My hands were tied. I did some investigating, but I couldn't find anything that would truly stick. The system was getting too out of control... becoming a place where my tactics wouldn't work anymore.
[Not until I found a light to shine through the dark age of the law... not until Apollo.]
Things were complicated. [He frowns. He doesn't think this is the time to tell her about what happened with Morgan.] You weren't officially Master, no, but you were in line to become one. Pearls was always there to help you, but... this wound up being your path, Maya.
[He shakes his head.]
Something like that, Maya. Defense attorneys started to rely on forged evidence and prosecutors on false accusations. It was a terrible time for the law. But I did what I could to help from behind the scenes... and I had another project to occupy my time.
What do you mean? [She can tell he's holding out on her. She'd had her suspicions about her aunt, as much as she didn't want to admit them, but.... Something wasn't adding up.]
[Not that things weren't always complicated]
Aren't prosecutors always playing dirty?! How could... I mean.... Why couldn't you get your badge back! You didn't do anything wrong...
[But first things first. As much as she's been trying to play dumb here, she does know what happens in his future - parts of it, anyway. But she wants to hear it from him. As much as she wants to know what happens to her, this is more important. She needs to make sure everything really did turn out fine for him before properly hassling him for details on her]
That's not fair! You were framed! You should have gotten a chance to prove yourself...
[Is the dark age of the law really after his disbarring, considering how prosecutors like Von Karma totally got away with forging evidence for, what, forty years?]
[Hey he can still be a cryptic smiling hobo! Sometimes...
He knows Maya's sharp enough that she could cut through his cover-ups if he wanted. So he respected that she wasn't drawing her swords right away. One horrible ordeal at a time.]
What happened is... I moved on. I was left feeling clueless, powerless and ashamed of myself. The magician whom I was defending in that court disappeared.
And... he left someone behind. A little girl named Trucy. I couldn't find any living relatives, so... [There's a light smile cracking at his face.] We decided to stick together.
She became my daughter, and my light in all of that darkness.
[She was wondering about the specifics of Trucy's adoption... she'd known it happened (and that Apollo was Trucy's sidekick), but not much more than that. But taking in the daughter of a client? That's just like what that goober would do.]
Lemme guess, she took care of you? You always were hopeless without a cute girl to keep you in line...
[...]
You... didn't give up on your badge, right? You got it straightened out?
Y-you don't have to put it like that. [He scratches at his head.] But, that is kind of what happened. We worked together to make ends meet, and I looked after her in her father's absence.
...I didn't give up. I just waited for the right time, and the right young lawyer to help me to expose what was wrong with the system. It took eight years... but it was worth it.
[Smiling, a little!] It's true, isn't it? If not for us adorable girls, you'd just clean toilets and stare sadly into the bowls.
Eight years? Geez, you move slow..... [DESPITE THE SASS, she is relieved it got fixed] You must have gotten really rusty if it took you eight years to prove something so obvious! So, everything's cool now?
Um... Hold it! Objection! I... I'd find other things I could do, really!
[He shakes his head.]
There were a lot of factors. It was the dark age of the law and everything... but things are cool now, really. I have my badge, the firm has been rebranded by Trucy and I, and I have two lawyers working under me. And I think that the dark age of the law has finally come to a close.
[though, she has to wonder how bad things got if prosecutors forging evidence and electrocuting people was the 'light age' of the law]
[but it really does seem like he's doing fine, even if she's not really in his future anymore. She's happy about that, but there is a little knot in the pit of her stomach.]
I guess it's more like the dork age of the law, huh... I can't believe you're a bonafide boss! With employees and everything! It sounds so... professional! It's weird.
[Maya stop questioning Capcom's logic this is why they're out for you!!
Phoenix now scratches at his head sheepishly. At least she's focusing on the positives now, just like he had hoped.]
Is it really so weird for me to be professional...?
But, um, it is nice. It kind of feels like I've come a long way. And all those unfortunate things that happened in the past... They've become more like bad memories.
[this is the real reason she got written out... maybe AA6 is a sham after all.]
[Anyway...... even if she's heard bits and pieces of this before, this is quite a lot to take in. If she doesn't focus on the positives, she'll freak out, and she can't do that.]
[Besides, she knew he was in good hands with Apollo and Athena..... though his future without her in it still hurts to think about]
Are you kidding? Who would ever call you professional? [THANKS, MAYA] Do you even know what you're doing? Or are they here to make you look respectable?
What about the dark age of the law....? We--- [oops] You guys are taking care of that, right?
[You're right there, Maya! Just... slightly offscreen!}]
I know what I'm doing most of the time, Maya. Really! I mean... It has been a big adjustment, to being an actual boss. But... I think I really have been getting the hang of it. [With Mia's example, and seeing people like Mr. Starbuck... I think it's all helped me to grow.]
The dark age? I think we've finally brought it to the close. Apollo had already managed to solve one of the incidents that started it, and just recently we managed to finally clear up the other case. The darkness is really starting to fade away from the courtrooms... We dealt a decisive blow.
No way! You're lucky I'm here to teach you how to really be the boss, because I'm sure you're screwing it all up. [of course, Maya doesn't really think he's that helpless or even that he'd be terrible at being a boss.... It's still pretty weird to think about, since her memories of him are as a floundering rookie or darkest hobo timeline, but from what she could piece together, he is doing pretty well in the future. And even teaching fledgling defense attorneys how to flail about in court like he did. It's a far cry from the broken man she knew in the castle, or the disgraced mentor Apollo had told her about. It suits him. He really upholding her sister's legacy.... Even if she's not by his side anymore.]
[Maybe it's better that way.]
Apollo did, huh..... It must be pretty rough on him, having you for a boss. [And Clay's death, and everything.]
Good! Make it back into the dork age of the law instead.
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[Now he chuckles sheepishly. And nostalgically. Just like Maya. Even way back then, she's ready to call all of the shots...]
Maybe I'll consider taking your course, Miss Fey... [He answers her in a beleaguered deadpan.]
Heh... but of course, I guess I didn't make it very easy on poor Apollo. But I think he got what he needed to grow into his own as a lawyer. Of course, I'm apparently not as rough of a boss as I should be so maybe it's not so bad on him...
[He smirks and stifles a laugh.]
The dork age? I think I'd need your help to truly complete that image, Maya.
You don't totally torture him, do you? I can see you going mad with power and bullying a mini-Nick of your very own...
[Well, Apollo had told her about how he'd been as a boss... and apparently, it was a nightmare. But somehow, his faith in Phoenix had still been there, so even as a gross hobo....]
What, because I'm so cool I make you look even dorkier?
Methinks the Nick doth protest... however that saying goes!
[At least Athena's hair is cute. But she's got the niggling feeling he's really trying to surround himself with employees who have even weirder hair than him]
It's about time you admitted my style is out of this world! It's a start, I guess.
What does Shakespeare have to do with anything? [Maya, you just quoted him] Are you trying to rope me into some soppy geezer play, or something?
So.... that's how it's been, huh? [As much as she is happy for and proud of him (and she is, no matter how much she teases him), there's still that sinking feeling that she's not in his future. Even now and here, he's got Trucy and Athena and possibly Apollo at the time this thread took place - he doesn't need her. She still can't channel Mia, so what can she really do to help him?]
[But, no, she can't think like that. She's alive now-- she's here, she has to do her best. Even Nick believed in her once, right? He told her that she helped him, against Von Karma.]
Sounds like the future got pretty crazy. I can't believe you're actually a dad.
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[Not until I found a light to shine through the dark age of the law... not until Apollo.]
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[But wasn't losing his badge a thing of the ancient past for him? When exactly.. Geez, all this time travel is hurting her head]
But.... I mean, I wasn't.... I wasn't officially Master, right? What about Pearly and my aunt? Weren't they around?
[And the rest of it is just plain horrifying]
You mean pointing and bluffing and making everything up didn't work anymore?! That really does sound like the dark age of the law..!
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[He shakes his head.]
Something like that, Maya. Defense attorneys started to rely on forged evidence and prosecutors on false accusations. It was a terrible time for the law. But I did what I could to help from behind the scenes... and I had another project to occupy my time.
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[Not that things weren't always complicated]
Aren't prosecutors always playing dirty?! How could... I mean.... Why couldn't you get your badge back! You didn't do anything wrong...
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I- I mean that... it would up being you, who had to train to be the Master. You... really learned a lot!
[He scratches at his hair guiltily.]
I know that, Maya. I know... Things just reached a whole new level. And I couldn't prove my innocence, not then. I'm sorry.
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[...That's kind of comforting, actually, because the cryptic smiling hobo Nick was a mystery to her, most of the time. And not in a good way.]
...Nick...
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That's not fair! You were framed! You should have gotten a chance to prove yourself...
[Is the dark age of the law really after his disbarring, considering how prosecutors like Von Karma totally got away with forging evidence for, what, forty years?]
So.... what happened?
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He knows Maya's sharp enough that she could cut through his cover-ups if he wanted. So he respected that she wasn't drawing her swords right away. One horrible ordeal at a time.]
What happened is... I moved on. I was left feeling clueless, powerless and ashamed of myself. The magician whom I was defending in that court disappeared.
And... he left someone behind. A little girl named Trucy. I couldn't find any living relatives, so... [There's a light smile cracking at his face.] We decided to stick together.
She became my daughter, and my light in all of that darkness.
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[She was wondering about the specifics of Trucy's adoption... she'd known it happened (and that Apollo was Trucy's sidekick), but not much more than that. But taking in the daughter of a client? That's just like what that goober would do.]
Lemme guess, she took care of you? You always were hopeless without a cute girl to keep you in line...
[...]
You... didn't give up on your badge, right? You got it straightened out?
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...I didn't give up. I just waited for the right time, and the right young lawyer to help me to expose what was wrong with the system. It took eight years... but it was worth it.
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Eight years? Geez, you move slow..... [DESPITE THE SASS, she is relieved it got fixed] You must have gotten really rusty if it took you eight years to prove something so obvious! So, everything's cool now?
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[He shakes his head.]
There were a lot of factors. It was the dark age of the law and everything... but things are cool now, really. I have my badge, the firm has been rebranded by Trucy and I, and I have two lawyers working under me. And I think that the dark age of the law has finally come to a close.
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[though, she has to wonder how bad things got if prosecutors forging evidence and electrocuting people was the 'light age' of the law]
[but it really does seem like he's doing fine, even if she's not really in his future anymore. She's happy about that, but there is a little knot in the pit of her stomach.]
I guess it's more like the dork age of the law, huh... I can't believe you're a bonafide boss! With employees and everything! It sounds so... professional! It's weird.
[she says, even though he's her boss]
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Maya stop questioning Capcom's logic this is why they're out for you!!Phoenix now scratches at his head sheepishly. At least she's focusing on the positives now, just like he had hoped.]
Is it really so weird for me to be professional...?
But, um, it is nice. It kind of feels like I've come a long way. And all those unfortunate things that happened in the past... They've become more like bad memories.
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[Anyway...... even if she's heard bits and pieces of this before, this is quite a lot to take in. If she doesn't focus on the positives, she'll freak out, and she can't do that.]
[Besides, she knew he was in good hands with Apollo and Athena..... though his future without her in it still hurts to think about]
Are you kidding? Who would ever call you professional? [THANKS, MAYA] Do you even know what you're doing? Or are they here to make you look respectable?
What about the dark age of the law....? We--- [oops] You guys are taking care of that, right?
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I know what I'm doing most of the time, Maya. Really! I mean... It has been a big adjustment, to being an actual boss. But... I think I really have been getting the hang of it. [With Mia's example, and seeing people like Mr. Starbuck... I think it's all helped me to grow.]
The dark age? I think we've finally brought it to the close. Apollo had already managed to solve one of the incidents that started it, and just recently we managed to finally clear up the other case. The darkness is really starting to fade away from the courtrooms... We dealt a decisive blow.
fight me Gore
[Maybe it's better that way.]
Apollo did, huh..... It must be pretty rough on him, having you for a boss. [And Clay's death, and everything.]
Good! Make it back into the dork age of the law instead.
with gusto
Maybe I'll consider taking your course, Miss Fey... [He answers her in a beleaguered deadpan.]
Heh... but of course, I guess I didn't make it very easy on poor Apollo. But I think he got what he needed to grow into his own as a lawyer. Of course, I'm apparently not as rough of a boss as I should be so maybe it's not so bad on him...
[He smirks and stifles a laugh.]
The dork age? I think I'd need your help to truly complete that image, Maya.
i only took one month this time SOBS INTO HANDS
You don't totally torture him, do you? I can see you going mad with power and bullying a mini-Nick of your very own...
[Well, Apollo had told her about how he'd been as a boss... and apparently, it was a nightmare. But somehow, his faith in Phoenix had still been there, so even as a gross hobo....]
What, because I'm so cool I make you look even dorkier?
A new record!
A- a mini-Nick?! He's... not that much like me. ...And no, I don't think I go as far as torture. [But I can't speak for Trucy.]
If... being cool means being a dork... then you're right on the money, Maya Fey!
one day I'll get it
[As for torture, there's probably toilet-cleaning involved, so it counts...]
Whaaaat? No way! I'm nothing like you! It's thanks to my outlandish style that you're not a total waste!
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[he sighs, but with a smile.]
'Outlandish' is the one part of that sentence I definitely agree with.
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[At least Athena's hair is cute. But she's got the niggling feeling he's really trying to surround himself with employees who have even weirder hair than him]
It's about time you admitted my style is out of this world! It's a start, I guess.
this thread is turning one year old soon
[He sighs and shakes hishead.]
Out of this world? Yeah, that's one way of putting it... Anyway, I think that covers all the basics.
all the more reason I'll never let it die in peace
So.... that's how it's been, huh? [As much as she is happy for and proud of him (and she is, no matter how much she teases him), there's still that sinking feeling that she's not in his future. Even now and here, he's got Trucy and Athena and possibly Apollo at the time this thread took place - he doesn't need her. She still can't channel Mia, so what can she really do to help him?]
[But, no, she can't think like that. She's alive now-- she's here, she has to do her best. Even Nick believed in her once, right? He told her that she helped him, against Von Karma.]
Sounds like the future got pretty crazy. I can't believe you're actually a dad.
and now yesterday was its birthday