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Your Name: Auste
OOC Journal:ditz
Under 18? If yes, what is your age?: No, I'm 23.
Email + IM: psycholocked@gmail.com | AIM: truthstealer | Plurk: auste
Characters Played at Ataraxion: N/A
C H A R A C T E R I N F O R M A T I O N
Name: Larry Butz
Canon: Ace Attorney
Original or Alternate Universe: Original
Canon Point: After Case 1-4.
Number: 011 > 038 (if that's taken, then 009 or 027)
Setting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Attorney
Larry is taken from the year 2016 in the Ace Attorney universe, from Los Angeles, California. It is a relatively modern America like the America of today, although with more blasts from the past such as more frequent use of black and white photos and continued utilization of videotapes. The most notable difference is the legal system, in which trials are to be held in only three days and the accused are presumed guilty instead of innocent. Prosecutors are typically held in high regard compared to defense attorneys and seem to have more leeway in court.
And spirit mediums exist, being able to channel the souls of the dead and assume their appearances. Supernatural locks bind people's secrets and they can only be seen with powered magatamas (although we don't learn that yet at Larry's current canon point).
History: The earliest point in time we see Larry is in a flashback of one of Phoenix Wright's memories. Phoenix, Larry and Miles Edgeworth were classmates in elementary school. In the fourth grade, Phoenix was accused of stealing a student's lunch money, and in their class trial, it seemed that everyone was convinced that he did it. However, Miles - the victim - objected and pointed out that there was no definite evidence to blame Phoenix for the theft. Larry quickly agreed, and after Phoenix was exonerated, the three boys became friends. In fact, Phoenix named Miles and Larry his inspirations for becoming a defense attorney. However, after the DL-6 incident, which cost Miles his father, he moved away, presumably leaving Larry and Phoenix behind. Nothing is known about Larry in the time between the classroom trial and The First Turnabout, Phoenix's first case, although from time to time, he claims that he finished junior high. It is not known why he only finished up to that, though; that is best left to the realm of speculation.
Fifteen years later, Larry was on the chopping block as the prime suspect in the murder of his erstwhile girlfriend, Cindy Stone. Phoenix, who had finally become a lawyer but had yet to take on a case, stepped up (with help from mentor Mia Fey, of course) to defend his friend. The trial ended in favor of the defense, and Larry's name was cleared. In return, Larry gave Phoenix a clock - but not just any clock. It was a clock he had made to look like The Thinker, which would later on become the deadly weapon in Phoenix's second case.
Months later, Miles sat in the defendant's chair with murder charges against him, and Phoenix chose to become his attorney. At that time, Larry was working as a seller of Samurai Dogs at Gourd Lake - and of course, had another girlfriend. According to him, on the night of the shooting, he had encountered a problem while inflating a Steel Samurai doll, and it was propelled into Gourd Lake with a loud bang that had been mistaken for a gunshot. His testimony helped establish the fact that there had been more than one gunshot, casting further doubt on the prosecution's case. Later on, Larry helped Phoenix tell the story of how they knew Miles to Maya Fey, which was when the classroom trial was first revealed. In the end, the three childhood friends were "reunited", and the shadow of the case, as well as the related DL-6 incident which took Miles away from Phoenix and Larry, was dissipated. Plus, Larry confessed to a crime he committed a long time ago - he was the culprit responsible for taking Miles' lunch money, and paid him back after Phoenix's victory.
Phoenix and Larry crossed paths again about two years later while the former was working on the Mask*DeMasque case. Larry was working at KB Security then, and claimed to have seen the defendant, Ron DeLite, in the building at the time of Mask*DeMasque's latest heist and the murder; he even had evidence in the form of Ron's wallet and key card. However, he also admitted to not being at his post during his shift - because of, as usual, another girl. Only this one happened to be taken, and his boyfriend taught Larry a lesson he would never forget...for a little while. Larry was pretty ashamed of this, though.
Larry tried his luck next as an artist under the tutelage of famed children's book illustrator Elise Deauxnim, and tagged along with her to Hazakura Temple, taking pride in his "talent". There, Larry not only ran into Phoenix, Maya and Pearl Fey, but also Iris, the beautiful and gentle nun who became his next love interest. He went as far as to write a blackmail letter just to meet with her, which only scared her so much that she (supposedly) never left her room, even as Elise was killed.
At that time, lightning struck the bridge over Eagle River, setting it on fire. When Phoenix crossed the wreckage to get to Maya, who was undergoing her spirit medium training on the other side, he fell into the river. Larry failed to catch him in time, and went to get help. After Phoenix was rushed to the hospital, Larry called up Miles, who would stand in Phoenix's place as Iris' defense attorney - and who would discover Larry's "blackmail" letter (and scold him for improper letter writing). However, there was one thing Larry would not tell Miles - "something interesting" he had seen on the night of the murder. But when he took the witness stand and faced Miles' cross-examination, he divulged the fantastic sight he had seen - a body flying over the blazing bridge, immortalized in his sketchpad. Not only that, he had also found the bloody crystal that was once part of Elise's staff, which was beside the bridge instead of at the courtyard - the perceived scene of the crime.
Larry even took Pearl into the shack he had turned into a makeshift art studio, shielding her from Phoenix's prying, as she fearfully harbored a secret that could make or break the current case. Unlike many people, who are exasperated by Larry's futile attempts to make himself useful, Pearl actually appreciated him and his proposal that they would stay in a worn-down shack and have stale potatoes.
During the second trial, Phoenix revealed that because Larry had been lying on his back when the lightning storm occurred, his drawing was upside-down, and the body - Elise Deauxnim's body - was originally on the other side of the river, and was transported via one of the support wires. The pendulum plan had worked - and became the key to further unlocking the case. Though his theory seemed ludicrous at first, it soon made sense once Phoenix figured out why Larry had drawn it that way and believed that his friend wouldn't sketch a complete lie.
During a show at the Allebahst Embassy about a month after, Larry found work as the Steel Samurai - or rather, as a Steel Samurai actor. There, he ran into Miles, who was involved in the mystery of Manny Coachen's murder and who was working with others such as Franziska von Karma, Dick Gumshoe, Kay Faraday and Shi-Long Lang. Larry reminded Franziska of her so-called "promise" to pose for his book entitled "Franzy's Whippity Whip Trip" - and needless to say, he was turned down and whipped soundly. In fact, he had been asking her to pose for him ever since the Hazakura Temple case despite all the whipping. Actually, the first time Larry met Miles was while wearing the Steel Samurai costume, and he gave the prosecutor an autograph, and its value rapidly decreased once Miles found out who the Steel Samurai really was. But Larry didn't seem to be affected at all when Miles berated him for getting into another sticky situation and for being the Steel Samurai.
Larry was accused of killing Ka-Shi Nou a.k.a. Mask*DeMasque II in the embassy because the weapon found at the scene (though not the actual murder weapon) was the Steel Samurai sword, and because of Larry's suspicious actions, which were once again due to a girl he liked. Mindy, who played the Pink Princess, had caught his eye, and he had wanted to surprise her by climbing down his chimney like Santa Claus. But his plan went awry when a love letter he had sent beforehand ended up in the wrong hands - in Wendy Oldbag's hands. She had subbed for Mindy, and instantly came to the conclusion that she had a stalker. Luckily, Miles was able to prove Larry's innocence - as well as the fact that he does crazy stunts sometimes, such as diving into fountains to retrieve his Iron Infant prop.
However, Larry proved himself by reappearing at a vital moment - just as Miles was backed into a corner by a criminal mastermind. He had finally found the Iron Infant - which, along with its whereabouts, became a vital piece of evidence that gave Miles an advantage. In fact, at first it almost seemed like Larry was only jubilant at having found the Iron Infant, but unwittingly helped solidify Miles' accusations against Quercus Alba.
Personality: Larry Butz is hopelessly romantic and romantically hopeless. He always has some new girlfriend who would become an ex later on. After all, with his unwavering loyalty, uncontrollable impulse and clumsy naivete, it's most likely very easy to take advantage of him and then leave him behind when he no longer entertains you. And when that happens, he breaks down into a sobbing, ranting mess...and eventually moves on to find a new girl. Then he'll be over the moon with his new woman, think that they have something between them, and the cycle repeats itself as Larry is devastated once more after a temporary fling that had been too temporary for his taste. He's an emotional rollercoaster, raving about something good one moment and then whining about being accused for murder (when he's not). For example, he constantly takes note of his best friends' perceived "good luck" with the ladies; they have young female assistants tagging along with them on their cases, and their escapades as lawyers lets them meet interesting women along the way.
It's not just romantic relationships he goes crazy over. Larry will trip all over his own feet to follow his friends and do whatever it takes to help them, although it takes one slip of the tongue or a misinterpretation of something you just said for him to start asking if you really are friends with him. But he strives to do his best - even when he knows that trouble is close by (and usually he doesn't). However, he can be very hesitant to divulge important information due to various reasons - others may not believe him, or it's just too embarrassing and may cost him dearly. Sometimes it takes a bit of persuasion - or even spiritual magic - to get him to just talk when he's put on the hot seat. Or, perhaps he just forgets that easily.
His boyish nature contributes greatly to his extreme moods; he's a bit of a klutz who leaps before looking and is quick to jump to conclusions. It can take a while to get used to his train of thought, which is prone not only to derailment but also to insane turns that only he can make - and is powered by the insatiable desire to prove himself a reliable asset to anyone's circle of friends, or perhaps to show that he is a boyfriend worth keeping. It sounds like an ordinary driving force...until you find out that Larry has once tried to get a girl's attention by writing her a fake blackmail letter, and even forgot to add a salutation. In short, when he sees something - or someone - he likes, he is very determined to reach the finish line, even if he does use unconventional (but legal and well-meaning?) methods. And yet...that doesn't stop him from being prone to bouts of spacing out and general cluelessness. Maybe he shouldn't have stopped at graduating from junior high.
But he's still proud of that fact and the things he can do (or thinks he can do). Though he'll rant about how he really IS a walking contradiction every now and again, it doesn't take long for him to pick himself up again and continue on his merry way, especially when he realizes that though his friends may seem distant at times and even unreasonable (though most of the time they don't mean to and are just being realistic, because Larry's way of thinking tends to deviate from the realistic), they're still around for him, whether they mean to or not.
Small wonder, then, that ever since they were kids, "when something smells, it's always the Butz". Phoenix and Miles know it like a personal mantra and know enough to steer away from the source of trouble (even if he finds them anyway) - or to steer the source away from the trouble. But trouble or no trouble, Larry hardly changes, and remains always the cheerful but somewhat oblivious man eager to put a smile on anyone's face, and who just wants to be loved - or at least, appreciated.
Abilities, Weaknesses and Power Limitations: Larry is 100% human, and has no notable powers to speak of, unless you count his uncanny ability to get into trouble whenever he appears, which should be counted as a supernatural power.
Kidding aside, though often deemed a nuisance by his peers, Larry does try to do whatever he can to help his friends (although he'll get discouraged easily when he gets the vibe that they don't want him around - and that vibe is not uncommon considering his track record). His unwavering loyalty and persistence are assets...and sometimes, causes of his downfall. Even if a recent breakup with a girl turns him into a nervous wreck, he picks himself up afterward and shows up again as if nothing happened. Larry is that friend who will trip all over his own feet to help out, even if everyone else believes he'll most likely mess up and make things worse.
Talent-wise, Larry is an artist. He can make clocks in The Thinker's image - and they're so good that they don't even look like clocks at first glance. Back in elementary school, he showed aptitude for paper crafting, besting Miles Edgeworth of all people at it. Larry was also the erstwhile apprentice of Elise Deauxnim, famous in the children's book industry, even assuming the pseudonym "Laurice Deauxnim" while honing his drawing skills. He got better in the end anyway, before deciding to play the Steel Samurai at a live show.
Clumsiness aside, he may actually show some acting potential; Edgeworth himself admitted that he was "moved" by Larry's performance as the Steel Samurai, although the prosecutor had no idea who was under the mask at that time.
Inventory: Nothing but the clothes on his back. I suppose he might have a wallet in his pockets, even though that's not exactly mentioned in canon.
Appearance: I hope this works!
Age: 23
AU Clarification: N/A
S A M P L E S
Log Sample: Larry felt like he had just ridden the most unpredictable, most death-defying roller coaster of his life. He wobbled on his feet, he had to find a wall and lean against it every several steps, and his mind was a blur. The last thing he remembered was celebrating Phoenix Wright's most recent courtroom victory, a whole lot of confetti, and...
Whatever came afterward was especially blurry. He squinted as if trying to examine something on the wall that was unwittingly helping support him while he tried to piece everything together, or perhaps as if desperately trying to see through the fog of confusion that hung over him at the moment. A scratch of the head didn't help any other significant memories resurface. Larry remembered Miles Edgeworth, Maya Fey, that one witness with the poofy hair...but they were not with him now. He was alone in a strange room that looked like a futuristic...cabin? Clinic, maybe? There were odds and ends he did not know the names of, but the holographic skeleton and the way those beds looked gave off an aura akin to that of a hospital, if hospitals had auras.
He looked down at the ship uniform he was now wearing. Larry was sure he did not check into a futuristic hotel, or go to a science fiction amusement park, or drink till he was so drunk that he didn't know which way was up. Biting his lip, he started walking around the medical bay, looking at whatever he could find, but hesitant to touch anything.
"O-Okay, you guys," he whispered slowly, eyes darting this way and that. His world spun briefly and he covered his mouth, but that wave of nausea was soon past. "C'mon, this is a joke, right? But it's way too late for practical jokes..."
Larry hoped it really was a joke, because everything was becoming more and more real to him with each passing moment.
"You guys can come out now...I-I'm officially freaked...and that tube down my throat was the freakiest thing ever..."
Comms Sample:
[Larry is in the kitchen, holding his device in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. He pans the device around to give people a good look at the kitchen, even though he has the exact same one as pretty much everyone else.]
Y'know, this reminds me of this one time I had a date with this chick who was into sci-fi flicks. A chick into flicks, yeah. [He chuckles at the...pun? Bad joke? Childish attempt at wit?] We went to a space museum where there was a stall that sold astronaut food.
[His face crinkles into an expression between disgust and uncertainty.]
And they meant real astronaut food! Freeze-dried ice cream and stuff you slurp through a tube! Ice cream's not ice cream when it's not creamy, it just doesn't seem right! I'm so glad we have real kitchens here so we don't have to eat freeze-dried everything for the rest of the trip...
Spaceships back home should've had real kitchens too. I bet when the astronauts returned to Earth, the first thing they did was raid the nearest ice cream parlor...
Great. Now I want ice cream. [Larry puts down his coffee cup and starts looking around.]
Your Name: Auste
OOC Journal:
ditzUnder 18? If yes, what is your age?: No, I'm 23.
Email + IM: psycholocked@gmail.com | AIM: truthstealer | Plurk: auste
Characters Played at Ataraxion: N/A
C H A R A C T E R I N F O R M A T I O N
Name: Larry Butz
Canon: Ace Attorney
Original or Alternate Universe: Original
Canon Point: After Case 1-4.
Number: 011 > 038 (if that's taken, then 009 or 027)
Setting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Attorney
Larry is taken from the year 2016 in the Ace Attorney universe, from Los Angeles, California. It is a relatively modern America like the America of today, although with more blasts from the past such as more frequent use of black and white photos and continued utilization of videotapes. The most notable difference is the legal system, in which trials are to be held in only three days and the accused are presumed guilty instead of innocent. Prosecutors are typically held in high regard compared to defense attorneys and seem to have more leeway in court.
And spirit mediums exist, being able to channel the souls of the dead and assume their appearances. Supernatural locks bind people's secrets and they can only be seen with powered magatamas (although we don't learn that yet at Larry's current canon point).
History: The earliest point in time we see Larry is in a flashback of one of Phoenix Wright's memories. Phoenix, Larry and Miles Edgeworth were classmates in elementary school. In the fourth grade, Phoenix was accused of stealing a student's lunch money, and in their class trial, it seemed that everyone was convinced that he did it. However, Miles - the victim - objected and pointed out that there was no definite evidence to blame Phoenix for the theft. Larry quickly agreed, and after Phoenix was exonerated, the three boys became friends. In fact, Phoenix named Miles and Larry his inspirations for becoming a defense attorney. However, after the DL-6 incident, which cost Miles his father, he moved away, presumably leaving Larry and Phoenix behind. Nothing is known about Larry in the time between the classroom trial and The First Turnabout, Phoenix's first case, although from time to time, he claims that he finished junior high. It is not known why he only finished up to that, though; that is best left to the realm of speculation.
Fifteen years later, Larry was on the chopping block as the prime suspect in the murder of his erstwhile girlfriend, Cindy Stone. Phoenix, who had finally become a lawyer but had yet to take on a case, stepped up (with help from mentor Mia Fey, of course) to defend his friend. The trial ended in favor of the defense, and Larry's name was cleared. In return, Larry gave Phoenix a clock - but not just any clock. It was a clock he had made to look like The Thinker, which would later on become the deadly weapon in Phoenix's second case.
Months later, Miles sat in the defendant's chair with murder charges against him, and Phoenix chose to become his attorney. At that time, Larry was working as a seller of Samurai Dogs at Gourd Lake - and of course, had another girlfriend. According to him, on the night of the shooting, he had encountered a problem while inflating a Steel Samurai doll, and it was propelled into Gourd Lake with a loud bang that had been mistaken for a gunshot. His testimony helped establish the fact that there had been more than one gunshot, casting further doubt on the prosecution's case. Later on, Larry helped Phoenix tell the story of how they knew Miles to Maya Fey, which was when the classroom trial was first revealed. In the end, the three childhood friends were "reunited", and the shadow of the case, as well as the related DL-6 incident which took Miles away from Phoenix and Larry, was dissipated. Plus, Larry confessed to a crime he committed a long time ago - he was the culprit responsible for taking Miles' lunch money, and paid him back after Phoenix's victory.
Phoenix and Larry crossed paths again about two years later while the former was working on the Mask*DeMasque case. Larry was working at KB Security then, and claimed to have seen the defendant, Ron DeLite, in the building at the time of Mask*DeMasque's latest heist and the murder; he even had evidence in the form of Ron's wallet and key card. However, he also admitted to not being at his post during his shift - because of, as usual, another girl. Only this one happened to be taken, and his boyfriend taught Larry a lesson he would never forget...for a little while. Larry was pretty ashamed of this, though.
Larry tried his luck next as an artist under the tutelage of famed children's book illustrator Elise Deauxnim, and tagged along with her to Hazakura Temple, taking pride in his "talent". There, Larry not only ran into Phoenix, Maya and Pearl Fey, but also Iris, the beautiful and gentle nun who became his next love interest. He went as far as to write a blackmail letter just to meet with her, which only scared her so much that she (supposedly) never left her room, even as Elise was killed.
At that time, lightning struck the bridge over Eagle River, setting it on fire. When Phoenix crossed the wreckage to get to Maya, who was undergoing her spirit medium training on the other side, he fell into the river. Larry failed to catch him in time, and went to get help. After Phoenix was rushed to the hospital, Larry called up Miles, who would stand in Phoenix's place as Iris' defense attorney - and who would discover Larry's "blackmail" letter (and scold him for improper letter writing). However, there was one thing Larry would not tell Miles - "something interesting" he had seen on the night of the murder. But when he took the witness stand and faced Miles' cross-examination, he divulged the fantastic sight he had seen - a body flying over the blazing bridge, immortalized in his sketchpad. Not only that, he had also found the bloody crystal that was once part of Elise's staff, which was beside the bridge instead of at the courtyard - the perceived scene of the crime.
Larry even took Pearl into the shack he had turned into a makeshift art studio, shielding her from Phoenix's prying, as she fearfully harbored a secret that could make or break the current case. Unlike many people, who are exasperated by Larry's futile attempts to make himself useful, Pearl actually appreciated him and his proposal that they would stay in a worn-down shack and have stale potatoes.
During the second trial, Phoenix revealed that because Larry had been lying on his back when the lightning storm occurred, his drawing was upside-down, and the body - Elise Deauxnim's body - was originally on the other side of the river, and was transported via one of the support wires. The pendulum plan had worked - and became the key to further unlocking the case. Though his theory seemed ludicrous at first, it soon made sense once Phoenix figured out why Larry had drawn it that way and believed that his friend wouldn't sketch a complete lie.
During a show at the Allebahst Embassy about a month after, Larry found work as the Steel Samurai - or rather, as a Steel Samurai actor. There, he ran into Miles, who was involved in the mystery of Manny Coachen's murder and who was working with others such as Franziska von Karma, Dick Gumshoe, Kay Faraday and Shi-Long Lang. Larry reminded Franziska of her so-called "promise" to pose for his book entitled "Franzy's Whippity Whip Trip" - and needless to say, he was turned down and whipped soundly. In fact, he had been asking her to pose for him ever since the Hazakura Temple case despite all the whipping. Actually, the first time Larry met Miles was while wearing the Steel Samurai costume, and he gave the prosecutor an autograph, and its value rapidly decreased once Miles found out who the Steel Samurai really was. But Larry didn't seem to be affected at all when Miles berated him for getting into another sticky situation and for being the Steel Samurai.
Larry was accused of killing Ka-Shi Nou a.k.a. Mask*DeMasque II in the embassy because the weapon found at the scene (though not the actual murder weapon) was the Steel Samurai sword, and because of Larry's suspicious actions, which were once again due to a girl he liked. Mindy, who played the Pink Princess, had caught his eye, and he had wanted to surprise her by climbing down his chimney like Santa Claus. But his plan went awry when a love letter he had sent beforehand ended up in the wrong hands - in Wendy Oldbag's hands. She had subbed for Mindy, and instantly came to the conclusion that she had a stalker. Luckily, Miles was able to prove Larry's innocence - as well as the fact that he does crazy stunts sometimes, such as diving into fountains to retrieve his Iron Infant prop.
However, Larry proved himself by reappearing at a vital moment - just as Miles was backed into a corner by a criminal mastermind. He had finally found the Iron Infant - which, along with its whereabouts, became a vital piece of evidence that gave Miles an advantage. In fact, at first it almost seemed like Larry was only jubilant at having found the Iron Infant, but unwittingly helped solidify Miles' accusations against Quercus Alba.
Personality: Larry Butz is hopelessly romantic and romantically hopeless. He always has some new girlfriend who would become an ex later on. After all, with his unwavering loyalty, uncontrollable impulse and clumsy naivete, it's most likely very easy to take advantage of him and then leave him behind when he no longer entertains you. And when that happens, he breaks down into a sobbing, ranting mess...and eventually moves on to find a new girl. Then he'll be over the moon with his new woman, think that they have something between them, and the cycle repeats itself as Larry is devastated once more after a temporary fling that had been too temporary for his taste. He's an emotional rollercoaster, raving about something good one moment and then whining about being accused for murder (when he's not). For example, he constantly takes note of his best friends' perceived "good luck" with the ladies; they have young female assistants tagging along with them on their cases, and their escapades as lawyers lets them meet interesting women along the way.
It's not just romantic relationships he goes crazy over. Larry will trip all over his own feet to follow his friends and do whatever it takes to help them, although it takes one slip of the tongue or a misinterpretation of something you just said for him to start asking if you really are friends with him. But he strives to do his best - even when he knows that trouble is close by (and usually he doesn't). However, he can be very hesitant to divulge important information due to various reasons - others may not believe him, or it's just too embarrassing and may cost him dearly. Sometimes it takes a bit of persuasion - or even spiritual magic - to get him to just talk when he's put on the hot seat. Or, perhaps he just forgets that easily.
His boyish nature contributes greatly to his extreme moods; he's a bit of a klutz who leaps before looking and is quick to jump to conclusions. It can take a while to get used to his train of thought, which is prone not only to derailment but also to insane turns that only he can make - and is powered by the insatiable desire to prove himself a reliable asset to anyone's circle of friends, or perhaps to show that he is a boyfriend worth keeping. It sounds like an ordinary driving force...until you find out that Larry has once tried to get a girl's attention by writing her a fake blackmail letter, and even forgot to add a salutation. In short, when he sees something - or someone - he likes, he is very determined to reach the finish line, even if he does use unconventional (but legal and well-meaning?) methods. And yet...that doesn't stop him from being prone to bouts of spacing out and general cluelessness. Maybe he shouldn't have stopped at graduating from junior high.
But he's still proud of that fact and the things he can do (or thinks he can do). Though he'll rant about how he really IS a walking contradiction every now and again, it doesn't take long for him to pick himself up again and continue on his merry way, especially when he realizes that though his friends may seem distant at times and even unreasonable (though most of the time they don't mean to and are just being realistic, because Larry's way of thinking tends to deviate from the realistic), they're still around for him, whether they mean to or not.
Small wonder, then, that ever since they were kids, "when something smells, it's always the Butz". Phoenix and Miles know it like a personal mantra and know enough to steer away from the source of trouble (even if he finds them anyway) - or to steer the source away from the trouble. But trouble or no trouble, Larry hardly changes, and remains always the cheerful but somewhat oblivious man eager to put a smile on anyone's face, and who just wants to be loved - or at least, appreciated.
Abilities, Weaknesses and Power Limitations: Larry is 100% human, and has no notable powers to speak of, unless you count his uncanny ability to get into trouble whenever he appears, which should be counted as a supernatural power.
Kidding aside, though often deemed a nuisance by his peers, Larry does try to do whatever he can to help his friends (although he'll get discouraged easily when he gets the vibe that they don't want him around - and that vibe is not uncommon considering his track record). His unwavering loyalty and persistence are assets...and sometimes, causes of his downfall. Even if a recent breakup with a girl turns him into a nervous wreck, he picks himself up afterward and shows up again as if nothing happened. Larry is that friend who will trip all over his own feet to help out, even if everyone else believes he'll most likely mess up and make things worse.
Talent-wise, Larry is an artist. He can make clocks in The Thinker's image - and they're so good that they don't even look like clocks at first glance. Back in elementary school, he showed aptitude for paper crafting, besting Miles Edgeworth of all people at it. Larry was also the erstwhile apprentice of Elise Deauxnim, famous in the children's book industry, even assuming the pseudonym "Laurice Deauxnim" while honing his drawing skills. He got better in the end anyway, before deciding to play the Steel Samurai at a live show.
Clumsiness aside, he may actually show some acting potential; Edgeworth himself admitted that he was "moved" by Larry's performance as the Steel Samurai, although the prosecutor had no idea who was under the mask at that time.
Inventory: Nothing but the clothes on his back. I suppose he might have a wallet in his pockets, even though that's not exactly mentioned in canon.
Appearance: I hope this works!
Age: 23
AU Clarification: N/A
S A M P L E S
Log Sample: Larry felt like he had just ridden the most unpredictable, most death-defying roller coaster of his life. He wobbled on his feet, he had to find a wall and lean against it every several steps, and his mind was a blur. The last thing he remembered was celebrating Phoenix Wright's most recent courtroom victory, a whole lot of confetti, and...
Whatever came afterward was especially blurry. He squinted as if trying to examine something on the wall that was unwittingly helping support him while he tried to piece everything together, or perhaps as if desperately trying to see through the fog of confusion that hung over him at the moment. A scratch of the head didn't help any other significant memories resurface. Larry remembered Miles Edgeworth, Maya Fey, that one witness with the poofy hair...but they were not with him now. He was alone in a strange room that looked like a futuristic...cabin? Clinic, maybe? There were odds and ends he did not know the names of, but the holographic skeleton and the way those beds looked gave off an aura akin to that of a hospital, if hospitals had auras.
He looked down at the ship uniform he was now wearing. Larry was sure he did not check into a futuristic hotel, or go to a science fiction amusement park, or drink till he was so drunk that he didn't know which way was up. Biting his lip, he started walking around the medical bay, looking at whatever he could find, but hesitant to touch anything.
"O-Okay, you guys," he whispered slowly, eyes darting this way and that. His world spun briefly and he covered his mouth, but that wave of nausea was soon past. "C'mon, this is a joke, right? But it's way too late for practical jokes..."
Larry hoped it really was a joke, because everything was becoming more and more real to him with each passing moment.
"You guys can come out now...I-I'm officially freaked...and that tube down my throat was the freakiest thing ever..."
Comms Sample:
[Larry is in the kitchen, holding his device in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. He pans the device around to give people a good look at the kitchen, even though he has the exact same one as pretty much everyone else.]
Y'know, this reminds me of this one time I had a date with this chick who was into sci-fi flicks. A chick into flicks, yeah. [He chuckles at the...pun? Bad joke? Childish attempt at wit?] We went to a space museum where there was a stall that sold astronaut food.
[His face crinkles into an expression between disgust and uncertainty.]
And they meant real astronaut food! Freeze-dried ice cream and stuff you slurp through a tube! Ice cream's not ice cream when it's not creamy, it just doesn't seem right! I'm so glad we have real kitchens here so we don't have to eat freeze-dried everything for the rest of the trip...
Spaceships back home should've had real kitchens too. I bet when the astronauts returned to Earth, the first thing they did was raid the nearest ice cream parlor...
Great. Now I want ice cream. [Larry puts down his coffee cup and starts looking around.]
