The Awakening

[cantacquityou]

Who: Phoenix Wright,  Maya Fey, Carson Beckett, Miles Edgeworth
What: Carson and Miles have a little chat, Phoenix awakens from his week-long coma and they are all met with a certain... surprise.
When: Morning of Thursday, Jan 26.
Where: The Clinic
Rating: G (Semi-Casual Style for speed purposes)




It has been one week since the fateful incident that had been the bane of Edgeworth's entire week. Two slightly inebriated lawyers, one window, a foolish gesture on Wright's part, and an accidental 'slip-up' on Edgeworth's part resulted in the very same accident that he had attempted to prevent from occurring.

Wright had been knocked out of his second-story window, bashing his head on a tree branch on the way down. He had been out ever since.

Edgeworth had come to visit his comatose friend each day (save for the past two in which he was literally cloistered with a demon stranger), spending hours at his bedside and wallowing in the overwhelming guilt and melancholy that he largely tried to keep to himself. He had become more hopeless with each passing day, compounded with the sinking feeling that once again, he might have been the one responsible for someone else's death. He'd spend his hours each day reading a book, having a cup of tea, playing a digital chess game - all the while hoping that when, or if, Phoenix finally opened his eyes, he'd be the first one there.
 

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[Placeholder for Carson]

[cantacquityou]

[Edgeworth sat at the bedside, noticeably tired, nodding off at various moments, but he continued to sip his tea, determined to keep awake.]

/all the late

[atadiscoverer]

Dr. Beckett is doing cataloguing of the medications, moving between the cabinets, obviously trying to stay busy.

Welcome. XD

[cantacquityou]

[His dozing is then interrupted by Carson's shuffling in the far-left corner of his peripheral vision. He sits upright abruptly, hopefully before Carson could catch him napping in the hospital. Noticing that the back of his hand was moist due to a bit of drool (just when did that get there?), he wipes it on the leg of his pants.]

[atadiscoverer]

No such luck. Carson smiles over to Miles as he jolts awake.

"Ah, Mr. Edgeworth, I hope I didn't wake you up."

[cantacquityou]

I wa--I was-- [He straightens himself] ...I was not sleeping. I was just...

[Ahem]

[atadiscoverer]

"Aye, of course." Nope, not believing you there, Miles.

Carson walks over, setting his notepad down. "How's our patient? Still no change?"

[cantacquityou]

Nothing particularly noteworthy save for the usual rapid-eye movement.

[Miles exhales exasperatedly, looking over at his comatose friend in what may seem to others as a glare.]

I don't understand, Dr. Carson...It's been so long. Will he truly recover from this? At this point, won't his muscles atrophy?

[atadiscoverer]

"Comas have been known to last months." Carson says, moving over and pulling out another seat. "It might take some time, but he'll likely recover."

Carson then frowns. "However, if this is the castle's doing, then I don't know what the long-term effects would be."

[takethat]

[It may have been a week since Phoenix tumbled out the window and crash-landed in the snow, but he has no concept of how long it's been. He has no concept of anything, really, but that sometimes people talk around him and sometimes they don't; between those bouts of conversation, he has been having terrifying hallucinatory dreams, mostly involving the faces of people he knew back home... many of whom he'd rather forget.

But after one particularly frightening dream, he suddenly becomes aware of something else--the smell of tea and the sensation of light on the other side of his tightly shut eyelids. With that small change, he understands somewhere deep inside that he should be trying to wake up.

So that's exactly what he does, forcing his eyes to open even though the light hurts and startles him. He looks around, confused and not yet coherent enough to do anything more than lie still except for his darting eyes.]

[cantacquityou]

[His eyes were closed, so Edgeworth did not witness the initial stirrings. It was not until his ear picked up the subtlest movement of fabric that his eyes shot open.

At last. He couldn't believe it. Phoenix was stirring. He bolted up from his chair, placing a palm on each side of the hospital bed. Just when Carson had gone off to check on another patient. So, he called out to any of physicians within earshot, and watched Phoenix expectantly and frantically.]


D-Doctor! Wright, can you hear me? Doctor!

[takethat]

[He can, in fact, hear Edgeworth, but it's taking a little while for the sound of his voice to be processed into something understandable. However, with Edgeworth leaning over him, he has something to focus on visually, and he ceases his restless glancing around in favor of staring back at the man who is watching him so closely.

When finally the question he's been asked sinks in, he nods slowly in response to it. He doesn't know what's going on, but he's piecing together that something isn't right--he's hurting and confused, and Edgeworth is so worried--and he has to get himself out of this haze somehow.]

[cantacquityou]

[His lips parted and he squinted down at Phoenix, unsure of how to react. Whether it was, "how are you feeling," or "I'm sorry," or even, "hello," he could not bring himself to say anything.

At this time, due to the overwhelming gratitude at seeing his friend alive, he wanted nothing more than to scoop Phoenix into his arms and hug him for once. And he might have done it this time around, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to cause him any more pain. He wanted to apologize profusely. He wanted to do whatever he could to expunge whatever discomfort he might have caused.]

[takethat]

[Still attempting to figure out what's happening, he experiments a bit. First, he tries shutting his eyes and opening them again--okay, good, still awake--and then he brings his hands up to his face and looks at his fingers as though he's never seen them before. With one hand, he reaches out and presses his palm against Edgeworth's arm... just checking to be sure what he's seeing is real and solid, and not another hallucination.

The action calls up a faint memory of being shoved--was I pushed? someone pushed me...--but he's not quite putting it all together yet.]

[cantacquityou]

Say someth-- [He stops himself, knowing that Wright can't talk, what with his loss.]

Tch.

[He gives him a few more moments until attempting to run a test himself. He extends a finger in front of Wright's face, and moves to slowly to the right, then to te left.]

Follow my finger, if you can.

[takethat]

[He does as he's told, all the while trying to get the gears turning in his mind once again. His thoughts are sluggish at best, but he distinctly remembers falling, and he remembers Edgeworth. Had they been drinking? That seems right...

Feeling he has effectively followed Edgeworth's finger back and forth enough times, he takes a deep breath and makes an effort at heaving himself up into a sitting position. He feels absolutely creaky, and for the first time it crosses his mind to wonder exactly how long he's been asleep.]

[cantacquityou]

No, Wright. Don't force yourself.


[He gently presses upon his shoulders in an attempt to bring him back into his former position.]

[optimystic]

[hm hm hm, to say that Maya has been worried about Phoenix is an understatement. Combine him being knocked out and Ami Fey randomly appearing at the castle for a day... well she's just been a wreck of nervous energy. Of course, being Maya, she's been throwing herself into random projects to keep distracted....

Which is why she comes into Nick's room with three cards, all of them brimming with little artistic details of questionable quality....... (in case you're wondering, one is Steel Samurai themed, one is Kurain Village themed, and the last one is... law themed)

So when she opens the door and sees Phoenix awake, her face breaks into a huge smile]

Nick!

[cantacquityou]

[Slightly startled by that entrance, Edgeworth can be seen fussing about Phoenix in the Edgeworth Way - by sitting by his bedside, arms crossed and chair angled slightly away from his ailing friend.

And he greets her, the fact that Phoenix had finally come to couldn't bring him more happiness at the moment. And because of this, he smiles...the first time he's ever smiled a true smile in ages...]



...Yes. Finally.

/hijacks thread

[takethat]

[He smiles brightly back at her--he's really, really glad to see her, and can't wait to share his news...]




Maya! I can talk...!

we can always make it a three-way thread :3 I'd be cool with that if you guys are!

[optimystic]

[what..... WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT, there's a moment where her jaw drops, and then she grins]

Wha- Nick, that's great!

Of course~ We could do it randomly or in order (I vote randomly since Edgey's relatively quiet)

[cantacquityou]

[He simply sits there and watches contentedly, not wishing to interfere with the glorious reunion.]

I am good with this~

[takethat]

[Someday he'll stop wanting to hug people... today is not that day... but, as per usual, he refrains.]

Yeah, kind of makes falling out the window all worth it.

<3

[optimystic]

[hehe, Nick you dork. But right! she was so excited at hearing him talk that she kind of forgot... what just happened to him asldkga]

Right! I know you're kind of a pro at falling off of stuff, but are you okay? Are you dizzy? Any bones that feel kind of wobbly?

[takethat]

I'm fine! I'm really okay.

[Except for having a bizarrely killer neck ache and feeling like everything is slightly foggy, but he's sure those things will pass soon!]

Er... sorry for worrying you.

[optimystic]

[sdghasdg haha she shakes her head]

I'll forgive you this once. But no more diving off of things, promise?