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[Larry is sitting cross-legged on his bed in his cabin, looking pretty bored. He tries to put on a grin that ends up looking more sheepish and clueless than anything, and takes one more moment of valuable transmission time to glance up at the ceiling, presumably in thought. Then he sighs, and faces his device. At least he is no longer panicking the way he was during his first few days on the ship.]

Um...hi, I guess. I'm Larry Butz, and one day I woke up in a tube with weird gunk that took forever to get out of my hair. Gum is worse, though.

[A pause. He wonders what else he should say.]

Thought I'd introduce myself since we'll be on this ship for a while. In space and all that.

...

By the way, I got a couple of questions. First, are there any art materials on board? I'm kinda bored. [As if that wasn't obvious from the fact that he has decided to lie back down, his eyes half-closing in a dazed expression.] And second, are the numbers on our arms supposed to mean something, or did we all get random ones while we were asleep?

[Because his reminds him of something. Something more than just an age, or a birthday, or any sort of date.]

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Why am I here? How should I know? I should probably be asking you the same question!

...Hmph.

[The frown is audible in his voice.]

Has Wright located you?

I saw Nick by the lockers when I was looking for my regular clothes. But I haven't seen or talked to him in a while.

...Surprising.

What d'you mean?

You were usually joined at the hip.

We still are! Sorta. I just...probably get lost a lot on this thing.

Edited 2012-10-23 05:52 (UTC)

Hmph. Well, stop doing so. Getting lost can be fatal here.

I know, I know. I might run into some...creepy experimental facility where passengers are turned into robots, or maybe a secret portal to a planet full of aliens...

[He gulps, and lets out a yelp, once again hitting the panic button.]

Oh man! Oh man, talk about lucky! Good thing I didn't accidentally like, open a door into deep space!

[If Larry is anything like Edgeworth remembers him as a boy...Yes, he probably would open an airlock.]

There has been no evidence of people being turned into robots, nor portals to other planets. Do not let your imagination get away from you. Still, it would be better if you simply stayed put until we found a solution to getting away from here.

Stay put? C'mon, what if I have to use the bathroom? Or what if I have a date?

[Larry, you hardly know anyone on this ship. How on earth can you have a date?]

Do you truly consider your love life more important than your life?

Hey, I can't stay in my room for the rest of the trip! That's boring!

So it is your entertainment you value over your life. I see.

Edgey! C'mon, you know what I mean! What about everyone else walking around the corridors, huh? It's not fair if I'm the only one holed up in here!

Do not refer to me by so ridiculous a nickname!

Don't be such a stick in the mud! If you don't like it, then give me a ridiculous nickname!

Don't be absurd. I most certainly will not do that.

Oh, really? I dare you!

...No, I double dare you!

Perhaps the intervening years have made you forget, but I do not answer to dares.

You could have had a worse nickname, you know.

How 'bout you answer to this - since when have you been here?!

...I'll answer in spite of the presumptuous way in which you asked that question. I have been here four months.

W-wait, four months?! But I...I just saw you a few days ago!

Oh man, time is messed up again...or maybe I really just slept for a longer time in those tubes...

...A few days ago? Precisely how old are you?

Twenty-three.

[He pauses. His voice is tentative, almost nervous.]

You're not...twenty-four, are you?

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