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[The video starts by showing a tired young man, sitting in a rather plain bedroom. His hair's a little messed up, and he's still wearing the clothes he arrived in, a blue coat draped over his usual red suit.]

I should be trying to sleep, but I don't think I can. Not after everything that's happened today. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.

I'm Apollo Justice, and... I don't want to be here. There's not much else I can say about it. I was in the middle of an important investigation, and being kidnapped to- to wherever this is, and given weird powers by a bunch of military guys, wasn't exactly on my agenda! I'd just like to thank whoever had this bright idea, or whatever cosmic force decided it'd be funny to keep me from finding out the truth-!

[He squeezes his eyes shut and takes a deep breath, sounding a little calmer when he continues,] ... Okay. I'm fine. Tomorrow, I'll try to get my bearings and find out more about this place. It's not like I have much of a choice.

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[ Such assurance in tracking down the truth. He says investigation, and she thinks, what kind of profession goes along with that, if not police work. Kind of amusing, with a name like Justice. ]

The truth will still be out there when you return. Or so I'm made to understand.

That's what I've been told, but it's still frustrating. If it wasn't for that little detail... well, I'm not comfortable with being left out of something so important.

Most people have expressed similar thoughts. It still leaves them with this place in the meantime, unexpected a detour as it is.

Most people? The more I hear about what happened to all of us, the less I like it. At what point does a trend stop being a coincidence?

[ When the people who're brought in from things like prison start talking about how happy they are to not be spending time waiting for the nothing that's been happening to hit a boiling point? To be fair, Annie doesn't know what's been happening in the world around her. She can't even say when she's from - she's not awake to be aware of time passing anyway. ]

When does it ever start as one? Coincidence or chosen fate, we're here. Do you need something to justify why you, why now, why us? Does it have to be purposeful?

Are you saying you believe in the 'cosmic force' explanation for all of this?

It matters because it's the difference between being able to stop this, and not being able to do anything at all. If there's some sort of intelligence behind this, we could at least try to reason with it. Or beat it up, if that's what it takes.

No, I don't. Things don't need to be on a cosmic scale to feel large enough to be swept away by. I suppose your difference is the idea of stopping a force of nature, or reasoning with an individual intelligence with an agenda. Is there a difference if it's an intelligence acting like a force of nature?

Well, that's true enough. It is a little more comforting to think this can be stopped, though.

I'd sure say there's a difference. It makes that intelligence a lot more scary.

Edited 2014-06-04 07:30 (UTC)

It was changed once. I don't know if stopped is the right word... but there's probably a way. You might want to look into the history with Lachesis.

Lachesis... thanks, I'll do that.

Thanks aren't necessary. Good luck.

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