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[Maya can't let Phoenix just go into Ryslig all on his own with no help! So at some point in his room, with Maya having asked absolutely no permission to visit and deposit such a thing, she leaves a manila folder filled with hand-written notes on Ryslig.

Most of them detail fairly-easy-to-find information on the peninsula and fairly-accurate details about different monster types (and gentle descriptions of how they eat), and then there's a small bit on what's widely known about the Parasites. There's not very much on the gods beyond their names and a warning not to interact (written in bold markers with lots of frowny >:P faces), but there's also a note— let's find a safe way to find more information! : )

Most notable is a collection of Ryslig-appropriate photos and Maya-drawn sketches of folks— court record profiles. The photos are all attached to informational blurbs.

Edgeworth: You know him already! But here's some stuff you don't know: he's a Nephilim! Nephilims are really sensitive to darkness. I have a couple of lamps from when my old Nephilim friend was here. If you want to talk to Edgeworth at night, you should keep him well lit.

Dandy: my best friend here! and also I married him. He's fun, I promise! But he'll keep you on your toes. I think it's better if you get to know him face to face!

Marco & Fiddleford: These two are married and they're really nice. Marco's pretty stuffy like Edgeworth but I think he'd get along with you two! You should talk. Mr. Fiddleford's really smart and gentle. They both know a lot about the gods. If you want to learn more, we should talk to them soon!

Makoto & Sonia: These are my other best friends♡ They're cute kelpies! Be nice to them or I'll eat you >:K Makoto is an idol and Sonia is a princess but don't be weird about it.

Lust: She's pretty and she looks like Mia but a snake so don't get thrown off. She's also kind of more than you can handle I think. She's one of our medical professionals too so get used to it!

Hawkeye: he's a doctor! He's made of bones for real! Don't be scared by his face, he's pretty humerus ; )

Aunamee: I don't think i've seen him in person...? But i know he's a lich. He uses 'saturnschild' on the network. He's kind of crazy but don't be afraid. I think he's more trouble for himself than anyone else.

There's not much else, and not that Phoenix will notice immediately, but there is a notable lack of any information regarding the poachers or anything that the poachers have done until now.]

[Oh wow this is all super useful! Thank goodness Phoenix has his trusty assistant here in Ryslig to help him!

...Then again, he wishes that she wasn't subject to this either.

He has seen Edgeworth, obviously, and probably Dandy at some point... Plus, he has encountered Aunamee on the network and immediately got the heebie-jeebies.

Phoenix was wary of the whole god thing regardless, so it's good to have that confirmed by Maya. Still, of course he wants more information! The next time he sees Maya, she will definitely get a load of thanks.]

[Maya's gift to Phoenix is rather unspectacular unless you consider it's probably the first one she's given him. What's remarkable about it is the absolutely insane way she has chosen to wrap it. Though only the very top of the package has anything in it, the rest of the wrap is made to look like a (step) ladder.

........if Phoenix isn't too turned off to attempt unwrapping it, he'll get a package full of japanese sweets (specifically kohakutou and daifuku even Phoenix should recognize as just like Morgan's recipe) from Maya and Makoto's Nostalgic Sweets Night, along with a bright blue omamori for protection.

...there isn't a note this time, just a cartoon drawing of Maya's face winking and giving a peace sign on the outside of the sweets package.]

[Phoenix is... baffled by the gift. At first he smirks, like "Ha ha, Maya got me a step-ladder" and then... it's not a step ladder.

Why is it wrapped this way?!

But he absolutely appreciates the gift once he gets to it! The daifuku certainly remind him of Kurain, and while he's not familiar with omamori, he'll take it.]

Wright?

Can I talk to you about something?

[Completely oblivious, yes he is.]

Sure! What's up?

Did you want to talk about what happened in that dream world?

Oh.

You mean about your dad?

[...?]

Well, no...

...the other thing.

The thing I told you...?

What you told me?

[Wait, what did Edgeworth tell him? He remembers Edgeworth saying that he had something to confess, and then it turned out to be nothing. It was just Edgeworth getting emotional when he normally doesn't, right?]

Oh, wait, you mean about how you considered me your best friend? Not sure what we need to talk about. I thought you already knew I felt the same way!

[The amount and type of pain that Edgeworth feels while reading that makes him feel, for just a moment, like he might be having a heart attack. But no - it's just heartbreak.]

Yes. Right. Good. Okay. Thank you. Good to know.

[Phoenix, meanwhile, will continue to be completely oblivious.

Well.

Not completely. There's something in the back of his mind that he can't quite make out.]

You're welcome??? Not sure what you're so worked up about, but I guess that dream world was kind of unsettling in a way.

Very.

[Then, impulsively and masochistically:]

After everything, I wouldn't have expected you to want to marry Ms. Iris.

[That does give Phoenix some pause, only because he's somewhat perplexed by the whole thing too.]

I'll be honest, I'm not sure why either.

I only arrived here just after that case had finished so I guess she's fresh on my mind.

[Except in the dream world, Iris' hair color kept changing, alternating between red and black to resemble the woman he knew in college and the one he knew to be the genuine article.]

I had just had a bombshell dropped on me about my first love who turned out to be a cold-blooded murderer, but then turned out not to be one. It was a lot to take in.

I've heard that dreams are ways for your mind to work through things. Maybe that was what it was?

That must have been the reason.

[Haha. Ha. Haha. Yes. Yes when he said that thing he was just working out some issues. Issues worked out. Thank you, very cool. Miles Edgeworth is extremely mentally healthy and not at all emotionally repressed.]

Did it help you out at all?

[Miles, this is probably medically classifiable as self-harm at this point.]

[If Phoenix had any strong inkling that Edgeworth was torturing himself with these questions, he would tell Edgeworth to stop. But right now he just assumes that it's a friend talking to him about the weird issues of the dream world.]

I don't know. I think it gave me some clarity that I've grown up a lot since college.

[And it helped him realize that with the whole Iris and Dahlia thing laid to rest, perhaps it's time to move on from that period of his life. Maybe.]

But I also think I just so badly want to not be here that it was easy for my mind to latch onto the last thing that happened at home.

I'm not a psychologist or anything so I don't know.

[Maybe there's some hope...?

...no. Hope is a fool's emotion, putting stock in things that won't happen and never will.]

One of the last things that happened at home was that I came home from my trip to find a murder victim in my office, so I'm rather glad my dream was just sticking to the usual wants from me.

As awful as it was being captured like that, it was good for me at least to see my father. If painful.

[It had been a couple weeks or so since the end of his own case before Phoenix arrived here, and he recalls hearing vaguely about Edgeworth's adventures with Interpol.]

Yeah, that would have been a weird dream to have I'm sure.

I'm glad you got to see your father. I'm glad I got to meet him too, at least in a way.

I am, too.

I'm sorry I missed seeing your performance in court. It must have been something to watch when I wasn't on the receiving end.

Honestly, you didn't miss much.

The court battles were a little too easy in my dream.

[Then it's almost like he admitted something horrible, quickly rushing in to address that flaw.]

Not that I enjoy all the stress that's come from the cases you've seen me in!

But you know. I think I understand why you like to keep busy.

It's nice to hear that you consider me a worthy rival for you, then. I'm flattered.

[Sarcasm? Taking what he can get? Neither? Both? Pick one.]

There's something to be said for a spirited battle, I've found.

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Of course! You've always been the best rival in court.

In my dream world, it was like having Winston Payne's incompetence times 100 as the prosecutor. I guess it took my desire to help the innocent a little too seriously.

[Death is always a tough thing to deal with, though usually in their own world, they've never had to deal with coming back from the dead. It's only because Maya's been through it herself that she doesn't crowd Phoenix the first days he returns, lets him take time to be alone. She has her own feelings about it, too— ones she doesn't think it's fair to make him deal with when he's the real victim, ones she pushes aside to think of Phoenix. But it isn't long before worry and curiosity get the better of her, and once again, she comes knocking on his door.]

Hey! Hey, Nick!

[She calls, her excuse ready in her hands in the form of hot steamed rice with mackerel on a tray of tea and water. It's her job to take care of Phoenix, to get him back in working order... even if Maya can completely understand the shut-down.]

I brought you lunch!

[Phoenix's death had been an agonizing ordeal, both mentally and physically. He died with utmost fear and confusion, his head feeling as though it had split open. (Well, it technically had.)

When he revived a few days later, it was actually quite surprising. Did he not die? His head still hurt, but rubbing his hands over it, it didn't feel as though his skull was missing. But he had wordlessly returned to Merrain to process his feelings, going over what happened and more or less staying in some kind of numbness phase. Sure, he can just move on and pretend that it didn't happen, right? He's fine now. He clearly didn't die. Or, he did but he's back now and there are no residual injuries. So he doesn't have to think about it.

When he opens the door and sees Maya, he forces a smile.]

Oh, hey! Thanks! I was getting kind of hungry!

[He steps out, knowing that Maya probably wants to eat with him.]

Do you want to eat outside? I think I could use some fresh air.

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