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yoshimars · 5 years ago

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Jove Justice post two! Heacanon Time! This is part two of my unknown number of posts on Jove Justice! In the first one I went ahead and listed everything we know about him in canon, if you want to check that out, click here! Based on canon, (and specifically the Japnifornia localization) here’s where I draw ideas about who he was and other things relating to him. We’ll start from the earliest stuff! So Jove and Thalassa met and seemingly got married after a pretty short time (Jove has no canon age, but Thalassa was 18 when Apollo was born. For the sake of simplicity and also because I really do think it fits (you’ll see why in a moment) I tend to put Jove as her age, maybe a year older at most.) which tells me these two hit it off FAST. Jove’s a pretty young performer, so from that I gather a couple things:

o Jove probably headed out young to find his dreams as a musician (no college here, he’s probably a very recent high school grad or he dropped out.)

o Given that he IS so young he either doesn’t have parents or they don’t approve of his life choices, either works (I tend to gravitate toward the latter).

To that end I tend to headcanon thusly: Jove’s got big dreams of making it in the music industry, and at 17 or 18, feels like he already knows exactly what he’s got to do. He’s going to California (in the localization), get discovered, make it big, and live out all his dreams! He’s extremely optimistic about this and also horribly, horribly naïve.

Adding to that, I tend to gravitate toward his father being a lawyer (with a name like “Justice” come on!) and Jove just shunning that completely. It’s not where his passion lies, which, I imagine put him at serious odds with his old man. For no particular reason I like setting them in Boston, because Jove getting rid of his accent is hilarious to me on so many levels. (And slipping back into it anytime he goes “home”.)

So young Jove, having run away from a pretty darn well to do family with no money but tons of dreams, manages to start making a name for himself. Enough that he gets an audition for a Gramarye set. This isn’t a traditional sort of performance for a musician so perhaps he went to the audition on a lark or because he’d have to try for anything to make it at all, but he tries all the same and makes it!

Regarding Jove’s music: I like to think he’s a big, dopey romantic and his songs reflect that a lot. He’s fallen in love with the hopeless romance of being a musician, but he’s also got this idea of finding that perfect person during his rise to stardom. His other half is out there, he just knows it! Enter Thalassa Gramarye.

The moment she walks into the room Jove is completely smitten. He believes in love at first sight and here she is. Over the course of their performing together he’s a shameless flirt, he sings to her, he compliments her, and showers her with all this affection she’s been starved for, for so long. (I’ve got a whole other series of posts about Magnifi and Thalassa but that’s for another time. Short version: He’s a very emotionally abusive person (see: how he treated his students) and doesn’t give a fig for his daughter.) Naturally, she falls in love with this sweet man just as fast as he fell for her.

They run away together and get married, since they’re on their own I always imagine it’s just a tiny ceremony at the courthouse. Just the two of them and a court appointed witness, but that doesn’t deter their love for one another, they’re going to find those dreams of music and family and most of all love! They go about doing shows, individually and together but very shortly into their marriage Apollo happens. He’s a surprise to both of them (especially so early, oops!) but a happy one! Jove and Thalassa are convinced they can weather anything, even starting a family earlier than expected.

When Apollo is born, they still have all their sunshine and optimism. They hold their beautiful baby boy and feel like life is just perfect. The reality of a newborn hits after that, and between shows they’re getting less and less rest, though they’re making it through all this together, even if Apollo definitely inherited his father’s vocal cords.

I think I’ll leave it there for now! Next up: Travel to the Kingdom of Khura’in! I’ll discuss both sets of my headcanons for the canon timeline and the AU where Jove lives. (possibly in two posts, we’ll see!)

#Ace Attorney #Jove Justice #Headcanon time!#I've got a lot more where these came from #but I want to get the main jist out as quick as I can so I can talk more about smaller things #I clearly think about Jove WAY too much #yoshimars blogs

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apollo-justice-for-all · 5 years ago

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Time For Another Crazy, Dumb (and maybe even pointless) Theory!

So those who have played through all six mainstream Ace Attorney games know about the Psyche-Locks, right? Red Psyche-Locks represent secrets that people try to consciously hide, while black Psyche-Locks represent secrets that are tucked away so deep into that person’s mind that even they aren’t aware of said secrets.

Of the people Phoenix met, only two had five black Psyche-Locks each: Kristoph and Athena, both for different reasons. Kristoph’s black Psyche-Locks represented his fear of being found out about the forgery that led to Phoenix’s disbarment, whereas Athena’s were based around the trauma that involved her mother’s death. Both had their Psyche-Locks broken as their secrets were revealed, but while Athena turned out fine, Kristoph ended up being an emotional and psychological mess. This is due to Kristoph’s Psyche-Locks being forcibly broken (without a magatama in hand, mind you) while Athena’s broke on their own after Phoenix helped her confront her inner demons; heck, Pearl even states that any attempts to forcibly remove the black Psyche-Locks would result in the person’s psyche becoming permanently damaged, scarring them for life.

Now, I know those are the only two people we meet who have black Psyche-Locks. But what if there were more people with black Psyche-Locks? People whose secrets were tucked away so deep that even they weren’t aware of them? Based on the URL of this blog, you pretty much already know who I’m referring to as part of my theory.

Yep. It’s Apollo Justice.

Anyone who has played Spirit of Justice (or at least gotten to near the end of the first investigation segment in Turnabout Revolution) already know that Apollo attempted to forget about his childhood in Khura’in after Dhurke had supposedly broken his promise to his adopted son. In the beginning of Turnabout Revolution, he even says to Trucy that he never told anyone about being raised by Dhurke in Khura’in. However, this was more in line with the fact that he was worried about what people would think of him being raised by a rebel leader.

Compared to most of the other main characters (most likely including Edgeworth), Apollo has been through the biggest amount of hell in his early life: his biological father perished in a fire that most likely left Apollo with a lot of burn scars and a deathly fear of fire; his mother vanished without a trace; he ALMOST DROWNED as a child; he was sent back to his birth country and left alone without a parent or guardian looking after him; etc. So it was likely that after coming to the conclusion that Dhurke was never coming back, Apollo chose to forget about his life in Khura’in and act as though he had spent his entire childhood in Japanifornia.

These forgotten memories would come to manifest themselves in the form of Psyche-Locks. Black Psyche-Locks, just like Kristoph’s and Athena’s. Unlike Kristoph and Athena, who each had five black Psyche-Locks, Apollo would only have three black Psyche-Locks, all based around his efforts to forget about his childhood in Khura’in.

One for his pyrophobia and Jove Justice’s death.

One for being raised by Dhurke and having lived in Khura’in.

And one...for a different secret. One that even he isn’t aware of.

This third and final black Psyche-Lock would hold the true identity and whereabouts of his missing mother, and the knowledge of his biological family.

Although I’ve only gotten to the second case in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, I’m pretty confident that Phoenix had already figured out the secret behind Apollo’s shared parentage with Trucy, thanks to him having spoken with Shadi Smith/Zak Gramarye prior to Turnabout Trump (Card). So I’m also confident that he would have seen those three black Psyche-Locks on Apollo. However, as he had yet to figure out what the black Psyche-Locks represented until Pearl informed him about them in Dual Destinies, he decided to keep the secret to himself until the time was right. So did Thalassa.

I know this seems like a kick in the head from Capcom, but honestly? I’m sure after Pearl informed Phoenix about the black Psyche-Locks, he would have been relieved to know that he didn’t try forcing the one Psyche-Lock to break, as doing so would have permanently harmed Apollo’s spirit. So we can take this as both a kick in the head from Capcom AND a smart move from Phoenix!

As for the other two black Psyche-Locks? Well, I did mention before that Apollo would have had a fear of fire. However, in Spirit of Justice, we see him confidently holding a lighter to burn the Founder’s Orb, and he didn’t seem very fazed when Jove’s Divination Séance was being performed. My guess is that after Dual Destinies, he would’ve told someone (most likely Athena) about his nightmares and his pyrophobia, and went through several exposure therapy sessions to try and conquer his fear of fire so that come Spirit of Justice, he’d be less afraid of fire (although it still makes him nervous). Then, as Turnabout Revolution arrives, the black Psyche-Locks - the ones that held Apollo’s pyrophobia, his biological father’s death, his childhood in Khura’in, and being raised by Dhurke - eventually crumble to dust as his inner secrets are unlocked.

Except for one. The last black Psyche-Lock, which contains the true identity of his mother.

The only black Psyche-Lock that waits to be broken and join its brethren.

All Phoenix (and we) can do is hope that this lone black Psyche-Lock breaking does not harm Apollo’s psyche in any way, shape or form.

Anyways, that’s my theory on the matter of Psyche-Locks. I know it’s a pretty weak theory since there’s not much evidence to back up my claims, but whatchagonnado, y’know?

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pinksweatergettingbetter · 7 years ago

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

Alright, on to part three, where Phoenix’s big fat mouth gets Apollo and Athena into deep doodoo.

QUICK CHILDREN, INTO THE MANHOLE!

SDUFGDGSF YOU CAN ‘MOVE’ WHILE YOURE BEING CHASED

way to ruin the moooooood XD

well athena if its any consolation, smelling like a rotten egg will probably delight sadmad.

y’know. cause youre a putrid egg yolk.

“Once a rebel, always a rebel!”

apollo was never a rebel

you sent him back to America before he could do any rebelling.

>OH MY SNARK IS CONFIRMED BY APOLLO

oh everyone’s met up now

“It was like watching a pair of ostriches bury their heads in the sand”

the FUCK does that mean, Phoenix?!???

“dubious hovel”

whats wrong with athena? i thought she was huddling up in the corner because she saw something unnerving, then maybe because of all the sudden people there–– but it’s implying she’s disgusted by the shitty state of the place?

what, is Athena a germaphobe now??

“He said he hopes you’ll come back and take over this office someday.”

“M-me?”

“Those were his words! He might have been half-joking though.”

I’m not sure which I’m more offended by; the fact that Dhurke still assumed Apollo would make a shit lawyer, or the fact that Apollo does indeed take over. Spoilers. Haha.

“must’ve been because of you, dhurke!”

no it was because of Phoenix Wright because he was a cool guy, once upon a time. also because, unlike every other lawyer in the gotdamn series, Apollo just really friggin loves the law. He thinks lawyers are legit cool and he wanted to be one because he just happened to have a passion for litigating. He’s not a prop in your stupid story, he’s his own interesting person.

“Dhurke was never a hands-on kinda dad...”

you can motherfucking say that again, vore machine.

“...but not a day went by that he wasn’t thinking of ya. That much I’m sure of.”

yeah he sure was

thinking of the favours he could one day ask of him.

“Doesn’t get more paternal than that!”

Athena, you don't even have a dad. Your opinion on the subject is completely worthless.

“(Dhurke... And to think, I really did spend my days trying to forget you...)”

god apollo you don’t deserve this. you deserve trucy and klavier and thalassa (being an actual mom for once) HELL you deserve your ACTUAL, REAL DAD.

“The victim’s passport and any pictures of him were burned up in the fire. Without knowing his real name, no divination seance could be performed.”

So you’re telling me Jove brought every single glossy of himself into that blaze? And after the fire, nobody bothered checking the dental records on the corpse/asking where that neato musician from the other night went?

Once again, DDSOJ police, at their best. If there wasn’t a coverup involved, I’m gonna be pissed.

( My real dad... I was never really interested in learning about him. )

While this is a totally understandable and natural reaction... I really wish–– Actually, no; it’s best Apollo never learned that he once had a father who actually gave a fuck about him. That’d probably break his heart.

“As the son of the terrorist Dhurke, Nahyuta was expelled from the royal family.”

i.... why did Dhurke keep him in Koooraheen, anyway? He really couldn’t have sent him to a happier life in America with his half brother?

huh i think that face-palm is a new expression for Vore Machine. he almost looks reasonable.

“As his son, Yuty no doubt got the cold shoulder at every turn.”

amazing. not only was Apollo abandoned in America in some shit orphanage with zero contact from anything he knew as family, but Sadmad was forced to stay behind in a country that hated his guts. The perfect situation for both boys!!! No wonder they’re both so fucking grouchy all the time! Dhurke, you parental genius!

“Dhurke’s the kinda guy who can become fast friends with just about anyone!”

guess that explains the fandom popularity

“Lol come over n play some jams bro”

“Ok dawg is it chill if i bring my kid my wifes uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

“Yeah its cool I'm great with kids”

“tight”

“It’s like Dhurke’s done nothing but save me all my life” yeah... from messes he made.

“Jangly Justice”

god. i want to root for Jove but like. He looks like a tool, he sounds like a tool, his stage name is the tooliest thing ive ever heard...

originally this section was me ranting about how Thalassa would never have just ‘stopped looking for Apollo’ when she heard that Jove perished in the flames, since Apollo’s corpse was never found and the rebels were out looking for her to give him to her– but instead I’m just gonna leave you with ‘that excuse is mad weak and the writers need to try harder.’

“You should try on the jacket, Apollo!”

“Yeah, yeah!”

Look, I can excuse Athena, because she doesn’t know. But Datz knows its mold infested and disgusting. And he just finished talking about APollo’s tragic past. What the everloving fuck is up with this sicko?!

Also Athena, you can’t laugh at him wearing an eyepatch when he just got done wearing one all last year.

“I’d recognize those horns anywhere!”

“Is that really the only way anyone recognizes me?”

cue Phoenix harrumphing from the corner and brushing his spikes

yknow maybe ive mentioned this before but why /hasn’t/ the queen found the safe house? It’s Dhurke’s old law office; that’d be like, the first place I’d check. Its like wondering if Dumbledore’s Army is based in Hogwarts.

I mean I guess you could say the Queen assumes theyre not stupid enough to hide in their old main haunt but... they’re stupid. they’re really, really stupid. it’s been proven like 800 times.

so we just had a ladder convo about lizards?

also what do you mean geckos like to live in houses? i thought they just climbed around outside them. aLSO WHY ARE THEY EATING THEM

... I appreciate that it ended in a Bugs Bunny Switcharoo though.

...And Phoenix ends it with “theyre just a plain old lizard”

I guess Phoenix doesn’t know flowers or lizards.

i really don’t know why none of the revolutionaries think sadmad’s playing the long con. they’ve all just completely given up on him. what if he was pulling a snape??? they talk about trust and shit and yet none of them trust their own leader’s son? shameful.

“It seems like Gar’an has some serious leverage over him”

okay, they suspect he’s being controlled with some kind of blackmail... and yet do nothing to help him? they’re dumb enough to risk their lives doing something like that, but not compassionate or caring enough?? to their leader’s son???? what the fuck??????

aww i missed Beh’leeb. I hope she and her (born/ unborn? cannot tell if she’s pregnant or not) kid are doing ok.

“So she’s trying to help the revolution along... in her own special way!”

that sounds enormously patronizing phoenix, shut up. she’s pregnant and she has to deal with fucks like Datz running around blowing off firecrackers at government officials.

...youre giving the orb to datz.

ill eat my hat if nothing happens to it.

“We’ll attract undue attention if we go in too large a group”

oh also because youre dressed like baby’s first paint set but

“AAAH!!”

“Do you know something about this?” “Nope! Just felt like shouting is all.”

yes, this is definitely the guy who should hold onto the orb for you. also i presented the attorneys badge. guess he has nothing to say about apollo’s proof of profession, eh?

“Yeah... You’d think Nahyuta might’ve cut his old man some slack, but no.” Dhurke you thick son of a bitch

wow. one single flashback occurrence where Dhurke wasn’t a dick. Well, 1/1000 ain’t too shabby...

“What? You came to visit me and you didn’t even bring me a present?”

What, like your plate of ‘my son is NOT a failure” sushi, Dhurke ?

“But I’m not a rebel.”

“Don’t be ridiculous– You’re a member of the defiant dragons simply by being my son.”

HE’S NOT YOUR SON YOU FUCK

If you present him your attorneys badge he jokes about dying happy and apollo makes it explicit that he means via execution

dhurke. that means apollo would die too. stop fucking joking about him dying you prickwad.

Apollo: Hey Dhurke know anything about this necklace

Dhurke: OOOAAHHH!!! OHHH!! AHHH!!!!

Apollo: So thats a...

Dhurke: Hahahahah its a no son give it here

Apollo: Yeah ok i see nothing suspicious about that at all and i sure hope the secret behind it wasn’t important to this case or anything..........

me: jeez i hope that stupid necklace was the last thing we had to present

phoenix, appearance from god knows where: hey maybe ask about the hostage

me: bless you baby. also i forgot you were here

Phoenix: Sounds like the minister has someone you really care about, cause you totally obeyed everything he did.

i know what youre trying to excuse here SOJ staff but no, straight up lifting right out of JFA will never be ok.

“Is there a new lady in your life?” “WHAT?! DONT BE RIDICULOUS SON!”

I’m gay now! Hahaha. But seriously. Nobody wants to date Dhurke.

“Amara was the love of my life, but she’s gone now, and there will never be another.”

cue Dhurtz shippers furiously jamming their fingers in their ears and whistling

what the

fuck is happening

to his aRM

“You tensed up” HIS BROKEN ARM STARTED VEINING SO HARD THAT IT SHOWED RIGHT THROUGH LIKE 2 LAYERS OF CLOTH

THATS SOME KRISTOPH DEVIL HAND SHIT RIGHT THERE

JESUS CHRI

oh there’s something hidden in there THANK GOD THAT SCAREDTHE FUCK OUTTA ME

“Oh I see– so youre hiding a woman’s photo up your sleeve”

oh yeah, a 3D photo. that has bumpy bits. absolutely apollo.

“You don’t need to keep secrets like that from me– You’re an eligible bachelor now. But you’ll... introduce her to me at some point, right?”

this has that creepy ‘parent insists you have a crush on that one kid’ conversation vibe to it, especially since it’s not like Apollo ever had an attachment to Amara to make him see her as a mother; she was ‘dead’ before he could even walk.

“Mon dieu! Are you into younger women, Dhurke?!”

Athena,,,,,,,, athena,,,, Apollo,,,,, he’s

it’s

oh never mind.

“Heh heh. Dhurke, you old dog, you. You got yourself a younger lover.”

ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT, NO, NOT NEVER MIND. YOU HAVE A PHOTO OF AMARA. YOU KNOW WHAT AMARA LOOKS LIKE. YOU KNOW HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT DHURKE BECAUSE THERES NO WAY HE COULD JUST RANDOMLY CUT HIS HAIR AND THEN HAVE IT GROW BACK THAT FAST.

I KNOW YOU THINK SHE’S DEAD BUT AT LEAST FUCKING SAY YOU THINK IT’S HER TWIN SISTER YOU UTTER UTTER NUMBSKULLS

“This is Amara before she died. If you look closer, you’ll see that I was younger, too.”

“Hey. You’re right.”

“Aww, that’s no fun.”

MY ULCERS ARE NO FUN BUT GUESS WHAT NEITHER IS LIFE

“Wait a second... Haven’t we seen this woman before?”

DAAAUUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHH

GOOD FUCKING BALLS PLEASE PLEASE LET THEM BE TROLLING DEAR GOD AAHGGDFKAFAGF

i really love that photo though. everything about it is generally just really nice.

wait hang on. they. they just. they kept her around? after her fake assassination? they just–– WHERE YOU COULD GET A PHOTO OF HER?!

EXPLAIN–– THERE’D BETTER BE A GOOD EXPLAIN

“She was confined within the grounds, but she was fit as a fiddle.”

Ga’ran. Ga’ran. Ga’ran. You stupid, stupid, stupid bitch.

“She was being held under virtual house arrest, so I freed her, and we made a run for it.”

“Of course, we didn’t just proclaim it to the people so that they’d realize Ga’ran was a dirty bitch; that would have been way too easy hahaha.”

Ohhh I see. They didn’t know Ga’ran was the one who did it. Except Ga’ran was the one who kept her under house arrest and faked her death so... It’s pretty obviously her? Amara would know that by putting 2 and 2 together? But no... Apparently Amara was suspicious enough to suspect Dhurke of being the arsonist like Ga’ran said, but brave enough to ‘accompany him so she could ascertain the truth for herself.’

hey remember when i said brave. i meant stupid. she was stupid enough to go with someone she thought might have tried to kill her, completely unsupervised. though i guess you'd have to be that dumb to actually fall in love with Dhurke in the first place.

AH, and she was immediately recaptured. Because Dhurke sucks.

Waaaaait wait wait. How long and when did he ‘rescue’ her? The incident was 23 years ago, but Rayfa is 14– and Amara would need the usual 9 months to gestate– plus, the room she’s holding Rayfa in has the Defiant Dragons handbook in there, so it’s probably someplace of Dhurke’s––

Meaning there was a nine year gap but they still didn’t show her to the general public to depose gar– AGHHH. ITS ALL TERRIBLE!!!

“Apollo. We need to grill the queen about Amara when we have the chance.”

Hobo Nick’s ghost: Hey uhh me, that might get you uhhhhh murdered i thought we got over that after von karma tasered the shit out of u––

SOJ Nick: DOOOOHHOOOHOO I LIKE SOLVING MYSTERIESSS

Apollo: hey maybe the baby Amara’s holding is me.

Athena: Nah it’s too cute to be you.

Apollo: ....i just want to have proof that I’ve known the loving touch of a mother at least ONCE ATHENA OKAY???

“Hm? Oh... well, either way, it’s not you, son.”

yeah fuck you apollo the Sadmahdis only love their REAL children

also its Rayfa. it was in the safe next to Rafya’s letter; Rayfa basically identified it as herself when she saw it, it’s Rayfa.

Apollo: wow youre sure acting vague and suspicious about this; guess i’ll just accept it for what it is.

Dhurke: [tells apollo’s he's going to die and leave him fatherless again]

Apollo: [immediately assumes its another of Dhurke’s jokes because Dhurke’s jokes are horrible and always at Apollo’s expense]

phoenix: ...are you sick?

NICK

OH MY GOD

i shriek laughed

Apollo: [clearly emotionally distraught]

Dhurke: [continues to dance around the issue, thus prolonging Apollo’s suffering]

(Why is this happening now? Just when I was finally starting to feel like you really are my...)

HE DOESN’T DESERVE YOU, APOLLO

GET OUTTA THERE

So far Apollo hasn't said “i’m gonna do x and x and x, or die trying!�� and honestly i know it’s a bit on the nose but it’s more true for this situation than any other ones it’s usually said in.

Dhurke: I’ve got a big secret

Apollo: You’ve been hiding something *ELSE* from me?

Dhurke: I’m afraid I can’t tell you what it is. I’d be betraying a certain someone if I did.

WHY DID HE EVEN BRING IT UP THEN!? WHY IS DHURKE JUST THE FUCKING WORST?!!!

“You’ll discover a truth that is hard to accept. But I know you. And I know you can handle the truth, no matter what it turns out to be.”

After all, you’re super great at accepting all the misfortune my existence has heaped upon you! Hahaha!!!

“Apollo... Are you okay?”

“...I’m fine.”

they ask you how you are, and you just have to say that you’re fine, when you’re not really fine, but you just can’t get into it b

h e r e c o m e t h e r e b e l s

and once again you have to manually move there.

action bomb over here from Vore Machine

also beh’leeb sweety youre doing amazing

“Dhurke belongs to the people!! Give him back!!!”

he what now

(sigh)

..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................hi.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................sadmad...............................................................................................................................................................................

“They’ll be arrested? Just for protesting?!”

Apollo... you live in the real world, r–– oh well technically he doesn't hm

that point’s moot

“They are aiding and abetting a criminal by seeking his release”

uh pretty sure that’s BS yut

“Her Eminence, Queen Ga’ran, has ordered they be arrested and judged en-masse”

ok im fucking

I'm wheezing so bad not ONLY do we have to save a revolution and Dhurke the rebel leader, but we are now about to defend most of the population of an entire country at once. Stakes RAISED bro

good fucking lord apollo stop being all “weren’t you a defiant dragon once?!wehh!!”

even Phoenix, with his Edgeworth obsession, didn’t really question it when Edgeworth was being his shithead prosecutor self.

Nahyuta: Sigh. Guess I can’t escape you. I mean I could use my magic beads to tie you up and then prance off but i have a plot to advance.

“Enough with the zen monk act, Nahyuta– Tell me how you really feel!”

Damnit, Sadmad, it’s not like we have someone who can read emotions by listening to-– oh yeah.

“She’s being held in secret where nobody is allowed to see her.”

second time’s the charm!

Apollo, simply bringing up the reason he’s doing what he’s doing won’t get him to stop. Remember the Phoenix and Maya situation? Until you can guarantee her safety, Sadmad’s just going to keep steam rolling along.

OH FINALLY

ok athena dish the dirt

alright, here we go, folks. time for Nick to get all their asses killed. i mean just listen to that ominous music :/

i love her laugh sprite.

“a lawyer AND a comedian, HOW DROLL”

the royal guards weird me out a bit though. its those masks. I'm getting high lady gaga gives

lady gagaran

Apollo: better give her evidence to burn–– i mean, jog her memory with some evidence.

Ghost of hobo nick: future me!! stop this!! don’t you remember what always used to happen?!

SOJ Phoenix: DOOOHOOOHOOO WE GOT HER NOW, APOLLO!

...........that worked

....no it didn’t. just spring you damn trap already, gagaran.

Apollo: Hm better not tell the people, that could stir up the revolution and actually make it happen. Especially since there might be REAL terrorists hiding out there, just waiting until someone goes, “Hey, that dead queen isn’t really dead!!”

lol

something went wrong?? no way

“Eeeek! Apollo! Don’t strip here!!!”

why is athena such a ditz in this case???

I HEARD A BELT

wow. apollo’s ass canonically bared in AA6

klavier gavin cries a million miles away

“HE WASN’T HIDING THE BULKY ASS ORB IN HIS CLOTHING, YOUR EMINENCE”

“damn i really thought he was hiding it in his skintight pants and vest. also ignore the other two, they couldn’t possibly have it.”

oh lord pls don’t hurt rayfa

“Your mind has been poisoned by the barbed one.”

“It was an honour and pleasure, your eminence”

phoenix i know that was highly badass and all but youre literally sitting pretty to be executed

“”””discipline””””

“Well, Apollo, let’s head back to the safe house for now.”

yes, just in case any spies follow us! so that the queen can get her hands on the orb that much fast!!

oh hi edgeworht, youre in this game

WOO YOU TELL’EM EDGEY

DOWN WITH PLUMED PUNISHER!! DOWN WITH PLUMED PUNISHER!! DOWN WITH PLUMED PUNISHER!!

“Moving along to things that actually matter...”

it’s true, but he shouldn’t say it

“Yeah, it’s like the more we learn about this case, the less we understand.”

just like me and this game’s writing process

“A trial without evidence...”

there’s evidence, you wankers, what do you think that photo of amara, the old case files and the necklace are????

“Athena, you’re too young and extra to die. Sit this trial out so we can save on sprite space.”

“Gotcha, chief.”

“Plus, there’s prosecutor Blackquill to think of. he said he’d use me for sword practice if he put you in harms way.”

Yeah, if Athena dies, who’ll his new punching bag be??? don’t think i haven’t forgotten story teller. i will not forget. i will not forgive.

“Remember; the worst of times are when lawyers have to force their biggest smiles.”

ugh, finally it’s used semi right.

And so, we come to the end of another frustrating chapter. It’s finally time to move on to the final trial. I’m actually kind of curious to find out how everything went down– though something tells me my suffering won’t end when i do.

Welp, friends – till next time. The final hurdle is at hand. Or at least, part one of it.

#sulking over SOJ #ooc #we're almost done... just the final trial still to go...]#spirit of justice spoilers #soj spoilers

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tinyredlawyer · 8 years ago

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Get to know your character

GENERAL:

NAME: Apollo Justice, Esq. ALIAS(ES): Polly, Forehead, Mr Lawyer AGE: 24 DATE OF BIRTH: January 1, 2004 PLACE OF BIRTH: ????????????????? HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, Japanifornia SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English (fluent), Khura’inese (native, but lost from disuse) SEXUALITY: eh OCCUPATION(S): Defence attorney

APPEARANCE:

EYE COLOUR: Brown HAIR COLOUR: Brown HEIGHT: 5'4"-ish, but he rounds up to 5'5" SCARS: Some on his upper arms & back from the courthouse bombing & being hit with debris; one on the back of his head from being assaulted by Ted Tonate BURNS: ^^^^ OVERWEIGHT?: He was in college, but he’s back to a healthy weight now UNDERWEIGHT?: When he was a little kid, but not since he’s lived in the US FAVOURITE COLOUR(S): RED. Also gold & bronze, and light, bright blues & greens FAVOURITE HAIR COLOUR(S): Normal hair colours? Also purple FAVOURITE EYE COLOUR(S): Blue and green FAVOURITE SONG: The Guitar’s Serenade FAVOURITE MOVIE: idk probably some horrible cheesy sci-fi FAVOURITE TV SHOW: does sports count FAVOURITE FOOD: Ice cream FAVOURITE DRINK: Coffee FAVOURITE BOOK: Every law textbook

HAVE THEY…:

PASSED UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE?: Yes, he has a Bachelor of Science in Astronomy and Astrophysics & a Juris Doctor HAD SEX?: Yes HAD SEX IN PUBLIC?: No GOTTEN PREGNANT?: No KISSED A BOY?: Yes KISSED A GIRL?: Yes GOTTEN A TATTOO (OR MORE THAN ONE)?: Nope GOTTEN PIERCINGS?: Nope HAD THEIR HEART BROKEN?: Yep BEEN IN LOVE?: Yeah maybe STAYED UP FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS?: Do you mean his entire undergrad

ARE THEY…:

A VIRGIN?: Nope A CUDDLER?: No A KISSER?: Not really, but he can be convinced SCARED EASILY?: Very JEALOUS EASILY?: E x t r e m e l y TRUSTWORTHY?: I mean as long as you don’t kill anybody I guess DOMINANT?: Would rather SUBMISSIVE?: Can be IN LOVE?: Nah SINGLE?: Married to his lawyer’s badge and they’re super happy together thanks

RANDOM QUESTIONS:

HAVE THEY HARMED THEMSELVES?: No HAVE THEY THOUGHT OF SUICIDE?: No HAVE THEY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE?: No HAVE THEY WANTED TO KILL SOMEONE?: Tried to use the law to kill Athena Cykes, also has very violent and frighteningly-cathartic nightmares about killing the Phantom HAVE THEY DRIVEN A CAR?: Yes, but he can’t afford to buy one HAVE THEY HAD OR HAVE A JOB?: Currently a lawyer/magician’s assistant/toilet cleaner. Has held approximately every entry-level/part-time/seasonal/minimum-wage position ever between high school and passing the bar, and has sworn to never do so again DO THEY HAVE ANY FEARS?: Heights. Death and dying. Hurting or betraying people. Student debt. Large or wild animals. Bees. Deep water. Gangsters. Being a bad lawyer. Airplanes. Explosives. Asphyxiation. Bleeding. Blindness. How many do you want???

FAMILY RELATIONS:

PARENTS: Lamiroir/Thalassa Gramarye (unknown to him) & Jove Justice (super dead, only knows his last name and that he was a musician) ADOPTIVE PARENTS: Went through tons of temporary foster homes but no one adopted him SIBLINGS: Trucy Wright, unknown to them both. He doesn’t think of him as a brother, but Nahyuta Sahdmadhi might as well be PETS: An old asshole cat named Hades he adopted for ‘animal therapy’ after Clay died. Also once took home a wild rabbit as a child and kept it for a pet. ETC.: Dhurke Sahdmadhi kidnapped him what section does that go in

TAGGED BY: @stardustclay

TAGGING: who wanna

#fine headcanons

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reaganwarren · 8 years ago

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A/N: Custody Battle AU.

Clay and Apollo returned with the bailiff. Clay sat in his new seat, and Apollo took the chair at the witness stand. He hung his head, dejected, and stared at the new paper with math problems on it.

The bailiff went to Judge Courtney and whispered something to her. She nodded her head, then banged her gavel on the podium.

“Please stand, Mr. Justice.”

Apollo did as asked, head still bowed.

“Mr. Justice, would you like to testify about your math skills instead of taking a test to prove them?”

“… Yes, Your Honor.”

Apollo lifted his head to actually look at her now.

“Then please, tell the court about your learning before you joined Troupe Gramarye and how it changed, if at all, with Troupe Gramarye.”

“Yes, Your Honor…. I’ve always been bad at math. As a result, I don’t like it much, and I avoid it whenever possible. I do find science interesting, but once math gets involved, it’s … difficult. I really don’t think Mr. Enigmar could do much to help with that or make it any worse…. But I’m very good at a lot of other things! I have a big vocabulary because I do a lot of reading - in our free time, Trucy likes it when I read to her and teach her new, big words she doesn’t know. And Nayuta and I grew up reading Dhurke’s law books. And I really like learning Arabic and Hebrew and Latin with Grandpa. Grandpa’s been teaching me a lot about our family history and how it fits into world history and all that. And when our troupe was in England, I got a lot of practice with puzzles thanks to this archaeology professor we met. I got a lot of book recommendations from him and a lot of different puzzles for me and Trucy to work on when we’re not doing school work or doing magic shows. Logic puzzles, y’know? Anyway, I really, really have learned a lot in the year and a half I’ve been with Grandpa! It’s just … not math.”

Judge Courtney thought about his testimony for a moment, then smiled at him.

“Then do not worry about being tested on it here. While youth should be well-rounded, everyone does have their own strengths and weaknesses. Have you ever been tested for a learning disability, Mr. Justice?”

“No, Your Honor.”

“Then Mr. Edgeworth has no evidence that any failing math grade is without a doubt the result of Mr. Enigmar’s tutelage. Making it not decisive evidence. Since it is causing you undue distress, we will cease the math testing.”

“R-Really?”

“Yes, really, Mr. Justice.”

Apollo let out a relieved sigh, then broke out into a grin.

“Th-thank you, Your Honor!”

“Now, while we have not come to any conclusion as of yet, I am fully aware that lunch time has arrived,” Judge Courtney said.

“Good, ‘cause I’m starving!” Trucy interjected.

“Trucy, shhh,” Zak gently scolded.

Judge Courtney kept her serene smile on her face.

“My point exactly.”

“Your Honor, is it at all possible to resume the trial after lunch? I am fully prepared to make my next argument in favor of Mr. Sahdmadhi,” Edgeworth said.

“Is that all right with the defense?”

Phoenix turned to talk to Magnifi for a moment, and they muttered to each other. Then Phoenix turned towards Judge Courtney and nodded.

“Yes it is, Your Honor,” Phoenix said.

“Then we shall have an hour-long recess and resume afterwards. Then Mr. Edgeworth will present his next case.”

Judge Courtney banged her gavel.

Trucy ran up to Apollo and grabbed onto his arm.

“You and your friend did such a good job on the costumes! How’d you make your faces look so much alike in just ten minutes!? You gotta teach me how to do that! And when’d you get the wig!?”

Clay didn’t bother to walk around the benches to get down to where Apollo and Trucy were. He simply jumped down and walked over.

“So this is the little sister you kept telling me about,” Clay said, smiling at Apollo.

“Yeah. Trucy, this is my other best friend, Clay Terran. He’s gonna be an astronaut.”

Maximillion Galactica walked down from the gallery, Regina following, but Max walked up to Apollo, Trucy, and Clay while Regina hurried to Maya’s side.

“That was quite the skill you showed, young man! I suppose Troupe Gramarye does have some talent,” Maximillion Galactica said.

“Uh… Who’re you?” Apollo asked.

“Why, I’m the great Maximillion Galactica of Big Berry Circus!”

“… O…kay.” Apollo leaned towards Trucy. “Do you know who he is?”

“No idea!” Trucy said.

Clay shrugged.

“I won first place at the Magician Grand Prix two years in a row!” Max said. “As magicians, you must have heard of me!”

“Nope,” Valant said.

“Can’t say we have,” Zak said, smirking. “Isn’t the Magician Grand Prix that thing Magnifi won decades in a row?”

“Ah yes, that it is! He stopped attending the victory ceremony years ago and would send one of us in his place! I honestly thought the organization providing the prize had disbanded when we never heard from them again,” Valant said.

“N-no way!” Max whined, looking incredibly disappointed.

Phoenix sighed, coming to terms with the fact that on his side of the courtroom, it was nothing but magicians and performers.

To Phoenix’s other side, Regina was clinging to Maya’s arm.

“It looks like you and Mr. Wright might win!” Regina said.

“Well, there’s no telling. It’s really strange that we haven’t had a hard time proving our case…. Like, really weird. Kinda suspicious, actually. I wonder what Mr. Edgeworth’s next move is gonna be…. Hey, let’s go get burgers at the burger joint next door!”

“That sounds delicious. And I’ll have fun cleaning up your face when you get too much ketchup on your face.”

“Regina!”

Maya blushed, and Regina laughed and led the way, pulling Maya gently.

Phoenix sighed.

“There’s a sandwich shop and bakery across the street. Everything else is a bit too far of a walk,” he told Troupe Gramarye.

There was the sound of the scuff of a shoe, and Phoenix looked up to see that Nayuta had approached Apollo. Hands behind his back, he stayed standing just far enough to not invade a personal space bubble. He looked nervous.

“… Apollo. Could you … eat with us, please?” Nayuta asked.

Apollo didn’t answer right away. He looked from Nayuta, to Dhurke, to Trucy, then to Magnifi.

Magnifi took a deep breath.

“I don’t see why we can’t all eat together. This may be the last time you’ll see them for a while. The tour here in Japanifornia is only a few months long, after all.”

Edgeworth and Phoenix walked with them, not really having any where else to eat anyway and wanting to keep an eye on everyone involved. It wouldn’t do to have a situation where the focus of the case ended up being kidnapped by either side.

The meal together was … awkward, but they were also joined by Aura, Solomon Starbuck, and Clay. And the kids seemed to be enjoying themselves. Clay and Trucy seemed to know just how to get Apollo’s and Nayuta’s minds off of the case, and once they started talking about space, Aura and Solomon had a lot to contribute.

The adults were mostly silent, Phoenix and Edgeworth doing a lot of staring at the men present.

Then Magnifi started having a coughing fit. It started small, then built up until Magnifi was pushing his chair away, covering his mouth with a napkin, and leaning over and away from the table, trying to cough effectively enough so that he wouldn’t have to cough anymore.

“G-Grandpa?” Apollo said, moving to get up.

Magnifi held up his hand, and for a moment, Apollo listened, but then he got up and moved to put a hand on Magnifi’s back to help keep him steady. Eventually, Magnifi stopped and took a moment to either spit what he had coughed up into the napkin or to wipe his mouth, then wadded the napkin up in his hand.

“I’m all right, Apollo. Please go back to your seat.”

Apollo however didn’t move from where he stood. Magnifi slowly moved his eyes to meet Apollo’s.

“Did you check your blood sugar levels?” Apollo asked.

“… I had not yet, no.”

“I’ll see if they have bottled juice at the counter,” Apollo said.

“Apollo -” Magnifi started, but the teenager was already halfway there and taking his wallet out.

Magnifi simply sighed.

“He may be wearing my suit, but he’s much like both his parents,” Magnifi said.

“Suit? popped out of Dhurke’s mouth before he could consider whether talking to the man trying to take his son away was a good idea.

“The symbol. Spades,” Magnifi clarified.

“He certainly does have Jove’s stubbornness, doesn’t he?” Valant remarked.

Zak merely grunted and continued to eat his sandwich.

“… Wait, you guys knew his dad?” Clay asked.

Magnifi snorted.

“As though I wouldn’t know who my daughter’s first husband had been. The only reason they ever met was because I approved him to be our opening act once upon a time….” Magnifi answered, keeping the napkin tight in his curled-up fist.

“… Did you not like Jove, Mr. Gramarye?” Dhurke asked.

“You don’t have to answer that,” Phoenix said.

“I’m aware, Mr. Wright,” Magnifi said.

His eyes were on Apollo at the cash register, watching him exchange cash for a few bottles of juice, different flavors.

“Trucy, be sure to thank your brother,” Magnifi said.

“Huh?” Trucy said, looking up from the chips on her plate.

Apollo returned to the table with not just orange juice for Magnifi, but also an apple juice for Trucy.

“Yay! My favorite! Thank you, Polly!”

Apollo smiled, then tossed a bottle of green tea at Nayuta. Nayuta caught it, despite being surprised to have it lobbed towards his head.

“Ah - ! Thank you,” Nayuta said.

“Don’t mention it.”

Lunch ended soon after that, and they all returned to the courtroom. Maya and Regina weren’t late, but they returned a few minutes later than the rest of them. Phoenix rolled his eyes when he noticed Regina’s lipstick smudged against Maya’s neck. He didn’t say anything about it, though.

Judge Courtney re-entered the courtroom and took her seat at the podium once more. Clay was sitting alone, closest to Judge Courtney’s podium, once again, assuming that was still required of him. (Which it was; it was a good assumption on Clay’s part.)

She banged her gavel and resumed the court proceedings.

“Now, Mr. Edgeworth, you said you had one more case to make against Troupe Gramarye?” Judge Courtney said.

“Yes, I do. I’d like to present a very important witness,” Edgeworth said. “He’s waiting to be called in from the plaintiff lobby. Bailiff, if you could tell him to come in now.”

It took a few moments, but in through the courtroom doors entered a man in a quite suit with a white fedora hat and sunglasses.

“I present to you, Mr. Roger Retinez,” Edgeworth said.

“Pleasure to meet the court, Your Honor,” Retinez said, stepping up to the witness stand.

Zak, Valant, Magnifi, Phoenix, Trucy, and Apollo just stared at him.

“… What does he have anything to do with this civil case?” Magnifi asked. “I have never met this man in my life.”

“Me neither,” Zak said.

“Alas, neither have I,” Valant said.

“Heh. I figured you wouldn’t recognize me dressed like this. Behold!” Retinez said.

He took a smoke bomb from the inside of his suit jacket, then threw it to the courtroom floor. A series of coughing bubbled as the smoke went everywhere. Then, as it died down, it looked like someone completely different was standing there.

“It is I, Mr. Reus!” Retinez said. “Though that isn’t my legal name anymore. Now I go by Roger Retinez!”

“Ohhh! Reus! Long time, no see!” Zak said.

“Ugh, it’s you,” Magnifi grunted.

“… Who is he?” Apollo and Trucy asked together.

Reus’s shoulders slumped.

“What do you mean, you don’t know who I am!? They didn’t tell you about me? Not even a little!?”

“Nope,” Apollo and Trucy said in unison, Trucy with a little smile.

Mr. Reus groaned.

“I used to be part of the troupe! Before Magnifi kicked me out. I performed with your mom! Even after she came back from that weird third world country!”

“Khura’in is not ‘weird’!” Nayuta protested from the plaintiff bench.

Mr. Reus ignored Nayuta, though, as he took a closer look at Apollo’s magician outfit.

“… Are you fucking kidding me?” Mr. Reus said.

“M-Mr. Reus, please refrain from such language in front of a child!” Edgeworth said, gripping the desk for a moment.

“It’s a perfectly appropriate reaction, have - have you seen what that kid’s wearing!? That’s the kid this whole civil case is about, right!? The one in the spades? He looks just like Jove, he has to be - fucking hell!”

“Mr. Reus? What’s the matter?” Phoenix asked.

“The spades! He’s wearing the spades! The spades are - are you telling me you all are having this damn trial without knowing something as basic as that!?”

“Mr. Reus, I suggest you be quiet,” Magnifi said.

“Oh, you do, do you? And how’re you gonna make me do that, huh? You got no power over me anymore, old man. You can’t make me do anything! And you two! Zak! Valant! You’re just letting him keep treating you like dogs even though he’s already made a decision?”

“That’s none of your business, Reus,” Zak said, fists on his hips. Valant was avoiding eye contact with Reus.

“What are you talking about, Mr. Reus? What’s the significance of the spades on Mr. Justice’s outfit?” Edgeworth asked.

“I’ll tell you what it means! And no wonder Magnifi’s working so hard to keep him in the troupe! It means he’s the chosen one! If anything happens to Magnifi, he inherits everything! The money - and more importantly, the legal rights to his magic repertoire! Kid, are you even good at magic!?”

Apollo hunched his shoulders, looking like he was shrinking the more Reus spoke. He didn’t respond.

Judge Courtney banged her gavel and demanded that Reus get himself under control.

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