[video]

[perfectionisms]

Do you take me for a child? [ Asks the thirteen year-old who's short for her age. ] That I would believe that the older me was abducted by an organization from the future and now lives in this seedy lodgings? If this is some foolish attempt to foolishly prevent me from being a prosecutor, then know this-- my Papa will hear about this. And he will not stop until you've been found guilty of all the crimes you have and might foolishly commit.

I won't too, once I've successfully passed the bar. I won't show you any mercy [ She swings her riding crop around as an example ], not even one minuscule bit.

[ Convinced that she has managed to intimidate her abductors with her message, young Franziska von Karma smiles. True to her nature, that smile comes off as snarky and condescending. ]

Of all the lies... time travel? Really? In the future, when I am prosecutor, all criminals won't escape punishment for their crimes. I won't be caught in a den of fools like this.

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vidyo also an obnoxious placeholder!!

[ruffly]

[ ... it had perhaps been too much to hope that Franziska would be left unafflicted. Turning the video feed on, he braces himself for any disparaging remarks about his appearance and speaks quietly: ]

Franziska, where are you now?

[perfectionisms]

[ Speaking of disparaging remarks. ]

Miles? You're old.

[ And it's gross. ]

[ruffly]

[ ... Predictable per usual. ]

An astute observation. I will note, however, that you failed to answer my question.

[perfectionisms]

I did not fail to answer anything. I just refused to answer in the first place.

[ a beat ] I'm in "my room".

[have_hat_will_travel]

... Wait, you can find your dad?

I haven't been able to find him since I got stuck here several days ago...

[perfectionisms]

He'll find me. My Papa isn't like your papa.

[have_hat_will_travel]

... Yeah, except we're apparently in some kinda future? And our parents didn't come with?

[perfectionisms]

We're not in the future. That's just one of the many lies people say like "Santa Claus is real" and "the economy's going to get better".

[have_hat_will_travel]

... What does the economy have to do with this?

... I need to reread that part of the rulebook...

voice

[rewritethis]

[Sheesh, what a brat. Of perfectly normal and unremarkable height. (The great thing about treating this thing like an oversized phone is that she can't think exactly the same about him.)]

Get a grip, kid. If you're relying on some old man to get you out of this one, you're going to be disappointed.

video

[perfectionisms]

I'm not a kid! And Papa's not an old man, he is at the prime of his life!

permavoice

[rewritethis]

You're acting like one, talking like you don't have your own two feet to stand on. Your old man can't look after you forever. Just as well you're getting a head start out of this.

permavid D<

[perfectionisms]

I can look after myself. Just because I look to my father for guidance does not mean that I can't look after myself.

[whatsupcroc]

Oh, you're a pretty awesome prosecutor, but um. That time travel thing isn't a lie, Franziska von Karma.

[perfectionisms]

I'm not one yet. But I will be and you're a liar.

[whatsupcroc]

Not lying, but I know it does sound like i am! How old are you right now?

also http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/5595573/1154737 was supposed to be the previous icon

[perfectionisms]

I am thirteen years old. [ And proud. ]

[nanite]

Yadda yadda. You look like a kid to me.

[perfectionisms]

I'm a kid?! You don't look a day older than nine!

[nanite]

So? Kids can't tell when other people are kids too? Have you ever heard of 'takes one to know one'?

[perfectionisms]

An adult such as myself can tell too. Your argument is invalid.

[acemedium]

[This can't be possible... of all the things Maya's seen in Exsilium...]

[(Well, it wasn't as bad as extra-frilly Edgeworth, but]

M-Ms. Von Karma was cute?!

[perfectionisms]

Objection! [ punctuated by the sound of a riding crop cutting through air ]

To be cute is to be diminutive and I am anything but!

[acemedium]

S-She's even cute when she's whipping and being mean!! [WHAT IS THIS. WHAT IS THIS]

[perfectionisms]

Mean?! You're the one belittling people for their stature!