Case 25: Turnabout Droning

[little_thief]

[After trying to visit Edgeworth and learning of his recent droning, Kay makes a phone call to the town.]

"...Well, Mr. Edgeworth is droned.  Again."

[Filtered to Crowe, Zidane, and Maya Fey]

"You guys wanna help me break into City Hall?"

Comments

[filtered]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

...yes, I do. Any specific plans?

[filtered]

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

Nothing specific yet, really. I thought we could use Little Thief to do some practice runs first somewhere safe, and then just kinda go for it. The target is the Mayor's office. It's probably going to be locked, so we'll need to get our hands on some lockpicks.

[filtered]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Alright, sounds good. I've gotten my lockpicks back, so I can take care of that. The locks here are no challenge at all, so we shouldn't have any problems once we get in there.

[filtered]

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

Great! Sounds good. I invited a couple of other people too, so I'll let you know what they say about it.

[someday-a-queen.livejournal.com]

Is it normal for people to be droned multiple times?

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's pretty complicated. You can show up here, get droned, leave, and come back again in a different house - all without ever remembering being here the first time.

[someday-a-queen.livejournal.com]

Really? How odd.

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

Yup. And you can come here from different points in time, too. Mr. Edgeworth didn't remember who I was the first time he was here, but the second time, he knew me right away.

[worrywarting.livejournal.com]

...I'm sorry. There's been a lot of dronings recently.

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

Did it happen to someone you know too, Florence...?

[worrywarting.livejournal.com]

They droned Elizabeth for a few days. She's back now, but it was still frightening.

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

Ouch... poor Elizabeth. She's so nice, that must have been creepy.

[failboatboss.livejournal.com]

Edgeworth?

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a friend of mine from home.

[failboatboss.livejournal.com]

Oh...I'm sorry Kay...do you think they'll come home?

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

...I don't know. Probably not. Just a feeling.

[filter]

[optimystically.livejournal.com]

Aw, man... I didn't even get to see him.

[heh, heh, she's all DEADLY SERIOUS WHISPERS for the next part] Yeah!

[filter]

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

Great! You can be the distraction. Someone will need to keep Grady busy while the rest of us are doing our thing.

[filter]

[optimystically.livejournal.com]

I'm all over it. [heh, is already thinking of conversation starters]

[glowing-science.livejournal.com]

[Ema's not happy to hear this.]

That would explain the silence. You think it's temporary, or is he gone for another long stretch?

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling it's probably for good.

[glowing-science.livejournal.com]

...Dammit.

Thanks for letting me know, Kay.

[ignorant.livejournal.com]

...Again? I'm really sorry to hear that, Kay.

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

It's okay. I've dealt with it once before, after all.

[ignorant.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. But it doesn't make it any easier...