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So.

[ well hey, you guys, have a new face on the feed today. he's one of the new arrivals, trying to get used to this new space lifestyle!! which means friends are... probably a good thing. maybe. he's not sure yet, but he knows he needs to meet people. the ~general populace~, so to speak. ]

Space, huh?

[ wait no. he kind of frowns at that. worst opener. but then he considers all the posts that he's seen (memorized) since he's arrived and well, this ain't so bad. ]

I was... woooonnndering, uh. How many of you are from... New York City? Circa... 2011 or 2012. Ish.

[ man this is chalking up to be one of the most awkward experiences of his life. it's just-- this is like skype alright, except when you use skype you usually know who you're talking to-- here? way different. haha posting to a network, that's weird.

he is usually not this bad but you are also all strangers so. yeah. wait, here's a good idea. i mean, he has a lot of free time now so-- ]

Oh yeah and uh, does anyone know where I could get a camera? Thanks.

[ does he end the post now DOES HE END THE POST NOW he totally ends the post now! yes! good job, mike ross. you successfully completed the goal of posting a video post to the network. next time, maybe have an idea of what you want to talk about beforehand. ]

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[ oh wait till you hear this one ]

Oh! I'm a lawyer. Corporate laaaaww, yep. All that sort of stuff.

[Lawyer, all right. But - corporate law? Corporate law? That's simply...]

...Quite. And how did you get into that?

Uh, the... usual way? Went to school for it? I went to Harvard then got signed on as an associate at Pearson Hardman where I work now.

[ YEAH BECAUSE HE'S STILL GONNA KEEP CALLING HIMSELF HARVARD CATTLE IN SPACE oh mike oh mike oh mike you don't need to lie here ]

Why corporate law?

Why... not?

[ the most bewildered tone of voice ]

I mean, I can do anything -- no problem, I am uh, really good at that sort of thing. [ as in genius ] But I met Harvey so decided to go that route.

I see. And, what, this fellow kidnapped you into it? I'm not asking the string of events which led to you working in that branch of law; I'm asking why you decided to do so.

Why are you asking? Not really a thing people ask, honestly. Unless you're... let me guess, a DA or something? "I put criminals behinds bars and you make rich people richer therefore I am better than you!" Is that how this is going to go?

That's -

[...Exactly how it was going to go, honestly.]

It's - You're -

[And he scowls.]

I'm - an assistant district attorney. Not a...DA.

Uh-huh.

[ he likes being right ]

Harvey was an ADA before.

[ they had literally just finished, before coming here, sending his old corrupt boss -- the DA himself -- to jail after he tried to set up Harvey for the fall for his crimes. so really, you watch your tongue! ]

And I'm his associate now. That better for you?

That's -

[He crosses his arms, embarrassed and huffy and sounding much, much less pompous.]

I wasn't going to say I was better than you.

Really.

[ you are getting a chance to explain yourself before he tells you he doesn't believe you, edgeworth. go forth! ]

[Scowling and still irritable:]

We have a security force here. If you tell me you pursued the law for money, then I'll know I've no way to appeal to you to help out with it; if you have other motivations, then the conversation will go differently. That's why I asked.

Wait, you want to put me to work?

That's what I said, isn't it?

But I don't wanna work!

...That's a lie.

How-- What?

[ what. ]

You're a lawyer. There is no such thing as a lawyer without drive. Your goal might be money; you might enjoy your leisure time and wish to maximize it - but you can't sit around and do nothing. By nothing more than your profession you've shown yourself incapable of it.

My goal isn't money--

[ ugh, this pretentious fuck of a guy doesn't even know him. he doesn't like being judged through a fucking phone call. ]

You know what, it's not even really any of your business, dude.

[Ugh.]

I'm not saying your goal is money, I'm saying that even if it is, you're not one to sit idle. I'm saying you have personality traits divorced from what you want. You made it through law school, did you not?

Edited (whoops hit post too early) 2012-10-20 06:12 (UTC)

I know I'm not but that doesn't mean I want to work with no incentive and just because some guy I don't even know the face of said so. Working here is optional, isn't it? Because we're all trapped anyway and all of what I've read has been volunteered work produced by a volunteered system. So if I choose to join it, it will be on my own and not because you said so because of what you "inferred" from me over some random one time conversation, got it?

[...Ugh well this has all gone to hell. He ill-temperedly moves his communicator from where it sits at his elbow to before him and engages the screen. His face comes into focus, and it is...most certainly the face of a kid, about college age. And yet it's also the face of a kid who would be perfectly ready and willing to criticize Mike for his age and lack of experience, because that is how he does.]

Does this at least resolve one of those issues?

[ . . . ]

You're just a kid.

[And Edgeworth scowls, indignant.]

I might be younger than the norm, but that does not diminish my competence! I'm as adept a lawyer as any other. [And, irritably - ] And how old are you, anyway?

Twenty-nine but that doesn't matter -- did you even go to law school? Did you even graduate yet?

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