[Closed] The Merry Ace Attorney

[professorbestie]

Who: The Great Ace Attorney cast
Which: Closed log
Where: Mikotoba house
What: The Mikotobas invite Kazuma over for Christmas on the 25th, and all their friends from home on the 26th
Warnings: Nothing here but Christmas cheer!

[25th, closed to Kazuma]

[It's Christmas day in the Mikotoba household, and no such celebration would be complete without their adoptive family member. For that reason, presents have not yet been opened and instead lie ready in a corner of the living area, the wrapping paper almost beckoning the curious gaze. The decorations in the house are minimal in number, though Yujin did learn a thing or two from the most recent dreamscape about crafting a strong Christmas aesthetic with bare essentials. Food has already been prepared for the most part by Susato; roast duck and an apple spiced tea. It only requires those few easy finishing touches, but it's not dinner time yet!

At the moment, they're still waiting for Kazuma to arrive.]


[26th, Cast Party]

[For today, the Mikotobas made sure to invite everyone they know from home to spend Christmas at their home. They have to stick together! While those who hail from London may have their own traditions regarding Christmas, they'll just have to make do with what's been set up! Yujin dragged in a small tree, there's hot cocoa for everyone and dinner will be later. After that, perhaps some drinks of the alcoholic variety for the adults? (Which means everyone except Susato, sorry!) The choices are between apple cider or wine, because we all know Van Zieks has a problem.]

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[professorbestie]

[Yujin takes a sip of his cider as Daley speaks. He can't drink too fast; he's perfectly aware he doesn't hold his alcohol very well. Even so, he can't not drink.]

Hm. Fortunately for us, there is no shame in sounding older. It adds a certain ripe charm, I like to think. Though... The kids might disagree with that.

[buriedvigil]

[NEITHER OF THEM ARE GETTING ANY YOUNGER...]

Does Susato tease you every so often about that?

[Vigil can't help but smile slightly at the thought, even if it turns out to be untrue. It's a little hard to imagine her teasing anyone, mostly because she's always been very proper with him, but things are certainly different when it comes to familial relationships. He should know.]

...I feel that at least one of my own children would, in light jest.

[professorbestie]

[Susato is the most polite girl one may ever meet, but yes, she occasionally teases. Just as she occasionally loses her composure and flips one through the air. But Yujin never takes it personally, and so, the answer is pretty clear.]

Oh, ah, not too often...

[But something else that Vigil said caught his attention and distracted him.]

I'm sorry, I was unaware you have children. [He should have at least expected it, since Vigil is happily married, but somehow his brain never made that connection.]

[buriedvigil]

[He's not yet experienced the patented Susato Flip and Vigil wishes to keep it that way... but who knows what may happen in the future. Just one day, he's flying through the air and collapsing into a heap on the ground, or something like that.]

Oh, yes, I have two sons back home. I'd like to think of them as well-behaved, but they can still be quite a handful. [Guess all children are in some manner, that's the nature of the beast.]

But along with my wife, they're the center of my life.

[professorbestie]

[Yujin can't help but smile at the way Vigil speaks of his kids. Just as children are often a handful in some way or another, most parents are prideful. It's nice.]

Mmh, of course. There's no replacement in the world for family. You must miss them a lot.

[Yujin was lucky to have Susato here, at the very least. If she'd been left at home, he's not sure what his life here would've been like. A lot more lonely, he supposes.]

[buriedvigil]

There truly is no replacement, Mr. Mikotoba.

[His smile is slightly bittersweet, loving his family with his entire being, but deeply missing them since arriving in this dream world. Even if things are continuing on like normal back home, he consciously feels every day passing and as such, every moment without having Evie or his children nearby.]

...I'm sure you're glad to have Susato with you. [His smile turns more understanding, losing some of the grief from earlier. He... really doesn't want to be a downer at a time like this.] Perhaps worried about her too. As fathers do.