Disclaimer: Ace Attorney and all characters are copyright by CAPCOM; I'm just a fan imitating. The stories presented are influenced by the multiple games as well as the comic (Manga written by Kenji Kuroda).
25 Reasons We Didn't Know We Loved Miles Edgeworth
#1-Musical Talent
Pearl was holding Maya's hand tightly. Edgeworth stared at them, and they stared back. Why was this happening?
"Would you like to sit?" he asked and swept his arm gracefully toward the sofa. Maya led Pearl toward it with little more than a nod in acknowledgement and they sat down together. Edgeworth frowned at them a moment longer and then walked toward his desk.
"I have some things to finish up," he told them solemnly, "Then perhaps we can go somewhere else."
"Mister Ed-ji-worth," Pearl piped up nervously, "How long will Mister Nick be gone?"
Edgeworth looked up from his computer screen and frowned at the girl, "I haven't the slightest. He said nothing to me in that regard."
Maya squeezed Pearls hand and the two of them leaned back on the sofa. Edgeworth went back to work. Soon, the click of the mouse and the tapping of keys on his keyboard were the only sounds to be heard. Maya sighed theatrically.
At least she wasn't buzzing around him and asking him ridiculous questions—obviously she'd learned her lesson. Edgeworth turned and flipped on the kettle and then went back to the task at hand without even a glance in their direction.
A few minutes later the kettle clicked off and Miles stood and glanced at his selection of tea.
"Would you like some tea, ladies?" Edgeworth was looking at each of them in turn.
"Tea! Oh yes, Mister Edgeworth!" Maya hopped off of the sofa immediately and Pearl followed timidly behind her.
Maya peered around him to look at the available selection.
"Do you have a preference, Maya?" Edgeworth asked.
"Um… " Pearl interjected, "Mister Ed-ji-worth, sir?"
Edgeworth looked at Pearl, "Yes Pearl?"
"You have to call her Mystic Maya," Pearl said solemnly.
Edgeworth hesitated a moment, "Right… Mystic Maya…"
"You don't have any cookies?" Maya groaned.
"Er… no," Edgeworth shook his head, "I bought a tin on Monday but it was stolen that very same day."
"St-stolen?" Pearl balled up her fists.
"Do you know who did it?" Maya asked.
Edgeworth eyed them both warily, "Yes. I uncovered the culprit shortly after the crime had been committed. But I decided not to pursue a conviction."
Edgeworth bit his lip. He'd had the crap whipped out of him, that's why. No need to go sharing such embarrassing trifles with these two.
"I had much more important matters to attend to," Edgeworth held the box of tea out toward them beckoningly, "Do either of you have a preference with tea? The water is cooling, so I suggest we keep deliberating to a minimum. Also, I would go with green or a nice teasan at this point."
Maya shook her head and slunk back toward the sofa, "I don't care. Pearly you pick. My favorite tea is the kind that comes with cookies."
"Oh my," Pearl clutched her cheeks in her hands, "There are so many kinds!"
Edgeworth leaned the box toward her so she could see better, "These are the greens and these are herbals."
"Does that tea really have flowers in it?" Pearl asked pulling out a small tin of green tea.
"Ah, good choice," Edgeworth said, "It's jasmine tea."
He took the tin from Pearls and opened it and then held it out so she could see.
"You see the white bits in there?" He asked and Pearl nodded in amazement, "Those are petals from the jasmine flower."
"I want to try that!" Pearl exclaimed excitedly and then composed herself, "Mister Ed-ji-worth."
Edgeworth nodded at her and measured some of the tea into his teapot before pouring water over it to let it steep. Pearl went to join Maya on the sofa and he went back to poking at his computer. Then he got up and poured tea for the three of them.
Maya gulped down her tea and stared at the bottom of the cup. Pearl was smiling as she savored her tea, sip by sip. Edgeworth was at a loss with what to do.
The three of them were startled by a tinny sound. A chorus of tiny bells chimed from the computer's built in speakers. Edgeworth frowned at his screen. Maya and Pearl watched him anxiously.
"It's from my boss," Edgeworth said with a small grimace in their direction, "I have to wait for an e-mail."
"Won't your e-mail show up on your phone?" Maya asked.
"Yes, well," Edgeworth shrugged with no small amount of fatalism, "The files I need are on this computer."
"Well," Maya rolled her eyes at his lack of technical know how, "Can't you—"
"We'll just have to wait here a little longer," Edgeworth crossed his arms stubbornly, "Hopefully not terribly long."
"Please Mister Edgeworth?" Maya raised her arms over her head for emphasis, "I'm just about to keel over from boredom!"
Edgeworth shot her a glare. How rude!
"Thank you for the tea, Mister Ed-ji-worth!" Pearl chimed in.
"You're very welcome, dear," Edgeworth was still glaring at Maya. She'd thrown herself over the arm of the sofa in a very dramatic pose—like she was dying.
"If you think I'm boring, perhaps you should tell Wright not to drop you on my doorstep while he goes gallivanting about the city."
"Nick's not gallivanting!" Maya puffed out her cheeks at him, "He's got something very important he has to do!"
"Just where is Wright anyway?" Edgeworth said.
"He told us not to tell," Maya frowned.
"Fine," Edgeworth shook his head in exasperation and went back to his desk, "But I'm going to wait for this e-mail, so you'll just have to sit still and be quiet until it gets here."
Maya made a frustrated noise and then leaned over so that her head was on the arm of the sofa. She unknowingly shoved Pearl to the far side of the sofa, but Pearl made no complaints.
Edgeworth poked around on his computer. And they waited. Finally, he clicked the mouse and the printer fired up. He got up to collect the papers that issued out of it and then fastened them into a new case folder and filed it away in his massive desk. And they waited. He sat quietly at his desk for a while and then started to organize his pencils according to length. Maya stared and they waited.
The minutes dragged by and every one seemed to reveal something new she'd never wanted to know about Edgeworth. Like how OCD he could be. She watched him straighten the papers in his outbox so that they were all neatly lined up. He was a fidgeter. She never would have guessed except he kept moving around behind his desk—even though he had nothing to do. She sighed audibly and he glanced up once with his pale eyes slightly startled and went back to sorting his paper clips according to size.
Then it happened.
It started with the tapping of a pen on his desk. She thought it might just be one of his fidgety gestures. But as it went on she began to notice a definite rhythm.
Then the finger drum joined in. What was that song? Was it a song?
She didn't recall Nick saying that Edgeworth was musically inclined. But then most of Nick's bromantic feeling toward the man seemed limited to his skill as a prosecutor.
It was subtle, but she heard it, under his breath Edgeworth was mimicking a beat while he stared at the computer and the pen tap and finger drum continued. She sat up and stared at him.
"Doo doo doo da doo doo bah…" It was barely audible, but she heard it.
Pen tap. Finger drum. Beat box.
Maya's eyes went wide.
"Doo doo doo da doo doo bah," she said.
Edgeworth froze and looked at her for several tense moments. He was about to get angry again wasn't he? Edgeworth smiled.
"Doo doo doo da doo doo bah!" Edgeworth nodded.
"Da da dee da diddle doo doo dee da badum bah!"
"Not bad," Edgeworth said.
"Well?" Maya grinned, "Are you going to?"
Edgeworth stared. Maya started to cringe. He cleared his throat.
"I hear the drums echoing tonight—"
"Wow," Maya's eyes widened in excitement.
"But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversay-ay-shun…"
Pen tap. Finger drum.
Edgeworth stood and sang into his pen mike, "She's coming in 1230 flight—moonlight wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva-ay-shun!"
Maya clapped and Pearly sat up awe struck. Maya stood up on the other side of his desk and picked up the beat.
"I stopped an old man along the way, hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies," Edgeworth sang.
"Bom bada da bom," Maya added.
Pearl's jaw dropped and her hands flew to cover her open mouth.
"He turned to me as if to say—Hurry boy! It's waiting there for youuu!"
"It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you!" Maya sang.
Then, together, "There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do!"
"Mystic Maya?" Pearl stared at each of them in turn, "Mister Ed-ji-worth?"
"I BLESS THE RAINS DOWN IN AFRICA!"
"I bless the rains," Maya added.
Suddenly Edgeworth held up a hand to stop her and she became aware of a tinny sound. The chiming of bells.
"I have to check this e-mail," Edgeworth was suddenly composed.
Just like that, the magic was over.
A/N: What the heck was that?!
What's that you say? You didn't think Edgey had it in him? Of course he does!
So begins, the ultimate fangirl tribute to Miles Edgeworth. 25 reasons we didn't know we loved him! (plus a bit of everything we already know!) The hidden theme is "Where the heck is Phoenix Wright!" (the answer, of course, is in episode 25) Enjoy!
So I'll tell you a secret, I'm half-Filipino. Karaoke is in my blood! (Hence my ignoring the stigma of the songfic)
The song is: Africa by Toto © 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2003 Sony Music Entertainment.
The version above was inspired by the awesome A Capella ensemble Perpetuum Jazzile (you need to YouTube that one!—it's awesome sauce!)
25 May 2016
Minor corrections made; including a serious reduction in the use of the word "said". (I'm trying to be better for you, lovely reader!) Thanks again for reading!
