[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

[doneproperly]

... It is an indisputable fact that the golem would have killed me, had something not stopped it. Though I cannot even begin to understand her reasoning, that I am alive and well today proves that she did. The eye-witness would not have done as much-- he possesses neither the courage, ability nor inclination to have done so.

However, this same eye-witness also told me that she perished at the hands of the golem soon after. Vaporized instantly. There were scorch marks on the ground to prove it. For the last three years, I have lived believing as much.

[glassinine]

Hm. The way you phrased that...it does not sound as though you truly believe it.

[doneproperly]

I... had no reason to disbelieve it at the time. However, not a day before I found myself here, I... received an account that claims she may yet still be alive.

I find myself unsure what to think, truth be told.

[glassinine]

Is the account credible?

[doneproperly]

... The witness himself is unreliable by nature-- a miscreant who will lie and cheat at the drop of a hat if it is to his own benefit. He has no loyalty to anyone but himself.

But it is for that reason I accepted his initial testimony. He had nothing to gain from concealing the truth of Kitty Jones' fate. They barely even knew each other.

[glassinine]

I see.

Had her...group continued to operate during such a time as you presumed her dead?

[doneproperly]

[He shakes his head before he realises Edgeworth can't see him.]

Her specific unit were all killed during a very risky operation they took on a few days prior to her capture. So, in that sense, no.

But other groups continued to spring up over the country over the next three years, in any case.

[glassinine]

Do you think she had some connection to them?

[doneproperly]

I want to say no, if only to save my own ego. I would like to think that we would surely have caught wind of her much earlier than three years down the track if she'd still been active.

[glassinine]

Then it is a happy thing that she might be alive, I should say.

[doneproperly]

Yes-- I mean-- o-of course it is. I'm not so cold hearted as to wish death upon another person. It's just...

[If he sounds flustered, it's because he is.]

[glassinine]

[ Hm? ]

It's just what?

[doneproperly]

[Exhaling slowly]

... Nothing. It's nothing. Either way, I can't do anything but speculate from this place. There's no point in dwelling on it any further.

[glassinine]

[ A slight hesitation. ]

She was important to you.

[doneproperly]

... What? No-- that's absurd. She was-- is-- she's a terrorist. I only-- I only wish to see her brought to justice. That's all.

[glassinine]

Yet her words stay with you years afterwards.

One can detest another's actions and still have them be important, Mr. Mandrake. A person, after all, is not just the sum of her deeds.

[doneproperly]

[That seems to have struck a nerve. He quietens.]

... Yes. Well. ... I thought she gave up her life to save me-- the person who was trying to have her thrown in jail. That tends to... stick with you. If it didn't... you wouldn't be human.

[glassinine]

[ Quietly: ]

You don't need to make excuses.

[doneproperly]

I'm-- I'm not "making excuses". [He is.] That's the truth.

[glassinine]

You're apologizing for how you feel. You needn't do so.

[doneproperly]

[RUDE hdu call him out on having FEELINGS]

I'm not-- I don't--

This line of conversation is absolutely fruitless.

[glassinine]

[ There's just a very slight, quirked smile, gone in a moment. The deja vu is so strong as to be nearly overwhelming. ]

Forgive me for prying, Mr. Mandrake. You'll understand my curiosity.

[doneproperly]

[Only somewhat grudgingly:]

... It is fine.

[glassinine]

So if she were alive...What would you do?

[doneproperly]

[There's a pause...

First of all, he would kill Bartimaeus for lying to him. But he doesn't say that.]

... Find her... I suppose.