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greentrickster · 3 years

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the musical aspect can also be worked in with how gen 2 casts - apollo's sharpshooting may be voice-based (not entirely how soundwaves work, with how they tend to fly off in all directions, but still), sebastian defends the area by p much conducting everything in a certain radius ("it's like turning every other instrument down and telling you guys to solo", that sort of thing), klavier air-guitars? his buff/debuff aspect comes from viewing combatants as strings that he can hold or release

i'll admit i haven't thought the "talent is related to how they cast" thing very deeply through but it just seems like fun. also klavir deserves the air-guitar special move, as a treat

I’ll also admit, I have thought about this - Klavier being able to summon a guitar and slam a power chord to do an attack, Sebastian waving his baton to- hm, wait a minute. (thinks some more) Okay, new plan!

At first, there’s no musical motif at all in the boys’ attacks, they’re just doing everything bare-handed. Once they start to bond as friends, however, they all get a power-boost via items they can now manifest, and the fact that they bonded over music shapes the form their new items take. These items act as focuses for their powers, helping them visualize what they want to do better.

Klavier, naturally, gets a guitar, buffs being done with quick bursts of power music, debuffs being more jangley, harsh riffs. The guitar is also sturdy enough that he can use it as a blunt-force instrument in battle, because what self-respecting aspiring rock star doesn’t at least secretly want the chance to whack someone or something with a guitar at least once? He is learning guitar outside of all this, and as he gets better over the years and his music gets more complex his abilities will get more refined. As he grows older and more powerful, the guitar will also become less necessary for anything other than using as a weapon, and air-guitaring, as you mentioned, will be all he needs to do to use his powers. One of the advantages his transformed state has is that he doesn’t have to warm up before playing.

Sebastian, also naturally, gets his baton, and was already using conducting-ish moves before getting his item, just because his powers lend themselves to that kind of movement. I guess I should clarify at this point - while Klavier’s abilities work on beings, Sebastian’s work on the world around him. He can cause the ground to rise or lower or form holes, get nearby vines or ropes to ensaire things and enemies, that sort of thing. He can also enhance the landscape he’s manipulating to a certain extent, make it more durable so it can better work as a shield or something similar. His baton will help increase his focus and expand the range of how much he can effect and how far that effect can go. As with Klavier, the baton will eventually become unnecessary as he gets older and stronger, but he’ll probably keep summoning it because the weight in his hand is reassuring. Formal study of conducting will also help him refine his abilities.

Apollo’s the hardest one, but I think his focus item will be his bracelet, with it going from simply a keepsake from his parents to something he can actually use in battle to help him gauge how long he needs to charge an attack. As much fun as it would be to have him sing to use his spells, this is still Apollo, so he probably shouts. As with the other two, outside training - vocals for him - will help him refine his powers, and like Klavier being transformed means he doesn’t have to warm up first. I dunno, I get the feeling that in this AU, singing is more of a special, quiet thing for Apollo that he doesn’t want to take into battle at first, so he shouts instead, and when he finally does get comfortable using it this way his voice is opera-singer levels of strong, and it’s less pretty and melodious and more somewhat musical wrath of the gods. Pretty singing is for outside of battle. His attacks work along the lines of ‘point and shoot while shouting’ and ‘cup both hands to you mouth and yell.’

Should any of the boys’ focus items get damaged during battle, that’s it for the item for that battle, but it will be repaired and okay the next time the boy transforms. Apollo nearly has a heart attack when his bracelet is first broken because keepsake, and there’s a bonding/comforting moment with him, Nahyuta, and the others afterwards, and also some reassurance and comfort from the first gen. Its reforming unharmed in the next battle is probably what prompts Apollo to finally bring his song into battle with him. (This probably happens quite late in the game, not long before the final battle, or possibly even right before and then during the final battle.)

And, just to remind everyone she’s here and also go over her stuff some, Kay’s powers involve stealth - hiding her presence, sneaking, enhancing her senses to be able spy more effectively, that sort of thing - and she’s also got moderate level defense and attack abilities. She came into her power solo as opposed to part of a team, so her power set formed for her to be able to be effective on her own. As mentioned before, her abilities are refined by outside training, with Kay studying parkour, karate, and general stealth stuff. She’s perfect for spying on the enemy, or dropping into the thick of enemies Klavier has debuffed and using the terrain Sebastian’s manipulated to take out crowds, so Apollo can focus his attacks on the tougher enemies. The team can function without Kay, but her presence and aid are definitely useful.

Thanks for the ask!

#ask #notreallybrave #The Ace Magical (Boys) AU #klavier gavin #sebastian debeste #apollo justice #kay faraday #ace attorney

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antiquery · 4 years

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some npcs from my current campaign:

apollo paladin whose fundamental concept is “what if joan of arc got to grow up.” twentysome human woman who traded in human feeling for her oath and is thus the platonic ideal of lawful good. has a greatsword named “lightbringer”

another apollo paladin, this time a very buff and beautiful but very stupid aasimar, and his best friend, a halfling rogue with a brooklyn accent and a heart of gold. signature combat move is “get help.” both of them think of the other as their sidekick.

extremely excitable and nerdy conjuration phd student and her very tired old drow advisor, who despite his gruff demeanor loves her like a daughter

gnome artificer brothers, one of whom is a teenage whiz kid who specializes in mechanical familiars and the other of whom is a skyship engineer

nonbinary extremely noble and wealthy elven swashbuckler who flirts with everyone, and their significantly more reserved gunslinging older sister

they lived as a man for the first hundred years of their life, then got bored with that and lived as a woman for the next hundred years, then got tired of that. they’re not sure if genderlessness will stick (little does when you’re a high elf), but they’re enjoying it so far.

silver fox fantasy-egyptian tiefling dealer in magical antiques (the party’s current client)

the separatists, an underground cadre of anarchists working to free the world not only from the draconic council that rules over the five kingdoms, but to dissolve the very laws of reality themselves

cherubic-looking noble magician from the far north, who was in fact secretly a necromancer working for the separatists, and who sacrificed himself to bring an ancient and forgotten lich lord into the world

said ancient lich lord, currently possessing the party’s erstwhile mentor. nobody knows who he is, what he wants, or how to defeat him.

#notebook #stormbringers #y'all this campaign is SO GOOD #it's REGENCY STEAMPUNK it's a MESS i'm having the BEST TIME

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turnabout4what · 5 years

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Ace Attorney Case Structure

Now that I’m getting closer to writing the casefic section of my story, I’ve been outlining Ace Attorney cases, and it’s super interesting!

Breakdown of Turnabout Revolution Day 1 under the cut, if you’re curious! (Bonus points to anyone who knows why I chose that case in particular)

Here’s an outline that I did on Google Sheets:

(Here’s a link if that was blurry: https://tmblr.co/ZVskxt2jFKEiV)

A lot of information, but here’s a how-to guide based on what I learned!

Each case comes with two separate stories of what happened: the beginning explanation (the A story) and the truth (the B story). Each piece of evidence represents a moment where a piece of the original story is being corrected to the truth.

1. Start with the prosecution giving an opening statement. Opening statements generally contain only universally accepted accounts of the facts, and end with the prosecution (or plaintiff, in this case) formally accusing the defendant.

1.1: If, and only if, having the defendant testify will make them look bad (think Wocky and Dhurke), the defendant will testify here.

2. This is always followed by an expert witness who explains why the prosecution/plaintiff is correct. In America, this is a detective (or rarely some other member of law enforcement, like Angel Starr or Blackquill). In Khura’in, this is the Divination Seance.

The defense will generally find some tiny ray of hope in the detective’s testimony. Cue the prosecution smirking and declaring that they’ll crush that tiny ray of hope with eyewitness testimony.

3. At this point, an eyewitness will appear, and they’ll either be an “eccentric” or an “enigma.”

Eccentrics can be:

Oddball murderers (Paul Atishon, Florent L’Belle, Geiru Toneido). They’re lying because they’re guilty.

Morally Questionable (Phineas Filch, Sal Manella, Wesley Stickler, Myriam Scuttlebutt). They’re lying because they want to hide their own guilt.

Totally clueless. Often recurring characters (Larry Butz, Lotta Hart, Wendy Oldbag, Mike Meekins, Maggey Byrde) but not always (Spark Brushel). They’re lying because they don’t actually know what happened.

Enigmas can be:

Mysterious/creepy murderers (Damon Gant, Kristoph Gavin, Dee Vasquez). Lying because they’re guilty.

Transformers (Datz Are’bal, Olga Orly). Secretly dorks, undergo a costume change and become an eccentric. Lying because they have something to hide.

Unable to talk (Lamiroir, Bonnie de Famme). These guys are lying because they aren’t allowed to tell the truth.

The overcomers (Uendo Toneido, Armie Buff, Hugh O’Connor). Especially common when Athena’s involved. These guys are lying because they have to overcome some emotional obstacle before they can tell the truth.

Either way, you’ll blow a hole in their testimony, and they’ll be shown to be unreliable.

4. The court will hit a standstill, only for the prosecution to reveal that they have another way to prove their case. Alternatively, the prosecution crushes your contradiction, leaving things seeming hopeless, but not enough to end the case entirely. A recess often happens here, or the case is dismissed for the day.

5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 as needed to correct all of the flaws in the beginning explanation. Note: sometimes the prosecution will present evidence that brings everyone closer to the truth, too! Some prosecutors more than others.

You don’t have to go directly from the “A story” to the “B story.” You can add a “C story” too. In Turnabout for Tomorrow, the “A story” was guilty Blackquill, the “B story” was guilty Phantom, and the “C story” was guilty Athena. In day 2 of Turnabout Revolution, the “A story” was guilty Dhurke, the “B story” was guilty Ga’ran, the “C story” was guilty Amara, and the “D story” was guilty Nahyuta.

6. Finally, just as you’re about to reach the truth, there will be a twist.

Evidence twist. You reach the end of the case and discover that you can’t prove anything.

Moral twist. An innocent person will die if you successfully win the case, or something like that.

Event twist. You just proved your own client Not Guilty, but now they’re testifying to their own guilt!

Factual twist. There’s a contradiction in your own logic and nothing makes sense-- he’s definitely the culprit, but his alibi is rock solid!

7. Moment of encouragement-- someone will encourage you not to give up, either in reality or in memory.

8. Eureka moment. In later games, this is accompanied by the thought route.

9. Culprit has a breakdown. Happy ending!

So, to use this framework on Turnabout Revolution day 1...

1. Phoenix gave his opening statement and formally accused Dhurke of stealing the orb.

2. Ema is brought to the stand to testify about how Buff was a thief. Apollo proves that Atishon lent the orb to Buff willingly.

3. Oddball murderer Atishon takes the stand to explain that even if he let Buff borrow the orb, it’s still his. Apollo shows that there’s a strong possibility that the artifact is the Founder’s Orb, and never belonged to Atishon.

4. Everyone realizes that the trial is going nowhere. Phoenix switches gears and tries to prove that the dragons have no rights to the orb because they murdered Dr. Buff.

5. Atishon testifies again. Armie Buff, a new “overcomer” enigma, takes the stand. Atishon returns to the stand.

6. After Apollo nearly proved that the artifact in question was definitely the Founder’s Orb and that Atishon murdered Dr. Buff, there’s a moral twist. If Apollo wins, Maya will die. Apollo nearly gives up.

7. Dhurke gives a “Never yield” speech. Apollo is inspired.

8. Apollo realizes that Atishon can’t actually hurt Maya.

9. Atishon breaks down. Happy ending!

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I’m not sure if any of that made sense, but that’s how I see Ace Attorney cases working. I’ve been using the same spreadsheet to plot out my own casefic, and it works fantastic.

This isn’t a be-all-end-all by any means-- just some thoughts I’ve had. There are always exceptions to every rule.

Hope that this was helpful, or at the very least entertaining!

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #boitrilogy #spirit of justice spoilers

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buckyeagan · 5 years

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Popular Queen Songs - Asks - I have some asks further more: "Save me": Whom would you protect at all costs? - "The Invisible Man": Which event of human history would you secretly witness yourself? - "A kind of Magic": If one of your dreams could come true, what would it be? (these questions just come to my mind, if they are to personal please don't feel pressured to answer them ;-) ...)

Thank you so much!💜💜💜 I read this incorrectly and was wondering where you got the questions at first before realizing you’d made them! It’s so cool that you came up with new ones!☺️

Save Me- Whom would you protect at all costs?: The Slytherin in me says myself but that’s not a very good answer. So I suppose I’d probably go with my parents. They’ve done more for me than I can really put into words and I really don’t know what I’d do without them

The Invisible Man- Which event of human history would you secretly witness yourself?: Is Live Aid too obvious of an answer? I actually think about this quite a bit because I’m a rather big history buff. My answers change constantly so I can never really pinpoint one event that I’d want to see most. I would’ve loved to see the Apollo 11 launch. I also would love to go back to see Star Wars when it actually premiered in 1977. Then the rest of the things are sort of war related because that’s where my history interests have always been

A kind of Magic- If one of your dreams could come true, what would it be?: Hm...there’s so many. So growing up I actually always planned on going into musical theater. As I got older I realized my multitude of mental health problems was going to make that difficult and I sort of changed career paths. I would love to have been able to actually pursue that and not let everything hold me back in that regard

#asks #queen asks

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ohheymickey · 4 years

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a sample of my writing

fandom: percy jackson and the olympians, the heroes of olympus

prompt: I was wondering if you could do a mpreg frank/percy one where frank just gave birth to their second child, but he feels insecure because he no longer is super ripped and buff because of being pregnant. Percy figures this out and then loves on him a lot and tells frank how beautiful he is no matter what his size and, and he will always love the mother (hehe) of their children

work: chapter 9, Rare Pairs - Only the Best by oh_hey_mickey on AO3 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/14773193/chapters/35181587

words: 1,066

It all started when Frank, a wildly blushing 20 year old, had asked Percy, 22 years old, out on a date. They went on a few dates before officially getting together, and everyone seemed pretty proud of the two boys. After four years of dating, Frank got pregnant, bearing Misty, their first child. They got married that summer.

Misty, now three years old, was an exact replica of Percy. He had glimmering green eyes, curious and slightly mischievous. He had messy jet-black hair, falling into his eyes. He never once got a professional haircut because first, Percy wanted to, and then Frank wanted to too, so it became a ‘thing’ to get to cut his hair once every two months.

Misty always had at least two Band-Aids on him, with his clumsiness. He had Percy’s powers, and along with being able to talk to horses, breathe and manipulate water, make earthquakes and such, he seemed to have a knack for taming sea creatures. Once, when Percy took him out onto the ocean on a motorboat, he turned his back for a second and when he turned again, the little rascal was petting a shark as if it was a dog. At first, Percy had thought it was Frank, but he was proven wrong when a whale came up from under them and steered them away.

Fourteen months ago, Frank got pregnant again. He had their second child, Fox, who was almost as mischievous as Misty. At birth, instead of coming out crying, Fox had come out sneezing. Every time he would sneeze, he would turn into a different animal. Since his most common animal had been an arctic fox, Frank insisted that they named him such.

Fox took more after Frank this time. He had straight, black hair, and deep brown eyes. He was a little chubby with the baby fat, and he had the biggest cheeks that Percy swore he ever saw. He had to suffer through having said cheeks pinched by every elderly woman who passed, and Frank’s mother would always try and get him to turn into a grizzly bear whenever they visited. Sally would hold him in her lap, whispering to him softly while Percy would watch fondly from across the room.

The family was at the beach in Camp Half Blood, relaxing for the summer. Misty was sitting in the shallow water, playing with a lionfish he managed to attract, and Fox was sitting beside Frank, both in seal form.

“Hey, come on in! The water’s amazing!” Percy yelled, waving at his husband. The only reaction he got from either his son or husband was a little bark from Fox. He laughed a little, watching Misty and walking out of the water. He figured he’d be able to deal with it if the fish got too excited by himself.

“What’s wrong, Frankie?” Percy asked, kneeling in the sand. Fox immediately clambered over to sit in his lap, turning into a sphinx cat halfway there. His dad laughed a little before sitting cross-legged in front of Frank, who was still in seal form. “Why don’t you want to come in?”

Frank usually went into animal form when he was feeling self-conscious. Seal happened to be his favourite at the moment, because Percy couldn’t resist his literal puppy seal eyes. He would pout until Percy would carry him to bed and cuddle with him and their kids.

This time, Percy wasn’t giving in. He gave him his fatherly glare until there was a human in front of him. Frank was fully clothed, with pants and a hoodie in this summer weather. Percy was sweating just looking at him. The man got up from laying down and curled up against Percy, trying to get into his lap along with Fox.

“Frank, are you okay?” Percy asked, stroking Frank’s back. “Why’re you wearing all that clothes?”

When Percy tried to slip his hand under the hoodie, Frank pushed it away. He said softly, “I just don’t want to swim, okay?”

“I just… you still have all your muscle and you practically have no fat on your body. I used to be almost twice your size in muscle, and now I’m all… flabby.”

“Frank?” Percy asked, genuinely surprised. He didn’t think his husband was flabby at all, only that he was just as beautiful as he was when they first met.

“Ever since I got pregnant, I couldn’t get all my muscle mass back, and it just got replaced with fat, and now I’m ugly,” Frank said, furrowing his eyebrows and hugging himself. Percy frowned, concerned.

“Frank, you have never been ugly ,” Percy said, seeming disgusted by the very thought of it. He didn't want Frank to think about himself like that. “I didn’t think you’d think that.”

“Yeah, well, I used to be all attractive and stuff, but now I’m not even handsome enough to be on the beach,” Frank mumbled, looking down at his body.

“Oh please. No one here can even compare to you, love,” Percy scoffed, completely confident. Frank smiled a little, and Misty came over and plopped down into Frank’s lap.

“You’re so pretty, Mommy,” he said. Percy laughed while Frank blushed.

“Misty, I told you, I’m Papa, not Mommy,” Frank insisted, still blushing as hard as ever.

“You’re so beautiful,” Percy sighed dreamily. He was gazing at Frank in a way that made him look away and blush like a schoolgirl.

“Shut up, Seaweed Brain,” Frank tried, and Percy continued, unaffected.

“Well listen up, Mommy, you’re the most handsome person on this beach, and that’s even including me,” Percy teased. “And I wouldn’t choose the sun over you.”

“Be careful or Apollo will give you a sunburn,” Frank chuckled. He was trying to hide his embarrassment because he wasn’t used to being pampered like this. He secretly liked it, though, coming from his husband.

“Not the point, Teddy Bear,” Percy tittered. “What I’m saying is that you shouldn’t be so hard on yourself. All that fat you’re talking about comes from carrying children, okay?” Percy smiled joyously, placing his hands on Frank’s stomach. “This fat comes from you making other humans in your own body, and that’s fu–freaking awesome!”

“Okay, fine. Whatever, you win,” Frank sighed dramatically. “But you better start letting me work out with you now.”

“If you get pregnant again, you’re not moving a muscle!”

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #heroes of olympus #frank zhang #pjo #pjo fandom #fanfic #fanfiction #percy jackson fanfic #writer #archive of our own #ao3 #ao3 author #mpreg #frank zhang/percy jackson #lgbtq #lgbtq fanfiction #ohheymickey

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pinksweatergettingbetter · 7 years

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warning, the following has mainly snarky (and possibly furious) opinions on Spirit of Justice. Reader discretion is advised.

alright... here we go. we’re starting the big one. this... thing is almost over.

we’re going back to........ kooraheen to finish this.

time to strap in for the long haul.

did Dhurke hijack the PP show or was he just watching it and he decided to make that speech at his TV

i honestly can’t tell because of the weird way the scene was set. it looks like a reflection from a TV screen, but it also fades like a broadcast being intercepted...

fuck I'm just distracted by Dhurke’s stupid voice. and uncomfortable at the actress playing Rayfa. imagine being the princess and having your favourite show turn you into a weird damsel in distress being manhandled by ninjas. gross.

also yay! they’ve got the indiana jones orb!! time to melt off some faces...

ok it was a hijacked show... ...why is there a news report on this in America? Are American troupes assisting in the Kooraheenese war?

“Daaaa-aaaad. What’re you up to thiiiiis time???”

i love how not-giving-a-shit-about-it apollo is here. and by love it i mean hate it.

oh, your long-lost adoptive father just happens to pop up on television starting a revolution, and this is the first time you’ve heard from him in like 20 years? huh, no big deal.

AND ACE ATTORNEY TURNS INTO THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW

oh noooo... he’s one of THESE guys... ururughhhhghghgh

“Wait... don’t tell me you haven’t told anyone about me, son?”

“I’m sorry, dad, it’s just you didn’t exist up until now...”

“you just show up here without warning after all this time... what gives?”

apollo’s got a point there, pa. also Dhurke’s theme reminds me of Coach Oleander’s from Psychonauts

Apollo just instinctively knows that nobody wants to be around him unless they’re getting labour out of him. That’s... honestly really depressing. I mean I know it’s supposed to be a joke but I just can’t bring myself to laugh.

its just... apollo is legitimately so bitter and sad that i just feel awful for him.

yeesh... this whole thing just started off super sour.

wait, the piano has sentimental value to phoenix? they mentioned he never practiced on it and he didn’t like being a piano player... does that mean this piano is something phoenix just happened to own, and has its own backstory? I WANNA KNOW

(snerk)

ok thats mean but it did make me laugh

the JACKET IS APOLLO’S

IT IS APOLLO’S

HOLY SHIT

the rest of this case can be total shit but at least we figured out the mystery of the discarded red jacket.

“our houseplant was called apollo”

“was it a cactus?”

“How’d you guess?”

“cause apollo doesn’t get enough hugs, either!”

apollos dad is so cool he reads his son’s personal shit out loud. what a great guy!

“That’s too bad! You seem like you’d be a fun, cool guy to hang out with!”

when he wasn’t being a rebel and not having time for his kids, obviously.

THERE IT IS!

siblings dont know theyre siblings joke is funny both normally and ironically because the writers need to FUCKIN GET ON THAT

also i love that he’s basically like “hey son, this girl doesn't resent me! you should marry her so that i can continue to get favours out of you!”

“What did Mr. Dhurke mean when he said he was the man who raised you, apollo?” i dunno, trucy... think with your mind brains...

“How come you never told me?!”

“Sorry, it’s just, capcom hadn’t butchered my backstory at that point yet.”

I honestly find it really weird that Trucy’s all chirpy about this. She of all people should know the sting of a dad just up and disappearing on you.

Dhurke: I have to steal this orb. I’m asking you two because youre lawyers.

Kay Faraday, sitting in the Capcom warehouse: (sneezes)

Dhurke: I made a stupid gamble. Hope you can bail me out, son I haven’t seen in 20 years!

nooo.... don’t bring Kurain Village into this, pleeeeaaase... I don’t want to have my favourite village ruined for meeeeee....

:3c i chose nope

i wonder what Trucy would do if Zak waltzed in and immediately asked her for a favour. tbf phoenix would probably launch him into the sun before he could set foot into the office but...

Ok... So Dhurke doesn’t actually want to fix the legal system; he just said that he wants to gain immense spiritual power which will somehow give him the legal authority to RULE Kooraheen.

how does spiritual power have any effect on land deeds anyway?

“Only the rulers of Kooraheen have ever laid eyes on the orb, Apollo”

and Ahlbi’s seen the box.

“I figured you were poor as fuck so I brought you a plate of sushi!”

ok either A) He thought so little of Apollo that he assumed he’d just be starving on the street

or B) He’s been keeping tabs on Apollo and knows that the WAA doesn’t make a lot of cash, yet he hasn’t made any attempt to contact Apollo himself. Until he needs a favour.

what a.... great guy.

what the FUCK

“here, as my second present... a PICTURE OF YOUR REAL DAD, THE ONE WHO CARED ABOUT YOU AND IS DEAD. HOORAY!”

i can tell theyre trying to do the ‘Hagrid gives Harry a photo album of his family for comfort” but its REALLY NOT THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.

His name was... JJ.

~as you know~

also why would a musician perform with magicians?

y’know, ive seen pictures of Jove Justice so far. and A) he looks like a tool, and B) the designers were lazy as fuck and just slapped Apollo’s hair onto Phoenix’s face. I had a pretty negative opinion of him initially. I was thinking I wouldn’t like any of Apollo’s new dads.

But you know what? If they go deeper into Jove’s backstory and prove that he was a caring father, I’m ready to completely drop any criticisms of him and carry this guy on my shoulders

cause compared to Dhurke ill bet he's a freakin angel

...welp... back to Kurain village. At least it’ll remind me of bygone days...

...heh, aw. it’s cute. i like the sparrows on the roof.

ooh! an updated theme, too! not quite as nice as the original but it is nice.

he was full of piss and vinegar

jesus

yeah, kids run around naked. its not super surprising.

“man, I miss that hut...”

apollo youre gonna make me cry;;

Ema: :) i’ll show you the way to Dr. Buff. SURPRISE, HES DEAD! AHAHAHAHHAHA

NOOO

MY SYSTEM FUCKED UP AND STARTED ME OVER FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CHAPTER AAARGRRJHRFJ

id gone on a short break and i come back to this (weep)

...

does Dhurke have boobs..?

...or just extremely prominent pecs...

phew ok back on track.

wait hold on. if Dr. Buff is in Kurain village, where is he staying exactly? All the houses in Kurain village are old-style Japanese; this appears to be a modern day number.

“please tell me youre joking”

“as if i’d come out here for a few laughs, Apollo”

yeah but youre not above leading him to the dr’s study and THEN telling him he’s dead WTF

ahah. further proof that stepladders are superior.

i mean i know he didnt actually fall off that ladder by accident or whatever but still

“you could say he died an honourable death...”

...crushed under his nerd books like a fuckin cartoon :T

YEAH

POPS

POHLFUCKYA

“I’m so sorry... It seems you’ve had quite a life.”

Why else would she say that except that some poor dialogue translator is secretly begging the series to stop fucking up his backstory

“I mean, middle-aged man with long hair and an eye-patch? You don’t see that everyday.”

just give Valant an eyepatch

hang on. why does an archeologist in America have Kooraheen’s founding orb anyway? I thought it burnt peoples’ faces off. And was super precious. Queen Garananana doesn't seem like someone who’d just hand out a precious ball like that.

oh huh they found an ugly dalek. thats two dalek references in this game now...

did i just... have a ladder conversation about a relic that looks like an airplane.

why does everyone keep making blithe jokes about the doctors horrible death..? does that usually happen or am i misremembering

WHAT THE STATUE OF AMI AND THE URN AND THE GRAVY SCROLL ARE THERE NOOOOOO YOU GET YOUR SLIMY HANDS OFF THEM SOJ, PUT THEM BACK IN T&T WHERE THEY BELONG

god there’s even a coffee shelf. i guess this side of the room is the “Relics of a better game” section.

polly the clean freak. what a sweetheart :)

aw yeah baby

its printing time

oh yeah i forgot this version of printing SUCKS

but i do like the little pap sound it makes when you put down powder

...they have Datz and Dhurkes prints on file.

You guys sure rock at being undercover.

ill give them credit for having the Dance of Devotion not rhyme in English.

seeing lyrics again just gives me flashbacks to Serenade tho

Guitar, Guitar... Up together to the sky...

MAY-OR DE-WEY

MAY-OR DE-We

wait that has the same number of syllables if you just say the pun

PAUL-A TI-SHON

...why the fuck is he in a palanquin

anybody in a palanquin is bad news ALSO WHY DOES IT SAY RECLAIM THE GLORY OF KURAIN

KURAIN DOES NOT HAVE POLTIICIANS. ESPECIALLY NOT MALE ONES.

SOJ. SOJ WHAT IS THIS FUCKERY.

oh yeah he’s a bad guy

...king of this fine nation. First of all... America doesn’t have kings. Second of all, Kurain isn’t a country, it’s a small village. Either he’s a moron or SOJ is fucking up at unprecedented speeds

...did his theme song just ‘wheeee’

“Jerk Q. Public”

pffft

i wish you were golden boy. then you'd be morally questionable but entertaining.

I'm very uncomfortable

k so we’re back in Kurain and so far we’ve seen Zero women in total apart from Ema.

even the unnamed heckler was an old man.

is this the same Kurain Village I know?

wh- talk??

what do you mean talk???

i dont wanna talk to this guy he's a dickcheese!!!

Trucy’s 17 and she hasn’t studied politics at least a little yet? ...weird

“Its real name is the Crystal of Ami Fey”

wait what

“It’s been passed down for generations in the Atishon family”

WAIT WHAT

is he dicking around or is he distantly related to maya

or is he just totally dicking around

if so how dare he use Ami’s name in vain.

where is Datz from anyway

paul i dont mean to dash your hopes but becoming grand high emperor of kurain village will in fact not make you king of the world

datz sure is a good rebel... getting caught... and put in jail...........

damnit, Vore Machine, what am i gonna do with you?

well Apollo, from demon to deer. thats not bad.

dog-faced cop..??

if youre very sneakily referencing our old pal Gumshoe youve got another thing coming, Vore Machine. In the form of my fist.

“A shut-in? Sounds like it will be a challenge just to get a conversation going.”

yeah.... not like youve.... ever dealt with someone like that....... before....... hehe.... heh..............

how long has Datz been in jail if he already knows the cafeteria itinerary

um guys; maybe you should be a tiny bit more concerned about Athena??

i just realized the Shichishito is gold. It’s green, you idiots. Or is that one too bent and bloody for display??

thats it folks thats spirit of justice

apollo has become a living title drop

hes fuckin dead

what kind of bullets were those

yeah apollo, a fledgeling is equivalent to a private.

...also youre not a fledgeling youre near full experience capacity. this is your third... (and last...) year.

so Dhurke is in full stealth mode until it comes to a remotely operated drone that could have literally anybody on the other side? brilliant, pal.

this is why your revolution’s taken like 23 years to get off the ground, jsyk.

...k komandir?

i thought you were supposed to be a parody of The Soldier. what are you doing calling people by Russian military names? did the red scare not happen in this reality?

pfft

it’s so cute.

im struggling between finding it adorable and being uncomfortable

“in other words, something caused him to withdraw from the world...”

maybe his mom’s death??? maybe?????

does anyone in this game understand how a bad thing make a peoples’ brain go???

pretty impressive that a woman’s body could provide sufficient cushioning to soften such a drop.

lol. death attributed to random maniac. thanks soj.

“Private Justice! You’ve suffered a loss just like mine!”

“I have... and thats how I know how you feel.”

yes, i can remember exactly happened when i was a one-year old in diapers. exactly the same kind of pain and trauma.

look i know theyre trying to have a moment but there’s a huge difference between growing up orphaned and being recently bereaved. Sure, Apollo’s seen his fair share of hardship and his experiences aren’t to be devalued, but it’s not the same kind of pain as having your parents die later in your life, especially with the mom’s horrific demise.

Honestly, it’d make more sense if he brought up Clay, since Clay was with him since he was very small and his death was sudden and deeply unfair.

BUT CLAY’S IN THE PAST, CLAY DOESN’T EXIST, WHO’S CLAY?? I DONT KNOW BACK TO SPIRIT OF JUSTICE

YEAH

POHLFUCKYA DURKE

dhurke the burk amiright attorneys

“the opaque crystal orb is the key”

>needless adjective

>will come into play later in court

um so nobody’s gonna mention the blonde lady on his desktop background or........

i like sarge. i hope they dont turn sour when theyre revealed.

nice boot

ooh phosphorescence! neato!

pearl: hello I'm here to do something ive never done before to provide clues for this case. i hope i’ve been useful! thank you, and goodnight.

...as contrived as this is, i am glad to see someone who actually comes from kurain village.

wow, the gangs all here huh

so they renamed Eagle Mountain “”””mt. mitama”””” eh

nice...............

“you are at that age, after all...”

says apollo who's like 24

also why is she talking about all the women leaving the village? i thought it was the men. is this why i haven't seen any ladies? they all just shipped off downtown?? and of course there’s no mention of the creepy oppressive atmosphere and strictness of the village...

nice alliteration apollo

rain spirit at a bus stop and you hacks didnt make a Totoro joke?? lame

“Dj’you bring a light?”

“Ņ̮͔̜̬͖̝ͫͦ̄̒̀̾̆̓̀ͤͨ͋̓̈̑̂͗́ͤo̸̵͈͎̤͇̤̙̯͔̙͖̞̳̙̠̹̞̲̭ͣ́ͫ͌ͦ̒́͞ͅ?ͯͩͨ̾̅̈ͮ̉̀̌͛̆͑̚҉̧͓̠͎̠͎̀̀”

how can you not recognize a foreign voice you idiot

“He tried to fucking kill us but he also gave us this flashlight. To um... see our slow death by starvation better I guess?”

“We couldn’t get back to where we started if we wanted to”

if you wanted to??? thats exactly what you want!!!

Klavier: Hello! This is flashback Klavier here to say: Don’t you miss me? Haha. I miss existing too. Oh well! See you next time~ ...i if there is one.

DEAD

aw, lucky you! you lucked into falling to your death directly to where you wanted to go!

“Yes! Time to find that orb! When we have it, we can....rot here for eternity.”

...ok i know the doc found a way out but still

wHAT THE FUCK

THAT HOLE IS LIKE 40 FEET UP

...oh well, if phoenix can survive it, so can they..?

i love that there are various sea-related items scattered around that give an obvious way out but only yield “durr??? a sea thing??? how this get here??????????” when inspected

whats with dhurkes’ magic eyes

mmmmmmmm a slide puzzle great

“maybe the ppictures correspond to the song”

REALLY??

what is with this game and not outright stating the obvious? its not like it spoils the player or anything; it just makes the WAA look like idiots

fuck this I'm gonna finish this stupid puzzle without this game’s help or die trying

...ah. my personal need for pattern and order blinded me to the truth

oh well; it’s open now. i’m gonna smash Eshiro’s stupid smirking face with it.

“opening that box means you're the best lawyer ever! enjoy leaving the series forever!!!”

“A royal stole that orb”

stole it... as opposed to just taking it and doing whatever they want with it because it’s theirs and there’s absolutely no reason to have to “steal” it.

unless they wanted to frame the rebels i guess but like. theyre rebels. theyre already pretty hated

“it would be seen as utter sacrilege to let a foreign man study this artifact”

oh also it would debunk that whole “explodes your face if you look at it” thing

...here we go...

“he used to be a nice kid, but now...”

he’s an enourmous shitstain?

“he tried to convict trucy for a crime she didnt even commit...”

ok, apollo. there are a zillion valid reasons to hate sadmad, and yes, his reasoning in that trial was shit. but just being a prosecutor and doing what a prosecutor is meant to do doesn’t make him evil. he isn’t about to just roll over because the defendant’s your sis–– er, best friend.

he... could be playing the long game, and interfering could fuck up his plan, Dhurke. Also how was he a rebel and then somehow managed to get into good graces with the royals? It’s already been proven that Dhurke’s Dummy Dragon Gang suck at being stealthy or having any sense of self-preservation. I doubt they just wouldn’t recognize Sadmad

“it’s not conviction that fills his heart; it’s resignation and despair”

are you telling me Sadmad is the equivalent of a guy in a dead end office job taking it out on his coworkers

“The only thing I know for sure is... Nahyuta is suffering, and he is suffering in silence”

edgeworth: been there, done that!

blackquill: BEEN THERE, DONE THAT

ya sure put a lot of stock in Sadmad, Dhurke. i mean i guess he’s your son but seriously; if you're a proper rebel you’d cut your losses and get on with shit already with or without him

...y’know, this speech about lawyers being like dragons kind of doesn’t have the same emotion impact and gravitas that the non-dragon one in T&T did.

oh how... charming...

*America’s* badge is shaped like a sunflower... and Kooraheen’s is shaped like a buggy eye.

YARGH

dont DO that

your voice is BAD

“he’s my son! therefor he has to believe in the same thing as me! nothing, not even torture could have changed him!”

cue Gredgeworth’s awkward cough from the afterlife.

“You know, I remember when Nahyuta and I were kids, he used to say with great pride ‘I have the blood of a dragon in me!’”

cue tiny apollo feeling left out and alone because he doesn’t know what kind of blood is in him

>reform court system

>rescue son

well... i guess there could be worse reasons to start a revolution.

“I mean, what are fathers for?!”

( ‘I... I wouldn’t know...’)

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT, GAME

ARE YOU TRYING TO BREAK MY HEART

YOU CAN’T GIVE APOLLO ALL THESE EMOTIONS WHEN YOU’RE ALSO SHAFTING HIS ASS AT THE SAME TIME

SHAME ON YOU

HE HAS A BROKEN ARM

HOWS HE GONNA SWIM

oh its high tide yay

oh it’s... really high tide

wow.

well this is fun. i daresay id really like this sequence... if it wasn’t in this game.

“oh no... the water might carry me up to the way out of here... how awful.”

lol can you imagine if this was timed tho

oh hey it’s the DD panic panic song. i liked that one. it deserves its spot in the suspense music roster.

y’know at this point i kinda hope he really just dies

wouldn’t that be a kicker

not that i hate apollo or anything but I'm just............... so tired

apollo’s pretty calm for a drowning person

i’ve nearly suffocated before and the only thing going through my head was AIR AIR AIR GET AIR GET AIR GET AIR AIR AIR

baby apollo: waahhhh!!! we’re both perfectly dry!!! the artist didn’t bother to make us look wet in the flashback!

A) Little Apollo doesn’t even call Dhurke “Daddy” or “Papa” despite being raised by him since infant hood, possibly meaning Dhurke gave him the ‘You’re adopted” speech pretty early. Or else kids that “aren’t really my son” have to go by name basis. See? Nahyuta calls him father.

B) Haha! Boys don’t cry, not-son! Suck those sissy tears back up into your skull, or you’ll look gay! It doesn’t matter that you’re like five and you almost drowned to death! Don’t embarrass me!

“Don’t ever hesitate to call when you need me”

oh but apollo your ass gets shipped back to america tomorrow ok

no seriously. on one hand; why did apollo get sent away? why couldn’t he be a rebel alongside nahyuta and fight for his family? on the other hand, why didn’t dhurke send nahyuta with him? if apollo’s going away because it’s dangerous, why is nahyuta staying with dhurke in the path of danger?

to be honest I'm ashamed that I'm crying, but it’s less about this scene being sad as fuck and more about the fact that I know that none of this is ever really resolved. Dhurke is still a piece of shit who made no attempt to contact apollo for years until he needed a favour out of him. and Apollo has to live with this stupid backstory because ESHIRO thought it would be dramatic and cool. Apollo’s going to “go home”, leave the series... He doesn’t even know he’s leaving his last scrap of real family who gives a shit about him behind in America.

Apollo doesn’t deserve this.

Dhurke, with superman theme playing in the background: Redeeming my character! By saving your life! Redeeming my character! By saving your life! Though only a heartless, shithead person, would leave you behind to die! So this isn’t great.

...is he holding him in his broken arm

wait is that arm even broken

has he just been holding it like it’s in a sling for no reason this whole time

“Still can’t swim, eh?”

oh fuck off

“Good thing your name’s not Neptune, hahahaha!”

A) OH FUCK OFF

B) NEPTUNE IS A SEA GOD, HE’D ACTUALLY BE RESISTANT TO WATER

WHOA FUCK HOLY SHIT

vore machine came out of nowhere and oh

also he is also laughing at a guy who almost drowned

well aren’t these two just the greatest men on earth huh

Trucy: :) lets make this drowning thing seem like no big deal by playing it off and not even asking if you're okay at all :))))

great... now he owes his life to him.... that completely cancels out every other piece of baggage.....

remember........ when edgeworth owed his life to phoenix......... remember how he was 100% okay after that and not fucked up at all................ remember how he just popped back into the series without any changes whatsoever apart from being phoenix’s friend again........................................

“GLAD TO SEE YOURE NOT CRYING SON; IM GLAD YOU GREW UP INTO THE EMOTIONALLY STUNTED MAN I ALWAYS WANTED, EVEN WITHOUT MY STELLAR PARENTAL GUIDANCE! THAT LONELY ORPHANAGE MUST HAVE TOUGHENED YOU UP GOOD! HAH-HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!”

y’know in the interim i was thinking

Rebel Apollo would be great. he’d probably be an enormous goofus but at least he’d be happy and maybe Dhurke’s shitty plan would get off the ground because an actual smart person would be part of the team.

listen to that fuckin “we solved the case” music.

(sigh)

at least apollo is eating.

Turnabout Revolution... End

heh i wish

“Sure wish Nahyuta was here”

I don’t.

you fucking morons. you colossal fucking asshats. i knew this was coming

Dhurke: DURR LETS TALK ABOUT THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ITEM IN A PLACE WHERE WE KNOW THE GUY WHO WANTS THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ITEM IS! WHATS A STEALTH????

This is why the revolution has taken 20 FCKIN YEARS to take off. Because Dhurke and his band of nincompoops are all incompetent fuckwits.

huh i can see where Nahyuta gets his magic clap from.

also say it you loser say bitch

say bitch

A) If the “crystal” is a fake thing, his police report probably wouldn’t check out cause I'm P sure that people can’t just file police reports for anything without proof of previously owning it.

B) Dhurke. You’re a rebel. Shoot someone. Throw a smoke bomb. Gently jog away? Idk if that works in America but it sure as hell works in Kooraheen.

no. don’t do it. don’t you fucking do––

oh, i just saw a ghost.

The ghost of the potential any sequels past AJ had. It blinked at me sorrowfully before CAPCOM busted it and crammed it into the Containment Unit.

(sigh) Ok (most likely) fake shit aside, that would make Atishon related to Maya, and the “heirloom” would more probably be Maya’s. Why is this excuse present at all anyway it’s stupid.

Apollo it shouldn’t fuckin matter; it’s a court case. Just prove the orb isn’t the Crystal of Ami Fey and you win the case. You know that Phoenix doesn’t cheat and you’re pretty certain that the crystal really is the Founder’s Orb, so you shouldn’t be upset about anything. This isn’t a murder trial, it’s a dispute over ownership of an item. You know you’re in the right, so you ought to be able to win the trial. There’s literally no stakes apart from the fact that you’re facing your boss... but so what? That can happen... I assume, I’m not versed in that sort of thing. But either way, lawyers sometimes have to face off against each other... it happens. You had to face Nahyuta. Now you face Phoenix. Unless you think Phoenix will cheat, or that you don’t have sufficient info on the orb, then there’s legitimately no fucking problem. I mean yeah, sucks to go to court, but who gives a fuck? Win the trial and skip back to Kooraheen to overthrow the oppressive regime.

I don’t

what is the fucking problem

one of you gets payed, you both work at the same place

it doesn’t matter

APOLLO. You KNOW his methods. You know that he wins because his clients are innocent, and would graciously hand over victory if it was clear you were in the right; YOU HAVE TO KNOW THIS. YOU’RE HIS BIGGEST FAN, REMEMBER??

Unless you think he’d fucking cheat for a skeezy politician for money in which case, nice. Gotta love that trust and belief that DD was building up there.

“Can I do it? Can I fight him?” YES ITS NOT EVEN A MURDER TRIAL

“May the best attorney win”

well so much for finding the truth or whatever. Also Phoenix should be proud that Apollo is willing to go up against him; it shows he’s coming into his own. There’s literally no reason for them to be on shit terms right now.

“A fine mess I’ve gotten you into, son.”

Hey shithead that wasn’t an apology. Also yeah, go on and on about how good a lawyer Phoenix is just to scare Apollo. Brilliant.

“The first step of your revolution, huh?”

The first step. 20 years and he’s only just taking the first step. Not the first step to the end of the revolution; the first step to the revolution itself.

Welp, we’re off to fight over the possession of an oversized marble in court. Seeya next time i guess...

#ooc #sulking over SOJ #soj spoilers #soj spoilers obvs]#things we've learned today: Dhurke Sadmahdi is a lazy insensitive incompetent pieceof shit

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