MAYA CATCHALL

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w0 saturday post trial

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[Still in the gym, so Tree is still in A Mood, and just sorta mutters to no one.]

That stupid dog was more useful than me.

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[ this is a bit later after she's all clean but maya pops back over and overhears ]

Is that what you're hung up about?

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[He startles, clearly not having realized she was within earshot. He looks away but she can't UNhear it, nor would she, he thinks.]

It-I'm just frustrated is all. We went back to the classroom for nothing.

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How could we have known the classroom was clear unless you checked it? Investigations gotta be pretty thorough, you know!

[ it happens tree dw about it ]

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That's what Shinonome said.
[Obviously it didn't really placate him that much.]

But it's still obviously the bare minimum! Nothing about the classroom even helped us to begin with.

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Weeell... to be honest, we were really grasping for straws the whole time. It's hard to know what helps and what doesn't, especially when we're down to the wire like this. Besides, Nick has done all sorts of crazy things that don't help the trial at all and just get us in trouble with the judge! So don't take it so hard.

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.... Who the hell is Nick?

[For some reason that's what he focuses on?]

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My sidekick. He's a much bigger dork than even you.

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I'm not a dork!! And why does someone like you need a sidekick??

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You're a bit of a dork, since you're letting this bug you.

I mean, I am pretty incredible. So why wouldn't I have a sidekick?

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What does he even do? I thought you summoned ghosts or whatever. Does he also do something with ghosts?

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He's a lawyer! He does this kinda stuff for a living.... and sometimes, his investigations don't turn up anything!

[ don't brag? ]

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[Tsuyukusa voice: what's a lawyer.]

So he solves murders for a living and sometimes he doesn't even get it right? Sounds like a bad sidekick. Can't you just channel the spirit of the murdered person?

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He gets it right eventually! It takes a while..... kinda like trial today.

.... No, that wouldn't work.

[ thats not how aa goes tsuyukusa ]

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...
[Hm.]

Because not everyone becomes a channelable ghost? Or does it take too long for their spirit to like... congeal?
[He's genuinely curious about this process.

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It's not admissible evidence in court, for one... and it can be, uhm, dangerous to channel spirits right after they died, sometimes....

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[Sure, that's fine, he's used to magic and now that he's grasped people come from different places with different magic, having different rules makes sense to him.]

How long do you have to wait after they died?

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It depends, I guess.... but uh, it's not like we channel for no reason. Usually our services get requested.

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[He seems to be thinking something over, but then just sorta shakes whatever the thought was out of his head.]

Well, I'm sure that's... nice. For closure, like you said.

week 1, saturday

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[ maya is sitting submerged in the lake again like a weirdo, shivering.... but she does glance tree's way when she sees him ]

Hello....

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[Ma'am??]

... You're going to get sick if you stay in there.

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I already got sick, so I'm immune.

[ that's not how that works?? ]

But thanks for worrying.

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That's not how it works? What are you doing in there, anyway...

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Training. [ ignoring the first point ]

Are you just out here taking a walk...?

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[He supposes that makes sense.]

I guess. I can't sleep, so I might as well be outside.