You know, every once in a while, I'll be sitting here in the office, and I'll wonder what life would have been like if I hadn't become a defense attorney. Would I have finished art school? What kind of work would I be doing? Would it even be satisfying? I was a mediocre artist at best, and--to be perfectly honest--one of the only reasons I became an art major in the first place was because I didn't know what else to do. What kind of career can you make out of motivation like that?

Then I remind myself that it doesn't really matter. Being a defense attorney isn't always easy, but there isn't anything else I'd rather be doing. It sounds stupid, but sometimes I feel like this was all destined.

...I don't know why I had the sudden urge to write all that.

Hey, Edgeworth. Want to go to lunch?



((OOC: Phoenix is a pretty honest person in general, but feel free to poke at him if you want. :3 Tags will be slow because I'm at work~))

I've been having some trouble with my internet service provider. Seems they decided last weekend was a good time to disconnect me, so until this gets cleared up, I probably won't be around much.

I haven't missed anything important, have I? Did anyone figure out why we were all tied up?

It wasn't the first time someone had tried to reach him since he'd left and Phoenix was sure it wouldn't be the last. Like all the other times, he ignored the irritating chirp of the Steel Samurai theme song (he still wasn't sure why he hadn't changed it, yet) and left his cell phone in his pocket, content to watch the sun sink into the ocean from the grassy plateau a few yards away from his hotel. If it was an emergency, he knew they would leave a voice mail.

No more than two minutes later, though, the phone twittered to life again, and with a sigh tinged with mounting annoyance, he fished the phone out of his pocket and peered at the number, frowning. Upon recognition, annoyance quickly turned to apprehension; Phoenix knew that number wouldn't be showing up unless something was wrong.

He drew in a breath and pressed the 'talk' button, resting the phone against his ear. "Hello?"



(( OOC: I believe this counts as failing at hiatus. Wouldn't you say, Bourne-mun? XD; ))

Something's come up at home, so the threads I have going right now have to be put on hold for a bit. Hopefully for no more than a few days, but I figured I'd give a heads up just in case it's longer. I'm enjoying the threads Phoenix has going in his last community post, so I really hope nobody minds the wait. I know I've been pretty slow as it is, but I'd really love to continue those...

That's it. Not really a hiatus (though, technically, I never came back from the, uh, 'last one,' lol), just a heads up.

I've actually been planning this thing for more than a month now, but I just got around to putting it together tonight. 16 songs, plus a bonus track!



( I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way. )

Enjoy! :D

Cross-posted to ddd_fst.