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[failures]

[The feed ends almost as soon as it begins. Only a flicker of video is shown before it cuts out.

However, it goes in and out several times, and each time it shows a brown-haired man in a bright orange blazer with an awestruck expression on his face. He seems to be pressing several buttons on his screen at once, saying something that's hard to make out since he keeps cutting the feed out. In reality, this idiot has probably made several little video embeds on accident.]

Ho-- [click] he hec-- [click] does this th-- [click] work?! ... Ah?

[Finally, the feed is stable. The man grins, triumphant that he got it to work.]

Finally! Man, this thing is so cool! I never thought I'd get to touch a real holographic screen in my lifetime. This stuff is only in sci-fi movies back home!

Anyway, the name's Larry Butz, and I'm stayin' in the Freya House from now on. Y'know, the house that's practically full of girls? Yeah, that one. [He looks especially proud of this.] Nice to meet you guys, and stuff.

But my main reason for this post was I wanted to ask you guys something. What do you do for fun around here? I saw some kind of "comfort house" on the way to the welcome hall and that looks promising, but what else is there here? Any clubs or something like that?

[Is it obvious enough that this guy lost his map? And what about that "mission" they're supposed to be on? This man has other priorities.

He looks thoughtful for a moment, as if he's trying to figure out how to end this ridiculous post.]

So, uh, yeah. Thanks!

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[perfectionisms]

[ Don't go about imagining that. Creepy. ]

If we were to take things at face value, we're in the city of the gods from ancient Norse mythology.

[ She blinks once. That did not sound ridiculous at all. ]

And yes, it was kind of freaky.

[failures]

[He's been whipped by her so many times, it's an automatic reaction at this point.]

Norse mythology...? I think I skipped school the day we covered that.

[Or he slept through it. Either way, he just squints at her.]

So you're saying we're in a place that's a myth? I guess that'd explain how they have these screens! Totally fictional and all back home.

So Franzy, did you and Edgey just get here too?

[perfectionisms]

[ What is regular schooling? ]

I'm saying that this place is ridiculous. Only fools take things at face value. As expected of fools.

[ And this is a whip crack for calling her "Franzy". ]

I got here a few weeks ago. Miles was already here by that time.

[failures]

[Something Larry dropped out of.]

Well if it's not that...then what is it? If they yanked us from home and stuff, something freaky is going on.

[He flinches at that whip crack. Franzy why.]

... Wait, what? But I just saw you guys like a week ago.

[perfectionisms]

It's a nightmare-- a foolish nightmare that's been getting progressively worse and I have yet to wake up from it.

[ Why not the whip? Stop calling her Franzy. That's not her name, Alejandro. ]

Was it at the embassy? Because that's where I last saw you.

[failures]

I can roll with that, I guess...

[Larry never learns though.]

Yeah! Edgey and you and the wolf guy finished the case, and then I went off to Paris with Miharu for a week...

[He stops there. He doesn't want to talk about that trip. At all.]

[perfectionisms]

Enough. No one wants to hear about your failure of a love life. It should be safe to assume that we come from the same time.

[failures]

[Ouch, Franziska. Right where it hurts. He looks a little depressed.]

Well that's good, I guess...

[perfectionisms]

[ This is Franziska's caring face. ]

Have you met with Phoenix Wright recently?

[failures]

Not really! Last time I saw him was back in February. Is he here too?

[perfectionisms]

No, but someone who claims to be his employee is.

[failures]

Oh yeah? Since...when does he have employees? I mean, Maya is his assistant but that's different, right?