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bindingties · 4 years

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(( dunno what to say it’s like midnight & im out here posting fics i made of my own aus bc yes ))

“Prosecutor Gavin?”

Klavier jumped, barely avoiding dropping all of his files with the movement. Still, he managed to turn and flash Chief Prosecutor Edgeworth an easy-going smile. “I didn’t hear you come up. What can I help you with, Herr Chief?”

Edgeworth frowned. “Would you mind coming to my office?” Klavier felt a bead of cold sweat roll down his back, but the smile did not falter as he nodded.

“Of course, just let me set these files down first, ja?”

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For having the entire back wall be windows, the Chief Prosecutor’s office managed to be incredibly oppressive. The rich, dark wood and subdued magenta tones of the furniture devoured the midday sun. He spotted a chessboard across the room and seeing the way those magenta pieces surrounded the blue one, paired with the pawn statue nearby, made him feel hunted, trapped.

Despite his discomfort, his eyes lingered on that blue piece. It had a spikey quality to it and reminded him of….

“Please take a seat, Prosecutor Gavin.”

Klavier flashed a smile, mentally keeping hold of the spikey pawn for later, and sat down. “How may I help you, Herr Chief?”

Edgeworth sighed and took a seat of his own. The sense of being cornered grew; this felt like the interrogation room and Klavier wasn’t terribly keen about being the one getting interrogated.

“Have you been feeling well?”

A melodious laugh cut through the tense air as Klavier waved the concern off with a gentle flick of his wrist. “Of course!” His brow furrowed with innocent concern despite the knot taking root in his stomach. “Do I not seem alright? Have I made a mistake somewhere?”

Edgeworth shook his head. “No, but I talked with Wright the other day.” As Wright’s name left Edgeworth’s lips, so too did the blood drain from Klavier’s face. He saw Edgeworth take note of the change with a slight, decisive nod. “He mentioned the scene you made in the courthouse and I have noticed that you’ve been stressed and on edge ever since.”

Something in Edgeworth’s eyes grew sharper, not fully accusatory, but probing all the same. “Additionally, you have been accessing many of the files on Wright’s old cases. I am, let’s say, curious about this string of odd behavior.”

Klavier swallowed, mind whirring to think of a suitable lie. “I…” He pointedly cut his gaze away. “Hearing that Herr Wright was moving to get his badge back and seeing him in a new suit just….” His stomach twisted and he had to fight down bile as he remembered that impostor standing beside Herr Forehead like he belonged there.

“It brought back memories of both the Gramarye and Misham trials. I was reminded of how badly I screwed up and… And I guess I wanted to finally learn about the man whose life I ruined. Finally do the due diligence I should have done when Kris had first come to me speaking on Herr Wright’s character, ja?”

He finally looked back toward Edgeworth, halfway bracing to be called out on his lie. Instead, his boss’s face had softened the slightest bit.

“It’s not your fault what happened to Wright. I know it’s easier said than done, but you cannot torture yourself over what you think you should’ve done or agonize over what hindsight shows clearly now.” Klavier couldn’t help but recall his conversation with Lana Skye and found himself wondering if he could make Edgeworth hate him as quickly as he had made her.

No. Edgeworth might already secretly resent him, but there was no reason to give him an excuse to be more blatant or even fire him. He needed the access to official records that this job provided. He needed the way it instantly opened doors, gave him ample reason to be just about anywhere he wanted to be.

So, he sighed, sheepishly smiling. “I just… it’s hard not to fixate on, to worry about, ja? But I’ll keep your advice in mind, of course.”

Edgeworth nodded, the corners of his mouth crooking upwards. But then they fell, and his expression grew somber again. Klavier felt the oppression of the room grow even stronger.

“But there was one thing that is concerning me. I decided to speak with Mr. Justice on the matter as you two are somewhat close and he said that you kept going on about Wright being, well, not actually Wright.” There was no question posed; Klavier got the sneaking suspicion that Edgeworth wasn’t sure what question to ask.

On the other hand, Klavier wasn’t sure how he was supposed to respond to that. It wasn’t as if he could deny it, not with Herr Forehead’s words against his own. How was he supposed to rationalize his reaction when there was nothing rational about the situation that they were all in?

They both became shrouded in a damning silence.

Eventually, though, Edgeworth sighed. “This is not an order, Prosecutor Gavin, I want to tell you that first. However, I would recommend seeing a professional. I know you had been put on leave following Vera Misham’s trial, but you immediately went back into the deep end of work once you were cleared to return to the office and haven’t taken a vacation since. Perhaps you ought to take some time off, see if you can find someone to help manage your stress and how you feel about the events surrounding the Misham trial.”

Klavier smiled, though he knew he would not be heeding that advice and the way Edgeworth bit back another sigh suggested that he knew as much too.

“Well, I won’t keep you any longer. Please just keep what I’ve said in mind, alright?”

Klavier nodded and stood, making his way to the door. As he did, he spared one last glance at the chessboard. “That’s an interesting chess set, Herr Chief.”

Edgeworth chuckled, pink dusting his cheeks. “It is a custom set; a bit garish now that I think on it; it’s a bit arrogant to represent yourself in your own chess pieces.”

“Nothing wrong with having items to match your aesthetic, ja?” Klavier assured, lightly flicking his thumb on his chain belt. “But you don’t seem very blue or spikey; do those pieces represent someone else?”

The pink got a little bit deeper. “Ah, just an old friend.”

Klavier paused; it had to be Wright. Who else had hair like that with a blue palette? Better play along with this worldwide lie for now, though, lest he end up with mandatory psychological leave and therapy sessions. “Ach, I was hoping for gossip, but I don’t know any spikey-haired people in blue.”

An odd expression passed over Edgeworth’s face at that, but as soon as it was there, it vanished. He shooed Klavier off with a put-upon sigh. “You’re dismissed, Prosecutor Gavin. Take care of yourself.”

Klavier nodded and walked out, feeling the slightest bit more grounded in his pursuit.

#just a witness | ooc #v { klavier }; breaking point of reason | the stranger

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kurainburdened · 6 years

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POKEMON AU pls.... bc i know ur passionate abt pokemon and honestly Me Too

III LOVE YOU!!! I WAS PLANNING ON MAKING THIS A THING WHERE I ADD IN THE SENDERS MUSE INTO THE HCS BUT MAYA AND YOUR MUSE NEVER INTERACTED WHICH IS A CRIME!!! Dont tell edgeworth or she might get arrested lol. But anway!! I want to do stuff with you!!

ALSO THANK YOU FOR SENIDNG THIS BECAUSE THATS REALLY SWEET OF YOU AND IM REALLY TOUCHED YOU REMEMERED I LOVE POKEMON

Number 1

Mayas first pokemon, funny enough isnt a ghost type, but a normal type. See, in the pokemon verse Mayas background is basically the same. The Fey village is basically unchanged in this worly except for one thing. On a certain part of the mountainside is a forest that travellers tend to get lost in for ages. Many report hallucinations as being the main cause for this so it’s kind of cut off. Maya, being the rebel she is, of course wanders it in hopes of conquering it. Her sister is usually the voice of reason and really it would only take her being like. what if youre lost forever or something to scare her into staying but shes not ther so into the forest she goes! It’s there that she finds a waterfall and goes there to train constantly. She tries and tries to channel spirits and one day, she succeeds! Or so she thinks. The first time she thinks she’s channeled another spirit, she sees herself as the spirit she’s been trying to channel, sees her now-possessed body moving and acting on it’s own. When she runs back to the village to tell her story, she’s told that she couldn’t have channeled a spirit because if she did she would’ve been unconscious.

Confused Maya goes back and tries again only to get the same result. After a bit of investigating Maya realizes the source of travelers getting lost and the hallucinations is due to a stantler. This Stantler saw Maya, this little girl training so hard that it took pity on her, and wanting to help in the only way it could let her see herself channeling a spirit. At first Maya is crushed and upset at the pokemon for giving her false hope but quickly forgives it and thanks it for wanting to help. The pokemon soon takes on this kind of caring role for Maya, along with also being her only playmate seeing as the other girls in the village are kind of distant with her. Her being the heir to the Master title and Morgan instructing them to listen to her and listen to all her selfish desires, leading to them being resentful of her. Anyway, also to build off of that. Once Mayas sister dies, she asks the Stantler to let her see her Sister again. And thats like a thing she did for awhile before telling it to stop because it became this painful reminder of something she could never do which is channel her sister. Actually fun fact she asked the stantler to show her her mother but was heartbroken when it basically gave her the answer that it couldnt because Maya didn’t have the memory of her mothers face anymore. Anyway. One time when shes particularly heartbroken and hopeless she laments in the forest to herself how shes so useless and cant do anything right. How she hates herself for being this way. Hates herself for not being able to compare to Mia or her mother. At this point she sees the image of her sister saying shes proud of her. Maya is angry at Stantler for showing her such a horrible lie and runs away. Only to later be told by the pokemon that it wasn;t trying to make her see her sister say that, rather it was the only way of communicating that even if no one else appreciated her, it was proud of her.

ANYWAY ENOUGH OF STANTLER ON TO NUMBER 2

That’s right another in depth backstory for another pokemon hopefully not as long lol

The next on the list is a primeape that lives in the forest, training with sawk and throh. It kind of ended up getting abandonned by it’s trainer in a place where this breed of pokemon aren’t really found but it’s found it’s place with the sawk and throh so it doesn’t mind too much. It ended up earning it’s respect with good old fashioned fighting and is kind of in a ‘king of the forest’ position. Scary and intimidating and bent on establishing its dominance to all that challenge it! Anyway, while Maya is exploring the mountainside of her village she finds out about it and it’s plain to see that Primeape has a certain amount of respect among the other fighting types. After having seen a cool tv episode where the hero challenges the strongest of the strong a really young Maya decides to do the same, announcing loudly when the pokemon is alone that she’s here to challenge the pokemon to a duel to the death! She runs up throws her small fist at the might and strong pokemon!

To which, not wanting to hurt this strange small child, primeape falls over dramatically, clutching the side which she hit and lets its tongue flop out all goofy in the hopes of appeasing her. Maya, not really sure what to do, honestly not even having thought this far ahead starts getting worried for the pokemon and starts crying to which it quickly gets up in a panic to reassure her its ok. From there it kind of takes on this older brother position with her. Also playing with her, letting her grab onto it as she swings throughout the trees.

Goodness this Maya is turning out to be much more of a wild child than her aa counterpart. She’s not exactly strong, but she’s more athletic I’d imagine in this version. More nimble but can definitely have her clumsy moments on occasion.

putting last three under cut cause THIS IS LONG. IF YOURE ON MOBILE IM SO SORRY

Number three!

Goodness I stuffed way too much into those other HCs but onto Phoenix! Anyway this also remains for the most part unchanged. What you think the pokemon world doesn’t need lawyers? Anyway, quick tanget but trainers arent really…it’s not a sustainable lifestyle, most people do it as a way of coming of age before moving into the respective field they took interest in during their travels. So no, if you have a pokemon au you don’t have to be some professional trainer. Professional battles are like a sport and trainers are athletes. Sure people enjoy it on the side but it’s NOT the norm to make it a living off of it. You have to be smart and strategic in a very complicatedf sport that takes a LOT of training and it’s not like in the game where if you spam tackle after walking around for 5 seconds you gain XP. its more like you’re a coach training 6 athletes in how to train their bodies in the best way possible while coming up with tons of game plans.

anyway tangent over. Phoenix is a lawyer and this taking place in the pokemon world only lends itself towards there being much more factors to consider when thinking of how murders occured. Her life with Phoenix for the most part remains unchanged but as a side note Maya encounters a lot of pokemon along the way during her travels with phoenix. She thinks strong heroic looking pokemon are cool so she tends towards pokemon like sawk and throh or conkeldurr. OH AND IVE BEEN SETTING THIS IN SPECIFICALLY UNOVA AND ONLY RESEARCHING THE UNOVA DEX FOR MAYA ND THE POKEMON THAT SURROUND HER.

I feel like.. Audino might enter theyre little group at one point? Like Stantler comes with her when she leaves the mountain cause Stantler is a worrywart and Maya is a mess and has never been down to the big city, but Primeape is more trusting in Maya and her abilities and knows shes much stronger than a lot of people give her credit for. He doesn’t come down the mountain to be with her until much later just cause he has a pack to guide. Actually the pokemon it leaves in charge is like another pokemon Maya is close with since it was primeapes apprentice and maya and this pokemon were kids together and kind of were the babies of the pack ANYWAY SORRY TANGENT.

aNYWAY AUDINO. A while back Audino were attempted to be integrated into crime fighting in some way since the way theyre psychic powers work they’d be able to sense overwhelming…i guess malevolence or evil or bad intentions but like. It’s just REALLY unhealthy for them and it really signifigantly lessens their lifespans just cuase all the negativity eats away at them emotionally and one of the pokemon, it’s really old honestly like it was one of the pokemon that originally was part of this attempt to integrate these pokemon with the police force and was luckily enough like it survived long enough for them to end the program and it just…can’t endure being around negativity anymore like it’s really stressful so it enjoys being around Maya just cause she is really kindhearted and senstive and good and the Wright office is filled with kind hearted people so it just takes comfort being there. It doesn’t really leave the office though and while it’s there for everyone it really does belong to Maya for the most part.

THATS JUST AN IDEA I HAVE THOUGH IDK IF ILL MAKE THAT PART OF HER CANON

Im kind of just going off on differen points in this one huh. Like the other wre a story here im just like SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

Number 4 (where diana tries to stop being ADHD and hopefully doesnt fail miserably)

Honestly you’d think being part of a back of fighting types would make her more suited towards groups and make her less selfish. Spoiler alert. It didn’t If you think Maya is good at making people do what she wants now you shouldve seen her when she was a kid. Though it also means shes got a entire pack of fighting types who will die for her and if you make her cry you better be sorry. and if youre not you’re going to be.

Oh and also dont think that just cause Maya is a forest girl that oh shes strong and knows how to fight cause like. She really doesn’t. Honestly the pokemon around her kind of coddled her and outside of her gaining enough stamina to hold up against running around with her pokemon friends she’s not really….all that much stronger. She doesn’t know how to fight either. She can jsut run really fast and is more likely to attempt more dangerous things that she’s seen other pokemon do cause WHY NOT. She basically just has more dangerous influences lol

Number 5 cause i want to wrap this up a bit

Oh boy now what can i do for a fifth one lets see… see the thing is Maya is basically the same between the two versions of her except for certain like physical differents that I just listed.

I guess here’s one but she doesn’t….she’s not a good trainer. Like her team, right now, is an old man of an Audino. A Stantler that can only do hallucinations and is kind of bad at fighting and then this powerhouse of a Primeape.

The Primeape is a GREAT fgighter but tends to keep to the mountains unless it starts missing her and comes downt o visit real quick. Her other two are just…weak. Maya though is really good at thinking on her feet so she can use what her pokemon do have to come up with some great strategies. Thought his doesnt reall come out unless shes backed up against the wall. See the reason why everyone percieves Maya as stupid and useless is because that’s how she percieves herself. Maya for the most part does what she can in what she think she can do but doesn’t really let her true intellect show because shes convinced shes an idiot. She kind of jokes around with bad ideas but she really is quick on her feet and good in a clutch.

So the only time you see her good skills with her pokemon and coming up with inventive ways for these basically powerless pokemon to get her out of tight situations is when literally shes by herself, there’s no one else to rely on and lives are on the line.

#karumakissed #[ NEVER ASK ME ABOUT POKEMON AGAIN BECAUSE IM JUS TLIKE THIS THIS(TM) ]#HEADCANON「 waxing philisophical power hour 」

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