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I have a dream that I want to fulfill with you...

[ Well, that was an extraordinary trial to have... it was certainly filled with many things that wouldn't be lost to the memory of most, even for weeks to come. Although, the return to "normalcy" could be something that wouldn't seem like it was wanted, it was better than the alternative to returning to anything at all.

With ease, Mikazuki find himself setting up the usual party in the usual place-- that would be the library of course. Notes have been slipped underneath the doors of others, or hung up on the walls to alert them of this post-trial "celebration" -- which was more like a get-together of some sorts now than a real party. ]

Please join us in the library again. Of course, food and drink will be provided.

- Mikazuki, Orihime, Hanyuu, & Estelle

[ The food and drink has been set out, what with there being tea, vichyssoise, cream puffs, and fish for everyone to enjoy. ]

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Hey now, that sounds awfully accusing Carrots.

[It does kind of sound like shes blaming him for something.. but either way, he doesn't seem too bothered by it.

He leads her outside of the library, stopping a little bit from the door and he turns around to face her while they talk.]

First of all -- here.

[The fox reaches into his pocket and pulls out his envelope from earlier in the week, and hands it off to her. Should she look inside, she'll notice that it says something... familiar.

"Nicholas Wilde has been evading paying his taxes since he started working."]

[Well.

Judy looks up at Nick once she's looked over the letter, remembering...exactly why this secret is not only important to Nick, but to Judy as well. And, if she were back home, she'd be holding onto it to get him to work with her.

But here? She holds it back out once she's through with it.]

...you know I knew about this already. Don't you?

[Why else would he let her, an actual cop working in Zootopia, see it?]

[Nick takes it back with a small nod, but rather than putting it away he just starts to shred it right there with his claws while they talk. He'd rather not have anyone else stumble upon it here, after all.]

I had a hunch. You already knew I was a criminal when we both woke up here, anyway.

[Now that it's in pieces all over the floor, Nick leans his side against the wall and shoves his paws into the pockets of his pants.]

And I bet you've been having "dreams" with me in them too, right?

Dreams...memories. Take your pick, depending on what you believe.

[Judy sighs, putting her paws on her hips. She's not sure if anyone's listening in the library, but it's not like they'd really understand or care about their personal lives.]

Pretty sure "memories" is more like it, considering you know who I was before I had any idea the ZPD hired a cutesy-wutesy little bunny for their squad.

[Nick pulls out one of his paws then, and holds up two finger....s.... do animals have fingers we just dont know]

We've had two of 'em so far, yeah? The first one I had; You were getting us in trouble with one of the biggest crime bosses in Tundratown and the second......

[...]

The second..... isn't really important, but you were in there too.

[Judy nods, though her...brows furrow at what Nick says.]

I don't remember anything like that, but you have been in both of mine so far, too. The first, I was...using the information you just destroyed to get you to help me solve a case.

...the second was a lot more complicated than that. But you were there too.

[SHE'S...not sure she wants to talk about it out in the hallway, but maybe Nick won't ask?]

[Nah, he won't ask as long as she doesn't ask about his because..... Y I K E S]

So you blackmailed me into helping you, huh? Pretty clever for a carrot farmer.

[That gets a little smirk out of Nick.]

And lemme guess -- the case you were solving was about predators going savage, right?

[Considering his last memory and hearing something about someone darting every predator in town for something or another and the news talking about a bunny being killed by a savage fox... it's not hard to piece that together.]

[Judy smiles back, though her usual sass isn't...really there.]

I'm not some dumb bunny, you should know that even if you don't remember me saying it.

[She's pretty well convinced these are memories now, especially when Nick accurately guesses the topic of the case...the MANY cases that had been solved.]

That...is correct, yes. I thought Mr. Otterton had just gone missing, but...there was more to it than that. A lot more.

[Judy takes a breath, her expression looking...conflicted.]

I don't think that police uniform you woke up in was there on accident, Nick. I don't know how you ever came into having it, but I know for a fact that you were working with me to solve the case.

Well, it'd make sense that I'd be rewarded for helping you solve a case, right? I don't know why I'd ever agree to becoming a cop, but maybe there's a good reason for it that neither of us can see.

[Nick gives a small shrug. He's really surprised that she's even alive if her memory's been wiped.. he was sure he killed her when he woke up a week ago covered in sweat but maybe.. maybe something happened to prevent that from happening, somehow.]

Anyway, I hate to say it but if everything we've remembered is right... that means we're partners, Hopps. And I doubly hate to say it -- but if we want to get out of here then we should probably start getting along a little better.

At least until we're back in Zootopia.

[Judy takes a long, slow breath. Looking at Nick, after the memory she had at the beginning of the week...is painfully hard. She remembers the pain and confusion in his eyes when she'd blathered on about predators reverting to their savage ways. Like he'd really cared about what she had to say.

"And here I thought someone believed in me."

The rabbit's eyes close for a moment before she nods, her paws gripping her hips.]

I can't say you aren't a bad guy, Nick. But you're not a bad guy. You've actually helped with these investigations, sort of, and you haven't killed anyone.

So, I guess...I'm willing to try and see past our differences if it means an easier time trying to figure our way out of this mess.

Great.

[Nick says this... well, kind of unimpressed. But he offers his paw out to her anyway, for a good old fashioned hand....... paw-shake.]

Try not to get me killed before we can get out of here, okay?

[...well. Judy eyes his paw for a moment, but after some deliberation she reaches out and takes it in her own.]

Weren't you the one who said you weren't dumb enough to let yourself get killed so easily? If it would be anyone's fault, it would be yours, Wilde.

[The smile on Nick's face looks sweet, but she might feel him squeeze her paw a little too tight.]

Hmm, and it'll probably be a certain "determined" bunny who would drag me into some kind of crazy mess that got me killed in the first place.

[He'll let go of her paw then, and lean against the wall.]

But let's not place our bets on anything, yet.

[Yeah, the squeeze isn't missed. She pulls her paw away pretty quick after the handshake is over, folding her arms across her chest.]

Well let me ask you a question while I'm here, Nick.

How well have you been getting along with the others, here?

Uh... enough not to go around plotting any murders or anything, if that's what you're asking.

[He's a small, cute little fox Judy.. how dare you suggest such a thing even though that's not at all what you suggested.]

...no. It's not. I'm asking because if you're going to work with me, you're going to have to learn to get along with and work with everyone else, too.

I...we might be officers, but this is also a group effort.

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