#just to cover my bases there with the spoilers. don't wanna accidentally spoil anyone lol

[beauzos]

Last Rites of the Rebel Killer

Summary: When Ga'ran is finally deposed, Nahyuta is faced with a new life of freedom. Kept busy with all of the work he must continue as prosecutor, as prince regent, and as a monk, he stays focused on the future and what lies in store for Khura'in. However, after an assassination attempt throws his life out of order, Nahyuta can do nothing but dwell on his mistakes. The past comes creeping in, and he can't stop Pandora's box once it's opened.

There's always something to atone for.

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Archive Warnings: N/A Category: Gen Fandom: Ace Attorney Characters: Nahyuta Sahdmadhi | Apollo Justice | Datz Are'bal | Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in | Amara Sigatar Khura'in | Rayfa Padma Khura'in | The Judge | The Holy Mother and Lady Kee'ra (in a sense) | Original Characters Chapters: 4/4 Additional Tags: Character Study | Trauma | Mental Health Issues | Mental Breakdown | Religious Guilt | Implied/Referenced Self-Harm | Self-Hatred | Suicidal Thoughts | Mild Transphobia | Blood and Injury | Canon-Typical Violence | Past Character Death | Post-Spirit of Justice | Spirit of Justice Spoilers | Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence | Canon divergence as in 'Nahyuta's actions have actual consequences' lol | Trans Nahyuta Sahdmadhi | Nahyuta Sahdmadhi has a mental breakdown Words: 21,293 Notes: I am insane about Nahyuta Sahdmadhi. I just got into the AJ trilogy a couple weeks ago and I could not get the ghosts out of my brain until this was written, so here it is. The fruit of my labor, etc etc. This was originally a large-scale one-shot, but decided to break it up into four parts for readability.

Heed the tag warnings. It's nothing super graphic when it comes to violence or transphobia (in fact the transphobia is very mild, and occurs only once in chapter 2), but there's a lot of dwelling on self-harm and suicide ideation. Nothing that actually happens, though.

As always, thanks for reading.

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