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Project: Matchmakers- Chapter 4

Holy wow this chapter is short. Anyway, yeah, chapter 4 of my WrightWorth/NaruMitsu fic! In this chapter, Maya makes a phone call and Miles is saddled with unnecessary feelings.

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CHAPTER FOUR

Mystics and Memories

“So, how is Ahlbi? Is Prosecutor Sahdmadhi still his same stuffy self? Do you ever get to hang out with Ema? How much has Rayfa grown?” Maya couldn't wait to hear all about Apollo's stay in Khura'in. She'd waited until a few days after he got back to the States as Nick had requested, but now she would be denied no further! Maya Fey, Master of the Kurain Channeling Technique and Purveyor of Delicious Foodstuffs, was great at many things, but waiting was not one of them.

Apollo glanced in Nick's direction and raised an eyebrow. “Do I really have to answer these questions again?” he asked flatly.

“Ahlbi's good, Prosecutor Sahdmadhi isn't quite as severe as before, Ema's usually busy traveling everywhere but they occasionally shoot the breeze, and Rayfa is regrettably the same height she was last year,” Nick rattled off for him, counting off each answer on his fingers. He turned to Maya, who was diagonal from him on the sofa across the table. “Did I get them all?”

“Aww, I wanted to hear Apollo tell me,” Maya said with disappointment, resettling herself so she was leaning against one arm of the couch.

“Well, I'll be here until New Year's, so there will be plenty of time for me to tell you all about my year away from the Agency,” he looked at her pointedly, “gradually.”

Nick chuckled, but Maya couldn't help but notice that it sounded more tired than usual. “Hey, Nick, have you tried that tea I gave you?” she asked, concerned.

A brief look of confusion flickered over his face, and then vanished to be replaced by one of recognition. “Oh, uh, yeah,” he said absently. “Really tasty stuff.”

“It's not supposed to be 'tasty'! It's supposed to help you sleep!” she huffed, crossing her arms. “You know, for a guy whose job it is to find the truth, you sure are bad at telling it sometimes!”

Nick winced, and stared at his hands in his lap. “I'm sorry,” he mumbled. “You're right...”

Whoa. What? This was not the intended effect. She had expected him to say something more like “Oh, how could I have squandered your thoughtful gift! I will enjoy it gratefully this evening, remembering your kindness!” Only, y'know, with more Nick-like words.

“Hey, hey,” she said. “Something wrong?”

He flapped a hand around dismissively. “No, no, I'm fine. Sorry, just thinking about something.”

“Well that's vague,” said Maya. “What were you thinking about?”

“Uhhh...what we're going to do for dinner?” Nick tried hopefully. Maya frowned harder. How dare he try to utilize her weakness for grub to distract her!

She stood up and put her hands on her hips. “Nice try, mister!”

“I was thinking maybe that place two blocks from the park,” Nick said thoughtfully.

Maya gasped, her eyes shining. “You mean that place that serves those milkshakes?!” Wait a minute. “I mean...Stop trying to dodge the question!”

Apollo, who had been watching the conversation unfold passively, suddenly spoke up. “Any chance you're thinking about Prosecutor Edgeworth, Mr. Wright?”

Nick blinked, but responded without hesitation. “What makes you think I am?”

Apollo crossed his arms and gave a cocky smirk. “That restaurant you mentioned is right across from the Prosecutor's Building.”

“Gghk,” was all Nick said in response as he winced.

“Wooooow!” Maya exclaimed appreciatively, clapping a little and sitting back down. “That was amazing, Apollo! How did you do that?”

Apollo's eyebrows shot up, evidently surprised by her reaction. “The short version of it is: I watch really closely,” he answered, looking pleased that someone was genuinely praising him. Gosh, he'd been gone for a year, and yet he was already this moved when someone made a fuss over him when he finally returned? Poor guy. She was going to have to scold Nick for not giving him enough attention later. “Anyway,” Apollo continued, looking at Nick now, “What's up between you and Mr. Edgeworth?”

Holy cow, was that a blush Maya saw emerging on Nick's face? “N-nothing's up,” he said. He hesitated, and then explained quickly, “I-I was just thinking that Edgeworth hasn't seen you since you've been back, Apollo.”

Maya may not have been as good as Apollo at watching people, but even she could tell that Nick had pulled that out of thin air. She exchanged a raised-eyebrow glance with the younger attorney. “I think the word here is 'Objection,'” she said.

“Look, don't we have more interesting things to talk about?” Nick said, annoyed.

“Yes,” said Maya, “But whenever I try, you always say 'Enough about the Steel Samurai, Maya!'”

“And I stand by that,” said Nick.

The door opened, and everyone turned their heads to see Athena bustle into the office, her orange ponytail whipping around expressively as usual. “Hey, everyone!” she said brightly, and upon seeing Maya, added “Oh, Ms. Fey! When did you get here?”

“About three hours ago!” Maya responded, returning Athena's bright smile. “And she hasn't stopped talking since,” Nick informed Athena, smirking. Maya shot him a glare. It was mostly just for show, though—she knew Nick was just trying to push her buttons. Well, two could play at that game.

“That's right, and the current topic of conversation is how Nick is mooning over Edgeworth.”

“WHAT?” he yelped, looking like he'd just been punched in the gut. That bug-eyed expression—haha, priceless! “I'm not mooning over anybody! Least of all Edgeworth!”

“Whoa, no need to get so defensive then, Nick,” Maya said, not bothering to hide her triumphant smirk.

“I am not getting defensive,” Nick asserted, crossing his arms (defensively).

Athena looked like she was trying to stifle a giggle. “Your increased pulse says otherwise,” she said slyly, plopping herself on the couch next to Nick.

“Besides,” added Maya, “you're a defense lawyer. Shouldn't you always be defensive?”

Nick looked around at them all with a raised-eyebrowed expression of betrayal. “What is this, National Harass a Lawyer Day?” he protested, flinging up his hands in exasperation.

“Every day is that here,” Apollo said dryly, but he was smiling. Maya liked the kid. He had a wry sense of humor and was a bit of a smartass, but he had major guts and, like Nick, fought with all he had for his own beliefs. He could be awfully quiet during conversations sometimes, especially for someone with such a loud voice, but when he did speak, it was usually worth listening (not that you could tune him out since, y'know, again, really loud voice).

“So, Nick's fanboying over Edgeworth aside”—Maya ignored Phoenix's indignant cry of “Fanboying?!”“—Are we actually going to that restaurant across from the Prosecutor's Building? Ever since it was brought up my Dessert Stomach has been calling out for one of those milkshakes.”

“Ohhh!” Athena clasped her hands together and looked excited, as did the little robot around her neck, which had briefly flashed yellow before going back to green. “I haven't been to that place in ages!” She turned to Nick, her orange ponytail whipping. “Can we go, Boss? Can we?!”

“I'm the one who suggested it in the first place, so sure, why not?” he said with a shrug.

“Wahoo!” yelled Athena, pumping her fists in the air. “What time is it? Can we go now?” She sounded like a kid waiting in line for a merry-go-round. Maya had personal experience in what that sounded like.

“I think Trucy would be upset if we left her out,” Apollo pointed out, crossing his arms. “And besides that, it's only 2:30.”

“Awwww,” said both Maya and Athena. Maya supposed she'd just have to raid Nick's stash of snacks. That might make him upset, though. Speaking of which... Maya glanced over at her old friend to gauge his expression. His brows were still knitted, but his mouth was quirked up on one side in a half-smile, half-grimace. He looked frustrated in an affectionate way, which was pretty much his default expression around all his wacky acquaintances, really. Well, at least he wasn't wearing that conflicted, troubled expression he had been earlier. That was not a face that Nick should be wearing. He seemed to have cheered up!

Suddenly, Nick rose from the couch. “You're all paying your own bills when we go out to eat,” he grumbled, going over to the bookcase to retrieve a file. Hm. Guess he was still annoyed. He ran his finger across the row of documents before apparently finding the binder he was looking for and pulling it down. “I've got to look this over; there are a few things I want to follow up on.”

Maya blinked. “Okay,” she said. “Why are you informing us of this again?”

Having walked over to the coat rack, Nick pulled his shabby blue coat onto one arm, then transferred the binder to his other arm so he could pull on the remaining sleeve. “Because I'm going to do it in the park.”

“What?” said Athena, swinging her legs out from under her on the couch to put her feet on the floor again. “But...it's cold out there!”

“The brisk air helps me think,” Nick said. Athena and Apollo glanced at each other with equally disbelieving faces.

Nick was making his way to the door, and Maya twisted around on the sofa and stood on her knees, peering over the top of the sofa back. “Hey...wait!” she said quickly, and he stopped, hand on the doorknob. Something that felt like guilt tumbled over in her belly. Had her well-intentioned teasing driven Nick away from his own office? “Nick...are you okay?”

Maya didn't like the brief pause that followed before Nick turned and faced them with a convincing smile. “Of course I am. I just want a change of scenery, okay?”

Maya chewed her lower lip a little, unsure of what to say. Apparently she took too long to find the words, because Nick continued. “I'll be back in time for supper.” He was still wearing that smile, the one that was supposed to tell her not to worry. But Maya knew better. That was the face he made when he was reassuring clients even when he didn't have any new leads. “You guys can busy yourselves by cleaning up this place,” he finished, giving a short wave. Before any of them could protest, he was out the door.

“Man, I haven't even been back a week and I'm already back on toilet duty?”Apollo groaned.

Maya wasn't so concerned about the toilets at the moment, however. She swung back around and flopped her butt back onto the couch, gripping the cushions with both hands at her sides. She widened her eyes at Athena. “You picked up on it too, right?” she said.

“Oh yeah,” said Athena, leaning forward and nodding, her blue eyes intense. “Something is definitely up.”

“What, with the toilets?” said Apollo from between them, resting his arms across the back of the couch. Well, at least one of them was relaxed here.

Athena rolled her eyes impatiently at him. “Aren't you the one who's good at reading people's body language?” she scolded. “Mr. Wright is obviously really troubled about something!”

Apollo snorted. “Yeah, he's probably troubled by how obsessed you guys are with him and Mr. Edgeworth.” He seemed to have forgotten that it was he who had brought up Edgeworth in the first place when Nick had still been here.

“Oh I don't think that's it,” Athena said, grimacing. She paused. “Or, at least, that's not all of it,” she added thoughtfully. “He's been kind of off all month, but this past week especially...”

“You know, Pearly said something to the same effect,” Maya threw in. She was of course in close contact with her beloved cousin, who gave her steady updates on Nick when Maya was away. Sometimes her accounts were so detailed that Maya wondered exactly how much time Pearly spent observing him, but she didn't press the younger girl about it too much. After all, pressing was more Nick's thing. “She thinks Edgeworth has something to do with it.”

“Ugh, Edgeworth again?” Apollo said, resting the back of his head on the couch from where he sat. “Why does the conversation keep going back to Mr. Wright and Edgeworth?”

“Uh, because EVERYTHING always comes back to Nick and Edgeworth!” Maya said loudly . “Anyone with eyes can see that they mean the world to each other! So it's only natural that if one of them starts acting differently, we'd suspect something happened there!”

“I happen to have really good eyes,” Apollo mumbled.

“Yeah, but your eyes haven't been around for the last year,” Athena pointed out, poking Apollo on the forehead. He swatted her hand away halfheartedly. “Besides, it's not just what you see. It's what you hear, too,” she continued.

“What you hear?” Maya prompted eagerly.

“Well yeah!” the other girl returned with equal enthusiasm. The little gadget around her neck had flashed green for a brief moment, accenting her forcefulness. “I mean, the way Mr. Wright's heart starts pounding whenever anyone mentions Mr. Edgeworth...something is definitely up!” Ah, the girl's special ability. Maya had heard stories, but had never actually seen it in action. She wondered if she'd have the opportunity soon.

“Maybe he's worried someone will start interrogating him whenever Edgeworth comes up,” Apollo suggested. This time it was Athena who swatted him.

“I've also heard that the Prosecutor's Office isn't too happy with Mr. Edgeworth for being so friendly with Mr. Wright,” Athena added, ducking her head a little and biting her lip. The thing around her neck was a sullen blue now. “They're saying he's going soft and letting his personal feelings get in the way of his job.”

Apollo's head rose off the couch. “Are you kidding me?” he said incredulously. “I can't imagine Edgeworth letting anything get in the way of his job, much less 'feelings'!”

Maya shot Apollo a glare. “Well, I'm not going to let Nick sit around and mope. Not when I can do something about it!” she finished dramatically.

It had been approximately 5 days and 16 hours since he had last talked to Phoenix Wright.

Not that he was counting of course; his phone just happened to have recorded the time he'd made the phone call to the defense attorney. He had much better things to do than sit around and think about Phoenix Wright.

So then why was he currently flipping through this damned journal again? It wasn't as if it held anything of true import. It was merely a way to record what had happened on each day. It was of course separate from his organizer, which held details about case developments. The entries in the journal were of a more personal and boring nature. This volume held only events from the past year.

Monday, 12 February. Went to park to take a stroll. Ran into L, who had evidently started some sort of dog walking business, no doubt to try and impress yet another girlfriend. He had no less than 4 dogs all attached to different leashes, and it rather looked like they were walking him instead.

Most of the entries were along these lines: brief descriptions of inane observations or small anecdotes that had no place in a formal organizer but which, for whatever reason, he didn't necessarily want to forget either. Sometimes he told himself that he kept the journals to provide himself with an alibi if he ever came to any trouble, but even to him that seemed like a weak excuse, and in any case the journal wouldn't qualify as an alibi unless someone else had seen the entry and could verify it had been written on the date indicated...

Thursday, 23 April. Cherry blossoms are in full bloom now. They are so numerous that one could almost slip on all the fallen petals. Seeing streets lined in soft pink like this always reminds me of that spring in fourth grade, walking home with L and P. L would kick a rock the whole way. P would walk backwards ahead of us so he could still face us as he talked. I kept warning him that he was going to walk into something, but he would just smile and say that if he were, surely I would warn him. He always was too trusting of others.

And then there were entries like that, indulgent recollections of especially fond memories, things that he'd recorded because he knew he would never tell them to anyone else.

Wednesday, 5 May. Was surprised to see P order a double espresso and drink it black. I'd always assumed he was the type to dump things into his beverage until it no longer resembled coffee. But I suppose now I know how he is always possessed of so much energy.

Monday, 10 June. Rainy season now. This morning was clear, but now the rain is coming down with a sudden fury. I of course carried my umbrella, but not all people plan ahead as I do. Spotted P soaked to the skin, droplets falling from his ridiculous hair as they would from blades of grass. He looked so miserable that I ended up sacrificing my umbrella. Now I must have my suit dry-cleaned, and I blame it entirely on him.

As his eyes scanned page after page, Miles felt an increasing wave of embarrassment and frustration at himself. Must so many of his observations be about Wright? Even entries about days he hadn't seen him were often linked to him in some way. Reading all the entries one after another like this, anyone would have pinned Miles immediately as a lovestruck fool.

P's daughter has picked up so many of his mannerisms. She laughs in that sheepish way of his, her big eyes shine with the same eager curiosity as his, even her cape and scarf mimic his blue-and-red color motif. However, she is far superior than her father at arguments, for I have never won a single one with her. I believe P enjoys this fact immensely.

P has taken to trying to make me laugh every time we meet. He threw several obviously rehearsed puns at me as we walked around the block today, each one worse than the last. We passed under a tunnel of tall, flowering shrubs, and at last, he drew a laugh from me. He smiled brilliantly at me and said “Well, I'm glad you're having fun for once.” I hadn't the heart to tell him that I was only laughing because a bright violet flower had dropped directly behind his ear like a hula dancer's decoration. The look suited him, somehow.

He felt himself flush a little, and closed the book abruptly. Good lord, his own sentimentality mortified him. What would Wright think if he knew how many times Miles had scrawled his initial in all of these books? He'd be glad they were keeping their distance. In fact, he'd probably never want to stand close to Miles again.

He plopped his forehead into his palm as his elbow rested on his desk. All those rumor-spreaders were right: Miles Edgeworth was much too friendly with the defense attorney. He wondered when he had started letting down his guard around him, allowing himself to get too close. His friend used to keep a respectful distance and not seek contact with him outside of work, but over the past year or so they had seen each other nearly every day of the school year. And then even during summer vacation, Trucy would drag him to some event or another, sometimes with the rest of Wright's colleagues, but other times with just Wright and his daughter. Miles secretly preferred the latter; Wright always seemed much more at ease when it was just the three of them.

But maybe that was the problem. Perhaps if he and Wright were to continue associating outside of work, it should be among a larger group of people. Or perhaps he should invite someone from the Prosecutor's Office, so it didn't appear that he had any sort of favoritism towards defense attorneys?... He tried to imagine going to a restaurant alone with Simon Blackquill or Klavier Gavin. Both prospects made him equally uncomfortable for differing reasons. Franziska would have been all right, but she was working cases for Interpol and was not even in the country.

Well, no matter. Miles wasn't the type to overly enjoy socializing anyway. He could live without it. He had for many years, hadn't he?

He jumped slightly when his cell phone vibrated on his desk, and scrambled to pick it up. “Miles Edgeworth speaking,” he said after tapping the talk button.

“Yo, Mr. Edgeworth!” a familiar voice chirped over the line. “How are you today?”

He leaned back slightly in his chair. “I'm fine, Ms. Fey, although I suspect you haven't called me just to make small talk.”

“Sharp as ever!” Maya paused for a moment. Miles waited. “Listen,” she indeed continued, her tone more subdued, “We're all kinda worried about Nick. He's been so down lately, even though Apollo came home and the holidays are almost here.”

His heart clenched a little. “And...calling me solves this problem how exactly?”

He heard a noise that sounded like an impatient scoff. “Oh please. Calling you almost always solves the problem, on the job or off.”

He blinked at the unexpected praise. “I, ah...thank you, but...?”

“Okay, okay, here's how you can help: Come to dinner with us tonight.”

“I beg your pardon?”

“Oh, you heard me. Look, it'll be lots of fun and the place is right across from the Prosecutor's Building. We're going to go right after Trucy's off from school, so you can even drive her right over from there. I know Nick'll cheer right up if you're there! So please?”

He tapped his fingers anxiously on his desk with his free hand. “Maya, I'm really quite busy”— this was a lie; he was actually ahead on work for once—“and I haven't the time to just...” He imagined the pleading look Maya Fey would be wearing right now. He could see it in startling clarity. “Just...” Wright had been down, she said. Why? Was the stalking getting worse? He hadn't checked in with him about that in the last week; what if something had happened? “Just...” He felt all the resistance drain out of him with a sigh. “Just...save a seat for me.”

“YES!” was the answering squeal, so cacophonous that he pulled the phone away from his ear momentarily. “Thanks Mr. Edgeworth! You're the best!” Then he heard a click. Miles supposed saying “good bye” was a dying formality.

Well. So much for keeping their distance. Not even a week had gone by and already he was going to see Wright again.

Frustratingly, he couldn't bring himself to mind it at all.

He checked the clock. 3:25. It was just about time to retrieve Trucy anyway, and he could stand to be away from work for an hour or two since he'd caught up on so much earlier today...

Miles stood up and walked towards the door, feelings of anticipation and worry wrestling within him.

Next chapter: Athena takes a stand. Phoenix takes an elevator.

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pinksweatergettingbetter · 6 years

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

Okay folks. this is it. part 1 of the final chapter

here we go.

trial day 2?? oh yeah i forgot they split this game up in the worst, uneven way possible

wow that cutscene was

something alright

wow datz actually managed to hold onto the snow globe. kudos?

what the fuck

i think i heard it wrong but Dhurke’s objection sounds like an old man

I'm pretty sure i heard it wrong

missed the bass

who was that no– oh Garananana

i guess she's gonna be the final boss instead huh

im so tired i cant even snark properly

“is that kosher?”

i like it

oh god

what.... what is she wearing

i mean

fuckin

TALK about madonna-whore complex. oh yeah, time to turn super evil?? bear your midriff! show off dem tiddies!

look, SOJ. theres only one bad bitch in ace attorney who can pull off floaty tendril hair, and its NOT ga’ran.

i cant believe i have to look at this train wreck for the rest of the trial

“heh heh heh. its all coming back now. the feel of my blood pumping through my veins”

this is perhaps because youre actually moving now, your eminence.

can we just dispense with the trial and have a good old fashioned anime fight? cmon apollo, spike up that hair and grab your BFS.

“meep”

WHATS WITH THE MEEPING

BONNY DID THAT TOO

SOJ ITS 2016 ...ACTUALLY ITS 2028 YOU HOLES

everyone in the court: :O what??? whats wrong with rayfa??? why is she sad???

oh i dunno maybe because her fucking Father just got brutally murdered?? maybe??

what the fuck is up with SOJ characters being dumb as a bag of bricks when it comes to other peoples’ feelings regarding death of loved ones???

phoenix: shits fucked, thats why?? apollo: OHHHHHHHHHHHHH

“seems like she's worse off today than she was yesterday”

hey game you'd better not be implying any shit

“discipline”

soj

alright, back after another longass break. i can do this.

( That’s oddly compassionate of him, all things considered )

I was about to defend Nahyuta because what kind of person wouldn’t try to spare a child from witnessing that kind of trauma... but then again, this is the Sadmad who purposefully tried to trigger someone into losing a trial so

(shrug emoji)

grana’s gone into full HORHORHOR BITCH MODE

partially I'm totally numb because i dont have any stakes in her newfound ebilness, and partially I'm tired of this weird new trend of child abuse in the new games

“Barbed head.”

oh my god

the first person she goes to after realizing that her caretaker is gone is fucking Phoenix

im gonna cry

“ive been reduced to “royal robe remover”” NO NICK YOU’VE BEEN UPGRADED TO DAD BY SOMEONE WHO’S NOT YOU

( ‘It’s like she’s grooming Mr. Wright to be Nayna’s replacement’)

I know this game is all about confusing bullshit for heartwarming moments and vice versa but guys

good lord

my heart

i really needed that

(sigh) they really couldn’t get someone who sounded like a fucking 14 year old to do her voice?? really???

rayfa: (looks like she's going to die and collapses)

apollo: this is not good...

gee apollo you really think so?

wait a fuking second

we went through the whole dance cutscene and we’re not even going to see the pool??? does that mean the priestess has to be conscious and present for the images to be visible? ...and how does that work, anyway?

i just realized, a medium could use a pool to see the dead, but how the hell could they project it for others to see?? does she literally open a portal to hell???

(sigh) i just regret sitting through that cutscene again

“cabal of traitorous lawyers”

i love that

(Seriously Dhurke? This is no laughing matter.)

this basically sums up Dhurke’s entire personality

...yknow, i know what they were trying to do with his character– i really do. i know he’s supposed to come off as a dashing, cavalier rebel who laughs in the face of danger.

but they overshot endearingly irreverent and ploughed straight into fuckwaddome. if you want a character to be charming, they need softer moments too. Dhurke isn’t a bad person, but he’s kind of an asshole when you get right down to it, and nothing so far is proving otherwise.

ok ive heard Dhurke’s Objection again and it doesn't sound like an old man– it just sounds about as overblown and ridiculous as Manfred von Karma’s (not to mention about as deep)

LET DHURKE SAY BITCH

... i guess

another perfect example of Dhurke being kind of a fuckwad: he keeps needling the queen and baiting her in ways that could get himself killed, which would be all fine and dandy if he were the brave resistance leader being tortured for information in the bowels of a dungeon.

...but here’s the thing.

IF YOU DIE, DHURKE, APOLLO AND PHOENIX DIE TOO. DID YOU FORGET ABOUT THE GODDAMN DC ACT? ITS NOT JUST YOUR DEAD ASS ON THE LINE HERE SO SHUT YOUR SASSY TRAP AND THINK ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN YOUR *AMAZING WIT* FOR ONCE.

you’ve got 2 extra lives on the line here.

...3 if my suspicions are correct.

stop calling him son please you abandoned him in an orphanage and didnt contact him for 14 years.

...and if he can’t call you ‘dad’ you have no right to call him ‘son’

coming back to this after ghost trick has convinced me that one of ga’ran’s lackeys miiiiiight be related to Cabanela, baby

“Wright... I can see we are kindred spirits, you and I! Hah-ha ha ha ha ha!!”

FUCK YOU DHURKE

“It’s pretty easy to spot the difference between a soulless man and the soulless shell of a man”

ok that did get a laugh out of me, good job dhurke.

apollo: pls dont get us killed dhurke: mmmm ok ill try but I'm not promising anything lol

://///

“But remember, son, if you truly believe in me, you should be able to prove my innocence.”

do i even have to list how many reasons thats wrong and a shitty thing to say

“Such Insolence”

You’ve been beat out, Not So Fast

Ga’ran used Gust!

Apollo flinched and couldn’t move!

“I could behead you at any time”

she's got a point; she’s a fucking despot, there’s no reason to actually hold a trial. i mean i guess she wants to shut up the rebels but just killing them would be a lot easier and its not like she has any qualms about murder

“Aw shoot, ya got me.”

again, not an appropriate reaction for whats going on buddy

lol get fucked kjudge

DGFUFUS OH COOL

WE GOT GUILTY (excited cheers from the audience)

the applause and the shots of everyone with :O faces is making me feel like i just won a gameshow

wheres my cheesy jingle

also i love how Dhurke’s like “oh shit!! my assholishness has directly resulted in my son’s death!!! did NOT see that coming!!!!!!!!!”

again the sound mixing is drowning out the background music (sigh)

“your benevolence? I’d be happy to lend an ear if you’d like to talk!”

>this is it, this is why he leaves the series guys. Apollo is too good for these sinful games.

DAMNIT DHURKE, YOUR SHIT MOUTH IS RUBBING OFF ON YOUR SON

hmm

we’ve got an april may here

“Rayfa, I shall buy you a new servant”

so Kooraheen practices slavery..? I mean, she.... she said ‘buy’, not hire.

“she would have left shoeprints”

do you know what evaporation is your malevolence

wait wait wait

that doesn't make any sense

the only prints leading out are from Inga, but the prints inside the building are from Nayna? how did she avoid leaving prints leading inside, then?? did she just long-jump over the dirt path???

the guards are not fanboying, apollo, they’re toadying. there’s a difference.

apollo: maybe the place he was stabbed and the place he died were different

(the game only continues after you carefully explain what dying of blood loss is three years later)

to be completely fair, there are actually stories of people who were unaware of being stabbed

furthermore, when you get stabbed, you’re not going to be the most rational human being on earth.

phoenix, don’t give sadmad that point, especially when he’s currently assaulting your protege

now, as i was saying, Apollo’s suggestion that Inga was stabbed in the back and then ran into the temple is perfectly plausible; running to shelter from an attacker is probably the first thing you’d want to do when injured, and the tomb was a pretty safe place, i’d wager.

tbh i really don’t know why they’re arguing about him feeling the pain as that wouldn’t really impair his movement considering he was stabbed in a place that wouldn’t affect his ability to walk???

but yeah apparently he was doped up to shit so

...i highly doubt back pain medication is strong enough to negate a stab wound. on the other hand, if it is and your back pain is THAT intense, Inga, you need to see a fucking doctor pronto.

...yeah shots straight into the spine is one step away from surgery; not to be an asshole but I'm not sure Inga was doing so well anyway before he went

huh. are they really gonna give us an actual choosable choice to abandon Dhurke and save our own skin? Cause that would be interesting; a lot like the old games where you could “”choose”” to defend a client or not.

to be clear here, though, i wouldn't choose “no” even as much as i dislike dhurke. we know (sigh) that he’s innocent, and even if i dont like him it’s our duty to defend his shitty ass

OH HOLY FUCK

THERES THE CHOICE

wow. y’know SOJ, i dont much like you, but you fuckin Did That. well done.

also thank you for the Justice pun it is much appreciated.

“And while I can’t say I’m used to it, this isn’t exactly my first rodeo”

FWHAT

>game flashes back to the Ahlbi case

DSKJFLS THIS IS LITERALLY THE “at second rodeo: this isn't my first rodeo” POST

YES OK WE’VE SEEN THIS CUTSCENE TWICE NOW ALREADY

WE GET IT, RAYFAS GOT COLD FEET ABOUT BEING QUEEN

MAYAS IN THE GAME

phoenix: allow me to mansplain how rayfa is feeling despite how fucking obvious it is. after all, we know our players have the mental and emotional capacity of goldfish!

oh hey mansplain is a legit word in the dictionary

cool!

why are they building this up?? just fucking tell Rayfa to do her stupid dance again and get on with it; we already did this at the beginning of the trial

“Hmm... Indeed. It would be problematic.”

ohohoooohohohhhihgjhgo

oh her nails are actually tiny pen

thats neat

thank goodness Kooraheeneese is an up-and-down written language– otherwise they’d have to make a whole new animation for the english game teehee

“....................But... Horn Head needs my help”

oh my heart

dan she just straight up begone’d her

see the one thing that falls flat here is that, during a regular trial, the prosecution saying “oh, ok, have it your way; you can try to prove your theory” holds up a little more since they... you know. don’t have absolute power.

where as, with Garananana, its more like she's just a huge posturing pushover. especially since every other minute she's saying “ok, I'm gonna kill you for REAL now.”

rayfa: b but if i fail you'll be killed!!! i dont get it...

apollo: i literally just finished explaining that I'm 100% ready to die for my shitty job that was like 5 minutes ago

it is sweet to see that he’s cheering her on though. good big bro

I'm finding small solace in this beautiful moment of “your foreign dad and bro are here for you babe reach for the stars”

Athena’s probably flashing a double thumbs up from the gallery too

“But... I finally know now. I know in what I can trust”

Bobby, from the afterlife: YOU’RE DOING AMAZING SWEETIE

Garan: What??? my tiny 14 year old daughter is going to do a thing i don’t want her to??? fuck there’s no way i can shut her up. not even with all of my large adult man guards who could easily just escort her out of the courtroom without any resistance because they’re my fucking royal guards and I'm the Queen

oh shit she took off her own cape

im so glad i muted the game so her awful voice actress couldn’t ruin this cool moment

and now as this long ass cutscene plays out again, i simply cannot help but wonder about the poor choir and how long they’ve been on standby

where do they keep the choir during trials

whats it like singing the dance of devotion song every trial

oh finally here we go. alright, lets see what the magic party pool has in store for us this time

...o ...ok then

OH! OH SHIT

Inga’s face blind?!

Y’know I did have a few thoughts about that when we discovered his notebook but I didn’t think they’d actually go that route... though, thinking about it now, it is pretty convenient.

...ok everyone’s freaking out. maybe they’ve never heard of face-blindness? ...or maybe its not face blindness after all

im pretty sure it is though

i dont know why but everyone being like FUCK ITS GOD and phoenix being like “whoops shits trippy now” made me laugh pretty hard

ok i gotta say I'm actually a little invested now, even if its just because i think face-blindness is an interesting thing to incorporate into a murder case. again, a convenient thing, but an interesting thing all the same.

ahh fuck i keep forgetting how the stupid seance works

welp, there goes one of my souls... (sigh)

..apollo you dont need to show her the picture of her dead father to say “he had a cell phone”.

the voice was coming from INSIDE THE PHONE

RAYFA HAS A PET FROG????

WHAT

SHOW US THE FROG SOJ

SHOW US THE FROG! SHOW US THE FROG! SHOW US THE FROG!

...why would Rayfa interpret the sound of the warbaa’d (something she’s familiar with) with a lion’s roar (something she’s unfamiliar with) ??

oh i see thats why Vore Machine is an idiot

for plot convenience

Datz Are’bal, a man who throws fire crackers at children.

...sounds like an are’bal guy.

bahdum-tshh

“The joker who got a kick out of startling Ahlbi with his Dragon Snot Snaps”

...something tells me that if Datz found out about Youtube, he’d be one of those “””prank””” channels.

also WHY ARE THEY CALLED SNOT SNAPS

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

“happy-go-lucky”

i think you mean vaguely sociopathic

(sigh) ive finally been worn down to the point where i need a walkthrough. ive... been beaten...

boy ahlbi’s just a font of knowledge isn't he

DID SHE JUST BREAK HER NAILS OFF

PLEASE SAY THOSE WERE STICK ONS

HOL SHIT

MMMM LAY IT ON ME NICK

face blindness

... i mean theyre not calling it that but thats what it is

yeah yeah channeling blah blah come on! youre in the LAND of channeling !

shduhjahdjk

I'm picturing Inga running into his own dead body and flipping his shit

oh man. thats the end of Trail 2 part 1.

guess i’ll see you guys on the other side... heheh.

#soj spoilers #sulking over SOJ #ooc #its a LONG one]

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice

WARNING: I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL GAME REVIEWER, GAME CRITIC, OR WRITER. The following is just purely my opinion and reaction to the game. Also, ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE. So, yeah, I’m sure there will be a grammar mistake somewhere there. Please don’t be a grammar nazi. Lastly, THIS WILL NOT BE AN ENTIRELY SERIOUS REVIEW. Yay. *insert cute puppy face*

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING. The games I am reviewing belong to their respective owner(s). I DON’T GAIN ANY PROFIT FROM THIS, EITHER.

seeing your previous player character on the other side of the courtroom would make anyone scream

Okay, first, let me lay down some rationale for this game. The Ace Attorney franchise is really, really close to my heart. If Pokemon holds my past and my childhood, the Ace Attorney holds the key to my future – as dramatic as it sounds. The Ace Attorney is what pushed me to take the path of being a lawyer. Of course, it’s not the whole reason (I’m not too keen on putting my whole life and future over a single game, after all), the other is the desire to change all the stupid things that is happening around me. But still, it is what introduced me to the greatness of law, the importance of finding the truth, and the great feeling of satisfaction you get once you have found it.

note to self: don’t fangirl too much and read the important details. seriously.

CHARACTERS:

The Legend, Phoenix Wright

Let me say one thing, it’s really, really weird facing Phoenix in a courtroom battle. For five games, I’ve played as him, and then suddenly we’re battling against him as Apollo in a civil case!? I mean, we all anticipated it ever since we briefly controlled Edgeworth in Trials and Tribulations and acted as a Defense Attorney, but seeing the legendary Phoenix Wright on the other side of the courtroom is still surprising.

And scary. Definitely scary. Seeing Phoenix frown seriously, smirk and do a complete turnabout (which, normally is a good thing for us since we’re normally him) made Apollo (and us, the player) really quake in his boots. It’s like he’s getting back for all the abuse he received for being the butt monkey of the courtroom for the past 4 games!

Other than the very memorable Case 4, Phoenix goes back to being on our side again for the rest of the cases. I especially love the fact that even though 8 or so years has passed; Phoenix’s protectiveness over Maya has never failed. He went to another freaking country just because of a phone call for her! He fought on the wrong side of the truth (which is basically the opposite of his whole values) for her! He knowingly risked his life over her (though then again, this part’s nothing new)!

Every girl needs a Phoenix in her life, man. (NaruMayo ship: *sails*)

serious!Phoenix would make anyone tremble

Courtroom Revolutionaire, Apollo Justice

Okay, first of all, let me clarify; I KNOW THAT THIS TITLE BELONGS TO ATHENA. But it just fits, you know? (Also, I don’t know how to spell.)

I don’t care that the title of the game says Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney; Apollo is the real star of this game (it’s like the reversed version of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, where the real conflict is about Phoenix.). I believe in the wandering fan theory that this last three games (Apollo Justice: AA, AA: Dual Destinies, and AA: Spirit of Justice) is about Apollo, similar to how the first three games (Phoenix Wright: AA, AA: Justice for All and AA: Trials and Tribulations) is about Phoenix.

And man, how those three games did a wonderful job building up Apollo into the brave little bird he is now. AJ shows how he starts as a rookie defense attorney, DD shows his high school-college past (aka Clay MY GOD *eternal crying*), and lastly, SoJ shows his childhood and ends in how he starts being a professional defense attorney (thus, making a complete, albeit reversed, circle).

Spirit of Justice shows a lot of tearjerker, heart-pulling and gasp-inducing scenes for Apollo that at this point in time I don’t know how he managed to not break down. Oh wait, he did break down, he even have a new, special animation for it. And my god that scene… I didn’t shed a single tear at that point, because I was just so horrified and overwhelmed and whatishappeningisthisreallyhappening. Yeah, that feeling. (I did cry, a lot, but at the later point of the game since it took time for my mind to acknowledge that ohmyggoditreallyhappenedhuuuHUHUHUHU-)

So yeah. Apollo really received his most-deserved characterization and development in this game.

The Funeral Prosecutor, Nahyuta Sahdmadhi

Nahyuta. Nahyuta… Is my baby. Because, really, he’s just so cute and naiive in some of the things! I mean sure, he’s really nasty, but so are the other prosecutors and you don’t see me hating on them (in fact Franziska is totally my role model). But we can’t all deny the fact that he’s really kind and gentle on other people, look at Ema for instance (it’s clear that he likes her btw, I just can’t decide if it’s platonic or romantic, since my KlEma heart’s really against it).

And just like any main prosecutors in any games, Nahyuta receives wonderful characterization and character development as the game progresses. Similar to Apollo, a lot of tearjerker scenes is about him, especially when you discover how much has he sacrificed for his family…

And Nahyuta’s totally an overprotective brother to Rayfa. I can’t wait to see the next game just to see their post-game interactions.

look at this two original assistant babies turning to mature babies

The Ace Assistant, Maya Fey

MAYA. SHE’S BACK. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

Ace Attorney fans have fully risen from the dead the moment the trailer showed Maya returning for this game. It’s what we have been wishing for in these past two games! Our beloved Ace Assistant is back! And partnered with Phoenix no less! Sarcastic conversations! Funny interactions! Ladders vs. Stepladders!

Our original Ace Attorney duo is back! AAAAAAAAA-

But still, of course 8 years have passed, so it’s inevitable for Maya to change. Even though most of the time she’s still childish and funny, there are still many scenes scattered all around the game that shows her all grown up that you can’t help but remember her older sister, Mia. The game shows Mature Maya, the Leader of the Kurain Village.

Also, the Spirit Channeling scene is very, very beautiful. I’m glad that we actually saw it for the first time.

lil’ princess is just so cute!

The Priestess, Rayfa Padma Khura’in

Princess Rayfa is a cinnamon roll. A tsundere cinnamon roll, and that what makes her a very cute and wonderful and funny assistant.

Serious talk though, Rayfa is the youngest (except for Ahlbi) character to be introduced in this game, and it shows. Although she acts all high-and-mighty and incredibly mature due to her status as a priestess, there are times that her childishness shows true. And I think it’s completely okay – and Phoenix and Maya does to. She tries too hard to immediately grow up , but what she doesn’t know is that being true to your age gives you wonders too.

And, oh god, the pressure given to her by her mother… I can totally relate.

That scene when she was asked to show her (adoptive) father’s death in a Divination Séance… it made me cry for Rayfa [seriously, this game made me cry a lot]. Sure, we’ve seen her faint a lot of the times, but it’s only for dramatics; to show how horrified she was that we beat her. But that scene… is the real deal. We actually saw Rayfa going pale, gasping for air, eyes wide… and faints. It’s – just – so heartbreaking…

can we all just cry

The Dragon, Dhurke Sahdmadhi

Oh my gosh, where do I even start.

*cries*

My first impression of Dhurke during the trailer was he’s the typical rebel antagonist in a game. And it continued on as we first got a glance on him at the end of the second trial.

Oh boy am I glad to be wrong.

I admit – Dhurke has not been a particularly good father to Apollo. Sure he’s got his reasons, being busy with the rebellion and all, but imagining a little Apollo hoping for his father to show up, pick him up and get him out of his misery – yet incredibly devastated as later, he will know that no one will show up, really broke my heart. Apollo did not deserve that. No child deserves that.

But oh man, he still loves Apollo. He loves Nahyuta. He loves Rayfa. He loves his children – anyone playing the game can see that. He just shows it in a different way, but every action he takes – it’s for the sake of his family. (Nahyuta really is similar to his father)

SPOILER

Too bad he’s not even alive. I can’t believe all the time we’ve spent with him as Apollo is… not exactly a lie, the interactions with him is the truth – he loves Apollo. But… you know.

Imagining his thought process while he was being spirit channeled by Maya and spending time with his son he had only seen now for the past two decades… is very depressing.

The Childhood Duo, Athena Cykes and Simon Blackquill

I admit, I am disappointed with these two. Well, not these two exactly, they’re perfect just the way they are (I MEAN CAN YOU BELIEVE IT SIMON AND ATHENA TEAMING UP. THE PSYCHOLOGY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS, DEFENSE-PROSECUTOR DUO IS TEAMING UP AAAAAA-), but I’m more sad in the roles they are given. More specifically, the wasted potential of their roles.

The theme of the whole game is inheritance. Inheritance from parent to child, and inheritance from teacher to student. And Athena and Simon’s ace – Psychology – is literally that, an inheritance from Metis Cykes!

They don’t need to create a whole batch of other characters. I’m not saying the Rakugo case sucks – it’s very new considering we have another Japanese culture-themed case; and the fact that a psychological disease (the multiple personalities stuff) is the main turning point of this case makes it a perfect case for Simon and Athena – but maybe they should have used it for the next game?

Athena and Simon were only introduced in the last game – so I’m definitely hungry for more backstory and deeper characterization for these two wonderful characters. And what better way for us to get to know more about theme more intimately than to get to know these two’s most important person, Metis Cykes, and her gift to them?

But hey – I’m complaining but I’m not particularly shunning these two and Case 3. As I said, Case 3 is a wonderful and genius case (but what would you expect from Ace Attorney, right?). It’s just that, the potential…

The Game

So far, this game has the largest amount of ‘gimmicks’ or ‘powers’ featured. Phoenix’s Magatama, Apollo’s bracelet, Athena’s Widget, Ema’s Forensic stuff, and the newly introduced Rayfa’s Divination Séance. I think the only missing power is Edgeworth’s Logic Chess, and we have the complete set!

Each of them is unique and special in their own way, and they definitely made the game much more exciting and enjoyable. OF course, the traditional courtroom battle is as hard, mysterious and exciting as ever! I cannot even predict who the culprit was in the start of the case, and if it was obvious who did it (like, it was showed in the initial cutscene or was directly implied), I can’t figure out how he/she did it without the help of the character I’m acting as. Which is a new thing for me, since in the past games, I already know who the real culprit is even before the player character knows. Well, most of the time, at least.

And the plot, oh the plot was absolutely complicated and mind blowing it’s wonderful. The family drama is as – if not more – dramatic than the T&T one. And that’s saying something, considering that the Fey clan’s story is really complicated too. And as I mentioned earlier, this game gave meat for the characterization of several characters.

Also, it made me cry probably around ten times.

FINAL REMARKS

DO I EVEN HAVE TO? GO PLAY IT. Though if you still haven’t play the previous games yet, do that first THEN PLAY THIS. THE STORY IS GOOD. THE GAMEPLAY IS AWESOME. THE CHARACTERS ARE WONDERFUL. *eternal scream*

FINAL NOTES: I’M SORRY IF I MISSED ANYTHING. What I wrote here are the things that really stood out to me. My aim is not to review everything about the game, but to write what I remember the most and what my reaction to it. If I did react to the whole game, it would take about 20 pages or so in MS word. (This is 4 pages, btw)

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

alright, we’re here live with phoenix wright at temple temple

lets see where we go.

aw he’s worried about maya. thank god someone is.

“I didn’t come all the way to khura’in to be useless”

prove it, edgey

oh its one of those lady gaga guards again

Lah’kee. aww cute

“I advise you accept the invitation”

well he can’t really decline it, miles.

Also “Lakhee” haha. at least edgeworth’s ability to mess up names is still here.

hm i wonder how she’s really spying on everyone. something ridiculous no doubt.

oooh the ‘audience chamber’

i smell a cutscene

ooh i was right

kinda

“this place is still as magnificent as last time”

wait what do you mean last time

it was listed as a new location in the map

“looks like you’re doing well”

damnit nick you made me laugh.

phoenix now has ‘bludgeoned by child’ to add to his list of stuff he’s survived

we’ve already established that you cant get spiritual power from the orb unless you’re a medium already. come on now.

“For in Khura’in, only those who possess spiritual power may sit on the throne”

uh im all for feminism and that but you might wanna open your king or queenitude to a wider and possibly more qualified range of people.

i mean spirit mediums are awesome and all but summoning ghosts does not necessarily make you a good politician.

“But the queen seems almost giddy for someone who’s husband was just murdered”

well I'm glad you told me that, phoenix, because i cannot fucking tell on her flat ass face

poor rayfa... she’s really grown on me. i hope she’ll be okay.

hmm. something just happened that i *think* should have tripped the magatama... but who cares. nothing works anymore.

“When it turned out Dhurke was forging evidence the people were devastated, and trust in the legal system plummeted”

anD THUS BEGAN THE DARK AGE OF THE

NO NON O NON NOOOOOO WE LEFT THAT BEHIND IN DD DO NOT BRING IT BACK.

“We have the divination seance, so we don’t need lawyers anymore”

yeah you also don’t need prosecutors anymore either. all you need is a judge to go “huh, looks legit” and into the slammer they go.

...and yet... and yet...

WHOA WHAT

SHE MOVES?!

also thats literally Morgan’s laugh but flipped. She’s evil.

“it’s missing? I'm sure Dhurke had it when he went into the tomb”

why is phoenix so fucking stupid when he goes to kooraheen. its like when he sets foot on their soil his brain just drops every single shred of self preservation it once had. i mean i know he used to show evidence to blatant criminals but like, at least he had misgivings about doing it.

“From his odd hairstyle, may we assume him to be a relative? Perhaps, your younger brother?”

‘no, he’s my son.’

haha but in all seriousness considering Jove’s facial similarity to phoenix and the amount of shoehorned backstory for Apollo, they could pretty damn well be related.

wow. not only does phoenix yell EW NO HES NOT RELATED TO ME but he /also/ lets slip that he’s related to Dhurke. You know. Right in front of the queen who hates the living shit out of Dhurke.

Thanks for draining my baby’s braincells, SOJ......

“whats she whispering to that guard?”

oh i dunno nick maybe something about that thing you said about Apollo being related to the queen’s ARCH NEMESIS.

GOOD FUCKING LORD.

“That’s one swanky throne. I wouldn't mind taking a seat there myself.”

the audacity. and yet i love him for it.

“The jester and the crown. I imagine it’d make quite the interesting picture”

Ouuuch

“You know, Edgeworth, I hate to say this, but you’re absolutely right.”

he’s remembering that time he got all doe eyed over Dhurke’s mouldy jacket.

why is the bazaar also a new area

we’ve been there before

...oh. warbaads sound like lions?? the fuck????

its a form of mimicry? to protect against predators??

when did he learn this again?!

oh god. of course. of course it would be Vore Machine who makes a fucking gunshot noise in the middle of a crowded area.

brilliant.

“since more people are joining us, ive decided to employ something that sounds like a gunshot to scare the fuck outta them!’

flawless strategy as always, dingel.

“What with the murder/suicide!”

he shouts with a huge grin

“Hopefully this means Tahrust’s death won’t be in vain after all”

GOD. even brain dead nick noticed it was abso-fuckin’-lutely pointless.

“see, i give my fellow rebels things that sound like gunshots, that will of course draw attention AWAY from them. yes, the loud noise things will definitely ward OFF the royal guards” genius.

“those firecrackers are more useful than i thought”

yeah because he used one on a fucking vulnerable child. maybe try it again when the actual trained police are on your tail, see how well that turns out for you.

also fuck you Datz.

aw i love Rayfa and Nick’s interactions. She’s adorable and he humours her so much. It’s sweet.

this is genuine by the way; its the highlight of the kooraheen cases for me. as i said Rayfa’s really grown on me. she was annoying at first but now it’s just kinda... cute?

“But hearing her all alone I... I can’t help but think of Trucy”

“it’s as if your brain-to-mouth filter shuts off the second you step out of the courtroom”

oh man edge. you'd be snacking on your words if you saw his internal monologue.

phoenix: men are messy. i am messy.

where IS nayna...

in other news, Phoenix continues to dad at Rayfa

(weeping) oh god Rayfa’s so cute

please be kind to her pleaaase

(rayfa seems really worried for Nayna...)

yea maybe you should do something about that nick

Phoenix: rayfs maybe you uhh shouldnt do the divination thing i can do that

wehhh protect her nick

god she’s even feeling bad for being a brat. please just give her a hug or something, jeez;

i know its just a call back but how /did/ he get his hands on some J’suis Lebelle?

“I like my natural stress-grey very much ,thank you!”

“Do you suppose if I slept on it, I could see my father once more?”

WHAT THE FUCK SOJ

obviously phoenix agrees with me. jesus.

shdgah i thought the notepad was a sandwich

Huh! Inga was face-blind. who knew?

i kid, i kid. its probably related to queenbean’s magic surveillance shit

hehehe everybody luuuurves edgeworth

Phoenix: drugs??? oh no I'm a cool kid. say no

(steals drugs)

n’awww. her birfday was the safe code. i guess even bad men love their daughters.

OH AND HER BABY LETTERS IN THERE TOO AHH

(yells) gfakgkkajafksj THERE’S AN ‘ASSASSINATION PLAN”

GOD

fake. fake fake fake. fake as fuck.

people don’t write little “my evil plan” notes to themselves.

Rayfa: *sees picture of someone other than her mother holding her as a baby* MY WHOLE LIFE IS A LIIIIIIIE

“I wonder what’s afoot?”

THE GAME, EDGEWORTH, THE GAME!!!

Edgeworth’s bitten by a fuckin dog and he STILL Cant manage a human emotion. good lord.

hmm. i know that was supposed to be comedic but the lack of visuals really kinda dampened the thing.

...plus, to choke edgeworth, the pressure would need to be applied to the front of his neck, not the back, and since the dog is on the front, it cant have choked him. it couldn’t have even pulled the “cravat” tighter because it’s not actually tied up.

(sigh) oh whatever.

Datz, emerging from a manhole to recruit

Wow Datz sure loves to scare the shit out of children. What a class act.

“HAHA FUCK YOU KID, I HOPE YOUR DOG’S LOST FOREVER AND MAYBE DIES”

SUCH a class act.

“Ahlbi’s not exactly the picture of self restraint...”

phoenix he’s nine

“I worry about his future sometimes...”

of course you do, dad ;)

“You cant go trespassing like that, even if it’s for a good cause; it’s just not right!”

hey, trilogy and AJ nick would say otherwise, old man. you use to be cool. and interested in doing bad things for good ends.

weird haircut - friend of phoenix

“a big orange spider leg” AHLBI

he's right, but he shouldn’t say it!

“they were being pursued by royal guards!”

:) hey phoenix :) maybe next time dont tell the queen :) that they’re involved with her mortal enemy :) maybe :)))))

alright and that’s part 2 of the investigation over. apparently there’s a part 3? they sure are breaking the established time codes for cases in this game... oh well! stay tuned for the next time!

#sulking over SOJ #ooc #this one's actually pretty civil; this part of the investigation wasn't that bad #i actually had a pretty good time!]

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