[text] god I'm sorry I can't help myself I love posting in this game too much you guys are so great

[glassinine]

[ That's right. It has been one week - less than one week - and Edgeworth is already bored and restless on vacation. So here he is. ]

A few items of business.

Wills. The risk of unexpected disappearance due to Porter malfunction is significant. Please be advised that, in the absence of kin or a legally recognized will, any possessions accrued in this world by a disappeared imPort will revert to the government.

I would recommend that all imPorts visit an attorney to write a will with them so that their possessions and funds either go to a friend or stay in the imPort community. I am willing to do this work pro bono; I have little doubt that other members of our legal community here would be willing to do so as well.

Please spread this offer to new imPorts when they arrive.

My thanks to April Ludgate for bringing this vital issue to my attention.


Employment. There are two primary difficulties facing imPorts if they choose not to register. The first is finding employment. I have been accruing a list of imPort-friendly businesses who are willing to hire unregistered individuals, and I am currently working on setting up a service that will help new imPorts find job placements. The first step is finding someone who will work as a career counselor and manager of this service; please contact me if you wish to apply for this job.


Fund. The second difficulty is, of course, finding money. It is difficult to sustain ourselves, being as we are refugees, if we do not have support from the government; those who reject government support are often at a loss.

To counteract this, I've set up a legally registered fund. This fund will make interest-free loans to any imPort in need of support.

The current endowment is $26,000. This is a paltry sum, as you can see. It is desperately in need of donations. All donations will be completely tax-deductible. One-time donations are appreciated, but continuing donations are even more so; I myself am donating 10% of every paycheck to this fund. It need not be so much; every bit helps.

Phoenix Wright is the other individual working with the fund. Contact him or myself if you have any questions.



Thank you very much for your time and attention.

Comments

[glassinine]

I...am, yes. It has been very productive.

[everylittlething]

So are you almost done?

[glassinine]

No. I've much more to do.

[everylittlething]

Ahh... really?

So you're going to have to be gone longer? How long?

[glassinine]

I am sorry. I don't know.

[everylittlething]

Mmm...

[A sigh.]

I don't like this. What's so important you have to be in Canada for it, anyway?

[glassinine]

It's...

I would not be here if it were not important. You have my word.

[everylittlething]

I know that much.

You'd tell me if something was really wrong, wouldn't you? Like if you had to leave for a good reason?

[glassinine]

[ Ahhh, God, he can't deal with this guilt. He really can't. So finally, reluctantly: ]

I...have a good reason for leaving, Trucy. Please believe me. I would still be there with you if I didn't have a very good reason for being elsewhere.

[everylittlething]

[She's quiet for a moment, and then cracks a teeny, weeny little smile.]

I can tell when people don't tell the truth, Uncle Miles. You can just tell me things like that.

But you're not in danger, you said? Really?

[glassinine]

[ That smile does make him relax, just a touch. He responds with...Not good humor, exactly, but sorrowfully fond emotion, perhaps. ]

No. I'm really not; I promise. I promise that if I were, I'd have sought out the help of the most capable magician I know long ago.

[everylittlething]

Good. I'd tattle to Daddy on you if you were.

[Though she's aware her father probably has more insight on the situation than she does, just because it's him. She'd rather get the story from the source, though. Even if he's stubborn and insists on the kid gloves treatment. :| ]

So what's keeping you away, then? It must be a situation that you can't solve here in Heropa.

[glassinine]

It...is, yes. I'm sorry, but it's also something that I oughtn't talk about.

[everylittlething]

How much money do you owe 'em, Uncle Miles? Maybe I can bail you out.

[glassinine]

I - I do not owe money, Trucy.

[everylittlething]

It's all right! It happens to the best of us! I didn't pay for my school lunches for an entire year when I was little!

Just tell me where to take the briefcase and we'll get them off your back for you!

[glassinine]

I - Trucy, I will show you my bank statements if I must. I do not owe money.

[ A slight beat - ]

And please tell me you mean that in the sense that you were receiving assistance and not that you...stole them.

[everylittlething]

Well, it fits, doesn't it? All the secrecy, the skipping town, the not wanting to tell me about it...

[She's onto you, old man.]

Well, it was at my old school. [And her old dad.] I ran out of lunch money, but they can't just not feed you. So I got the temporary peanut butter sandwich option. For a whole year.

[glassinine]

[ It's definitely not Wright who would have put her on temporary peanut butter sandwich option. He's had his financial troubles over the years, certainly, but he'd never let Trucy go hungry like that. Edgeworth's frown is therefore deeply disapproving; he has strong feelings regarding Troupe Gramarye. ]

There were some vegetables involved as well, correct?

[everylittlething]

I don't know. I think they count the peanuts as vegetables. It was just a sandwich and milk.

[She looks just the slightest bit uncomfortable with this tack of conversation.]

Depending who you owe money to, Uncle Miles, you could end up in a way worse position than that!

[glassinine]

[ He sees that and immediately backs off. ]

Trucy, again. I don't owe money.

[everylittlething]

... [Hm.

Hmmm.

... mmmm?!]

Uncle Miles... did you commit a crime?!

[glassinine]

[ And Edgeworth's jaw drops open, and he looks genuinely scandalized. ]

Trucy!

[everylittlething]

I didn't say it was on purpose! Accidents happen all the time!

[Uhhh... not that kind of accidents, really...]

[glassinine]

Trucy, if I -

If I ever committed a crime, accidentally or otherwise, I would not go to another country. I would be in jail, right now, awaiting trial. It is never acceptable to avoid punishment for crimes. Under any circumstances.