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[The Pokegear clatters to the ground along with the rest of the Doctor's equipment--he runs forward a few steps, appearing onscreen at an odd angle given where the camera's lying. The background is dark and rocky--Union Cave, perhaps?]

No, nonono she can't have gotten away, the worst ones always get away, not this time--

[Out of breath from all that running (human bodies were so unreliable, what with one heart and all) the suit-wearing Doctor leaned on a rocky wall with an expression that, while hard to see in the darkness, was unmistakably Not Pleased. And when the Doctor is Not Pleased, things tend to get a bit messy.]

...She won't get away. Not from me, not for long. They always come back, and I always win in the end. The Master, the Daleks, the Cybermen, I can handle all that. One human won't be any trouble once I find her.

[There was an odd air of determination to the Doctor as he straightened up, dusted off his suit (which, incidentally, was covered in dust, dirt, and grass stains; he's not had an easy few days) and strode right over to his Pokegear to pick it up. He was smiling by this point--the smile of a man who enjoyed a challenge and was going to meet it with all he had. The Doctor's sentences were short, his voice calm and determined.]

Chrome. I'm coming back to Violet.

Phoenix, you had better still be recuperating. If I come back and find out you're dead, I'm going to be very cross indeed.

As for the rest of you--especially you, yes you Dahlia--I don't give up. Don't know how.

This isn't over.

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Come by the Violet City Restaurant sometime; you can have a meal of anything on me for free.

Well, that sounds lovely. And who might you be, exactly? Getting a bit hard to keep track, meeting so many people in such a short time.

I'm France, and I work as a part-time chef at the Violet City Restaurant. I don't think I ever got your name either.

France? France as in the country? That's new.

I'm the Doctor.

That would be me. All thousand and some years.

Just "the Doctor"?

[He can't QUITE say that's the strangest thing he's heard of, but it's pretty damn out there.]

Yep. Just 'the Doctor'.

I wish we could have met under better circumstances. At least Phoenix is recovering; I visited him at the Center?

Talked to him myself, for a bit. My point was that he better keep recovering or I will be not at all happy with him.

Yeah, he'd better. I gave him free cake. Failing at recovering now would be an insult to my cooking.

Survives poison but gets killed by cake. At least it would look different on a death certificate. Or a newspaper.

'Breaking News: Phoenix Wright Killed By French Cake'.

That would be spectacularly humiliating, wouldn't it? Hopefully, he doesn't have a chocolate allergy.

Fate worse than death, I'd say.

Most likely. It is a variation on poisoning.

Leave it to the French to weaponize pastries.

It is quite ingenious. After all, one mustn't bite the hand that feeds him.

True enough, I think.

So. About this restaurant of yours.

...Got any fish?

We have a different fish depending on what day of the week that you come in. Do you have a particular preference?

Not at all.

Put together some fish and custard, and I'm sold. Nice to be acknowledged for my efforts for a change, really.

Fish and custard? Not in the same dish, you don't mean.

[Yes. And no. Mostly no.]

Strangest thing, after I regenerated everything else tasted awful. But fish and custard, that was brilliant.

Together?

I mean, I can make it, but... Unless you want them separately?

...They're quite good together, you should try it.

[Y SO HORRIFIED, FRANCE OL BUDDY.]

I'll make it for you. I said that I would and I don't go back on my word.

I appreciate it, I'll definitely take you up on that offer.

Hopefully I prepare it to your satisfaction. I've never attempted that sort of combination.

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