#‘don’t put me on trial for murder I’m just a little guy!’

[science-lings]

Obsessed with the vibe that both Ryunosuke and Phoenix were built to be the most easily underestimated guys ever and they’re always set up against people who would eat them alive if given the opportunity. They’re also distinctly different flavors of visibly pathetic, Phoenix has more of the ‘ridiculous stupid reckless crybaby’ thing going on while Ryunosuke is a ‘tiny nervous woodland creature begging to be hunted for sport’ kinda vibe.

While there’s no way that it’s all a facade, it would be interesting if they were at least self aware. Phoenix does his puppy eyes in court at the judge and at Gumshoe to get into the crime scene and Ryunosuke just forgets to draw attention to the fact that he constantly has a sword on his person, while Kazuma uses it for intimidation Ryunosuke rests his hand on it for support and that’s it.

During the 7yg Phoenix tailors his persona specifically to double down on the idea that he’s shady and down on his luck and this feels like a choice that he’s made rather than him actually giving up and we know that he never gave up. That’s like… his whole deal.

Stronghart takes one look at Ryunosuke and immediately dismisses him, no one can turn this little runt into an assassin. He’s not a threat if he mutters all his thoughts to himself and is visibly anxious all the time.

I just think it would be funny if they weaponized it and are constantly pulling the ‘im a little birthday boy’ move.

#I haven’t actually played AJ so idk if he’s just as weaponized pathetic as the Naruhodos but I would believe it #I think Apollo has just too much externalized rage to really get the soggy kitten vibe down #we do know that Trucy has the little girl act played up on purpose too #‘don’t put me on trial for murder I’m just a little guy!’ #pheonix wright #ryunosuke naruhodo #ryuunosuke naruhodou #ace attorney #the great ace attorney #tgaac

[vigilantebarbie]

i keep my jealousy close chapter one

chapter two

It all started with finding out that there was a vigilante in Evergreen, appropriately named Vigilante. It scared the shit out of you knowing that there was some murderous person out there who seemed to be killing anyone who broke even the smallest law.

Some jaywalker had been found cut to ribbons one morning, and another day someone the traffic cameras had picked up speeding through a red light was found shot in their car. You didn't realize how bad it was until you went into the Italian restaurant, Fennel something, next to your laundromat to break a $20 when you overheard the staff gossiping about the latest death. Some bank manager who was on trial for embezzlement was found dead in his home, along with his partners in crime. "It was another Vigilante job, apparently. The security cameras were cut before the murder." The hostess squeaked out, sounding almost panicked when she said that, almost like she was guilty of the crime herself. She looked barely older than sixteen, so there was no way in hell she could even commit that sort of crime. Not if she was working at a restaurant for her first job.

"Maybe the bank guy killed someone, Madison. Personally, I'm glad Vigilante got rid of him so now we're all safe." Your head whipped around to find out exactly who had said that & your eyes settled on who appeared to be a busser, based on the half-full dish tub in his hands, standing there and looking directly at the hostess, Madison, with what looked to you like anger and disbelief. Vigilante had a fanboy, who knew? "The less scummy people the better if you ask me" Fanboy chimed in before Madison could get another word in "But what if I accidentally run a red light like that guy last week? I'm only seventeen, Adrian!" This was going to get interesting fast. Sitting down silently to watch the two argue for a few minutes before clearing your throat to finally get your change so you could do your laundry.

Both of them jumped at the sound of your voice, Madison hastily apologizing for making you wait. "It's okay, promise" You assured her with a genuine smile "I was just wondering if you could break this $20, the change machine at the laundromat only takes fives and ones." You were semi-new to Evergreen, you needed a fresh start after ending a long-term relationship that hadn't made you happy since the beginning. Leaving that loser behind was the best thing you had ever done for your mental health. But now you had to make new friends and create new experiences. Thankfully you were a writer and could work just about anywhere since you always got to work from home.

"Sure thing!" Madison chirped, counting out loud as she counted the change a little slowly, but who could blame her? Numbers suck. You couldn't help looking around as you waited, noticing the fanboy busser, Adrian as you recalled hearing Madison call him. You definitely admired the guy for being able to work semi-peacefully with a teenager. You'd never really liked teenagers, even when you were one. He had to be around your age, roughly late twenties.

Trying to not stare when he heaved the full bus tub up with ease, you turned your attention back to Madison, fairly certain that Adrian had seen you looking at him. “I appreciate it. Hopefully, I won’t be back to break a bill again & actually remember to get what bills I need for laundry. Or save for a washer & dryer so I don’t have to go to the laundromat anymore.” You rambled. Now you had to actually leave before they started to judge you for not being able to shut up. "Anyhoo, see you guys around" Raising your fingers in a salute, you turned and left, hearing Madison mumble "Old people are so weird" on your way out the door. Shoving the change in your pocket while you went back to the car to get your laundry and headed into the laundromat with your airpod knock offs connected, portable charger ready to go, you put on a podcast to listen to while you passed the time between loads being switched over, thinking about the weirdo from the restaurant. Why had he defended Vigilante so eagerly? And why had you been so impressed by the way he lifted that full bus tub onto his shoulder? You couldn't get that image out of your mind for some reason and it was driving you insane. So much so, that your Fitbit picked up your heart rate increase while you were sitting there, listening to two strangers talk about American Girl dolls or whatever.

Little did you realize that Vigilante fanboy, Adrian, had noticed you too, and had heard everything you told Madison about the laundromat. After his shift ended, he made his way to his car, conveniently parked close to yours without him even realizing it. He could see everything through the big window, watch everything you were doing. That was creepy. But he couldn't bring himself to look away while you sat on top of the laundry counter, singing along to some song he couldn't hear, swinging your legs and aggressively pointing your finger like you were at some punk show and not doing errands.

This wouldn't be the last time he'd see you, he decided. It couldn't be. Not when you were so intriguing.

#i keep my jealousy close #adrian chase #adrian x reader #adrian x you #vigilante x reader #vigilante x you #peacemaker 2022 #me finally posting my fic here? yes but slowly

[peathepirate]

Please please please tell me more about bunpollo

It’s bunpollo time!! 🐰

Trucy turns Apollo into a bunny on purpose. "It'll be a fun trick", she says. "Don't worry, I know how to turn you back", she says.

She does NOT know how to turn him back.

Apollo spends a week as a bunny. Trucy calls him Bunpollo the whole time. He hates it.

Apollo is furr-ious at first (Trucy thinks it's "super cute" when he angrily stomps his little foot) but eventually he has to accept his furry fate.

He's in the middle of a case, so spending the week in hiding isn't really an option. He does consider living the rest of his life in Trucy's magic hat after Klavier Gavin calls him cute, but Phoenix kindly reminds him that being a bunny is not an excuse to let his client down.

And so he becomes the first ever bunny attorney to defend a client in a murder trial. Trucy even makes him a tiny tie and a doll-sized red vest so that he can show up to court "in style".

The cool attire doesn't help. No one takes him seriously. Klavier calls him Hare Forehead more than once and the judge brings him carrots on the second day.

Eventually they have to postpone the trial until “Mr. Justice stops playing a rabbit and can take this trial seriously”.

Bunpollo’s having the worst time of his life. Things can’t possibly get worse than this!

They do.

That evening Chief Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth joins them to dinner. Apollo finally snaps when Phoenix brings him a bowl of rabbit food and tells him to "enjoy his snack". After unsuccessful attempts from Trucy and Phoenix to calm him down, Mr. Chief Prosecutor himself tries to dissolve the situation. It doesn't work. First Apollo bites Edgeworth in the thumb, then Phoenix.

Apollo is put in a time-out box. The time-out box is put in to a car. They take a looong car ride – during which Phoenix wonders if he needs to go get a tetanus shot or not.

“He’s not a wild animal, Wright.”

“Yeah, so? We don’t know what kind of diseases he’s carrying!”

“STOP TALKING ABOUT ME LIKE I’M NOT HERE!!!”

The car comes to a stop. Someone lifts up the time-out box. Apollo secretly hopes that Mr. Edgeworth is going to throw him in the nearest river and so end his bunny misery.

His hopes are crushed when he hears a cheerful: “Ah, Herr Chief! Herr Wright! What brings you two to my office at this hour?”

The time-out box is left at Klavier Gavin’s office without much of an explanation. Klavier is very happy to see his “favorite furry friend” inside the box. Apollo is not happy to see him.

Klavier quickly finds out that having an angry bunny in his office full of cords and cables and scattered legal papers on the floor isn’t the best of combinations – even if the bunny in question does look very cute.

“Stop eating my aux cords, you little Scheiße!!”

Apollo is put in his time-out box once more. The time-out box is put in to a car once more. And once more, there is a looong car ride. This time no one accuses him of carrying any diseases. Instead Klavier plays him the demo of his upcoming solo album. Apollo decides he doesn’t like the music and proceeds to fall asleep during one of the ballads.

He wakes up in Klavier Gavin’s apartment.

Long story short, Apollo ends up spending the rest of his bunny days with Klavier. During that time he learns that 1) Klavier is actually a decent guy and really fun to be around, 2) his “anger” and “annoyance” toward Klavier might actually be just him having a big fat crush on the rock star, and 3) his bunny-self enjoys belly rubs. A lot. Like a LOT lot.

They cuddle in the evenings and it doesn’t even feel awkward after the first few times.

It’s his seventh day as a bunny. Apollo is comfortably in Klavier’s arms getting his before-bed-belly-rubs when he finally accepts that he might spend the rest of his life this way.

That evening he falls asleep as a bunny. The next morning he wakes up as his usual human-self.

There’s no obvious reason why he finally turns back into a human. It just kind of happens. Trucy says maybe Apollo needed to learn some kind of lesson "like in the movies”. Apollo thinks he was getting too comfortable as a bunny and the universe does NOT want him to feel comfortable. Ever.

So, it is the dawn of the first day AB (After Bunny) and Apollo’s freaking out because 1) he’s sleeping in Klavier Gavin’s bed, 2) he’s sleeping next to Klavier Gavin, and 3) he’s very, very naked.

Apollo’s thrilled to be back to normal (coffee doesn’t make his tummy hurt anymore!) but his joy is short-lived when others kindly let him know he isn’t “as cute” anymore.

The only one who makes him feel somewhat better about the whole ordeal is Klavier.

“I guess I’m happy to have you back as your normal self, Herr Forehead. I couldn’t imagine myself going on a date with a rabbit.”

#ace attorney #apollo justice #klapollo #bunpollo!AU #ask

[wawamouse]

Oz Rewatch 3: S2E05: Family Bizness

Storylines:

(Mini) Schillinger approaches Said to represent him

Graduation ceremony; Kenny & Poet, McManus & Devlin, Poet & Said

(Mini) Bellinger & Mukada

McManus asks Schillinger about Diane ; rejects dinner with Diane and Deedee

(Mini) Busmalis and Rebadow digging a hole, continued

Glynn convinces his brother to come clean to get rid of Schibetta blackmailing him; Schibetta is poisoned and later no longer has leverage over Glynn

Toby/Chris storyline progresses; Genevieve dies

Gloria/Ryan storyline progresses; Ryan gets Cyril to kill Gloria’s husband

I'll switch it up and give our final thoughts off the bat today, since today was a bit of a quiet watch.

Sister's final thoughts (condensed) on this episode were as follows:

"It was sort of more fun in the beginning of the season where they were starting the school stuff and there were fresh things happening. I don’t really like the direction they’ve taken the religious guy (Said) in, trying to make him focus on law, because they don't make it work. I don’t recall him getting hit in the head but suddenly he’s stupid and making weird decisions this season and I find it tiresome… Although, I’m surprised the conspiracy to murder trial is taking so long in the show, considering how fast everything else develops. Like, this guy (Schillinger) is STILL getting charged with conspiracy to murder and meanwhile, the execution trials go by and take place in less than half an episode. I’m also surprised there wasn’t more hullabaloo at the writer guy (Poet) leaving. Like, he just left. And why do they keep bringing kids to the prison for no reason? First the guard lady's kid and then the Beecher guy's.

Sister was also a little bit 🙄 about Genevieve getting killed off this episode—"freeing up the emotional ties to progress the [Beecher/Keller] storyline", Sister called it. It makes me wonder what further storylines might've been if Genevieve hadn't died. I feel like if she hadn't died and Schillinger hadn't made the joke later on about being the one to order a hit on her, then maybe the writers would never have gotten it into their heads to have Schillinger actually kill members of Toby's family.

Anyway, for me, I feel like this episode was a little dull compared to last (or maybe I'm just tired today 😅). I know shit's gonna pop off in the next episode, though, and I told Sister as much. One thing I liked was Kenny's conversation with Poet in the earlier part of the episode, which I feel showed a little bit more of the vulnerability in his character that has been slowly disappearing again now that he's firmly rejected McManus's deal with him and isn't interested in making progress anymore. I think that when he asks Poet to help him write an apology to his mom because he knows he's disappointed her the most with his backslide, it shows that he does understand what a shitty situation he's put himself back in and feels ashamed as well as simply powerless to get back on track. Of course, the wholesome moment is capped off in Oz fashion with an exchange of drugs, lol.

In this episode, it's also revealed what Peter Schibetta has had over Glynn's head this entire time. That is, knowledge that Leo's brother, Mark, killed a man. I feel like that's some pretty heavy stuff, but also sort of random? I wish Mark's arrest had played more of a role in the show, or that Mark had been brought to Oz, where that dynamic of him being the warden's brother could've continued to play out. Sure, maybe he wouldn’t have landed in Oz because he is Glynn's brother, but this is OZ we're talking about! When has realism ever stood in the way of drama?! I don't know. I just feel like the Mark Glynn reveal was a wasted opportunity that the show was only too happy to sweep under the rug because it was a plotline only created to explain the Schibettas' power in Oz.

Also, as much as I don't like the Gloria/Ryan storyline, as I said last time, it's good TV, and it's always fun to heckle the screen while watching an episode. Ryan certainly gives Sister and I a chance to do that so 🫡 Love to hate him. Also, he is legit creepy-scary in the scene with Sister Pete where she's trying to tell him that Gloria doesn't love him and he needs to stop bothering her with his obsession. Reminds me of dudes with intense energy who I went to school with 💀

Stray Thoughts

Does anyone know what "Oz / Aran" is supposed to mean? I tried to looked up what "Aran" might be but Google just said it was a name meaning various things in different languages; none of them really made sense in the context of the book title.

Sister: Blind to SCHEMES...

What do we think about this, folks? Was Bellinger just trying to manipulate Mukada into showing her a bit of sympathy and kindness? This is still early on in the season/show, so I don't feel like Shirley actually means it when she comes onto Mukada and then seems aghast, saying "Look at me, I'm so fucked up", etc.

Sister: They’re allowed to play POOL? The game that is 100% WEAPONS?

Sister: They come across like one of them is going to poison the other and they both know it.

Sister: I’m surprised there’s not more homoerotic media involving wrestling… Me (muttering): No, there’s definitely a lot of media. Sister (still musing): ...Maybe everyone else thinks ‘nah, too easy’?

Sister: He’s laying it on too thick. (At Chris) You're laying it on too thick!

Sister: A “rectory”? 🥴 What is THAT for? 😳

Aaaand, this episode marks the solving of the "Sycamore and Broome Street" mystery. Did we really need three episodes for that? Would Sister Pete not have served a better use in other storylines? And, unfortunately, the whole Giles thing is not even over.

Sister: What, did he get a tattoo? Me: Yeah, of a brown paper bag….

(Sister muttering the world's quietest, most disgusted “gross” over my shoulder)

Sister: Noooo! What about Shannon??

Nothing here, really. Sister Pete's tiny nod in this reaction shot just cracks me up.

#text #oz rewatch #sister's prevailing love for shannon #if shannon has 1 million fans sister is one of them If shannon has 0 fans sister is dead etc

[iceaxeflynn]

SPOILERS FOR PA:AA—T&T RECIPE FOR TURNABOUT

I was playing through PA:AA Trials and Tribulations, and I just realized that no one talks about Recipe for Turnabout.

Why? How can no one in this fandom not go bat shit insane for Phony Phoenix? I mean look at this man

He’s bat chit insane. The madlad is literally an anti-Phoenix. He calls himself the Tiger. He growls at the jury. He’s so scary the Judge hides under his desk.

HE MAKES A FAKE ATTORNEY BADGE OUT OF CARDBOARD AND PRETENDS TO BE PHOENIX IN!!! COURT!!!!!!

AND NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING!

Gumshoe, the Judge, Maggey, AND EVEN MAYA don’t register that its NOT PHOENIX.

He’s constantly screaming. He’s growling. He tells Phoenix that for every dumb question he asks he’s gonna sue him $50,000.

HE’S BRIGHT. FUCKING. RED.

I refuse to acgnowledge this Furio Tigre erasure. That case was a fucking wild ride. That man impersonated the most popular defense attorney and almost got away with it, and it was heavily implied that he was dating the granddaughter of the

HEAD OF THE GODDAMN MAFIA.

Did I mention he roars like a tiger? I don’t think you understand. This man has AUDIO DIALOGUE THAT PLAYS EVERY TIME HE ROARS. EVEN PHOENIX HIDES UNDER HIS DESK FROM HIM.

LOOK AT THAT SUIT!!!!

And then lets step away from fuckin Tiger Phoenix for a minute.

We ALSO learn that Gumshoe is SUPER SOFT for Maggey Bryde. She gets arrested for supposedly being the murderer, and Gumshoe is in HYSTERICS. He runs around like a lost puppy doing everything he can to get Maggey out with the same if not more panic than he had when Edgeworth was arrested. AND ITS SO??? WHOLESOME?????

Like he’s SO CUTE TOO. He makes Maggey lunches, because he notices she’s been loosing weight and doesn’t want her to be unhealthy. When he understands that Maggey is mad at him because of a misunderstanding, he avoids her because she says she doesn’t want to see him, and he doesn’t want to push himself onto her.

HE’S SUCH A GENTLEMAN?? WHY DO I NOT SEE MORE MAGGEY AND GUMSHOE SHIP ART.

Not only that, but they have PERFECT ENERGY TOGETHER. They’re both like energetic dogs you can rely on. They’re excited, and they’re here to do their best. They can do no wrong.

Also, Gumshoe and Maggey LOVE the same foods and it’s adorable. You can’t change my mind; straight ships can be adorable too I’m literally a gay man call me homophobic I dare you.

ALSO JUST?? THE OTHER CHARACTERS AS WELL?????

First up we’ve got who I like to call

Grandpa Seedman (A.K.A. Victor Kudo)

What a man. What a madlad. He makes me want to dump him in a fucking silo of birdseed.

Why is he here? Why does he have all that birdseed? Why can’t he calm down and stop throwing it for five seconds? If I had to guess what Wendy Oldbag’s ex-husband would be like, this is exactly who I think it would be. They’re both insufferable to no end. Let me throw them outa window.

Then we got Monsieur Essential Oils (A.K.A. Jean Armstrong)

What In The Royal Fuck. Where are these roses coming from. Why does his restaurant look like a Hello Kitty Lolita Cafe. He’s also half a million dollars in debt. I would ask why but if you took one look in hid goddamn restaurant you would understand why. Also literally everyone in the game thinks his food is shit.

Please sir. Please you’re so gay it hurts. He’s literally April May but a guy. Actively flirts with Gotot which is pretty funny so you get some extra points.

Wednesday Addams (A.K.A. Viola Cadaverini)

So little miss is the granddaughter of a fucking MOB BOSS and she is literally true crime. Constantly mutters about offering you tea. Would be a nice gesture if the murder in this case WASNT CAUSED BY SOMEONE BEING POISONED THROUGH A DRINK also the fact that the MURDERER IS HER BOSS

She’s actually pretty chill, despite how off-putting she is. Would love to listen to true crime and watch the Twilight Zone with her. She deserves better.

THIS MOTHERFUCKER

HOW THE FUCK DID NO ONE NOTICE IT WASNT PHOENIX THE BITCH IS LITERALLY BRIGHT FUCKING RED

He also rides a teeny fuckin scooter thats like neon pink and blue which is so goddamn funny to me especially considering the fact that that tiny ass scooter caused a massive crash which he walked away from unscathed but the DRIVER was sent to the EMERGENCY ROOM and had A MILLION DOLLARS worth of surgery done.

This man can fight god and win the only reason he didn’t get away with the murder is because bitch straight up went “haha Phoenix Wright you dumb bitch thats not the poison bottle I used get your facts straight” and Godot has a fucking ANEURISM because all of these witnesses are SO FUCKING STUPID

Godot was the real victim here holy shit this fucking case was the most bat shit insane stuff how the FUCK did no one talk more about this PLEASE

TL;DR Give Recipe For Turnabout more love. It’s the most unhinged shit on the planet.

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #prosecutor godot #godot #trials and tribulations #miles edgeworth #wrightworth #detective gumshoe #dick gumshoe #recipe for turnabout #underrated #maggey byrde #magshoe #furio tigre

[givemeanaccountalready]

for milgram ask game 💖 1, 2, 5, 8 for Yuno 3, 4, 6, 7 for Haruka 12, 13, 14, 15 for Mikoto

Yuno

1.) Favorite song lyrics?

I think I like Tear Drop just slightly more than Umbilical.

“I’m the one who chose / let you and you and you all in / Happy or sad? / Why decide? / Where’d you get your half-baked sense of justice / So nauseating… so creepy will you please disappear? / Phew. Anyway”

I just really like this verse from Tear Drop and that she is continuing to emphasize her point that yeah, you can punish people outside the law, but it’s never-ending and people have differing views on what the ‘right’ punishment is. No one in the audience expected Kotoko to attack the Guilty prisoners after Trial One, and during Kotoko’s voice drama, she is able to verbally put Es in the corner when they try to shut her down. As far as Kotoko was concerned, murder is murder, get wrecked by the fang of justice. Muu, in her first voice drama, brings up the idea of self-defense and Es agreed with her that killing someone in self-defense is justifiable and can be forgiven, something that conflicts with Kotoko’s view on justice. Yuno brings up that most people look down on sex work, but if it’s a consensual exchange of sex in exchange for money, is it really hurting anyone, and if not, why is it other people’s business what she does? Especially even seems to understand where she is coming from, even if they don’t give a vocal agreement to it. That said, I still want to know how in the hell she got involved with sex work in the first place. I know she’s using sex (the warmth) to fill an emotional void (the coldness), but how long has she been doing sex work, because some of those men she’s been with have taken her to upscale places that a high school boy and most college guys certainly can’t afford to take their dates to.

2.) Favorite music video frame?

I did get question 2 before and I picked a scene from Tear Drop, so it’s only fair that I pick from Umbilical.

I think this one is my favorite because it seems to be the one time she’s making her own decision and seems totally into it.

5.) Favorite voice drama line/moment?

I had gotten 5 before (see the previous link in 2 if you’re interested) and since I picked a line from her second voice drama the first time, this time I’ll do one from the first:

“That’s right. You know those people who just want to convince themselves, so they intrude in other people’s affairs even though it’s not their place—I despise them. That’s what I was saying. They only do it to make themselves feel better, don’t they? Those people don’t actually end up doing anything.”

Though, the “It’s fucking bothersome,” line is still number one Yuno quote in my heart.

8.) What is your theory of their crime? If there is a general consensus on it in the fandom, do you have any other, not-so-widely-accepted theories?

The abortion. I’m 99.99% sure that her murder was an abortion and I will be very surprised if it turns out that she murdered one of her clients because that would be out of left field at this point. @2amtechnicolor has a good post on whether Yuno actually wanted the abortion, and how that plays into her feelings regarding her Trial One verdict. It definitely put Yuno’s words in a different light and explains why she was adamant over being found Guilty in Trial Two. Definitely not something I would have thought of on my own. Before I read that post, I thought Yuno had been angered by everyone waving her off as a naive young girl who doesn’t understand what she’s done and maybe even regretted her abortion after the fact.

Haruka

3.) Favorite non-MV official illustration?

I think I like the birthday image for him best:

I like the little Chibi drawing. I do just want to point out that in his Trial Two image, the heel of one of Haruka’s shoes is stomped down and it bothers me, so now you all have to look at it:

They’re not tied either but untied fits the image of his younger self that he is trying to cling onto. I wonder what happened to his slip-on shoes he wore last trial. They didn’t have any laces.

4.) Favorite Minigram episode/moment?

Ooh, it’s probably the cat’s cradle one where Yuno is showing off her tricks and he keeps asking Fuuta if he saw the tricks and Fuuta is pretending not to care. And then they both get amazed and Haruka is like, did you see that, did ya, did ya, as Fuuta is frantically yelling that he’s apathetic. Comedy gold.

6.) Favorite relationships with another character in the prison?

Fuuta for sure. They have the, “Excuse me, he asked for no pickles,” energy that I appreciate. I think it’s important that Fuuta treats him like a peer with equal footing, because Haruka seems to be so used to being less than. I’m sad that they splintered off after Trial One. Muu is alright with me for now, since I was introduced to the idea that she has been teaching him how to write and that’s why his questions in the second response are longer and neater than in the last trial, and she does seem to be trying to increase his self-esteem, if her gifts are anything to go off of. She’s not number one best girl because she and Haruka magnify each other’s worst traits and behavior. I think Fuuta was trying to encourage Haruka to speak for himself, (see the timeline convos insistence that Haruka not speak so formally to him and trying to figure out what Haruka likes). Haruka does need someone to support him, but he also needs that someone to help give him a push so he doesn’t stagnate (same with Muu) and he and Muu are not a good fit for where they are mentally.

7.) Favorite relationships with another character if they weren’t in Milgram, the way you imagine or would like them to be?

I had gotten 7 for Haruka before and said Fuuta, but besides Fuuta… hmmmmm. I think I would say Shidou and Haruka would be interesting since Shidou is said to have treated Haruka for a cold in the Minigram and when Haruka cut his palms by pressing his fingernails into them. I know Amane doesn’t like how Shidou treats her like a little kid and would be better off with Kazui as a father figure because Kazui has shown himself to be capable of treating Es like a young adult, which she would appreciate it. But given Haruka’s mother’s neglectful treatment of him and the apathy and disappointment his father feels towards him, I think the gentleness Shidou has shown him would be a welcome relief. If I remember correctly, I think Shidou had asked Haruka to make sure to take care of himself after he finished bandaging his hands.

It’s possible that the two could meet if Shidou worked at a doctor’s office where Haruka’s mother took him for a check up. Or maybe Shidou moves his family to Haruka’s neighborhood or vice versa, and Shidou notices how Haruka is staring at how Shidou and his wife interact with their kids. Maybe he’d ask if he would mind watching their two boys while they have a date night, or start simpler with asking if Haruka could help Shidou move some things in their house and thank him sincerely and praise him a little for being so helpful. I think the gentler, while sometimes condescending, attitude that Shidou takes with younger prisoners is what Haruka would need to start believing that he is capable of doing things right.

Mikoto

12.) What do you wish would be discussed more often about them within the fandom?

Hmm, I see a lot of theories and analyses of Mikoto, and I wish I could do him justice the way others in the fandom have. I’m starting to see some discuss the reliability of Mikoto and John’s accounts, which I’m thankful for because they are putting the words together much more coherently than I could. I’m happy I got @archivalofsins to watch Primal Fear and to hear her thoughts on it because whenever I try to analyze Mikoto, I’m worried that that film is coloring my view negatively and I’m not giving Mikoto a fair shake and jumping the gun.

There are a couple of things that I want to hear more talk about. For starters, since DID is a rare disorder formed in response to extreme abuse during early, and sometimes middle childhood, what could have caused it in Mikoto? Was it abuse from his dad? When John first appeared in John Doe, it sounded like I was listening to an abusive father beat and belittle his kid. We know his mom raised him and his baby sister after she divorced their father and he sounds quite attached to her. I had hoped for some more answers on this during Trial Two, but Mikoto’s murder is supposed to be at the forefront of the discussion, so we may not get an answer just yet. Which leads me to my next thought: I think John and/or Mikoto is full of shit that the person killed by them was just a stranger. In MeMe, it looks like Mikoto is waiting for someone before we cut to the blond guy crawling on the ground while Mikoto swings the bat down. I think it was a targeted attack. Maybe he is someone from Mikoto’s past who could have ruined all his hard work with blackmail (hence the “my life… wasn’t supposed to be this way,” and “DESTROY EVERYTHING”) that Mikoto either thought he could scare off with the bat but ended up killing the guy or went there with the intent to kill or seriously harm him. I do think that Mikoto knows more than he is letting on, and that John isn’t a purely evil monster hellbent on killing anyone who annoys him.

I am bummed that Trikoto seems to be officially dead with Double, but there better not be a surprise twist of a third alter during Trial Three.

13.) Any ideas on what would they and their music videos would have been like if they had gotten a different in Trial 1?

Remember how the beginning of MeMe had some glitchiness and jump cuts? I think we would have seen more of that in Double if Mikoto had been voted Innocent in Trial One. Mikoto doesn’t seem to know, or maybe, doesn’t want to know what goes on during his memory lapses and about John. He probably attributes it to stress from his work and while the stigma attached to mental illnesses has lessened over the years, it’s still not something you admit to in private, much less in public circles around most of the world. Voting Guilty forced John to surface more, and him surfacing more often seems to have forced John’s perspective of the crime to appear more in Double and both seemed to have been stressed out over the murder. I think the flashes of John probably would have been much more violent compared to the POV of the easygoing, but ignorant Mikoto. Like MeMe on steroids. I hope that makes sense.

14.) Any headcanons on their appearance?

It’s kind of funny in a mean way that in-universe, that Mikoto is said to be so plain that he resembles mass-produced goods. I like to think he is the most fashionable of the male prisoners because he learned how to cultivate different looks to make himself stand out more and boost his confidence. He would love to join in on Mahiru’s skincare routine when he learns that she shared it with the girls. He does notice how Fuuta and Haruka balk at joining in on Mahiru and Yuno’s fashion fun times because of their low self-esteem, and does try (well, did try for Fuuta) to gently encourage them to join by offering himself up as the girls’ ‘doll’ because Amane and Kotoko are not willing and Muu prefers certain aesthetics and isn’t ready to let them go hog wild just yet. Haruka wants to join but doesn’t join in because Fuuta is loudly complaining about how it’s girly and boring and it’s only when Mikoto shoots him a death glare that Fuuta gets the message and reluctantly agrees on the condition that they don’t put anything on his face/touch his mask. Fuuta does grumble but it’s more half-hearted because Haruka is soaking up the positive attention.

15.) What do you think of their voice?

I am not the coolest when it comes to taste in music, but I did dabble with metal and I like the kind that Mikoto does where it’s mostly singing with some screaming to punctuate. Sorry, I’m a bit lame, haha 😅

As for his speaking voice, I like the sound of his and John’s different ways of speaking. It works with his more cutesy and chill moments as Mikoto and the blunt, brusque, and brutal way it gets with John. I love the range. I may not know many Japanese voice actors, but I can’t imagine anyone but Natsuki Hanae voicing him.

#milgram project #yuno kashiki #haruka sakurai #mikoto kayano #ask game #thank you I needed something to think about today

[sadeyedlady-writes]

For the Truth or Dare ask game: 🌵, 🔪, 🍦, 🎨

🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love

Sorry to disappoint but I do not have a link to share! I’m a puts-my-entire-music-library-on-shuffle-and-revel-in-the-chaotic-mixture girlie. When a song plays that reminds me of a particular book or pairing, I do add it to a playlist of that, however.

🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

Well, during the research for this fic, google was literally giving me crisis hotlines at the top of the search results because I was searching things like “what does it feel like to be stabbed in the chest” “how long does it take to die from a stab wound to the chest” “how long can a person remain conscious after a stab wound to the chest” etc. etc. etc. I was making google very concerned lol.

But I don’t even know if that’s the weirdest, because those are kind of the standard “I swear I’m a writer not a murderer!” search queries. The weirdest was probably something like the time I was desperately trying to find out how long the voyage from Germany to New Orleans would have been via steamship in the mid 1860s and having to resort to a free trial of ancestry.com just so I could get the dang passenger lists in order to compare the arrival and departure times, or combing through agricultural advertisements in American newspapers in the 1860s (if I ever finish that dang chapter you’ll know why) or the fact that I’m currently reading a 400 page academic text on moneylending in Imperial Russia…

There’s a lot of weird niche research that goes into writing fic lmao.

🍦 ⇢ name three good things about a character you hate

Noooo how could you do this to me when all the characters I hate are very deserving of my hatred? Gah. Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov came to mind immediately, so let’s see… um.

He has affection for Alyosha (but only because Alyosha is loving toward him, and he’s still an absolute jerk to Alyosha quite often)

He makes Pyotr Miusov miserable and it’s pretty hilarious.

He got extremely angry when Grushenka was referred to as a “brute creature” and defended her, so we do love to see that, even though he’s still a gross pathetic little creep when it comes to her.

🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

Noooo there’s no way I can possibly pick a favourite when all of my fandoms are full of such incredibly talented artists!! But I guess the most impressive fanart project that comes immediately to mind for me is @gegengestalt’s Microsoft Paint—yeah, that’s right, you heard me correctly. Microsoft Paint—illustration of the entirety of tbk from start to finish. It’s amazing. https://www.tumblr.com/gegengestalt/717765289928015872/the-entirety-of-the-brothers-karamazov-in-mspaint?source=share

But yeah, gah, I am in absolute awe of all the fantastically talented artists in all of the fandoms I’m in. You guys are terrifyingly talented.

Thank you so much for the ask!!!

#sadie answers #fic writing things #writers truth & dare ask game

[archivalofsins]

I was meant to put this up a earlier today but got distracted and just finished it now. So, here it is.

This is just some musing about how it's funny Kotoko said the person most and least like her is Futa trial one.

Isn't it funny that Kotoko said this trial one,

Q.09 Which of the other prisoners do you think resembles you the most?

Kotoko: That’s a hard one. I’m only able to answer based on my guess on what they did. But I think the one that probably resembles me the most is Futa? Though he’s also the person who resembles me the least.

Saying the guy who came in here with a focus on taking responisibilty for and looking after those younger than him resembles her the most but the least certainly aged well.

Braze you! Voice Drama

I don't really care but- They're all a bunch of weirdos. For some reason loads of them are way too calm. Despite the situation we're in, that is. The one's I don't particularly like are Shidou and Kazui the old geezer duo.

Trial 2 Written Interrogation

Q.03 Are there any prisoners you like?

Futa: I don’t think it counts as “like”. But I’m grateful to Shidou and Kazui.

Even though we're in a state of emergency here- Even though they're the oldest out of all of us. They're acting like they don't have a care in the world. I can't believe they're so unreliable. They're good for absolutely fucking nothing! Is that so. Ah, Haruka and Mikoto are completely useless by themselves. I really have to take the lead with them. Hmm~? Not to mention, I'm not exactly going to be relying on the girls either. As everyone's representative, I told all of them that I'd give you a good scolding. So, that's why I'm here as of now.

20/09/18 (Futa’s First Trial)

Futa: Haa…… haa…… Ok……

Kotoko: What’s up, Futa. ……your breathing seems a bit uneven?

Futa: Huh!? I’m getting ready to fight. That guard is looking down on all of us……!

Kotoko: ……hmm. Is that so…… I’m looking forward to it. To seeing what your “justice” really is.

Ah! So, that's why you got so worked up. But for someone who's meant to be their representative you were trembling an awful lot weren't you? Uh... That's because that one called Yuno said that she suffered a lot fo violence during her interrogation. I was actualluy trembling with excitement!

From the beginning Futa has emphasized his belife that those older should be looking out for and helping those younger than they are. Especially in times of emergency like the one they find themselves in. Something that has continued into to trial two.

Trial two written interrogation.

Q.02 What do you think of Haruka?

Futa: I can’t afford to be worrying about other people at the moment. Anyway, he’s not a little kid.

He's made this mindset of his blatantly apparent over the course of trial one even before he went on trial. So, the fact that Kotoko says he's the most like her but also the most different really does make you wonder what makes them so different. Is it the fact that she sees no difference between children and adults. That she doesn't care about the ages of wrongdoers?

More than likely. Because Futa has made it apparent that he certainly does. Not only that but he holds those older to a higher standard than others. Then what about Mikoto he said he had to take the lead with him but he's older. Futa's in college he shares classrooms with people Mikoto's age it's not unreasonable for him to see Mikoto as more of a peer than someone with actual seniority.

Also, Kotoko and Shidou similarities in the portal timeline-

20/06/18 Amane: Thank you very much for teaching me. ……but, though I realise it’s strange me saying this after I asked you, I must admit it’s kind of unexpected. You give off the impression of someone who wouldn’t want to get involved in things like this. Kotoko: ……well, you’re not wrong. I’m surrounded by people who could all be murderers, so I don’t plan on going out of my way to talk and make friends. I can’t let my guard down. But I like ambitious people like you. If you want to study more, then I’m happy to teach. Amane: I see…… You look scary at first impression, but I quite like the way you treat everyone equally regardless of whether they’re older or younger than you. You don’t just treat me like a child or anything like that. Kotoko: Treat you like a child? Hah, you’ve got to be kidding. Back when I was your age, I was already the person I am today. I don’t have any plans to let you get away with something just “because you’re a child.” ……remember that. There, I’ve finished marking. 83%. How do I put it… Even though you act like this, it’s not like you’re super brilliant at studying or anything, huh.

Saying that they were already the person they are today when they were younger prisoners ages.

20/07/11 Shidou: ……Kajiyama-kun, um…… do you happen to like natto? Futa: Huh? I don’t particularly care for it one way or the other…… Hah, what, are you not able to eat it? So even an adult like you who seems so composed all the time still has a pathetic side. Shidou: ……I’m not really like that. ……that’s just what it is to be an adult. When I think back…… I don’t think much about me has changed since I was around your age. Getting older…… it doesn’t mean something drastic is going to change about you. Futa: ……what a depressing outlook…… Well, guess it can’t be helped. Here, I’ll give you my boiled spinach in return. Be grateful.

#gunsli rambles

[arpmemething2]

Quotes from Harley Quinn starters

Send one in for my muse’s reaction.  Taken from all forms of media.   Feel free to change pronouns as needed.

"I got you a kitty."

“So what if I’m crazy? The best people are.”

“I have done everything you said. Every test, every trial, every initiation. I have proved I love you. Just accept it!”

"I gotta work on my cardio."

"Stupid bats, your ruining date night!"

“We can’t change the past, but there’s a difference between moving on and letting go.”

“If I get mad at you that means I still care. Worry when I don’t get mad.”

"Isn’t this fun? It’s just like a sleepover. We should order pizza- make Cosmos!"

"My rational mind can recognize pain when I see it. But my rational mind is in a pretty small box. All tied up with a bow on it."

“Find what you love and let it kill you.”

"Shhh, face it sugar I got something you want and you sure a shootin' have something I want, so be a good boy and maybe, maybe Mama will give you a cookie"

“You made me want to be a less terrible person.”

“Huh? What was that? I should kill everyone and escape?”

"Mmmm, spiked eggnog. It's like the cream a' Christmas in a spoon!"

"You really put the 'fun' in funeral."

"What's gonna happen here is, I'm gonna turn off the lights for two minutes, an' when I turn 'em back on, whoever's still standin' gets the job."

"The joke's on you, I'm not evena  real blonde."

“Desire becomes surrender. Surrender becomes power.”

"But the clown-spankin' truth is this, our strength comes not from being whole, but from bein' broken differently. Because there's enough of us, we are whole together."

"Psychologically speaking, vengeance rarely brings the catharsis we hope for."

"I'm rubber, your glue, whatever you say bounces off me and makes a six inch diameter exit wound in you."

"Own that shit. Own it!"

"Have you heard this new Taylor Swift song? It's soooo good."

"I must let the world know about my craving. I want pancakes and I want them now!"

"It's the end of the world. Have a drink with us."

“If I’m mad enough to skip the tears and go straight to laughing, you better run ‘cause I’m about to lose my shit.”

"How about you, hot stuff?"

"Hey! Hey, I'm talking to you. Hey, I'm talking to you!"

“You don’t like me? Fine. Don’t waste my time then.”

“I’m known to be quite vexing I’m just forewarning you.”

“I’m bored. Play with me.”

“You know, for what it’s worth, I actually enjoyed some of our romps, but there comes a time when a gal wants more. And now, all this gal wants is to settle down with her lovin’ sweetheart.”

“I love him not for the way he silenced my demons, but for the way his demons dance with mine.”

“I’m having a bad day! I’m sick of people trying to shoot me, run me over or blow me up! All I wanted was a new dress – and I actually paid for it!”

“That’s so cute, you think you’re scary. Well, mister, I’ve seen scary and you don’t have his smile.”

"What, I got a hickey or something?"

"How rude!"

“Call me a softie, I dare ya!”

"Arent’ you glad you wore that? Sexy AND bulletproof!"

"That was so not romantic."

“Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.”

“I’m not shopping at this store: I’m robbing this store. Paying is for dummies!”

"You're cute. You want me? I'm all yours."

“You know what they say: behind every successful man is a badass broad.”

"Maybe I can stick you some shampoo."

“Don’t know if I wanna kill you or kiss you.”

"It's called 'animals attack people I hate"... It's a comedy."

“All of that chit-chat is gonna get you hurt.”

“We’re bad guys, it’s what we do.”

“The world can be amazing when you’re slightly strange.”

"I recommend a lobotomy.”

"Look, I'm in no mood for this crap. Especially after the day I been havin!"

"Mama's gonna paint the streets with blood."

"Why can't a girl be nice to a guy without the mook trying to murder her?"

“Now you feel like you have someone by your side to share the journey with you.”

“Whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you stranger.”

"Hey, I'm cooperating. All right? This is me being cool."

"Love your perfume.  What is that, the scent of death?"

“Every woman has a crazy side that only the right man can bring out.”

“Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, Momma’s gonna kill for you the whole damn world.”

“You don’t have to be crazy to be in love. But it helps.”

“Wait ‘till they get a load of me.”

"I would be instigating mayhem everywhere I go!"

"sweetie, get mommy's bazooka."

"Now that's a killer app!"

"I love it! It's so... cinematic!"

"They say if you want to tell a story right, you gotta start at the beginning."

“I’m not sure if I attract crazy or if I make them that way.”

“You can’t deny there’s an element of glamour to these super-criminals.”

[sabaramonds]

the thing about mikoto of milgram fame is that hes like. okay. so theres a lot that cant be said about him yet because his 2nd trial hasnt released and wont be for quite a while and his music video and interrogation only tell us so much. but what they DO tell us is um. enough to say some things if he answered his interrogation questions honestly, we know he has a younger sister he brags about, his parents are divorced and his father isnt involved in their lives. in regards to his mother, he says that “she raised me. i cant let her worry.” he downplays his own interests/hobbies a lot. he said he played baseball in high school but that he wasnt good at it; he went to an art school but did so in order to go into business (though design was related to his chosen company) and says that he likes drawing but, again, isnt good at it. he says he hates working late nights but we see him pulling an all nighter at work in ‘undercover’. when asked why hes working his current job, he says he worked incredibly hard to even get hired, so its something to be proud of. finally, when asked if he ever gets angry, he says he doesnt. he says, “i dont think ive ever gotten angry before. isnt it disgraceful to get angry?” theres also the following milgram portal conversation (src):

Yuno: Hey, Mikoto-san. Don’t you get tired being so conscious of others all the time? I mean, you’re free to do what you want though.

Mikoto: Eh…… Aha, what are you talking about? I’m not being conscious or anything. It’s normal to make sure to get along with everyone, right?

I mean, when you put it like that, aren’t you the same, Yun-chan? You’re always smiling and getting on with everyone too.

Yuno: I don’t smile unless I actually want to. But with you, when you’re talking with other people it’s more like you only smile deliberately. So I kept thinking, don’t your cheeks get tired?

Ah, is this just what happens when you become a working adult? ……you see people like that sometimes.

Mikoto: Haha, you don’t mince your words do you.

…….that was never my intention, but now that you mention it, yeah, I guess I do. This might’ve been since I started my job too…… But like, if I was rude to everyone I met, all my efforts would come to nothing, right?

all these little things add up to paint a picture of a stressed and deeply repressed guy working a job he doesnt actually like (but he has to have a successful job he can brag about or his mother will worry) he thinks little of his own interests and hobbies and socializes more out of obligation than out of genuine desire. all of this culminates to um...his present situation... basically what i want to say is that i think its fine. also i think he killed someone and immediately repressed it but that incident is entirely unrelated to his anime brand DID and his alter. who aside from trying to whale on es that one time has only ever really showed up to be like “can you shut the fuck up. and get away from me. im trying to be normal over here and you are RUINING my life” or to pace around in mikotos cell in the middle of the night like a creature. i think mikoto 2 was entirely unrelated to mikotos repression stress induced rage murder but they might have cleaned up after him idk. we will see. mikoto wants to be a normal guy having a normal time and not worrying his family at all ever and never experiencing anything like anger or frustration at all EVER EVER!! because he has to set a good example for his sister and be the perfect son for his mom so she can relax. and he doesnt think he can do the things he enjoys for the sake of doing them. so what im saying is if he killed someone who cares. whatever. also we should all mass vote him forgiven/innocent just to spite kotoko after last nights birthday timeline post. AND because it would be funny as hell and the fandom flopped HARD voting haruka guilty/unforgiven. like god forbid girls have a little fun 🙄 btw its my firm belief that the tarot set we see in his mv (and i could talk a lot about the rest of the imagery used in that video but its almost 2am and ive rambled long enough) was designed by him during college. really funny to think about it like that. he does have one of the card designs (the. hangman, actually. i think) visible on a canvas in his apartment, partially obscured behind his couch at one point. so. lol

#milgram #guys named mikoto be like. normal with something wrong with them #my ramblings

[intruality-overlord]

Au idea/ramble

I’m having one of those times where I am hyper fixated on two things at once and I have no idea how much these fandoms overlap if at all BUT it’s making me want to smash these two things together in an AU so I present my idea of a Gotham/Danganronpa AU where the characters of Gotham are put in a killing game, probably a copycat killing game, and to make it more interesting they can keep their memories ….most of them. It would make sense not too cause that just gives them more motive to kill each other so— oh also this would have Gobblepot in it cause I’m obsessed but also Nygmobblepot drama because I just have to and for some reason I had the idea to put Victor Zsasz and Lucius Fox together? Maybe not together but there’s some type of feelings. In the situation I just felt it made sense for some reason— I have like a general idea of the plot if anyone wants to hear me ramble further but it’s not a solid outline yet. Gotham fans will probably be more interesting since I’m using those characters with the danganronpa format but maybe I can work in some Danganronpa character cameos.

The characters I’m planning to use are: Jim, Harvey, Oswald, Lee, Barbara, Butch, Zsasz, Selena, Bruce, Alfred, Tabitha, Lucius, Ed, Hugo Strange, Fish, and Ivy. So pretty good mix I think? For maximum angst? Not sure the mastermind could be. Maybe Sofia. Probably Sofia. Don’t know why she’d do this but, well, she’s more unhinged than Oswald and her father and didn’t bat at eye at endangering children so who else would unless I bring back Junko from the dead— okay now that I say that that’s exactly the dumb shit that would happen in both franchises. If not Sofia or Junko it could be Tsumugi and idk maybe it’s a random international season of Danganronpa. Jeremiah is another option but would he really be a copycat? Nah. And Jerome? Smarter than he looks but not smart enough to keep them trapped longer than a week. The mastermind might not be important cause I haven’t even decided if they’re going to escape or not :3

Imagine the angst tho you got fucking Jim and Bruce and all their most important people stuck in a killing game with Gothams rogue gallery like come on. All the tension cause the villains wouldn’t hesitate to kill but you’re in an enclosed space with Gothams greatest detective that’s gotta be a little intimidating especially as time goes on and the trials happen and Jim keeps finding the blackened…

Where the Gobblepot aspect comes in is I think Jim would just fucking glue himself to Oswald for three, eventually four, reasons. A) stop him from killing anyone. B) protect him from everyone else cause most of them have motive to kill Oswald, C) if he’s always with Oswald if someone tries to kill him Oswald would immediately be suspected so Oswald wouldn’t be dumb enough to try it, and D) he starts actually trusting him. Trust [romantic]. Bonus other reason Jim is making sure Oswald has an alibi all the time so no one can pin a murder on him cause that would be so easy to do.

Now the Lucius and Victor thing hear me out hear me out. Everyone likes Lucius. No one has beaf with that guy, including Victor. Lucius is also a kind understand smarties as we know from How The Riddler Got His Name AND I KNOW WHAT YOURE THINKING Edward and Lucius make more sense then, right? Well I thought about it. And I decided I don’t want Ed to be happy— kidding. Or am I? No I just love a good aro headcanon cbkgzjtdlydi but back to Zsasz. Since Zsasz if like the most likely to kill someone everything thinks for obvious reasons, they all avoid him. Zsasz also is not an idiot so in reality he’s not going to kill anybody. Lucius knows this. So Lucius being the kind person he is I imagine would check up on Zsasz (whomst isolated himself) and Zsasz would get really fond of him I think. Basically I like Zsasz better than Edward so Victor gets the boyfriend.

I’m just a sucker for some good angst and Whump so this AU seems like the perfect playground don’t you think?

#gotham tv #danganronpa #gobblepot #Jim Gordon #Oswald Cobblepot #Bruce Wayne #danganronpa au #gotham au #victor zsasz #edward nygma #Lucius Fox

[danganronpasurvivoraskblog]

Shower Sh*tshow.

[Half an hour later...]

*The sound of the steady shower stream fills the air, warm water washing over Kaede’s body.

You know, it’s a shame that you don’t have any clean clothes to change into once you get out. Not much point having a shower if you’re just gonna put sweaty dirty clothes back on.

My clothes are fine. They’ll last me for a long while yet...But yeah, maybe I should get some new clothes after I get out.

Maybe you could do with a wardrobe change?

What’s wrong with my current outfit?

Nothing in particular...It’s just that...if you’re going to be fighting, you might want to wear something more combat oriented.

I’m not about to make it a habit to go looking for fights Sora.

I know, I know...But we both know that so long as Shirogane resents you so much, they’re gonna keep coming to you.

...

*Kaede clothes are folded up comfortably on the sink counter, with her phone, and by extension Sora, sitting quietly on top of them. Kaede finishes up her shower and steps out of the booth, procuring a towel and starts to dry herself.

...!

...What?

Those are some nice abs you have girl~ I could do my laundry on them.

HUH!?

You’re more ripped than I thought! Hey, you should show a little tummy skin more. Everyone would go crazy.

Wh-What are you saying!? A-Are you trying to flirt with me!?

We’re both taken, plus you couldn’t handle me as a girlfriend for more than an hour.

Words kinda just popped in my mouth, that’s all.

“That’s all?” *sigh* Well, looking is free I guess, so knock yourself out.

You’re not very modest are you?

Now you’re complaining about it? You literally just used a dude’s pickup line on me.

Just saying...You’re the type of girl who if someone catches a glimpse of your panties, you’d be like “Ah well, they can’t UN-see it.”

Uh...yeah, actually, that’s actually happened to me.

Oh! Guess I’m pretty good at reading character then?

Just...let me get dressed.

*Kaede moves Sora off her clothes and starts to put them back on.

Actually...while we’re talking about it...

Kaede, can I ask you something? Why is it that Tsumugi Shirogane resents you in particular.

We figured out pretty quickly that this lockdown specifically happened to trap you. What...exactly did you do to her?

...I wish I could tell you...

The only thing I can think of is something that happened back during the Killing Game. 

I do think I know bits and pieces of this story, but I’ve never heard it in full before...

Ok...Basically, the first motive for the V3 Killing Game was called the “First Blood Perk.” It had two conditions to it.

Firstly, if someone committed a murder, they’d be able to leave the school without a class trial if they came forward about it.

And two, if no one committed a murder, Monokuma would use these large robots called Exisals to tear us to pieces.

That seems...unfair.

Tell me about it...I’ve told you before about how I planned to expose and trap the Mastermind with the shotput ball? Well, Rantaro was also concocting his own plan.

The green haired guy who helped me get in here?

Yeah, that one. Once we were starting to run out of time for the First Blood Perk almost up, Tsumugi went to a hidden room in the library by making use of the hidden passageway in that bathroom. In the back of the cleaning supplies closet in the girls bathroom on the first floor was a hidden passageway that connected to the secret room in the library, the same secret room that Rantaro was attempting to gain access to, believing the Mastermind to be in there due to his Survivor Perk Monopad.

Thanks to the Nanokumas swarming all over the campus...

Uh, those are basically just tiny security cameras...

Tsumugi already knew of both mine and Rantaro's separate plans to end the Killing Game and watched from the hidden room to ensure everything went as planned.

She hoped that my plan to kill her would result in Rantaro's death instead, killing two birds with one stone. But my plan failed, and my shotput missed Rantaro. 

After witnessing this, Tsumugi immediately left the hidden room and bludgeoned Rantaro in the back of the head with her own shot put while he was distracted by mine that just barely missed him She then proceeded to alter the evidence to make it look like the crime was caused by the shot put I rolled.

I was framed for a crime I didn’t commit...and then I was executed.

Huh...I’m not seeing much of a connection.

Sure, she would have eventually been exposed for this false execution, but I don’t see why she’s so resentful. If anything, having framed you for the crime, YOU’RE the one who has the right to be angry.

I’m definitely angry about it...But I’m more focused on everything else she’s done; how many innocent people she’s hurt.

And I’m not going to just lay down and die here. She’ll never get her way if I have anything to say about it.

Good girl!

???: Yeah, good girl!

!!!??

!!!??

???: Oops...

*Kaede and Sora’s blood suddenly runs cold, as they hear a third voice join them in the shower.

Who’s there!?

???: GEHEHEHE! Why don’t you come find me...?

*All of a sudden, all the previously open doors to the shower all slam shut simultaneously.

Kaede...!

...!

*Kaede puts down her clothes for a second, then approaches the set of doors.

*CRASH!*

*She furiously kicks the first one open. She doesn’t see anyone or anything inside.

???: Gehehe...I’ve been waitin’ for this! 

*SLAM!*

*She kicks open the second one.

???: You’re getting waaarmer~

Enough of this! Just come out! You’re creeping me out!

*WHAM!*

*A third door is kicked open.

???: That’s the plan! You’re hot as a pancake right now, Gehaha!

...!

*Kaede gulps as she approaches the fourth and final stall. 

*SLAM!*

...!?

*She kicks it open, only to see that like all the others...no one is inside.

...?

*She narrows her eyes and looks around the stall for any sign of the voice...But then...

ABOVE YOU!!

HUH!?

REEEAAAGGH!

*SLASH!*

EEGH!?

*Monokid lunges downwards after clinging on the ceiling at Kaede! She moves in time with Sora’s shout, but his claw still nicks her shoulder.

Hrgh!

O...Oh...crap...

*She sticks out her arm to call her weapon when she suddenly realizes she isn’t wearing the glove it’s paired with, preventing her from using it. Monokid rolls on the floor and starts dancing around.

GEHAHAHA! EXTREME! I KNEW the plan would work!

Wait until the lil’ floozy’s disarmed and then STRIKE! This bear’s hungry and I’m gonna eat you up for-!

HAAAGH!

*KER-POW!*

GRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEGGGH!!

*SMASH!*

*Monokid doesn’t finish his sentence, as Kaede rushes forward and kicks Monokid. The impact is so strong he flies to the other end of the shower room and smashes into the wall.

Ow OW OW! Oooh that hurt! OHOOHOGH!

*Kaede jumps on one leg, clutching her badly stubbed toe.

Well, what did you expect? You just kicked a hunk of metal and you’re not wearing shoes.

Not helpful Sora...

RAAWRR!

GRGH!

*Monokid recovers then jumps onto Kaede, who holds up her arms and grabs him by the face before he can bite into her flesh.

GNASH GNASH GNASH!

Huuugh!

*The two tangle for a while, with Monokid attempting to bite down on Kaede with his sharp gnashers, and Kaede using all her strength to keep him away.

BOOM-CHICKA-AH! BOOM-CHICKA-AH! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM-

What are you doing!?

I’m trying to amp you up!

Well, you’re distracting!

HIYAGH!

*POW!*

GAAHAGCK

OH SHIT MUTHAFUCKAAAAH!

*Monokid suddenly pushes himself off Kaede into the air, then smacks her backwards with his guitar. Kaede falls backwards and lands on her back.

Ah!?

ROOOAARR!

EEGH! NGH! DAGH! DAGH! DAGH!

OOGH! AAGH! EEE!

*Monokid wastes no time and pounces on top of Kaede once again, putting his guitar behind his back and instead lunging at her with a pair of sharp claws. Kaede catches his claws, and pushes his attacks to the side, using the brief opportunity to elbow and punch him in the face.

HIYAGH!

DOOUGH! HOYAYAYAYAYAYAYAGH!

Huh!? GUHUGH!

*CRASH!*

*Kaede coils into a ball position, then thrusts Monokid off him using her feet. As she pulls herself up into a sitting position however, Monokid bounces off the walls of the bathroom and tackles into her, knocking her through the shower doors and into one of the stalls! The impact sends the door swinging shut.

KAEDE!

YEAH! I GOT A ROCK-HARD RAAAAAGERRR! 

COME ON! I know you ain’t done yet! Let’s go, round 2 babygirl!

...

...

Uh...Akamatsu...? I didn’t kill ya’ already, did I?

*When no sound comes from the stall Kaede got knocked into, Monokid cautiously approaches the door and opens it.

Helloooo?

*SUCK!*

MRRPGG! GRRRPHH!

*Against his expectations, Kaede bursts out of nowhere, armed with a plunger! She suctions Monokid’s face and lifts him up defenselessly into the air with it.

HRRPPH! HRRPPH! I CNGH BRRRVE!

Maybe THIS will shut you up! HIYAGH!

*CRASH!*

DOUGH!

*SLAM!*  *SLAM!* *SLAM!* *SLAM!* 

RAGH!

*SMAAASH!*

UHUGH!

*SUCK!* ERYAGH!

*SMASH!*

OOOPH!

*With Monokid at the plunger’s mercy, Kaede plunges him into the wall, smashing his body multiple times into it. She then wheels around and smashes him into one of the bathroom mirrors! The force dislodges Monokid from the plunger, but Kaede suctions him again, and smashes him into the sinks!

Wait...WAAIT!

HIYAAAAAAAAAAGGH!

*SMAASSH!* *SPLAATTEERR!* *CHUNK!*

!!!??

!!!??

*As Monokid rises, he clutches onto the counter. Not giving him a second to recover, Kaede reels back and curbstomps him into the sink. The angle and impact is perfect, and the room explodes with pieces of metal and fake blood, as the edge of the sink severs Monokid’s jaw almost completely from his body!

...

...

HOLY SHIT, I KILLED HIM! HOLY SHIT, YOU KILLED HIM!

//Monokid...has died...

#danganronpa survivor #danganronpa #danganronpa another 2 #sdra2 #danganronpa v3 #drv3 #kaede akamatsu #sora #monokid #death #rise and shine arc

[thoughtless-gay-frog]

I know about the first trilogy so talk to me about Apollo and his gang, what’s goin on with those guys

Oh god where do I start with this band of idiots

For anyone who hasn’t played apollo justice Im gonna say right now MAJOR spoilers, actually I’m gonna put a little keep reading doohickey just to make sure I don’t spoil anything. Ok bye

Okay so. Apollo justice: ace attorney takes place well after the original trilogy has ended. Apollo is a rookie lawyer who works under the office of Kristoph Gavin, a lawyer who’s title is the “coolest defense in the west,” because he’s always so dang level headed during his trials. He’s an incredibly successful attorney and he’s your assistant during the first trial of the game. Your job is to defend the legendary Phoenix Wright; who’s now been charged with murder.

And like. Phoenix is a celebrity to Apollo. Apollo’s looked up to that man for all of his law school life. And now he’s defending him??? Shit is crazy!!! Even crazier, you go through that first trial and it turns out Kristoph is the one that killed the guy Phoenix was charged for murdering! Once Apollo picks up on this face Phoenix actually just like. Swaps places physically with Kristoph and suddenly it’s Phoenix as your assistant and you’re questioning your boss which is SO weird and I feel SO bad for Apollo because at the end of that first case Kristoph is proven guilty of murder and like. It was Apollo’s first real case and he’s immediately out of a job. He also, in a fandom famous moment, socks Phoenix in the jaw after the end of that case, because Phoenix admitting to using forged evidence to win the trial against Kristoph. The evidence was a replica of something Krisroph had stolen from the scene, and without it they would’ve lost, and Apollo is rightfully pissed and so he just. Hits him real hard.

But it’s fine because Phoenix hires him later! Only, uh oh, he’s been lawyerless for 7 years so he doesn’t really have the money to pay Apollo? It’s fine no one ever brings it up so somehiw it isn’t an issue even though Apollo makes several snarky comments about not ever getting payed. Anyway now Apollo is working for Phoenix. He’s also subsequently working with Trucy Wright, who is Phoenix’s adopted daughter. She’s kind of crucial to Phoenix’s past because if he hadn’t had a child to take care of he very may well have fallen into some realllllllly unhealthy coping mechanisms during the 7 year gap where he didn’t have his badge. “You keep mentioning this 7 year gap, how did he lose his badge?” you may be asking. WELL my friend I am happy to explain it to you

Remember how Kristoph killed someone? Well, 7 years ago that same man, Zak Gramarye, was charged for murder. Zak was a magician; he performed in a group called Troupe Gramarye, with his partners Valant, Thalassa, and Mr. Reus. The grandmaster of this troupe, Magnifi, was on his death bed, and set up a test for Valant and Zak to see which one would inherit the secrets of his big magic master secrets when he was gone. In this test, he asked each man separately to come in at different times and shoot him. If either actually shot him, they’d fail the test and no one would get the magic secrets. Ultimately Zak came in first and couldn’t bring himself to shoot, which was the answer Magnifi had wanted. Later, Valant came in and couldn’t bring himself to shoot, either, but Zak had already gotten the secrets and so he was told he failed the test. Magnifi then shot himself and instead of telling the doctors “hey this guy just committed suicide,” he decides to frame Zak because he’s mad he didn’t get the magic secrets. Zak is then arrested.

Kristoph was almost chosen to be Zak’s defense attorney. But Zak was a little weirdo and decided that he would only take a lawyer who could beat him at poker, and Kristoph lost to him so he chose Phoenix Wright to defend him instead. Kristoph got pissed and decided to get revenge on Phoenix, and he planted a piece of fake evidence on Phoenix. He then told the prosecutor of the trial that he knew Phoenix was going to use some forged evidence; the prosecutor, by the way, is Kristoph’s younger brother, Klavier. Klavier is young and naive and believes him, and when Phoenix presents the fake evidence in court, Klavier calls him out on it. But before anyone can react to that, Zak disappears. That’s right. The defendant of the case straight up vanishes, in a puff of smoke just like a magic trick. No one ever saw him again (you see him again in a later apollo justice case but it’s more cryptic this way). After the court settled down from that, Phoenix was disbarred for his use of forged evidence and was left alone. Alone, save, for an eight year old Trucy Wright, formerly Trucy Gramarye. That’s right. Zak left his little daughter behind when he disappeared that day, and Phoenix was left to raise a child without his source of lawyerly income. And 7 years from that is where Apollo Justice starts.

So Trucy serves as Apollo’s assistant during the rest of the game. Most of the cases relate back to the Zak Gramarye backstory, you slowly get the whole picture of what really happened as each case goes on. Klavier is your primary prosecutor for this game. Klavier is my absolute favorite because he’s such a freak. In the Japanese games he sprinkles American phrases in his sentences because America is really cool over there, but the way the localization works American references have been switched to German references, and so Klavier turns into this weird German wannabe guy who says things like ‘achtung!’ and ‘ach’ and ‘wunderbar.’ In addition to being a prosecutor he’s in a rock band, so he wears a lot of leather and one of his court sprites in an air guitar. He just riffs on the air for a good ten seconds. He’s so stupid and very much one of them hot idiots and I love him so much. His and Apollo’s dynamic is a beautiful succession to the Edgeworth/Phoenix romance rivalry. The first time we see him he’s staring us down with his hands on his hips and he says ‘I’m used to being inspected by the ladies, but I’ve never felt this way with a man.’ And I just. God he’s so gay. He’s so gay how could he not be. He’s so fucking gay just look at him look him up he is a disaster mess I fucking love him for it

The detective in Apollo justice is also my favorite!!! You remember Ema Skye? The assistant you get in the bonus case of the first ace attorney, the girl who wants to be a forensic scientist? She’s back! It’s her! She’s not a forensic scientist (though in Spirit of Justice she finally gets to that position and she’s so happy and I’m so happy for her) and so she’s pretty grumpy all the time, since she’s stuck doing detective grunt work essentially, but her sprites are full of such emotion and I really adore her character design. She’s very passionate about fingerprinting and spraying luminol fluid and she is what got me hooked on forensics but that is not important she is super passionate about her dream job and she hates Klavier with a burning passion. He tries to be her friend and she is Not Having It. Ever. It’s so funny.

Taking a step back, Trucy and Apollo are actually biological siblings!! They share the same mom, though it’s never said in canon that they figure that out. Thalassa Gramarye, the one from the magic troupe, left the troupe when she was very young and met a musician named Jove Justice. They got married and had a son, Apollo, but while traveling to another kingdom Jove was killed and in the chaos of it all Apollo was lost. Thalassa was devastated and went back home, got married to Zak Gramarye, and had another child, Trucy. Thalassa was supposedly killed during an accident during a magic show, but she actually just lost her memory and wandered the world as a mysterious singer trying to live her life without knowing anything about herself. The siblings never know of their relation, but man that doesn’t stop the sibling energy from shining through. They have SUCH the dynamic of older brother little sister like it’s insane. The first trial Trucy co-counsels for she does this dramatic thing where she pretends to be kidnapped to buy them more time but Apollo thought she was actually kidnapped and he almost cries it’s very funny and also cute. Poor guy. Honestly all of apollo justice could be summed up by looking at Klavier and Apollo and saying poor guys.

Anyway I’m sleepy and I wanna finish all the asks I got so hopefully that is what you wanted! Sorry if this was too long I really like the apollo justice era. It’s such good story and the characters are my favorites, I enjoy them more than any other group. I hope this all makes sense.

#ace attorney #apollo justice #trucy wright #kristoph gavin #klavier gavin #phoenix wright #zak gramarye #thalassa gramarye

[abbatoirablaze]

Heaven's Demons, Chapter 35

Word Count:  1.6k

Warnings:  manipulation, money laundering, framing a major character, angst, violence, implied attempted murder.

“In the case of Lauren Barber and the murder of her fia-“

“Turn that bullshit off,” Andy growled, glaring at the flat screen above the bar that had been playing the news of his sister’s upcoming trial.  Falcon grabbed the remote, instantly turning the station off, “thanks Fal…”

“Daddy…why are they talking about Auntie Lauren?”

“Is my mommy gonna be okay, Uncle Andy?”

Andy frowned, looking over at the table to both his own daughter and nephew who had stopped eating their lunches.  His heart lurched at the thought of lying to his nephew, but he forced a small smile on his face as he ruffled the little boy’s hair, “your mom’s going to be fine…Lee’s going to take care of it, buddy…”

“Daddy says that too,” he frowned, clearly not believing the words he’d been told, “but I was there Uncle Andy…daddy was the one that made sure Evan didn’t hurt us anymore…I saw it with my own two eyes.”

“You didn’t see shit, kid.” He replied.  His nephew frowned and turned back to his food, instantly shutting down, while Amelia glared at her father, “What?”

“You don’t have to be mean, daddy…”

Andy sighed, his daughter’s words weighing heavily on him, “You’re right, kiddo…I’m sorry buddy…Uncle Andy is just scared.  Your mom is his baby sister...”

“I know, Uncle Andy,” he said simply, “I’m scared too…I hear daddy crying at night…and it makes me think mommy isn’t coming home.”

“Don’t say that, bud-“

“Andrew Barber.”

Andy’s head snapped up at the harsh sounding voice mixed with the slamming of his establishment’s door.  His jaw ticked as he noticed the sharp dressed men. 

Feds.

Fuck.

“Who’s asking?” Sam asked from the bar.

“You Andrew Barber?” the man asked, instantly reaching into his jacket only to pull out his badge. 

“I’m Andrew Barber,” he growled, standing from his table, “I own this establishment.  What do you want?”

“We’ve been looking into your establishment for a few years,” the man began.  Andy’s jaw clenched.  He could read the lie as soon as it passed the man’s lips.  They were looking into him because of Lauren and the trial, and he knew it.  The insurance payout had been held off, and he knew that they were probably seeing if they ‘needed’ the money more than they needed Evan alive, “We’re going to have to pull your records.”

“Do you have a warrant for that?” Sam asked quicky. 

The second man laid down a packet, as well as a warrant on the countertop, before giving a wicked grin, “This should be sufficient.  A warrant from a federal judge as well as the list of charges.”

Sam ripped open the packet, his own jaw tensing before he looked at Andy, “money laundering?  Racketeering?  This is a bunch of bull shit is what it is!”

“I have nothing to hide,” Andy said firmly, “my accountant Ari Levinson keeps everything well documented for me.  Let me take you up to my office and I’ll gladly hand over everything you need.”

The first man narrowed his eyes, clearly surprised at the cooperation from the rough and tumble biker he’d heard so much about.  The second guy looked at Sam, eyeing him up. 

“Do you need a dolly?  I’m assuming you want the past ten years and it’ll be at least a few boxes worth of documents?”

“We’ll have our team collect them,” the second guy answered quickly.  He snapped and a few more people came inside, already looking like they were ready to be put to work, “just show us where they are, Mr. Barber.”

“Of course,” he agreed.  He nodded to Falcon, “Sam…watch the kids for me, yeah?”

“You got it, boss.”

“Look, I’m telling you, Ari has been my accountant for years…I’d know if he was stealing money from my business.  The guy-“

“Well, you don’t do any elaborate spending and neither does your sister, Mr. Barber,” the man doing the interrogation shrugged.  He held up a piece of paper, showing Andy his and his sister’s statements, “it looks like the two of you are barely scraping by…meanwhile, Mr. Levinson has made some significant purchases in an off-shore account.”

“Offshore account,” Andy spat, “you mean to tell me that you think an accountant…my accountant was stealing money from my business and buying shit and I never noticed?  I don’t think so.”

“You set him up, didn’t you?”

Andy didn’t look away from his pint glass.  He knew Lee’s voice anywhere.  He heard the shuffling towards him, and he knew that Lee was closing in, “ANDY!”

“He knew what he signed up for.”

“That’s bullshit and you know it,” he growled, “Ari’s never touched your fucking books.  You do all the shit yourself.”

“That’s not what the paper trail says, Lee…”

“GOD DAMN IT ANDY!” Lee yelled, swiping angrily at the bar.  The bowl of bar mix and Andy’s pint clattered behind it, the glass shattering against the floor, “FUCKING LOOK AT ME.  YOU’RE SENDING AWAY YOUR BEST FRIEND FOR SOMETHING HE DIDN’T DO!”

“Ironic, isn’t it?” Andy spat, his gaze slowly going away from the bar to face his one-time best friend, and the love of his sister’s life, “you coming in here, calling me out for letting Ari take the rap…now you know how I feel.”

“I’M FUCKING TRYING, ANDY!” He screamed, pushing Andy out of the chair. Andy straightened himself out and shot a glare back at Lee, “I’m trying to find a way around it to get the case thrown out.  I-“

“ARI WOULD HAVE JUST TAKEN THE GOD DAMN RAP HIMSELF, LIKE A REAL MAN!” Andy finally screamed, “LEVI WOULD HAVE SAID HE FUCKING SHOT THE ASSHOLE.  WOULD HAVE PARADED HIS FUCKING HEAD ON A STICK DOWN MAIN STREET IF HE KNEW WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING TO HER THIS WHOLE TIME.  YOU’RE THE ONE LETTING HER ROT IN A CELL.  YOU’RE THE ONE LETTING HER GO TO PRISON.  NOT LEVI.  NOT ME.  YOU, SHERIFF.”

“AND YOU’RE DOING THE SAME TO ARI.”

“FUCK ARI!” ANDY SCREAMED, PUSHING LEE BACKWARDS, “FUCK ARI, AND FUCK ALL OF YOU.  EVER SINCE MY OLD LADY GOT KILLED IN THAT DRIVE BY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU LITTLE FUCKERS SCATTERED, LIKE ROACHES.  THOR RAN OFF AFTER HE GOT THE BALLS TO KILL LOKI.  I UNDERSTAND THAT.  BUT THEN, SWEETIE TOOK GEARZ.  SHE WAS GONNA TAKE ELVIS TOO, BUT I GAVE HIM BACK TO HIS JUNKIE EX UP ON THE MOUNTAIN TO KEEP THAT DEAL GOOD.  FONZIE WAS GONNA RUN WHEN PIX LOST THE BOYS.  SO, I SNAPPED THAT BITCHES GOD DAMN NECK.  YOU KNOW WHAT LEVI DID TO DESERVE HIS GRAVE?  HE CALLLED CAP!  HE FUCKING CALLED CAP ON ME, LIKE A SNITCH.  AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO A FUCKING SNITCH IN PRISON, SHERIFF?”

Lee felt his heart race, knowing that Andy had finally snapped, and he was going to set Levi up to look like a snitch so he would be taken care of in prison.

“What did you do, Barber.”

“It’s not done yet,” Andy growled, “but after midnight, he’s as good as gone.  I’m done letting you fuckers get away from the club.  If any of you want out, it’s through a god damned body bag, and it’s because I put you there.”

And just as Andy was about to rush Lee, the door to Barbers slammed open.  In a rush of black padding and bright lights nearly a dozen men surrounded Lee and Andy, all of them yelling for the men to put their hands up and to get on the ground. 

Andy began to comply, his mind automatically working on a defense, searching for a reason on why the s.w.a.t team was in his establishment while he lowered himself to the ground.  He had planned it perfectly.  Used Ari’s name to link the offshore accounts to him and not his own name.  Made sure the paper trail died before it ever reached him.  That was until the two men from earlier came in, Ari in cuffs between them.  Andy’s jaw clenched and he saw the look of disgust in Ari’s eyes.

“I stood up for you Barber…always had…”

“FUCK YOU!” he spat. 

“Sheriff, you and Mr. Levinson are free to go,” the second man began, uncuffing Ari.  Then he looked back at the door and Lauren walked through.  She’d had bags under her eyes, and her cheeks were blotchy from her having cried too much, “Ms. Barber…your charges have been dropped.  Evan’s father found the room you were talking about…and the evidence.”

“The room?” Andy asked, suddenly confused, “evidence?  What the fuck is everyone doing here?”

Lauren looked at her brother and for a brief second, he saw her as the little sister he tried to protect from everything.  And then a look flashed across her features.

The room. 

The evidence.

It all clicked.

He paled. 

“Mr. Barber, you are under arrest for money laundering, racketeering, attempted murder, bribery of two guards of a federal level, abduction of a minor, endangerment of a child, accessory to murder in the first degree, four counts, and eleven counts of sex trafficking with Ms. Barber’s fiancé, Evan…”

“You son of a bitch!” Lee growled, spitting on Andy.  Lauren ran to Lee, and he embraced her.  His lips immediately went to her temple, and his hand to the back of her head so that he could cradle her, “I told you I’d find a way, baby…I promised you everything would be okay.” 

“I-I couldn’t cover it up anymore,” she whimpered softly, burying her face in Lee’s chest while her brother cursed her out, “I-I couldn’t hide it, Lee…those girls.”

“It’s okay baby…it’s all over!”  Lee promised.

Chapter 36

Tag list:  @lohnes16, @elbell20-blog, @stockholmdolly, @terrormonster55, @dontbescaredtosingalong, @tenaciousperfectionunknown

#heavens demons #motorcycle #motorcycle clubs #mc #dark andy barber #andy barber #defending jacob #chris evans characters #ari levinson #red sea diving resort #sheriff lee bodecker #lee bodecker #devil all the time #the devil all the time #sebastian stan characters

[mysteries-uncovered]

a transcript

     "[BEGINNING RECORDING]",         "SPEAKER 1: What the hell do you mean you wanna merge 'em?",          "SPEAKER 2: You heard what I said, ________...",          "SPEAKER 1: Have you lost your mind? This kind of thing-- this doesn't happen! You can't just roll 'em over like it's nothing! What makes you think they would rather be a small fish in some other squeeze? You're Oliver fuckin' Twist showing up with your supper bowl!",          "[clack]",          "SPEAKER 1: See, this is what I mean. Y'think you're a wizkid, but there's no love a pappa can have for his boy that will get 'im to put his foot in his mouth for you. And that's a fat ass fuckin' foot you're lookin' to swallow.",          "SPEAKER 2: That's true.",          "[clack]",          "SPEAKER 2: Check.",          "[clack]",          "SPEAKER 1: Something tells me you ain't done.",          "SPEAKER 2: Of course I'm not.",          "SPEAKER 1: Okay, then. [snorts] What, you hired one of those snake-people that are showin' up now, to bind them up? 'Fraid I don't think they're into that.",          "[clack]",          "SPEAKER 2: You're gonna laugh.",          "SPEAKER 1: Cut the crap, ________... What is it?",          "SPEAKER 2: Got the killer on the payroll.",          "[clack]",          "SPEAKER 1: [in a half-whisper] So what if you got another guy? Like that's a problem, you fuckin' monkey. What, you plannin' to burst into their house with twenty or so fellas and start--",          "SPEAKER 2: I mean the Eye Killer.",          "[clack]",          "SPEAKER 1: The bitch that got caught?",          "SPEAKER 2: [sighs] That same one, yeah.",          "[clack]",          "SPEAKER 1: [still whispering, now aggressively] ________.., have you ACTUALLY gone fuckin' crazy? Point one still stands, but what's the first rule? You can't have a girl who's on national fuckin' television whack one of 'em and not have every single fuckin pig in the country stick their fuckin' head in! What's the fuckin' deal, huh? You want another RICO?",          "SPEAKER 2: There's not gonna be another RICO. No one is going to die. Sit your ass down and fuckin' listen to me, here.",          "[clack]",          "SPEAKER 1: ...alright.",          "SPEAKER 2: Good. You got a lighter?",          "SPEAKER 1: Thought y'didn't smoke.",          "SPEAKER 2: You thought wrong.",          "[clack]",          "SPEAKER 2: Let's start from the top. I've been talking to their kid. Fella tipped me off to his folks; good guy, terrible at his job. He's helping me set an arrangement with his folks. They know I'm going there, I know they're going there. We both get our friends to bring along, y'know, for clarity's sake. Two precious little rats in the nest.",          "SPEAKER 1: Ah. So whoever decides to get a little too friendly...",          "SPEAKER 2: Lets every other wiseguy in all of the States know that shit's going down. Once word's out, the others are going to smell blood in the water. Then we're both gone. [mumbling] We'd be damn lucky to just get caught.",          "SPEAKER 1: Okay, fine. Let's say that works. What's that girl meant to do in all of this?",          "SPEAKER 2: The guarantee that the word gets out if shit goes south. Besides, that murderer, she... has an interest. On both of us.",          "SPEAKER 1: You an' the don?",          "SPEAKER 2: No, the kid and I. Think she likes him more than me, frankly. Either way, even if I wanted to wet those sons of bitches, I don't think she'd take it very well. ",          "SPEAKER 1: Right. I mean, it sounds like this girl's more trouble than she's worth. We could just--",          "SPEAKER 2: Don't--!",          "SPEAKER 2: Say that. About her. Or anything. Aloud. Say it in your own house if you want, but don't say that shit near me.",          "SPEAKER 1: Ah. [laughs] Nearly got me there, thought it was serious. You went pale as a baby's bum, though, what's the catch? Check, by the way. ",          "[clack]",          "SPEAKER 2: It's not funny. Fucking... listen. I don't know what she is, but whatever she is, she isn't human. You've seen the trial, you've seen her change. And that monster, demon, whatever you want to call it-- any other man in the garbage biz can be bought. You know that. Everyone's kicking up to someone. Her? She's fucking unshakeable, that's the one thing I can guarantee you. She wants us. The moment any of us even think about fucking with her, we're dead. But. But... if we get her to work with us, it would change... everything.",          "[clack]",          "SPEAKER 1: Hey, now, you know I'm no fucking rat, but you have to know that what you're saying sounds crazy, right? Even if it works, what the fuck does any of that mean? I'd take a bullet for you, but it sounds more like you're trying to curse me, or someshit. I can't be a part of that.",          "SPEAKER 2: Fine, then.",          "[clack]",          "SPEAKER 2: So what are you going to do?",          "SPEAKER 1: I'm... you're not slidin' this one past the Don.",          "SPEAKER 2: [wryly] So much for not being a rat.",          "SPEAKER 1: I'm in here like everyone else to make some fuckin' money, not to sell my soul or whatever the fuck you're plannin'!",          "SPEAKER 2: [sigh] I like you, you know? You're a good man. So I'm giving you five seconds to reconsider, ________. Plenty of time to think about where you stand in all this.",          "SPEAKER 1: At least look at me in the eye when you're threatenin' me, asshole.",          "SPEAKER 2: Five...",          "SPEAKER 1: What the fuck are you lookin' at?",          "SPEAKER 2: Four...",          "SPEAKER 1: You fuckin'-- I'm leaving!",          "SPEAKER 2: Three...",          "SPEAKER 2: Two..."

#eye killer #killer #rico #goldmine #zampanio

[miraculous-fatigue]

Turns out I can write! So here’s a sort of “Beginnings Part 0.5” for my aaml au! It’s under the cut! It’s here! It has Klavier and Plagg interactions! Enjoy!

Klavier had known his brother was hiding something for a long time. About seven years, in fact. Kristoph didn’t seem as suspicious when they were younger… in fact, he seemed cool. He always had decisive evidence the prosecution and detectives were unaware of, and kept calm under pressure, almost like he knew the situation would always work out in his favor. That was how Kristoph became known as the coolest defense in the west.

But the older Klavier got, the more suspicious it all was. How did he always find decisive evidence that the detectives and prosecution overlooked? Why was he so confident that he’d have that decisive proof? And how did he know Phoenix Wright would use a forged piece of evidence in a trial that had not yet begun? Was it connected to Zak Gramarye firing him the day before? And when Kristoph was convicted of murder, it only confirmed Klavier’s suspicions. His brother was definitely hiding something, and he’d be a fool to think it stopped at one murder.

Since Kristoph was in jail, now seemed like the perfect time to look for answers in his office. A little technically-legal snooping would surely uncover something. Unfortunately, his office appeared oddly secret-free thus far.

If I was pretentious and petty, Klavier thought to himself, where would I hide my deep dark secrets? His eyes wandered around the room, eventually landing on the large painting hanging behind his brother’s desk. A lot of prosecutors hid their regulation safes behind paintings and the like. Perhaps defense attorneys did the same? Did they even have safes?

Sure enough, with the painting out of the way, Klavier had access to a small safe with a keypad. A four number combination... he could just look up the best way to break into a safe, but maybe it’d be better to try a few obvious combinations first. He could put Kristoph’s birthday, his-

*CLICK*

No way. He actually used his birthday as a combination? Did he forget that his birthday can be found by anyone with a quick Google search? How is he that dense? Maybe I’ve been overestimating him.

Shaking his head at his brother’s stupidity, Klavier peered into the safe. Disappointingly, there was nothing inside but a small black box. Still, it was something. He unclasped the lid, knowing he was prepared for whatever may be inside.

He was not prepared for what was inside.

A bright light flashed from the box, making Klavier long for the sunglasses he used to wear everywhere. What, he thought it made him look cool. He was seventeen, cut a guy some slack! And hey, his fashion sense had improved since then, and he didn’t wear his sunglasses indoors anymore. Or in the rain. Or at night. But if he’d known Kris had the goddamn sun hooked up to this box, maybe he’d have worn sunglasses!

He blinked rapidly, trying to chase away the dark spots in his vision. He cautiously peeked back at the box, but saw nothing there but a small black ring. As he wondered why there wasn’t some kind of lightbulb inside the box as well, he heard an exaggerated yawn from behind him.

“How many more times are we gonna do this? I told you I don’t know anything else! If you’re not gonna give me cheese, at least let me sleep,” groaned a… ok, he didn’t know what that was. Some kind of fairy… bug… cat? The tiny floating black thing blinked its big green eyes at him. “What, trying a new look? You want my advice? Doesn’t work for a guy with your personality. You’re too prim and proper. It’ll never work. Trash it, go back to your stuffy suits. And for the love of camembert, cover your-”

“Hold it!” Klavier interrupted. “I don’t know what a… whatever you are knows about fashion, but who exactly do you think I am? What’s this about my personality? How could I not be rockin’ enough to pull this off?”

“Alright, first of all, I’m a kwami, you know this, BLOURGH!” The kwami(?) hacked up a cloud of green bubbles. Gross. “Oh. Guess you’re noooot… a person whose name I can’t say. So who knows, maybe you can pull off the look after all.”

He blinked. Alright, so this is a “kwami.” It can’t say someone’s name. Probably my brother’s. Gottverdammt, Kris, what were you doing? I expected normal corruption, not weird… magic… whatever. Am I dreaming? Is this a nightmare? He pinched himself, but much to his dismay, he did not wake up.

The kwami thing spoke again. “Uh, you good? You look like you’re gonna pass out. Or maybe throw up. Ew, that’d be gross. Don’t do it at me.”

I probably don’t look “good,” do I? I can’t believe I thought I was ready for anything. How did I ever think that? I need to sit down. He collapsed into the nearest chair, his brother’s desk chair. It was ridiculously high-quality, far more than anything else in the office. Sitting in it felt like being a grade-schooler, sitting in a teacher’s desk chair when they were out of the room… though with Kristoph in jail, there was no risk of being caught. He couldn’t come in and act upset in that specific way that made Klavier not want to leave his food and drinks unattended. He understood that there was no real risk here, but even so…

The kwami spoke again, snapping him out of his thoughts. “Ok, so since you’re clearly not, uh, that guy, I gotta bring you up to speed on a few more things.”

Klavier laughed weakly as he rubbed his temples. “I see, more information. Why not, it’s not like this can get any more confusing. Go ahead, little kwami. Tell me everything.” That is why I came here, after all.

“Don’t call me little kwami, my name is Plagg, so use it! Plagg.” the kwami (Plagg, apparently) griped, drawing out his name. “I’m basically a tiny god, so show some respect. Let’s see, what does “everything” mean… you probably want to know that I’m bound to the ring in this box, I grant the power of destruction to my wielders, blah blah blah boring, but what you need to know is that I love cheese. Camembert, brie, mozzarella… you name it, I eat it. If we’re gonna be buddies—which obviously, you want to be my buddy—then you gotta give me cheese. Camembert is the best, of course, but anything stinky is good. The stinkier the better, that’s what I say! And of course cheese doesn’t have to be pricey to be good, but expensive cheeses are usually-”

Plagg’s cheese monologue was interrupted by a loud crash, followed by what sounded like an eagle screeching, a siren going off, and a crowd screaming.

Plagg grumbled. “Great, sounds like some idiot decided to go nuts with their miraculous. I wouldn’t have been let out otherwise. Let me guess, you “have to stop them” or whatever?”

“I have to stop them! It sounds like people are getting hurt!” Klavier ran to the window. “Smoke coming from the prison… scheiße. You, come with me,” he told Plagg, grabbing the box and quickly crossing to the office door. “If you really are a tiny god, you can use your powers to fix this.”

“Slow down, Mr. Rockin’ Outfit, I don’t “fix” things. And besides, I can’t use my power willy-nilly, as much as I may want to,” Plagg grumbled.

“Why not?

“You ever seen a dinosaur? Like, a living, breathing dinosaur?”

“No?”

“Exactly. And if I cause another incident, the guardians will get mad at me, and then I’ll be in trouble, and that’s no fun. Plus, it’s tiring to use my power myself, and that’s no fun either! So, if you’re gonna make me help, you’re gonna do the heavy lifting for me. Take my ring-”

“The one in the box?”

“What other ring is there? Just say “claws out” to transform. And have some cheese ready for me when you go back to normal! There’s an instruction manual in your baton once you transform, so I’m not gonna bother explaining anything else… but remember the cheese!”

“I… wait. Transform? What, like a magical girl?” Klavier asked as he slid the ring onto one of his free fingers. Remarkably, it changed its appearance to match his other silver rings. That would certainly be useful if this became some kind of permanent arrangement.

“Not explaining anything else!” Plagg shouted over another crash.

Another crash. Right, the whole people-are-in-danger thing. Life-saving first, questions later. “Plagg, claws out!”

#so yeah enjoy the chronologically first (in-universe) installment of my incredibly self-indulgent au! #*explodes forever and ever* #aaml au #miraculous au #ace attorney au #fatigued writing #my stuff #ooh I made a new tag :3 let’s see if I consistently use this one #the one thing I’ll never be satisfied with is klavgav’s use of German. but that’s ok because capcom doesn’t put in a lot of effort either