoenix? It's what I would have done if I had been in your place."

Phoenix shrugs. "I dunno, some people get a weird kick out of the cat brownies. I don't see it personally."

He nods. "Yeah. I suppose someone with a better respect for causality or whatever could've held back, but I'm just not strong enough of a guy for that." He sighs. "Problem is, she's still pursuing the case that got her killed, and now rather than have us there to help her, she's decided to go it alone, and I'm worried history is going to repeat itself."

The food arrives, though Phoenix finds his appetite is a little diminished for this story. "Lawl Nexus, huh?"

"I personally wouldn't. Too weird."

"It would have hurt to sit back anyways. I...don't think it's who you are. You wouldn't be capable of it." If he was she wouldn't have any symathy for him. Maybe even just not want to go out with him again or anything. Because it just would be too harsh for her to stand.

"Wait. She pushed you guys out?" Ivy looks baffled. Seriously baffled. "That makes no sense! She seems to care about you alot. And isn't Edgeworth her friend too?"

She reaches over to touch his hand. "No. Pretty crappy. I'm sorry about all of it Phoenix. Can...I help?"

He snorts. "I think so too. But you know, some people just are more accustomed to the weirdness of the Nexus, I guess."

Phoenix brushes his hand through his hair. "Yeah... I really couldn't have. Sometimes I wonder if it would've been better if I had, but the idea of letting someone go unknowingly to their death, even if it means changing the future..." He takes a deep breath. "I don't have the heart."

"I... think she's trying to protect us, somehow." He swallows. "She knows what she's doing is dangerous, and she doesn't want to hurt us. Though apparently she doesn't realize that in forcing us out, she's hurting us worse..." He picks at his food. "I'm sorry, it's just... sort of hard. She said something that hurt me, before she left."

He smiles weakly. "I wish you could, Ivy. Just... being here with you, talking about it helps, I think," he says, finally.

She quirks a smile. "I like being normal. Well...What's normal to me isn't for others."

"No. And there isn't anything wrong with it. What if they had been meant to meet you and hear the things you could tell them, and you didn't? It would be aweful. And not telling them would be...as if you did it yourself. And I wouldn'tt..I don't want you going through that Phoenix."

"I can understand wanting to protect people. But she can't shield you two from it. It certinly isn't fair to either of you. But she is doing it because she thinks it's for the best I'm sure." She manages to chew down a mouthful of food pretty quick. "Well---Um. Can you tell me? Or would it bother you too much?"

She's trying to not sigh. She'd like to help. Really. But alot of this she can't help with. Except for offering to talk and listemn. But she does pet his hand, trying to give him the support she can. "Then I'll be here for you."

"Tell me about it. Sometimes I wonder if my world being so normal IS the weird one." He shakes his head.

Phoenix is silent for a bit, mulling this. "You know, that sounds about right. I just... I couldn't. Not even if it changes things for my own alternate. You summed it up pretty well." He smiles sadly. "Thanks."

He swallows. "I think... now, maybe it was to try and break me off, though I'm not sure... but she told me..." He takes a deep breath. "She told me... that she was giving up on the case she was working on for so long."

His voice is a little shaky at this point. "It... I didn't know what to say. On the one hand, it could've saved her life... but she'd always told me never to give up until there's no more room for doubt, you know? So to hear her say that..." He grows quiet, and eats a little before finally saying, "I think you know what I mean, right?"

The contact is soothing. His fingers curl into hers. "Thank you. This means a lot to me," he murmurs.

"...Well to me your world seems strange. From what I've heard." She offers him a comforting look.

"I know. But..Look at it this way. Things might turn out easier for him. He won't have to have the hurt of loosing such a good friend." What he was saying though. Wow.

"I...Yeah." She gives him a very weak look. Then comfortingly rubs her fingers against him.

"I'm glad I can help somehow." She blushes a bit. "...I'm kinda tempted to take you home so I can take care of you. It..It just seems like you've been having it really rough."

"Compared to others? Maybe idiosyncratic. We have our fair share of weirdos, but not too much paranormal aside from a bit of spirit channeling and ESP." He shrugs.

"I... guess. Though I feel, sometimes, that a lot of what made me who I am came from the trials I had to endure without her help." He shakes his head. "But it's silly of me to expect all of my alternates to conform to the person I am, I guess."

He grins a bit. "Boy, tempting. But I'm letting an alternate of mine stay at my place for a bit to try and pull himself back together, so..." He sounds almost regretful, though!

She tilts her head then tries very hard not to grin. "But see, to me that sort of thing seems strange. I'm aware that magic and...spirits...and things could be real but...I'm so used to looking for scientific data. And ESP doesn't exactly give me that."

"It is. But it's also rather...sweet. If you think about it. You want the other yous to have a chance to flourish under the pressures that they'll face when they eventually won't have their wonderful mentor to guide them. It seems to me that you just want them to turns out ok. Nothing wrong with that."

And she ends up blushing a great deal. Oh, his piky is rather interesting too. "Um...Right. Maybe another time. Heh."

"Really?" He thinks about this. "I guess 'strange' is really just a matter of what you did and didn't grow up with. I have a friend who comes from sometime in the 19th Century, and he's constantly bewildered by modern technology. Though honestly, a few years ago I thought it was strange too." He chuckles a bit. "Then again, I thought a LOT of things were more strange before I came to the Nexus."

He smiles. "Yeah... but at the same time, I want the mentor to live. It's a pretty complex situation, dealing with time... still, I guess it's too late to worry about repercussions too much. I've already made my choice." The smile fades. "I just wish I knew if it was the right one or not."

He nods. "Another time. For certain." Definitely.

She grins just a bit. "I'll have to meet him someday. He sounds rather interesting. Of course to me everyone is. I like people in general."

"You can't know. People never do. It's because of how we percive reality. Often we can only understand the most basic of things around us. It takes a great deal to move past that. But it isn't too hard I suppose. And you won't often know your efforts mean anything until much latter anyways. " She is just a lttle cynical about time differnces. Oh and she also just doesn't want Phoenix hurt either. That's mostly her interest in this. So she'll try helping him.

"Yeahj. I think...we'll both enjoy that once it um...Can happen." She offers him a shy smile. Mostly because her mind is in a 'bad' place right now. Well not that bad. But she has decided to wait on acting upon the 'err, thoughts. Even if it might leave her a little fusterated.

He grins back. "He's very interesting. And a good man, though I wonder sometimes if he's troubled by something. Still, I'd love for you to meet him sometime." He'd love for her to meet all his friends, really. And no, it has nothing to do with showing her off like a trophy. Mostly.

Phoenix takes a deep breath and mulls this. "Well, I hope things work out well, anyway. Maybe you're right. Maybe I should stop worrying. I just wish she hadn't cut me out like that. Not knowing is worse than knowing, I find," he says at last. "It's good that I can talk to you like this, though."

Phoenix would be highly flattered and receptive to such thoughts, but wouldn't admit it. Considering his, um, problems dealing with peoples' libidos since hitting the Nexus, it'd be nice to be with a woman he enjoyed the company of, rather than something via LOL, or something.

The check comes, at length, and Phoenix puts out a credit card. "One nice thing about Chinese restaurants -- they never ask you about dessert," he says, chuckling.

"I think I'd like that. I'm sure they're really interesting people. I mean...Nexus." That pretty much sums up why she thinks they'll be interesting.

"Yeah. Maybe she'll realize that cutting you out was a nad dea? I don't know if she will. But it would be nice. And..I'm glad that you can. It's nice."

It is nice. And Ivy herself normally doesn't indluge her libido. Well, she might do so more if circumstances change more. But that probably is a ways off.

"Heh. Chinese is always very filling. I'll probably cringe at anything more than coffee when I get home." Well she did need to study more. And work on things from her internship that they had asked her to look over.

"Yeah, that about covers it." He chuckles.

"Well, I hope she does it soon. There's not really that much time left..." He trails off, and sort of leaves it at that. It says everything, really.

He nods. "Funny, and yet you're always hungry a few hours later." He shrugs as the card comes back, and he signs off on it. "What'd you think, by the way? Pretty good, right?"

"Oh...I'm...Sorry." She squeezes his hand lightly. She can't really do much of anything else. Well maybe this is enough.

"Heh. Yeah. But I usually am fine for the rest of the night." She cants her head, a little like a well fed puppy. "I liked it. Food was great, thanks!"

He nods, squeezing back. It's amazing, really, having someone he could really talk to like this. It makes him realize how long he's stayed out of the loop, how much he's denied himself in his anxiety ever since Dahlia. It's almost... magic.

He walks her out, heading back through the portal that led into his own world and back into the Nexus. "I'm glad you did like it. I like it because it's not too expensive, of course..." He shakes his head. "Can you still see, here in the Nexus? It hasn't worn off yet?" he asks.

Just a magic of a different kind. No wand waving involed. Just feelings and words.

She giggles just a bit. But good food that is chea is wonderful. "I..." She sighs now. "I can't, sorry." She reaches into her jacket for her cane and lets it snap into place.

"It was nice while it lasted though."

He swallows. "Oh, um..."

Should he? ...oh, hell with it.

"Guess we'll just have to settle for feel, then." And he leans down to kiss her on the lips.

And the cane gets dropped! She can pick that up latter. She hadn't expected a good night kiss. But she of course returns the kiss.

And hey, nice to get a surprise.

After a few seconds (though perhaps not quite long enough, Phoenix thinks), he breaks away, smiling. Then notes the cane. "Oh, uh, you dropped this..." He bends down, grabs it, and hands it back to her. Well. Guess he's got SOME sort of effect, anyway.

And Ivy is quite flushed. This was a nice end to a pretty decent date.

"Umm...Well...guh." She's non-verbal right now. Yeajh. Phoenix, you stud you!

RP POST: Seeing again for the first time ((Locked to Ivy))

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