towerofanimus | Yotsuba!&...

Characters: Yotsuba Koiwai and you!
Setting: The meadow, the mailroom, and most of anywhere else.
Format: I'm starting in prose, but I'll match you.
Summary: A catch-all post for the Individuation event.
Warnings: Other than a crying Yotsuba, I can't think of anything right now.

At first, the shadows following her had been a little scary, mostly because Yotsuba didn't know where they came from or why they were following her. But it was kind of fun to have them follow her around, like they were all playing one huge game of follow the leader! So, she didn't mind them following her into the mailroom and laughed a little as she looked inside her mailbox..and pulled out a photo of her Daddy hugging her, Jumbo next to them, and the family next door-Ena, Fuka, Asagi, and their Mommy-surrounding them in the background. Surprised and happy, Yotsuba's eyes shined as she looked at the photograph before showing it to the shadows.

"Look! They're all here! Daddy and Jumbo and Fuka and-"

"Those aren't them. That's a lie, Yotsuba." That voiced surprised her, not because it came from one of the shadows, but because it sounded like Jumbo! "It's not! And why do you sound like Jumbo?! It's a good photo-oh.." As she spoke, Yotsuba kept looking at the photograph, just to make sure that it wasn't a lie..but slowly, it changed so that it showed her in a dying wasteland with her family and friends dead all around her.

"No..everything's gonna be fixed..and I'm not alone.."

Here, Yotsuba could be found sitting here with her sketchbook, crayons and Little Yoba, trying to draw what she thought was going to be the actual future. However, she didn't look very happy, and while she did make an honest attempt at it, it was very hard to draw when the souls of the people you loved kept belittling you. Eventually, while they were still there, Yotsuba mostly just hugged Little Yoba and weakly spoke to Daddy and Jumbo, who kept telling her that they didn't love her, that if Daddy hadn't adopted her, he might have been saved, and that Enoch, Diarmuid, and everyone else was going to break their promise and leave her too, all alone in the horrible place she saw.

This..was way too much for her to handle. Eventually, despite a few optimistic comments to the shadows and asking them why they hated her now, Yotsuba just started crying on Little Yoba and talking to her dolly. "Yotsuba doesn't even know what adopted is..do you know, Little Yoba?"

Yotsuba had a tendency to run around and explore, and this wouldn't change that..but she would be looking for Enoch, answers..and silence. She's pretty much free to bump into your characters, even though she'll be more tired than usual, and even though her collar will slowly become lighter, though Yotsuba herself won't notice until someone else points it out.

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Edgeworth was not in a great mood. First, Phoenix Wright had disappeared from the tower and while he was not necessarily dead, Edgeworth could not help but greatly worry about his friend's fate. His package of a bloody defense attorney's badge and a bloody magatama did not help, even though they were quite possibly a cruel prank from Jason.

Therefore, he was looking for a peaceful place to sit down, write his notes and gather his thoughts. However, this immediately stopped when he saw a certain little girl crying and being surrounded by a bunch of shadows.

"Yotsuba? Good god, what is going on?!"

Those shadows....they could attack her if he did not do something!

Yotsuba tried to calm down and stop crying so that she could reply to Edgeworth, but she was pretty out of it right now, and even though she liked the man, it took her a few minutes of crying and rubbing her eyes to get her to calm down enough so that she could speak.

"Yotsuba's..not god..but what's adopshed, Edgey? Daddy says he shouldn't have adopshed me, and Little Yoba doesn't know.."

"But, even though she doesn't know, it would be much better to have a doll like that and be saved than you, Yotsuba. You're more useless than your Daddy."

And Shadow Jumbo's comment just made her cry even harder. She loved her Daddy and Jumbo, and even though they joked about Daddy being useless, they were never serious about it. It hurt to hear that they didn't want her. That she was now useless to them.

Had Yotsuba not be in trouble, Edgeworth would have objected to being called 'Edgey' by a child several years younger' than him (Well, he did not appreciate the nickname full stop and just managed to tolerate one of his best friends using it). Still, this was not the time to think about such things - that girl was in trouble. If those shadows....

"Yotsuba, get away from those things!" he commanded while trying to think of an effective way to drive them off. He may not be much of a fighter yet as he was still training under Diarmuid but he still could not leave the little girl in danger.

And Yotsuba would have apologized for the nickname and stopped calling him that if he had told her to right now. However, it would probably be stuck with him for quite some time now as a consequence. However, at the command, Yotsuba just looked shocked and shook her head, still crying a little but not moving.

"No! I don't wanna leave Daddy or Jumbo, even if they hate me! Yotsuba doesn't want to leave them!"

"I would like you to go though. You were always a huge pain. If I hadn't taken pity on you, we might have been saved." This time, Yotsuba bit her lip at Shadow Daddy's words, doing her best to not cry.

She thought.....these shadows are her father and someone else? No way....

This was very likely a trick of Jason's. Edgeworth could not be completely sure, but considering how angry the man was this month...

"Yotsuba, I don't know what those shadow creatures are telling you, but I can tell you one thing....they are most certainly not your father or this Jumble person. Move away from them right now or you'll be killed!"

"If only we could kill her. It would make us feel quite a bit better about this whole situation."

Yotsuba looked pretty hurt at what the Shadows said to her, but she didn't scoot away from them. Even though she was scared and hurt, she still loved her Daddy and Jumbo. She didn't want to leave them.

"They are! Yotsuba can hear them, even though you can't..they're Daddy and Jumbo! I've missed them..so Yotsuba doesn't wanna run away.."

It was becoming clear to Edgeworth that he was not going to be able to reason with Yotsuba. Not if she was so adamant at sticking with her 'father' and whoever the other shadow thing was supposed to be.

He glanced around, looking for something, anything, that could distract the shadows and leave him room to grab Yotsuba and get her to safety.

Perhaps he could call out to the shadows so they could chase him up the stairs? He would need a good escape route, however. Whatever he did, Edgeworth was not going to leave Yotsuba with them.

Sadly, there weren't many things that Edgeworth could use to distract Yotsuba's shadows. She was holding her dolly close for comfort, and her sketchbook was right beside her, along with a box of crayons that she had been using. Unless Edgeworth wanted to hand those over to the shadows and drag a crying Yotsuba away, he'd have to think of something else, since they wouldn't listen to him calling out to them.

However, while Edgeworth was thinking, Yotsuba returned to her original question.

"So..what's..adopshed? Edgeworth?"

Unfortunately, Yotsuba, Edgeworth is going to ignore your question for now. Making sure he was near the stairs, he began to call out to the shadows, giving as scary a glare as he could muster.

"You there! Whatever you are doing to that poor girl, cease your actions immediately!"

It was the only idea he could think of for now.

Yotsuba just watched Edgeworth as he ignored her and yelled at Jumbo and Daddy, glaring at them. His shouting and glaring had no effect on the shadows, but it did have a small effect on Yotsuba, who just hugged her doll tighter.

"It's Daddy and Jumbo, Edgy..and you can't hear them!" So speaking to them was a little odd from her point of view. However, she heard what the shadows said as Edgeworth yelled.

"What an annoying guy. He kind of reminds me of the clients I used to have when I was translating things." "He does seem like a pain. Almost as useless as Yotsuba."

Yotsuba!&...

Meadow. Hope this is ok!

It's perfectly fine! Don't worry about it! :3

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