Audience: Mineo Enomoto

[probe]

Comments

[sengokus]

I'm just saying. Glass houses, dude, we're all pretty weird here.

[don't juST SAY THAT

. . . . he did get taught etiquette though so - ]

... was that your way of trying to help me out? [a beat] ... thanks.

[probe]

[okay mineo isn't wrong so greed doesn't reply, posture a bit stiff and awkward with that...

...but.]

...you're welcome. [so yeah. greed was trying to help because sometimes secrets and also being dead sure are a thing that happen to people.] Don't get in over your head, Enomoto. You would do well to remember why you're here.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . ]

Because I agreed to be here - because if I didn't take a chance on indulging, I'll probably be dead back home anyway?

[there go all the chopped veggies into the ramen pot.... he goes to get some eggs too]

Or do you mean something else?

[probe]

Because it isn't over, of course. Think of this as an opportunity for an extension. A revival, in more sense than one.

[...they seem to be mumbling something like "...eggs?" under their breath. is this how ramen is made?]

[sengokus]

[sure, it's how you crack eggs to join the packet of noodles and the sauce. he at least looks comfortable enough with this process? gourmet instant ramen....]

An extension...

Is this what you're telling everybody? Or is it what you think is gonna motivate me?

[probe]

[there's a shrug.]

It's what I'm telling you because it's appropriate and it's true. [so, a little of both.]

[sengokus]

Are you saying you only tell the truth and nothing but the truth?

[considering the whole

justice thing]

[probe]

[in the driest tone:]

I plead the fifth.

[sengokus]

Were you a lawyer?

[edgeworth is here to fuck........]

[probe]

Hardly.

[sengokus]

Huh...

Are you immortal like Sloth-san?

[but at least their ramen's all done! mineo will serve it up in two bowls - egg, bean sprouts, scallion, onion, ginger, the works. it's super gourmet instant ramen wow]

[probe]

I'm not sure. [huh. how about that? this gourmet instant ramen is fascinating and greed reaches for a bowl. are they going to stand around the kitchen and eat? did we forget to give you guys a fucking dining room or a table? neat.]

Perhaps that's the case.

[sengokus]

[yeah! it's cool i have no idea what furniture they have at yanagi's place so mineo will just stand around and eat his ramen like a champ]

... are you an amnesiac?

[probe]

Would an amnesiac remember they were suffering from amnesia, I wonder? [very helpful, greed.]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . . distrustfully:]

Is this a test?

[probe]

Would it be a test if you knew it was a test? [mineo does not deserve this, but greed's having a nice time.]

[sengokus]

Stop answering my questions with more questions! That's cheating...!

[probe]

[they very calmly eat an egg :)






and after a few long moments of being an asshole:]

Sloth and I do not have that in common, no. That I can assure you.

[sengokus]

[a pause

and he just slumps a little]

I almost forgot what my original question was....

[he's

he's so bad at this help]

[probe]

...[mineo this is just sad.]

Immortality, Enomoto. [just in case! he needs a reminder!] Is a lapse in memory also an indulgence of your sin?

[sengokus]

[a little choking noise]

I remembered - I didn't need the reminder...!

But then... how old are you?!

[probe]

I suppose you could say I'm middle-aged. [these noodles are actually pretty great.]

[sengokus]

[hell yea they are

yanagi.....?

no..... he can't make that suggestion again.....]

Are you older than me....?

[probe]

Yes. [this time the answer comes easily without any dodging, but greed still doesn't seem to offer follow-up information yet.]

[sengokus]

How much older? Like a couple months? Couple years? Middle-aged is hard when 40's the new 30, you know?

Like what if the middle of my age was supposed to be when I was 11 and a half 'cause I might be dead at 23?

[you are so stupid]