Really? [Apollo can't help but feel a little skeptical, his brows drawing together just so. Dedication, passion, and focus are all things he has in spades. Friends...not so much.
Just hearing Trucy's reassurance loosens the knot of worry. Apollo's hand rubs at his neck, even as his smile gains an awkward, bashful sort of tinge.] Well...thanks.
[Then he freezes, visions of glitter and sequins filling him with horror.] About that--I'm not really a performing sort of guy.
Of course! You're pretty awesome, you know. [ Poor Apollo. They're opposites when it comes to friends -- she easily makes them wherever she goes. Even in school she's pretty popular. Close friends, however, are harder to come by, and she's been blessed to have Apollo as one of the few she can say she's closest to.
Giggling, she nudges him playfully. She would love to make him her assistant at least once, but she knows far too well that's an uphill battle she's not going to win. ] I'm kidding, I'm kidding! I understand, it's not for everyone... although I really think you'd be good at it! I guess it would be like you telling me to be an attorney. I think we both know that would end poorly for everyone.
[ She's glad for the more relaxed atmosphere, but, the original subject at hand needs to be addressed still. ] We should wait until daddy is back from his trip to talk to him... by then we should have DNA results and more answers, you know?
[ There's a very short pause as her eyes drift back down to the photo. ] ...Did you want to know more about her? I don't remember a whole lot about her, but I can tell you what I know.
[Just as Apollo's about to point out how much Trucy's observations helped in his trials, he thinks better of it. If there's another way to tell Trucy she wouldn't make a half-bad lawyer without encouraging her about the whole assistant thing, Apollo can't recall it.
He clears his throat instead, silently letting go of the topic.] Yeah...I'd like to hear more about her.
[The idea hits him just then, and Apollo gently tugs the folder back with a thoughtful look.]
You don't have many pictures of her either, do you? We should make copies of this one before we talk to Mr. Wright. One copy for each of us.
[ She lets him tug the folder back with a hum, turning her eyes to the sky as she tries to recall anything and everything about her mother. It's been so long that some details are a little blurry, she finds. ] She was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside, and was super dedicated to being part of Troupe Gramarye.
[ She was young when her mother died, but she does remember Thalassa's kindness and intelligence. It's been a while since she's had to dredge these memories up, but slowly they are returning. ]
She felt most at home on the stage in front of a crowd, and even though she was busy she always made sure to make time for me each day... she also knew whenever I was lying or if I'd done something bad... kind of like how we can tell when people are telling dumb lies. She was also very outgoing and passionate about everything she did.
[ At least, from what she can recall. Trucy pulls herself from her reverie at Apollo's words, looking back up at him with a smile. ] Agreed! I'll try to find more pictures of her, I've got maybe... two? At home. We can make copies of those, too, if you want!
[He listens intently, soaking in the sound of Trucy's voice. Her words paint a pretty picture of Thalassa, one that would have matched the mom he'd dreamt up while in the group home. It's almost out of habit when Apollo touches his bracelet thoughtfully.]
She did wear the bracelets in that picture. It's possible they worked for her like they do for me. [He muses, just loud enough to be heard. Even without the DNA test, Apollo can't ignore how all the evidence seems to be piling up. He sighs and presses his index finger to his forehead in his classic thinking pose. ] We really need to get a hold of Ema.
I'm sure they did. It makes me wonder, though... if she wore two, did that make her perception skills double strong? [ She can't help this question; she knows it probably doesn't really matter, but it isn't in Trucy's nature not to question things like this. Besides, knowing how well it works for Apollo with just one, whose to say that two didn't work even better?
Folding her arms, she nods her head sagely in agreement. It's still surprising, and yet, at the same time she finds herself very much wanting these results to match up. The thought of having a big brother, especially if it's Apollo, is more than a little exciting. ]
Let's just go down to the police station and tell her what's going on. She won't dare tell anyone else because we'll threaten sending Prosecutor Gavin down to the station to harass her!
[ Well, that's her plan, at least. She's not ashamed to blackmail the good detective if she has to. ]
If we had the other one, we could've tested it out. [Personally, Apollo figures it would just get the same results, only with both wrists instead of one. It would've been nice to test the theory, though.
Aaand then a snicker escapes him before he can help himself. While Apollo finds Gavin a bit of a diva, his general pings of annoyance are nothing compared to Ema's completely unsubtle distaste for the rockstar.] You're forgetting about those edible projectiles of hers. She'd just snackoo us into submission if we try to threaten her.
Yeah... wow, what a shame. I guess we'll never know! [ Which is slightly disappointing. She can almost envision Apollo wearing both bracelets and becoming super lawyer... not that, of course, he isn't already.
He's right, though. Those Snackoos of hers are a dangerous weapon to contend with. ] Well, either we can let her dump the whole bag on us, or... we can buy her some limited edition flavors and bribe her! I think I saw salted caramel flavored ones down at the store yesterday... or, maybe if we're lucky, she'll just keep her mouth shut about it? I mean, she's a detective... she's good at keeping quiet about stuff!
[ ...For the most part. Honestly, though, Trucy's leaning towards just buying multiple bags of limited edition Snackoos at this point, because bribing Ema seems less dangerous than just depending on her to keep her silence on the issue. [
[A moment of consideration, followed by raised eyebrows. He's pretty sure Trucy's come to the same conclusion that he has.]
I think I'll hedge my bets on the bribe. If anything, having snackoos puts her in a good mood like nothing else does.
...except science, of course. [He adds with a quirk of his lips, amused. Then he looks perplexed again.] Since when do they have limited edition snack flavors?
[ She grins at Apollo -- for once, he's agreeing to bribe someone, even if it's just Ema and Snackoos. Still, it's something she can mark off of her 'get Apollo to-do' list. ]
I don't think I've ever met anyone that's so happy to both eat and toss a snack at the same time! I suppose it makes for a good snack during trials, though!
...Maybe we can make her a bottle of homemade luminol! I'll bet they have videos on the internet! [ She's... pulling her phone out to see if she can't find a recipe for the chemical in question, when he questions her. She looks up again, tipping her head slightly. ] Polly, they've always had limited edition snack flavors, in almost anything you can buy! You... you didn't know?
Can't really say I spent a lot of time following these trends. [His voice is a tad dry as he replies.] Is it really that big of a deal?
[Trucy's foray into the internet has Apollo looking on with increasing alarm, though--that is definitely a big deal.]
Let's make sure we won't be doing something highly illegal before we even look up those videos. [Helpfully, he covers up the screen with his hand, suppressing a sigh.] What happened to bribing her with snackoos?
[He'd liked that plan! It sounded reasonable and definitely not as suspicious.]
Polly, you're missing out! They're delicious. I like the vanilla cream ones, personally, but those are only a winter flavor. Yes, they're kind of a big deal!
[ Not really. But to her they are. She blinks when he covers the phone screen, effectively cutting off her video on DoTube. ]
Aw, it's not illegal. I think they were using highlighter fluid-- oh, we're still doing that. I just thought some hand made luminol would be a nice gesture. Oh, maybe we can bake Snackoos,too, while we're at it!
[ She's got that overly determined look on her face... ]
How did we go from buying limited edition flavors to making everything ourselves? [Yes, he's a little bemused.]
I'll say this: you really don't make things easy for yourself.
[Apollo pauses as something else occurs to him.] Do you even know how to bake? [He peers at her suspiciously. Come to think of it, has he ever seen her or Mr. Wright cook before?]
I'll take that as a 'no'... [While he might have been taken in by her confident reassurances once upon a time, Apollo knows her far too well at this point to fall for it.
He sighs.]
If we're baking anything, you have to promise you won't try anything unless I'm there with you.
[Living on his own meant that Apollo had picked up a lot of skills out of sheer desperation--like cooking, for example. He's no ace at making fancy stuff, or even baking, but he figures he should at least stick around to supervise Trucy's attempts. Somehow, Apollo doesn't think Mr. Wright would appreciate it if he came home and found his kitchen half-destroyed by fire.]
I can bake the kind of cookies that already come rolled up as dough. All you do is slice and bake! [ SEE? That totally counts! She snickers at his expression, enjoying it far more than she should. ]
Okay! Besides, it'll be more fun if we're both involved! [ Poor Apollo. She's pretty determined about this now, but at least he's humoring her for the moment.
She springs from the bench with a bright smile suddenly. ]
Come on, Polly! Let's go buy those Snackoos and get to bribing! We'll definitely bake later!
Remind me why we're buying snackoos and making them from scratch again?
[He can't help but quip even as he forces himself off the bench with a long-suffering sigh. She's doing this just to mess with him, he knows it.
The picture and the rest of the information gets tucked safely back into the folder. Feeling a flash of mischief, Apollo taps the brim of her hat, making it slide down to cover her eyes.]
Hey, I promised to treat you, didn't I? Let's stop by some place near the market after we get those snackoos.
Because the next time we need a bribe, we'll be able to make a ton of them and do it cheaply... also, they'll be gourmet Snackoos! And then we can just eat them all instead of giving them away.
[ DUH, Polly! She grins at him, laughing as suddenly, there's darkness via her hat. She tips it back up and loops an arm around one of his as she tends to do when they're walking somewhere he'll inevitably get pulled along to.
...Hey, he did promise lunch! She visibly brightens further, almost impossibly at his words. She'd been so caught up in potential relations and Snackoos, she'd spaced it! ]
Okay, Polly! Where did you want to get lunch, anyways? Oh! While we're at the store, I can show you all of the limited edition flavors of everything!
[How she comes up with these schemes he has no idea, but he's totally grinning and doing a terrible job of hiding it.]
Trucy's crash course in limited edition snack foods? I'll try to contain my excitement. [Apollo lets her tug him along, not even trying to pull his arm out of her grip.] I think there's a cafe that opened up in that area recently. How about we scope it out for lunch?
[ Poor Apollo. She's got an imagination, that's for sure... whether or not it's a good thing or a bad thing is yet to be determined. ]
I'm glad, I'm sure you'll be paying attention the whole time! [ She blinks at his suggestion, and then nods happily, giving his arm a gentle squeeze. ] Sure, that sounds great! It's been a while since we've gone out to lunch together!
[ Into the supermarket they go, and she lets him go to grab a cart. Unfortunately, this also means she's going to ride this cart hell bent down the aisles... but at least she's not dragging him along with her.
She stops only when she nearly crashes into a rather large display of those delicious limited edition Snackoos. ]
Wow, look at them, Polly! There's more than I thought there were! Whoa, they even have salted watermelon flavor! [ He'll have to excuse her as she just. Starts tossing bags into the cart left and right. ]
[Trucy, please stop trying to give him a heart attack. Even though she's clearly avoided crashing into the display, Apollo's heart still gives a nervous jolt at the narrow miss.
To distract himself from the impending heart failure, he eyes the growing pile of Snackoos with two parts trepidation and one part dubiousness.]
Does she even like all these flavors? [Apollo plucks a bag from the cart and...stares at the label.] Caviar flavor, seriously? Who the heck would eat this??
[ Oh, come on, Apollo! This is practically her job! She should be getting paid for all the times she's managed to freak him out or get his poor heart to stop just momentarily. She watches him, a playful, mischievous smile forming on her lips. ]
...Klavier Gavin, maybe. If they taste expensive, he probably would like them! Something tells me... Ema, not so much. But we should definitely buy those anyways! You know. Just in case we need them... for reasons.
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Just hearing Trucy's reassurance loosens the knot of worry. Apollo's hand rubs at his neck, even as his smile gains an awkward, bashful sort of tinge.] Well...thanks.
[Then he freezes, visions of glitter and sequins filling him with horror.] About that--I'm not really a performing sort of guy.
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Giggling, she nudges him playfully. She would love to make him her assistant at least once, but she knows far too well that's an uphill battle she's not going to win. ] I'm kidding, I'm kidding! I understand, it's not for everyone... although I really think you'd be good at it! I guess it would be like you telling me to be an attorney. I think we both know that would end poorly for everyone.
[ She's glad for the more relaxed atmosphere, but, the original subject at hand needs to be addressed still. ] We should wait until daddy is back from his trip to talk to him... by then we should have DNA results and more answers, you know?
[ There's a very short pause as her eyes drift back down to the photo. ] ...Did you want to know more about her? I don't remember a whole lot about her, but I can tell you what I know.
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He clears his throat instead, silently letting go of the topic.] Yeah...I'd like to hear more about her.
[The idea hits him just then, and Apollo gently tugs the folder back with a thoughtful look.]
You don't have many pictures of her either, do you? We should make copies of this one before we talk to Mr. Wright. One copy for each of us.
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[ She was young when her mother died, but she does remember Thalassa's kindness and intelligence. It's been a while since she's had to dredge these memories up, but slowly they are returning. ]
She felt most at home on the stage in front of a crowd, and even though she was busy she always made sure to make time for me each day... she also knew whenever I was lying or if I'd done something bad... kind of like how we can tell when people are telling dumb lies. She was also very outgoing and passionate about everything she did.
[ At least, from what she can recall. Trucy pulls herself from her reverie at Apollo's words, looking back up at him with a smile. ] Agreed! I'll try to find more pictures of her, I've got maybe... two? At home. We can make copies of those, too, if you want!
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She did wear the bracelets in that picture. It's possible they worked for her like they do for me. [He muses, just loud enough to be heard. Even without the DNA test, Apollo can't ignore how all the evidence seems to be piling up. He sighs and presses his index finger to his forehead in his classic thinking pose. ] We really need to get a hold of Ema.
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Folding her arms, she nods her head sagely in agreement. It's still surprising, and yet, at the same time she finds herself very much wanting these results to match up. The thought of having a big brother, especially if it's Apollo, is more than a little exciting. ]
Let's just go down to the police station and tell her what's going on. She won't dare tell anyone else because we'll threaten sending Prosecutor Gavin down to the station to harass her!
[ Well, that's her plan, at least. She's not ashamed to blackmail the good detective if she has to. ]
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Aaand then a snicker escapes him before he can help himself. While Apollo finds Gavin a bit of a diva, his general pings of annoyance are nothing compared to Ema's completely unsubtle distaste for the rockstar.] You're forgetting about those edible projectiles of hers. She'd just snackoo us into submission if we try to threaten her.
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He's right, though. Those Snackoos of hers are a dangerous weapon to contend with. ] Well, either we can let her dump the whole bag on us, or... we can buy her some limited edition flavors and bribe her! I think I saw salted caramel flavored ones down at the store yesterday... or, maybe if we're lucky, she'll just keep her mouth shut about it? I mean, she's a detective... she's good at keeping quiet about stuff!
[ ...For the most part. Honestly, though, Trucy's leaning towards just buying multiple bags of limited edition Snackoos at this point, because bribing Ema seems less dangerous than just depending on her to keep her silence on the issue. [
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I think I'll hedge my bets on the bribe. If anything, having snackoos puts her in a good mood like nothing else does.
...except science, of course. [He adds with a quirk of his lips, amused. Then he looks perplexed again.] Since when do they have limited edition snack flavors?
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I don't think I've ever met anyone that's so happy to both eat and toss a snack at the same time! I suppose it makes for a good snack during trials, though!
...Maybe we can make her a bottle of homemade luminol! I'll bet they have videos on the internet! [ She's... pulling her phone out to see if she can't find a recipe for the chemical in question, when he questions her. She looks up again, tipping her head slightly. ] Polly, they've always had limited edition snack flavors, in almost anything you can buy! You... you didn't know?
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[Trucy's foray into the internet has Apollo looking on with increasing alarm, though--that is definitely a big deal.]
Let's make sure we won't be doing something highly illegal before we even look up those videos. [Helpfully, he covers up the screen with his hand, suppressing a sigh.] What happened to bribing her with snackoos?
[He'd liked that plan! It sounded reasonable and definitely not as suspicious.]
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[ Not really. But to her they are. She blinks when he covers the phone screen, effectively cutting off her video on DoTube. ]
Aw, it's not illegal. I think they were using highlighter fluid-- oh, we're still doing that. I just thought some hand made luminol would be a nice gesture. Oh, maybe we can bake Snackoos,too, while we're at it!
[ She's got that overly determined look on her face... ]
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I'll say this: you really don't make things easy for yourself.
[Apollo pauses as something else occurs to him.] Do you even know how to bake? [He peers at her suspiciously. Come to think of it, has he ever seen her or Mr. Wright cook before?]
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Okay, we'll compromise. We will buy the real deal, and then try to make them ourselves later! See? Not complicated at all!
[ She blinks. ] Do I know how to bake... Polly, I'm a girl! Of course I know how to bake!
[ She doesn't know how to bake. Or cook, for that matter. If it’s not delivery, noodles, or made in the microwave, she and Phoenix don't eat. ]
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He sighs.]
If we're baking anything, you have to promise you won't try anything unless I'm there with you.
[Living on his own meant that Apollo had picked up a lot of skills out of sheer desperation--like cooking, for example. He's no ace at making fancy stuff, or even baking, but he figures he should at least stick around to supervise Trucy's attempts. Somehow, Apollo doesn't think Mr. Wright would appreciate it if he came home and found his kitchen half-destroyed by fire.]
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Okay! Besides, it'll be more fun if we're both involved! [ Poor Apollo. She's pretty determined about this now, but at least he's humoring her for the moment.
She springs from the bench with a bright smile suddenly. ]
Come on, Polly! Let's go buy those Snackoos and get to bribing! We'll definitely bake later!
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[He can't help but quip even as he forces himself off the bench with a long-suffering sigh. She's doing this just to mess with him, he knows it.
The picture and the rest of the information gets tucked safely back into the folder. Feeling a flash of mischief, Apollo taps the brim of her hat, making it slide down to cover her eyes.]
Hey, I promised to treat you, didn't I? Let's stop by some place near the market after we get those snackoos.
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[ DUH, Polly! She grins at him, laughing as suddenly, there's darkness via her hat. She tips it back up and loops an arm around one of his as she tends to do when they're walking somewhere
he'll inevitably get pulled along to....Hey, he did promise lunch! She visibly brightens further, almost impossibly at his words. She'd been so caught up in potential relations and Snackoos, she'd spaced it! ]
Okay, Polly! Where did you want to get lunch, anyways? Oh! While we're at the store, I can show you all of the limited edition flavors of everything!
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Trucy's crash course in limited edition snack foods? I'll try to contain my excitement. [Apollo lets her tug him along, not even trying to pull his arm out of her grip.] I think there's a cafe that opened up in that area recently. How about we scope it out for lunch?
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I'm glad, I'm sure you'll be paying attention the whole time! [ She blinks at his suggestion, and then nods happily, giving his arm a gentle squeeze. ] Sure, that sounds great! It's been a while since we've gone out to lunch together!
[ Into the supermarket they go, and she lets him go to grab a cart. Unfortunately, this also means she's going to ride this cart hell bent down the aisles... but at least she's not dragging him along with her.
She stops only when she nearly crashes into a rather large display of those delicious limited edition Snackoos. ]
Wow, look at them, Polly! There's more than I thought there were! Whoa, they even have salted watermelon flavor! [ He'll have to excuse her as she just. Starts tossing bags into the cart left and right. ]
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To distract himself from the impending heart failure, he eyes the growing pile of Snackoos with two parts trepidation and one part dubiousness.]
Does she even like all these flavors? [Apollo plucks a bag from the cart and...stares at the label.] Caviar flavor, seriously? Who the heck would eat this??
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...Klavier Gavin, maybe. If they taste expensive, he probably would like them! Something tells me... Ema, not so much. But we should definitely buy those anyways! You know. Just in case we need them... for reasons.
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If you're not planning to eat them, who are you saving these for? [He turns his suspicious gaze on her.]
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Oh, there's a few bullies at school who need to be put in their place. [ And she's sure this will do the trick. ] OOO! Coconut macaroon flavored ones!
[ The cart is getting awfully full, she's piling the Snackoos in, two of each flavor. ]
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Wait. [Her words finally catch up with him, and he narrows his eyes at her.] What bullies?
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