#hurloane aa au

[ravensloane]

anyways here’s the quick low-down on my hurloane ace attorney au tht no one actually asked for:

hurley is a defense attorney with just this. need to do good in the world. it’s her whole thing. ppl like to make fun of how much she trusts her clients, despite the horrible circumstances they’re all usually in, which is no different when sloane shows up. she first hears abt it on tv when her apprentice angus mcdonald switches it to the news channel (on his own accord of course. kid’s a genius detective in the making). when she sees what exactly they’re reporting on, she freezes, eyes glued to the screen as a face she hasn’t seen for the longest time makes an appearance. sloane. there’s no time to even think. hurley’s pretty sure she hears the words “murder suspect” before immediately rushing down to the detention center, angus confusedly hurrying along with her once she arrives, she’s out of breath, but there’s no mistaking it. sloane is there, right behind the glass, like she was waiting for her all this time. hurley’s past had finally caught up to her. and she had never been so happy to see it. they talk as if nothing between them had happened, but hurley knows sloane better than that. she can feel the tenseness in the air, hanging over them with an utmost certainty. but she lets it go and cuts to the chase, her offer to defend sloane in court. she immediately waves her off, saying how it would be an impossible case to win. there’s too much evidence stacked against her, it’s no use. but hurley is relentless and sloane finally gives in to her. thus, typical aa shenanigans ensue. not featured: detective magnus, forensic scientist lup, reporter/journalist lucretia, key witnesses taako & merle, prosecutor john hungryman, and an interesting character called Guy A. Sache 🤔🤔🤔 ALSO i know this sounds a lot like the start of turnabout goodbyes but i swear tht the case will be completely different ghshdhsgfh. don’t have anything concrete, but it’ll definitely be like. some weird plant-based murder shit. i don’t even kno if i’ll ever do anything w this au i just want this out there before i forget thanks for reading all my nonsense if u did afdhsdfh

[ravensloane]

surprise! more of the hurloane ace attorney au! here’s all the stuff i hav about the case so far:

location: the goldcliff greenhouse

time: probably late at night, around closing time (say 9-10 pm?)

murder weapon: a plant pot that was smashed over the victim’s head, no fingerprints

two witnesses: merle (a botanist that helps with taking care of the greenhouse, was currently closing the place down & shooing away any visitors that remained), and taako (a visitor that was being escorted out by merle) both happen to stumble across the crime scene on their way to the exit

here’s a very accurate art piece of what tht scene may hav looked like tht night, drawn by yours truly:

it was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. sloane is still a thief in this au (think sort of like. mask demasque but not super popular yet) but no one knows why she was trying to rob a greenhouse of all things and sloane refuses to say anything on the matter, even to hurley.

when hurley & angus search the crime scene, there isn’t that much evidence at first. they find the broken pot, the blood stain, & the rope in the tree (which angus has to point out to her. she would’ve totally missed it otherwise. she assumes that the cops probably would’ve missed it too, unless they also have a keen-eyed boy detective searching with them.) and then just before they’re abt to call it quits, hurley finds a slip of paper behind a bush. the police must’ve disregarded it or something. unfolding it, she recognizes the sloppy handwriting as sloane’s. it’s barely legible and all she can make out is a name: “guy a. sache”. she pockets it to ask her abt it later.

there’s rlly not a lot of evidence in sloane’s favor. the rope could possibly get hurley far if her hunch was right, but then again maybe not. sloane was pretty much the only other person in the building (supported later by merle’s testimony since he was the one in charge of clearing the rest of the guests out for the day. all he found was taako). there was no one else who could’ve done it.

it also doesn’t help that she was in her whole thief get-up when caught. her gloves also added to the fact that there were no fingerprints left behind on the pot. merle & taako weren’t wearing any gloves, so it couldn’t have been them that had done it. and there weren’t any other gloves found around the crime scene.

eventually with no other leads left, hurley has to confront sloane about “guy”, which goes about as smoothly as you think. she refuses to say anything abt him. and hurley hopes she’s imagining this bc she swears she sees a glint of fear in those eyes when she first brings him up... who the hell is this guy sache?

also extremely relevant: lots of heartfelt and emotional times with these girls while investigating. people asking hurley why she trusts sloane so much and her just smiling and saying “i know she would never do something like this. i know.” and sloane, tired of dancing around the topic, straight-up asking her “why did you leave?” and the unsaid “why did you leave me?” behind it

*spoiler / solution to the case beyond this point btw !!! just a heads-up if u don’t wanna kno or smth idk !!! thanks for reading this far 💘*

much later, after two amusing witnesses & outside investigations, we learn tht guy sache is blackmailing sloane w info not abt her life, but with hurley & her mysterious past with sloane. info big enough that it would ruin hurley’s career & reputation forever. the real reason why sloane was there at the greenhouse that night was to meet guy a. sache, who promised to make a deal with her regarding the blackmail. but it was a trap. he called her there to blame her for a murder that he had been planning for a few months now. something about the dude having an old debt he never repaid to him. he had dropped the plant pot on his head from above in the rafters, waiting just for the right moment. when sloane appeared, he dropped it, escaping the scene before anyone could find that he was there. in his haste tho, he dropped the rope that he had used, which explains why it ended up in a nearby tree. sloane quickly realized that she was tricked, but had no idea how to refute it. and even if she did find a way, sache would definitely make sure she regretted it by spilling all the info on hurley to the public. that’s why sloane throughout this case was mostly uncooperative abt giving information. she didn’t want hurley to lose her job bc of her.

and that’s the basic outline of how the case goes !!! still don’t know how exactly the case will end (what with the blackmail shit & etc) but i think i made some progress on the au as a whole ghsjddhfh. thanks for reading my unnecessarily long ramble, have a good day