( open ) it's 19c in london right now and i'm jealous

[apolly]

A. REDBRIGHT INSTITUTE: CLASSROOM

It's after hours for Apollo and he couldn't be happier, even though the feeling of exhaustion he could do without. While it's a job he loved he could definitely do with a vacation anyway.

He's currently struggling to erase the top of his chalkboard where a taller student wrote out the answers. Smart kid, but liked to quietly pick on Apollo for his size anyway, and he's close to stomping into the nearest library and grabbing a stepladder.

B. ON THE TUBE.

Apollo has a better idea of where to go for this and that, thanks to it being a few months since his move. He's currently sitting in one of the trains, coming back from Harrow, though there's one problem.

He fell asleep, earphones in, cheek pressed into the silver rail and leaving an opening for anything to be taken. Genius.

C. MISC tell me whatever and we'll do it. brackets are awesome

Comments

[apolly]

"I really had to twist some arms, you're right." Haha. Hahaha! Not literally.

... This is the first time someone was interested enough to ask him, and it puts a smile on his face while he perks up from his seat on the desk. He hasn't really told anyone about it, but it felt good with Heiji somehow.

"I was about... fourteen, and I was reading the news. There was this long article about an attorney back in LA who was in defense and winning all his cases." Which, honestly, was super rare.

"He appeared on TV a couple times after, and it was just... he was laying out the truth so easily and his clients' reactions when he won, well." Apollo still remembers how it felt as a kid, being a hero and stuff. "I had to look into it some more."

[detectiveofthewest]

"So you were pretty young! I bet it was a huge relief when they were found innocent." In many ways, Heiji's and Apollo's respective specialties were opposites: Apollo's work required him to believe in people, while Heiji's required him to be on the constant lookout for ulterior motives. They were both looking for the truth, of course...

"It's funny, most kids wanna be pop stars or athletes or doctors. Or so I hear, anyway. It's nice that you found a way to help folks out. What was the attorney's name?"

[apolly]

"It shocked a lot of the country, too. It's almost unheard of for defense attorneys to win so much."

Apollo wouldn't be surprised if they had to compete in court with Heiji on the witness stand one day. It... sounded fun, honestly.

"Phoenix Wright." He hasn't said that name in a while. "I haven't heard about him in a while, but it was enough for me to get started on a career. It'd be nice to meet him one day." Never meet your heroes is the typical advice, but still.

[detectiveofthewest]

Well, whattaya know. Apollo was actually kind of cute when he smiled. "He must be good at his job, then. Maybe even the nightmare of the prosecutor's office?"

The name sounded vaguely familiar; maybe he'd heard it, too. Hard to tell, of course...

"So now you're in London, living your dream? I hope you do get to meet him someday."

[apolly]

"Me too! He's much more low key these days, I have no idea what he's doing now." It'd still be nice to meet him regardless, but he doubt it'd happen across the globe.

"What about you? Admired anybody in the past few years?" 'Few years' being an understatement.

[detectiveofthewest]

"Me? Hmm..." Heiji had to think about that for a moment. "Nah, not really. In terms of fictional detectives, I got a couple I like, but ain't too many real-life ones makin' a splash right now."

Unless Apollo meant fae role models, in which case what were those even. "You should totally get his autograph! Though I guess that'd be hard now, since ya don't live in the same country." He took another sip of tea.

"Oh yeah, couple of my family members'll be comin' over beginning of July. You mind if they stop by here? I thought it might be good to let 'em see what the inside of a real law office is like."

[apolly]

Apollo immediately thinks of one particular famous fictional detective from the 1890's. Of course.

"Family members?" Apollo pauses, as it slowly dawns on him. Wait, hold on a second. "Fae family members?" He has never met an entire family once in his life.

[detectiveofthewest]

"Yeah, of course," said Heiji. Of course, it wasn't like Apollo was going to meet his entire family, anyway; there were too many of them to fit into his law office.

"Why, who'd you think I was talkin' about?"

[apolly]

"I guess it just never occurred to me, you seem like... such a wanderer." Apollo would not be surprised if he found Heiji illegally camping on forest ground.

"I'm not even sure who I'd be talking about," Apollo answers honestly. "You've just never talked about them before, so."

[detectiveofthewest]

"What's that supposed to mean?" Heiji said, blowing so irritably at his tea that it threatened to spill out of his glass. "You think I'm a hobo? You think I need to root through your couch for loose change?"

I mean he'd totally root through Apollo's couch but not for loose change.

"I got plenty of family! They just ain't fly all the way out here all the time, that's all. 'Less they're sightseeing."

[apolly]

"Oh my god," Apollo groans, dragging a hand down his face. He probably just did call Heiji a hobo. Good job Apollo, you loser!

"I'm not calling you a hobo. I was trying to say you're independent."

[detectiveofthewest]

"Oh, yeah. I guess I am." Just like that, he'd settled down and was now slouching on Apollo's couch.

"Even Otaki-han says I ain't do a thing I'm told!" Heiji seemed to find this amusing and not like a sign that he was a troubled youth in need of reform.

"My mom and my old man live back in Osaka. Then there's my grandpa, bunch of cousins, and all my parents' friends... Always got some wedding or birthday or somethin' to go to."

[apolly]

"Where exactly do you attend this stuff, in the Other Realm? And if you're hundreds of years old, how old is your grandpa supposed to be?" Did faes even die? So many questions about Heiji's species, that's for sure.

"... If you've been alive for so long, isn't keeping friends hard?"

1/2

[detectiveofthewest]

Heiji made a face at Apollo's questions like why didn't Apollo know this already, how dare he. "I dunno exactly. Super old. I mean, who keeps track of how old their grandparents are?

"As for the events, they kinda take place all over, like it really depends. Sometimes I'll go out to Tokyo or Tottori or Karuizawa, but as long as everyone's in disguise, we can do either."

2/2

[detectiveofthewest]

"...It's not hard keepin' friends who live as long as you do. You don't see each other a couple of years, then you catch up later."

It was only human friends that were hard to keep.