#and then idk SOMETHING happens and apollo is arrested or something and klavier shows up at the waa and he’s like heyyyy i need to be a

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klapollo week day 7: aa4 sequel

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Super sexy aa7 ideas that will never happen

*puts on my clown shoes

Themes: “the worst times are when lawyers have to smile their brightest, but you can’t be a lawyer 24/7” “sometimes (esp now) the system is WRONG”

CASE 1

Klavier Gavin prosecutes, because society has progressed beyond needing Paynes

And if the widespread complaint is that he’s too nice, this position is perfect

Make a witty remark abt feeling demoted >:(

Athena and Trucy dream team girls

Murder took place at a theater/has something to do with acoustics, to ~fit the characters~

Maybe Lamiroir was there 👀

Phoenix is once again a witness, but hes less infuriating. But still fucking funny infuriating

He mentions his college degree, vaguely. Pressing him reveals nothing.

Also address that TRUCY AND KLAVIER PROBABLY HAVE SOME TRAUMA FROM MURDERS AT THEIR PERFORMANCES

Defend a rando

The twist: the murder only could’ve been committed by someone with superhuman hearing, so Athena’s senses are vital here!!

End: the culprit tries to psychologically fuck with everyone, but Athena stays strong, maybe uses some noise cancelling headphones, and corners the SHIT out of them

Also, there’s a new judge. A higher judge than your normal judge, who is a boomer. BOOMER JUDGE

Post-trial: a comment about all them missing Apollo…

CASE 2

Athena vs Franziska von Karma

Athena calls her out on the whipping if that’s still a thing

[Maybe Trucy is there again for extra spice,,,] but Solo Thena would be EPIC

NEW FRANZISKA DESIGN

Maybe we can bring Maya back here, but NOT ACCUSE HER FOR MURDER

Or accuse her at the scene but quickly disprove it

Idk also address her trauma

Wow this is turning into ATHENA CYKES- ACE THERAPIST

Put Simon there too because he’s hilarious

Maybe him and Maya are casually attending Comic-Con for the Steel Samurai panel

Defendant: some toxic celebrity with DRAMA

the twist: the murderer was targeting several high-profile ppl, but only killed like. A janitor instead. They aren’t found OR arrested, but you get a not guilty by… indicting their accomplice. And it HURTS but you have to or its your not-guilty kinda-a-dick client that gets guilty

New judge plays by the written rules, so u can’t ague ur case

Franziska is skeptical of the Accomplice’s guilt, but she lets the verdict go because your client is innocent.

Athena cries to Phoenix about how she feels like she fricked up b/c she empathizes with the accomplice but also everyone, Phoenix does his best dad comfort—this is the truth that’s allowed in the confines of their court system.

CASE 3

NARUMITSU DATE

Open with a call from Maya. She loudly thanks the god/the holy mother for this

MURDER!!! AT THE VENUE  

Kay and Sebastian are there

GUMSHOEEEEE (OLDER SPRITE??? Higher salary?? Maggey too?)

Classic Wright vs Edgeworth

All the options are flirty

Everything is an innuendo

Trucy co-council is embarrassed by ur Old Man Flirting (NEW SPRITES)

Lampshade conflict of interest what with dating opposing council. Gloss over it completely

Phoenix’s college degree is vaguely mentioned to be helping him. This is Not elaborated on

The murder is some crazy shit that basically parodies the whole series

TWO SETS OF EVIL TWINS

3 cross poisonings and with INTERESTING results of chemicals mixing (Ema: 👀)

All the dying messages were faked

Handedness contradiction.

Some gross old guy appears, but you can punch him

The murder weapon goes from bloody knife with defendants fingerprints on it to glass shards of a broken bottle to an icicle to an overly spikey piece of hair

EXTRATERRITORIAL RIGHTS

For extra funnies: BOOMER JUDGE IS NOT USED TO THIS. They are the straight person of this comedy clown case.

For extra feels (the twist): Phoenix actually has an emotional breakdown on one of the investigation days. Maybe Trucy gets put at risk again, or something with poisoning, or even something with Kay or Seb (to show how much Phoenix cares, in general) and we address all the shit that he’s gone thru

Awkward comforting by miles

HUG SPRITE/ART

CASE 4

(shoves Klavier into Khura’in) GO FAKEGERMANBOY GO

Play as Apollo (khura’inese clothes sprites)

KLAVIER CO-COUNCIL (CASUAL SPRITES?? Put his hair up in a bun capcom im begging)

ADRESS AA4

Maybe at the end of one investigation, theres just. A heartfelt talk.

Ok ill make it heavy (b/c if its lighthearted these fuckos will never talk about their feelings)

LAMIROIR IS HERE TOO??

TRUCY ALSO- im sorry truce im shoving you everywhere because I want you to develop

maybe she and Klavier are like, performer bros

Apollo is happy that Trucy is but also feels alienated, like AA6 totally pulled him from his AA4 roots [COUGH]

CASUAL TRUCY SPRITE??? I would cry capcom

Nahyuta, Rayfa, and Apollo being awkward but trying (and mostly succeeding) siblings, Amara being a scary but p good queen momther

FRANZISKA INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTING??? Idk it’d be epic tho

She roasts Klavier so bad

Though he is very smart so she just roasts his terrible German

Resolve the Gramarye siblings here?

Include something with gender dysphoria to contrast how they butchered Robin Newman???

This is huge headcanon territory here tho

The Twist: realizing that this case cannot POSSIBLY be resolved in 3 fucking days. Also that Apollo is so backlogged that hes stressed and he probably needs help

Also someone tries to frame Klavier with his Gavinners-brand shoeprints

End: answer yes/no to Klavier working at Justice Law Offices. The choice affects his dialogue with Apollo in 7-5

CASE 5

Some fuckin. International level scandal

Elaborate on whatever the fuck “the phantom” was spying for? btw is the same that the culprits froms 7-2 and 7-4. maaybe 7-1?

And it involves MORE AUDITORIUMS

Open w/ calling Trucy, whos in the states. She mentions that Klavier casually got a Japanifornian defense attorney badge. Cue exasperation/fondness/incredulity (I promise this is relevant)

In Khura’in

Starts small- like a robbery, which leads to an attempt on Thalassa’s life. Again

Athena gets to therapy her

Then someone high-profile actually fucking dies

Athena (co-council Apollo) vs FINAL BOSS FRANZISKA

Lots of investigating with them

Talk about space center and grief

The twist: a person with low emotional output is framed, but they are innocent because LOWER EMOTIONAL REACTIONS DOESN’T MAKE YOU FUCKING EVIL

The other twist: Bring in 7-2 framed person for a character witness, show that they’re innocent. Athena is panicking because of Fear(?) so Apollo is determined to Do Something, and points out how this only happened because the system is Stupid and calls Klavier and Trucy

BECAUSE:

At the same time, there’s a stateside investigation. some botched, continued interreference at the Space Station

Klavier can pull an Edgeworth and investigate with Trucy

With parently narumitsu

Klavier talks about Apollo a lot, Trucy calls him out on it

Nahyuta is prosecuting this case

Depending on the relations between Klavier and Nahyuta established in 7-4, this will be hilarious or disastrous

Protective Yuty route: makes scathing comments about petty parts of Klavier- a petty-off

Teasing Yuty route: brings it up whenever Klavier talks about Apollo. Rlly funny banter. Klavier showing more human emotions sprites!!

Revisit the Space Center and get emo. Simon is here, arguing with Nahyuta

Because the cases go to trial simultaneously, the comment about the wrong conviction in 7-2 can be brought to the Japanifornian courts by Klavier and Trucy

They argue that Athena was forced to do that to spare an innocent and press HARD for legal reform

They call in Chief Prosecutor Edgeworth for reforms??

They also start a twitter war (that can be investigation minigame) and get public opinion up abt it

Yuty vouches for change, w/ khura’in as evidence

SO AA4 CAN GET KINDA RESOLVED!!

DUNK ON BOOMER JUDGE

BONUS: CASE 6: TURNABOUT CHILLOUT

Phoenix vs Franziska

Larry time

Scruffy time

Idk man. No more international stuff, just good old fashioned cleaning up ur shitty dad’s messes amiright

Resolve things with the Shelly card?

oldbag cameo but you file a restraining order

help trucy and pearls with college

TLDR: Athena actually tracks an international conspiracy that has weight, the AJ gang once again changes the system, Phoenix gets emotional resolution, Franziska helps international stuff AND gets emotional resolution, and i finally stop trying to throw hands with capcom. 

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My Wants for AA7

I have ideas, you guys. Lots of them. Too many, in fact. And not all of them are good or complete.

btw NONE of this is in my actual fanfic for what I want AA7 to be about, so don’t worry about being spoiled by anything you see here.

We have another timeskip, short this time as it’s been 2 or 3 years since SoJ. Apollo comes back to visit the office to find that Athena’s kind of running the show; she’s a respectable and professional lawyer with a good head on her shoulders. Maybe he didn’t expect that, maybe he thought she’d be kind of ditzy, but she’s grown up a bit. Blackquill’s there, too, and he’s the same as before, maybe a bit softer. Apollo asks what’s up, Simon basically shrugs and says she’s gotten older. Maybe she reminds him of Metis or whatever.

Then something happens, Apollo gets arrested for some plot-related reasons, and who does he have to turn to? None other than Athena! Mr. Wright is on vacation again, for some reason, and nobody wants to talk about it!

And...Who’s that prosecutor? It’s...Klavier Gavin! And Gavin’s the tutorial prosecutor because he literally does go easy on them since he knows them both. Judge can be the normal judge for a bit.

When that case is cleared up, hoooo boy, get ready, saddle up, we’re going to Borginia! Yes, you read right. Borginia. And guess what? Phoenix is there, yeah, that’s where he was vacationing to. Of course Trucy comes along. He and Edgeworth were actually following a lead, and Miles didn’t wanna be alone for it. Wonder why. Then...Idk, something happens, maybe Edgeworth gets taken or wounded or something, maybe it’s a big mystery, and Phoenix has to be a lawyer in Borginia now. But then...oh dear, look who’s back...

This is an international case! And an international case requires an international prosecutor! And who else to prosecute a case where the chief prosecutor is missing than the one-and-only Prosecutor Franziska von Karma, back at last, Detective Gumshoe by her side, promoted and wearing a new coat.

For that case, the defendant is a ~mysterious~ woman with brown hair and a lovely voice. Boy I wonder who it could be.

Back home, Athena and Apollo take on a normal case, Nahyuta calls up at some point, maybe, and we get to hear about the progress being made in Khura’in or something. The filler 3rd case can be about noodles again or something. Maybe Kay shows up as a detective like I’ve always hoped and wished and dreamed, but the new prosecutor is kind of...lack-luster, weird, egocentric a bit...but dedicated and passionate! Prosecutor Sebastian Debeste! In the flesh! For real!

And, better than that? Juniper! As a judge! We get a whole new type of judging from this judge, and it’s called “actually being smart for once!” Athena is assisting again, so we get to play as Apollo this time, but Athena’s way more knowledgeable about the process, and she’s not as green as she used to be.

Alright. So that case is done, we get to case 4, and...oh no! Edgeworth is still missing! And, at this point, Athena hears about it! So everybody gets on a plane again, Apollo joins in. Phoenix is still with the defendant from the last trial! Athena’s all like, “Oh, Mr. Wright, I didn’t know you have a giiiiiiiiiirrrllllfffrrrriieeennnd!” to which Phoenix has to tell the whole thing where he defended her and everything. Apollo’s like, “Hey, wait a minute, I’ve seen this lady before!” And then Trucy gasps, and then Athena gasps, and then Phoenix gasps, and then Apollo gasps, and then....

Yeah! It’s Thalassa/Lamiroir/Apollo and Trucy’s biological mother! So Apollo demands an explanation, and...

Everybody say it with me, now. I know you know the words.

“Phoenix, tell them they’re siblings!!”

And Phoenix FUCKING TELLS THEM FINALLY THANK GOD

And maybe the international incident gets solved because there was a big bad guy who was, I dunno, trying to steal Miles because??? Because....? Because something something von Karma or whatever. I DON’T NEED A REASON BECAUSE I KNOW IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AND IT MAKES ME SO SAD THAT PROBABLY THE OPPOSITE OF THIS WILL ALL BE TRUE AND I’M GONNA CRY