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Makoto - ... I actually see myself moving here someday. [ sighs ] Now to figure out a way to drag you here with me-
Kiara - [ laughs ] Buy me nice things and you might get a deal!
Makoto - easy peaaaasyyyy
Serena - noice broooo
Kiara - UGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Mark - FOFUCKSAKE!!!!
slide 2 - text messages from Kiara's phone between her and Jace
Mark - GROUP HUG!!!!!
Serena - I’m gonna miss you so much baby…
Mia - Me too corazón... [ sighs ] one more week and we see each other again, yeah?
slide 5 - text messages from Kiara's phone on the group chat between Jace and Serena
Kiara - NOOO! DON’T GO IN THERE!!!!!
Mia - Oh god!!! I can’t watch!!!
Lucas - I don’t think the children can handle your movie choice, my love-
Benjamin - Nonsense!! We’re just getting started. Pass the popcorn, babe.
slide 7 - text messages from Jace's phone between him and Kiara
L.Faba - There’s no way in hell you pulled that woman I’m-
Jace - I KNOW- wait... SHUT UP!
Grace - I love you, angel-
Evanora - [ chuckles ] But I love you more!
Gemma - So yeah… I’m moving out-
Jace - Pumpkin… Are you sure?
Gemma - I’m sure! Darrel Darrel expects too much of me, and I can’t take it anymore. Being a spellcaster isn’t everything...
Jace - Alright, [ takes a sip ] so what’s the plan?
Gemma - Well for now I’m moving in with a girl named Ophelia? I think it was! She’s studying in Britechester, and I’ll apply for next year-
Jace - Have you told your mom?
Gemma - Nope!! You’ll help right, ghoul?
Jace - ...Can I ever say no to you?
for the soulmates & people wanting to believe it's fate
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sits up in bed. so lana and ema definitely thought they were responsible for edgeworth "choosing death", right?
(the rest of this post was supposed to go in the tags, because it's not very well organised or written, but it got too long so. here are the slightly edited tags for your reading pleasure (or otherwise)):
i was going to make this solely about ema because she's the obvious one with her open adoration of edgeworth, but the thing about rfta is that it goes to great lengths to emphasise the connection between lana and edgeworth as well.
the sl-9 incident showed that lana grows attached to people deeply, hence angel starr's comment on how, when neil marshall died, 'she (lana) felt like her own brother had died.' with edgeworth, i think it was similar but worse. because he's not just a coworker or subordinate who's dear to her. he saved her life. and it cost him his own.
at the beginning of the case, edgeworth says he was mistaken for thinking that lana was always looking out for him post sl-9 (a statement interesting on its own because that's when everyone else says she grew distant), and, later on, he brings ema fingerprinting powder because lana asked him to. then, of course, there's the 'lady luck' comment he makes.
similarly, on lana's side, you obviously have the end of the trial when she says he did well, but there's also that additional moment post-trial where she's the only one to notice — in a group comprising her, ema, phoenix and gumshoe — that he's 'hiding', listening to their conversation. point is, there's enough to suggest that she might have been the nearest thing edgeworth had to a mia; his 'chief prosecutor' to phoenix's plain 'chief'. they're as close as two people can be in a relationship where one of them is constantly lying and the other is von karma's star pupil.
rfta is pretty straightforwardly depicted as the case which solidified edgeworth's resolve to do what he did; i don't think i have to prove that. rumours about him have reached new heights, his car and knife were involved in goodman's murder, he makes an unprecedented mistake in court by failing to connect the evidence room and carpark incidents, thus forcing the chief of police to enter the trial to do so himself, and he's publicly revealed to have relied on falsified evidence to secure a conviction in the sl-9 case, all of which only happened because of lana. jake marshall even claims that from the beginning — that if you trace edgeworth's rumours back to their source, you end up meeting one person: lana skye.
and it gets worse because at the end of rfta, she thinks he's fine!! she literally says, 'i was afraid the pressure would break you, but you rose above it,' and reminds him he's nothing like gant because he's not alone. she leaves the case thinking he will be okay. and then, what, like a week passes, and she finds out that he wasn't, and that he's gone, and it's her fault. even after she was freed from gant's control, even after she had finally stopped lying, she couldn't prevent herself from claiming another life. so much for 'lady luck', i suppose.
and the game reiterates this multiple times. gumshoe states at the start that edgeworth's ties to those higher up in the department have made him the subject of constant rumours, and phoenix says (in front of ema) that he shouldn't be held responsible for the forged evidence because that was all lana's doing, which then leads to edgeworth commenting (again in front of ema) that he feels as though 'something inside him has died.' it all goes back to lana. we can argue and say that it was technically gant's doing that caused all of this, but lana still took actions that led to it. even her complicated friendship with edgeworth isn't spared; it's that closeness between them that exacerbated those rumours. how could she not feel responsible in some way?
and with ema, it's rather obvious, isn't it? if she hadn't gone poking her nose into things, none of this would have happened or come to light. and, of course, she'd never choose anyone over her sister, not for anything in the world — it's simply not a question, but that's the problem, isn't it? it's not a question. it's not some hypothetical moral dilemma. it just is. she may not have killed neil marshall, but she still has one king of prosecutor's blood on her hands. and now she has to live with that. she just. has. to live with it. no matter if he chose otherwise.
moving on from that a little, i think it's actually wild how much of ema's journey to becoming a forensics investigator is paved with bad memories. neil marshall's death and her subsequent inability to testify are what drives her to begin pursuing it, her first proper investigation results in her idol's "death" and when she finally graduates, the person who saved her sister has been disbarred, and she can't even help because she isn't allowed to. all that pain and constant pursuit of her goals, and she's still the same ema skye, still that girl shrouded in darkness, always one step behind the truth, one step a little too late. no wonder she was angry in aa:aj. i would be furious.
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Kiara - Hi babe-
Mia - Hey bae! Did you arrive alright?
Kiara - Yes, all good!! It was such a loooong trip but I’ll just go pass out after dinner and sleep 12 hours, anyways! I just heard your cryptid message… you okay?
Mia - Yeah… YEAH. I think? Well, you know I had this work meeting the other day right… And I got this really reeeally amazing job opportunity…
Kiara - Oh? Tell me tell me!
Mia - It’s my dream job, babe. I’ll get to design clothes for a living, and that’s all I ever wanted really-
Kiara - Holy shit Mia!! Congrats!! Oh my god! YOU DID IT!!!!
Mia - Thanks bae…
Kiara - What 's the issue? Why don’t you seem happy?
Mia - Ah… Well… I would have to move to San Myshuno. I couldn’t do it from Strangerville anymore…
Kiara - Oh… I see…
Mia - Yeah…
Kiara - Babe, listen, we’re all gonna miss you around the house but, it’s not like we can’t visit each other, right? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, do you really just wanna… throw that away?
Mia - No… I- I actually don’t, and that’s what’s making me feel like shit… I feel guilty about this almost-
Kiara - Please, don’t!! We should celebrate it, you, specially, should celebrate it.
Mia - God… I feel stupid… You’re so right!! Thanks babe! I’m going to call Ruru and go for drinks! Oh and don’t tell anyone about this yet, ‘kay?
Kiara - Your secret is safe with me, babe! Have fun with Ruru! Give her a kiss from me-
Mia - Love yaaaa!! Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do on that bed, alright?
Kiara - Stop!!! Byeee, love you too-
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Raven - Jace sweetie, just got a text from Evanora, they’re on they’re all on their way here right now.
Jace - Alright mom, I’ll go see if Kiara’s ready then-
Jace - Oh hey! Everything alright with Mia?
Kiara - Yeah, she just wanted to give me some news... And no, I can’t tell you about it-
Jace - Unfair, ugh!
Kiara - [ chuckles ]
Kiara - Sorry for disappearing Mrs. and Mr. Silversweater, can I help with anything in the kitchen?
Raven - Thank you, but don’t worry sweetheart, just rest. Simeon and I got this!
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Kiara - OMG, hi everyone!!
L.Faba - I can’t believe you’re real, actually!
Evanora - Faaaabaaa!!!
Kiara - I- Thanks?
Grace - We’re so happy that you could come-
Morgyn - KIARAAAAA!!!! My beloved! You must show me your dress for the wedding!!! Is it the blue one?
Kiara - Yes, with the butterflies-
Morgyn - Girl, I’ll come over and we’ll get ready together!
Simeon - I heard screaming…?
Jace - Don’t worry Simeon, just Morgyn being Morgyn-
Raven - I think you just lost your date, sweetie.
[TW Eating disorders of multiple kinds, like BED, Bulimia, and ARFID!]
(Also mentions of weight, guilt, food/eating!)
So... you know the bad time trio? Y-Yeah so uhm... like I migh'tve thought of something. Like another way to torment them.
So I might've thought of a real stupid AU, where I gave them each an eating disorder. (All coming from my personal experiences.)
So starting with Horror, he has BED, which stands for Binge Eating Disorder. Something he developed as a result to being in the underground, and starving for so long—He tends to think with a scarcity mindset. He finishes his food even if he's full, and a lot of foods are trigger foods for him to start binging. Also, he tends to hoard.
Killer, is suffering from Bulimia. I haven't quite decided why he does it, so I'm also going to go with trauma response. Like he constantly feels empty, he needed to feel anything else. And, listen—Only takes one time purging to get addicted to it. (<- speaking from experience there, I very much regret September 16th.)
Dust has ARFID, which stands for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. For him, it's a huge mixture of guilt and delusions that causes him such distress. He'll look down at many certain foods and can't stop thinking of someone he's dusted, can't stop seeing it as something he should not eat. It's textures, smells, tastes, looks—Which. He's dropped a concerning about of weight due to this.
Now, the thing is after the murder time trio figured out they're all terrible at eating. You wanna know what they did?
*Sharp inhale*
They formed a pack, one that was basically to help each other out when needed. If Nightmare or Cross (<- not an ED, but he does have an exercise addiction) ever got suspicious, they'd cover for each other, make up excuses when Dust wouldn't eat or why a whole pack of chips was gone the next morning after just being bought.
As for Nightmare... he is, incredibly suspicious of these three. He feels embarrassment and shame in the air when he asked who ate of last of something and it almost always comes from Horror.
He feels emptiness and frustration that comes shortly after Killer excuses himself from the table, Killer always excuses himself first.
And he feels sadness, fear, and guilt from Dust anytime he picks up a fork, fear.
And he doesn't know how to handle it, or what to do. They all look so... tired, and so exhausted and dinner time is so awkward and he hates not knowing what's wrong.
So the story would focus on Nightmare trying to get to the bottom of it, and once he figures out what's wrong, he'd ne focusing on trying to help them recover.
Now, he's not entirely sure how be would help them recover, but he's getting there.