RP POST: Touching bases ((Locked to Maya))

[wright_idea]

He's been really bad about this, so he figures he'd best get this done. One on one, in this case.

Maya's really the one person he should be talking to more, so it's odd he hasn't really been able to have a good chat with her lately. Which is why he's asked to meet her at their favorite burger joint. It's really high time he caught up and checked on how she's doing. And, well, he needs to fill her in on a few OTHER things.

He waits for her outside.

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He nods. "I'm sorry you had to see that. The man responsible... well, honestly, he sort of scares me too. He hasn't done anything else lately, so I'm sort of hoping he's decided he's had his laugh and is moving on." [Fat chance,] he adds mentally, but he's not about to voice this.

He looks a little pensive at the mention of Mia, though, as he mulls things over. First, though: "Um, I heard you were worried about me, while I was... yeah. Sorry, I never wanted to put you through that -- though I think I have a better understanding of what you went through," he says, shaking his head. "Either way, I don't think I want that to happen to EITHER of us again." Phoenix, of course, would much rather have it happen to him than her, but that's just Phoenix being... well, Phoenix.

Ordering commences, naturally. There shall be food coming! But there are drinks, first, yes.

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"Well, I never even knew about it until it was all over, and... Well, I guess I can't really do much, huh?" She frowned. "Just when I thought I'd learned some things..."

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Phoenix blinks. "No, you can do a lot of things! Don't feel too bad. The guy who was holding me, um... well, he's not someone ordinary people like you or me could take down too easily, unfortunately. I think it was probably better that you weren't involved..."

He pauses as his vantage shifts. Then again, finding out a friend of yours was in trouble and you didn't even know it would be rather frustrating -- almost worse, really, than knowing the whole time it was happening. "I'm sorry. I really need to find a way to help keep you better informed," he amends, sighing. "Actually, there's something I really do need to tell you right now, though it might sound kind of scary." He swallows.

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"Well, not if it's something I can't do anything about, right?" She sighed. "Better off getting in touch with Edgeworth and Dr. Octavius and people who can do stuff about it."

"Alright, what happened now? Can't be any worse than what we've dealt with already, right?"

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Phoenix feels awkward. He's not sure what he can say to Maya. On the one hand, he wants to reassure her that no, she's not useless, that he relies on her for so many things. At the same time, however, he doesn't want to put her in danger, so it'd be better to keep her out of these things, right?

...Damnit.

"Maya, please don't be like that. You may not think you do much, but you do. All I have to do is think about you, and I feel like I can do so much more. And... if I ever lost you, I'd..." He swallows. "But please, don't feel like you're useless. You've helped me out on so many occasions." He looks at her. "I depend on you. And I trust you. You know that, right?"

Phoenix ponders. "I... guess that depends, really," he says, and takes a deep breath. "We may be able to save your sister. Her alternate, I mean." He waits for the reaction.

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"I know. But, even with the channeling last week, I didn't really do anything... it's still up to everybody else to go catch them. Guess that's the way it is, but..."

She grinned, rolling up her sleeves as best she could. "Alright! What are we gonna do, huh?"

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Phoenix shakes his head. "From what I heard, you were really brave that day. And you probably helped everybody out a lot. You shouldn't sell yourself short. Frankly, I just wish I was there to see it." He smiles faintly.

He hurks. Oh. Oh hell. "Um..." Oh geez. And after that conversation too, how the hell is he going to tell her that he doesn't want her coming? That it could be dangerous?

He stalls, perhaps a bit too long. Silly Phoenix.

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"Well, alright." She grinned. "As long as they find the guy. That place is way too dangerous with him on the loose."

...Maya frowns. "We do have a plan, right?"

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"Definitely." [And scary as the dickens,] he adds to himself.

Phoenix... looks guilty. "Maya, this... could be really dangerous. I'm not sure if..." He takes a deep breath. "I want to see you safe, Maya. And, well, the fewer people who do this, the better. I'm... I'm sorry."

He feels miserable. So when the food comes, he doesn't have much of an appetite.

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"Here's hoping, then!" More grinning.

And then it faded. "But... the more people who do this, the better chance Sis has, right? I can do this without getting in the way, Nick! Really."

Maya ignores it. Something is really wrong here.

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Phoenix winces. "It's not about you getting in the way, Maya, it's just..." He takes a breath, trying to figure out how best to phrase this.

"Maya... when you were kidnapped that one time, I felt like the whole world had given way beneath my feet. All I knew is that I didn't want you to be in that sort of danger again, ever," he begins. "You know how ruthless Redd White is. And our plan... well, I want to be sure it goes right, but if it doesn't, we could all be in a lot of danger. And I just... I don't want to see you get hurt." He drums his fingers, feeling like a hypocrite. Isn't this exactly what Mia had done to him? But he knew it was for the best.

"Just... please. Wish us luck. We'll save her this time, I swear. And then... then I swear I'll let you help more. But please, just this once..."

He knows he's doing the right thing, but he still feels like a total schmoe.

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She frowned, staring at her food and kicking her heels together. "Alright, alright, just... promise me you won't anything happen to Sis, alright? Please... And don't let anything happen to you, either..."

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Phoenix blinks, then nods. "All right. I promise I'll do everything in my power to make sure your sister and I are okay. Believe me, I want things to go well just as much as you do."

He sags a bit in relief. He was worried she would get really upset over this.